Some clarifications for anybody who is interested in Switch versions, since those are a little more complicated than the PS4/PS5's "it just works on any account logged into the system" method.
If you buy a game on the Japanese Nintendo eshop, you'll need a Japanese account to purchase it. Once purchased, to play the game:
1) You can play it using the same Japanese account logged in on any Switch system.
2) You can play it using a different region account on the same Switch system set as the "Primary" system for the Japanese account that purchased the game.
3) You can play it using a different region account on a Switch system that is NOT set to Primary by using the new virtual game card feature to "borrow" that game from the account holder (this is a pretty new change, since Nintendo recently implemented the virtual game cards as part of a Switch system update in preparation for Switch 2)
I think SOME downloaded games might be more permissive and allow other users on even non-Primary systems to launch them, but at least some are somewhat restricted like the above. For instance, I tested out F/A just now and could open it fine on my US account on the same Switch OLED system that's my Japanese account's assigned primary system - but could not open it on my Switch Lite using the US account, until I did the game card swap thing (that didn't exist until a week or two ago, prior to that I just used my Japanese account to open the game).
BIL wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 8:18 pm
Christ my face hurts from laughing at PUNK SHOT, what a riot with friends.
Soon as we saw BIRB can get it too we were sold.
HOLD THIS YOU PUNK FUCK
Violent Beltscrolling Athletics on par with the very best of Technos. Totally headcanoning this into the
HUNGER CITY trilogy aka Crime Fighters / Vendetta / Violent Storm. (normally a JP title textualist, but I like the balancing of three unique titles
)
Hell yeah, Punk Shot deserves to be part of that lineage lol. Have already played quite a bit, this is one that will be a regular AA revisit for years to come.
Other things I love about Punk Shot:
- Yes, ref lady in rollerblades from the ad IS in the game too! A little different outfit, black leather, sunglasses, and rollerblades - but she's a badass jumpball tossing lady who improves the game.
- I really like the environmental "HUD" stuff like the dude running the sideline in the background with a sign showing the score, or the spectators yelling "DUNK!" both audibly and with a word bubble to signify when you're in the DUNK ZONE.
It's worth noting that the regional differences are substantial in this one, and Japanese is far better IMO:
* Japanese version has short games with one period (can set length in the settings), which take place on one of the courts. A credit = you play until you lose. When you win, you go on to face a different team. From what I can tell, the wackyness is dialed up a bit in the Japanese game - stuff like more frequent dog or bird attacks, players falling off the docks, etc. This is a good thing in this goofy-ass game.
* International version has four quarters for each game, each quarter you rotate to a different stage/court. It feels like much more of a slog. Each credit gives you some energy on a timer, that runs out and when you hit zero you need more credits. I'm not quite sure, energy might run out faster depending on in-game actions (sorta like losing more energy in Neo Turf Masters for each additional stroke below Birdie), I was getting maybe a little shy of 1 quarter's worth of playtime on a credit on default settings. I tend to just toss in like 10 credits at once, hit start on all of them and you get a bunch of time to finish a game.
That box-fresh 
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