Much has been made of Nintendo Switch 2’s sales during the holiday period, but with the December 2025 Circana U.S. sales report having just been released, it paints a more positive picture. Last month, Nintendo Switch 2 led the hardware market in both unit and dollar sales. The same also goes for 2025 as a whole. Thanks to that, the...
  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I’ve heard mixed things about Prime 4. That it’s just not nearly as good as the previous ones.

    I assume you played it and liked it if you want a sequel?

    • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      It has some issues, but I enjoyed it. I think a new game would be done from scratch by Retro, whereas in this case they inherited a half baked thing from Namco and had to build on top of that. Thay would probably make it a much better game. If they take in the feedback from 4 on top of that, it’d be amazing.

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      There are moments where it feels great, like what you think Metroid Prime should feel like, but largely it’s a pretty mediocre game, sadly.

      It functionally feels good - the gameplay is solid. And it looks great. But it’s soulless, and the story they try to put in there is pretty weak. Really unfortunate.