Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah You mean the Sakurai Scale? He uses that in everything. Kid Icarus: Uprising, Kirby Star Allies.....I imagine it will be back.

I'm still hoping for a real single player of some sort. Smash 4 cheaped out, but everything on WiiU was cut short from the start, and Smash 4 was split on two systems dividing the time. Since this is basically just Smash 4 with a bunch of old stuff, a little new stuff, there's no reason not to put a proper campaign in for the first time in a decade. "The internet will leak videos" isn't a valid reason to have nothing when even Microsoft could be bothered to do it (even if they did settle for Larry Hryb doing the voiceover work.... )

As soon as DK appeared I knew it was going to be K Rool. Smash Ultimate has felt like a continuation of the Smash Ballot cycle right from the start with Inklings.

Meanwhile it took me awhile to notice the first trailer was for Simon Belmont though that's because my experience with the Castlevania franchise is very limited.

@Tsurii Gold edition with season pass should have early access, right? You can always import.

@Grumblevolcano but if you're a Castlevania vetaran who played Simon's Quest, you start to question if the announcement really means Simon is in the game, or not.

"Get a Silk Bag from the Graveyard Duck to live longer"

I thought after the fake out it was going to be a Cranky/Dixie team up.

@Mrtoad That fake out was just mean and cruel lol

Anyways been waiting for this. I will live with the extra dl content to save $25 off digital.

King K Rool is incredibly exciting. He's a icon of my childhood, not to mention he's just a really cool character that brings a lot of personality and uniqueness to the table. I like his big fat golden belly and how he was chomping at the 4th wall... that character reveal alone just got me excited for this game.

But Chrom is a nice add in also! Pretty much every fire emblem fan there is wanted to see Chrom in the last game. And now it's finally happening. Not going to complain about that.

Dark Samus is a perfect addition to go along side Ridley, and well-timed with Metroid Prime 4 in the works. Bring some excitement and brand recognition to Smash 5 with characters for games coming to Switch.

And we get Rathalos in the game! It makes me wonder if we are going to get a monster hunter character like Marvel vs Capcom Infinite. He did say there were some more character reveals coming in the future. Even if we don't, just having Rathalos in the game makes me feel whole and complete 😁 A reveal right on time with Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate 3 weeks away!

I thought the Castlevania characters were definitely cool. I never really played the game is growing up so I don't have the same attachment as some others but I still think Simon Belmont is an awesome character and a perfect addition to the game.

Now, on to Valkyria Chronicles 4 demo as I await Okami HD tomorrow and Monster Hunter Gen Ultimate 2 weeks from next Tuesday.

@NEStalgia Oh yeah, that was in KI: Uprising, wasn't it?

I'd totally forgotten that game even existed.

@Ralizah An awesome game marred by horrible controls. That shall forever be its legacy.

@Spoony_Tech ....until GCU expires. Then I want my full game cartridge for $50, kthxbai.

@JaxonH Something they somewhat glossed over is having Ancestral Steppe from 4 as a stage. That means we can expect Monster Hunter music as well. A playable character is literally the only type of rep currently missing for this series.

How long do you think before gaijinhunter comments on this?

Has anybody mentioned that both wiiu Scribblenauts games are coming to switch? I'll get them later once they are deeply discounted as I have the wiiu versions.

@meleebrawler
Ya I noticed that. But the stage wasn't showing on the stage lists, so could it be a stage from a single player campaign mode with Rathalos as a boss? They did say more characters would be revealed later so perhaps we are getting a MH character? Even if we don't I'm happy just with this. Anything beyond would be even more grand .

I'm hoping Gaijin Hunter does a vid. Idk if he will though

I usually don't don a tinfoil hat but I find it suspect that now that Octopath is selling out and putting squeenix's on more people's minds that own switch and now all of a sudden things are going well with DQ development. I mean I'm buying the switch and 3ds versions but still. Really?

@NEStalgia It's alright. I didn't like the fact that characters were constantly gabbing while I was trying to defeat waves of enemies. Hard to appreciate a joke when you're just trying to survive.

The controls wouldn't have been too bad if it had stayed a rail shooter, but tying the in-game camera on foot to the touch screen was indeed an infuriating design choice.

@Ralizah Yeah I did dislike that I missed a lot of dialogue or humor because it tried to deliver it while fighting. I hate when games do that. You have to pick between missing the dialogue or letting yourself get killed to hear the dialogue.

@ReaderRagfish I'll be playing spiderman by then so unless it comes out in october I can wait till next year. If it comes out next year and its after march (EDIT and it is after FE: Three Houses I mean) ...I'll get it next holiday. I'm not a die hard pokemon fan and I'm fairly certain that Pokemon 2019 is the holiday game next year.

@Knighty_IX No, but gyro controls are better than touch controls so if there was a remake that included twin-stick + gyro controls it'll be 100% better.

So is blazblue ctb dead on switch? The lobbies are empty, you can't get a ranked match seemingly ever. This is an evo game and nobody plays!

@Knighty_IX Nah it's not only you, I pretty much LOVE that game. (Never can go higher than 2.0 for latter stages though...)

One of the best games I ever played, and I love the dialogues and I think pretty much everything. The control scheme is fun, and the action parts are also great.

@Knighty_IX the control scheme has good and bad. It approximates a mouse, so it's really way better than dual analog alone. But it's an ergonomic disaster on its own, thus that silly stand. It cramps hands hard and gets in the way of the screen. And the hard boundaries are a mess in frantic action. This gyros best it. @ReaderRagfish this is why fighters need good single player. They just don't work online.

This is why I need Smash to have a very fulfilling single player, too.