Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

A company trolling its customers, how does that work?

If anything, it's teasing. Maybe. But since Animal Crossing has a big focus on seasons, it's more reasonable to assume they picked AC because of that.

It's the moooooost... wonderful timeeeeeeeeeeeeee... of the yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar...

@Therad Ironically data caps are returning. Comcast, the biggest ISP in the US, didn't used to have official caps (but had throttling.) Recently they've added a "data plan", a.k.a. capping. Everyone is capped at 1TB/mo. Unless you pay $50 extra a month, then you get "unlimited." We're rolling backward, not forward on data, and Google seems oblivious. Everyone is betting on 5G wireless....do you honestly think VZW, TMO, ATT are going to let everyone consume unlimited bandwidth on PCs indefinitely on their wireless grids when even the land line companies don't? On 4G their unlimited usually includes like 2GB of hotspot for PCs. Even if they give you 200GB on 5G it won't be enough for heavy gamers.

I still think, at least for the US, the cart is way before the horse. The "cloud" industry has been putting the cart before the horse since 2001 or so when AOL merged with Time Warner to deliver everyone's TV over the internet. Here in 2019, that's still not even standard.

Cuphead on Switch is a nice fit, right down to the blue and red co-op characters lol

That Cuphead reveal makes me think the floodgates are somewhat open:

• Ori (rumoured)
• Ori 2
• Super Lucky's Tale (rumoured)
• Battletoads 2019
• Rare Replay + Banjo in Smash

It’s all pretty obvious now why Damon Baker really left Nintendo for Microsoft. He’s a secret agent working to bring Xbox exclusives to the Switch! It all... makes... sense...........

@FragRed Damon Baker is... Joanna Dark

Ah, the double-cross.

For England, James?
No, for Nintendo.

...Was kinda oping for West of Loathing DLC on Switch...wished Nintendo would hurry up and approve that already. TwT

That was a really good Nindie Presentation. I was hoping to see My Friend Pedro and we got a release date for that but I didn't expect to see Cuphead or "ZeldaDancer". Blaster Master looked fun too. Kind of tired of seeing so many roguelikes. It was used as a selling point multiple times but it doesn't really work when half of the games shown have roguelike elements.

On another note, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon came out today. I've been looking forward to it since I never got the Wii version. There are no reviews though. I doubt reading the reviews has any impact on my decision but it's a bit weird and unfortunate that the aren't any. Anyone here tried it yet?

EDIT: Just read that they took out card battles from Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon. I didn't know they were in that game as well. I like Pop-Up Duel and I'm kind of sad it was removed but I guess I can always play Chocobo Tales.

I also realized after I wrote this that at first I complain about too many indie roguelikes and then I continue with being excited for Mystery Dungeon. I assure you, they are completely different things.

It was a neat Nindie Direct, for sure. I doubt I'd enjoy Cuphead because I'm "100% suck" at those types of games, but it's nice that it's coming for those interested. I'm hoping that with the announcement of Castle Crashers as well, we may get Battleblock Theatre. And that RAD game definitely has my attention.

The King has spoken.

Cuphead is not the game he was referring to with "like Mario on PS"

His response is "wait for it"

@NEStalgia yeah, but in the developed world it is disappearing.

@JaxonH Is that Cadence game the other 2D Zelda? :^|

@Therad Perhaps, but we Neanderthals still make up the most profitable gaming market

Fantastic indie Direct. I went in expecting nothing and ended up with like... four games that looked really cool. Cuphead I'm skipping though, I already own it on Steam even though double dipping is really tempting.

Blaster Master 02 though, yes please. I'm gonna nab it immediately.

Awww yeeeeaaaah!

Enjoyed that Nindies Presentation, right up until they broke into those 'arcade' titles and it suddenly went a bit flat for me, but then Blaster Master Zero 2 and Cadence of Hyrule lifted things.

Cuphead - in.

My Friend Pedro - abso-smegging-lutely. Love bullet time twin stick shooting, like Bleed but without the pixels.

Red Lantern - liked the look of it, will be in if the price is right.

Pine - looked to have potential, but I caught a sniff of some performance issues.

RAD - looked kinda... rad.

Can't remember the others off the top of my head, but all the games up to the arcade section had potential.

Not as many games as I was hoping for, that 30 minutes went fast, but good nonetheless. Looking forward to rewatching it later tonight.

PS. Let's keep the Stadia chat for the Stadia thread, yeh?

@NEStalgia I can't say I am surprised. if you let the communication companies be in charged of regulating themselves, this is what happens.

Cuphead was an excellent surprise, and I liked how they even mentioned Microsoft by name lol.

Pine is pretty clearly inspired by BotW, so I'm definitely interested in that. Wasn't expecting Blaster Master Zero 2 at all.

Cadence of Hyrule was an absolute megaton though. There was a rumor about another 2D Zelda coming this year besides the LA remake, but absolutely NO ONE was expecting this. Wish I could have seen the reaction of the developer when they found out that they get to use the Zelda IP.