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That's that then. Doue is a great talent. Crazy to think that Villa are the only team to outplay PSG in any of the knockout games and we weren't far off beating them They definitely deserve the win though, since the group stage they've been the standout team in the competition

I'm watching the latest Stop Skeletons From Fighting video (it's more of a casual one about 3D franchises with completely different GBA ports) and a random thing that bugs me every time I hear it just occurred to me - why do Americans always seem to pronounce Lara Croft as Laura Croft?

It would be interesting to know how many of those are asset flips or AI generated slop (it's probably a big percentage) but yeah, there are still way too many genuine games released each year - it must be so hard for devs without contacts or an inbuilt audience to get noticed

Haven't Chelsea won enough European trophies already? This would be the 5th in 13 years

According to John from GVG it's only when trying to load a Switch 1 game card that it says you need to download the firmware update - Switch 2 carts will load just fine without connecting to the internet

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not banking on these patches being full Switch 2 upgrades - it's obviously just sorting out the main compatibility problems - but I'm hopeful that some developers will take advantage of this to at least unlock some graphics or frame rate settings that were capped on the original Switch Especially with DOOM I can see Panic Button going the extra mile with their patch

The Backwards Compatibility page has been updated again and things are definitely moving in the right direction. Currently there aren't any games that won't launch (apart from the ones Nintendo has already highlighted) and according to rough estimates it looks like 70% of games don't exhibit any issues as it stands. About 40 games are confirmed to be getting a patch at or near launch including DOOM Eternal and Ender Magnolia I'm pleased to see DOOM getting an update, I bought it in a sale recently so it'll be great if this patch takes advantage of more of the Switch 2's power

Anyone been charged twice by the Nintendo store? My brother pre ordered the MK bundle from them but two charges have shown up in his PayPal account

The disallowed Rogers goal was shocking, there was absolutely no reason for the referee to blow the whistle that early - it wasn't as if Rogers went flying in and took him out, the keeper got right up and tried to chase down the ball. Regardless of the obvious injustice it was still a shocking performance from us and the fact that Newcastle lost makes it sting even more - if we had only got a point we would have made it to the CL again. I would like to think we could have changed the game a bit more in the second half if we hadn't been down to 10 men but in truth Utd would have been over us all game anyway. Definitely a horrible way to end the season given the form we had been in, and it's a sad way for Martinez' Villa career if that is to be his last game - if he had just let Hojlund shoot there was every chance he was going to miss it anyway given his lack of confidence

It would be fantastic if Arc Sys remake the Hotel Dusk games next, there were definitely issues with Another Code Recollection (mainly that there could have been more interactive and unique puzzles) but it was so good to see it brought back and given the glow up that it got. The prospect of them doing the same for Kyle Hyde's stories is really exciting

The only thing I can think of is that the City staff were annoyed that Palace hadn't just taken Guehi straight off when he got his head injury. Think they were just pissed off with the time wasting.

As gutted as I was to lose to them in the semi final I'm delighted that Palace have gone on to win it. Loved how shocked Eze was in his interview, just in a complete daze

Well there's a report today about how Bungie is in a bit of a state about how Marathon has been received so far (not helped by the pretty clear plagiarism claim lobbied against them). They are considering delaying it to do more polishing but it's not a very good start to be mired in controversy already. I don't think the generic title will really help them either, it certainly didn't help the last live service failure (I literally spent like 3 minutes trying to find out what the title of Concord was before I made this post - had completely forgotten what it was called)

Why don't we all just club together and pay for a Switch 2 for Glen?

