Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I think I'm only getting Zelda, Luigi, Pokemon and Death Stranding for the remainder of this year. Maybe a VR game or two. I've heard Ghost Giant is pretty good. And maybe TW3 on Switch depending on when that comes out, otherwise I'll get it another time.

My only sure title is Luigi's Mansion. Not to keen on the art style of Zelda, and fe haven't wowed me yet. Will need some more info on both Fe and astral chain before jumping on.

I have started to become real picky when it comes to games. I don't buy titles just because anymore, they are competing for my time. I especially don't have time for bs stuff.

@Therad If I'm lucky I can beat 10 (big) games a year; but then I have to make time for it. I don't know how other people do it

I don't know either. Some games need a lot of time to properly complete, civ and fe are good examples. And others can never be completed, i.e cities skylines. Then again, many triple A titles can be completed in 8 hours or so.

@Therad 90% of AAA games don't even have a single player campaign, or they're 100-hour open world games

Somebody doesn’t know JaxonH’s spending habits lol. Most of the folks with the long lists up here tend to buy what they posted. Short of bad reviews.

Unless you know JaxonH irl, you have no real way to check his spending habits nor if he has ever played anything at all. For all you know, he is a big PS4 fan that are just trolling nintendolife.

Many open world games have a main story you can beat fairly fast.

i keep buying interesting indie/3rd party games that go on sale, and then every time instead of playing them i just go back to running around in botw :/ right now i have Fe (not fire emblem, “fe”), the aquatic adventure of the last human, shovel knight, and the red strings club all just sitting. i need to be stopped

@Therad True, but I wouldn't say BOTW is a 10-hour game, just because you can beat it in under 10 hours for example.

I agree, but I am also quite sure some just beat the beasts + calamity ganon and called quits. And that is fine, we can all enjoy games however we want. I usually beat the endgame quite fast, then go back for as long as I don't get bored.

This is one of the strengths of modern gaming, you can chose your own level of commitment.

Ok well I was gonna wait til they announce the Switch Mini but I just found a refurbished Switch for a really cheap price, so I just went and bought it. Finally back in the current Nintendo club! Wooo.

Wouldn't say it's divisive at all really. It's generally well regarded. It's a less complex story than FF7, and a much more character and relationship driven story than FF12.

It's very similar to FF8 in that it's really just about the love story between the 2 main characters, and everything else is kind of just an excuse for that.
I personally happen to think it's the best love story in the series though.

I did something similar when it came to steam sales. They were insane a couple of years ago. But when I realized I had more unplayed games than games I had played, I started to become more picky. It just frustrates me to have games sitting there, better to just buy games and play them when I feel like it. I am doing the same with dlc as well, before I just bought them as soon as they came.

I still haven't bought the botw dlc as an example. If it had been released closer to launch (when I still played it) I would definitely have bought it.

@Therad Or most of the pictures that he posts. Either way people will buy what they want.

Or he could have downloaded them from elsewhere. And I don't think I have seen pictures of every game he mentions.

But I am don't know he we came to talk about him, I was not talking about JaxonH at all. There will always be people that can afford and will buy everything. I am talking generally. It is easy to commit to something on the internet and then just don't do it.

For me, I have become picky. As an example, gridbased turn based combat is my jam. So fire emblem should be day one right?

Not exactly. I have been cautiously optimistic when it comes to fire emblem but I also realize it will need a good chunk of time to go through. Do I have that time now? And if I have the time, is it my best choice? And if I don't have the time, I don't see any reason to buy it. I am not a collector, I am a gamer.

But that is just me. Every one can do what they want with their time and money. But I don't want to hear them whine later how they don't have any money.

There's no point in buying games on sale if you're not going to play them any time soon. It's why, by and large, I've largely started ignoring sales. I already have a backlog, so continuing to add to it is just a waste of money.

Anyway, for me: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Switch port), Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Shantae 5, and Pokemon Shield are sealed in stone.

Also heavily considering Astral Chain, Ni no Kuni, and Dragon Quest XI S.

I was originally going to nab Death Stranding, but I think I'm good with the open world games this year. Besides, it'll drop down to $30 within half a year of release anyway.

@Raizah @Therad

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The saying "vote with your wallet" comes to mind. The upcoming release of The Witcher III is an excellent example. I played and finished the game on PS4, but I loved the game enough to double-dip on the Switch version in show of support for CD Projekt Red and their decision to port the game to Switch, and their use of a 32GB game cartridge. I may not play the game for years and that's fine.

I'd like to do this for every physical release day one on Switch, but it's just not feasible.

Of all the July games I listed I plan on buying WILL: A Wonderful World, Psyvariar Delta, and Dragon Quest Builders 2 day one. Every else will have to wait.

Yeah, I'll try to get physical releases 1st, to play & trade-in mostly.... Digital games can wait for when I get around to them or sales

I'm at least trying to finish secret of mana before i go and get bloodstained possibly sometime next week. I think with mm2, bloodstained, mana collection, and my newly acquired skyward sword on wii u, I think I'll stay busy in both june and July. And Maybe even into August until astral chain drops

Currently I'm playing Dark Souls II on weekends while my main objective is 100%ing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Then I'm likely gonna keep inching my way into Monster Hunter World.