Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah good stuff. Can't wait to play it honestly. It looks amazing from everything we've seen so far(especially visually).

Uh-oh. Who's gonna break it to him?

@JaxonH Thanks for elaborating re. XC:DE. I find it interesting that you just play through the story and pretty much ignore the affinity stuff and side quests, but enjoy the game so much. That's how I played the Wii version and didn't get much enjoyment out of it. I noticed quite a few affinity conversation points but nearly every single one of them was unavailable to me for some reason.

Now I'm somewhere around Chapter 14-15 I think (haven't played it in a while) and surrounded by Mechons that kick my ass every time. The ultimate beef I have with the game is that 90% of the time progress is fairly easy, but then I hit a difficulty spike and because progress had been so easy, it feels like the game hasn't prepared me for beginning to know how to manage those spikes. Makes for a frustrating experience so I can see why Casual mode is a hit with you. My secondary problem is that the combat system does nothing for me, so grinding or looking up tips to tackle certain fights brings me no satisfaction. I'd gladly take a casual mode on the Wii version to get me to the end, but I'm not planning on buying the Switch version and playing through the whole game again just to use casual mode.

Good stuff. We’re in for a treat.

@gcunit *her, but what do you mean? Is the Switch version not actually HD? Either way I'm not too concerned about the specific resolution, just the general graphical improvements - the Switch version looks a lot better from what I've seen.

@Dogorilla Sorry. I almost put 'her/him/them' because I wasn't sure, but just got lazy. I'll try harder.

I've not played the Switch version, but from what I've heard, the resolution is not what many hoped for and to call it HD would be stretching things a bit, certainly at times, as I understand it.

****! The patch for the SpongeBob game is 5.3gb!

@gcunit I think XC:DE looks amazing, really. Handheld is a little muddy in some areas. On The t.v. though, id argue it's one of the better looking games on switch. That's probably because of the environments themselves though. Satorl marsh at night, Eryth sea, and valak mountain at night look phenomenal imo. Then again, I'm easily pleased lol.

@gcunit No worries. Maybe I'll put my pronouns or some other indication of my gender in my signature. It might not be a bad idea for other people to do that too, for the avoidance of doubt.

Ah I see. Well as I said, the character models in particular are vastly improved, so even if it's not full HD I'm sure it will still look nice. Better than the blurry mess that came from close-up shots of characters' faces in the Wii version, at least.

@gcunit @Dogorilla
It’s HD, but it is 720p so it’s a softer image. It does look incredible on the TV though. You can tell it’s a softer image but, it’s still HD, and the overall visuals are amazing. Would definitely look mint at full 1080p, but it still looks great. When I see this game on the TV, I’m in awe at how gorgeous it looks, even despite being on the lower end of the HD spectrum. It kinda hits that bare minimum HD threshold where, no, it won’t be super ultra crisp, but it’s not blurry either. Its just a happy 720p middle ground. But the visuals really make up for any shortcoming not being full 1080p. You see the screenshots above I posted. Those were all taken on my Switch in 720p.

Handheld is where it’s sub-HD. Now, make no mistake, it’s LEAGUES better than the 3DS version. Totally playable. And even in handheld it’s better than the Wii version. If you want Xenoblade on the go, it gets the job done. But it’s not a looker in handheld. What I mean is, you won’t be gobsmacked by how crisp and gorgeous it is in handheld. It’s just kind like of, eh, this’ll do. Little lower res, definitely not impressive, but it looks alright.

I hope you're joking about trying harder. I refuse to believe someone would get upset being called the wrong pronoun. There's no way you would know.

More evidence a Monster Hunter for Switch is indeed coming. And this makes no mention of the 3 different credible leaders who have said its coming.

@Ninfan warface is damn good and the best COD alternative you can get on switch.

@gcunit
"The patch for the SpongeBob game is 5.3 GB! "

Wut ?! 🤪

@JaxonH While I don't exactly buy into leaks, a MH for Switch is a no brainer. Monster Hunter has a huge Nintendo audience, and the games sell like hotcakes on Switch. We could see a 3rd party title top 5 mil (if not more) finally on the system if they did that. I don't think a brand new Monster Hunter selling in line with Luigi's Mansion 3 is out of the question.

I still want to grab spongebob at some point. But, at those update sizes, I might as well grab it digitally on sale

@JaxonH @link3710

My assumption is that Switch is getting Monster Hunter Stories 2.

I wouldn't actually mind this. I remember seeing this game on 3DS and how much better it looked than the Pokemon games on 3DS. However, the battle system didn't seem as deep as in a Pokemon game. But if it's about collecting and battling with dragons, I'd be up for it.

@Magician @link3710
If you watch the video, it’s pretty clear they’re not talking about a spin-off. The investors question was a Monster Hunter like what was on PSP (aka portable MH).

Plus GaijinHunter addresses that- MH Stories tanked hard. If they are looking to sell 100,000 copies then they’ll make a sequel to a Monster Hunter stories. If they are looking to sell 5,000,000+ copies they’ll make an actual monster hunter. All the evidence, be it the actual mainline team testing their next game, the Capcom shareholders meeting and then saying ya, we have a MH like that coming (referring to a MH played by all the high school kids like the PSP handheld entries), the multiple credible insiders who’ve said it’s coming...

I’m not saying MH Stories 2 will never happen, but this is not referring to a spinoff, none of the evidence thus far has referred to a spinoff, and I don’t even think they’re going to make that game anyways because it just sold so horribly (though to be clear, a new MH Stories on Switch would be amazing- I’m 100% on board with the idea).

The key here is, investors are asking about MH on Switch. They specifically asked for MH World on Switch, and whether they’d be making a MH all the high school kids can play (like PSP, as clarified by another investor in the room). They said no MHW, but yes they have something coming. The fact they posted that question and answer on their site is kinda telling. And the fact investors have been asking about MH on Switch nearly every year now... they have to know. They have to.

If they don’t have something in the works after what they just said there, after the MHGenUlt director teasing his next game, after the one who leaked MH World saying one is coming for Switch, after another insider saying the same, after the sales for MH World Ultimate plummeted back to being worse than the previous entries per platform (its at 5-6m on 3 platforms, that’s barely more than the 4-5m of MH4U or MHGen on 3DS, which was also waaaay lower budget and on one single system). after investors have continuously asked about one... I suspect shareholders will not be happy.

@JaxonH I agree, that interview was clearly talking about a mainline title. I suspect a spinoff may be in the works as well, but this and that are different things.

...but what the heck is MH World Ultimate? I don't recall hearing that they released an ultimate edition yet?

@JaxonH @link3710

He probably meant MHW Iceborne rather than MHW Ultimate?