cm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoFollowing A Switch 2 Firmware Update, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Reportedly Completely Unplayable Offlinewww.thegamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down126
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkFollowing A Switch 2 Firmware Update, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Reportedly Completely Unplayable Offlinewww.thegamer.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoSo, the Internet is required before you can play it.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days ago“Completely unplayable offline” is not the same as, “needs an update”, ffs. I’m no fan of Nintendo, but that’s just sensationalist to the point of being outright lies.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoSwitch games are not playable if there’s an update in the system, until that update is applied. That requires an Internet connection.
minus-squareslimerancher@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWhich is why the headline of the post is marked as “misleading” and not completely removed as false information. You need an update, which requires internet, but after that, the game is “completely playable offline”.
So, the Internet is required before you can play it.
“Completely unplayable offline” is not the same as, “needs an update”, ffs.
I’m no fan of Nintendo, but that’s just sensationalist to the point of being outright lies.
Switch games are not playable if there’s an update in the system, until that update is applied. That requires an Internet connection.
Which is why the headline of the post is marked as “misleading” and not completely removed as false information.
You need an update, which requires internet, but after that, the game is “completely playable offline”.