Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Buizel Fair enough, was just curious.

@Link-Hero @HotGoomba But no E3 means no Treehouse... my favorite part of E3. Say what you will, but one hour long treehouse video a year doesn't make up for what Treehouse used to be.

Admittedly, the old streams were definitely too long, but the current situation is worse, since I can't just pick and choose which parts to watch (and not watch when they play Mario Party for the third time).

1. E3 is not irrelevant, last year it was still the gaming event that got more attention than any other, based on factual information, that was posted on this site.
2. Last year's E3 was still better than the year before and still had more stuff that stood out than the year after. (and last year's E3 largely sucked, so that speaks to how dreadful a lack of E3 really is)

@link3710 Never watched treehouse constantly, but that's definitely another reason for E3.

That's really saying something, because the Take-Two, Capcom, and Gearbox showcases were dreadful (pun fully intended). I'd rather have those than no E3 at all though.

At least we had Verizon.

I've been reminiscing on the time it took me to unlock Luigi in Mario Golf 64 and with how much of an absolute wildcard he could be between hitting it constantly into both the bunker or rough or lining it up at the precise angle to get a chip-in from obscene distances, it made me start thinking of this whenever he would do something seemingly questionable because holy mother of god the CPU's in this game are cracked.

E3's existence definitely benefits Nintendo fans the most given in the 2 years it hasn't been present, Nintendo chose not to do a summer general Direct. Sony's been doing their own thing since 2019 so E3 cancelled doesn't affect the PS side of things meanwhile Microsoft does a big summer showcase even when there's very little to actually show off regarding the future of Xbox (this year's was very disappointing for example).

The individual 3rd party ones go either way like I think Square Enix could've had a very strong showcase this year with how insane the upcoming lineup is but chose to split up the announcements meanwhile the E3 2021 showcase wasn't very good.

So with Pokemon ScVi on the horizon, I went back to try and finally finish the DLC for SwSh. Does anyone else suffer from motion sickness trying to play this game (and nothing else)? Anytime I'm trying to go around the Isle of Armor in a storming location, the frame rate stuttering forces me to stop and wait for the weather to change.

And this is coming from someone who's replayed OoT on original hardware recently, frame rate stuttering usually doesn't bother me like this. I'm not really sure how to get past it, other than playing the game in short bursts. Hoping someone has some suggestions on tricks to make it perform better.

I've never gotten sick from a video game framerate before. It can be aggravating, and just makes me stop playing in frustration, but the only thing that's actually affected me physically is VR, and that isn't due to framerate, but the disconnect between what your brain sees and reality.

I'd just play something else if it's a problem. No sense wasting your time on something you're not enjoying.

I've never minded most games going below 60 fps. It's annoying when it's 15 fps or lower, but I never really got headaches from that. In fact, I'm actually perfectly fine in the majority of VR games.

July's NSO icons is the return of Mario Odyssey, this time starting with the Cloud Kingdom so July 19th should be when the New Donk City icons appears given the order so far.

I just want to salute you Nintendo fans for supporting Monster Hunter Rise.

Gone are the days Nintendo fans don't buy 3rd party games (or when they do, only a select few and even then in marginal numbers). With the announcement that Monster Hunter Rise has cracked 10 million units and the Sunbreak Expansion, which released 5 days ago, has cracked 2 million we can sleep well at night knowing Monster Hunter built ground up for the hardware has a definitive future on Switch's successor. The vast majority of those sales were on Switch. At least 8 mil for the base game. Probably closer to a 50/50 split on the expansion. But that will grow.

Salute. You guys stepped up and outside of your Nintendo bubble comfort zone, and are embracing other games. The world is your oyster now. When I first got into Monster Hunter back on Wii U, it hit me like a sack of bricks. Up to that point I was convinced only Nintendo made games worth playing, for the most part. But on that day, I realized there were games far beyond anything Nintendo was making at the time. And they'd been right under my nose without even realizing it.

Here's to the future of Monster Hunter on Nintendo platforms! Nicely done!

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@JaxonH I did my part. I don’t even like monster hunter and I bought CE’s for Rise and Sunbreak and the amiibo. Somebody tell Capcom to stop holding Ultra SF IV hostage.

I swear I am realizing how huge my backlog is. Moving sucks so much.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Where ya moving to?

@Giancarlothomaz
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Fixed that for ya.

@JaxonH Same city for now. Just bigger place so I can finally get my stuff out of storage(my life has been a rollercoaster since I moved cross country) . If I play my cards right though this will be my last rental. I will stay at this new place until I have a down payment saved or finish my second masters (just started the first) whichever comes first. But it is a two level apartment so no neighbors stomping around. And I can finally have a tv again instead of smaller computer monitors. There was a fiasco with the apartment which forced me to cancel my movers so if you hear I died it’s because I was carrying all this crap in 105 degree weather. Or I fell down some stairs carrying stuff. Take your pick lol.

But my hope is with TV access I might finally whittle down the backlog. Hope springs eternal. So much fire emblem to finish.

@JaxonH It's interesting how the PC community seems to have snubbed Rise in comparison to World, which is what has kept Rise from hitting the same overall numbers as World, IMO.

Still, 10 million units is STELLAR for a game that has missed out on two of the three major console ecosystems. Capcom can obviously see where the majority of sales are going, so, yeah, I'm sure they're doubling down on plans for future MH games on Switch.

@Ralizah
Ya, PC gamers are more open than PS/Xbox, but they're still generally the same for the most part. They prioritize gRaPhIcS above all else.

That said, there are a number of other factors. For one, World enjoyed a one time hype boost from the series finally being modernized after years of hearing about it from 3DS, Wii and Wii U. That and PS gamers feeling like they were "taking it back from Nintendo" gave them special incentive to support the game.

There was also a good number of disenfranchised Destiny 2 players who hopped on the bandwagon for their online co-op. That was just right place right time.

Then there was the marketing. Rise got a heavy push, for sure, but World got a bigger push. Running full 30 second forced ads all over YouTube. It was nuts. They also did much bigger collaborations such as The Witcher, Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed.

And the game was sold on 3 platforms vs just 2 platforms. And a number of them were PC purchases double dipping, from ppl who didn't know it was coming to PC until after they bought it. Whereas Rise had its PC version announced before launch.

And lastly, a number of new players who jumped into World discovered it wasn't for them, and didn't buy Rise. I had several coworkers who I convinced to buy World, who gave up on it after a few hours. There was no convincing them to try Rise.

I think all the above contributed. That being said, 10 million for the base game in 1 yr is pretty dang good. And Sunbreak sales will continue to grow and push the base game. Especially once it hits $14.99 tier pricing like World has had for years. Even if Rise achieves half the numbers World did though, for base game and expansion, I think that's still exceptional performance given the factors involved.

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even more fixed

@skywake like this?