Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah I write you a lovely explanatory reply, but it got lost when I submitted it. But now you've emailed me anyway, so I've sent you an invite to that address. Accept it by clicking the link and logging in to your Nintendo Account when it redirects you. I'll send you a Paypal link to pay the £5 in a separate email now.

@JaxonH To be fair, Stick of Truth was "announced" in their financial reports and then wasn't given a more proper announcement and release date until like a week ago or so. Can't really talk about it much if you don't know it's there lol

@IceClimbers
Oh I know. It was a very low-key release. No physical version, no hype. No preload. Just stealth dropped today, to point I didn't even realize it was out until I went on the eShop.

But, it's a great game, and by Obsidian Entertainment, iirc? One of the absolute best game devs out there. Obsidian are the same devs making Pillars of Eternity 2, which is coming to Switch soon. And Fallout New Vegas, Tyranny, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II, and Neverwinter Nights 2.

Some serious pedigree behind the South Park Stick of Truth devs.

Stick of Truth is awesome. There's a really solid RPG under the wonderful South Park trappings.

@gcunit Great! I sent "5.00 GBP" to your account. That covers me, correct?

@Ralizah Yup, all sorted, thanks for the swift transaction. Enjoy.

I'd like Stick of Truth on Switch, but I have Steam and PS3 versions already, so will wait for a sale.

@JaxonH That's a point, I wonder why it wasn't in the Direct as a reminder. Even Just Dance 2019 got in the Direct.

To be fair, they had more than a year to do so, and they still managed to release it with information missing

@Octane
Without question. They are absolutely atrocious at communicating and managing a message. Sometimes I wonder if they didn't just pass the job off to their Kyoto HQ janitor to cut costs.

Steins;Gate Elite is coming to NA in February. That cute "8bit" game is exclusive to the Switch version, but sigh the Vita spinoff that was never localized is exclusive to the PS4 version. The PS4 extra is undoubtedly superior, considering it was a pretty lengthy retail release in Japan.

Anyone who hasn't experienced this story in some form shouldn't sleep on it. Fantastic time travel sci-fi, and I'm not a huge fan of time travel sci-fi.

Push Square's hands on impressions of Sonic Racing aren't exactly glowing.

"It all just feels by-the-numbers and bland – it strikes us as a game that’s ticking boxes, rather than one with real imagination behind it."

"sloppy handling and a potentially frustrating team mechanic to add insult to injury"

It's not looking good. Surprised to read it has sloppy handling though considering it's being developed by Sumo Digital. Seems to be a low cost budget effort by Sega that once again drags Sonic's name through the muck. Their comments last year about realising their mistakes and focusing on fewer releases of a higher quality were obviously empty words. Since those comments were made we've had a bad 3D Sonic and now a seemingly bad racing game, despite previous entries in the series being very good.

@Ralizah I've already said this, but I'm gonna say it again: early 2019 is looking much better than early 2018 was. NSMBU Deluxe, Travis Strikes Again, Onimusha Warlords and Tales of Vesperia in January. Steins;Gate Elite and Trials Rising in February. Saint's Row the Third in March. Ace Attorney Trilogy somewhere in there and probably Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon too. Yoshi's Crafted World is probably a March title too.

Sony finally caved in to the mass complaining and Fortnite is getting full crossplay.

@IceClimbers Don't forget Fire Emblem: Three Houses is almost certainly first half 2018 somewhere as well considering their comments at E3 about it. I'm kind of expecting it in March honestly, with Yoshi in May. I think we can safely expect Town late summer, and Luigi's Mansion 3 and Animal Crossing not until the end of the year though. Honestly, one more Wii U port (Wonderful 101 or TMS#FE or XCX please) and Bayo 3 releasinng next year as well would make it pretty much perfect for me. Not that that's too likely, but still.

I'm also half-expecting Star Fox racing to be announced in January as a June release, but who knows there.

My brain hasn't even processed anything past January just because it's filled with so many games already that thinking anything past it is almost too overwhelming lol

@Grumblevolcano
I heard

That's fantastic news. The last barrier has been removed... kinda. They said "select software" meaning, games big enough where people complain and give bad press. Everything else will be out of luck.

Still, it's a step in the right direction. Gotta respect their about face, even if it's a partial one.

Be ready !

I care nothing about Fortnite, but this is a big precedent. Could lead to every game being crossplay, which is only beneficial since it would allow the entire game to be united instead of split.

@Cobalt Now that is unexpected. Wish they were working on an official F-Zero but am looking forward to whatever they announce!