Nintendo Switch (Currently Plagued) - Here we shit post about the new Nintendo console, The Switch

[Officer Barbrady]

Its all the quests that appear on the map, the new map is a lot easier to read and it shows the available quests everywhere on the map. The main story is only the stuff that appears on the Barracks table and the requirements for those missions.

Possible dumb question but is the brightness decent in game? I remember the first scene on the WiiU version (where you're cracked out of your pod and making your way to base) being so fucking difficult to see when it got dark and other people brought it up too at the time. It could've possibly just been a WiiU thing.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

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Played the original back in the day. Dose the game explain the main character and Yelv coactions to the shadow government?

 

[Soggy Floppa]

Possible dumb question but is the brightness decent in game? I remember the first scene on the WiiU version (where you're cracked out of your pod and making your way to base) being so fucking difficult to see when it got dark and other people brought it up too at the time. It could've possibly just been a WiiU thing.

I didn't see any issue, there is also a brightness slider now.

Played the original back in the day. Dose the game explain the main character and Yelv coactions to the shadow government?

No, it also leaves a bunch of questions open while opening new ones, presumably for a sequel.

Spoiler: What it does explain

It explains what Mira sort of is, how the characters are still alive while the lifehold is kaput, what the Ganglion are, the Samaarians, the lone hero and the Ares, the reason the Earth blew up and what happened when the ship and the Ganglion encountered a bright flash before landing on Mira, who and what Elma is, and what the Vita is.

The new stuff is very fast paced story wise and its mostly exposition and animatics, presumably budget related and them requiring the story to be in a different place for the sequel.

 

[whatever I feel like]

It has been nearly a year since my review of Super Mario Wonder, which I kept mercifully short due to my disinterest in the game. You might be thinking I abandoned writing those, perhaps given the general disinterest this thread has shown in reading them. Fear not though, friends, for the truth is even worse. In the past 9 months I have played only one game on my Switch, the subject of today's review, Balatro. Being a worldwide phenomenon, TGA GotY nominee, indie darling and many other such things, I don't think the game needs an introduction but, as is tradition, will be giving it one anyway. A deck building rogue-lite that is styled after, but does not play like, poker, the game tasks you with building poker hands that multiply off of rules-changing "jokers" to beat an ever increasing minimum score. Battling through round after round you strive to make number go up, unlocking funny cards along the way.

My experience with the game was similar to that of most people's, hearing of it soon after release and eventually paying the small fee required to play. I found the mechanics to be fun and enjoyed the playing card ascetic. It was fun to try to "collect" all of the cards and see the funny jokers. That said, I did not get sucked into the game like some people have and only put 35 hours into the game, finishing with it in two to three weeks. Although I did "beat" certain decks, an easy feat, I never got a true win, getting all the way to the end and beating all of the boss blinds.

To sum up the game, its okay. Not great, but by no means bad and easily worth its money, Balatro is a game that I could recommend as a time killer to practically anyone. While the game itself could earn a 2 out of 2, I can only give it a 1 out of 2 on the Switch, which with its bulky form and inability to fit in a pocket is a much less suitable platform for the game than mobile, which would emphasize its best quality of being a pick up and play time-killer with simple controls.

Don't expect too many more of these reviews, by the way. I'll keep writing them for Switch games but not for Switch 2 so there might be, like, five left in total...

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Don't expect too many more of these reviews, by the way. I'll keep writing them for Switch games but not for Switch 2 so there might be, like, five left in total...

Why's that?

 

[whatever I feel like]

Why's that?

Switch 2 will get most of the biggest games and I have a new gaming PC that is actually capable of playing games released in the past ten years so no watered down Switch ports for me. Really, whats left for Switch 1? Metroid, PLZA, Xenoblade X and maybe Metroid Prime remastered if I go back and play it.

 

[Calandrino]

Switch 2 will get most of the biggest games and I have a new gaming PC that is actually capable of playing games released in the past ten years so no watered down Switch ports for me. Really, whats left for Switch 1? Metroid, PLZA, Xenoblade X and maybe Metroid Prime remastered if I go back and play it.

You'll be back. They always come back!

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Metroid Prime remastered

Don't waste your money and play the original. There is nothing worthwhile in the remaster.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Don't waste your money and play the original. There is nothing worthwhile in the remaster.

