@Grumblevolcano
The Ori demo doesn’t store your saves unless you fully complete the demo. I transferred over fine- but I completed the demo. It saves when you get to the tree, and whatever your progress at that point, that’s what carries over.
If you’re a fan of gyro, you’re gonna love Daemon X Machina. I don’t really like mech games, but I love this game. Not only because of the gyro (though that does help because it makes aiming at enemies just out right fun every single second you’re playing), but also because it’s just a pretty high quality game, and the customization is killer. I love the mile deep stats list and swapping parts/weapons to the point every single thing can be changed.
Dragon Quest XI S is amazing. I couldn’t imagine playing the base game at this point- there’s just so much stuff added and changed its nuts. And a lot of the things on that list, I didn’t really understand how impactful they would be, but now having played the game I realize just how big of a deal they are.
@RR529
Tropical Freeze is killer. Best 2D platformer ever made, and I’ll die on that hill 😁 Time Trials is where it’s at. I had the #2 time in the world without taking damage on 6K, the hardest level in the game, and was #12 for 6-1, back in the Wii U version. But then I got knocked back after years of not playing and then they deleted everything off the server except the top 10... was not happy about that.
I imagine you’re excited for Impossible Lair then, ya? It may not end up being quite as good as Tropical Freeze, but given no other platformer has even managed to muster half the brilliance of DKC, even coming within swinging distance will be a feat in and of itself.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
So I haven't encountered Joycon drift yet (knock on wood), but I now have a pink Joycon that doesn't sit flush with the system because the GameCube controller wire decided to pull the dock off my dresser and send the system flying.
To those here with an original switch and a switch lite how are you finding it? Do you still use you big switch?
II have a switch and love it’s quirky design, the ability to show people games by handing them a joy con or connecting to tv. However, I mainly play handheld and have a train commute. I don’t need a lite but still kind of want one.
Btw should I upgrade to the v2 switch instead for the better battery? Or wait and keep OG switch.
The Witcher 3 on Amazon preorder for $49.99. It’s skyrocketed up to the top 20 as a result. Amazing what a little price drop can do. Seems $50 is the price many are willing to fold for.
Switch Lite is incredible. I now take it to work with me every single day. With an amFilm tempered glass screen protector ($6 and went on without a single hitch, it looks flawless glass with oleophobic coating where your finger just glides across frictionless) it feels so durable and rugged yet so small and sleek.
At the same time, I love the new v2 Switch. Now, part of that might just be the fact it’s a Dragon Quest designed Switch, but having that robust battery life is a legit luxury. Whether that outweighs the pocketability and incredible comfort of playing the Lite (and it is super comfy- playing the normal Switch afterword feels like using a 1991 brick cell phone after coming away from a Samsung Galaxy), really comes down to how much you play portably.
I’ll say this- if you can afford to get both, I wholly recommend keeping a v2 docked the TV as a secondary system and a Lite as a primary for portable use, with the clutch option of switching which system is primary if you ever so desire to bring your v2 Switch on the go. But if that’s not an option, it really does come down to whether or not the portability and comfort of the light outweighs the versatility and battery life of the v2 OG model.
If handheld play is where you’ll be spending most your time, I really feel I have to recommend the Lite. I don’t think people truly understand just how small and light weight and pocket friendly this thing is compared to OG Switch. It really does feel like a pure handheld (like 3DS and Vita, which, it’s barely bigger than a Vita btw) whereas OG Switch feels very heavy, like a full sized tablet in comparison.
If you do get a Lite, I’d just keep the OG Switch docked, since battery life won’t matter anyways given you’ll always be using the Lite on the go.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH makes me almost want to grab it earlier than I planned.. But with it being such a big game, it's the perfect December/January game. I have no time right now 😂. If i did grab it now, I'd feel like I need to rush through the Game since lm3 is on the horizon. And that wouldn't be fair to the Game.
@DuskformLycanroc Unless you have commutes that last longer than 3 hours, I'd say just go with the Lite. While I don't technically own one yet, several people in my immediate family do, and I've used them extensively. They're comfy, lightweight, and feel like much less of a hassle to carry around than the OG Switch (original and revised), which is heavy and kind of creaky with its modular design.
@Ralizah and @JaxonH my commute isn’t too long and may become shorter in about a year so I don’t think I need the extended battery even on trips.
The main appeal is the weight as I need as light a bag as possible. However, I do manage with my current switch.
