Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@OorWullie
I had tried but my Switch kept saying my Right Joy Con battery was empty and i had to charge the Right Joy Con before updating.

@Anti-Matter I definitely think you need to call Nintendo, at the very least they know more troubleshooting steps than we do to try first.

@TheLobster
I live in Indonesia.
There is NO Nintendo Customer Service in Indonesia at all & will be Never exist.
But, well... at least there is a video games service center at my hometown.
I think i should bring my Switch & Joy Cons to be fixed.

Dock your joy-cons to your Switch and dock the Switch.

Then dance in circles around your Switch chanting praises to the High Priest Wario. What have you got to lose?

I’ve been contemplating buying one of a few currently out or coming soon retail releases and eventually decided that Octopath will likely eat up my RPG time so went for Hollow Knight.

I was a bit apprehensive. Partly because there’s a high likelihood that it’ll get a physical release and partly because I’ve not long played Axiom Verge (& Steamworld Dig 2 last Autumn). Metroidvanias are one of my favourite genres but you can have too many.

Glad I didn’t hold out though. It’s fantastic. I’m only just an hour in but everything about it screams quality.

@Anti-matter and don't forget to film it and post the video here, otherwise it won't work.

So Warriors Orochi 4 is releasing October 16th. That month is gonna be very solid for Switch

@gcunit it worked. Thanks. My one wasn’t working for a week but then followed your instructions but danced in triangles and bam it started syncing. This should be a sticky

Mario Tennis Aces in 4 days. Just finished DKC Tropical Freeze, but no way on earth I finish Hollow Knight in time.

Prepare to engage backlog protocol

Yeah I've got no chance at finishing the Octo Expansion before Friday. Gonna try though

Octo Expansion is like the best DLC nintendo has done with the Switch. Definitely try it out. Puts BotW's to shame, easily.

Despite what I said about only buying 1 game in the form of Smash for the Switch this year, I ended up buying Night in the Woods as well. Pretty interesting so far, although I'm only like 20 minutes in. It's almost like a 2D Life is Strange.

Maybe I shouldn't be quite so dismissive of all the indies that the Switch is getting.

@KirbyTheVampire A few of the indies are what would have qualified as AAA titles back on the GBA or SNES, or even DS or 3DS. It definitely helps to keep an open mind to what's out there. Though, sifting out the gems is a pain as always, luckily Switch has a much better ratio of good games to bad than most systems I've dealt with. We'll see how long that lasts though lol.

@-Green- I gotta pick up the Octo Expansion soon, but I have too much to play. I'm almost done with Hollow Knight, I just need to get the best ending soon. Thankfully I just beat Xenoblade 2's Challenge Mode, though Mario Tennis Aces launches Friday so rip even more time.

Then on September Xenoblade 2's story DLC will launch, and oh boy I can't wait for that.

@link3710 Yeah, although we've gotten a lot more garbage lately than we did at first, there's still a lot of good stuff there.

I got a physical version of Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles and it won't let me redeem the points for it, says I'm not in the right region. I'm in the US. Anybody know about this?

Also I played it and I'm not in love with it. It feels like BotW mixed with Animal Crossing/Harvest Moon, but something about it isn't clicking for me. I'm going to give it another hour or two but I don't foresee myself sticking with this one. Though I'm apparently already at 20% completion! Edit: In two hours! (At least that's what it says when I save.)

@KirbyTheVampire most innovation happens in indie titles nowadays. The so-called AAA companies are trying to perfect a formula for maximizing money, while indies for the most part are creating games themselves wants to play.

@TheLobster
Eh ?
Yonder for Switch was already released ?
I must order from my local game shop.

Btw, couldn't redeem what after you got Physical retail ?

Indies are mostly junk I take an easy pass on. That's the downside to indies. There's a truck load of garbage you have to sift through.

But man, the games that break through rival even the best AAA games I've played. Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Steamworld Dig 2 and Celeste definitely come to mind.

Other high quality games include Rive, Shantae Pirates Curse and Half Genie Hero, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, FAST RMX, Stardew Valley, Immortal Redneck (only recommend on Switch with motion controls), Owlboy, Nine Parchments, Runner 3, etc. You'll notice I'm not very big on pixel art indies. There's a few exceptions but, generally speaking a pixel art indie game has to be absolutely incredible to grab my attention.

Fire Emblem Three Houses GameXplain Analysis

Lots of good analysis here, such as noting weapon durability has returned (was MIA for Fates and Shadows of Valentia). Lots of good stuff in this video. Definitely recommend a watch. The next nine months are going to be excruciatingly painful waiting for this game.

@JaxonH Fez and Hyper Light Drifter are brilliant too!