Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Giancarlothomaz
I suppose.

I just think anniversaries are silly, as they have so many franchises, and if you count every 5 year anniversary as something special it just ends up being anniversary overload.

Not that I'm unhappy with the end result. The Mario Collection and 3D World were masterpiece additions, and if "anniversary" means getting Zelda Skyward Sword, Windwaker and Twilight Princess, I'm all for it.

I'm just tired of all the anniversary talk. We heard it all last hear for Mario, now we're hearing it all over again for Zelda.

I'm just being a sourpuss. Don't mind me.

@HC88

(Waves) Hello!

@JaxonH

Yeah agreed. I’m loving the shift in Nintendo’s attitude to third parties. Bodes well for the next few years. But I also agree that what will be will be. We finally became a two-Switch household yesterday with the addition of a Lite. If a more powerful version was announced tomorrow If buy that too but if not I already have enough Switch games to last me a lifetime.

@JaxonH It was like this back in 2016 too... Don't worry, it'll pass soon enough when people realize we aren't getting some crazy Zelda anniversary stuff.

I am looking forward to whatever we get from Kirby though, I can't see HAL passing up Kirby's 30th late this year/early next.

@link3710
Lol ok I think I'm onto you now. You've been sarcastic this whole time.

Your Kirby comment gave you away. Well done, my friend.

@timleon I will admit it's kind of trippy seeing Nintendo button prompts styled after the P5 UI

I'm playing it on PC with the Switch Pro Controller and even then seeing A, B, X, Y, L, R & ZL/ZR instead of the PlayStation prompts feels like such a tease for the people who want P5 on Switch lmao

I'd probably double dip but only if it was Royal since it's THAT much better than vanilla P5.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/rumour_switch_pro_c...

@TheFrenchiestFry yeah, I'm playing on the Switch and funnily enough the most jarring thing to me is the left trigger for third eye. It just feels so different with the analogue trigger on the dualshock 4.

What do you guys think of Trilemma Tactics as an alternative name to Triangle Strategy.

Or should it carry a similar name to Octopath Traveler to denote spiritual successor like the Mana games.

Traveler Tactics perhaps?

Or should they just think up a completely new name altogether? Since they kept Octopath's name I figure they may do the same here. But at least Trilemma Tactics sounds better than Triangle Strategy.

Or maybe Trinity Tactics to denote the trinity of choices? Trinary Tactics?

@TheFrenchiestFry I'm about finished with Futaba's dungeon in Royal, and, honestly, it doesn't feel like much of an upgrade. I suppose most of the new stuff is near the end? Not sure how I feel about gun ammo refilling every battle, since I kinda liked the resource management aspect that brought. Also, it's somehow easier on Merciless in Royal than Hard in Persona 5 vanilla, which was already much too easy.

To be perfectly honest, my favorite aspect of Royal so far is that the trophy list feels manageable this time around.

@JaxonH ANYTHING is better than Triangle Strategy. It sounds like a name concocted by a neural network.

I wouldn't care. I'll buy any Persona on Switch. Royal or otherwise. At least I'd end up playing it if it were on Switch. Better to play the base game on Switch than not play Royal somewhere else.

That said, if it ever comes, of course it would be Royal. There's no way they port the base game without the expanded content.

For now though, I'm content with Persona 5 Strikers. And we have Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne and SMTV on the way. Maybe by next year they'll announce the PC port of Royal and a Switch port of at least P4G.

@Ralizah
We all know by the time the game releases the name Triangle Tactics will be ingrained in everyone's heads, and they'll just end up leaving it as is.

By then it'll sound normal though. Hear anything enough it becomes normalized.

@JaxonH
The Tactician's Treatise on Triangular Tactics

Really flows.

