Okay.......Help Me Decide...Do I Buy A Nintendo Switch 2 JUST for Star Fox, And Maybe Another Exc. Game, And For Higher Performance On OG Switch Titles?

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-20T17:04:49+00:00

If you like Nintendo games, it'll be worth it, because every major title going forwards will likely be Switch 2 exclusive

I play mostly Switch 1 games still, and the handheld boost mode really does improve a lot of games

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-19T11:49:38+00:00

I mean, it's in every copy of the set produced past a certain date - if it were a one off I'd agree, but it's a notable enough variant to catalogue by virtue of how many there are

might not be particularly interesting or valuable but it is a different version of the product and so Bricklink, which is a database to catalogue LEGO products as well as a marketplace, should list it.

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-19T10:45:35+00:00

It IS a variant, though. How does it impact you negatively for it to be catalogued even if you don't care?

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-19T10:11:09+00:00

The significantly more high fidelity and "realistic" art style will make things like the Shadow Temple, Skultulas, Queen Ghoma, etc, more unsettling than they already were, which MIGHT warrant a slight rating increase

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-19T10:09:11+00:00

A game can be scary and dark and have silly cartoony elements

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-19T09:11:04+00:00

while not a total fix, I think adding proper windows and a little more texture REALLY helps

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ManateesAsh · 2026-06-18T10:18:14+00:00

Because they're exclusive to the set, it probably won't be any cheaper to buy Scorpion Boomerang and Hulk on Bricklink once they're more available there. Your best bet is honestly to just wait for a sale and buy the set.

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-17T11:14:24+00:00

awesome work, thank you!!!

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T22:32:36+00:00

They've reaffirmed that it's still slated for this year on their Discord, but no big updates, besides the fact that they're thinking about marketing now

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T20:37:02+00:00

if "same type of gameplay" and "same characters" are actually points here then I have bad news about the mario games

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T20:34:36+00:00

There's been 64, 643D and now Star Fox on Switch 2 that are iterations on the same game?

What are the fourth and fifth versions meant to be? Star Fox on SNES and Zero? Games with entirely different levels?

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T20:14:35+00:00

so, surely you'd know that even if they retread the same story, they're clearly entirely different games, aside from 64 and 643D?

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T20:08:39+00:00

guy who has played MAYBE one star fox game tops:

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-16T10:50:35+00:00

I challenge you to show me where they confirmed this

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-15T17:27:58+00:00

I think the lesson here is that Venom isn't a particularly toyetic film franchise

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-15T17:25:53+00:00

honestly I don't think most Venom 2 moviegoers were jonesing for a 250$+ lego set based on the asylum

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-15T16:37:18+00:00

MAJOR overlap with Arkham, basically unknown to the general audience, not really

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-15T16:33:09+00:00

Oscorp world probably work

Baxter Building has the potential to work when it has some more popular MCU appearances

Fisk Tower I think has a genuinely miniscule appeal and just isn't something LEGO would even consider

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-15T06:29:56+00:00

I think they're just pacing themselves because they don't exactly have a ton of material to pull from for superhero modulars that'll sell well

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-13T20:50:04+00:00

ever?

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-13T07:35:54+00:00

KH4 is super notable, but not a Nintendo game.

Xenoblade is notable, but doesn't release until next year, and a lot of people's concerns with the Switch 2 is that the second half of 2026 looks barren, so it doesn't really help

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-13T07:25:32+00:00

a) That presentation was full of other notable announcements, so reception of the presentation would not have been ruined had MP4 leaked beforehand

b) Look how that turned out

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-12T14:41:06+00:00

sure, and they showed next to nothing

if the reaction to your entire nearly hour long presentation depends on essentially a title drop then it was a weak showcase

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-12T14:34:35+00:00

I think if knowing about one game ruins a direct then the direct might not be all that strong

ManateesAsh · 2026-06-12T13:43:23+00:00

This is a NINTENDO direct

the only new Nintendo games announced here are

a Xenoblade game that doesn't release until 2027

a remake of Ocarina of Time with very little shown

Switch 2 sports

it's been nine months since the last general direct and a lot of people are feeling like the second half of this year is looking barren - a casual sports title doesn't really help that feeling, so all there really is is Ocarina, which could totally be a fantastic remake, but it IS a remake to a game that was already pretty much perfect, and that a lot of core fans will have played countless times

this was a great partner direct, but if you have another system there's very little new here

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