Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Magician
I can't remember the last good Star Ocean game so I'm not concerned about that. And Valkyrie Elysium doesn't look great. It seems alright, but nothing I feel Switch is "missing out" on.

All the ones that look really good are coming to Switch.

Valkyrie Elysium is why I am now looking for a PS5, but I'm just a fan of the series in general. Squeenix has really been churning this year. I wonder if dumping the western catalog had some effect. Black Friday is gonna be a massacre this year for me. To start I want a new TV (possibly a new av receiver ) and a PS5, and that is before I get to all the Switch games I have to buy. I hope I get a good bonus this year. Getting everything Squeenix is dropping this year.

@JaxonH

Agreed. Aside from the Front Mission games (which are contract work from Forever Entertainment), every other game listed has my full attention.

Alt view from someone who doesn't spend $$$$ on A/V eqpt.... I use a pair of c.£20 Bluetooth no-brand pods from Amazon and have never noticed an issue. Only thing that annoys me about the setup is that Switch disconnects from them every time it enters sleep mode.

I've been meaning to play War of the Lions for years, but I never did enjoy FFT on the PS1 (or the weird GBA/NDS sequels, for that matter). It was a big part of why I wasn't initially very excited for Triangle Strategy, although that actually turned out to be really fantastic.

I'll probably grab Tactics Ogre at some point when it's on sale, but there's already more than enough new stuff coming out this year that I'm not worried about re-heated PSP ports.

I'm more interested in Front Mission, although given how mediocre the port of the original was on NDS, my expectations aren't terribly high there, either. Will still grab it, though, since I've wanted to give the original another chance. And we'll finally have the ability to play an official localization of Front Mission 2.

What I really want is a remaster of PS1's Front Mission 3. Now THAT was an incredible game for its time.

@Magician
I've never played Front Mission- in fact I'd never even heard of it until the remake was revealed.

I'll probably pick it up just to check it out- some ppl seem to speak highly of it. I guess we'll find out how good it is. Can't say I'm super hyped for it, but you never known. Some games surprise you...

I think Sunbreak rules out a Splatoon 3 Direct for next week. With how much Nintendo values MH, there's no way they're going to distract the focus on Sunbreak update 1 with Splatoon 3 news.

Nintendo state they are not gonna release a new hardware this year, they can't fool me

I spend my days waiting for Persona 5 Royal physical preorders to become available.

We're less than a few months away now.

tick tock tick tock, Atlus.

I’m here for the Judge Judy gif. Thank you.

Oi, I loved Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, @Ralizah .... & I liked Grimoir of the Rift a lot, too! What do you mean by 'weird', particularly?
Only got around to War of the Lions on Android but that's an amazing game, so I'm curious what put you off the original version, too?

Probably Star Ocean 2nd Evolution, @JaxonH .... I missed out on the others, though, so I've pre-purchased Divine Force for Steam & can let you all know what it's like?

@BruceCM
Sure. All I know is the last one was super mediocre. And the other one I got on Steam wasn't much better. It just strikes me as an incredibly average (maybe even below average) series. The graphics looked pretty good on the last one, almost reminiscent of Xenoblade. But the voice work, dialog, battle system, pretty much every aspect that matters, was subpar.

But ya. Let me know if you think this one is any different.

@Ralizah
I really enjoyed playing FF Tactics on PS1 after I mastered all Math Skills and other magic spells from Wizard + White Mage + Oracle + Time Mage. With Math skills, I can strike the enemies with magic spells without using MP, without charging time and the magic spells will do more damage after I cast Faith on them (raising the magic attack but also lowering magic defense).

Last time I played FF Tactics PS1 in year 2005.
I still haven't find the right time to get FF Tactics PSP version to feed my nostalgic experience, it was 17 years ago I didn't play FF Tactics PS1.
I will also consider FF Tactics A2 NDS for different experience.

You probably don't mean the recent mobile game they did, @JaxonH ....? Which was pretty good as such things go but I dunno about the PS exclusive Integrity and Faithlessness
Generally, all the fans I've seen around the web say 2nd Evolution is the best, unless they prefer the original version of that, though
I'll agree Last Hope isn't great, I'd almost forgotten playing that!

@Anti-Matter In theory, I should like FFT. After all, I'm a big fan of tactical gameplay and the grounded, politics-heavy storylines in games like FF XII and Triangle Strategy, but the gameplay just fell on the wrong side of being clunky for me. Maybe the PSP version is better, though.

I could see you really enjoying the GBA/NDS FF Tactics games, considering they adopt a much more child-friendly tone than the original.

Ah, that pretty much explains it, @Ralizah .... From what I've heard, Tactics Ogre Reborn should have the sort of story you'll like, then

Welp, I just made a big mistake. I was randomly scrolling through my phone and saw an article for the 10 most heartbreaking deaths in video games, and I thought I'd see if I knew any of them. It turns out number 1 is from a game I am currently playing. I guess that cat is out of the bag. Might as well quit now.

I'm pretty sure I know which one that'd be, @Xyphon22 .... It's a miracle you hadn't heard about that 1 before but it's definitely still well worth playing the game to see how the rest unfolds

@Xyphon22 I understand not wanting big twists and reveals spoiled for you, but you're really gonna quit playing a whole game just because you know someone's gonna die?

What's the game, by the way?