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curl-6 on 17 July 2025
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Otter said:
curl-6 said:

Turns out that much like both Mario Kart World and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, DK Bananza also started development as a Switch 1 game.

They moved to Switch 2 in 2021, which allowed for more extensive destructibility, more detail, and 60fps.

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/50765-nintendo-on-donkey-kong-bananza-originally-planned-as-a-switch-1-game-switch-2

I feel a lot of people were justified in saying that early Switch 2 games look cross gen... Of course totally fine but it's disappointing there isn't yet a first party launch window game built to really showcase the graphical prowess. I'm a sucker for Nintendo demonstrating visual leaps in their IPs, it takes me back to first seeing Luigus Mansion, Metroid and Zelda on the GameCube. The power leap the Switch 2 provides can absolutely give that feeling... Once again hoping that the next Zelda is 30fps 

It's sorta similar to Wii/Wii U/Switch 1 where early first party titles were either technically conservative or rooted in older hardware, and it wasn't til Metroid Prime 3/Mario Kart 8/Mario Odyssey respectively that a real first party showcase arrived.

Given what the system has shown itself capable of with Cyberpunk, there's a lot of untapped potential for first party software for sure; maybe Kirby Air Riders will be built from the ground up and stretch the system's legs a bit.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 17 July 2025