Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah somebody else noticed that about Tetris Effect, but I'd say give it at least another week. It's not like there is some sort of preorder bonus.

Barring a few big releases, my 2022 is probably gonna be heavily focused on indie games and old games on my Ps3 I imagine. Both things I've mostly ignored for far, far too long. Like there's year 1 Switch releases I've not gotten yet that I knew I wanted by the time they came out and it annoys me to no end.

The idea that Nintendo is likely gonna keep going all in on unavoidable 2022 releases terrifies me tbh. The ones they have are already enough for me.

@Ryu_Niiyama No, but I do think there will be a pre-order or early purchase discount for it, like there was on PC.

I'm sure it'll probably release on time, but I just find it a bit odd for what is a fairly notable port.

Fatal Frame is MiA on the eshop as well. That one is a little further out, though.

October releases I am down for:

Super Monkey Ball Mania - wasn't going to Day 1 this as I have the originals, but took advantage of an eBay code to get it for 20% off.

Huntdown - I've avoided buying this on the eshop for some time and recently stumbled upon the fact that a physical release is out in the UK on the 8th, so I'm supporting that Day 1 as the price is ok and it's highly rated.

Metroid Dread - I got carried away with the hype and went all in, ordering the special edition and the amiibo set, but the amiibo pre-order was at least partially motivated by the 'now or never' availability I assumed would transpire. Well I now have a few amiibo, I don't think (note the self-doubt) I'm collecting them, so I still may cancel the pre-order as it seems pre-order are still open, indicating decent availability.

Re. the MonHun Rise Sunbreak announcement, have to chime in and say it skimmed off my atmosphere too. I ignore most cinematic trailers completely.

analyzing the update teaser that is gonna bring back Brewster to Animal Crossing New Horizon

@Giancarlothomaz
Cafe is not just only serve coffee drinks, but also some side dishes such as sandwich, Fries, cakes, etc.
I really hope we can have part time job in Brewster Cafe and get some money.

@gcunit If the original runs of the Samus Returns amiibo are any indication then your feeling was likely correct. I haven’t seen any of the recent smash amiibo in stores at all.

check out the hand-on of Metroid Dread and yes @Anti-Matter Roost as a restaurant would be very intereting.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/metroid-dread-ol...

Dread is looking too good to be true.

Also, GVG's report on Dread also mentioned the OLED Switch, and how much better is was than he was expecting. Said the new kickstand is excellent, the larger OLED screen incredibly vibrant and even the speaker audio quality was noticeably improved, and produced louder volumes.

Switch OLED UNBOXING + Side By Side Comparison With v2 Switch

Gosh dang the OLED looks good in this comparison. It's so much brighter and more vibrant than the current Switch. 6 minute mark for comparison btw

On one hand, Metroid, Tetris Effect, and Fatal Frame are a pretty killer trio of releases to play this October. Jaxon has somewhat stoked my interest in Monkey Ball as well.

On the other, it's difficult to maintain interest in anything leading up to the release of SMT V. I'm just counting down the days at this point.

@JaxonH Unsurprisingly, it reminds me of the color differences between the OG and Slim Vita. The non-OLED model just ends up looking very... yellow... in comparisons.

@Ralizah
Was the Vita OLED vs LCD this drastic? I do remember the differences but, I always thought the LCD was really high quality to minimize differences, and with the OLED being older when the tech was newer, it wasn't that big a gap. Or maybe it was and I'm misremembering.

This seems like a pretty big difference, even from screenshots of a compressed YT video.

Monkey Ball is super fun. If you ever played Marble Madness on NES, it's that concept but fully evolved. The mini games are absolute classics though. Like, I'd put Monkey Bowling on par with Wii Sports bowling, even without the motion controls. It's that fun. They have crazy lanes that wave up and down like the top of an ocean, bend side to side, do all this crazy stuff.

And rolling a Monkey in a ball at a bunch of pins just never gets old 😀

Ugh I don’t wanna buy another switch right now y’all. Stop tempting me. Must hold out until BOTW 2 release date is announced.

@JaxonH think you referring to the current Monkey Ball (since the next switch game is coming october 5th...)
No new switch for me, even though the updates are fun.

@reporterdavid
I mean the new one that releases next week (this Friday for digital Deluxe preorders). It's a remake of 3 GameCube games, which I own and have fond memories of playing.

@JaxonH I wish they would add Gamecube games to NSO, while you're on the topic of the GameCube.

@d0nkeyk0ng_jR We got the Star Wars games, Super Monkey Ball and Super Mario Sunshine game (in the bundle) also some minigames from Mario Party on the gamecube are playable (bundled in Mario Party Superstars). Thats what I can think of for Gamecube content on Switch.

@d0nkeyk0ng_jR
Don't we all.

But, they seem to be remastering and porting a number of games from the Cube. If we can just get Metroid Prime, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and F-Zero GX, I'd forever hold my peace.

Until then, Steamdeck saves the day. Just hope the Linux version of Dolphin runs well.

@JaxonH Yeah, If they do that, they may as well add Wii games too.

@reporterdavid You're right about that, I'd be happy If we got Luigi's Mansion, Metroid Prime, TTYD, and MK DD, also Wind Waker.

Cue the pile-on, but you really can't judge screen comparisons through another screen. I look at those pictures and just think, "One is brighter" lol. The OLED is gonna look sweet, for sure, but you're not gonna be playing it next to an OG Switch all the time, are you?

I just don't see the appeal to it. I mean, they want almost the same money as a PS5 without the disc drive for a Switch with the same guts as the thing that came out years ago. That's cray.