@Ralizah Yeah most of the new stuff is reserved for the endgame content

Before then Kasumi is kind of there but her and Maruki's social link are pretty revealing about their characters and I believe them and Akechi have to be maxed out before some time in mid November to get the third semester stuff unlocked

But I will say the third semester stuff, particularly the stuff concerning the exclusive Palace and its Ruler is some of the best written stuff I've seen from Persona in a long time, and the ruler in particular is probably the best Palace boss since Kamoshida, as someone who felt none of the other ones really lived up to his presence

@JaxonH Prefarably for me I'd want to see Persona 3 get some sort of remaster with both the FES and Portable content. I've bought literally everything to do with Persona on portable systems excluding Strikers on Switch so if they announce a mainline game on Switch in the future I'll probably be there in quick succession since P3P is my favorite version of P3, I bought a Vita partially for P4G and I really dug the Innocent Sin PSP remake

@rallydefault Hey, I like Kirby! But yeah, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if a Zelda anniversary happens, but I won't act as though something is definitely coming unless I'm at least 90% convinced it will. And Zelda anniversary just doesn't meet that mark. Kirby on the other hand does lol, HAL looooves Kirby anniversaries. So uh... Not quite sarcasm but

@TheFrenchiestFry The Royal Exclusive palace ruler was fantastic. And yeah, the only person who felt even close to Kamoshida was the ruler of the palace in the intro sequence (the Casino), and that person had a bit of an unfair advantage. The ruler before that in particular was rather weak, probably the most rushed feeling section of the game. Though that may have been on purpose?

EDIT: Also, the tomb's ruler was fantastic, in a very different way from Kamoshida.

@link3710 The thing with the Casino palace is that it was kind of a Thanos/Gamora situation where I felt less for the character in question and more for the fact they were related to a specific prominent party member in the game which strengthened the conflict and motivation to complete it and change their heart

It's definitely one of the better executed setups in the game but in terms of the absolute best it's Kamoshida and the third semester antagonist easily

Seems Tony Hawk 1/2 is coming to Switch.

Surprise surprise, ammirite 😉

So both Crash 4 and Tony Hawk coming through. Love the marketing though. Good stuff

I seriously hope it's true. It's been one of the few ports I've been wanting. Crash 4 is cool. THPS 1 and 2 would be simply phenomenal.

A moment to appreciate just how blessed we’ve been as Switch gamers lately. It’s just amazing game after amazing game after amazing game.

First, we get hit with the Monster Hunter Rise demo. A generation defining game- the demo provided more content than some full priced releases. By the time I’ve had my fill 25 hours in, Super Mario 3D World releases- one of the best 3D platformers I’ve ever played. I barely got 3 worlds into it, and they hit us with Persona 5 Strikers, a game that so far, comes remarkably close to mainline Persona, one of the top JRPGs. And before I get 2 hours into that game, they hit us with Project Triangle Strategy demo, which is the most exciting SRPG I’ve played since FE Awakening back in 2013. And by the time I run through that, Bravely Default 2 will be out- proper sequel to one of the best JRPGs of the 3DS. And if that’s not enough, we’ve got one month to play all of this before Monster Hunter Rise releases, followed by Trails of Cold Steel 4- the finale to one of my new fave JRPG series, and New Pokémon Snap, with Mario Golf and Zelda Skyward Sword soon after, both of which have me crazy hyped.

This year is a bonanza... an absolute feast. I can barely even keep up with buying all these games, much less play them all. No idea how Ys IX, SMT Nocturne and SMTV, Neo TWEWY, Rune Factory 5, Monster Hunter Stories 2, etc are going to slot into this. Not to mention all the 3rd party stuff like Crash 4, Tony Hawk, Diablo 2 remake, etc. It’s gonna be another one of those “play 50 games, beat 5 of them” kinda years.

@NintendoByNature
Switch tends to get most of the games in its power range, they just release in the 2nd round 6-12 months after. Although Diablo 2 remake is a nice day and date announcement. They’re not all delayed releases.

But ya. Once you learn the pattern it’s like ok, no big deal when you see Switch not listed for a new release. It’ll likely get announced later.

@JaxonH yep. I had hope it would come over. And while its not officially confirmed, it's good to know its more than likely on the way