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

[Scarlett Johansson]

What's ironic is they're putting in effort for the Detective Club games, which makes the SS port all the more lazy.

SS?

 

[Mr. 0]

SS?

SQUIDWARD SWORD

 

[Sexyphobe]

>link's awakening
>clear quality
It literally has content REMOVED from the GBC release and it is a full $60. Not even mentioning the NSMB-tier artstyle.

I'm not sure why for the life of me I keep seeing people defending this vapid cashgrab.

Never played it or followed news about it, just the only example I could give of Nintendo doing anything similar to other devs.

Even if they're just 1080p@60fps ports like Resi 4-6, Saints Row 3/4/Gat, they at least usually have the decency to charge good prices. Nintendo just releases crappy ports with no effort, $60 plz.

I tend to prefer playing the original games over the modern-day remakes, because the people in charge of the remake are often different from the ones who made the original games therefore the results can be wholly different and worse (RE3make for example which wasn't even by the same team that was responsible of RE2make). Remakes should also always give the option for buyers to play the original title imo, something that Odin's Sphere Leifthrasir did for instance.

Halo 1 and 2 were also pretty cool in that you can change between older and newer versions at any time by pressing select.

Only issue with the Spyro remakes was that gliding in 1 was off. All they needed to do was add hover from the other 2 games and it'd be the best Spyro game. Flying sections in all 3 still suck, though.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

>link's awakening
>clear quality
It literally has content REMOVED from the GBC release and it is a full $60. Not even mentioning the NSMB-tier artstyle.

I'm not sure why for the life of me I keep seeing people defending this vapid cashgrab.

Eh, I personally liked the aesthetic of the Link's Awakening remake. It felt like you were playing with someone's toys. Also the music is god-tier, especially the Face Shrine. It does suck that it's full price though, and that they got rid of the photo side-quest; would've loved to experience that. But overall, it was a pretty good experience, although it could be that I'm being soft on it because I didn't pay for it myself (it was a gift from a close family member of mine).

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

 

[augment]

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

You could always, maybe, not buy every single port nintendo rel... *snort* HAHAHAHAHA, I'm sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face; nintendo fans... excersising monetary judgment, holy shit I crack myself.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

Meh, I'd maybe buy OoT and MM so I can finally sell my 3DS. No way I'm buying WW or TP.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Eh, I personally liked the aesthetic of the Link's Awakening remake. It felt like you were playing with someone's toys. Also the music is god-tier, especially the Face Shrine. It does suck that it's full price though, and that they got rid of the photo side-quest; would've loved to experience that. But overall, it was a pretty good experience, although it could be that I'm being soft on it because I didn't pay for it myself (it was a gift from a close family member of mine).

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

I’d probably be willing to pay about 40 for that. Is it uncommon to be a Zelda fan while having played almost none of the Mario games as a kid? I’m still chafed over some crackhead breaking into my house and stealing just the pad for my WiiU. Never got to get beyond the first few islands in HD cause of that.

 

[Toolbox]

I've had my Switch since launch and I've scarce had any reason to really use it. It's good for portability and playing games like smash with a group of friends, but as far as solo the amount of titles I'd actually buy on it over my PC is very few. Most of Nintendo's stuff has been ports of games I give no shits about, remakes I don't care for either, and the few new games have sometimes been disappointments, too short to get much out of, or AC:NH, a game veering so off course from previous games in the series I see no reason to continue to play it. The hardware's build quality is lesser in major ways in comparison to previous Nintendo systems, and the company refuses to acknowledge most of the problems. Compared to the other console's even meh-er features and titles this generation it's gotten more use than them, but that's not saying much. I've heard a lot of other people seem to have a similar sentiment. How's you guys experiences nearly 4 years in? Crazy it's been that long.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

You know I wonder how many ppl never actually finished skyward sword (or botw fir that matter)
The controls were too much lol
Carpal tunnel the VideoGame

 

[X Pac Heat]

