Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Azooooz Well you can just post it in the thread. I cannot give you the rights to edit posts, I don't even think that exists. Barely anyone reads the OP if there's more than one page anyway.

@DarkRula, Dragon Quest Builders on PS4 was a very good experience if you wanted minecraft to get blended with a JRPG. The only thing that anoyed me on that version was that Square had mapped the jump button to O when X would have felt more natural.
Downloaded the demo and wondering to see how it runs compared to the PS4 version.

@RR529 I guess Gematsu is publishing fake news, then.

https://gematsu.com/2018/01/kirby-star-allies-launches-march-...

Pretty decent Nintendo Direct. They didn't show much beyond June, so I'm assuming it's June and beyond that will be shown off more during E3.

My only disappointment is no Wolfenstein II footage or information. I'm really interested to see how that turns out.

@Farmboy74 I would say it's pretty much the same experience. I didn't notice any frame drops or anything. However, the Switch version might be more to your taste for it's control scheme. The jump is on B [which is where X is on a PS controller], with Y for attacking, X for placing, and A for menu and other operations.

@DarkRula, That all sounds good to me, can’t wait to try the demo out later on.

The only prob I’m having with the Dragon Quest Builder demo is manoeuvring to get the placement Square I want. Maybe I’m missing something.

Btw how big can you build in this game? Is it almost infinite like Minecraft? Can you build a city?

Edit: oh yeah, and what’s the restriction with this demo?

@Roamer If you need a bit more accuracy when building, you can hold one of the shoulder buttons to lock to just four directions and stay the way you face. Since those buttons are also the level options, let go of it to place before moving on.
As for the other things, I highly doubt this is going to be as big as Minecraft. For instance, building roofs isn't advised, as the camera struggles in closed spaces. No doubt there will be a way around that in the final game, considering there are roof blocks seen in some of the screenshots around.
There's no time or play limit on the demo, but the story elements come to a close once you place the teleporter.

Thanks @DarkRula ! A pretty good demo then! I’m enjoying it. The blueprint feature is fun. It’d be great if you could create blueprints and make them available to other players. Maybe you can, on the PC anyway?

@Roamer, On the full PS4 release there is a free build mode, that is separate to the main campaign in which you can build more freely. The only catch if I remember right is that you have to play the main RPG campaign to unlock some of the building recipes.

Ow, my wallet hurts. I still have games to buy from 2017 and now Nintendo gives us this! Will Nintendo ever let me keep my money for more than three seconds?

Anyways, I was very happy about the Direct simply because I didn't expect it and had lowered my expectations. I'm that person who missed a lot of Wii U's gems despite owning one, so Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors are as good as new games to me. Kirby looks excellent and I was uninterested in Mario Tennis until they announced the story mode. It actually looks really good. And can we take a minute to appreciate that Dark Souls, freaking Dark Souls, is coming to a Nintendo platform?

Overall, the Direct did its job, and now Nintendo's first half of 2018 looks a lot less barebones. I expect E3 to be a lot better than this Direct, though. Give me Smash Bros. and Mario Maker. I need them.

The fact Wolfenstein 2, Project Octopath, Outlast 1&2,Layers of Fear etc.. never featured at all in this Direct tells me we're not going to be waiting long for another. Surely they'll want to show some of these off. Project Octopath especially since it's a Switch exclusive.

Sounds good. Wonder if the Switch version will have this sandbox mode. Don’t mind if you have to play through the campaign first. I’m surprised how much I’m enjoying this.

So now we know what Retro have been working on after all this time

So, how is 2018 looking so far?

2018 Confirmed
Kirby Star Allies
Dragon Quest Builders
Lost Sphear
Fallen Legion
Atelier, Lydie & Suelle
Attack On Titan 2
Monster Energy Supercross
Redout
Titan Quest
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Blade Strangers
Street Fighter Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Mega Man X Collection
Mega Man 11
Steep (maybe?)
Star Link Battle For Atlas
Yoshi
Bayonetta
Bayonetta 2
Project Octopath Traveller
Payday 2
Mario Tennis Aces
Wolfenstein 2
The World Ends With You: Final Remix
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: Oh My Gosh I NEED THIS Edition
Hyrule Warriors
Dark Souls Remastered
Y's VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
SNK Heroines
Fe
Fire Emblem
BlazBlue cross Tag Battle
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Hollow Knight
Wargroove

DLC
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 story content
Mario + Rabbids story content
Pokémon Tournament new fighters/support Pokémon
Super Mario Odyssey new mode

TBA
Pokemon
Metroid Prime 4
Tales of
No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Dragon Quest XI
Shin Megami Tensei V
Bayonetta 3

Not a whole lot I'm interested in unfortunately.

@JaxonH

Yup. I've seen people complain that 2018 looks weak for the Switch, but here I am struggling to keep up with all the games. Thank God for Best Buy GCU.

Same here. My most wanted games this year are Fire Emblem, Bayonetta 3, any kind of Monster Hunter, Pikmin 4 and thats about it. And with just Fire Emblem confirmed 2018 atm that leaves me with one game day one purchase 🙁

@JaxonH You missed Owlboy, due in Feb I think

@JaxonH Throw in Constructor, Dragon Quest XI, GalGun2, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, Icey, Indivisible, Mutant Mudds Collection, Runbow, Shakedown: Hawaii, Super Meat Boy 1&2, The Longest Five Minutes, The Long Reach, Titan Quest, and The new Tales game and then it might look a little more filled up.