Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

If it were anyone but Nintendo, this wouldn't be surprising considering this is one of the few type of games that would work as an ongoing service instead of sequels/DLC.

@rallydefault I think Nintendo just abandons games that don't sell well enough for their expectations and the holiday season is the "last chance" for games (no doubt NSMBU Deluxe and the insane June - November 2019 lineup made Mario Maker 2's potential suffer). ARMS had free updates June - December 2017 and then no new content, Mario Maker 2 had a big update in December 2019 (which confirmed 20 Ninji Speedruns given there were 20 completion stamp spots) which turned out to be the penultimate content update, etc.

Most games with expansion passes have the expansion pass announced pre-launch though so of course if the base game undersells the expansion pass content still needs to happen.

@Grumblevolcano Ninty can't just keep making updates for games forever so it doesn't mean that every game which stops getting updates is a flop. Whilst ARMS stopped receiving updates they did keep hosting events for a good long while after that. The last one was in 2020 if I recall correctly.

@Grumblevolcano
Yea, it's just so disappointing because Mario Maker 2 is such a fantastic game, but I feel like they kind of phoned it in, unfortunately (or it got overshadowed, as you said). Maybe it's just because I'm such a big platformer person and I'm so deep into the Mario Maker community, but it's crazy to me that a game like Luigi's Mansion 3 (also a great game, don't mistake me) will get paid DLC but not this.

@Ryu_Niiyama
It’s serviceable. Not perfect, but totally playable. Few graphical glitches. Not a big deal. Looks good in handheld mode.

Good move hitting those investments. The defining characteristic of those who don’t remain poor is learning to make your money go to work for you. I do stocks, crypto and gold. Started putting 25% of my income directly into my 401k, another 5% into a Roth IRA (love tax advantaged accounts- why do it any other way), another 2.5% into cryptocurrencies (specifically BTC, ETH and ADA- which tbh, I’ve made $50k in crypto in the last 12 months- it’s too risky not to own crypto at this point), and while I’m not currently buying gold anymore, that’s because I already have enough as a bedrock layer.

If you ever wanna talk investments, hit me up in the chit-chat thread. I probably spend as much time on that as I do gaming.

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Switch Lite (any color) is available with $20 promo discounts at several retailers, including Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Lite-Gray/dp/B07V2BBMK...

@JaxonH Works for me. I’ll keep it on my list. I preordered the Lyn statue and have mon hun paid for. So that’s it for me this month. I hate being responsible.

@Ryu_Niiyama
I got that Lyn Fire Emblem statue ordered too. And Melia from Xenoblade. They’re constantly using low blows to crack open my wallet- Fire Emblem, Xenoblade and Monster Hunter.

I’m sure it’ll be discounted in due time. It’s not exactly a game that’s going to set the sales charts on fire. But for how good it is, I’m surprised nobody is talking about the Switch version. Another great action RPG to add to the hybrid portfolio.

@JaxonH Lyndis is my favorite Lord so I had no choice (even though I hate the pose ). F4f just announced another okami statue so i might get suckered into that. But at least they have a non interest rate payment plan.

I have KoA for 360 but of course my xbone disc drive committed suicide last year. So I’m using the system like a SAD. Refuse to buy a ps5/series x until 2023.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Those F4F models are too rich for my blood. They’re the high end of high end. If I started buying those I’d never have any money. I prefer to stick with cheap Amiibos and the occasional 1/7 scale for FE, Xenoblade and MH.

Except... Have you seen the Monster Hunter creator’s figures? Maybe not if you’re not a huge MH fan, but they’re sooo sexy. Gorgeous models of monsters. They originally were only like $75 each. But now there’s a huge market for them, and even buying direct from Amiami costs like $160 ea after shipping. You don’t even want to know how much they cost on eBay for ones out of print.

@JaxonH I have a bad habit of getting things that I couldn’t afford as a kid, now. I had a pretty good childhood and my folks were comfortably middle class but me getting my eye caved in and those expenses means I can literally draw a line at where my family got leaner, disposable income wise.

