Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Slowdive coming from someone who's not big on Visual Novels, i'm really excited to try out those games next month. the last visual novels that i really like were Lilly's Days Off/Night Off on PC and Toradora on PSP.

@Slowdive The animation work really looks fantastic in the Famicom Detective Club games. It's even nicer looking than Steins;Gate Elite, IMO.

@Aozz101x @Slowdive I’m not into visual novels either but something about Famicom Detective Club intrigues me. Maybe because it’s a first party Nintendo game, but this feels like something that’s absolutely work remaking. May give it a go!

I would've liked to see a western physical release for Famicom Detective Club similar to the one Japan is getting, but alas. And even though FDC is a "new" first party Switch release, I doubt it'll even land on the digital eShop top 30 tracker. The adventure genre is just too niche.

@TheJGG There is usually a E3 or summer or publisher sale around that time. They try to capitalize on the hype from the show.

I have a ton of games unopened/unstarted so I can wait until the big BF sale. I really can’t buy anything else anyway with my microsd card full so I will wait until BF so I can get another 1TB or two. I will be stacking yen for golden week though. So if there is a good sale that will make me buy some games early.

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I'm trying to decide if I want to drop the $50 on the Super Edition of Power Rangers just to swap the cartridges of my LRG copy with the update-baked-in SE cartridge, lol. I'd most likely give the outdated cartridge to a friend.

@Slowdive

Hmm, developed by Kylotonn, the developers behind the WRC series.

It could be dope, I don't know, I've never played the WRC games.

https://opencritic.com/game/9765/wrc-9-fia-world-rally-champi...

Solar Crown coming to the Switch is a surprise, but I guess it kind of shouldn't be? Nacon have been supporting the Switch for a few years now, with the WRC games being developed by the team on Solar Crown. But... Test Drive Unlimited games were always a big deal back then, and now a new one is in the works. I just wasn't expecting it to hit the Switch at all. Maybe that's just owing to the fact a lot of racers seem to miss the Switch and this is an open world one that looks to go beyond what the previous games gave us.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles releasing July 27th.

@Grumblevolcano Great news! Not a day one buy for me but it's something I will get sooner or later.

CAPGOD!

Holy $%!&

@Ninfan If you're playing in worldwide mode, the engine class (which includes mirror mode) is randomly determined. There are user-made tournaments that only use a particular class too, though I'm not sure if they're that populated now. I think most people head straight to worldwide mode.

@Grumblevolcano oh my! Arceus another game of the Capcom Leak turning real, now we just need confirmation of the rumored Resident Evil exclusive temporary of Switch.

@Ninfan @MarioLover92
It's the same deal for regional as for global:
If the general level of the competitors is low, you get 100 and 150cc races.
If it's high (+ 3000 points), you get mostly 150, but also some 150 mirrored and 200cc.

A.I. The Somnium Files is the game that make me like visual novels. Not that it made me like every game in the genre, but as I always say, anyone can enjoy any genre, you just have to find the right game. For me and visual novels, that was A.I. The Somnium Files. That game was freaking excellent.

So I will be buying Famicom Detective Club. And while I’m not too big of an Ace Attorney fan, I do recall having quite a bit of fun with the series on 3DS at one point. I think I just got distracted by some other game and never got back to it, but ya. I’ll take more Ace Attorney on Switch.

Bulk out the library with games of various genres. I needed more than just A.I. The Somnium Files on my Switch for VNs. I like to have at least 2-3 great games of every genre on my Switch.

@JaxonH

The quality bar for vns on Switch drops off sharply after A.I. The Somnium Files as most vns use 2D images for presenting characters and the world they're in. Steins;Gate Elite is a top tier vn, it uses a lot of CG animated scenes at key story points. However, there are no adventure elements in Steins;Gate Elite as there are in A.I. The Somnium Files.

@Slowdive I got this on pre-order physically because it comes with MW IV. Very much looking forward to playing this!

Question for you all; I’m thinking of getting into the Atelier series, which game should I start with? I know Ryza and Ryza 2 are both good but what are your thoughts on the three Mysterious Trilogy games?

@TheJGG

Each trilogy is it's own self contained continuous story. Ryza is probably the best place to begin. It's the best looking, best running entries in the series. The release of Lydie & Suelle on Switch was not well optimized, it chugged framerate wise, so I'm curious as to how well this upcoming release of the Mysterious trilogy will run.

My Day 1 blue neon joy con has been drifting on the y-axis (mostly up). It's gone through little phases of doing it before (almost exclusively in eshop and OS menus, wasn't affecting gameplay) and then just disappeared after playing, but this time it didn't go away, and was getting worse, to the point of affecting gameplay (and making note-making a nightmare in KORG).

One squirt with contact cleaner... and as good as new. Kinda miraculous, I was expecting some kind of incremental improvement, but no, totally clear. Let's see how long it lasts.