Nintendo Switch Thread

[bork]

First video (I think?) where someone tried hooking up a Lite to the dock, and as expected...does not have video-out.  For some reason a lot of people expected this to still work.

Zelda Maker confirmed

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

Well actually...that's kinda what the new feature in Link's Awakening is- you can use rooms from cleared dungeons to create your own layouts and share them. 

[bork]

Played through the first three dungeons, did some exploring, grinded for rupees and got the bow and arrow (avoiding going the thief route as apparently not doing this gives you a better ending?), and am still enjoying the hell out of Link's Awakening despite the technical issues.  Found more slowdown when picking up and throwing jars sometimes, particularly when at other jars to break them all at the same time.  Still hasn't affected the game play.

Am assuming this is the same in the original, but it has been too long- if you don't want to steal expensive items, you can just grind pretty fast in the crane game.  Just get the 50 rupee, leave, and repeat.  Takes like 40 seconds each time.

[Sho Nuff]

One of the guys at work got the Switch Mini. Feels really nice, semi rubbery texture. Might pick one up secondhand in a few months if I'm feeling like an idiot.

[pilonv1]

https://twitter.com/stwtwo/status/1175000894280101889

The goose game is 25% off for the next few days, it's awesome you should get it

[bork]

Square just announced the Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Twin Pack for Switch.  There's going to be an Asian-English version but no mention of an American release.  This is $50.  Seems pretty pricey.

[bork]

REEEEEE is saying the Lite d-pad is crap.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Still an improvement over no dpad at all

[bork]

Still an improvement over no dpad at all

True, but with the O.G. version, you get options:

Got modded joycons on the upper right in this pic.  Plus Hori's d-pad joycon and now the Hori split joypad which is DA BESS MAYNE.  Problem solved.



Hori does what Nintendon't.

[Coffee Dog]

I really fucking hate that permanent vaseline smear at the bottom of the screen 

Reminds me of WWHD in that their interpretation of the art style puts me off what mechanically is a superior remake.

[CatsCatsCats]

Ew is that from that protector those ripples? Should I not put mine on?

[CatsCatsCats]

LMFAO ITS CEILING TEXTURE ISNT IT

[bork]

LMFAO ITS CEILING TEXTURE ISNT IT

Yeah, it's from the camera! 

[Human Snorenado]

Bork, if your joycons are having drift issues, does modding them help at all or no?

[bork]

Bork, if your joycons are having drift issues, does modding them help at all or no?

No idea- I got those already modded.  All you do is move the internals from one shell to another, so doesn't seem like that would make a difference.  Have yet to experience any drift with those although the majority of my Switch play time is spent using wireless controllers.

[bork]

Seeing more complaints about the Lite d-pad being so-so.  It's barely that much smaller than the original system, too.  Vita still the champ.

[Akala]

It looks just as portable as the standard version tbh, with none of the options. Curious if these take off.

If not, I wonder how cheap these get on Black Friday. 

[Potato]

Untitled Goose Game is loads of fun. Only played the first level so far, but being an arsehole goose is my kinda thing.

[Nintex]

Switch Lite seems pretty popular looking at Twitter. Smart for Nintendo to release it alongside Link's Awakening.

Today my Link's Awakening LE arrived and tomorrow the Amiibo should be here.
Up next is to actually play the thing. I still have Astral Chain sitting here wrapped and a dozen deadlines this month. 

[Akala]

valkyria 4 tank edition for switch is currently cheaper than the standard. 

[bork]

Fuck Zelda- Untitled Goose Game is where it's at.

GOTY

[pilonv1]

honk

[Great Rumbler]

*honk*

[HardcoreRetro]

I got the goose game cause my city's nickname is geese city.

