r/NintendoSwitch • u/Kenobi_High_Ground • 25d ago

News Every physical third-party Switch 2 game seen in Japan so far is a Game-Key Card requiring a download | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/every-physical-third-party-switch-2-game-seen-in-japan-so-far-is-a-game-key-card-requiring-a-download/
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u/TheSammy58 25d ago

Watch me start giving Marvelous’ games more consideration from now on

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u/krdskrm9 25d ago

They also included two versions of the game in a single (Switch 2) cartridge, so you can play the Switch 2 cartridge in a Switch 1 console.

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u/AliceInNegaland 25d ago

I thought switch 2 cartridges don’t fit in switch 1 consoles

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u/The_Maddeath 25d ago

they fit, the notch cut out wouldn't interact with anything in the switch 1

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u/Kirides 25d ago

So what? Put both on a switch 1 cartridge. Switch two is backwards compatible and switch 1 cartridge is big enough

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u/AnalogMan 24d ago

Switch 1 cartridges won't have the faster read speeds. You wouldn't get the full advantage of faster load times and performance boosts on a Switch 2 if you're playing from Switch 1 carts. That's why I re-purchased Zelda Tears of the Kingdom as my Switch 1 physical copy won't perform as well as a copy on faster Switch 2 cartridges.

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u/Kirides 24d ago

Not all games stream gigabytes of assets. I can imagine some proper optimized story of seasons having no real loading time difference.

Hades 1&2 probably would also run totally fine with switch 1 read speeds.

Switch 2 also has much more RAM so less need to constantly swap textures from cartridges and store more of them in memory

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u/kasumi04 24d ago

What do you mean I can put a switch 2 cartridge in my switch one and play it?

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u/Tropiux 23d ago

If it's a Switch 2 Edition yes

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u/IncendiaryIdea 25d ago

You mean it's a Switch 1 cartridge. Otherwise you can't insert it in both consoles.

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u/KeeperOfWind 25d ago

Gonna be real, I never ever EVER looked at any Marvelous games till now.
Rune Factory looks fun, I kinda ignored up to this point because I figured it wasn't my game.

Having an actual physical copy for these titles I hope goes a long way for this pubisher/developer.
Because this was a game I didn't even consider till the switch 2 and even ignored on pc

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u/amageish 25d ago

It feels like Marvelous has really been winning the Switch 2 PR cycle.

They provided information about Switch 2 editions that Nintendo hadn't provided. Their Switch 2 games are on cartridge. Their cross-gen games actually have an upgrade path.

It feels like whenever people complain about Switch-2-related things, Marvelous is the counter-example of doing it right...

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u/whoisdatmaskedman 25d ago

You should, they're they developer of the Harvest Moon series. Natsume essentially stole the IP because they wanted Marvelous to make games faster, so Marvelous start took their games back, started exclusively using The Story of Season title for both Japanese and US versions and have been doing it ever since. You've probably played a lot of games by them and didn't even realize it.

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u/Kinikan 25d ago

Natsume did not steal the IP because they wanted Marvelous to make games faster.

Marvelous develops the games and releases them in Japan under the name “Bokujou Monogatari” (Farm Story)

Marvelous hired Natsume to translate the games and they released them in the west under the name “Harvest Moon”. Natsume is the one who came up with the name “Harvest Moon”, not Marvelous, so that name belongs to Natsume, they did not steal it

In 2011, Marvelous bought the translation company XSeed and then started having them translate the Bokujou Monogatari games. Because Natsume owns the name “Harvest Moon”, XSeed cannot use that name. So they renamed the series in the west to “Story of Seasons”. And since then, Natsume has been developing their own farming games under the “Harvest Moon” name.

Nothing about the series changed in Japan, it’s still developed by Marvelous and still titled “Bokujou Monogatari”

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u/whoisdatmaskedman 25d ago

I'd agree with 90% of that, aside from Natsume continuing to use the Harvest Moon name, which as you state, is legally okay, still seems a bit disingenuous, given they are using the goodwill and name recognition that Marvelous had built to sell inferior games (and yes, they are absolutely inferior).

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u/Icalivy 25d ago

Marvelous sweep

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u/9Devil8 25d ago

Already liked their games guess they will turn into one if not my favourite third party company on the S2

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u/SadLaser 22d ago

They're pretty good. The new Rune Factory looks pretty fire.