I actually own the original but don't want the hassle of setting up a GCN and, you know, tank controls...

 

[NerdShamer]

Switch 2 will get most of the biggest games

I genuinely doubt that this will be the case. Although, if it could run the HD version of FF 7 in a single cart, things might be different.

So, who's ready for another round of shovelware?

 

[whatever I feel like]

I genuinely doubt that this will be the case. Although, if it could run the HD version of FF 7 in a single cart, things might be different.

So, who's ready for another round of shovelware?

I meant Nintendo first party stuff, sorry.

 

[NerdShamer]

I meant Nintendo first party stuff, sorry.

Maybe this time we'll get something more than "one or two games from each series"

 

[Mr. 0]

So, who's ready for another round of shovelware?

but will the shovel be rendered in 4kHD and be streamable over high-speed DSL like xbox gamepass

 

[NerdShamer]

but will the shovel be rendered in 4kHD and be streamable over high-speed DSL like xbox gamepass

I'm half expecting it to be more JRPGs, at this point. Maybe the odd PS4 game if someone's really desperate

 

[whatever I feel like]

Maybe this time we'll get something more than "one or two games from each series"

I... uhhh? What more would you want? I mean yeah, sure, new series. But pretty much everything got a Switch game. A good few got two. Thats an excellent track record, possibly better than any previous Nintendo system.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

I actually own the original but don't want the hassle of setting up a GCN and, you know, tank controls...

I love tank controls! As a design decision they make the game a lot more interesting if the developers do it right.

For instance, Resident Evil got much worse and much less "scary" once tank controls were ditched and they implemented a free camera.

In my opinion.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

I want to rant about Famiboards for a moment, because this shit legit baffles me. Like I knew it was bad on non-Kiwi forums, but not this bad. Context, apparently there's a rumor going around that a Switch 1 Direct will happen either tomorrow or Thursday. So, inbetween the expected "I can't wait to CONSOOOOM!" posts, someone said that if Metroid Prime 4 wasn't cross-gen with Switch 2, people would bitch about it for years.

Apparently you can't use that phrase because it's "gendered".

AND IT GETS EVEN STUPIDER.

You can't use the word "insane" to express disagreement because "MUH MENTULS".


This.....this is straight up Orwellian.

 

[starborn427614]

That rumoured direct this week should have stuff like a HD port of Kirby Planet Robobot, if nothing else.

 

[Mr Processor]

I want to rant about Famiboards for a moment, because this shit legit baffles me. Like I knew it was bad on non-Kiwi forums, but not this bad. Context, apparently there's a rumor going around that a Switch 1 Direct will happen either tomorrow or Thursday. So, inbetween the expected "I can't wait to CONSOOOOM!" posts, someone said that if Metroid Prime 4 wasn't cross-gen with Switch 2, people would bitch about it for years.
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Apparently you can't use that phrase because it's "gendered".

AND IT GETS EVEN STUPIDER.
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You can't use the word "insane" to express disagreement because "MUH MENTULS".


This.....this is straight up Orwellian.

This seems like it probably has the same type of group of troons you have over at ResetEra. As to the actual issue with Metroid Prime 4, I'd make two comments:

1. There are games for the Switch already that chug and struggle on it, I'm expecting these games to run a lot better on the Switch 2. So, for Nintendo, which is worse? Coming out with a Metroid Prime 4 that runs poorly on the Switch, or making Metroid Prime 4 the Switch 2 system seller. I know which one I would pick.

2. By coincidence I've been watching some retrospectives on Bioshock Infinite lately. In at least one of them, the person doing the retrospective was talking about all the content that had been cut, "If only they had focused on the next generation of consoles which were already out, instead of making it cross-gen, maybe they wouldn't have had to cut so much." So, basically, people will also bitch for years if they think making Metroid Prime 4 Switch 1 compatible is holding it back.

Since I don't yet have a Switch 2, and I don't know when I would get one, I'd probably personally prefer it on Switch 1. However, if it's going to run horribly on it, I think it would be better as a Switch 2 launch title.

 

[Two Dollars]

That rumoured direct this week should have stuff like a HD port of Kirby Planet Robobot, if nothing else.

It’s really unusual for Kirby to go 2+ years without even an announcement for a new game, especially considering the last one was a (very good) remaster. I wouldn’t be surprised if they said “btw Robobot Deluxe will be out in a month, demo is available now”.