Orbital2060
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If they have a bundle with Bananza, or even better a banana yellow Switch 2 I will (try to) get that. And MK World solo. Instead of the MK World bundle.
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Donkey Kong Banaza Direct announced for June 18
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Punished Miku
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MK is $80. DK is $70.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
You need to step-up your dating game.
Hyet
Member
You know that sketch parodies fans not being critical of companies, righ?
diffusionx
Gold Member
Buying one and then bitching about all this stuff that you knew beforehand is simply idiotic behavior, sorry. Especially when you claim this stuff is all a deal-braker.
If Nintendo's strategy was so bad then the system would be failing. Sales are the only scorecard. It's happened before. Nintendo had to change tack with 3DS when it flopped out of the gate. Switch 2 is very successful. Nintendo has been doing these directs for ages and if you don't know how they operate then I don't know what to tell you. They'll release that info when they are ready to. We'll get a Metroid Prime 4 direct before Metroid Prime 4 comes out but they don't owe you a roadmap.
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Shifty1897
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Since Mario Kart World didn't turn out to be the Switch 2's killer app, I have to wonder if this will be it.
Hyet
Member
So... liking a product and thiking Nintendo comunication is abysmal are mutally exclusive? "How do you dare eat that cheeseburger? you said the table service was abysmal!"
(Citation needed)
You seem incapable of understanding nuance. Every single of those customers will agree that their communication is bad and that the console has issues, but they still have their own reasons to buy one. Buying something doesn't mean you consider it flawless.
Also, if you consider sales the only metric of success, maybe you could say something about that key cards. Surely they're flying off the shelves, right?
It took them 4 months to act with the 3DS. I don't want that.
Every single other game publisher that has a game coming out in summer has dated it. Some of them even beyond. Nintendo is not ready because... they're retarded?
Hey dude, you know how they operate, maybe you're familiar with the neat graphics they put out after every direct with logos and dates on them... oh shit, thats a roadmap! Turns out the last one they did has nothing beyond a month from now! Maybe I'm not entitled to an update but maybe it's in their own interest to create de ilusion that they have stuff in store and that they know what they're doing? Comes with the added benefit of people making plans of buying stuff and keep some kind of excitement around a console that launched with 1 major new game and that will take another month to get another.
Guerilla Munch
Member
I'm going in blind. Odyssey was a masterpiece and if it's the same team I trust them implicitly to deliver a great platformer
Punished Miku
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I think it'll surpass Odyssey. I'm expecting this to be a 10/10. They've never made a game with tunneling like this, but we got several 3D Marios. People are sleeping on it a bit. This is literally what got me to buy the system. Going in blind as well.
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Waited to long on a new 3D platformer. Bring it
Zacfoldor
Member
The rollout is being carefully planned. You can't even buy Switch 2 online yet. They are managing demand and smoothing the spike of this console launch by turning their software lever. Right now we are supposed to be enjoying Mario Kart, Bravely Default Remaster, Cyberpunk and BC.
I think maybe you have been burned by how poorly Sony has performed this gen software-wise or by how poorly Xbox performed between Halo 2 and 2023. Nintendo is not that. They have tons of games in the works and 3rd parties are begging them to get on Switch 2 and not the other way around.
There is a plan that is controlling this rollout and that includes all software and what software you know about. If you believe that and trust your own logic you no longer need to be told things like "Nintendo Switch 2 will get all the 3rd party ports," you'll be saying it yourself. You should also know that there is nothing more important to a Nintendo console than how good the next Nintendo exclusive is. If you want to know why Switch 1 was such a huge hit, it ain't because of the novel concept and it ain't because of 3rd party games or backwards compatibility and it isn't even about exclusivity. It's because BotW and Mario Odyssey were bangers. By showing their next game they are doing exactly the correct thing.
EXCLUSIVE - Nintendo Switch 2 Will Have a 3-Phase Launch Plan For Its Games
With Nintendo Switch 2 just one week from its official full reveal, this year's annual GDC was buzzing with talk around its launch.
insider-gaming.com
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GymWolf
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Never heard about any rule about being unable to criticize something AFTER you buy it.
It sound like a self-inflicted personal law more than something real.
You don't need to be 100% ok with every single detail of something to buy it and talking shit when you notice that it is even worse than you thought or notice new bad things has been a thing since forever.
Like "i knew the screen was bad but now that i'm using it, it's even worse", how is this strange to hear in any way, shape or form?
People that only praise what they buy comes out as people who want to justify their purchase at any cost,i trust more people who can recognize flaws and talk about it compared to fanboy parrots that only see positive things.
TikiLagoonSam
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Not giving out many dev kits early enough really bit them in the ass.
TikiLagoonSam
Member
Donkey Kong Bananaza looks like someone forgot to plug in one of the component cables. The colors are off to me.
clarky
Gold Member
Yeah its selling so badly, they really fucked up.
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Robb
Gold Member
Well, nothing dated.
Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby AirRiders don't really feel like the big holiday titles, I wouldn't be surprised to get those before October. With Prime 2 and 3 sprinkled in.
I also expect we'll get a 40th anniversary Mario Nintendo Direct soon as well.
My guess is they'll get the DK content out of the way and fill in the rest after that.
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blacktout
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You do understand that this week isn't their last chance to date titles for between now and October, right?
Like, even assuming there's no Direct until September (and there's no reason to assume that), the very same platform that they used to announce this Donkey Kong Bananza Direct (Nintendo Today) could be used to provide a release date announcement for Metroid Prime 4 or to announce a MP4 Direct.
