Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Fake games = indies and other low budget or niche games, I guess.

@Octane Ah, Diamond. I remember it well.

@Hieronymus-E I still have both actually.

Things that seem like games at first but then you look closer and they're actually tacos. That's my guess.

The closest thing I can think of that is actually a fake game is the "quiet game" our parents would have us play. Or those online ads that have you answer a trivia question or shoot a target, but when you click on it, it actually downloads a virus onto your computer.

@Octane I had that diamond, let me dial my Pokemon, and see if they care to visit. sees mon roll around hi there, shall we battle?

@UmniKnight Yup, it was so weird, you had to take their location into account and the time it took for them to travel to you. I've lost plenty of battles because half my party arrived too late.

I wonder if there any fan translations of the real Telefang games, I'd love to play those some day...

@BLP_Software He's either lying, or that's one of the most disrespectful jokes ever.

@KirbyTheVampire I heard from people that he was quite disrespectful in regards to the Switch, and tends to dismiss it due to wanting to push hardware. He was also saying he was looking for one, and had some games lined-up to play on it. Call me petty and spiteful, but we all get what we deserve (aka no Switch for Tabanta)

@UmniKnight Doesn't surprise me. Plenty of AAA devs ridicule anything that isn't a PS4, Xbox One, or PC.

FFXV cant run on Switch..hence the joke.
Switch should get World of Final Fantasy... a much better game.

@KirbyTheVampire Heh... that saddens me truly. I may own a good PC, and I do appreciate nice graphics, but they'll always be 2ndary to gameplay for me. A fantastic look won't save boring gameplay.

That said, everyone can appreciate some great graphics. I've been busy playing both XC1 and XCX in preparation for XC2 later this year and both of their really great graphics for the time really help make the experience more pleasing.

@EvilLucario Sure, but they're meaningless if the gameplay is boring/annoying etc

Graphics to enhance great gameplay, not gameplay to enhance great graphics (like really bad combat sections in a very story driven narrative experience, "because gaem!'

Oh definitely yes. A lot of my favorite games aren't considered graphical achievements. Like Super Metroid (2D platformer) and RuneScape (once browser MMO) and just recently Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (RPG, though I guess this was an achievement for the Wii? Not in general though).

Something I pointed out on the article about this on the front page. I think it's worth repeating here. People are going on about how Switch cartridges cost more than optical disks. Something to consider what options are on the table in 2017:

Full Sized BluRay:
Capacity: 25GB (single layer) to 100GB (XL) (PS4/XBOne games have to be on 50GB disks)
Cost: Low
Speed: Low (games require mandatory installs)
Portability: Super Low

"Portable" Blu-Ray Mini-Disk/UMD
Capacity: 5GB (single layer) to 20GB (XL)
Cost: Low
Speed: Low
Portability: Average (smaller than a full sized disk but similar power/noise issues)

ROM Cart
Capacity: 32GB is cheap enough to be possible now, larger capacities as costs drop
Cost: High but not stupidly by the time you get to retail
Speed: Fast enough that there's no technical reason for data packs
Portability: Super portable

Whine about the Switch tax all you want, cartridges win in every other category. And the "Switch tax" isn't even that crazy when push comes to shove. To put it in perspective I brought Overwatch on PC last year for $70AU in a shop, off a shelf. At the time the PS4/XBOne versions were $80AU. Looking now at the same shop the PS4/XBOne versions are $80AU and the PC copy is $90AU. A Switch example? That same shop is selling FIFA on PS4, XBOne, Switch, 360 and PS3. The PS4/XBOne versions are $70AU. The Switch/360/PS3 versions are $80AU. This isn't N64 era 2x the cost sort of stuff. This is the same sort of price gaps between versions we've always had.

Can someone explain the difference in sd cards and does it matter with switch. I know there is an HC sd card. Does switch require an sdxc? What's the difference?

It's mostly just capacity. SDHC officially supports capacities upto 32GB, SDXC supports capacities upto 2TB. There are some other improvements that SDXC brought but as an end user they're not really worth worrying about too much. Yes the Switch will work with both just make sure that if you're getting a card bigger than 32GB it's SDXC

@skywake
I love you, man, but...you still buy boxed PC games? From brick and mortar stores?

I think there are support groups for that...