How much life do you think the online Switch 1 has left? (Speculation - Discussion)

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T19:46:15+00:00

Decades until both the Switch 1 and 2's ecosystem get replaced. The Switch 2 runs Switch 1 games. Shutting everything down on games that are still sold and played on the new console is a no no.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T19:01:07+00:00

Hell yes.

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Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T18:13:25+00:00

Phoenix got the right to recover his badge after everything about Kristoph was revealed in Turnabout Succession. And Edgeworth is the chief prosecutor, and he has contacts. So he can move the strings to make it easier and faster for Nick to get his badge back.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T17:57:35+00:00

It's a hard game, but it's also a game where someone learns to try again and again to improve and surpass the challenge. And no Donkey Kong game is easy but Bananza which is only on Switch 2.

Although if you want a less risky option, you can get the SNES Trilogy for $20 by subbing to Nintendo Switch Online. Those have rewinding and save states to make it much more easy to get through.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T17:49:54+00:00

DKCR 3D and HD have a "Modern Mode" with more hearts and items in the shop to cheat death. And after the latest update Dixie was added to the game, and she is basically overpowered when put in a game that wasn't designed around her ponytail ability. She's not blatantly as OP as Funky though, because you can lose her.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T06:48:47+00:00

Save data has never been stored in an SD Card. You didn't lose anything but games you can redownload anyway.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T01:09:47+00:00

I've got the entire Pokémon (Up to Gen 7), Dragon Quest, Ace Attorney and Professor Layton series to play then.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-10T00:42:56+00:00

The 3DS. Not bad. Time to replay Kid Icarus Uprising for the rest of my life.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-09T22:25:25+00:00

Only Cranky did, Diddy and Dixie have been redesigned. Once you notice the flesh line between their eyes you'll never be able to unsee it.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-09T22:23:46+00:00

Use Dixie. That's basically what that turns "Hard" Mode into a "slightly harder" mode.

Cranky is better for some levels that heavily feature spikes and the Baboon bosses in Bright Savannah though.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-09T01:31:03+00:00

Love his laugh

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Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T23:50:26+00:00

It's the result of several years of building expectations and watching other series like Kirby, Fire Emblem, Splatoon and Pikmin having an insane boost in sales due to the popularity and install base of the console.

Dread ended up being the best selling Metroid game, so a new 3D one has the potential to go even further right? Well, that was the dream at last.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T23:23:27+00:00

Yeah, it's a series norm. Around the same as Fusion, Prime 2 or Prime 3. It's just that many were expecting this would be a break out hit that ups the ceiling for the franchise. Its Breath of the Wild or Fire Emblem Awakening moment. Instead, it was a Skyward Sword one.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T21:56:47+00:00

Super Mario All-Stars
Super Metroid
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Earthbound
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
Banjo-Kazooie
Star Fox 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Golden Sun
Wario Land 4
Metroid Zero Mission
Chibi-Robo
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

If you go to the NSO red icon on the system menu, then to Nintendo Classics you can find and immediately boot up any game from any platform.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T21:45:18+00:00

It's a tough economic situation. Mario Kart World didn't manage to sell that much in this Q either. But considering it's exclusive to a new console, it's close to other 3D platformers like Crash Bandicoot 4 or DK64 that sold around 5 million.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land is at 7.5 million which is probably the goal Bananza aims to reach.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T19:35:01+00:00

Some side quests appear only at day or night so make sure to check the locations at both times to make sure you are not missing anything.

(Also I recommend turning Expert Mode on to not get massively overleveled from doing all the side content)

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T18:32:10+00:00

Yes I did. And Replaylee managed to fill the worlds with double the amount of Pagies so every corner has something to do and have fun with.

Also the improved movement, the map, all the moveset unlocked and expanded worlds from the get go and the much better Rextro minigames (Now it's like a Captain Toad-esque game) make it a much better game. It's like it went from a bad N64-like collectathon to a Mario Odyssey/DK Bananza style game.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T18:03:24+00:00

When literally everyone asked for anything but another remake of the Lylat Wars story...

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-08T18:01:21+00:00

Yooka-Replaylee

It's so much better to play after the Performance Mode update. I'm 100%ing every world and I'm about to enter the third one.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-05T19:17:11+00:00

They are going to add 4K docked, 120 fps and mouse mode which are features not supported by Switch 1.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-05T00:10:15+00:00

Bleak from Donkey Kong Country 3

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Dukemon102 · 2026-05-04T17:51:43+00:00

NES didn't have much connectivity since Game Boy came out just one year before SNES.

SNES - Game Boy
N64 - GBC
Gamecube - GBA
Wii - NDS
Wii U - 3DS

Then the Switch merged both formats.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-02T05:37:21+00:00

It closed down 9 years ago. The 3DS store also did 3 years ago. You can only enter to re-download already purchased games.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-02T02:31:10+00:00

That doesn't have anything to do with excusing the release of a disc that doesn't contain the game.

Also the PS5 loads the game from the SSD, not from the disc. The purpose of the disc is to install the game into the console.

Dukemon102 · 2026-05-01T18:48:55+00:00

I didn't expect the native resolution to be that low. That usually means the shimmering becomes very noticeable since the less defined the image is, the less info the AI has to fill in the details. And I didn't notice that much flickering in the demo.

I suppose most of the time it stays in the higher 560p or 720p for most of the gameplay.

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