Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

So, about how many years into a console lifespan have we seen Nintendo Selects price drops on Nintendo games?

@WoomyNNYes usualy on the halfcycle of a console, we have a game under the Nintendo Select banner.@JaxonH Triangle Strategy soundtrack is really good, i hope is nominated for best score at TGA 2022.

i have updated my Switch to version 14.0.0, but the feature of folders/groups is not avaible to me, do i need to do something else to unlock this feature?

@Giancarlothomaz open screen of all games, then press R for Groups. Group = folder. (I think it's the R button)

@WoomyNNYes thanks for your help.

@WoomyNNYes I don’t know exactly but it’s towards the end of the lifecycle, as they I assume, are gearing up internally for the next system but want to squeeze as much money from the current one as possible.

@WoomyNNYes For DS onwards you had the following (before DS there doesn't seem to be concrete data):

• Wii U - 3.5 years
• Wii - 4.5 years
• 3DS - 4.5 years
• DS - No Nintendo Selects

So basically the more successful the console the longer it takes if present at all. I'd guess Switch doesn't get Nintendo Selects at all like the DS given the system's still selling very well even 5 years later.

@Grumblevolcano I think it also helps that Nintendo’s games have, for the most part, really good legs on the Switch so there’s no need to consider dropping the price.

@Giancarlothomaz
It won't be. It's not AAA or an upset indie that takes the world by storm, so it's automatically disqualified.

@JaxonH
Just curios.
Is that your real face from your avatar?

@Anti-Matter
Yours truly 😀

Kinda got tired of the impersonal nature of online discussion. Thought it was time to make a change.

Nintendo Selects was nice. You got the game for like $20 instead of $40-$50 on 3DS.

@JaxonH That group at SquareEnix know their music. That was one of my favorite things about Octopath Traveler. The number of quality tunes in that game is tremendous.

@mjharper
They really do.

Akira Senju is responsible for the Triangle Strategy OST. Not sure if they did Octopath Traveler as well. But ya, it's a hallmark of excellence for the game.

@TommyTendo I think that if we get a Switch Pro eventually we’ll get a price cut on the other models and a Switch Selects series (probably mostly bigger 2017-2019 games on sale for $30). Would love to see more copies of rarer games like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 printed.

@LiNeR I wish I knew I would love Xenoblade 2 when I bought it, because then I would have bought the collectors edition lol

The thing I wanted the most from the Xenoblade 2 collectors edition was the soundtrack selection so initially when I got the standard edition and found out I really liked the game I was disappointed that I missed out on the soundtrack but then the biggest surprise of all happened, namely that the full soundtrack (not just the selection that was picked for the CD) was put on digital music places like iTunes and then I was much less disappointed (same happened for Torna). A non-Pokemon Nintendo game's soundtrack being widely available was pretty much unheard of (Nintendo also released a soundtrack selection for Mario Odyssey though that was delisted at some point, think it was delisted last year).

Now we don't even get Pokemon soundtracks anymore (Sword/Shield, Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, Legends Arceus aren't present).

@JaxonH Yasunori Nishiki made the Octopath Traveller soundtrack, Akira Senju did Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood though if you know the anime show.

Personally i wasn't that blown away by the soundtrack but to each their own really. On the other hand, i really enjoyed listening to some of the new tracks of Octopath Traveller Champions of the continent and would argue that he improved a lot even.

TS has an A-tier OST. It's really, really good. Maybe not Persona 5/SMT V/Xenoblade 2/Mario Galaxy good, but a really strong soundtrack all the same.

But yeah, like many Switch releases, it doesn't fit into that AAA/indie dichotomy that Western publications and journos have latched onto, so, like Xenoblade 3, I expect it to be roundly snubbed come awards season.