Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@GrailUK
Marble It Up is from the legends who created Marble Madness on NES, and several cult classic marble games over the years since.

This one is definitely a game to watch. Releases September 29th on Switch in NA btw! Multiplayer being added in later, and discussing physical release later on as well.

I can't wait. I need it now. I need it NOW...

@-Green- I wouldn't say they are dumb, just simple. There's nothing wrong with simplicity. Their designs are very effective I think.

I don't get pokemon design complaints when even gen 1 had dumb ideas like "some eggs and one has a crack"

I kinda like it, especially if it's a mechanically interesting Pokemon which it may well be given how they're revealing it. I'd argue that a Pokemon's description and mechanics are just as important to it's design as how it looks. For example Mimikyu, probably one of favourite Pokemon design wise, is literally a spirit hiding under a rag with a crude drawing of Pikachu on it. How it was introduced in the game, it's description and it's abilities are what elevates it.

Kinda like Ditto in a way. Ditto without transform is not really exciting at all design wise. As a design it's like Grimer without the toxic waste, boring. But with Transform? Suddenly it becomes one of the most interesting Pokemon in the game.

Give it a chance.

He looks a bit like ferrofluid/magnetic slime:

Probably a steel type. Also reminds me of the Plasm Wraith in Pikmin, both its slug form and humanoid form.

I like how it has a little eye inside the metal piece.

Oh my. Just now found out the hard way that not in use party members (in Shining Resonance Refrain) don't earn ANY exp (first time I've ran across this in a modern RPG). I was just forced into a battle where I'm stuck with 2 characters neither of which I regularly use (one of them was still level 15 in a part of the game where enemies are now between level 60-70), and I got one shot by a regular enemy, lol. Looks like I'm going to have to spend my time levelling these losers up.

Anyhow, I also played through the demo of Dragon Quest Builders recently, and it's definitely going high up on my list of wants. It passed me up when it released because I was playing BotW at the time, and I only now remembered it because I happened to pass by an episode of the Price is Right earlier this week where they gave away a pair of Switch consoles with DQB, Kirby, DKCTF, & Captain Toad, lol.

@Octane I can't wait to see the plasm wraith come back in pikmin 4!

@RR529
The Price Is Right is still a thing? Isn't Bob Barker dead?

I will commend their taste in games though, holy crap. DKC Tropical Freeze, Captain Toad and DQ Builders? Well done Barker-fill-in. They're gonna buy Mario and Zelda anyways. Get right to the good stuff!

Drew Carey took over after Bob Barker retired.

I feel like we're in the middle of Round 3 of Switch release extravaganza. Part 1 being November 2018 and part 2 this past summer.

We literally just got, in the past couple weeks:

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Victor Vran
De Bob 2
Little Dragon's Cafe
Final Fantasy XV Pocket
Bastion
SEGA AGES
Banner Saga Trilogy
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna
NESflix
Undertale
Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle
Into the Breach
SNK Heroines
Hyper Light Drifter
God Wars Complete Legend
The Messenger
Wasteland 2
Broken Age
NBA 2k19
Dust Elysian Tale

And in the next month we're also getting:

Marble It Up
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Valkyria Chronicles 1
South Park Stick of Truth
Super Mario Party
Arena of Valor
This Is The Police 2
Towerfall
Dragonball Fighter Z
The World Ends With You
StarfoxLink
FIFA 19
Mega Man 11
Dark Souls Remastered
Disgaea 1 Complete
Warriors Orochi 4
Harry Potter Collection

Rounding off with Diablo 3 at the start of November, when the madness (supposedly) ends. In truth, the madness will likely just keep on going, all the way to Smash Bros.

I feel like this might not end well for some of these games. People can only afford so many and I think we are literally reaching a point where critical mass could start affecting sales. I really hope fans step up and support the best games because I don't want to see support lost, where excellent games are served up to us on a silver platter, and people just refuse them.

Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4 for Sega, Diablo 3 for Activision/Blizzard, Civilization VI for 2K, Dark Souls for Bandai Namco... these are the ones I'm concerned about most. NBA 2K is a lost cause, most people who bought 2K18 are good for a few years. Mega Man 11 will be fine. South Park may not do well, but it'll do well enough for a digital only PS3 port. So ya, those 4 are the ones I'm worried about. And Warriors Orochi 4. Cause Koei Tecmo games have NOT been faring well on Switch aside from crossovers. That game needs to pull some numbers.

See, I'd support Dark Souls...if the game interested me at all. Playing the network test and looking more into it, that game is as far from what I want as possible.

I'm not buying something just to show a company the money is there.

