Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@link3710 Try up DQ11's demo in the eshop and see if you like it, if you don't, just pick ni no kuni

. Just get both. They are both excellent rpgs.

@MartieChick09 Honestly, I think the regular Joy-Con grip that comes with the console is fine as is. Click the link to see what I mean.

https://i.imgur.com/62JNwgm.jpg

Again though, I don't know anything about third-party solutions. Ask someone else in regards to that.

It's here.

@scubydo CTR is a good game, and as long you don't mind not getting all the extra content, you can get plenty of fun from it.

Very nice, Jaxon.

I really like the DQXI dock. Too bad they don't release just the dock in different themes as I, and I'm sure the majority, aren't going to purchase an entirely new system just to get the dock.

@Cotillion One thing I'll definitely be copping is the Square Enix Store-exclusive Switch slime controller

I still remember the one they released for Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2. As far as I'm concerned, its the exact same controller layout as the Slime controller that was released for vanilla DQXI on PS4 when it released in Japan and was brought over to the west, but has the configuration of a Pro Controller

That and the Daemon X Machina Joy-Cons are two accessories I'm definitely eyeing

@Cotillion
The dock is nice (as are the joycon) but the real star of the show is the console itself. I didn't post it before but here's what it looks like. Obviously the front really doesn't have room for any design but the joycon kinda take care of that.

Thankfully you can probably buy docks with custom paint jobs, if you really wanted.

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@BlueBlur101
I have that Slime controller coming myself, but from Amazon Japan.

Like the DxM joycon but, no gyro is a deal breaker.

@Magician
Thanks!

@JaxonH Congrats, looks fantastic.

What would everyone say would be most likely on a possible NES+SNES Remix port for Switch. A retail boxed copy? Paid, digital only? Or the newest free bonus to NSO subscribers?

I’d love to see that, but there’s no way it’s free. The NES and SNES app are free. They may do a remix and release it, but I doubt it since that would cannibalize their online incentive. Same reason we haven’t seen VC this generation.

@gcunit
Thank you! Feels good actually using it to play on as a main system rather than just display it. A system like this begs to be used.

@JaxonH @Magician NES Remix (The Wii U sorta collection) would make a lot of sense as a 2021 release. By then, they'll have NES, SNES, and a lot of either N64 or Gameboy games, in addition to Tetris 99 and probably one or more things. By that point it won't be a threat, especially since, quite frankly, NES Remix doesn't exactly sate what the original NES games give, it's far too different.

@JaxonH Oh shoot I hadn't seen those. For certain games those might be perfect... Hm and holy shoot they have reassignable rear triggers. They might be perfect for Astral Chain or Bayo, gah. I might just have to get those now. Obviously they won't do for Doom or Splatoon or BotW but when they are the right fit they seem really good. Now to see if anyone knows if they actually feel good.

@link3710 I kind of think that NES remix does make sense as a freebie. It's such a good game for introducing new players to some quite esoteric games.

In many ways it's a shame that it wasn't included on the NES mini. I think it actually gives a modern audience more of a feel for what made those games special than just providing the ROMs and a nice loader. Some of the challenges deliberately lean into skills/techniques/moments/challenges that were prominent in playgrounds/magazines at the time and the challenges allow those moments to be presented as they more typically were in a way that emulators with save states simply can't.

I thought the first NES remix game in particular really polished up some rough diamonds. Playing NES remix gives you an understanding of the value the Switch Online service is offering.

Even better would be if ever Switch Online game had a short series of NES remix style challenges built in to showcase the game.

Maybe not a new Remix game like SNES Remix but I could see NES Remix Pack getting a re-release (Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore shows Nintendo hasn't finished porting Wii U games to Switch). I don't think it would happen until after the NES NSO app is completed (i.e. no more games coming to the app) though.

Speaking of NES and SNES games, I wonder if the announcement of NES and SNES games no longer being monthly will mean nothing for October or NES for October.

It was barely an afterthought for them before this announcement, so I'm really not expecting much of anything from them at all until next Sept for the anniversary again, or at best in the new year.

In regards to NES and SNES games for NSO, I assume Nintendo will slow the frequency of releases from monthly to quarterly. Adding one NES game and one SNES to the service in December. And again in March. And again in June. Then when September 2020 rolls around, Nintendo will add ten to twenty GBA games to the service.

"Please re-subscribe." -Nintendo

I'd be shocked if they did more than that.

The best exclusive on the Xbox One just released on Switch... if you’re not playing Ori and the Blind Forest right now, you’re missing out on one of the very best games ever made!

A reminder to not miss this masterpiece. It’s even pulling me away from DQXIS (playing DQ on the TV and Ori on the Switch Lite going back and forth). I swear if that goose game outperforms Ori I’m gonna lose all faith in the Switch gamership at large 😉

@JaxonH Currently on the UK eshop, Untitled Goose Game is 1st and Ori is 9th.

@Grumblevolcano I think they're holding off to keep Wii U releases going the whole generation and fill in gaps. So over the next four years we'll see W101, Fatal Frame, NES Remix Pack, Pikmin 3, 3D World and maybe even XCX and Woolly World, at a rate of about two per year. XCX:DE in particular seems like a likely project for the XC:DE team to take on if XC:DE sells well (they did say it would take a remake to bring it over...) Woolly World is more dependent on whether another Yoshi game is already in development or if they're working on something else for now, it'd be a nice stopgap release if they aren't.

I highly doubt we'll see only 1 or 2 NES/SNES games til next September. I think it's more likely instead we'll start to see sections in Directs revealing another bundle of games for the system so they can try and get more subscribers. I mean, this list doesn't even have Kirby Super Star, Earthbound, and of the DKC trilogy, Kirby's Dream Course, Star Fox 2 (maybe not), Super Mario RPG, Super Mario All-Stars, not to mention potential 3rd party offers like Shadowrun, Chrono Trigger or ActRaiser that likely won't see release any other way.

Admittedly, Megmaman + Castlevania + Mana means a bunch of major titles are out for the count, and FF will probably not see any releases through the service either.