[Nintex]

Played some Zelda

Links Awakening still one of the most wholesome vidya ever created 

[Akala]

Awe shi grabbin goose game later

ITS GOOSETIME BOIS

[CatsCatsCats]

I really want LA but am confining myself to beating BotW first. I have barely played it at all. If the switch had a real battery I would play it on a flight 

[Nintex]

I really want LA but am confining myself to beating BotW first. I have barely played it at all. If the switch had a real battery I would play it on a flight 

Well, LA is about 8 hours tops vs. a minimum of 80 - 100 hours for BOTW 

Already quite some complaints about how short it is, but LA has always been well paced, short and sweet.
It is the perfect charming bite sized Zelda.

Performance is weird at times though, it seems to run on Unreal Engine 4.

[Cindi Mayweather]

That’s the thing about LA and what worried me.

LA is a goddamn game boy game. It needs a serious glow up to be worth 60 dollars.

I’m sorry but 60 bucks for a game boy remake.

Perfect example of a game that should be reduced price. Not all games are worth 60 dollars. If this had the Oracles also in it and remade it be worth 60. But I am not spending 60 dollars on something I bought from 3ds eshop for 5.99 but with better graphics.

[Nintex]

For me all spending on Zelda is just spending on the franchise as a whole. I bought the CE and Amiibo.
And with the play time I've gotten from every Zelda released since I was able to spend money on video games I have to say there aren't many things on this planet I spend money on that offered the same value over decades.

Link's Awakening is great and this remake makes it relevant again for at least another 5 - 10 years or so.

[Human Snorenado]

That’s the thing about LA and what worried me.

LA is a goddamn game boy game. It needs a serious glow up to be worth 60 dollars.

I’m sorry but 60 bucks for a game boy remake.

Perfect example of a game that should be reduced price. Not all games are worth 60 dollars. If this had the Oracles also in it and remade it be worth 60. But I am not spending 60 dollars on something I bought from 3ds eshop for 5.99 but with better graphics.

BUBUBUBU I WANT TO SUPPORT NINTENDO SO I WILL PAY MORE

Ninthings, man. The worst. I love a good bit of Nintendo's games but will never understand this mindset. I'll get LA when it's $30 or less. Not worth it until then.

[Cindi Mayweather]

That’s the thing about LA and what worried me.

LA is a goddamn game boy game. It needs a serious glow up to be worth 60 dollars.

I’m sorry but 60 bucks for a game boy remake.

Perfect example of a game that should be reduced price. Not all games are worth 60 dollars. If this had the Oracles also in it and remade it be worth 60. But I am not spending 60 dollars on something I bought from 3ds eshop for 5.99 but with better graphics.

BUBUBUBU I WANT TO SUPPORT NINTENDO SO I WILL PAY MORE

Ninthings, man. The worst. I love a good bit of Nintendo's games but will never understand this mindset. I'll get LA when it's $30 or less. Not worth it until then.

The worst part is because it's by Nintendo so its likelihood of a price drop is significantly low.

[Mr Gilhaney]

I am selling all my switch games by nintendo right now and loving it.   

[Chooky]

right. I'm expecting I'll be able to pick it up affordably sometime around 2025.

[kingv]

I am selling all my switch games by nintendo right now and loving it.   

That’s the silver lining to Nintendo pricing. Can probably sell MARIO kart 8 for $40 right now on eBay.

[CatsCatsCats]

Maybe they’ll do a Nintendo online trial period like with the tennis game so we can blast through it once lol

[demi]

Save your money and buy Luigi's Mansion instead 

[CatsCatsCats]

LM does look p dope

[Sho Nuff]

LM is fun AF. Was gonna finish Dragon's Dogma first but I am way underleveled for some of the bosses in the final run. Power leveling in Bitterblack Island or whatever

Goose game is dope. And I still gotta finish Undertale. Too many games fuck

[Great Rumbler]

Untitled Goose Game is really good, unfortunately it's really short [about 2 hours to get the end, with maybe another hour of post-game content].

[Trent Dole]

It's a shitpost as a game like Goat Simulator again so I guess that's not too surprising.

[Great Rumbler]

Eh, not really. Goat Sim was more about just being really wacky and messing around with ridiculous physics, stuff like that. UGG is really more of a puzzle game...where you screw with people as a goose.

