Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@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

@JaxonH Trilema Tactic is way better then Triangle Strategy that Square Enix is possible is gonna use for the game final name.

I've been holding off on purchasing a 1 TB card for as long as possible. But this holiday might be my breaking point. My 400 GB card has dipped below 80 GB remaining and I feel as though I've trimmed as many games from the collection as I can. Lots of mediocre games I couldn't bring myself to play through or games I've finished and found to be average experiences not worth going back to.

Somebody remind me, is there any point in using a micro sd card with an application performance better than bog standard A1?

I figure purchasing a U1 card would be a waste of about $50.

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Wow. Switch games on fire.

Zelda Skyward Sword is still the #1 selling game on Amazon. The entire top 100 is chock full of Switch titles. Super Mario 3D World right behind Zelda, of course.

Bravely Default 2 has stormed to #24, Mario Golf up to #43, toe to toe with Persona 5 Strikers on PS4. And the Switch version is holding it down at a respectable #90, which is also top 100. I’m surprised at just how well it’s holding up in sales against the PS version. All without an established fanbase. If they ever release the main line series I think it would smash.

And Monster Hunter Rise creepin’ on a come up at #109.

@Magician
Nope. Switch can’t use the higher class cards.

Not that it matters though. There’s only one 1TB micro SD on the market anyways.

I totally understand. Believe me. I have a 1TB in my Switch and a backup 1TB in the kickstand. And both are full. Im always archiving games on the main card I feel aren’t tier 1 priority, redownload on the backup thats tier 2 priority, but make room for it by then archiving something tier 3 on the backup. A constant assembly line process of “new games come onto main card, find games to move to backup card to make room, find games to archive on backup card to make room”.

I got tired of constantly switching my system off and switching SDs that I eventually just started keeping a list of games I need to download and archive on the spare SD. Then every few months I put it in and catch up on my list.

I’ve also found there’s no room for multiple games of a series unless it’s a very special series (like Monster Hunter, Mario, Zelda, etc). I only keep ONE Sniper Elite (Sniper Elite 4), ONE Saints Row (Saints Row 4), ONE Assassins Creed (Assassins Creed Rebel Collection), ONE Metro game (Metro Last Light), ONE Borderlands game (Borderlands 2), ONE Bioshock game (Bioshock Infinite), ONE Darksiders game (Darksiders Warmastered), ONE Doom/Wolfenstein game (DOOM Eternal), TWO Resident Evil games (RE Revelations and RE5, but will swap RE5 for RE Outrage once it releases), etc.

One from each series. Two on rare exception. Otherwise there’s just not enough room.

@JaxonH There are two 1TB micro SD cards, though they are both from SanDisk.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HCPTMJG/ref=ox_sc_saved_...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P9W5HJV/ref=ox_sc_saved_...

The cheaper one is creeping closer to the sweet spot. Hopefully by Black Friday at the latest I'll be ready to pounce.

@klingki
The gold one was the only one I was aware of, and the only one that was available when I bought all of mine. Looks like the other one is a new addition, for a lower price.

Nice find. The cheaper one has 120 mbps read speed which is plenty fast enough.