Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Yoshi2 Before the Switch, the last console I had as a PS2. I got the Switch because I had to have Mario Kart 8. Mario Odyssey & Breath of the Wild are basically revolutionary, setting new benchmarks for their series. Like JaxonH said, BOTW was one of the most highly reviewed games in a long time. The world in BOTW is surreal, the game's structure is revolutionary in some ways. The odds that you'll like it don't get any better. Although, since this is the internet, there will always be people in here that have negative things to say about it, but it's sales & consistently high review scores speak for themselves. It was also game of the year.

So, since I got the Switch, here are the games that I didn't anticipate liking, but became my new favorite games.
Breath of the Wild
Mario Odyssey
Splatoon 2 (don't let the kid-friendly art style fool you, it's an epic shooter. I almost passed on this game because it looked too family friendly to me, but my friend insisted that I really should try it. I'm very glad he insisted.)
Rocket League

@Yoshi2 I forgot to say, between the last week of May, and mid June, there will likely be sales on Nintendo titles. This sale used to happen around E3 in the first half of June, but even without E3 in the previous two years, there have still been big sales during this period. Usually, the most Nintendo discounts their flagship games is 33-20%.

edt: In fact, in the US here, BOTW(physical) is on sale for 33% off right now at some retailers. Sometimes some regions start their sales on different days or following weeks. (at least, that's what I've seen for North America & UK/EU.)

Wouldn't be super awesome if the Tekken series came to the Nintendo Switch?

my guts tell me that Nintendo will delay again Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 to release on Switch sucessor.

I still really dislike that eshop preorders don't automatically take funds when you preorder anymore. I look at my eshop credit and then suddenly remember I need to make sure there's still at least £35.99 present or otherwise I'm not getting MH Rise Sunbreak. I much prefer the approach Xbox has where if you preorder anything using Xbox Gift Card funds then the funds are taken straight away meanwhile if you use something like a credit card then the funds are taken around 10 days before launch.

@Grumblevolcano I think it's because of some pre-order rules in certain countries.
Now they charge/begin downloading a week in advance.

Might be because Nintendo doesn't do chargebacks, so if you pre-order ahead of time you are able to cancel the purchase if you should change your mind.

For anyone looking to dive into Monster Hunter when Sunbreak releases, the base game is on sale for $29.99 on Amazon right now. With just enough time to get through it before Sunbreak releases June 30th

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hunter-Rise-Nintendo-Switch/dp...

Oh, and the Sunbreak Pro Controller is live on Amazon UK. Ships to US
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch-Controller-Monster-S...

I started playing Crash Bandicoot N'sane Trilogy, and I'm putting it in my backlog for now mainly because I'm finding it very hard (I'm still on world 1). The is great. just not what I want to play right now.

But I'm still loving Okami! I love that whole world and its characters.

@Yoshi2 It's a singular experience that can be really wonderous to explore. There are plenty of voices on the internet who'll tell you that it's terrible or OK but "not Zelda". That's the internet - most people who play BoTW do love it.

N64 games were always a bit ropey around the edges (even at the time) but they were cutting edge graphically - especially for multiplayer. It's hard to go back to - though the arcade style games like Star Fox 64, F-Zero X and Wave Race 64 are still great fun.

The Gamecube on the other hand has some amazing & very "Nintendo" games that you might never have played. Hopefully Wind Waker HD comes to Switch soon - it's still a series highlight especially after its nip & tuck for Wii U - and Paper Mario TTYD is also a top, top tier game. It's a scandal that they've not re-released that one in 20 years.

You've piqued my interest. I'd like to understand more about your perception of Switch before you bought in. Here it was, averaging 20 million units sold over 5 years, with the game that got the most universal praise I've ever witnessed as a launch title, but you were put off by bad reviews. What were these bad reviews focusing on, and what were they saying?

Don't want to watch those, @Yoshi2 .... Can we just have the main points they made? & When were they made?
Certainly seems like you'd have been better off ignoring them or looking for more positive ones to get a balance

@Yoshi2
Switch isn't perfect, that's for sure, but a lot of the complaints leveraged against it are weak arguments- things the vast majority of people aren't bothered by. Or they're things that can largely be tolerated or overlooked when weighed against the benefits and appeal of the system.

I've found anyone can rattle off a list of critiques for just about anything if they want to make it look as bad as possible. But without putting those critiques in proper context alongside the pros, it's easy to be misled and come to a biased conclusion. And once that seed has been planted, confirmation bias can then become a major hindrance.

Which is why I never watch videos that only focus on a narrative of something being bad. Right off the bat it's a biased perspective. Omitting the positives always results in an unbalanced viewpoint. Likewise for omitting the negatives.

Best to find real gamers who own the system and ask them what their overall thoughts are. Pros and cons both taken into account, how much do they enjoy the system? I know about 10 ppl with a Switch besides myself. Some use it more than others, some like it more than others, but I don't think a single one would say they wouldn't recommend owning one (especially the OLED).

@Yoshi2

After almost forty years of enjoying the hobby, having owned most of the mainstream consoles at one point or another, the Switch stands as my favorite of all-time. Even though I feel that the joy-con are among one of the worst controllers Nintendo have ever produced (I haven't used a pair that lasted more than six months; all of them suffered drift eventually), that doesn't detract from how I feel about the platform. It wasn't the first to give the hybrid design a try (Sega Nomad and/or Turbo Express tried it first), but the Switch is the best example of the idea.

So with Pinball on the NES online it's possible with rewind to get a maxed out score.

wish me luck lads I'm going to do the impossible, with NES controllers.

Nintendo announced out of nowhere that KOTOR II is coming to Switch June 8th:

@Grumblevolcano Interesting shadow drop

@DarthNocturnal The end of this trailer says "Restored Content DLC" is coming soon, is that what you're on about?

Yo!!!

I've been waiting on this! Ever since KOTOR released I've been badgering Aspyr to release the sequel. I'm so glad it's coming, and soon.

Perfect games for Switch. And they fixed the large text issue in the first game, so this should definitely be on point.

Star Wars Celebration has been such a great time for game news. I never expected KotOR II to be announced, nor a trailer for Jedi: Fallen Order's sequel to drop. Before this second day of the event, I'd had little hope that any gaming news beyond Star Wars Hunters would be here - as that was the only one with an actual panel.

But now, with two days left, there's every possibility we get more. And I seriously hope we do. It'd be great to see something new - that's not a mobile game or port - be announced to be coming to the Switch. And if anyone has anything ready, Celebration is the best place to show it.

@Grumblevolcano its not really out of nothing. these days are the Star Wars celebration days (until 29th of may.) so we might expect more today and tomorrow.