Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ryu_Niiyama
Ya, that Genesis collection was trash. Once I played it and realized the lag, I was like well, that was a waste of money.

The only quality Genesis games on Switch are the Sega Ages ports, and the NSO Genesis app. Thankfully Sega is bringing a Sonic Collection with 3 and Knuckles so that should take care of that. But I'd like to eventually see a selection on par with the game collection, just this time without the lag.

But what I'm really excited for is more N64 games. I need F-Zero X and Paper Mario.

What do you mean "the two" N64 icons identical. There's only one N64 app.

@JaxonH I play games in Japanese and English. So I have both of the NSO versions. The titles are different so I can tell them apart just not at first glance. It’s a minor gripe.

I did find it hilarious how people were all of a sudden lauding the collection (which is fine for the rpgs) like it was this amazing thing over NSO. Like I started looking to see if I missed an update lol.

I have a fairly robust n64 collection so I didn’t expect to play much of it on NSO but as soon as I booted OoT I noticed the difference. So N64 is back to being my definitive edition (the 3ds games except the swimming in Majora were nice but they were hard on my eye then let alone now lol).

To your other post I am seriously considering just upgrading my PC and calling it. Switch alone has bumped my backlog into triple digits. I technically do need a series x because my disk drive on my one is shot and I have a physical license collection (if you can’t play from disk it is a license) but Sony made a mistake with cross gen for their current games (no incentive when I can buy games on my current system) so right now I see no reason to own a PS5. And I have a base PS4. With gamepass I get most games I can’t on switch or want to test before buying on Switch and the ps4/xbone/switch all have a decent fighting game collection so no need to upgrade.

I do miss the gyro aiming though…

@Ryu_Niiyama
I only ever owned one Xbox, and that was the Xbox One X Scorpio Edition.

I have no investment in the ecosystem and every game is on PC anyways (except Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon). But that's not enough to buy a console for.

I like having a PS5 just because it's future proofing, and with as many games as Sony pays off behind closed doors, it may come in handy in the future. But honestly, PC is where it's at nowadays for non-Nintendo gaming. Like, you get all the multiplats. Check. All the Xbox exclusives. Check. More and more it's starting to even get the PlayStation exclusives. Check. Every game that needs gyro has instant access to gyro via Steam controller config. Check. No online paywall. Check. No BC or FC worries. Check. Upgrade at your own pace. Check. Prioritize framerate vs resolution vs graphical fidelity to your preference. Check. Enjoy hybrid gaming with SteamDeck as a companion device to your PC. Check.

It does everything. It has everything. The only real downside is initial cost of entry. But for everything it offers... I'd say it's worth it. Take the $1000 it would cost for a PS5 + XSX, take the $840 it would cost for online on both systems for a generation, and just buy a $2000 PC. And then upgrading for the next generation will be cheaper, as you don't need an entirely new rig. Just buy a new GPU and you're good to go. Sell your old one. Now you're looking at $500 or less for the next gen, and the savings start rolling in on top of all the premium benefits.

As time goes on it becomes more clear that if you're fine with PC gaming the ultimate combo is PC + Switch. First came Microsoft's change in where older XB1 games were being ported to PC and then gradually became releasing console games day 1 on PC (day 1 on PC began in September 2016 with ReCore and FH3), then came Sony doing a similar strategy. First comes the PS4 games and I'd guess at some point it starts moving into crossgen and PS5 territory like GT7 is treated as a multiplayer game (can't progress without being online) so Sony will probably release that on PC in 2022/2023 to boost the playerbase.

Well, my combo are Nintendo and PlayStation machines.

Nintendo
GBA
NDS
3DS
Gamecube
Wii
Wii U
Switch

PlayStation
PS1
PS2
PS3
PS4
PSP
PS5 (will try to get the games first on year 2022)

@Eel heh the gyro aiming always made me slightly nauseous actually. I know it isn’t a natural aiming issue because I practice (well practiced as my dojo is closed for the rest of the year cuz of COVID) archery IRL, but I guess my brain can’t translate the motion or perhaps the depth correctly and my brain starts screaming “something is wrong here, ma’am!”. I would pay good money to go back in time and have my younger self test things like this to see the difference.

