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I don't understand how they weren't able to make such a modest looking game work in the first place.

It's too bad the Switch 2 is so expensive, just like PS5 and Xbox series X. I don't have money to buy any of these consoles, so maybe I'll just wait for Prime 4 and buy it for the Switch 1. After that I'm done with gaming I suppose.

No way it deserved the same score as BotW. SS is like 7.5/ 10.

I doubt the Switch 2 can handle GTA VI. I'm pretty sure we'll get RDR2, though.

Xenoblade 3 DLC is nowhere near as good as the main game.

My list:
6. Xenoblade 2 DLC Torna
5. Xenoblade 2
4. Xenoblade 3 DLC Future Redeemed
3. Xenoblade X
2. Xenoblade Definitive Edition
1. Xenoblade 3

Xenoblade 2 is a trash game, imo. The character designs are awful and the story is boring with weak main cast and even weaker villains. Otherwise the series is pretty much perfect! Xenoblade 3 and 1 are my favorite rpgs of all time.

If you want to cancel fall damage in TotK just upgrade the glide set. Otherwise it wouldn't be good. The physics of the game exists in order to make the world believable.

The new racers are so cute! I'm gonna main the ladybug or that bat <3

They're right. How about all the analog defenders stop pretending you're playing nothing but racing games.

Why did they create a pvp game for Nintendo gamers? I could swear we're the least competitive audience.

@Spider-Kev
What exactly do you find ridiculous here? The fact these games run perfectly on Switch 2 as stated in this clickbait article?

Who cares? It's the full game and not a cloud version. That's all that matters

@8bit-Man
Looks better than most "next gen" games to me.

@N00BiSH
Somehow the same people aren't whining about cartoons that look a lot worse than this game.

But yeah, it looks phenomenal and open world karting game is kind of revolutionary.

I'm just gonna buy the Switch 1 version and possibly upgrade it if I can ever afford to Switch 2.

@Gamer83
Where did you get the price tag?

We've got Donkey Kong, Mario Kart and Metroid Prime 4 as release games and people are still whining all over the web.

@ThatZeldaNerd
Switch pro controllers rarely ever had drifting

Not interested. Metroid Prime was the best game on the console and we already have the Prime Remaster. In addition Pikmin 1 and 2 and Super Mario Sunshine were already released for the Switch.

The two interesting games would be Prime 2 and F- Zero X, but that's about it.

Cool. It really gives this vibe of being the next generation Metroid Prime.

@NeonPizza
I'm pretty sure this cover was created by an actual artist. I think this is a great style for a Metroid game, because it follows the pattern of the earlier covers.

@sketchturner
The best part of Turok 2 is its level design. Getting lost is the point. Complaining about it is like complaining about Super Metroid's level design.

Typical non-fitting anime music

@Dimjimmer
Metroid Prime games have always ran at 60fps so I'm not sure why you're doubting it.

Nintendo knows that only FPS and racing games need to run at 60fps, which is why Mario Kart, F- Zero and Metroid Prime games always reach that level.

The "framerate" thing in that one boss looks like it's intentional. There's a slowing effect when the boss crashes on the floor.

Did you guys seriously think a pixel art game such as this would cause the Switch lose framerates? If that were the case BotW, Witcher 3, Dark Souls and all the others would run like 2 frames per second. This is not Super Nintendo you know.

Link's part is just the intro. It's probably a bit longer than the Ganon fight. They wouldn't mess up the gameplay by making the player switch between Zelda and Link.

I'm pretty sure the Guards of Hyrule cannot just throw their own princess in jail over some vague suspicion.

It's more likely some of the guards are possessed just like in a LttP

Gimmick for the sake of gimmick. Based on the intro, the story will be as barebones as it gets. Zelda go save Link from Ganon. The only difference is Link and Zelda switching places.

I can already predict the final battle. Ganon will also use echoes against Zelda. Wow, never saw that coming.

Then again, I don't really care about the top down games. Unless Yoshiaki Koizumi were to write them, but no. Nintendo's greatest writing talent has been forced to make Mario games for the rest of his life.

Early access. Not interested.

DARK SOULS 2! Pleeease it was a goddamn PS3 game, the Switch could easily run it.

Also Xenoblade XCX

Paper Mario is just a Gamecube remaster. I don't think it should count as a new game.

That being said my vote goes to SMT Vengeance.

This is obviously not the next big Zelda game. The development time was like one year. It's just something for Zelda fans since the wait for the next main chapter will be long.

Personally I don't find the game appealing. Despite the fact EoW lends its whole look from Link's Awakening, I doubt this game will be nowhere near as engaging. I couldn't imagine a more boring way to start the game: Zelda is captured by Ganon the Cartoon Villain and Hero Link comes to save. The gimmick is Link falls in dark dimension and Zelda leads the show.

Compared to the mystical narrative of LA, the story here feels like a complete afterthought. Even the cover looks like a cheap photoshop job.

I just hope they don't make the puzzles too easy since there are many ways to solve them. Breaking the game is only fun when there are enough set limitations.

