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Bottle of water. Wash with hand.

Hmm... I've heard a few things about Sonic All-Stars too. Guess I should give it a shot.

Would be cool if Crash Nitro Kart isn't still a PlayStation exclusive...

There are also resources on emulation. Generally speaking, if it's about console hacking, rom hacking, custom roms, homebrew, and general technical stuff, GBATemp is the place for it.

A lot of people that develop CFWs, emulators, or homebrew hang out on that forum.

However, be advised; the only reason why that forum is even alive after all these decades is because they're not allowed to directly link to pirated software.

Gbatemp.net

Can't wait to wait 2 years and then pirate it.

But besides that; are there any good PC kart racers?

(Emphasis on "good", because I already know about Super Tux Kart, used to play it a lot more than 10 years ago, but today it feels very... Clunky and dated).

My dude, with a tital and description like that, you should've seen the innuendo coming from all the way in Proxima Centauri.

You can download and keep the installers forever in your personal storage somewhere, and install them without the need of Internet connection.

When you buy a game from GOG you're buying without DRM and have all the installers available to download as backups. Regardless of what the fine print may say, this is effectively owning your games forever.

Yup. Install either Heroic or Lutris (though Heroic is a little better). I think there's also a plugin to allow you to access Heroic through the Steam frintend, but in Desktop Mode, when installing a game through Heroic, it'll add it to your Steam library, which means you can access it in Game Mode too.

Can Linux mobile OSs install apk apps?

For the past 20 years that also included fun gimmicks. They sometimes fail, as with the Wii U, or were good but... Kinda just a gimmick, like the 3DS. But Nintendo has been making their consoles pretty unique from every other console. The DS format and the Wii are still very unique consoles. The Switch 2... Not so much...

I don't doubt the Switch 2 will see success, but how it'll stand out from everything else like the Switch originally did is still a question.

That first part really resonates because I experienced the DS lite. I didn't see many phat NDS consoles, but kids everywhere had a DS lite. Mariokart did insanely well on that console, but not just because it was Mariokart, but also because of the download play feature.

It seems like Nintendo wants to replicate something like that through it's virtual game card sharing feature. But it also seems like it's a feature on the original Switch, so I wonder what new things they've planned.

I too will be surprised if the Switch 2 does better than the Switch. The 3DS, arguably the real sequel to the NDS, as opposed to the DSi, didn't really touch the same highs that the DS lite did.

I'm honestly curious is the Switch 2 will follow in that success.

Credit where credit is due; lots of kickstarters and small private companies have tried making something like the Switch for years, but very few people knew or cared about them. Then Nintendo pulls it off, which leads to the Steam Deck, which then compells a whole market to spring up for similar format devices.

Now there is a market, with competition from all sides, and Valve seems to be the one most are talking about for this format. Besides crushing emulators, how will Nintendo compete?