So my deep longing for the OoT statues as a girl means I jumped in now as an adult. (Not the OoT statues. I’m not made of money) I’m taking a break as between 9 statues, other CE statues, figma and my sailormoon collection I’m getting into borderline nerd hoarder territory. The plan is to flip all of it when I am old but still. Need a house. One day. Although now that l think about it, my Star Trek model building hobby didn’t help curb the need for showpieces.

I try to limit what collectibles I look into. I don’t trust my willpower. I’m lucky that the statue scene is mostly aimed at hetero men so that means many statues fall out of my range of interest. My bank account is grateful. I do hang out in the swag thread talking collections though.

@Ryu_Niiyama
It’s crazy how fast figures pile up. Like, I didn’t have a single one when amiibo first released, and now it seems I’ve got them everywhere on every shelf, to the point I had to start boxing them up because it just felt like too much. I know it’s only one room that has the stuff displayed- kind of the nerdy hangout collector’s room. But it still feels like a lot when I’ve got entire walls full of shelves with amiibo. If I ever get my own house, I’d love to turn the basement into a gaming room.

Just having all the amiibo, that alone is hundreds of figures. It’s nuts. I love having them all displayed though. All the different characters from all these different games... it’s so cool. Cool if you’re into gaming I suppose. If you’re not into gaming and you walked into a room and saw nothing but figures of characters you know nothing of, it would probably look a little weird lol.

@JaxonH oh don’t get me started on amiibo. My hope is once I have a house I will design an amiibo bookcase. I’m thinking something in the realm of a barrister bookcase with slots to hold the amiibo and have backing plates with the package cardstock. I love amiibo, but at this point I prefer the NFC cards for actual usage. I have a zelda and FE set. Still buying most of the figures though.

@Ryu_Niiyama
I love the look of the package cardstock. I ordered this from Etsy for the original Smash Wii U line. The rest I have on normal shelves.

@JaxonH that moment when you find out your original idea isn’t original...sigh.

I’m trying not to be jelly... but I’m a widdle jelly.

@Ryu_Niiyama
😆 It just means great minds think alike!

And, you can get these for pretty cheap on Etsy, probably for the full set nowadays. They look good from a standing distance, but up close you can tell it's amateur work. For example, cut outs aren't perfectly straight cut like a paper cutter would do. You can tell it was done with scissors.

But for the price, hey. It's a cheap solution that does the job.

3D All Stars is surging back up the eshop charts as Nintendo reiterates that it's being delisted in 13 days.

So the Square Enix Direct or whatever they are calling it is today.

Tomb Raider also has a milestone anniversary in this year's endless marathon of anniversaries. I hope the expected Survivor Trilogy gets a Switch port but proabably not.

It appears there's a new Theatrhythm game which seems a safe bet for Switch.

Taito has something and their stuff is hardly cutting edge so it seems a safe bet for Ninty.

New Life is Strange is gonna be announced and I can't see a reason why they wouldn't hit Switch too.

This would be great - I always loved Theatrhythm and I think generally the concept of rhythm games based on video game music is underutilised.

It would be a shame not to have the 3DS stylus controls though. The button controls were never nearly as satisfying, and I'm a little less keen to get my grubby fingers all over my Switch screen.

I can't imagine the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy making it to Switch, but I'd love to see a collection of the original Core Design games.

I could see the Switch getting ports of the Tomb Raider spinoff games.

Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris.

@timleon Yeah, if the reboot trilogy came to Switch it would likely be a new Switch revision exclusive or a cloud version. Shadow of the Tomb Raider wouldn't run on the base Switch natively and with Microsoft having leaked the trilogy collection (all 3 games in 1 package), I think Switch support would be an all or nothing situation rather than a Dark Souls situation (Switch got Dark Souls Remastered while PS4/XB1 got the trilogy).