I've had my Switch since launch and I've scarce had any reason to really use it. It's good for portability and playing games like smash with a group of friends, but as far as solo the amount of titles I'd actually buy on it over my PC is very few. Most of Nintendo's stuff has been ports of games I give no shits about, remakes I don't care for either, and the few new games have sometimes been disappointments, too short to get much out of, or AC:NH, a game veering so off course from previous games in the series I see no reason to continue to play it. The hardware's build quality is lesser in major ways in comparison to previous Nintendo systems, and the company refuses to acknowledge most of the problems. Compared to the other console's even meh-er features and titles this generation it's gotten more use than them, but that's not saying much. I've heard a lot of other people seem to have a similar sentiment. How's you guys experiences nearly 4 years in? Crazy it's been that long.

I played the shit out of my Switch in 2017/2018. Then after that I'd play it for like a month when a game came out that I actually enjoyed.

I think I played it for a total of one week in 2020 because someone bought me Mario 3D All Stars as a gift and I felt like 100%ing Super Mario 64, then got like a quarter through Sunshine before I stopped.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

I've had my Switch since launch and I've scarce had any reason to really use it. It's good for portability and playing games like smash with a group of friends, but as far as solo the amount of titles I'd actually buy on it over my PC is very few.

100% agree. The next major Switch game I plan on playing is Crash 4, and that's ONLY because Activision was retarded enough to put it on Battle.net instead of Steam. Had they released it on Steam, you'd bet your ass I'd pick the PC version in a heartbeat. But because Activision wants me to download possible Chinese spyware, Switch it is, I guess.

 

[Chin of Campbell]

I'd play my Switch more if they'd, you know, release fucking games for it. The last year+ has been WiiU tier and the Direct didn't exactly bolster my confidence.

They bolted out of the gate with BotW and Odyssey and had that incredible E3 2017 and have just skirted by on Smash, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing ever since. They need to diversify their library of first parties, badly.

Shame there aren't a bunch of series that people really love and want that are all geared toward older fans that could all easily get games that would sell the best of their franchise because the Switch is a gold mine right now. Damn, if only there were options like that!! It would be so advantageous!

Alas, since there just aren't any series like that in Nintendo's backlog, they'll just have to keep releasing Smash DLC and Splatoons until the sun explodes, oh well.

 

[Rotollo]

To put my two cents in on the whole "is the switch a good console" thing it does feel like nintendo is skimping out on the games rn but I really like alot of the shit they put out on it. bing bing odyssey is probably my favorite mario game, luigi's mansion 3 was good, Xenoblade DE is probably one of the most soulful remakes/remasters I have played. every series they brought so far that isnt Pokémon I have been decently satisified with. Though alot of that might be me like weird games as well and we are starting to get some shit like No More Heroes, Deadly Premonition, the Famicom detective club remake ect. I wouldn't say the thing is my favorite console, but it does have a high concertation of what I like in games so far. hopefully this rut ends eventually unlike the wii u's

Eh, I personally liked the aesthetic of the Link's Awakening remake. It felt like you were playing with someone's toys. Also the music is god-tier, especially the Face Shrine. It does suck that it's full price though, and that they got rid of the photo side-quest; would've loved to experience that. But overall, it was a pretty good experience, although it could be that I'm being soft on it because I didn't pay for it myself (it was a gift from a close family member of mine).

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

Finally I can pilot the sea of red lions while on my porcelain throne

You know I wonder how many ppl never actually finished skyward sword (or botw fir that matter)
The controls were too much lol

Skyward Sword has great sword combat, everything else about the motion control though feels abit overused, especially when it came to shit like bombs.

They bolted out of the gate with BotW and Odyssey and had that incredible E3 2017 and have just skirted by on Smash, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing ever since. They need to diversify their library of first parties, badly.

