Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ryu_Niiyama
I already crafted some sick armor in Master Rank.

1st set was Velociprey armor which is the blue scaled set. That had base defense of 86 per piece. Now I crafted my first large monster armor from Daimyo Hermitaur (the red giant crab). His set is modeled after an Americal football player, and I love it! Base defense 92 per piece, upgraded to 96 per piece.

@JaxonH I would ask if you have slept at all but … lol apparently not. Glad you are having fun though!

@Ryu_Niiyama
Let's just say, I accidentally overslept today and had to use a vacation day. Didn't mean to, but I slept right through my alarm from staying up so late last night.

Sigh... Such is the struggle of monster hunters

It seems Three Hopes has a memory leak. If you play the game for too long without exiting (I'm talking several hours), the game slows down to the point where there's major input lag and the home button only gives you the option to enter sleep mode.

Other than that it's been an extremely enjoyable game so far, just entered Part 2 of Golden Wildfire.

@Grumblevolcano
Good to know, especially since I tend to never close games out. Just suspend and sleep.

But with Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak out, and Portal 1/2, I unfortunately have to put Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes into backlog for the time being. I really want to keep playing. It's so good. But... Monster Hunter and Portal are just higher up the totem pole.

@JaxonH ROTFLOL! That’s cute. I haven’t done that in years…haven’t been hyped enough (that and I just go to work tired since I work from home…nap during lunch) I suspect I will have to take the day BOTW2 comes out, off.

You guys have no idea how many games I have in my backlog. I still haven't unwrapped Metroid Dread or Cruis'n Blast yet, and my Lego Star Wars copy is collecting dust.

All because I'm addicted to my Quest 2 and procrastinating in finishing Ratchet and Clank and Super Mario 3D World.

Haven't even touched my Xbox in months.

Panzer Dragoon, for some reason, after a minute text prologue with no sound, launches into immediately being the loudest game on Switch. I don't know why this is.

Edit: Why is the Saturn music the default? Are they ashamed of the new music? What is this?

Good lord the new Cuphead bosses are brutal. Really love the sheer attention to detail in those character animations and cutscenes, though. And Ms. Chalice is a great addition to the roster. Gonna have to run through the game as her again.

Not sure how I feel about them ditching the run n gun segments yet.

Amusing how this and Sunbreak both launched on the same day, and both are DLC expansions designed to challenge people who have already played the base games.

BTW, I absolutely love the new title screen theme:

Zombie Army 4 Digital Foundry Analysis

• Full 1080p docked, hardly any dynamic drops
• Full 720p handheld, hardly any dynamic drops
• Locked 30fps with nary a frame drop in sight, near flawless frame pacing
• One of the most impressive Switch ports of all time

I finally got around to watching that Mario+Rabbids Showcase that was on a few days ago since it came out whilst I was away on my trip. To summarise my thoughts: the gameplay, graphics and music looks great, the original characters are something I'm still not entirely sold on and the performance is very concerning.

@JaxonH I hope these titles have found an audience on the platform. It's nice to see a developer put so much work into their Switch ports.

@Fizza Yeah, the game was definitely chugging in places. I hope they use these last few months before launch to sort out the questionable framerate during gameplay.

@Ralizah
Rebellion's Switch games have, unfortunately, not done as well as I'd have liked.

They're extremely good games, but because the genre has not been prevalent on Nintendo platforms, it falls out of most Nintendo fans comfort zone of what they know, thus they pay it no attention whatsoever. Switch gamers are not nearly as adventurous with games and typically don't expand out into new experiences. Obvious there are exceptions but as a general rule, Switch fans stick with what they know.

But ya, Zombie Army 4 is one of the funnest co-op games. I played local wireless with my brother and it was top notch quality fun. Just as fun in single player, though I prefer Sniper Elite 4 if playing solo, and Zombie Army 4 if playing co-op.

Man, I'm on my 2nd pair of joycons and the right one has been obnoxious for a while now. Like it will work not problem for a while and then suddenly the button inputs will be...delayed sometimes, if they happen at all. It's not enough to ruin the experience, but enough that its a still a real issue here.

Hey guys, I might've mention this already, but my pro controller is dead. Like dead dead. No matter if I charge, play with it wired, leave it plugged in, nothing, it just doesn't work.

Do any of you also have this issue, and should I just send it to Nintendo?

Oh, and to cringe you further, it's the limited edition Smash Bros controller. Great.

@HotGoomba I feel like I just got Down-Throwed by Luigi reading that, oof.

I'd say sending it in either to be fixed or to get a potential replacement would be the right call, the question then becomes whether or not they would apply the same measures they do for Joy-Con repairs in regards to Pro Controllers since the only times I've seen sending in a controller to be fixed would be with Joy-Cons. Maybe research into it? Absolutely check if you still have the warranty, probably before anything else. The fixing service isn't available over here in Ireland so I always just grab a new pair of controllers when the old ones start acting up. My first pair of Joy-Cons started to drift so I then got a new green and pink pair..... which then started to have shoulder button issues on the right controller after about 2 and a half years. Third time's the charm, eh? Mind you, it was in messing about in the Switch button mapping due to those issues that I found my preferred way to play WinBack (ZR to aim and shoot instead of R) so that's pretty good at least (I do love me some WinBack, the most underrated game on any NSO service in my opinion).

Diofield Chronicle looking really good. Over an hour of gameplay streamed, and I gotta say, it looks even better than I anticipated.

Between this, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, Triangle Strategy and Harvestella, it feels like a golden era for Square Enix RPGs on handheld.

@HotGoomba Yeah you may want to contact Nintendo Support. Might cost you a bit to repair it but they might be able to help at least.

@Fizza I think that my warranty expired by now, as I got the controller in 2019. And my pro controller doesn't fall under the Joy Con drift free fix, so it will cost money, but it'll probably be worth it compared to just buying a new controller. Worst case scenario, I lose a limited edition controller but get a replacement and have to pay like $30 USD. But like @StarPoint said, it's probably at my best interest to send it in for repair. Will probably do it after the Fourth of July, but at least I have a good few other controllers.

(Will probably buy a new controller anyways since my PowerA GameCube one now has a crazy drifting C Stick, but that's third party and it's my fault for getting PowerA anyways. At least I have an excuse to get another 8bitdo controller maybe.)

@JaxonH That's one hell of a thumbnail.