Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

have to wait to see a in depth review of harvestella it gives e rune factory vibes and i do not like rune factory..

For anyone who missed their chance to nab the Splatoon 3 Switch OLED from Amazon France for $322 USD shipped:

Nintendo Switch OLED Splatoon 3 Limited Edition up for preorder on Amazon US for $360 USD. After tax it's $380 shipped.

https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-OLED-Model-Splatoon-Sp...

You can, however, import from Amazon Italy and get the same exact Limited Edition Splatoon 3 Switch OLED for $340 USD shipped. This is thanks to the European VAT tax being baked into the price of every item, and it being subtracted off the total for anyone ordering from outside the EU. It's not as cheap as the Amazon France listing but that's long sold out, and it is still $40 cheaper than buying at MSRP in the US.

https://www.amazon.it/Nintendo-Switch-edizione-speciale-Splat...

I've always contended NSMBU is an amazing 2D platformer. Not as good as the DKC games, but up there.

Sure, the art style is generic, but it looks clean and pleasant to the eyes. The real issue is the fact 4 games in the series exist, often with entire segments of levels copy pasted. So if one were to play all 4 back to back, they would quickly grow tired of it. But if you ignore the previous 3 and only play NSMBU (and the excellent NSLU), it's a fantastic experience.

Rayman Origins and Legends are also great platformers though. Just... different. First time I played Legends I hated it. Controls felt floaty and just didn't seem right. But as I played more and got used to it, I eventually started doing time trial runs like I used to do in DKC Tropical Freeze. The game became an obsession for me back on Wii U. It's really good.

Capcom's TGS lineup makes me think the Battle Network Collection will be an early 2023 release. The lineup is:

• Sunbreak
• RE Village Gold Edition
• SF6
• Exoprimal
• Battle Network Collection

There's not really much to say about the collection, it's a collection of old games where the extra features were already shown off in the Partner Showcase so I think release date makes most sense. As for thinking early 2023, the TGS lineup doesn't include RE4 Remake and that's a huge Spring 2023 release.

@Grumblevolcano Do you think they'll do any surprises this time round? New Ace Attorney games tend to get announced at TGS from my understanding and I'm holding on to any sense of hope that Apollo will come home.

Also, bit weird for there to be a SF6 presence at the regular TGS when it's getting it's own dedicated showcase (or at least that's what I've heard is happening).

Idk what the deal is.

I've got Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and am in the final chapter with loads of sidequests to still do. And I've got Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, with all the endgame content and title update content to do. And I've got Portal 1 and 2 for after that. Which I've been waiting on to go handheld for 10 years...

And yet, I don't feel satisfied. Because all I can think about is the 30 day stretch from Oct 6th to Nov 6th, when Nier Automata, Bayonetta 3, Persona 5 Royal, No Man's Sky, Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Harvestella release.

I feel so antsy... so anxious. It's like I derive more joy from the anticipation of upcoming titles than I do playing the current titles I have. That's probably not true, actually. I enjoy playing games far more. But still. The fact remains I can't stop thinking about that upcoming spread.

@JaxonH

That is what you get for taking Xenoblade Chronicles 3 for granted (even though I've yet to play it).

@Fizza The TGS lineup is 2 showcases, one for SF6 and one for everything else. As for surprises, it's possible. Capcom did announce a Dragon's Dogma 10th anniversary stream in the last showcase which would then announce Dragon's Dogma 2. More Ace Attorney sounds like the kind of announcement they'd give Nintendo though as much like Mega Man, the franchise is most associated with Nintendo systems.

@Grumblevolcano True, but the last 2 major AA announcements weren't done with Nintendo at all from my understanding (original trilogy HD rerelease and TGAA localisation), they were done at Capcom's own showcases. I could be wrong on that since it was so long ago at this point but I'm pretty sure that's been the case ever since the Switch came out at least.

It's all about Monkey Island.

@KilloWertz
You should definitely play it, whenever you have time.

Not only is it the best JRPG on Switch, imo, it's the best JRPG I've ever played. And I don't say that lightly. Xenoblade Chronicles was always one of the best JRPG series that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of the genre. But this one goes above and beyond.

