Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

There’s not much point in saving up your gold coins as they expire in a year, it’s better to spend them as soon as you have got them.

@DarthNocturnal I don't think there is. You can only claim the gold points from a retail copy in the first 2 years from release so @Shadowthrone probably bought older second hand games which were past that point.

The problem is the decision with what games that you'd want that make them useful for discount? Most of the time, they are useless if for someone like me just doesn't care much of digital.

Maybe if Nintendo were to like make them something that you'd only get with gold points...and platinum does a lot of that.

@Socar
There are still games you can only get digital, though. And most expansions. That's pretty much what I use my gold points for.

Shoot. Speak for yourselves.

I save my gold points until I have like $30-60 and then get an entire game for free. And that happens long before they expire. If 6 months or so goes by and I haven’t used them, I’ll blow whatever I have just in case.

Of course, I went full digital this generation so I build a lot more coins up, plus my failure to let go of physical only stacks more coins, even if they are less than digital. Still, it all adds up and I do actually save a fair bit of scratch up at least twice a year.

OK, so.. the final 2 Smash characters may have leaked.

A previous leak that foretold Pyra and Mythra is now coming to light, and, assuming it's correct (which is plausible given Pyra and Mythra) it seems the last 2 will be Crash Bandicoot and Monster Hunter

Now, this may turn out to be wrong. Who can say. We know how the rumor and leak game works.

But it definitely seems possible, at the very least. And if it is true, the rest of the leak is actually pretty exciting. Soundtrack discs with one song for every character in the roster available on My Nintendo following a concert.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. I sure hope it's true though. My goodness do I hope it's true! It does seem as though the leaker, if legit, is involved in the music side of things. It explains how they deduced the final characters from the song list, and how they know about the symphony and soundtrack discs. If they add Proof of a Hero (Monster Hunter theme song) to Smash it'll be the most epic battle music of all time.

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2021/feb/27/rumor-concert-leak...

@JaxonH Fascinating. I did debate whether I'd want the possibility of having the surprise ruined, but I'm probably never going to get the DLC 2 pack anyways. That particular debate lasted about three seconds.

If I have enough eShop credit left over I'll absolutely get Pyra and Mythra. Xenoblade 2's my least favourite game in the series, but it's still a really good game.

Is this leak about the final 2 characters from the same person who leaked the announcements in both the Direct and Pokémon stream?

My thoughts on this:

@FragRed
No. This was an anonymous post.

They're the names that fans have randomly been throwing around so I don't buy it as being a real leak. Hopefully the real characters are a lot more interesting, not that I've bought any of the DLC anyway.

Was going through the list of upcoming games, and noticed something called Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace. I thought it'd just be a digital version of the classic board game (which wouldn't be a bad thing; time requirement aside, Arkham Horror is one of my favorite board games), but it seems to feature turn-based combat and some limited amount of exploration? It looks pretty cool. Hopefully it reviews well.

Hmm, well, it's Asmodee, isn't it, @Ralizah ....? I'm vaguely wondering about that on Steam!

@BruceCM Yeah. They typically just do straight digital conversions of board games, so it's interesting to see some sort of narrative-driven RPG experience coming from them.

Well, they did some Fighting Fantasy adaptions, too, @Ralizah .... Be interesting to see how they do with this one, though

Nastume hasn't had a clue what it's been doing with the Harvest Moon license for quite some time, so no shock there. They seem to think that every entry must cram as many systems into it as possible: Shape every speck of land! Move your farm onto a mountaintop! Build everything ever created!

And now XSEED seems to have laid an egg with Olive Town if the Japanese complaints are to be believed.

Meanwhile one dude continues to eat everyone's lunch with Stardew Valley. Some of these big devs stand to learn a lot from fan passion.

It's like... dang. Harvest Moon was awesome at first because it was focused. Simple. And the successful sequels just gave everything more depth. Different seeds to sow, livestock to raise. Better dialogue and more and detailed events and festivals. Ok, maybe some Harvest Sprite stuff as long as it's not too crazy. Really cool towns and people to interact with. More of the mines was always fun. That's the stuff that kept fans playing. Almost any Harvest Moon fan will say their favorite game in the series is from the first half-dozen games, nearly guaranteed. For me, the series was dead beyond HM64, but I'm especially pessimistic lol

@Rambler
Oh, well.
I already knew it.
I will disguise as Female player to get married with Bachelors.
I found 2 Bachelors from One World caught my attention.

Word round the campfire is that Forever Entertainment obtained a contract to remake multiple dormant Square Enix IP for current consoles. Hmm, so many possibilities. Personally my top two hopefuls would be Legacy of Kain (anything, lord please) and Actraiser (yes, please yes). I figure if it were anything Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest related S-E would handle those themselves rather than contract them out.

Just got Fallen Legion: Revenants and... I’m really impressed. It’s a lot better than I was expecting based on reviews.

I played the first game, but this sequel is a noticeable step up. Visually it’s superb. It really feels like they designed the game ground up for Switch this time. Either that or they’re really skilled. The game looks immaculate in handheld mode. I can’t even spot a single thing to criticize visually. It looks super crisp and sharp, to the point I can see tiny little details on faces you normally can’t see in handheld mode because of slightly lower resolution. This is snap crackle pop scrumpdittly-umptious.The audio is good, voice acting is good, gameplay is not only unique, but really fun and addictive.

It’s hard to recommend given we’re smack dab in the middle of Mario 3D World, Bravely Default 2, Persona 5 Strikers, Crash 4, Apex Legends and Monster Hunter Rise. But I feel like the game is good enough that it at least deserves a mention. I’m pretty sure there’s a demo on the eshop, so if anybody’s interested I recommend you check it out and see for yourself.