Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Fizza So are you staying away from this site as you're worried about spoilers in the game? Yeah, that's smart as ever since I found out the player is actually Arceus' child my excitement for the game has been ruined.

@jump I hate that I'm not even sure whether or not that's a spoiler. Based on your previous lovable sarcasm, I'm going to assume no.

@Fizza Well it's kinda helpful to be told beforehand so you can choose a suitable name for the avatar. Since Arceus is the God pokemon I'm gonna call mine a famous demigod like Hercules or Gilgamesh.

I'm joking though but...
maybe I'm just saying that so it unspoils the game for you. ;p

@jump Thank you. I'm not going to look at that spoiler tag, but I appreciate you letting me know that it's a fake spoiler. I'm just going to go the generic route and call them Rei, the male protags name, and see what happens myself. I'm actually going to jet away there now rather than later because you never know when someone will just waltz in here with an actual spoiler (don't get any ideas people). See you around!

EDIT: I JUST REALIZED THAT WAS A JESUS JOKE, HOW WAS I SO STUPID.

When will they make a Pokémon game with a fully customizable character? Like, you can choose to be 80 years old if you want to

@TommyTendo
LOL
Grandpa / Grandma Pokemon trainer. 🤣

Is it true that GamePass lets you play Halo Infinite's campaign but not all of it? My friend said that to me today and I thought it sounded really icky.

@rallydefault No that’s not true. The whole idea of Game Pass, is that everything Microsoft publishes is available day one in it’s entirety.

@rallydefault The full existing campaign is playable via Game Pass, it's possible that there are campaign expansions in the future that aren't part of Game Pass though (could go either way, Forza's expansions aren't part of Game Pass meanwhile Gears 5 Hivebusters is).

@FragRed @Grumblevolcano
Ok, so with GamePass, you get the game, but you don't get expansions or DLC?

@rallydefault That’s correct. It’s really just the base game.

I don't like GamePass because I heard games get removed after a while?
Like, you can't play the games forever or something.

@TommyTendo
Yeah, that's why I despise the Gamepass idea.
It just convenient for short time but it will be regret after certain time passed.
I always thinking about long term satisfaction so playing the games in physical is way worthier than playing games from Gamepass.
It isn't about convenience / cheaper price, it's about owning the things legally.

@Anti-Matter You still own the thing legally until you remove it from you HDD. It is not illegal.

With that said I do not like online crap as well.

BUT just like you said many times, there are different kind of gamers. Gamepass is not for gamers like us who love physical media. Just like there are gamers that buy physical and when they finish the game they trade it for another.

I understand that Gamepass is extremely valuable for such kind of gamers And it doe snot hurt the physical media in any way

There is rotation, but they usually give you a chunky discount to purchase the game if it is leaving their service, so it isn't all doom and gloom.

@TommyTendo Xbox Game Studios games stay on the service indefinitely except Forza which has an awkward licensing situation where the game must be removed from all digital stores (and cannot be sold new at retail) 4 years after launch. 3rd party games rotate which usually ends up being removed from Game Pass around a year after its been added to Game Pass.

@Grumblevolcano Ah, I see.
Well, that doesn't seem too bad.

@TommyTendo There have also been a few that have actually come back to the service at a later date too. GTAV, My Friend Pedro from memory and The Outer...Wild? or Worlds? 😂 Can't remember which one - they're both on Game Pass, but one left and came back.

Well looks like Arceus is doing ok. I think I'll nab this one on friday.

@Ryu_Niiyama I have tried several times to get into Pokémon but I just can’t get on with them. I’m kinda curious about trying this one at some point, see if this style of gameplay gets me interested.