[Mr Gilhaney]

It's a shitpost as a game like Goat Simulator again so I guess that's not too surprising.

wrong

[kingv]

Untitled Goose Game is really good, unfortunately it's really short [about 2 hours to get the end, with maybe another hour of post-game content].

Having played an hour or so last night, I’m not sure I could play much more than 2 hours of it.

It’s cute but sort of simple

[bork]

Goose is legit good- not just a meme-game done "for the lulz."  Absolutely worth playing.  Easily one of my favorite games this year.

I really want LA but am confining myself to beating BotW first. I have barely played it at all. If the switch had a real battery I would play it on a flight 

No power adapters on the flight?  No battery banks available?  I have the latter, plus the Switch with the better battery...but I still think on a flight I'd just conk out and sleep most of the time, lol.

That’s the thing about LA and what worried me.

LA is a goddamn game boy game. It needs a serious glow up to be worth 60 dollars.

I’m sorry but 60 bucks for a game boy remake.

The original platform doesn't matter.

Perfect example of a game that should be reduced price. Not all games are worth 60 dollars. If this had the Oracles also in it and remade it be worth 60.

I don't disagree on the price- give me every game for less than 60, while we're at it.     But I'm not going to shit on the game for that, either.  I don't recall people complaining about Metroid Samus Returns for $40 when it came out, even though the original on GB was $20.

But I am not spending 60 dollars on something I bought from 3ds eshop for 5.99 but with better graphics.

But it's not just better graphics- the gameplay has been improved and new content (the dungeon making/randomizing stuff) has been added. 

What needs to be addressed are the performance issues.  That's why I would say this isn't worth $60 in its current state.

[bork]

For me all spending on Zelda is just spending on the franchise as a whole. I bought the CE and Amiibo.
And with the play time I've gotten from every Zelda released since I was able to spend money on video games I have to say there aren't many things on this planet I spend money on that offered the same value over decades.

Link's Awakening is great and this remake makes it relevant again for at least another 5 - 10 years or so.

This is my favorite Zelda- am more than happy to have a new version of it that looks, sounds, and plays that much better.  Just.  Fix.  The.  Framerate.  Problems.  PLZ.

[Cindi Mayweather]

God I hate fisking so much fucking much.

The original platform absolutely matters. Link’s awakening was designed for a portable platform made in 1989. It is a limited game with a limited toolset due to limited space capacity. It is only a few hours long. It isn’t as in-depth as Link to the Past either. It’s a 60 dollar remake of a gameboy game with better graphics. Yes, they’ve fixed some things but it’s still Link’s Awakening.

It is not worth 60 dollars.

Considering you tend to buy more games on average than any person on this forum I highly doubt you realize a games true worth.

Link’s Awakening Switch has 30-40 dollar price point all over it.

[bork]

God I hate fisking so much fucking much.

Uh, too bad...?  I prefer to quote larger posts in chunks because it's just easier to reply to different points. 

The original platform absolutely matters. Link’s awakening was designed for a portable platform made in 1989. It is a limited game with a limited toolset due to limited space capacity. It is only a few hours long. It isn’t as in-depth as Link to the Past either. It’s a 60 dollar remake of a gameboy game with better graphics. Yes, they’ve fixed some things but it’s still Link’s Awakening.

It is not worth 60 dollars.

It is not "only a few hours long."  It's about on par with A Link To The Past.

https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10033
https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10028

You can also add additional time to the Switch version because of the Chamber Dungeon stuff.

How is not as in-depth as a Link To The Past?  They took the same formula and added to it.  No switching between light and dark world, sure, but it has the extra abilities and game play mechanics added.

Considering you tend to buy more games on average than any person on this forum I highly doubt you realize a games true worth.

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God I hate personal attacking when talking about vidya so much fucking much. 

Just because I get a lot of shit doesn't mean that I just fork over cash without considering the price. 

Link’s Awakening Switch has 30-40 dollar price point all over it.

And I said I don't disagree with you.  But it being a remake of a Gameboy game has nothing to do with it. 

