After years of waiting, Mario Kart World is the new installment in the racing series, but its new features reveal that the genre may go beyond racing.
Nintendo president has been asked to discuss how the company is handling Switch 2 game and hardware prices.
'For software, in addition to the same factors, the price is decided by considering factors such as increased costs due to increased game capacity and longer development periods.'
Hmm, why not use key cards then if they're good enough for third parties?
“Longer development periods”
LIES!
This would be true if the Switch 2 was a current generation console and outputting graphic fidelity of current gen, but it’s barely better then a PS4.
If they are saying that their games take as long to develop then high end current gen games, then that is a complete lie. Typical PR spin.
Just call it what it is - Greed.
Yea, nothing you said justifies the price hike. Variable pricing already shows you’re “testing” it with popular titles until the sheep give in and you make it the standard you greedy pig.
You’re right and that’s the thing I wish could be prevented. Like, if they didn’t give in, companies would quickly adjust for the market.
For me, I’m just limiting myself to a game a month and waiting for sales on everything else. It sucks, but I’m making my stand with this industry. Otherwise a year from now $100 will be the standard for games.
heres the translation
"the next Zelda, pokemon Mario, Smash, Animal Crossing and other games will be outrageously overpirced, regardless of glitches, how they look, how they play, how outdated they look, how ridiculously bad the voicechat functions"
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explains that games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are impossible without Switch 2.
'“[The] hardware processing performance [of Nintendo Switch 2] has become necessary for software developers to realize one of Nintendo’s most important goals: proposing new ways to play,” the president said in a translated comment.'
So I guess by that definition, Metroid Prime 4, which is cross-gen, isn't a new way to play.
While we're on the subject, open world racing games aren't remotely new either.
Metroid Prime 4 is a Switch game that runs on Switch 2 with upgrades. Same as Breath of The Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. It's not a Switch 2 exclusive.
Open world racers aren't new. But open world Kart racers are. When Nintendo speaks in these terms, they're speaking of new ways for THEIR IP's to play, not the competition. They really never acknowledge the competition.
Exactly what grievance are you trying to air?
And you're splitting hairs, It's an open world racing game, an "arcadey" subgenre of a racing game if you really want to push it. Otherwise, it's just another case of "fans of an exclusive ecosystem sees something new".
Really now, Nintendo doesn't really care whats being said here nor do they need any help standing on their own two feet.
If there's any pedantry here it's making an unnecessary distinction between open world racers and open world kart racers, the vehicle type is irrelevant from a technical standpoint.
Out of topic....
I heard a rumor that Arc System Works are working on a Switch 2 exclusive game codename "Watari". And it will use Unreal Engine 5.4 with expected release date of November 2025. Cool if its true.
"Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explains that games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are impossible without Switch 2."
Isn't this the most obvious comment? Of course it isn't possible on the Switch 1, it was made for the Switch 2
The particle system of DK bananza alone would never work on a switch so yeah I can see what they are saying here.
Of course these games would work on competitors consoles but they are making direct parallels to Nintendo hardware they are hardly going to come out even acknowledge the existence of another platform.
In addition this is like that generic line that every platform holder gives us before the launch of a new system
NE: "Today, we're examining the Switch 2's launch lineup compared to other Nintendo consoles to predict how release day will go."
I think Wild Heart S is the first failed Switch 2 port. Even Switch 1 can handle how ugly the port is.
"Pushing boundaries" seems like a stretch.
LOL
The only boundaries it's going to push are the boundaries of the series itself. nothing more