Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

It saddens me that Hyper Light Drifter isn't on anybody's list. That game is a masterpiece. Should be out this summer.

@Anti-Matter
Metrology. Not many people trained with expert skills in the field of measurement- from calculating uncertainty, repeatability and reproduceability, statistical process control, conducting design of experiments and regression, analysis of variance, CMM programming, etc. So the position is in demand. They don't really teach advanced metrology and quality engineering in schools.

Really only budget like $250 (max) per paycheck on game related purchases. Which isn't really that much (I put twice that amount into stockpiling gold and silver each payday). It just adds up over time. Couple games per pay period adds up to be a ton of games over a span of 6 months.

Is everyone on this website rich or something? How can you all afford so many full price games?
Anywho, here's my list. People say 2018 looks barren, but it's pretty dangerous for my wallet!
Definite:
Octopath Traveler (looks like my dream RPG, just give it to me already!)
Hollow Knight (I'll download this one any day now, looks incredible)
Hyper Light Drifter (almost got this one on PC a while ago, glad I held out!)
Mega Man 11 (everything I wanted from a brand new Mega Man and more)
Tales of Vesperia (finally, a tales game on Switch! And one of the best ones at that!)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (literally the ultimate Smash game. Give it a story mode like Subspace Emissary and it'll be the very definition of perfection)

I might also get Pokemon Let's Go Eevee, but I'll most likely just wait for the core game next year. I've already had my fill of Pokemon GO.

Mine is thankfully all because I barely spend on anything else (except food) so I have surplus for games per month.

@AlternateButtons I can't imagine it's not safe to use if it comes with an official Nintendo product.

@shadow-wolf It might be due to the settings of your router. Also in the Switch's Internet settings try changing the DNS to Google's - Primary - 8.8.8.8 , Secondary - 8.8.4.4 as well as your MTU value to 1500. I was having bother with my connection when I first got it and had to go into the actual routers settings and change a couple of things. I forget what I needed to do but once I done it I've had no problems since.I'm sure I got the details on what to do from Nintendo's support page. My wireless connection nearly always has 3 bars and drops to 2 when I play undocked but I'm further away from the router then also. Which surprises me with all the complaints about the WiFi connection and my Internet speed not being so good.

When I was back in the UK using my parents average connection, I'd have 3 bars when close to the router. It would drop to 1 when I was upstairs, a fair bit away from the router but it would remain connected.

My Switch is one of the early models as well.

Definite:

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Ys VIII
• Senran Kagura: Shinobi Reflections (only sure about this because it should be really inexpensive)

Have my eyes on:

• Shining Resonance Refrain
• Octopath Traveler
• Captain Toad
• Okami HD
• Batman: the Telltale Series
• Knights of Azure 2
• Fate/Stay Extella
• SNK Heroines
• Dragonball FighterZ
• Valkyria Chronicles 4
• Starlink
• Wolfenstein II
• Code of Princess EX
• Tales of Vesperia

Yes, this list does include games from last year, lol. I limit myself to not buying a new game until I at least finish the story mode of the current game I'm playing, so it averages out to about one game a month (maybe a game every three weeks on average. Platformers often only take me less than a week to complete, while RPGs or Adventure games can take me upwards of a month). Oh, and even at the quickest I only buy one game a paycheck, so even the shortest games (Kirby...) get two weeks playtime. This of course means there'll be a lot of interesting games I skip out on, maybe never to get back to...

@RR529
I do the same thing of waiting until I finish a game to buy a new one. That way I ensure I'll enjoy it fully. There's another benefit too, if there ever is a drought on games we'll still be able to buy last year's.

Smash
Rabbits dlc
Fire emblem
The kids will probably want super Mario party. Pokemon let's go they can buy with their own money if they want them.

I will also buy VC 4, but I don't know if I buy it on switch or PC.

All other games I want more info on.

I mean you could look at it like that and if I did I'd say I'm about 1/2-1/3rd of the way there. But I think it makes more sense to think of the Switch as the start of the new generation entirely. It's taking place of both the Wii U and 3DS. In which case I have about 1/4 as many Switch games as Wii U/3DS era games. Equally my Switch library is about 1/6th of the size of my Wii/DS era collection.