[Spieler1]

The obvious problem is that there's a big amount of equal scale remasters, but any other one sells for a fraction of the price - or usually contains multiple games with the same amount of effort put into them (while still being cheaper in their entirety). tfw even Activision offers a strikingly more fair pricing The standard defense by nintenbabies is that no other publisher ever made good games ever, so only remasters by daddy nintendy are worth the full price. Even though the quality of the original doesn't change the amount of effort put into each remaster, which isn't greater for LA than others. LA isn't RE2make, which is a completely different modern game, but on par with Halo MCC, Spyro, etc. And even if the og game's quality mattered, something like SotC finally reached its full potential in the remaster, making it better than a good amount of Zelda games. Yet it still was budget priced. And I personally also didn't pick it up until I saw it for 15 bucks.

[bork]

The obvious problem is that there's a big amount of equal scale remasters, but any other one sells for a fraction of the price - or usually contains multiple games with the same amount of effort put into them (while still being cheaper in their entirety). tfw even Activision offers a strikingly more fair pricing

Very good points.  FWIW I would have liked to have seen A Link To The Past given the same treatment and sold with this game.  A bonus port-up of A Link Between Worlds also would have been nice.  Hoping to see at least the latter at some point.

The standard defense by nintenbabies is that no other publisher ever made good games ever, so only remasters by daddy nintendy are worth the full price.

But nobody here is saying that, so it doesn't matter in this discussion.

Even though the quality of the original doesn't change the amount of effort put into each remaster, which isn't greater for LA than others. LA isn't RE2make, which is a completely different modern game, but on par with Halo MCC, Spyro, etc. And even if the og game's quality mattered, something like SotC finally reached its full potential in the remaster, making it better than a good amount of Zelda games. Yet it still was budget priced. And I personally also didn't pick it up until I saw it for 15 bucks.

Again- don't disagree on the price.  But given that this is a Nintendo game, I don't see the price dropping anytime soon and I really wanted to play it, so it was a day one purchase. 

I've been pretty critical of the technical issues it has and have gotten some pretty crazy "ninthing" level responses back elsewhere, almost refusing to believe that it even has issues and being called out for making it "overblown."     But that's not on here, fortunately.

[HardcoreRetro]

*opens thread*

[demi]

I bought Puzzle Quest instead of indie shit meme game 

[HardcoreRetro]

I bought Puzzle Quest instead of indie shit meme game 

[Nintex]

Marin teaching Link her song 
Kiki the monkey 
Will Wright cameo   

This game is so beautiful and wholesome.

but I'm just a kid

[Ghoul]

so sold my let's go switch a while ago, but with new game coming out thinking of grabbing another switch, dunno to get the new full one or the lite.

Playing at home is kinda cool, but I guess I travel more with it anyway.. What do you guys think? I kept my games though

[Nintex]

so sold my let's go switch a while ago, but with new game coming out thinking of grabbing another switch, dunno to get the new full one or the lite.

Playing at home is kinda cool, but I guess I travel more with it anyway.. What do you guys think? I kept my games though

Take the full Switch. Switch Lite seems more like a side-Switch imo.

[Ghoul]

so sold my let's go switch a while ago, but with new game coming out thinking of grabbing another switch, dunno to get the new full one or the lite.

Playing at home is kinda cool, but I guess I travel more with it anyway.. What do you guys think? I kept my games though

Take the full Switch. Switch Lite seems more like a side-Switch imo.

fair enough, will have a look at the better battery life ones, although I may see what I can get second hand as paying full price again don't really feel like it.

[bork]

Untitled Goose Game cleared.  Over so fast!   

But then more stuff to do popped up!
 

[Spieler1]

is this real?

[Svejk]

 

And total unpolished 1st party Zelda title too?  Dat decline once you hit that top... just like Sony..  The ebb and flow I suppose.

[Nintex]

On the GameCube they already fixed this.

Every time you booted it up, it would calibrate to the current position of your analog sticks.
Simple and elegant solution and it meant that even if your sticks had worn out the calibration would be perfect.