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FINALLY! Looking forward to this one!
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By saying just “2025” this solidifies in my mind that this will be the cross gen game that launches with the Switch 2 around April or May or whatever.
That would be new, usually Zelda games are the ones that are the death knell of Nintendo systems.
Yeah and we can assume Tears of the Kingdom was intended to be this before the delaying actions started.
Given the lack of noticeable aliasing in this trailer I wouldn’t be surprised if this footage is being run off Switch 2 hardware. Things to my eye look significantly sharper than what we’ve been getting from the switch.
This looks about comparable to the remaster from earlier, which looked incredible for a Switch game. The trailer looked nice but definitely not what we would expect from something on the level of a PS4. I don’t see a reason to doubt that the footage was the game running on Switch.
But the fact that people are debating if this is Switch 2 footage speaks volumes about Retro Studio’s skill. Jaw-dropping graphics for a Switch game.
Digital Foundry made a pretty convincing case that it’s running on current switch hardware: https://www.ign.com/articles/was-metroid-prime-4-running-on-switch-2. That being said, a cross-generation release wouldn’t be out of character for Nintendo.
I was so hyped when I saw it, can’t wait to play it. I really hope that it will be for Switch (please don’t be for Switch 2).
Hopefully if it is for switch 2, they’d have a switch version as well
I bet they will do this. I remember they did this with Twilight Princess as well.
Or Breath of the Wild. It was a launch title for the Switch but also had a version for the Wii U.
I’m hoping for a cross gen situation akin to Breath of the Wild’s launch.
I’m hoping it’s gonna be like a GameBoy Color game. One cartridge. Play on Switch, regular graphics. Play on Switch 2, next-gen graphics. Everyone wins
That would be really cool.
Fun tidbit: there’s a tiny physical switch in the plug in port that tells those systems which mode the game is for. So if the cartridge presses that switch in, the Gameboy will use the Color/Advanced software, for example.I don’t remember which way is for what specific system, but I always thought that was clever.
IIRC, GBC cartridges could physically fit inside the OG GB, but would throw an error when it required the extra power of the GBC. The GBA had the notch that determined Advance/not-Advance mode and made GBA games physically exclusive to the GBA
That’s what I was thinking of. Thank you!
It took a little googling but I found an article on it: https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/22/game-boy-advance-territory-lock-out-investigated
I wish I had my GBA to look at, since I’ve never noticed that switch in person, but I lost it some years ago. It’s probably still at my dad’s house somewhere, but I haven’t been able to find it. :(
Nice find! I saw it in a video, maaaaybe a MVG video? I don’t feel like digging through channels for it. This article is great
The website is very clear that it’s a Switch game
I wonder if it coming out in 2025 means there’s still a chance we see Prime 2 and 3 Remasters on Switch, Maybe for Christmas 2024?
I really hope so, as I have never played the original Prime trilogy, and want to play them all before 4. Have been meaning to play Metroid Prime Remake, but without any news of Remake of 2 and 3, or MP 4, wasn’t prioritizing it, but going to play the first one soon now.
Hope they release the 2 and soon.
I’ve only played the first one, but I’m starting the second one on Game Cube soon! I still have hope they’ll release 2 and 3, even if they’re not “Remasters”, it doesn’t make sense that they wouldn’t be selling them before Prime 4.
Yeah, there are lots of people (like me) who don’t have any other Nintendo console other than Switch, so getting them all accessible would be good, but as they say, it’s Nintendo, so who knows.
If you have a PC, they run very well in an emulator. Dolphin even runs on Android, though I’ve never tried it so I can’t judge its performance.
I would prefer to just wait for the official release 😀
Thanks for the suggestion though!
Dolphin runs pretty badly on low-end hardware in general. That being anything worse than mid-grade desktop hardware.
Depending on the specific game, it may be playable, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
As a specific example, I have a laptop with an i5-1335u, and it can’t run Twilight Princess playably at all, and Metroid Prime 2 doesn’t work great either.
But my previous 10600k desktop had no issues.
And as a general rule, phones are less powerful than even low-end desktop hardware.
2 could use a remake, if only to finish polishing the dark world. I’m pretty sure it was just a “copy-paste, delete all the plants, make everything purple, and throw a couple rocks around” job. It deserved better.
Wow that’s a terrible trailer. They could put a bit of effort into it
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It’s not what the trailer shows, it’s how it’s showing it. It’s just a slide show of things happening. Fade transitions. Awkward cuts between shots. Almost nothing in sync with the music. The release date is stitched to the end as another clip. The villain’s theme just starts playing while the music is still going. Shows the date and location in the beginning as if it’s going to be story related, then just shows gameplay until the end…
It’s happening!!
I’ve been playing MP3 for the first time lately and I’m excited for this next entry! I’m glad to see they have seemingly introduced a new nemesis, as dark Samus was getting a little old IMO
Wow the new saints row looks awesome
Metroid Pinball 99 anyone?
Despict being happy to see a new MP entry, I’m surprised by the lack difference between this and the remaster.
Oh y’all cool with Nintendo again?
Dem member berries making sales
What?
Lemmy was up in arms at Nintendo with their stance on emulator legal crackdown. I saw many “never again” comments. Now a new thing from a beloved franchise comes out and the tone is “gimmeeee”
Ah got it, well you cannot be sure the same people who is against Nintendo is the same who wants to play the newest Metroid (well, maybe you could, if you investigate, as Lemmy userbase is still small, it would be feasible, but it would be a waste of time IMHO).
Also there is another fraction of people who will play their games but won’t support Nintendo financially 🏴☠️ so yeah, this subject is just not white and black I think.
You’re surprised that the Nintendo community will buy Nintendo products?
As a side observation yes, I’m surprised Lemmy did such an about face
Lemmy is not a single person. Different people have different opinions. In the Nintendo community, they’re probably going to be more favorable towards Nintendo.
Obviously my tongue in cheek original comment was a criticism of the prevailing tone that many many subs had over previous months. I’m calling out the hypocrisy of the group, not the individual. I’m calling out how quickly sentiment shifts as soon as the member berries are activated
The group is not saying one thing and doing another, because the group is many people saying many things.
Obviously dude. I’m talking group to group not group to individual. That’s clear throughout, especially cause I didn’t @ or reply to anyone.
First you said “y’all”, and us all would be the people here in this community, then you said “Lemmy” in general, so no it was not at all clear.
The Nintendo community does not speak for all of Lemmy, nor does Lemmy in general speak for Nintendo consumers.