Prime 4 would have done that probably if that game didn't turn into such a development nightmare. I still have hope for it but I just would like a documentary on it final hours of Half life Alyx style to see what happened

 

[BananaSplit]

I've had my Switch since launch and I've scarce had any reason to really use it. It's good for portability and playing games like smash with a group of friends, but as far as solo the amount of titles I'd actually buy on it over my PC is very few. Most of Nintendo's stuff has been ports of games I give no shits about, remakes I don't care for either, and the few new games have sometimes been disappointments, too short to get much out of, or AC:NH, a game veering so off course from previous games in the series I see no reason to continue to play it. The hardware's build quality is lesser in major ways in comparison to previous Nintendo systems, and the company refuses to acknowledge most of the problems. Compared to the other console's even meh-er features and titles this generation it's gotten more use than them, but that's not saying much. I've heard a lot of other people seem to have a similar sentiment. How's you guys experiences nearly 4 years in? Crazy it's been that long.

I've only been owning the Switch for a little less than one year, so my input may technically hold less weight, but the system was a better investment than I initially expected to be. My last Nintendo consoles were the DS Lite bought in the mid-00s and the Gamecube earlier in the same decade, the next consoles deviated far too much from the classical kind of gameplay imo.

It's more or less the new Vita in a nutshell, with a big variety of games (at the cost of performance which should be expected from a handheld hardware running at 8-15W in power) and a pretty good but perfectible first-party lineup. I liked the Zelda musous, Xenoblade DE was a great JRPG, the same could be said about Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze as a platformer and spiritual successor of the SNES DKC games, and finally, Part-Time UFO and Good Job! are both pretty fun small Nintendo games (the company should make more of that kind honestly). 51 Worldwide Games has become a recurrent pastime for my relatives to play.

I've said it in another thread, but the ports don't bother me at all as long as they just run decently. Sure, some of them are bit rought on the edges, like the Talos Principle but this one works considering its nature as a puzzle game. I also don't mind replaying games on Switch I already finished and liked in the past on PC such as Katamari Damacy or Cuphead.

There are several Switch games on the japanese side that do pick up my interest too: A-Train (a city/train gestion sim with native english support for those who could be interested too, and the character design is drawn by the Etrian Odyssey artist), EDF World Brothers (an anniversary spin-off), Super Robot Wars (especially the T version), the Famicom Detective Club remakes, etc. The one publisher/developer that I hope to see make an appearance on the Switch is Vanillaware, a version of Dragon's Crown that is both portable and able to co-op local in one system would be great, alongside of Odin Sphere and Muramasa.

Of course, if Nintendo were to make a successor of the Switch with zero backwards compatibility of the Switch softwares, that'd definitively feel like a slap in the face.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Also, apparently Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD WILL be coming sometime this year. Normally I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but it IS the same dude who leaked Mario 3D All-Stars saying it...... Watch them both be $60 apiece, or $60 bundled in a pack because Nintendo be greedy.

I went ahead and replayed the original Wind Waker in 2017 so I'm in no hurry to play it again, but if I ever do play it a third time it would be nice to have HD as an option.

But I really want to play Twilight Princess just so I can say I did after 15 fucking years, so I really hope that TP HD gets ported.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Idk, I'd probably be annoyed if I was in the majority of people that have already played these games in the past years.

I haven't owned a console since the n64 and have been on pc since then. Just got a switch last month, so everything feels new and unplayed.

Probably in the extreme minority there, so don't count on my opinion.

 

[Marissa Moira]

I'm liking the fact that after the N64, the Gamecube, the Wii, and the Wii-U, that many nintnedo fans are screaming that they hate JRPGs. All those system lacked those (I own the entire genre of exclusives for these systems, so I speak from experience) and the switch finally has the genre represented in a decent amount, they go full retard and are wanting the genre eradicated from Nintendo's presence because they apparently say it ruins the brand.

Pokemon is forgiven and one of the good ones/doesn't count, but they're just being vicious to the genre after the last direct. It's quite funny to behold.

I've only been owning the Switch for a little less than one year, so my input may technically hold less weight, but the system was a better investment than I initially expected to be. My last Nintendo consoles were the DS Lite bought in the mid-00s and the Gamecube earlier in the same decade, the next consoles deviated far too much from the classical kind of gameplay imo.

