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Mario Kart World MSRP is $79.99 USD.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One thing I did notice is that if you own the zelda games on switch 1, and have the online sub +exp, you get the upgrade for free. I'm still not sure that justifies it of course but it's something. Still not sure I can spend that much on a console.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

(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.