@JaxonH Civ VI and VC1+4 for me (though I'm waiting to get VC1 first). Unfortunately, my group has decided to play Diablo 3 on PC because one person doesn't want to get a Switch, so I'll probably miss that one for now.

@Ryu_Niiyama If the leaks are to be believed, we're getting AA Trilogy, then AA Trilogy 2, then AA7 over the course of 2019, so you might still be in luck.

As for all this talk of the new Pokemon, I find it adorable actually. I really love the way it looks. It's iconic looking without being overly complex.

What is this "AA Trilogy" you're talking about?

@Knuckles-Fajita
I don't think anyone asked or expected you to buy something you don't actually want.

If you're not interested, don't buy it. Simple as that.

As for everyone else though, I'm hoping enough fans support these games, and don't let them slide... or wait for a sale and forget about them, or whatever the case may be that results in a person skipping a game they do have interest in (which happens all the time), only to lose any possibility of more games coming.

Especially with the sudden drop in interest lately as far as Switch game sales. Everyone was excited and games were selling really well, and then I don't know what happened but, it seems like everything just dropped all at once. Previously, hot titles coming to Switch normally were ranking in the top 100 for preorders, now it seems they're all 100-300 range. NBA 2K seems to be doing much worse than last year, which puts more pressure on Civ 6. I can understand sports games not doing well with this fanbase but if Civ 6 also doesn't do well, they're probably going to be like well screw it.

And we've been down this road before. I remember when Wii U was getting Assassins Creed games and Batman games and Darskiders and Call of Duty and Need for Speed and all this good stuff... and then they didn't perform, and you know the rest. I'd say we're definitely in a better spot now, and support will never dry up to such an extent on Switch as it did Wii U, but we've all seen how fickle these third parties can be. They were extremely hesitant to jump on board in the first place. To this day, EA gives us nothing but FIFA. Fastest selling console in history in the US for year one, and still nothing but FIFA. First sign of trouble, and you can bet your bottom dollar many of these 3rd parties will pull out without thinking twice. Some like 2K and Tecmo Koei might just stop bringing most series, while Ubisoft might resort to only Wii party game ports. I just don't want to see that happen because I've been there before and it wasn't fun.

@JaxonH Yeah Pokemon Let's Go and Civ VI are about a week or so after Diablo, with Warframe not long after, and then it finishes up with Smash Bros and Katamari Damacy on December 7th.

But yeah, late September through October is jam packed on Switch. You even forgot TWEWY, Starlink, and Lego DC Supervillains.

I'll probably wait until after Christmas to pick up Pokemon and Smash.

Frankly, the only thing I'm really concerned about the rest of the year is Valkyria Chronicles 4.

@FaeKnight "AA Trilogy" = Ace Attorney Trilogy

@IceClimbers
You know it's a lot when one can't even remember all the games releasing the following month.

There are enough games releasing now that virtually anyone can find a nice, plump handful of ones that interest them to munch on.

This next month or two is going to put a particularly large dent in the piggy bank, even for me. I always budget a hefty chunk for Q4 though. It's like this every year. We will literally have enough games to keep us booked until the middle of next year. So any gaps we have in January or March or what have you, or months where we only get a Wii U port, if I hear somebody complaining I'm going to point them to the list of 30 freaking games that came out in this one or two month span and say, "here ya go... take your pick"

@subpopz
No kidding. There are far too many games releasing to buy everything you want. For most people anyways. Which is going to make it even harder for these games to do well given so much competition. If people go into Q4 half heartedly, just waiting for Smash and nothing else, it's going to be a disaster.

What's made things worse I think, is Monster Hunter and Xenoblade are meaty games. And a lot of people are in the middle of playing these games that could actually last them into 2019 if they wanted. On top of an entire truckload of the best indies ever made and retro VC games and collections up the wazoo. I'm trying SO HARD to split time between Monster Hunter and Xenoblade Torna and Final Fantasy XV and all these retro games (Excitebike, Sonic, Thunderforce, Capcom Beat Em Up, NESflix catalog, etc)

come February after I get my tax return, I'm going to be picking up about 7 games min.
@subpopz I like balance also, I've got just about every type of game, I'm hoping Cities: Skylines won't be limited to download only, if so I guess I'll get Constructor: Plus instead, I don't have any sim games and would like to pick it up.
I like Octopath, especially since I found a money grinding exploit, ($2,500/min.), it REALLY helps

Personally, what would have made Mega Man Legacy 1&2 REALLY worth it, like paying $60 for me is if they remade the first 10 using the MM 11 graphics engine, don't change anything else, no adds, no take away, just upgrade the graphics would be awesome