Donkey Kong Bananza is a priority because it's releasing a month from tomorrow.
diffusionx
Gold Member
The Switch 2 came out not even two weeks ago. The situation has not changed at all from the day it came out until now. The idea that Nintendo isn't delivering after 10 days is so stupid, when you could have just not bought it 10 days ago and wait until the calendar was to your liking.
And DK Banana is one of Nintendo's big games for 2025 and they are going to promote it in this way because they always promote their games in this way.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Metroid Prime 4 for me but this is a close 2nd
Never doubt Nintendo EPD Odyssey team for making a platformer.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
People shitting in DK's new design but I fucking LOVE it, he so much more expressive compare to old design.
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Punished Miku
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Not to mention the old design is literally from Donkey Kong Country on SNES. Its okay to do something new. He looks closer to some of the NES art.
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GymWolf
Member
I was talking broadly.
My mistake if you were only talking about the switch situation (even if some stuff still apply like the screen)
not all fans have or want the app
Punished Miku
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It gets posted everywhere else in 5 seconds.
blacktout
Member
I wouldn't worry about that. The last two announcements (Splatoon Raiders and DKB Direct) were posted on NeoGAF within like one minute, lol.
Could be next week. Back in 2022 in the third week of June Xenoblade 3 got a dedicated direct and the following week had a partner showcase (and it was actually really good, it's where persona 3,4, and 5 were finally announced and Nier Automata port was announced).
i am expecting a partner direct third parties is dry as first party.
touchfuzzy
Member
Haha both by me, I have the app notifications turned on and they both buzzed on my bathroom counter while I was getting ready for work. I'ma scoop up all those free thumbs up for being the only person with the app, thank you.
Walter Matthau
Member
I respect Nintendo, but since they went completely family friendly their games have become completely brain dead easy. Mario Odyssey, Botw, Totk, now this.
You can already tell the destruction gimmick will get boring after half an hour and there doesn't seem to be anything else there. You don't have to be a psychic to know the bosses all gonna be easily killable on first try with eyes closed.
You can already tell the destruction gimmick will get boring after half an hour and there doesn't seem to be anything else there. You don't have to be a psychic to know the bosses all gonna be easily killable on first try with eyes closed.
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Its collecting time baby
nordique
Member
Fortunately it doesn't sound like Nintendo "currently" has any plans to use game key cards for first party games
Don't Worry, Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Its Controversial Game-Key Cards For First-Party Physical Releases
I wonder what that means for The Duskbloods?
www.thegamer.com
AngelMuffin
Member
Hopefully we'll also get another DKC from the folks over at Retro at some point down the line.
Hyet
Member
Rocket lauches are carefully planned too and fail. Same is happening here.
Ah yes, they don't want you to buy their console too much so they are holding software support just in case it seems the console has a clear and bring future ahead. Nobody wants to be too sucessful, right?
By divine mandate I will enjoy what Nintendo decrees, but there's still A FUCKING MONTH until DK releases.
I don't own PS5 or any Xbox series. I play on PC. I have plenty to play on all my systems including Switch 2. That doesn't make their PR and launch rollout acceptable.
Yeah I know. PS and XBOX have the decency of showing their slates and they also get third party support upon game announcement.
This is straight up fanfiction.
I bet that if this was real, publishers would be thrilled to the bone about having no control on when to introduce their game or on how to market and promote it. Crazy talk.
I trust my own logic and it says when nobody announces shit for the platform durin 6 days of reveal and promo shows one after another is because there ain't shit to announce but you can go on with your senselss cultlike "when you meet god you'll believe in him" sentences
I have owned Nintendo systems probably before you were even born, I can decide what I expect from Nintendo myself, thank you very much kid
I was there. Were you?
This played a part
This did not play that much of a part because they weren't that many.
Swicth 1 wasn't even backwards compatible when it launched. I insist: were you there?
Yes and no.
Breath of the wild was an amazing launch game. But then it was followed up by Mario Kart. And then Splatoon 2. And then Mario Oddyssey. Throw in some other games that round up the first year slate like arms and Xeno 2 and you have a great slate of games of amazing quality one after another in a year. All shown properly during the reveal and set to come out in the first year of the console.
No, they're doing exactly the opposite of what you just praised with switch 1
- They shown half a year worth of games. Swich games was introduced with its full year ahead
- They had a clear slate of games at all times with swich 1. With Swicth 2 they dated their launch games, Pokemon and DK. Huge gaps everywhere. The announced Splatoon Raiders suddenly but there's not even a release window for that. Could come out in november or next year. Or tomorrow. Or 2027. No clue.
- Not as good quality and fewer exclusives: MK is good but it isnt breath of the wild. DK still has everything to prove. Drag x Drive is outright trash that would not chart on the steam top 300 if it was released there. Pokemon and Metroid are not exclusive to Switch 2.
Woopah
Member
They have to date all this stuff at some point, but they probably see DK marketing as more urgent as it's coming next month. Everything else can be dated later through the Nintendo app or a general Direct.
Same thing happened with Switch. It launched with lots of first party games undated and that wasn't a problem at all.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Just got amazon canada invitation to buy Switch 2 and bought it right now
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
I don't like the aesthetic either, it's a bit of a hard barrier for me. Sad, given the quality devs involved.
It evokes for me the trash-tier procedural design of No Man's Sky, which I absolutely loathe.
I hate "random junk in a landscape" look, it feels un-designed in the worst way. My games should be curated gardens of inventive design, like a typical 3D Mario platformer offers.
Lionel Richie
Member
BOTW wasn't exclusive to Switch either and honestly no one should use BOTW as the parameter for launch games, considering it's arguably up there with Super Mario 64 as the best launch title of all time. I really don't understand this argument.
kevboard
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