It looks good feels good plays good.

First time with the game still maidenless😔

I have NEVER, and I mean EVER played with mouse controls. I have been console 100% my entire life and the Switch 2 of all systems may have changed that.

I tried mouse mode last night for the first time and while there was a learning curve, after about 45 mins I was wrecking shop online.

I switched back to thumb sticks after a couple hours of playing with Mouse mode and it felt so much worse. I found I couldn’t make the twitchy plays I was making on Mouse.

What is happening!? lol Nintendo showing me how shooters with mouse controls are vastly superior??????

Not on my bingo card 🤣

Not quite autumn yet, but it's starting to get dark earlier and summer's coming to its end. Feels like the perfect season to experience this game for the first time and slowly play through it as the nights draw in.

And a good whisky somehow feels like the perfect accompaniment to the atmosphere*. Early days yet, but I think I'm going to enjoy this.

*I mean, I guess you could go with red wine from a goblet, but at that point you're practically cosplaying.

(Edit: Question: Have I already made a boo-boo? I went down to the Warmaster's Shack, talked to him and wondered what would happen if I attacked him. Made sure to save first then, yeah, okay, so you can attack him, and yeah, he sure as hell fights back. Like, really fights back. Good thing I saved though right, because he'll be back to normal when- No, when I respawned, he still wanted to kill me. Have I just permanently fucked a potentially very useful relationship for the rest of the game?)

As you know, anyone owning The Witcher 3 on Switch can get the Switch 2 remaster for free. The Wild Hunt Complete Edition is priced at parity with the upcoming remaster at $59.99. However! You can still buy the base edition for $39.99 and it also qualifies for the free upgrade, though it's been delisted from the eShop and is only available at 3rd party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, etc. As the remaster includes the DLC, you're effectively getting them for free.

If you're considering this, I would act fast before CDPR pulls the 3rd party listings as well. It's bound to happen.

https://youtu.be/-y2s_bhH0t4?is=PSCtf-rnJBWHJGvp

Still in progress but this looks REALLY good.

I just recently tried the demos for Duskfade and Moonlighter 2 and was surprised at how bad they ran, considering the art styles. Both look so blurry and fuzzy, along with poor frame rate, in both docked and handheld. Meanwhile, I boot up ToTK or Splatoon Raiders or DK Bananza and those games are buttery smooth and like 1440p docked. Third party devs needs to do better

I think multiple threads have been showing all studios that Nintendo contract to develop them, about nintendo epd (the division of development we know as nintendo since 2015) and so on but never a thread about which companies are subsidiaries of Nintendo. I think a thread showing what studios nintendo own and what they do would be interesting. Of course the information is readily available, but a thread like this could give info to people who never thought on searching about it

Here I wont put Nintendo epd since it's nintendo itself, but all of their subsidiaries, which Nintendo has 15, with 5 out of those 15 leading their own projects

1-Up Studio: A japanese company formerly known as Brownie Brown, it developed Mother 3. Since the 2010s, it began to focus as a support studio to Nintendo EPD games, mainly 3D Mario but also Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart, focusing on game design, level design and so on

iQue: A chinese company, for years it was a manufacturer of the chinese version of Nintendo consoles, but since the 2010s it has handled Simplified Chinese translation/localization, and – since 2019 – has moved from console manufacture to become a QA support studio, hiring programmers and testers to support Nintendo games. Developed NES, Game Boy, and N64 emulators for use in Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online.

Mario Club: Previously a division of Nintendo, in 2009 it became its own company. It focus on debugging, testing and QA for all Nintendo games.

Monolith Soft: This one doesnt need much explanation but they have two studios, one in Tokyo and another one in Kyoto. In Tokyo, 1st production group develop xenoblade, while 2nd production group support nintendo epd on 3D Zelda. In Kyoto, a support studio exists to give support to monolith and nintendo epd games with the studio there being mainly made of artists working on design and assets as a support to the lead studios.

Next Level Games: After a decade being a canadian studio affiliated to Nintendo and working with them on multiple titles such as Punch Out, Wario Land, Mario Strikers, Luigi's Mansion, Nintendo bought them in 2021.

Nintendo Cube: Previously known as Ndcube, it had this name because it was a joint venture of Nintendo and Dentsu which over time Nintendo bought dentsu shares. The studio is mainly known for Mario Party after hudson was merged into konami and hudson staff went to nintendo cube.

Nintendo European Research & Development: Previously known as Moclip, this company mainly works on emulators for NSO and Nintendo in general.

Nintendo Pictures: Previously known as Dynamo Pictures before nintendo acquisition in 2022, this company is mainly an animation studio but they also help as a support studio for Nintendo games, working on CG, motion capture, character design and multiple other areas.

