Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@scubydo Catherine, Bioshock, and Borderlands are all already rated by CERO. I wasn't able to confirm either way for XCOM 2.

EDIT: And yes I know Catherine isn't 2K but I figured people might want to know.

I hope this virus doesn't delay Shantae's release further.

@Heavyarms55 Unless I'm downloading something, I ALWAYS have a game suspended when I put my Switch in its dock. It's the one system I can safely leave like that without worrying about losing data, after all (frequent power flickering where I live really reduces the usefulness of the PS4's own suspend function, unfortunately; this is the benefit of the Switch having its own battery).

I assume trial of mana and ToCS3 have been rated already?

@scubydo Trials of Mana is due out in, like, 2 weeks. I guarantee you the game has been rated for months now.

ToCS3 came out already last month in Japan and the ESRB (which is still operating) already gave a rating to ToCS3, so it should still release on time in NA unless if NIS delays the game to get more retail sales.

@scubydo Yes, Trials is long since rated, and ToCS3 came out last month in Japan so I'd assume so.

wonder what switch games their playing in japan!

Not playing Trauma Center...

https://www.gamesradar.com/disco-elysium-switch-port/

Disco Elysium has officially been announced for Switch! Not a surprise to anyone I'm sure, but definitely good news, the game will be a highlight of the Switch's library this year I'm sure.

I've heard of Disco Elysium, but that's it. It seems to have a lot of fans. What does everyone who has played it (in non-spoiler terms) like about it?

@Ralizah Power is that unreliable in your area? What's up with that? Damage from some natural disaster or something?

@Tyranexx DE is really close to mimicing a tabletop narrative in the sheer amount of variables the dev accounted for. There a section where you can give a fake name (that you make up) and you find later have scenarios where your character gets caught up in assuming this persona you gave them. Or even the attributes for the character are not just arbitrary numbers. You have to balance out your stat building as you can “over level” like you can put too many points in the encyclopedia attribute (its been a bit so that might not be the name) and your character will find the dialogue cluttered with useless facts. Which will impact your dialogue persuasion with npcs. It has a lot of input for choice and how you want to roll your character.

@Heavyarms55 Nah. It was like this in the last rural town I lived in as well. At least I have access to high speed internet here. I was so far out in the sticks where I last lived that all I had access to was one overpriced satellite internet option with a tiny data cap. You had to drive thirty minutes up the road to even get signal on most cell phones.

@Ralizah That's something I know about. My friend lives in a town where, although cell phone reception is fine, they only have one ISP, a satellite company. And said company is terrible, very slow, low data caps, except between 1 and 5am. When we play Switch together, he usually uses his phone's mobile hotspot instead.

Lot's of people talking about how slow Animal Crossing is for multiplayer. But when he tried to connect using satellite, it took almost 4 times as long.

So with Animal Crossing physical sales in Japan already outdoing Mario Kart 8 DX lifetime, who wants to take bets on them mentioning that AC:NH is the top selling Switch game in the next investor's meeting, even if they don't tell us numbers since it's past March 31st.

Rayman Legends is such a great game.

I hadn’t played it since 2013. But I decided to fire it up on switch, and I got all these memories rushing back from my 100% play through.

Definitely a game I recommend- if you can get it on a cheap sale, no reason not to.

And Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Decided to pick up some games I haven’t touched in a while. Really high quality game, this one is.

@link3710 When you say top selling, do you mean this quarter or throughout the Switch’s lifetime sales? Obviously it’ll be the best selling this quarter but I would think it’s a little too early to look at it being the biggest selling on the system.

@Ryu_Niiyama Ah, so it's a highly customizable experience, which would definitely mean that each run is never the same. Replayability is always nice, and I'm a sucker for a decent story that can take different turns. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the Switch release.

Thanks for the input!

@link3710 I think it'll be a close one and ACNH overtakes MK8 Deluxe lifetime sales within about a week or so after the Direct Mini happened. The Direct Mini really showcases "Buy Animal Crossing or experience a nearly 2 month game drought".

This rumor sounds too good to be true:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/gamerant.com/nintendo-direct-jun...