Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Anti-Matter
Just two months ago, the CEO of EA shot down Sims 4 on Switch by saying that they already did a good enough job attracting players without having to make a Switch port.

Why would just 2 months after that (from a company that has shown very little interest in the Switch) would suddenly change their mind?

@Anti-Matter I think Witcher 3 and Doom 64 were the only M rated games in the Direct. I understand everyone has different opinions though.

That said, I know I'm not at all alone in liking the games that got me so exited, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Star Wars, Overwatch, Luigi 3, Dragon Quest, Tetris update, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive edition(My favorite game of all time!) SNES games, Link's Awakening!

And those are just the ones I care most about. I know Smash fans must be excited to hear even more DLC characters are coming!

If someone else had typed this comment and I hadn't seen the Direct I'd already be blown away, but on top of what I already listed there are so many more games of a variety of genres!

I can understand your disappointment about the Sims and DDR. But honestly, EA owns Maxis and thus the Sims, they hate Nintendo and are a bunch of greedy, lazy scumbags. Even on the off chance they did get off their butts and make a port of the game for the Switch it would be missing features, run poorly and then they would blame us for the game selling poorly - just like they do with their sports games.

I honestly don't know why Konami hasn't released a DDR on Switch, seems a strange choice when we already have Just Dance from Ubisoft.

I do not know what to think about the Direct.
On one side I am thrilled to have Divinity 2, DooM 64, Assassins Creed Rebel Collection but those are either confirmed eShop only or they are going to be Half on cart half eShop

Ar least that way I can save some money for NWN + Baldurs Gate + Plane Scape + Zelda + The Switcher 3 etc.

Personally I think DMC 2 was the best thing from the direct.

Anything else is meh and I don't get the hype for Sans mii constume.

I don’t really care about Sans, but I’ll buy any mii costume that comes with music.

At least now I know what comes after the first three seconds of his song.

@Heavyarms55 Well, you're not entirely alone: I'm also pretty satisfied with the Direct myself. Not jumping around in my seat anymore, maybe that's kind of a near-50 thing, but happy nonetheless. I thought it was a pretty solid Direct, with plenty of games, and far as I could see, a little something for everyone.

And personally, I'm a fan of Xenoblade Chronicles (bought the limited edition on the Wii, back in the day), so to see that lovingly re-imagined in HD was a nice surprise indeed.

@Heavyarms55 I did, it was just Tokyo Mirage Sessions was the icing on the cake for me. I've been telling my friend how great this game is and he should buy it for his Wii U, and now, he can get the game for his Switch. It was a game I wish more people played too. I love the game, and more now can play it. I'm even going to get the Encore edition.

I was very surprised with Banjo being released, and I'm looking forward to playing some of those SNES Online games, especially Super Mario Kart with my friend.

My friend moved away a few years back, so online games on Switch, Wii U, 3DS, and PC is something we do together each week, while we just chat.

@Heavyarms55
Konami has started their DDR A20 Grand Finale Event for DDR A20 arcade today.
There are 5 songs from DDR A that added with Challenge stepchart (even harder than Expert) during 5 Sep 2019 - 31 Dec 2019.
By simply playing any songs on DDR A20 arcade, it will accumulate some points that will unlock their Challenge stepchart.

Also, i read from Konami website, they will held a TGS 2019 event on 12 September 2019 to promote their Ultimate mobile version of DDR, Beatmania IIDX and Sound Voltex. The games will come with their peripheral to play in physical (Sound Voltex controller for smartphone / tablet, beatmania IIDX controller for smartphone / tablet, DDR plastic / Metal pad for smartphone / tablet with converter to TV or bigger screen)
Hopefully from TGS 2019 event, they will consider those three Rhythm games for consoles considering Momotaro Train games also on Nintendo Switch by Konami.

Btw, i will check my local DDR A20 at Game Arcade next week to see if i can participate in that event.

With Overwatch being confirmed 4 the Switch, I am glad to say she's baaaaaaaaack! (pfp)

I’m at the office, is the system update live yet? Honestly I feel like crud after the past two weeks of going hard on that project, so my productivity will depend on the availability of SNES.

@HobbitGamer
Not yet.
Mine was still 8.1.0.

Overwatch is kind of a "meh" revelation, only because it feels like that's been "over" forever. I remember Splatoon started sucking when Overwatch launched because half the player base moved on to Overwatch. That was a million years ago (and WiiU still had a "bright future" at the time.) By the time Splatoon 2 was out I recall everyone talking about how horrid and toxic the Overwatch community was, and I lost any shred of interest I ever had. It's probably going to be better on Switch just by virture of the player base not being the existing crowd. But still....

That was the only thing in the Direct that wasn't amazing though. Everything else, whether we knew about it or not was fantastic. XC is amazing, TMS#FE is amazing (I already played it, but am so tempted to double dip. Quite possibly my favorite RPG of all time. It was absurd and that made it wonderful. Plus great music.)

SNES controllers, I've been hoping for since last year, and they're finally USB rather than annoying Joycon rail mounts, which I strongly dislike about the NES controllers. Overall another bankrupting year.

I know Nintendo is just trying to milk Switch with all they've got before hype turns to Scarlett/PS5 next year, but it's still fantastic either way!

I finally won a match in Tetris 99!

CPU87 was a worthy opponent.

Nice. I managed 7th this morning. When I realized my placement, everything started falling apart. Pile high or go home.

I was very happy with the directs (Japan has a few exclusive games I'm going to snag) but I'm putting a hard stop on my budget. I have to take the JLPT so I gotta get the hotel funds and I still gotta focus on moving next year. Still miffed that they offered it at my alma matter AFTER I graduated (like two years after... ).

The day that EA acquired Maxis was sad. I don't know how many of their SIM games (not the people SIMs, but many of the others) I played back in the day. SIM Ant, SIM Farm, SIM Town....

I caved for those two DS games. I'm officially reinstating my game embargo now. Starting by banning myself from Amazon. XD Besides those two and an outstanding preorder for a system I don't have, I should be set for awhile.

That reminds me I ordered The Urbz (DS) from eBay some days ago. I wonder when it'll come.

@RedderRugfish I'm one of the few people who hasn't played the original SIM City. I still like simulation games - Arceus knows how many hours I dumped into a ton of different SIM and Tycoon games over the years - but I just don't want to devote as much time to them like I used to. Especially when there are so many other games to play.

Most of the SIM games that I listed were available at my elementary school. I'd play those along with some decent edutainment games like various Carmen Sandiego games, Super Solvers (or whatever it was called), and the Oregon Trail series.

@Tyranexx I remember playing the original SimCity on Mac. Such an old game too, I remember having to switch the monitor settings to either black and white (literally black and white, no grey shades), and 16 colors. I use to have SimCity 2000 on Mac as well.

Really fun time was SimCopter when the family got a Windows PC. There's a game I don't see mentioned often. The novelty of it was flying around cities you made in SimCity 2000 (IIRC, Mac saves could be moved over to Windows too).

Don't forget MySims, MySims Kingdom, MySims Party, My Sims Racing, MySims Agents and MySims Sky Heroes.