@JaxonH @Grumblevolcano Agreed on the PC and Nintendo angle. I was pretty much a Nintendo (I had a genesis and some edutainment systems growing up) kid and didn’t even get a Sony system until late in the PS2 lifetime. As such I am not sure where this need to cover all my bases stems from but I am finding myself growing content with what I have. I can spread myself over multiple systems or focus on one and PC and have a plethora of games. Plus now that Nintendo has gone large screen hybrid, the Switch is my perfect system.

It also doesn’t hurt that Sony lost my system seller as an exclusive, the RgG/ Yakuza series, so aside from gems like spiderman, Nioh and Tsushima (which are mostly one and done games) there is nothing I can’t get on either PC or Switch. Plus personality wise I don’t function well as a game hoarder. I want to beat games, not collect them. So I have been making an effort to focus on the backlog. I have thought about doing a vlog to keep myself on task about it. Narrowing my focus won’t net me less games but it at least means I will get through them faster.

Has anyone found options for scanlines on the Nintendo 64 app. They are there for the nes/Snes/mega drive apps

I am hearing there’s some pretty bad emulation on the N64 games that are in the NSO Expansion Pack including input lag and graphic glitches such as the lack of fog over the water in Ocarina of Time. This sounds like it was rushed out and needs a fair amount of updates. The problem is, I’m not sure how often if ever, Nintendo goes into and fixes the emulation of these NSO games.

You won't find them cos they're not there.

@gcunit ok thanks. Hope it comes with a update.

@FragRed
I haven't experienced any lag. I played Mario Kart, Sin and Punishment and Yoshi's Story. All of them felt perfect.

Idk about fog in Zelda, but I also couldn't care less about that.

@JaxonH It's like the Silent Hill brigade, but 10 times less significant. You can consider the fog issue in Silent Hill HD collection as having an impact on the atmosphere of the game because that kind of vibe is so imperative to Silent Hill, but in OoT? No drama.

@JaxonH @gcunit I haven’t tried any yet as it went live at 2am over here and I’m now at work. But there’s been reported videos of the delay on social media (so yeah take with a pinch of salt) but regards to the fog, it may not be important but I do think it hides the ugliness of that water texture

And thus I don't even have any interest with N64 games. Looked too outdated in my opinion, even most PS1 games also looked outdated too and thus I only consider some PS1 games that still qualified enough for me.

Yeah I'm not feeling any delay either. There's a video going around of someone backflipping with Link and getting a notable delay...but it absolutely doesn't feel like that when I'm playing (NTSC in handheld mode) so I'm skeptical.

I can totally believe that there's a miniscule delay of a few frames...but will most people even notice it?

@FragRed
Sure, I agree.

But I'm not getting in a tizzy about one specific location in one specific game not having fog. If they fix it, great, if not... can't say it's gonna make one split of difference to me one way or the other.

I judge by my firsthand experience playing. And while I haven't touched Zelda (and have no intention of doing so- the 3DS version is where I'll stay), every other game I've tried (which, I've played about half the games in the initial release batch) has been perfect.

Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64
Sin and Punishment
Yoshi's Story

@JaxonH I heard rumor you can't dodge and shoot simultaneously in Sin & Punishment due to poor button mapping. Any comment on that? Cause uh... I've played that game, and that sounds like a deal breaker.

in a interview with IGN, Nintendo confirm that the 2.0 update of Animal Crossing New Horizon is the last free major update and Happy Home Paradise is the only DLC for the game

https://animalcrossingworld.com/2021/10/no-more-animal-crossi...

@link3710
You most certainly can. I did.

Use D-pad to move left and right, double tapping the d-pad to dodge left and right, while using right analog to aim and ZR to shoot 😀

There are other ways, such as using left analog to aim, Y/X to move left and right (double tapping to dodge) and ZR to shoot, but that didn't work well for me. I like using the dpad