Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

At the very least, you can just turn off Battle Animations if you hate the animation part.

The text box can be modernised I agree though. (o-o )

@FX102A Here's the thing. At one point if you change too much, you change the game identity to play extremely differently. People talk often about "let us use 5 moves", "move the game to real-time", or whathaveyou, but people also need to remember that the turn-based combat is the heart-and-soul of Pokemon (next to exploring a region). Even the 'radical' uplifts of BotW and Odyssey are literally just going back to basics. BotW is like a super-charged version of Zelda 1 on NES and Odyssey is Mario 64... 2, and both controls pretty much the same as previous games except more fluidly.

Pokemon's identity is in the turn-based combat, just as Zelda's identity is in an adventure and Mario's as platforming (or in 64's case, collectathons). To change that core is very risky. BotW and Odyssey's core didn't really change, they just adapted older designs into modern-day gaming and mixed the two.

@EvilLucario
If Pokemon games is identic with Turn Based RPG, Well... at least Gamefreaks can Twist with a little bit Sensation.
They can make ATB Style like FF X-2 or Turn Based like FF X or like World of Final Fantasy.

Honestly I doubt Gamefreak even have the technical know how to pull off much more than their current system. They can't even get framerate stabilized.

Finally finished Battle Chef Brigade. What a very fun romp. I'd not liked the character switch originally but enough time had passed that I'd forgotten mostly how to control the main character and I ended up liking the overall story. Dev is now on my week1 purchase list.

Back to tiny metal.

@Ryu_Niiyama How is Tiny Metal? I keep hearing conflicting reports on the performance, game design, etc.

It's expensive-ish, so I want to make sure I'm not buying a stinker.

For the record, I absolutely love Advance Wars.

@Ralizah Let me butt in lol. I love it tbh. I know it's getting hate but the core experience was enough for me. It scratched that AW itch.

Just a few of my complaints would be you always have Fog of War and Japanese spoken language which normally doesn't bother me but when I'm tired I hate reading. It has most of what made AW great imo. It even has secrets in nearly every mission to find that are worth finding and that was some of the fun for me.

@Spoony_Tech Nah, I trust your opinion, too.

That's good to hear! I've been on pins and needles waiting for more information about Wargroove. But even that is more medieval-y, so it wouldn't entirely scratch the AW itch.

Tiny Metal has been getting hate, but I get the distinct impression it's probably the irrational sort of hate that Yooka-Laylee got.

Not sure how I'll feel about the fog of war aspect, but Japanese-only audio won't bother me at all. It's how I watch most of my anime, after all.

@Ralizah You get use to the fog of war after a while. One thing I did notice is in AW I would always let the enemy come to me but in TM it's better to take it to them.

If you do get it I want to give you a few pointers I didnt know till after I beat the game lol. Nothing spoiler though.

@Ralizah @Spoony_Tech

Spoony, move your butt! Kidding, thanks for chiming in. I'm in about the same boat as Spoony It is scratching my AW itch (although I mean did they just LIFT AW and the Tom Clancy 3ds game and call it a day?). Story is getting weak for me (I don't like the MC at ALL) but the strategy is fine. No qualms with the language, but Japanese text or audio are never detractors from a game for me. I have not seen any slow down aside from the LONG load time to start the game but after that it seems to be fine.

I like the variety of units so far (even though I don't think I'm using the radar units very well) but I'm wishing that I could give my infantry a ride (if you can I missed how to do that). The fog of war kinda sucks because you can't see anything so sometimes its just a hang back and see what units rush you kind of thing unless you want to win by attrition...but as much as I don't like it do because you don't know everything the enemy is doing in actual war either. So far I recommend, it hasn't done anything new but if Nintendo doesn't want to do a AW this is a decent replacement (not as charming character-wise though).

http://www.siliconera.com/2018/04/10/yo-kai-watch-4-announced...

Yokai Watch 4 for Switch!! I wonder if this one will be localized quicker...

Level 5, where's Snack World for the West T_T I want to throw you money but it's so hard when it's only in Japan...

@darkfenrir Unfortunately Yokai Watch 4 doesn't sell too well int he West, so I doubt there is any rush to bring the latest game to the West.

@FragRed How do you know how Yokai Watch 4 sells in the west?

Yokai Watch has always been localized, although it's usually one game behind in the West. But it it'll come.

Pretty sure Yokai Watch can pull 250-500k in the West to match standard JP numbers.

With a localisation in 2019.

Unless its Europe. 2024 then.

I think we’ll get Yokai Watch 3 before 4, I’ve never played this series so I’m not sure how story driven it is, but since it’s a numbered entry I assume we’ll get 3 on 3DS before 4 on Switch. Either that or they’ll just rename Yokai Watch 4 to avoid confusion.

Just so everyone's aware, Cave Story+, The End is Nigh, VVVVVV, The Binding of Issac: Afterbirth are all on sale for 20%.

Decided to quad-dip on Cave Story+ despite that really high price, and wow they've put in quite a bit of great QoL gameplay tweaks into the game. After playing that game for like 80+ hours total, those QoL additions will make replaying the game soooooo much nicer.

Probably gonna double-dip on VVVVVV. Maybe.

Not a fan of rogue-like games so I'll pass on Binding of Issac, and I don't think it'll change my mind at all.

Might get The End is Nigh though.

@EvilLucario Do you think VVVVVV is worth the price? I’ve been craving a 2D platformer, but I only have $10 to spare, so I’ve been debating between VVVVVV or VS Super Mario Bros.

@TheTetrisGuy VVVVVV is a really damn fun game. It's not quite a traditional 2D platformer since "jumping" is you just flipping gravity. It's really short, but very replayable. I don't know if this is in the Switch version, but in the 3DS version there were extra levels created by the community (and handpicked for the game) that were way harder than the base game.

I haven't played VS Super Mario Bros, but if you've generally already played Mario 1 and Lost Levels, I think it's safe to say you're better off with VVVVVV. If not, idk, but still VVVVVV is a ton of fun.

@EvilLucario Ok, I think I’ll give VVVVVV a try then. I’ve been a little hesitant to try it on Switch, given how it’s a lot cheaper on Steam and 3DS but I’ll definitely check it out one way or another.