So Nintendo has confirmed themselves that VRR won't be supported when docked which is disappointing but not unexpected given they scrubbed it from the website (and DF obviously reported the hardware specs) From reading posts on Resetera it seems like it is a known problem with Displayport to HDMI conversion meaning it might be technically impossible for them to support the feature later on (or at least not be as easy as sending out a firmware update) It doesn't effect me just yet as my TV doesn't support VRR but I was looking to upgrade to an OLED soon so we looking forward to the prospect of having a smoother docked experience. As it is though with how good the new screen looks I think I will probably be playing handheld a lot more anyway - and at least everyone will still have access to VRR in handheld mode where it will be arguably more necessary as the generation wears on

Only 4 Rare developed N64 games are missing from the service now, it's crazy that Diddy Kong Racing and DK64 still haven't been added At this rate we'll get Mickey's Speedway USA before we ever get those two

On launch day I'll wait in for my order from Argos to arrive and then probably do the system transfer to set it up before I go out for my daily walk. Then when I get back I'll probably play Mario Kart or Welcome Tour first before trying out some of the GC games. Whether I actually get stuck in to one game depends on if I'm playing anything else when launch comes - I'm working my way through some of my Switch games at the moment (on pace to finish FE Three Houses before the end of the month but will probably start something shorter afterwards). I'm definitely going to be buying a Pro Controller, a case and Cyberpunk from somewhere else (just ordered the MK bundle from Argos) and I will also be picking up Fast Fusion on the eShop so along with all the original Switch games I own but haven't played yet I'll have a few options available to play

"It's a whole new world we live in!"

I still have an official case I got just after launch for the first Switch which hasn't worn at all but on the official one I bought for the OLED the zip went after about 18 months so I'm hesitant about picking up the official Switch 2 one. Apart from the zip breaking my only gripe with either of the Switch cases I've had is that fluff tends to stick to the system sometimes which makes it a bit annoying to constantly clean off

I think Nintendo have changed how your playtime shows up after all - I only started Fire Emblem last week and it's already showing as '10 Hours or more played' so it seems like the threshold is either 10 days since first launch or 10 hours of playtime, whichever comes first Varney Lake is only a short game so it makes sense that didn't show up until 10 days had passed

Although it's annoying that THPS4's more free form career mode isn't included it's has been discovered in a demo that you can increase the time limit for each level up to as much as 1 hour so we will at least be able to spend more than a couple of minutes in the levels Also, since the last post in here, it's been confirmed that Bam Margera is returning to the line up so the possibility of Underground 1+2 remakes is still on the cards

Shame that Xenoblade X didn't sell a million copies in the first couple of weeks but I feel confident it will get to that milestone eventually Will the Switch overtake the DS by the end of the next quarter? It's going to be interesting to see what the ongoing sales of the original will be after Switch 2 comes out

Best moment of the trailer was the return of Wang Chung as Jason blasted 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight' in his car I wonder if there are going to be any other returning musicians from Vice City - I would love it if they include the Tiga cover version of Sunglasses at Night as a nod to the Corey Hart original being in VC

@Julius @Hero-of-Time Is Outlaws supposed to be really bad? Or is it just that it's a standard Ubisoft open world game with a Star Wars coat of paint on top? If it's the latter then I don't mind too much, the only Ubi open word game I've played was Assassin's Creed Valhalla years ago so I'm not exactly worn out by the formula

I don't think I'm as excited as I was for the original Switch but I'm still really looking forward to launch It is a shame that there isn't going to be a big single player Nintendo game to sink my teeth into on launch day but Mario Kart World does look amazing so I know that I'll be playing that for the first few weeks until Donkey Kong comes out to satisfy that single player itch. I think with the original Switch I was mostly looking forward to playing BOTW so I was probably my excitement was probably 70% for the games and 30% for the hardware but this time the split is more even - the hardware looks like its going to be such a step up, not only in terms of power but just in terms of the user experience, that I'm really keen to get my hands on it The future game line up is admittedly a bit light at the moment but I'm really excited to play all of them (Metroid Prime 4 and Age of Imprisonment especially) and I'm sure Nintendo will hold a direct in the summer to fill out the rest of the release schedule into early 2026 - and even if they don't I've still got so many Switch games to play and I'm also genuinely interested in picking up third party games like Cyberpunk or Star Wars Outlaws that I know I'll get plenty of daily usage out of the new console to justify picking it up at launch