We have reached the point where we have no upcoming first party Switch game announced. It’s possible we may still get something, but we will have to wait and see.
Playing Splatoon Raiders. Unlocked the option to respond people’s call to help. Before any mission, you can request for help, so that random people online can join in and help you clear the level. That was available much earlier but the ability to respond to these call just unlocked at around level 15. So, I tried that, it searched for a bit and then sent me to help someone. The person I was helping was level 50, with other helper (or could be co-op buddy, no idea) at level 49, and me at level 15. I was confused who is going to help who :grinning: It wasn’t bad though, it was one of the level I have already unlocked, but enemy health etc seemed to be higher, probably because we were 3 people compared to when I played solo, and with 2 high level players I cleared it much faster than how I did it alone.
Started Splatoon Raiders. The game has weird gyro controls where it only work for up-down, not left-right. I tried it for a bit but ended up turning that off and playing normally. Enjoying the game so far, there isn’t much of a story though. You just select the level, go in, beat enemies and come back. You keep unlocking more and more stuff though, which gives you a sense of progression.
TLDR: A Switch 2 game sold as brand new to me has scratches on it’s pins, indicating use (seen in photo). Can anyone here confirm if brand new games are supposed to come like this? Or, if you have any unwrapped brand new games that have never been inserted in a console, could you please check for me if the pins have any scratches on them?
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I’m pretty annoyed because I just bought a “Brand New” copy of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition from EB Games in Australia, and it appears to have been used. It has scratches on the gold pins. You can see them in the photo, but it’s very hard to tell from the picture, you have to zoom in and look really closely for a faint line going down every pin. I’ve not inserted it in my Switch at all yet. Now, I personally know that these scratches are completely normal for Switch 1 & 2 games (even DS & 3DS). They are not generally a reason for concern. Every single Switch game you own should have these scratches if you’ve ever used them - they’re normal. But this is supposed to be brand new. This to me indicates EB Games sold me a used copy. Also, as usual in Australia, like seemingly every store here, they annoyingly don’t sell ANY brand new games with the original plastic wrap on them, meaning issues like this can in theory easily occur.
Finished Star Fox! Completed all the planets, including all the alternate routes (except one in Sector X, where you have to kill the boss in certain time). Didn’t get any medals though, came very close to getting them couple of times, so will try for them a few times more, but don’t care about them too much.
It’s rare that I actually see a game through to the end, so me beating it is an endorsement in itself. I bought Shovel Knight years ago but it didn’t grab me the way this game did.
New games for both Switch and Switch 2. Also, this month we get last Switch game that is currently announced. I wonder if we will get any more of those, or this is the end of first party games for Switch 1.
Finished my first run of Star Fox, thanks to the motivation from last week’s thread. I don’t think I’ll be able to get all the medals, but I do plan to complete all the routes / levels. Hopefully it won’t take too long.
Reached the final level of Star Fox, but got stuck at a fight with Star Wolf. Dunno how many times I have tried, just can’t kill them all, before all my companions are gone, and my ship explodes. May abandon the campaign and “git gud” by playing from start.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. hereby announces the following information regarding the Technology Development Center, which is currently under construction on the land acquired from the City of Kyoto in 2022.
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