I know this is arguably not Nintendo, but I’m playing the new remaster of the classic PS1 & PC game Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. I have the Nintendo Switch physical Collector’s Edition pre-ordered which comes with an awesome statue of Croc, but I haven’t received it yet and double-dipped on PC due to having played it with the keyboard on my childhood PC back in the day.

(Correction: BOTW + Switch 2 Edition pack is $110, not $120)

If you only get the upgrade for the duration that you have the subscription, then that definitely doesn’t make the one-time-purchase cost justified in my opinion. If you consider that Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is (still) $90 on it’s own, the upgrade being included for $110 means that the upgrade alone will be at least $20. While I was watching the direct, I thought it was stupid you had to pay for it at all, but honestly expected it to only be $5 at the most. After all, when you buy a Switch 2, you’re paying for the power the console has in that purchase. You shouldn’t be forced to then unlock that power through a further DLC; it’s not like they remastered the game or something. This is like Tesla making you pay extra for features that are already built into their cars.

However, I do think that the Switch 2 Edition packs like the one in Kirby and the Forgotten Land are justified to cost money, because they actually include a new campaign like a normal DLC should. Even with Kirby though, the actual graphical enhancements should be free. The new campaign should be the only paid part.

My new trend is not buying from Nintendo.

I’m in Australia too. Did you notice that they increased the price of the slightly-improved Switch 2 Pro Controller to $120 AUD compared to the Switch 1 Pro Controllers $99. What a load of crap. How much is the dock gonna be separate? $200? Plus, if you wanna buy Breath of the Wild with the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition pack included, it’s going to cost you $120 $110… a game from 2017 that only had a value for the resolution tweaked and an increased framerate cap…

Not exclusivity. The game was announced to be coming to the Switch 1 with the last trailer in June last year.

Maybe they’ll come out with some official mousepad. I can’t wait to see if they do Mario Paint and a new Mario Maker with this too, though.

Another day, another crappy Nintendo action.

I bought it when it came out even though I couldn’t reasonably afford it, because at the time my stupid teen-aged self wanted to collect every Nintendo published game on the Switch, and thought the game was going to be sold out if I didn’t get it. I was well aware it was scummy of Nintendo at the time, but I bought it because I was sure they wouldn’t do it again. I even got the limited time Fire Emblem English translation and still haven’t touched it yet.

Now they’re gonna release it on the eShop right!?.. Right?

That’s funny, I think you’re probably right. This is the message at the bottom of the page only if you select the “Physical” option first. If you select the “Digital” option, the cancer and reproductive harm message doesn’t appear.