If the new looks make it into the game on stable FPS that is a huge lift. It isn't cutting edge but it also isn't 10+ years behind any more. The new one seems fine for a high budget game releasing this decade. It isn't trying for cutting edge and that is fine.

lestye

United States4280 Posts

March 02 2026 05:49 GMT

#4862

The new pokemon games are exciting, I'm glad they're taking their time. Outside performance, I really want voice acting in the next installment.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 02 2026 20:42 GMT

#4863

Indie World showcase tomorrow!

Clearly not content with its barrage of presentations recently, Nintendo has announced that it will be airing an Indie World showcase tomorrow, 3rd March.

As revealed on Nintendo Today!, the showcase will kick off at 2pm GMT, and promises 15 minutes of info on all the indie goodness coming to Switch systems in the coming months. Notably, the Japanese Indie World presentation will be around 25 minutes long.

Here's the precise time that the event will get underway in your region:

North America: 6am PST / 7am MST / 8am CST / 9am EST
UK/Ire: 2pm GMT
Europe: 3pm CET / 4pm EET
Asia/Oceania: 11pm JST / 10pm AWST / 1am (Wed) AEDT

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/03/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-announced-for-tomorrow-3rd-march-2026

lestye

United States4280 Posts

March 03 2026 04:32 GMT

#4864

Pokopia reviewed VERY well. I don't think its my type of game as I don't have the patience/creativity for those kind of games, but it seems cool that Pokemon has a solid spinoff title. Its been a minute.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 03 2026 08:24 GMT

#4865

On March 03 2026 13:32 lestye wrote:
Pokopia reviewed VERY well. I don't think its my type of game as I don't have the patience/creativity for those kind of games, but it seems cool that Pokemon has a solid spinoff title. Its been a minute.

Yeah, this game seems to be pretty special. At the time of this posting, out of 60 critic reviews: 58 are positive, 2 are mixed, and 0 are negative: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pokemon-pokopia/

Almost all of the scores range from 8/10 to 10/10, and there are already mentions of it being somewhere on a GotY list. That's crazy impressive. Cozy life-sim games aren't generally my jam, but after watching over 10 hours of content and reading the reviews (and being a fan of Pokemon), I'm very excited to play Pokopia. It releases this Thursday

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 03 2026 10:08 GMT

#4866

Indie World Showcase 3.3.2026:

"Join us on March 3 at 6am PT for a new Indie World Showcase! Tune in for roughly 15 minutes of news and updates on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch."

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2598 Posts

March 03 2026 12:14 GMT

#4867

I finally picked up Hades 2 and I can't possibly review it highly enough. If you liked Hades, I think you'll like Hades 2 even better. They just nailed it as a sequel; it's more of the same, but they switched up the systems just enough to make it feel fresh and exciting. The new characters are great, the returning characters from the original are great, combat is a blast and is sufficiently different from the original to be exciting without feeling unfamiliar. And the art and voice acting and sound production and writing are all fantastic!

I'm excited for Pokopia to come out, too. That's not my style of game, but I have a kid at home recovering from a bad bout of mono who loves Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, and I think she's going to spend a lot of happy hours in Pokopia, too.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 03 2026 13:14 GMT

#4868

Hades and Hades 2 are both phenomenal

They do such a good job of being addictive and convincing you to play *just one more time*.

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2598 Posts

March 03 2026 13:25 GMT

#4869

Yes, they **yawn** certainly do...

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 03 2026 13:44 GMT

#4870

Get some rest now so that you'll be able to better focus on playing more later!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 03 2026 14:19 GMT

#4871

I think I'd rate today's Indie World Showcase as a 5/10. It was pretty short and nothing totally blew my mind. My Little Puppy and Moonlighter 2 kind of appeal to me, but that's about it. A pretty forgettable IWS imo.

sharkie

Austria18774 Posts

March 03 2026 14:26 GMT

#4872

yeah imo these kind of showcases do more harm than they do good... you can lose audiences for good when they want to announce something big

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 04 2026 10:01 GMT

#4873

On March 03 2026 23:26 sharkie wrote:
yeah imo these kind of showcases do more harm than they do good... you can lose audiences for good when they want to announce something big

Yeah kind of like crying wolf? I could see that, though Nintendo could always add some hints / teasers / context if there's a big franchise reveal, so that some people don't get tired of "guessing" whether a Showcase/Direct will be a hit or miss. Either way, Indie World Showcases tend to be less popular than traditional first-party Nintendo Directs.

All that being said, there are definitely plenty of personalities who thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's IWS! Here's a much more positive response:

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 04 2026 10:56 GMT

#4874

Nintendo just revealed its first acknowledgement of Mario Day 2026 (MARIO Day -> MAR10 -> March 10th), by announcing a few additional Mario games for Nintendo Switch Online. Hopefully, we'll see even more Mario over the next week!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46687 Posts

March 04 2026 14:33 GMT

#4875

Pokopia is already one of the highest-rated Pokemon games of all time. Not just spin-offs... mainline games too!

"In fact, it's so good that it's actually now joint first as the highest-rated Pokémon game on Metacritic at 88. What's the other game, you ask...? Pokémon Y for the 3DS. A good mainline entry, to be sure, but the best in the series..? Hmm.
It's also worth considering that the original Game Boy games don't feature at all on Metacritic, so it's possible that these might have come out on top. That said, even HeartGold & SoulSilver for the DS – remakes widely considered to be the peak of the franchise – sit slightly lower at 87."
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/03/pokopia-joins-a-3ds-entry-as-the-highest-rated-pokemon-game-on-metacritic

(For what it's worth, I do not think Pokemon X and Y are particularly great compared to many other Pokemon games.)

The Official Pokémon YouTube channel also just dropped another teaser - this time a "Developer Island Tour" - which shows advanced customization and new world-building details for those who are looking to make their Pokopia islands as interesting and personal and complex as possible: