Nintendo Switch Thread - Page 242

On February 12 2026 00:06 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
I projected the Switch2 will sell <80M. ... They'll make plenty of money selling 70+M Switch2 Units.

On February 12 2026 00:25 JimmyJRaynor wrote:

No, my projection stands at <80M units. They'll prolly sell more than 60M, but i can't say for sure. How is my 2% economic growth projection for 2025, that I made a year ago, for the USA working out?

On February 11 2026 21:36 Yaqoob wrote:
I had never heard about Escape From Ever After, but I just added it to my wishlist so I can get it on sale. I enjoyed Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, so I'm hoping to give this a try.

On February 12 2026 15:16 AmericanUmlaut wrote:
It's a happy day for me! I'm a huge fan of the Mario Tennis series, and Mario Tennis Fever is out today. It's downloading as I write this. It's been a bummer having the number of people online dwindle over the years; I'm excited for the matchmaking pool to be a healthy size again as much as I am about learning the new game.

On February 12 2026 16:33 Laurens wrote:
I purchased Dragon Quest 7 remake (even though i'm still wrapping up DK Bananza and got Octopath 0 waiting, grr).
Interestingly I was offered the choice to buy it for 60 euros on PS5 or 65 euros on Switch 2.
Nobrainer for me, I absolutely love the DualSense controller. Surprised that it's cheaper on PS5 than on Switch tbh.

On February 13 2026 16:29 sharkie wrote:
yeah well the first reviews are always positive. In this case I'd like to see some negative ones to see the downsides of the game and then be able to make a full picture of it

On February 15 2026 05:33 CuddlyCuteKitten wrote:
So Just Dance has been an overwhelming success with kid. And the rest of the family. Any other active (not sitting down) switch games that suit small kids?

Right now you can save up to 50 percent on a handful of titles. Super Mario RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and a few more are on sale.

Below is the full roundup of prices:

– Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – $29.99 (was $39.99)
– Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – $39.99 (was $59.99)
– Pikmin 4 – $39.99 (was $59.99)
– Princess Peach: Showtime – $29.99 (was $59.99)
– Splatoon 3 – $39.99 (was $59.99)
– Super Mario RPG – $29.99 (was $49.99)
– Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – $39.99 (was $59.99)
– Zelda: Link’s Awakening – $39.99 (was $59.99)

Right now GameStop has all of these discounts here. Amazon also has some of them here. Note that the sale applies to both physical and digital versions, so keep that in mind before making a purchase.

The sale will should end by February 21, 2026. However, stock of the physical versions may run out sooner than that.

On February 17 2026 16:04 Yaqoob wrote:
@DarkPlasmaBall

I am really considering getting Super Mario RPG and Zelda: Link's Awakening. I wanna play all the Xenoblade games but I just don't have enough time lol.

On February 12 2026 20:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Congratulations! I enjoyed Mario Tennis way back in the N64 era, but I never really kept up with the franchise. This video review and gameplay footage have me interested in Mario Tennis Fever though; I'm also interested in hearing your thoughts on the game!

On February 19 2026 23:20 AmericanUmlaut wrote:


So I've played a fair bit of Mario Tennis Fever over the last few days, and my feelings are mixed.

On the one hand, I've genuinely had a good time playing it. My kids all like it, and we are having a lot of fun playing it together. The new rackets, which each give you some sort of super power like generating a hazard where the ball hits or becoming invisible or super fast for a brief period, are a fun mechanic, and the skill ceiling is low enough that my eight year old can hold his own against the rest of us (and indeed he's been so encouraged by this that he's practiced a bunch and is now outclassing the rest of us).

On the other hand, the nature of the competitive experience isn't what I'm looking for, and I don't think I'm likely to spend a lot of time playing this game online. The focus of the gameplay has been moved almost entirely into the fever rackets, leaving very little other room for skill expression. The ball moves *much* more slowly than in Aces, and "trickiness" (ability to hit close to the lines) has been reduced - even for theoretically tricky characters - to such an extent that it's almost impossible to hit a shot that can't be returned. The paper/scissors/rock mechanic between the three shot types is gone, and indeed even strong characters no longer knock the opponent back at all, even on a fully-charged hit. There's no fine-tuned aiming of super shots; you can basically pick the quadrant you want to aim at and the ball will land more or less in the middle of that quadrant. There is no energy bar management, which was a HUGE deal in Aces; the bar simply creeps up at a steady pace, regardless of what you do, and the only way you can spend it is on a Fever Shot.

So all the skill has really been reduced to landing your fever shots optimally, volleying fever shots (that causes their effect to trigger against the opponent), and then forcing your opponent to take maximal damage from the effects of the fever shot. Outside of fever shots, though, it doesn't take a huge degree of skill to essentially always hit every shot back. The ball moves so slowly that even a lob over someone who's standing at the net isn't a reliable passing shot.

TL;DR - I think Mario Tennis Fever is a fun party/family game, but as a competitive experience it's a pretty big step down from Aces.

Counterpoint: I'm an old dude and spent years playing Aces. It's entirely possible that I am just struggling to adjust and will find the new systems great once I'm more familiar with them. Lots of people on Reddit think the competitive experience is great, and there are already guides digging into the fine details of the mechanics, suggesting that I might just be bad at the game.