Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

JaxonH wrote:

The battery life on this new Switch is legit.

Been playing Dragon Quest XI S in handheld mode for like, at least 45-50 minutes, then checking the battery which is still at 85%. Ahhhh... it feels so good having hefty battery life like this. I no longer feel like I have to ration out play time in handheld mode, always worrying about the battery. And even though I’ve rarely ran out of battery before, that’s because I never played it that long in handheld specifically because I knew it didn’t last that long. But now that I know this thing can last 5+ hrs at a crack playing AAA, full console quality games like Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (heh, I just wanted to say the full name 😁 ) that nagging feeling of “gonna have to dock it soon- too much handheld fun is not allowed” is gone.

It’s pure luxury. At least for the v2 Switch. The Lite only seems to get like 30-40 min extra playtime. But hey, I’ll take it.

The feeling of upgrading to a 5 hr Switch with an appealing design, and a featherweight Switch Lite to share games between... it feels almost like when you buy a new console at the start of a new generation. It’s just such a luxurious upgrade. And I can’t decide which way to play handheld. Loving the lightweight, super comfy Switch Lite with D-pad and higher PPI, but also loving the uber-battery, special edition Switch with XXL sized screen. It just feels so good playing games on it and seeing those DQ designs and rich blue colored joycon...

It feels exciting playing Switch again. Like, genuinely exciting just holding it in your hand. That feeling had long since worn off (though the games were still exciting by sheer virtue of being hybrid versions). I’m sure this will eventually fade as well, but I’m enjoying it while it lasts.

I think part of it too, though, is finally making the full transition to digital with these Switches. Finally decided there’s no sense paying all this money for digital copies of the best games if I’m not taking advantage of that convenience. No more backup SDs with digital copies. I want all my games digital on these Switches so I can play any game I want to at any time. And if I don’t like a physical copy of a game enough to buy it digitally... then I’m probably not going to play it in the first place, so no need to clutter up the game selection menu with hundreds of icons of games I’ll likely never play. Same goes for tons of mediocre indies and NeoGeo titles. I’m tired of scrolling through 300 icons to find a game. I’m done with it. Digital only from now on, and only for the games I’m actually planning on playing or will realistically want to play at some point. It makes the library much smaller and of a higher purity and higher quality. Better to have 100 of the absolute best, all digital, than 300 chock full of games I’ll probably never play and most of them requiring a cartridge. Got rid of my EU and JP accounts as well, and chose to skip user selection when starting a game. It’s put all my favorite games at my fingertips for instant access, and that’s actually been the biggest contributing factor to this resurgence of excitement.

NEStalgia wrote:

I'm still 100% convinced Untitled Goose Game is a stealth viral marketing campaign masquerading as a video game.....There's a marketing genius (and a lot of money) behind it's rise, I guarantee you. Remember the thing has a governmental backing.....It's a cute game...but this odd virility smacks of strategy and subterfuge.

Ralizah wrote:

@NEStalgia That's quite a conspiracy! But what product or service do you think Goose Game is intended to push?

link3710 wrote:

@DarkRula It's not getting interest for doing anything new, it's the general idea that matters more than the gameplay. Being an angry goose is something that's easy to communicate, novel, and interesting, thus leading it to propagate social media far easier than something like Ori which has incredibly deep themes and gameplay, but looks far more intimidating to try and understand.