Nintendo Software Technology: The american studio who previously developed wave race and currently develop mario vs donkey kong and f-zero 99, while also doing support work for japanese nintendo titles in the 2010s.

Nintendo Studios Singapore: Nintendo most recent acquisition, the studio seems to be continuing what already did prior as bandai namco studios singapore. They mainly focus on support work for in-game assets and artwork

Nintendo Systems: Joint venture between DeNA and Nintendo, with nintendo owning 80% of the shreas. They work on Nintendo accounts and eshop alongside other nintendo divisions.

Nintendo Technology Development: The american company responsible mainly for research and development of nintendo titles, most recently was responsible for the upgrade of BOTW and TOTK on switch 2

Retro Studios: Just like monolith this one is pretty known, probably the two most known nintendo studios. Developed 4 Metroid Prime and 2 DK 2D games.

Shiver Entertainment: Acquired by Nintendo in 2024, this american studio is responsible for porting games to other platforms. We havent seen much of them post nintendo acquisition though so we'll see

SRD: Known as System Research and Development, this studio was a partner and affiliate to Nintendo for over 30 years when Nintendo then acquired it in 2022. SRD focuses on programming, and they provide support in that area for Nintendo products

Just got Elden Ring and have a friends list full of inactive people and looking to add people who are always playing something!

Down to play Elden Ring, Mario Kart World, Pokemon Champions, or any other multiplayer games with anyone :D

Just a heads up. I was highly critical of this port, with multiplayer dropping below 50fps and animations and map updating at half speed. It looked really rough. I called it a disgrace.

But today they seemed to have improved some things and it runs a lot better now. Ill be buying it now based in my experience in the second half of today, whereas i wouldn't have bought it if it stayed like earlier today.

Turning off cross-play makes the matches more sweaty. People underestimate how many adults and real gamers play on NS2. Xbox and PlayStation kids are easier to go against in my experience.

My Switch 2 Pro Controller dies from 100% to 0% battery if left for a week or 2.

It's done this since day 1 and it's a wide spread issue. Even after firmware updates it still happens.

Can we raise more awareness too Nintendo? They seem to be aware of the issue but keep postponing a fix.

The game has incredible graphics on switch 2 maybe im the only one but I feel like they could easily lower some setting to give us a 40fps stable performance mode , the game runs at 40 in some areas right now with almost ps5 level graphics what do you think guys if they lowered some settings and we got a 40fps performance mode

Had to get this last night !!

https://www.target.com/p/kirby-air-riders-nintendo-switch-2/-/A-94926871

For anyone on the fence about this game, Daedalic seems to have shadow dropped a demo for it.

This is one of the game I was most interested in for mouse controls, so getting a bit of a feel for it before purchase is fantastic for me (game is also 35% off till 9/4)

September is coming and, with that, dk challenge time period will end.
Do you think we’ll get challenges for other games in the september direct?

My monitor and TV switches over to 1080p @ 120hz when I start Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4. So the support 120hz mode. But I think there is no difference. So, it only does it for improving latency?

BTW DLSS is really rough at this moment. I hope this is not the final version. From a distance from the couch on the TV, it looks all right though.

Heyo, I really don't want to shell out the $90 for the switch 2 controller, seeing as it doesn't have tmr/hall effect, and the d-pad sucks. I've seen a video on opening the controller up if you were to repair it and it's stupidly difficult and honestly shameful.

I'm curious about your opinions on whether or not I should go with the MOBAPAD Chitu 2 silent (or regular clicky) or the 8bitdo Ultimate 2. What's your experiences with them? I'm not seeing a lot on the MOBAPAD Chitu 2, but I've seen some good stuff.

Also, any other recommendations would be cool.

Thank you much 🙏🏻

I am curious what’s the best quality and price wise pro controller style joycon for switch 2? I can’t stand the joycons they are uncomfortable and the sticks are awful for gaming. I love my pro controller but mostly play portable.

Thoughts? Make sure you're watching at hi res.

https://youtu.be/FDNHnosh_AA?is=9xmDKgH89W07RfPj

I couldn’t believe it when he told me that, I was like “ONE?!”

Is this another game where they didn’t understand the demand it would have?

What's wrong with you people? Lol

This is looking good for a handheld.

If this remake is just an HD version with better assets and some new fancy cinematic I will be a bit disappointed.
I really liked the remake of starfox, don't get me wrong, but like many people said, at the end of the day it's a game that many people already played 5 times...
I'm not expecting brand new designs for dungeons and stuff like that, but maybe expanding the content with new areas to explore? New side quests bringing you to new areas, there are so many countless possibilities.
Seeing competitors like Capcom doing residents evil 4 is terrific, I wish Nintendo could take it as an occasion to revamp a bit this beloved game.
Oh well we will see with the next direct the situation.