My main concern is the ease of having accounts on both and swapping games. Do you get lots of messages for check ins or not being able to play cause the WiFi in my room is dodgy. I also worry that I won’t play my main switch as much because of the annoyance of check-ins and sharing saves. I had a 3ds and a 2dsxl at the same time for a while but felt guilty using one and not the other so much.
Make the OG Switch secondary and yes, itll do a quick check before starting a game to ensure you aren't playing on the primary but, its quick and easy. Saves auto upload with online service cloud saves. Just press + and check to see if a newer save is available before playing a game, that way you never forget. That also takes like 15 seconds to download when needed.
And you can just switch which is primary if you really want to. That takes like 60 seconds. But I never bother.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
DOOM Eternal and DOOM 64 are delayed to the same day as Animal Crossing (March 20th 2020) though Switch comes later, 64 is a preorder bonus for all platforms.
@Grumblevolcano Yeaaaah I saw. Doom Eternal was probably my most hyped game of the year, but honestly there's enough other stuff I still have to play from this year (Ni No Kuni, DQ XI, Luigi's Mansion 3, Digimon, more Astral Chain, tons of smaller games) that it hardly bothers me somehow? It's like, I'd much rather see it come out when it's ready then get it full of bugs and have to wait months for a patch.
Ya, all we've been talking about is how jam packed the lineup is throughout the rest of 2019. DOOM Eternal can have a seat. Shame it wont be day and date but, again, up to our eyeballs in games- it'll take most of 2020 just to catch up.
ESRB rating for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and a retailer listing for Metro Redux in December.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
With PS5 and Xbox Scarlett roughly a year away, conversations about Switch Pro / Switch 2 are beginning to pick up again. Personally, I think Nintendo is going to wait a year or two after the launch of PS5 and Xbox Scarlett before they pull that trigger. Let the technology costs come down between now and then, and then introduce the Switch 2 at a more competitive price point.
Meh. Rich has been milking the "Pro" conversation since the inception of the console itself.
Haven't people figured out from the Switch Lite, that you can't "will" something into existence with Nintendo? The "oh they should do that to compete" common internet wisdom is never what they end up doing.
The Switch Lite is their way of competing. $199 price tag. Drive install base as high as possible. They even said it themselves that that's their strategy.
That's not to say a Pro won't ever happen, but at this point I think I agree with @Magician that a successor in March 2024 is the more likely scenario. They're not gonna drop a Pro next year with the other systems, which means 2021 would be the earliest, and by that point they'll be just 12-24 months away from announcing their 10th generation system.
I think people should get used to the idea of no more powerful Switch until next gen. And that's fine with me. Makes the jump more significant when the time comes.
Notice the pattern:
Gamecube / Wii both 6th gen power Wii U / Switch both 7th gen power Switch 2 / Who Knows 8th gen power
Ever since the turn of the millennium, they tend to stretch two generations for every power leap. Stretch it as much as they can with that grade of power by innovating on it the subsequent generation before making the next leap. They make a leap, then innovate, then make a leap, then innovate. The Switch successor will be the next Nintendo console to actually make a significant leap.
Very much agreed. The absolute minimum life cycle for a system as successful as the Switch is 5 years, or early 2022 for a successor. And honestly? I think we'll see a revised system (the DSi/GBA SP/New 3DS/Gameboy Lite/Color successor) late 2021, four and a half years after the release of the previous system. They literally ALWAYS release one, I can't imagine they won't this time. Then in early 2023 we'll see the Switch 2 release, after a 6 year life cycle. It'll continue receiving games for another year, bringing it to the 7 year life cycle Nintendo keeps talking about.
EDIT: @JaxonH from our same timed comment: The 'pro' is an inevitability with Nintendo's portable line. The question isn't a matter of if it'll happen, but how far away from what people expect will it be. Also, it's quite possible they'll stop with the double generations after this. After all, the further you are behind the easier it is to tread water in a technology race.
Hmm, with the Doom delay I now have a gaping hole for the end of the year in my gaming plans.
What game I'm going to play instead... The smart choice would be clearing some of my backlog. What am I going to actually do? Probably pick up one of the budget titles I was going to skip and play that haha.
@Magician Yeah, sounds about right, I think. They wouldn't wanna release a revision when the hype surrounding the new twins is the highest. So I would expect a 2021 release. Maybe even in March like the original launch
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