It's more or less the new Vita in a nutshell, with a big variety of games (at the cost of performance which should be expected from a handheld hardware running at 8-15W in power) and a pretty good but perfectible first-party lineup. I liked the Zelda musous, Xenoblade DE was a great JRPG, the same could be said about Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze as a platformer and spiritual successor of the SNES DKC games, and finally, Part-Time UFO and Good Job! are both pretty fun small Nintendo games (the company should make more of that kind honestly). 51 Worldwide Games has become a recurrent pastime for my relatives to play.

I've said it in another thread, but the ports don't bother me at all as long as they just run decently. Sure, some of them are bit rought on the edges, like the Talos Principle but this one works considering its nature as a puzzle game. I also don't mind replaying games on Switch I already finished and liked in the past on PC such as Katamari Damacy or Cuphead.

There are several Switch games on the japanese side that do pick up my interest too: A-Train (a city/train gestion sim with native english support for those who could be interested too, and the character design is drawn by the Etrian Odyssey artist), EDF World Brothers (an anniversary spin-off), Super Robot Wars (especially the T version), the Famicom Detective Club remakes, etc. The one publisher/developer that I hope to see make an appearance on the Switch is Vanillaware, a version of Dragon's Crown that is both portable and able to co-op local in one system would be great, alongside of Odin Sphere and Muramasa.

Of course, if Nintendo were to make a successor of the Switch with zero backwards compatibility of the Switch softwares, that'd definitively feel like a slap in the face.

EDF Brothers is a port that came out awhile ago and Vanillaware still has next to zero chance of working with Nintendo considering that they're still having financial issues from what happened with muramasa on the wii. There's a few companies who ape Vanillaware's style like Yummy Yummy Tummy who put out the Fallen Legion series.

Train sims have been ursurped by Europeans at this point who put out vehicle simulators by the buttload. That whole genre was mostly abandoned by the Japanese when many of the population switched to mobile, you're not getting it in the same frequency like it used to be.

 

[X Pac Heat]

You know what game I wish they'd port?

Wii Punch Out

IDK if I even still have my original copy, where my Wii is or if it even would work still.

 

[BananaSplit]

Train sims have been ursurped by Europeans at this point who put out vehicle simulators by the buttload. That whole genre was mostly abandoned by the Japanese when many of the population switched to mobile, you're not getting it in the same frequency like it used to be.

Neither Densha de Go and A-Train are meant to have the yearly iteration appearing on the same console, the kind of Farming Simulator etc you would expect from a western perspective. A-Train in particular is a more of a PC game franchise with the occasional console release, and Densha de Go (which is more an arcade game) didn't see a console release for like a full decade but was instead seen a lot inside arcade rooms in the meantime.

March 2021 is pretty much the "train (autism) month" on Switch between A-Train Hajimaru Kankou Keikaku and Densha de Go! Hashirou Yamanote. Some could argue it started much earlier with the Momotaro Dentetsu on Switch but that one is more a party monopoly board game, with trains and japanese deities as the main themes.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Neither Densha de Go and A-Train are meant to have the yearly iteration appearing on the same console, like the same kind of Farming Simulator and the likes. A-Train in particular is a more of a PC game franchise with the occasional console release, and Densha de Go (which is more an arcade game) didn't see a console release for like a full decade but was instead seen a lot inside arcade rooms in the meantime.

March 2021 is pretty much the "train (autism) month" on Switch between A-Train Hajimaru Kankou Keikaku and Densha de Go! Hashirou Yamanote. Some could argue it started much earlier with the Momotaro Dentetsu on Switch but that one is more a party monopoly board game.

I don't mean yearly literations, I mean having a genre being put out by multiple companies.

There's like 5 or 6 different series of trucking sims all made by different companies for example and then variants made by other companies like Spintires. There used to be far more companies putting out train games in the past then there are now. Train Sims used to be fairly inexpensive to produce, but once mobile games became even cheaper to make, many of those companies that made inexpensive games switched to mobile.