Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Ok welp I am going to go buy another eshop card (I just spent 100!) Nintendo what are you doing to me?!

Ugh I was going to buy woodworking clamps too. Being an adult is hard.

Weeeeell... I really thought that Smash and maybe Just Cause 4 aside I was done buying things this year - Some of those sale prices aren’t to be sniffed at though?

I could use the argument I do for steam/xbl/psn that it’s not like there won’t be another sale in a month or two so I can always wait, but i dunnoy, with Ninty I still have the ‘grab it while it lasts’ mentality?

I hope with all this money they’re making off me they’re investing it wisely and remastering Advance Wars, all the Fire Emblems and the (bizarrely good) SNES Biker Mice From Mars game...

@BrainOfGrimlock Internet High Five for the Biker Mice from Mars SNES game. I played that to death as a kid. Ride free citizen! Let's Rock and Ride!

@Ryu_Niiyama it was amazing!

It was a random last minute/bargain basement stocking filler from my Dad & I’ll admit that there was an internal (read: probably ungrateful) “wut?” when I unwrapped it, but holy heck was I wrong!

Same here, played it to death with only Mario Kart (probably) taking up more of my time in terms of racers!

Haha, I loved those 90s Ninja Turtles wannabes.

Biker Mice from Mars was great, loved the action figures. Think my favorite was Street Sharks.

Did anyone else fall into a series like that? A random purchase by someone else etc?

My old man had a gift for it now i think about it (that or i’m incredibly easy to influence!); biker mice from mars, he bought me a Transformers video and it hooked me in an instant (obviously) and one random NHL game purchase in the early 90’s has resulted in me being an avid Red Wings fan that watches them wherever i am (easier now with streaming!) some 25 years later?!

I broke down and ordered the Pokeball Plus. Initially I decided against it because it seemed like an expensive accessory that was really unnecessary. But after playing the game and discovering that I really, really, really love it, and can now confidently say I am finally into Pokémon as this game blows away my expectations given how X/Y, Sun/Moon and Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby just couldn't hold my interest, I decided to go all in. I've heard nothing but good things from those who have used it, and it seems like it would make catching Pokémon that much more immersive. I used GCU to get the game + Poke ball for $79.99, and I'm going to return the game under the original receipt to get refunded $48, so the Pokeball will only cost me $32 when everything is said and done. I think that's more than reasonable.

At the end of the day it's all about the fun and games. If this device helps me really dive into the game world and feel like I'm really they're catching Pokémon... then screw it. I'm goin all in.

@Therad
I don't think anyone has gone into hyper defense mode. Just hyper-annoyed-by-trolling mode.

When not being trolled, nobody really pumps up Nintendo's performance or cares much to talk about it at all. Because as long as they're doing well people don't want to waste their time talking about it- they'd rather just play games and talk about those.

I don't doubt there are some ridiculous Pro Nintendo claims made, somewhere on the internet... there always is. But I haven't seen anything of that nature in this thread. Well... there's Antimatter. I haven't seen his posts for some time now though, as I had to hit the ignore. But no one really applauds his posts. On the contrary, most people get just as annoyed from him as C. I know I did.

Agree about trends though. This is statistics 101. You need enough data points to represent the full variation of the distribution (here we go with math again 🍷) and sample a snapshot of that trend. And I agree- things have been a little slower the last few months, but I also agree there's explanations for why that is, and I agree it's still doing fine and by no means doomed or cause for concern. The demand curve has not shifted. There has simply been fewer impactful games to elicit a higher response from that curve. With Pokémon and Smash, we will see a return to the high consumer response of yesteryear. Because the demand curve hasn't changed at all, just the stimulus. Only a permanent shift of stimulus (like all devs suddenly deciding to abandon Switch) or a permanent shift in demand (like consumers just losing interest in Switch no matter what huge games are releasing on it)... only that is cause for concern. And neither are true (although I do have my own suspicions about the demand curve for software shifting somewhat as of recently- but that will also require more data before I can draw any definitive conclusions).

@JaxonH Interesting to hear that XY, ORAS, SM, USUM didn't hold your interest but PLGEP got you into the series.

It's a shame based on your experience with past games, this is where you will start and stop.

Assuming there won't be future let's go games, are we?

Roller Coaster Tycoon gameplay (loving the rush of simmy games we're getting)

@Yosheel
I hope there are future Let's Go games. The gameplay hook is so much fun, it would truly be a shame to never revisit that.

I'm sure they're already working on Let's Go Pichu and Let's Go Togepi.

Press F to pay respects to those hoping for a non-Let's Go Sinnoh remake

Hmm, ‘cynical and wary hat’ is firmly in place for anything even remotely Rollercoaster Tycoon nowadays; obviously I loved the original 3 but since then the quality has dipped dramatically...

It’s good that another game of it’s ilk is coming to switch but be wary nostalgia/sim/RT fans; hard to say until it’s reviewed/released/we know for sure but until that time I smell a wolf in sheeps clothing...

(Now if spiritual successor Planet Coaster were to be ported, then indeed it would be time to do the happy dance!)

With that sale and my gold points I can grab Wolfenstein, VC4, or Skyrim for like $8

@IceClimbers Now that’s a bargain.

Let’s go togepi would destroy me. But I shall take a break and play the katamari demo. Forgot how insanely amazing the opening is. Demo is on the JPN eshop but it plays in English which is my system language right now. I will try again when I do an okami run to see if it switches to Japanese.

Also KoAC is the worst deity and father ever. I say this with love.

@Ryu_Niiyama Thanks for the heads up!! I’ll have to check it out in the morning, I’ve sleep drifted 7 times in the past 20 minutes. I was chaining Grimers for health candy, and the pets fell asleep on my lap and shoulder.

Might need assistance from someone if I have trouble tomorrow, never used a different shop.

@JaxonH I have been called (paraphrasing) an insane cheapskate in this very thread. Nintendo fans are incredibly thin-skinned sometimes.

I don't think it is constructive that 5 people in a row starts calling someone a troll. If someone comes in to this thread and that's the first thing they see, how do you think they would react?
No, I think the best post was the one reminding rdr2 and Mario was released in the compared months. They are both huge system sellers of course they skew numbers.

Well I don't think it's constructive that someone spends 5 months in a row ignoring all reality just because they like a less popular video game console over a more popular video game console, and adding little else ever. shrugs

5 months was just a convenient number to use but it might actually be accurate now that i think about it

It's never going to happen but I wish Game Freak entered the world of DLC. It would've been cool if each region was an expansion pack to Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee but there was a physical option for those who want one (think Torna/NSLU).