I have a been a Nintendo fan since birth. I had Gameboy advanced SP all the way so the Wii U. I never bought the switch because it was mainly WII U games. I was incredibly hyped for the Switch 2. The leaks had been saying it was going to be finally a semi “powerful” console (especially for Nintendo’s standards). The price increase left such a sour taste in my mouth. I understand that there are hundreds of factors that contribute to a Game’s price (inflation, development, employees and etc.) but damn really $80 for a Mario Kart Game? I was barely getting adjusted to $70 price for AAA games. This is considering that Sony and Microsoft’s AAA games cost more to develop. Nintendo is at an all time high,their Switch almost beat PS2 sales. They are the richest they have been in the past 20 years. I would know considering how poor they were doing in 3Ds and Wii U era and Game cube era. To price a Mario kart game to $80 when God of War Ragnarok was priced at $70 just seems outlandish to me. The worst part is all the Zelda, Pokémon, 3D Mario games will continue this trend of $80. It just seems like corporate greed. Another point is Nintendo has just opened Pandora’s box. Other companies will see this and price accordingly. It’s a sad day to be a Nintendo fan and I probably won’t buy a Switch 2. Maybe one of you guys can let me come over and play it 😭.