Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Haruki_NLI It never fails to get me that slight inclines on grassy surfaces will send Mario flying, but you can run straight up those pillars in Shifting Sand Land. It clearly took Ninendo a bit to figure out how to accurately model Mario's relationship to sloped surfaces.

@rallydefault Pity. Sunshine holds up quite a bit better, IMO, in terms of the physics, controls, and Mario's moveset. I really liked how, unlike 64, which had a lot of pointless movements (does anyone ever punch anything or crawl anywhere in that game?), every aspect of Mario's moveset is useful in Sunshine.

Although I'll admit that the lack of long jumping was disappointing. I'm glad they brought that back in Galaxy.

@Ralizah
What?! You don't punch stuff in 64?! That's like all I do lol And jump kicks. Crawling is for when you're really not sure what's going on with a slim platform (or your life).

I have such a fun time with 64. Back when I was a kid, I would just shmooze around for hours just exploring every little nook and cranny. Tripe jumping all over the place like it was my job. Doing crazy slides down those pyramids lol And then 3D Collection came out and... I'm doing the exact same thing lol It's just the definition of "classic" for me. I think Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time are in the top 5 games ever made on any system, and that's saying a lot.

Sunshine's FLUDD controls make me wish I doing my taxes instead. And like you said, they took away the long jump. Ugh.

@gcunit every 3D Mario game Nintendo use a Engine that give the game, it distinct physic and mechanics, that why you dont see Super Mario Galaxy or Super 3D World physics and mechanics in others 3D Mario games(with the exceptions of remakes and sequels of this games).

Anyone hear anything about a game called Republic coming to Switch? Supposedly it was leaked. My aunt was asking about it.

@rallydefault Same I love just messing around in 64 its so fun. And sunshine is.... ok to me but no where as fun as 64 galaxy or odyssey lol

@Heavyarms55

I believe Republic was listed in Nintendo's "coming soon" section for a few hours before it was pulled down. To my knowledge it's a stealth game, although I've personally never played it.

@Vasilios
Yea. And honestly, I like Galaxy a lot. I would also take that one over Odyssey.

@rallydefault Galaxy is my favorite game of all time. I think it's a better game than Odyssey but Odyssey is my 2nd favorite game but it has a lot more replayability compared to Galaxy so it's pretty tough to decide for me if I had to have one or the other. Luckily I have both of course lol

@Magician Okay. Just asking cause I was asked. Lol

Thanks dude!

I saw various rumours & leaks for that, too, @Heavyarms55 .... It's entirely possible, since it was originally ios & then Android years before coming to Steam &, I think, other consoles! The curious thing would be what's taking so long but there could be all sorts of reasons for that

Kowloon Highschool Chronicle is getting a digital western release. Personally I hope this gets a SEA physical release, but eh...at least it's coming. Love that trailer, shades of Cowboy Bebop. I've never played the original release on PS2, but I believe it's an adventure / dungeon rpg.

This localization probably means there's almost zero chance Wizard's Symphony will be localized for the west since it was an older Arcsystemworks Switch release than KHC.
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/01/kowloon-highschool-chronicle-...

did Nintendo delayed the Festivale update for Animal Crossing New Horizons? Nintendo where is the Festivale update?

could 2021 be another slow year like 2020 was for Switch?

@Giancarlothomaz

I feel as though 2020 wasn't all that slow so..."no", I guess?

I still haven't played Xenoblade Chronicles Remake, Paper Mario TOK, Hyrule Warrior: AoC, etc.

Too many games, not enough time to play them.

2020 was great for me so I wouldn't mind another 'slow' year.

2020 was basically mostly a PS4 year for me. Not much came out on Switch that I either didn't already have on other systems, or was dying to play other than Xenoblade and Catherine Full Body

2021 at least has some decent stuff on my radar like obviously Shin Megami Tensei V and the Nocturne remaster in addition to Bravely Default II and No More Heroes III. So already a major improvement

With Xbox Live Gold's price being increased by 100% (e.g. 12 months used to be $60 and is now $120), I wonder if Nintendo's going to add a more expensive tier to NSO after 3D All Stars/SMB 35/Shadow Dragon are delisted.

Unless a bunch of stuff gets delayed, 2021 is going to be the best year for Switch games since 2017. It looks phenomenal. Tons of releases, many of them exclusives, that I'm excited for.

@Grumblevolcano

Sounds like MS wants to shoehorn their fanbase into Game Pass Ultimate. I'd say this price hike cements the possibility that all upcoming Bethesda releases (that aren't currently contracted to be released on other platforms) will be Game Pass exclusive. Most unfortunate for folks like me who only use Xbox Gold for online multiplayer.

"Want to play Fortnite on Xbox? Pay $120 a year, please and thank you." -MS

"Hey, since you're already paying $120 a year to play Fortnite, why not pay $5/month more for all this?" -MS

MS is out of their mind. $120/yr for gold is too much. It's just too much. Even $60 was too much. But $120? This is why PC will continue to gain traction from console players fed up with the nonsense.

Makes $20/yr on Switch look like a pedestrian tip by comparison.