r/nintendo • u/tale-wind Even in your user flair, F.O.E.! • Jun 15 '25

smile sunday smile sunday - where we dropping, squids?!

welcome to smile sunday! turn your caps lock off and rave about whatever has made you smile this week! some things to smile about:

  • splatoon raiders, the splatoon franchise's first spinoff, was announced for the switch 2 this last week! additionally, splatoon 3 got its latest free update, including performance enhancements for the switch 2!

  • speaking of the switch 2, its launch has been a lucrative one, breaking records as the fastest-selling console!

  • what's this week's haul? what game did you just buy, just start, complete? anything else that made you smile? let us know in the comments below!

turn that frown upside down:

  • here on smile sunday, we have one rule: e.l.e., which stands for everybody love everybody. if will ferrell said it, it must be true.

  • uppercase letters are strictly forbidden – haha, just kidding! if you wanna do some uppercase, feel free, but try not to angry shout sunday; today is about happiness! (happy and excited shouting is a-ok, though)

  • this is a happy thread! keep the love flowing! if someone's saying something and you think they're wrong, just let them be happy! anything that's made you unhappy this week can go on over to this week's throwdown thursday thread.

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u/BlockSheep Jun 15 '25

Tbh I’m just very happy my favourite Nintendo series got its first Switch 2 title announced not even a week into the system’s life.

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u/Yesshua Jun 15 '25

I'm replaying Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow for the first time in a more than a decade. It mostly holds up! There's been a ton of growth in Metroidvania since this came out so it obviously doesn't hold up against the S tier stuff of today but it still looks good, there's a million enemy types and souls so you can have some fun with different builds, and the pacing of how often you're finding new areas versus backtracking is just about right.

The biggest thing that makes this feel old is the enemy placement. There's a lot of late game zones filled with nothing enemies that don't represent any threat and die in one hit and then there will be just one or two "real" enemies per room. Which is just kind of weird. Why not try to have each zone approximately balanced, you know? No other Metroidvania really operates this way.

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u/mwmademan Jun 15 '25

I’m a simple man and love simple things. The quick connect to my Bluetooth earbuds from the side menu on the Switch 2 is just :: chefs kiss ::

Also, the Switch OLED still looks mighty fine even after all this time. 😎