Shaun Musgrave

Ever since Level-5 shifted from being solely a developer to publishing its own work, it has felt like every original game it created was a sales pitch for some kind of multimedia project. To be fair, that approach worked well for Level-5 on more than one occasion. That success was a double-edged sword, I think. For a while there, Level-5 seemed to be more focused on making its games suitable for such ventures than actually making them great experiences on their own.

One of the many unfortunate consequences of advancing technology in the gaming space is that big publishers have shifted more and more towards something resembling the blockbuster model of Hollywood. Granted, the idea of big productions with bigger risks and potentially bigger rewards is something that has been around for almost as long as the medium itself.

When it comes to Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrades of games, the results have truly been all over the map. Some are free, some are set at different prices. Many simply upgrade the performance of the game in question, while others take the opportunity to add some new goodies. While most of them are definite upgrades over the original Switch versions of the games in question, others somehow end up doing less while trying to do more.