Also I agree with not counting "digital" games because otherwise it gets a bit too tricky to compare. With that said, "digital" becoming increasingly harder to define. Whether I brought a digital copy or not I'd count major AAA releases as part of my "collection". That made sense with the Wii and to a degree on Wii U. But on the Switch? Is Rocket League a retail release or not? What about Bayonetta which is much bigger than Rocket League but was only released digitally?

My 2018 list:

• Spider-Man

The rest is price drop material, but I don't expect their prices to drop anytime this year.

Lol Octane keeping it simple.

@JaxonH Forgot about DQ11! And I just bought the Octo Expansion, I think that still counts

My list for this year:

Spider-Man
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Crash Bandicoot on the Switch (already own it on PS4)
and I have Flashback 25th Anniversary Edition coming on Tuesday, simply because I love that game.

And that's it. Nothing else bothers me. I will see how Red Dead Redemption 2 plays out before buying it.

I'm almost done with DKC Tropical Freeze (barring time trials, which I'll play for years to come). Then it's on to the Octo Expansion and Hollow Knight. I really like the Octo Expansion.

But isn't Mario Tennis Aces coming out like, on Friday? That's 5 days away. And Mario Tennis is hype. Read my Y's VIII special edition just got charged from NIS, so that should be shipping soon as well.

From Mario Tennis to Mega Man X Collection its gonna be total madness.

Get ready. Half a dozen awesome games back to back to back to back for the next 4 weeks starting Friday.

@Octane
I want DQXI but, I'm waiting for the Switch version. I repurchased so many games on Switch I finally decided to just stop buying anything that I know is eventually coming or even might come. Better to wait and get the version you want than buy it twice.

I have Aces and Octopath preordered. Need to preorder Crash, as well. Will get Pokemon, Smash, and Mario Party for sure. MAYBE Octo expansion and Rabbids expansion. Might also get Dark Souls and Wolfenstein.

For other systems: Gotta get around to God of War and will definitely play the new Tomb Raider. Once Warcraft expansion hits in August, though, I'll be committed to that. Hopelessly a WoW player for life.

How depressing to see Crash wasnt even discussed for a Switch release until one guy went and did it himself first.

Like they didnt consider it, or even bother checking if it was possible. They just wrote it off

If I was to count just my physical games as my Switch library then it would be a pitifully small collection of games. I only have 2, Doom and FIFA. If I include digital titles though then my collection is already far bigger than my N64, GameCube and Wii U library combined. Off the top of my head I bought around 55 Wii U games, 35 GameCube games and 20 N64 games. I currently have 141 Switch games. With digital titles included my Wii collection was around 100,I bought a lot of VC for that. So before Switch I owned a rough total of 210 games across every Nintendo console I've ever owned. I reckon I'll be close to that number by the end of the Switch's 2nd year.

@JaxonH It's a game I want to play on my TV anyway, so I'm getting on PS4, especially since it's coming sooner. Any word on the Switch version yet?

I've yet to start the Octo Expansion, but I'm looking forward to it. It scratches that Nintendo action-adventure itch!

I see you're playing God of War too, opinions so far?

@JaxonH Mario Tennis, Wolfenstein 2 and Crash Trilogy as well as Gunbird 2 in the space of 7 days is just superb. 4 games that appeal to me massively.

I've always loved tennis games, played loads over the years but none since Grandslam Tennis on Wii which also happened to be the best one I've ever played. Mario Tennis Aces exceeds that in every way. It oozes class. It feels like the Mario Kart of tennis if that makes sense. Like it's been given the Nintendo A game treatment. I'll be playing that for a long time to come.

Crash Trilogy, well I've never played any of them before, I love platformers and these are highly regarded ones and there is 3 of them, 3 full games remastered and a port that's looks near identical to the PS4 version.

Wolfenstein 2 I have no doubt I'm going to love it. I'm still playing Doom, 65 hours logged so far.

Gunbird 2, well I love my shoot'em ups with Psyko's being my favourites and this one is regarded by many as their best. Cannot wait!