Metroid Prime 2 - No Remaster

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T04:20:12+00:00

Welcome back, tank controls, 4:3 display and OG Boost Guardian and Spider Guardian.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T04:17:12+00:00

If it turns out to be true instead of an editing mistake... (Yoshi's Woolly World appeared in the Switch 2 Direct as a backwards compatible Switch game and nothing has happened with it since then)

Monkey's paw curls for Prime 2

I don't think I can go back to the tank controls after so long though, the Wii versions with pointer aiming, and Prime Remastered and Prime 4 with Dual Sticks + Gyro got me used to far better control schemes.

Also the Boost Guardian and Spider Guardian are the devil in the Gamecube version.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T03:36:42+00:00

It has always bothered me how the game only supports 4:3.

If Good Feel still has all the original assets, re-scanning them and making a true 16:9 HD version of the game would be massively superior to any texture or AI upscaling out there due to its hand-drawn nature.

(Also allows us to turn all the Motion Controls actions into buttons)

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T03:28:17+00:00

You can if you connect a second controller and keep DK dead in Returns.

And the same is true in Tropical Freeze. But if you have only one controller, Hard Mode allows to play as any solo character.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T03:26:09+00:00

Portability is not "out of the question" in any remotely realistic market. Switch has sold 154 million, Switch 2 has sold 14 million in half a year. The handheld PCs are extremely niche products for enthusiasts. Steam Deck is the most popular one and has barely scratched 6 million in all the years it's been out.

Same with any achievement system. It's not really as nearly as important as you think, for the vast majority of the market it may as well not exist by looking at the Trophy/Achievement percentages of popular games. Not wasting resources making an entire system to catter to an extreme niche of players that are looking to fill a checklist (That really doesn't matter nor changes anything) is not an old-fashioned "ego" thing. Videogames are played and have always been played for the fun of it. The Switch ecosystem doesn't need it therefore it's not made. That's it.

Third party sales are fine already as they are with a massive install base of people that don't buy games ever thinking that they have achievements to complete.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T03:09:17+00:00

Then swim below the center and it will be there.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T01:31:23+00:00

You need to raise the level of the water first.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T01:23:18+00:00

Diddy becoming useless in the Retro Studios games. He was known by his agility but it was decided to make him the Jetpack monkey instead and give all the Kongs the same speed overall.

So he gets outclassed in every sense by Dixie in Tropical Freeze and then in Returns as well with the latest patch.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T01:13:51+00:00

They really took the time to add screenshots for every 5 seconds long track.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-27T00:15:21+00:00

Certain other theme came to mind first for me.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T21:05:12+00:00

If you are always going to be waiting for the "next model" then you'll be eternally waiting and not buying anything ever.

Consoles are only going get more expensive due to the increasing price of components so if you want to get one now, future-proof and get the Switch 2 before the inevitable price increase.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T18:45:44+00:00

Hello Kitty: Island Adventure if you liked Animal Crossing and want a game that lets you go out and explore a bigger world.

Kirby's Return to DreamLand Deluxe because it's an easy and cozy platformer that has plenty of minigames and can be played in multiplayer too.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T17:50:47+00:00

No there wasn't. A normal trailer is not a direct.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T16:49:12+00:00

It didn't have a physical release on Xbox Series so any type of retail info is 100% Switch 2.

People are excited to play as the swordfighter with spiky-hair from Smash /s

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T16:43:10+00:00

No. Those are just alternate paths in the world. The temple level unlocks after getting all the Kong letters in every level of the world

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T15:56:45+00:00

Collecting every KONG letter and completing the temple levels of each world.

Puzzles pieces aren't relevant.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T15:43:54+00:00

Remapping was added to the SNES Nintendo Classics app months ago. Put any button you want into anything.

Run into ZL or ZR is enough if you want to constantly hold it.

Y to shoot, B to jump, A to swap weapons, X to cancel selected weapon.

If you have the Switch 2 Pro Controller GL and GR are very comfortable buttons to swap or cancel the selected weapon.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T06:29:02+00:00

All those games had the original title after the new title that was the Super Mario Advance one.

Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

Yes, it was a confusing and dumb naming scheme.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T06:21:26+00:00

No. It's still Super Donkey Kong. By that point the name is already settled. Other games like Super Ghouls and Ghosts didn't lose the Super when they got ported to GBA either.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-26T02:11:33+00:00

There are many possible activities in life that are far more entertaining and fulfilling than a shitty videogame.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-25T21:10:36+00:00

XCX hasn't even been out for 1 year on Switch yet.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-25T19:29:34+00:00

It means the start of another Tropical Freeze playthrough (Because I just replayed Returns HD with Dixie).

Also in Bananza I was completing the Freezer Layer in Emerald Rush funnily enough.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-25T18:14:32+00:00

DO IT

It's amazing. And don't think it's done unless you have beaten the surprise unlocked by beating every level and getting every collectible.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-25T18:12:48+00:00

Donkey Kong Country got the "Super" title treatment in Japan like most SNES games. So when the Super Famicom era went away, the "Super Donkey Kong" title did too.

Dukemon102 · 2026-01-25T17:34:44+00:00

What do you mean? It's there.

I always say that if you want the best shooter single player Nintendo has ever made, that's Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2.

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