Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Bit off-topic, but now that you have a Switch, how is the portability in your experience? Do you find yourself often playing it in portable mode or being surprised at how fun it is to play in portable mode? Like you I'm mostly a home console gamer so I'm curious how you viewed the portability aspect of Switch.

Saw these couple of days ago but thought I'd share them here now in case no one else has done it yet:
Tweet 1
Tweet 2

Cave Story 2? Both tweets are from Tyrone Rodriguez, the founder of Nicalis. I'm sure most here know but Nicalis publishes lot of indie games, including Cave Story. In addition, Rodriguez has been helping Daisuke Amaya (the creator of Cave Story) with the development of Cave Story ports.

EDIT: Added the picture from first tweet.

Nintendo Switch UK eShop Charts - January 13th 2018

1: Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
2: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3: Arcade Archives: Vs. Super Mario Bros.
4: NBA Playgrounds: Enhanced Edition (New, 50% OFF)
5: Stardew Valley
6: Rocket League
7: 1-2 Switch
8: Super Mario Odyssey
9: Sonic Mania
10: Enter The Gungeon
11: Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together!
12: Splatoon 2
13: Overcooked: Special Edition
14: The Escapists 2 (NEW)
15: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

There was new details revealed about Layers of Fear a couple of weeks ago. I either missed it or NL never reported it.

Anyway it's called 'Layers of Fear - Legacy' now and is a remastered and redesigned version of the original which will be exclusive to Switch. It will have HD Rumble, motion controls and make use of the touchscreen. It will also include the 'Inheritance' DLC and will release in the first quarter. So now we know we'll have this, Outlast 1 & 2 and hopefully Detention to play before the end of March. 4 of the scariest video games ever made. Great stuff!

It's looking really good.

@YummyHappyPills If Team Meat are really happy with day one sales then so must the devs behind The Escapists 2 be. Super Meat Boy hasn't even entered the chart yet and they both released on the same day.

Hey sorry if you guys have already answered this question, but I am thinking about picking up Mario kart 8 deluxe digitally. I already have the physical copy because it was included with the bundle I got from GameStop. Personally I like having all my multiplayer games digitally just for ease of switching between them. If I buy the digital copy does it still keep all my save data?

@Late Holy crap. If that's an actual Cave Story 2, I'm legit going to buy two copies.

@PuppyToucher It does keep your save data because save data is on the system for both digital and physical (this isn't like pre-Switch handhelds where save data was on the cartridge). You'll only lose your save data if you either delete your save data or your Switch gets damaged.

@PuppyToucher The save data is on the console itself so it will be fine. You won't notice any differences really

So BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle has a release date in NA: June 5th.

Has 40 playable characters, 19 of which are DLC.

@IceClimbers It's nowt new. Street Fighter V had 16 characters at launch. It's no to about 34 now I think?

Dark Souls is going to be $40.

Strap in and call me Bob Barker, because the price is right.

@GrailUK Yes but Street Fighter V didn't have a cast where most of the characters are reused assets...

I'm waiting on Dark Souls Switch to see if it fixes the problems with the original. I'm not usually one to complain about framerates but it sounds like the original's framerate is so low in some areas it's borderline unplayable.

@Kimyonaakuma @Grumblevolcano thanks for the help, appreciate it!

@Kimyonaakuma Ye, that's a fair point.

I'm stealing this now.

Lost Sphear in 10 days. 2 weeks later and it's Dragon Quest Builders. Week later it's Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. Payday 2 is also around that time.

Week or two later it's March, and time for Kirby Star Allies... couple weeks later it's Hyrule Warriors. Or vise versa, can't remember.

Couple weeks later and it's April, which is when I think Mario Tennis Aces releases, since it's the only month without at least 1 confirmed 1st party title, and it fits the spring window.

Couple weeks after that it's DKC Tropical Freeze! One of my all time favorites! 3 weeks after that, it's Dark Souls Remastered on Switch. Hoo-rah. Half to squeeze in Street Fighter Collection cause it falls smack dab in between those two powerhouses.

And... by that point it'll be the countdown to E3. Of course summer and fall will be packed. Y's VIII should be releasing around that time also.

We've already got more 1st party exclusives in the pipeline than we saw for the entirety of 2017, and 2017 was packed. With 7 confirmed new games coming and 4 ports that we know of, and that's as of the second week in the new year. Still have yet to see the spring Direct, E3 or the fall announcements.

@JaxonH Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition doesn't have a release date yet outside Japan though judging by the Japan release date it's likely April for the rest of the world.

@JaxonH I'm happy with that lineup!
I've only just bought a Switch in the last couple of weeks so I can catch up while everyone is busy with the Wii U ports that I played years ago.

Not sure which ports I'll buy though, we'll see!