Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Solaine Yeah, there's a point in Gnosia where you've stopped constantly unlocking new information in the game and start having to grind multiple loops without success trying to find the last few character scenes that have more arcane/contextual unlock requirements, and it gets pretty frustrating. There's an irony to this complaint insofar as it arguably better immerses you in the role of... someone stuck in a loop who is desperately looking for a way out by trying anything and everything they can. So even though it's annoying (I believe I used the phrase "stunningly repetitive" in my write-up on it), it also kinda works within the context of the experience itself. It is pretty jarring coming off that wonderful mid-game stride, though, when stuff starts to unlock nearly every cycle after you've pumped more points into your social stats, gained more skills, and thus start having a far easier time throughout the game's endless debate cycles.

@Ralizah Gotta admit, that looking on it from that perspective, it really makes a lot of sense to be frustrating with the context in the story, this reminds me of the tedious Drakengard gameplay now which kinda does the same thing. It probably was not intentional though and certainly it wouldn't have detracted from the experience if the Developers would have, for example, marked the Person you can focus on in this particular loop or something similar.

@Solaine I could have done with a little less randomness in loops with complex conditions for unlocking character scenes, if nothing else.

It's a super neat game, though. One of my favorites this year.

Got my Switch in review thing through via email. A cool idea, but a shame it looks like it cut off a few months ago based on the game times and number of games played etc so it isn’t very accurate today. Still cool to look at though.

Here are my stats from the year in review thing.

12 games (down from 26 last year).
220 hours (down from 345 last year).
52 in XC:DE, 43 in SMTV, 30 in ACNH.
5 hours in one day for SMTV
100% playtime docked.

Probably not completely accurate though. I know I played in portable (tabletop) mode a couple times during power outages, but I'm sure those didn't get tallied due to no internet connection.

My Nintendo Switch year in review might've messed up. Because I put more than 160 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and it said I only did 112 this year. That can't possibly be accurate. I did play a bit last year, but since I only got to the end of chapter 3 in like early February, there is zero chance I played 50 hours last year.

It is really funny that I had one less hour than last year. I thought I played almost nothing this year, so I'm glad to be proven wrong? Also it said my longest day, so I'm now certain August 17th was that awful, awful day when 1/3 of a single sidequest and a single room in a late game area took me 4 hours (the thing said 5 but I didn't play every moment I have the game on, so...yeah)

101 games
866 hours
386 in Olive Town, 116 in AoC,106 in Katanakami
15 hours in great ace attorney
587 hours docked, 279 handheld

That should increase next year as I wanna clear out some sRPGs next year.

I only got my Switch over the summer, but since then I’ve logged around 300 hours across 20sish games in that time based on the stats + a guess at the time spent after it cut off. Hilariously, almost half of that was in November when I stayed with Dad. Like the first month I got my Switch, I logged just under 70 hours, then it went down in halves to the point of going to almost single figuresand then it just skyrockets up to almost 130 hours in one month lol.

This is mostly because of releases like SMT V, but also because I was away with my Dad I was much more easygoing with my spending, probably spending several hundred pounds on games in the last month alone. I certainly feel like I got my moneys worth though, I have almost finished everything I bought over that period and mostly enjoyed everything I bought over that period, too, despite my reputation here.

This would also possibly explain why it shows I used the Switch in handheld over 20 percent of the time more than I did docked. I used it almost entirely docked when I was home, but with staying with family, I’ve been really using it more as a handheld device. When I get home, there are a bunch of games I want to throw up onto my proper TV, as it’s crazy I’ve never seen some games on a screen over 30 inches big and higher than 1080i.

It says my three most played games are Rise, Shield and SMT V but that is out of date now. It’d actually be Shield, then Rise and then BOTW now.

I have a grand total of 0 hours across all games because I turned off data sharing.

It's a relief to know that they didn't collect it anyway though.

speculating/predicting of what is gonna be show in tommorow Indie World.

Had to go to the site since they didn't send me an email.

@JaxonH I take it that you like Monster Hunter?

My top two games aren't surprising in the slightest. The third, however...I guess time flies while playing picross.

This is probably more interesting, and a good argument for the Switch itself as I used it pretty much 50:50 in docked and handheld. Whereas lockdown probably shifted things and bit more towards the former, my purchase of the Switch OLED later in the year probably encouraged me to play in handheld mode all the more.

My gaming time is down to 435 hours from 578 which isn't surprising as I've been able to go out socialising again this year but the stat I'm surprised by is I've played 54 games this year as opposed to last year playing 31.

The top 3 most played were Metroid in at number 1 and Zelda Skyward Sword and Pokemon Snap at 2 & 3.

It needs a Spotify wrapped like mood/vibe check though, Spotify described my taste in music for 2021 as defiant and angst lol. I want something like that so if you play loads of BOTW and Metroid it comes up with secluded wondering, play loads of DOOM and Mortal Komabt it comes up with testosterone pumping aggression etc

So how are you all accessing the exact playtime? I only know the way of entering my profile on the nintendo switch

@Solaine It's from the annual review on the website rather than via the Switch:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/you-can-get-your-of...

@dmcc0 Thankyou very much!
So my most played games are:
SSBU: 118 hours
Children of Morta: 22 hours
Stardew Valley: 17 hours
my total gametime went down to 202 hours from 987 hours last year, sounds like a healthy decrease.
also 60% docked and 40% portable.
Although with half of December added SMT V would have gotten second place with about 45 hours already

Games: 106
Hours: 1425 hours
Most played games:
Animal Crossing New Horizons 321 hours
Monster Hunter Rise 212 hours
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles 79 hours

Sounds about right. Would have been over 1500 hours if they included December aswell

All I know is that My profile is probably the only one in the world that has Kirby star allies as my most played game of the year. I can thank my 4yr old for that 🤣

Oh, so that's what you've been doing, @NintendoByNature ....

@BruceCM hah! I got my 6hours in on launch month, and the rest is all him!