Developers have always been able to break their own games. Cheat engines and such are one example. Thing is, limitations have always existed for a good reason. A journey is not fun if you can just fly over the mountain (looking at TotK.) Same goes to building endless amounts of beds or boxes to climb up. This is not innovation. Aonuma is literally breaking the series, and he doesn't even realize it :/

Eternal Darkness? Seriously, that game has got nothing to do with Zelda. It was a one of a kind thriller game.

From the candidates Kid Icarus and especially Star Tropics could fit the bill somehow.

@BlublacMH
MP4 is not necessarily better than MP1, even though I think it really should be after the wait.
@theGamerPad
Prime 1 was not the series BotW moment. It was the OOT moment as the first 3d game in the series.

Prime 1 was released in 2002, more than a decade before BotW. It's not an open world, "do what you want" kind of game. The "BotW moment" of the series is still in the future if MP4 doesn't surprise us.

I'm playing the game at the moment and it runs at stable 30 fps at all times. I don't understand the performance complaints. Is the problem supposed to be somewhere else than framerates?

The cover looks cheap, following in the game's footsteps. I believe the development cycle for this one was really short. It's just a side chapter after all.

@Papasears1982
Same here. It looks like the developers got too excited for TotK's building aspect and decided to redesign it for a new game. Even the submenu is back.

Then again, this game is obviously a side chapter and not a new big Zelda game. I just hope they ditch the building aspect after this game.

@RonF
If it was the same map again it would be incredibly boring. This game already looks like it isn't too interesting in terms of exploration. I can already imagine how every village and area will look like, which is not fun. The whole point of exploration should be "surprise."

I don't know about the war scenes. Makes it look like a generic FPS. I hope it's just the intro. Otherwise the game looks pretty good, though. It's just we've waited this a long time and it looks like the gameplay is identical with the previous three Metroid Prime games. I hope they can awe and surprise us somehow and preferably without gimmicks.

This is obviously not the next "big" Zelda game, but it's a nice surprise since the wait will be long.

5 years. The two first years might not even exist since they rebooted it.

No, I don't want annoying options like this. I would just be switching between the modes constantly. We didn't need it before, we don't need it now.

As for the whole 60 fps 4k resolution thing, it's a collective psychosis among gamers with OCDs. The only games that are better running at 60 fps are racers and FPS games, and such Nintendo games already achieve that.

Cinematic adventure games actually look better running at 30 fps. Same goes for movies since directors make them run at 26 fps intentionally.

@nintendozach
If it was up to some fans, all Paper Mario games would have the exact same mechanics as TTYD.

It would be like Bethesda, no innovation.

@NIN10DOXD
I don't understand the hardcore nostalgia towards the old 3d Zelda games. I completed them all back in the day, but compared to BotW they suck! Going back feels clunky with dated game design and the only games that can compete musically or in anyway are OOT and MM.

TP, WW and SS are mediocre and boring games. I think the whole series would be better without them, honestly. BotW is the game the developers always wanted to make according to themselves. It's no wonder it tops most lists, such as the ones from IGN, Edge Magazine and this.

@Spider-Kev
If BotW is a demo why does it have better controls, shrines and more solid story compared to the "full game?"

Also, if BotW was a demo then what are other open world games such as Skyrim? Some kind of barely functioning alpha versions of real games?

BotW makes TotK look like ugly mess with bad controls.

Just because TotK has "more" everything doesn't make it automatically better. It feels like 90% of it is filler.

The worst thing after the ability wheel, sage controls and the stop- and go gameplay with arrows are the weapons. Most of BotW's great looking weapons were removed or replaced with decayed crap you need to fuse on, and if it happens to be a sword say goodbye for the sheathe after fusing.

It even looks worse than BotW. Grass is all jagged and the apparent "better" draw distance makes distant landmarks look uglier. The clutter doesn't help either.

The cherry on the top is the fact you can just cheese almost every shrine by using bombs or rocket shields. What's the point of making a puzzle if the player can just run past it?

It's annoying when people say BotW is "better because it was more impactful." No, it's better because it's a BETTER GAME in most aspects that really matter.

The PS1 games were the best. X was decent. Then the series heart decided to leave its body and go pump life to other games. The series changed from essential to mediocre.

Xenoblade is the new Final Fantasy.

@TruthisRare
I think it was a good enough sequel, but not on par with BotW. TotK is just too much of a mess too often.

The "realistic" ghosts were the whole draw of the first game. I heard they ditched them for the sequel. Boos and slimes are just boring, not creepy.

It should at least have a photograph mode

@OldGamer999
Yeah, the story of totK was easily more intense and epic than BG3's story. Execution over complexity: it doesn't matter how long or complex the story is if it doesn't make you feel anything. Larian studios are not good storytellers.

@ancientlii
Nuts and Bolts, the game that plays nothing like TotK.

@RupeeClock
They're not gonna include sheikah slate abilities to TotK, because it would break the story and render stuff such as bomb flowers meaningless.

@Joriss
It's possible to dish more than enough damage without using chain attacks. I use them only very rarely.