Oftentimes I'll play a game that's clearly one of the best I've experienced, but I find it hard to rank it compared to others. Because once a game is so good, it's kind of hard to compare. But not so with XC3- this one is easy to rank. It's my new favorite JRPG.

Obviously not everyone will agree on how games rank and compare as it is a subjective assessment. But at the very least, I think you'll find it an incredible game worth experiencing.

I don't know if this is the place to ask about this so if its not relevant, please let me know so I can delete it.

I'm getting the switch OLED this year but I'm getting it from my brother who is from US. Problem is that US region is gonna come with it's version of the AC adapter which isn't compatable in my home. The one I'm using is the UK one with three prongs.

The closest i got to is this.

https://www.play-asia.com/nintendo-switch-ac-adapter/13/70avmx

But the issue is that there is no official Nintendo seal in there and I'm not able to tell whether I will get the official one or a third party one as that one can potentially damage the Switch OLED when it arrives.

Can anyone who is from UK or with experience confirm that play Asia is selling me the official switch AC adapter from Europe by Nintendo?

@Socar
I'd go for a standard US/UK converter. No need to purchase another AC adapter if you ask me.

Somehow I've purchased 3 pieces of hardware in the last month. Wth.

I got the SteamDeck because my plave in the queue finally came up. So that was understandable and was planned for a full year in advance.

But then the Splatoon 3 Switch OLED was revealed, and for $322 USD shipped I... I just couldnt say no. It's the sexiest limited edition Switch OLED (or Switch in general) to date. Had to.

And just now, I ordered a PS5 for my brother for Christmas. Of course Sony is only selling them as bundles with Horizon to charge extra and scoop that extra $50 from ppl. And then $13 shipping on top of tax. So it ended up basically a $600 purchase when I would have preferred just grabbing the $400 digital version for him instead. He's all digital anyways.

But ya. That's a lot of hardware for a single month. I'm done spending for at least the next 6 months, barring the Switch games I already planned to buy and a Christmas gift for mom. Beside that I'm going full fiscal diet. No more gadgets or accessories or meaningless tat. Not for a good while anyways.

@JaxonH I definitely will play it. Being still fairly new to the Switch, it'll probably be a while since I chose to start at the "beginning" of the series and have Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition be my first Switch game, but there's no doubt I will play it at some point. I've heard nothing but great things about it too, but unless I ended up hating the first game (I don't), there was never a doubt.

Thanks for the great recommendation either way though, although I still don't take back that slap.

@JaxonH
I wish I have that money to buy PS5 disc version.

@Anti-Matter
Eh, you're not missing much. Not yet anyways. 95% + of PS5 games are also on PS4, and it doesn't look like that's going to change any time soon.

It's a nice luxury purchase if you can afford it, don't get me wrong- it offers faster load times and some better performance options, and a small handful of exclusive games not available. But PS4 games already looked so good, with good enough performance, and the list of exclusives is pretty small (and I doubt they'd suit your taste anyways) so it really is a luxury extra, not a necessity. That will slowly change over the next few years, but don't feel like you're missing out on some gamechanging experience now.

I am forever reminded of how poor the tech literacy of gamers is. Between the article on the front page with the DF discussion on games that push the Switch to the limit and just general stuff. Eg I got downvoted to hell on Reddit the other day for correcting someone when they claimed the IR camera on the JoyCon was used for motion control. And it seems to happen every time I post on any Nintendo related sub-reddit. eg I remember a similar thing happening when I said I had tested and could confirm the official Wii LAN adapter was 10/100 & USB 2.0 and so wasn't limited to 10Mbps either via it being 10Mbps or USB 1.0

I mean I love Nintendo fanboys generally but damn, some of you guys REALLY shouldn't be talking about hardware or software

It's funny how all the console users like to talk about specs even though it's the PC gaming where all that really matters. I just find it abit boring myself as it just goes over my head and also the actual playing games bit is the fun part of gaming.

@jump I feel like PC gaming is almost a separate hobby entirely. Personally PC is my platform of choice outside of the Switch...but I wouldn't be surprised if I've spent as much time researching my hardware, installing games and optimising them as I have playing them on the thing. I've also encountered PC gamers who will talk endlessly about hardware and performance...but I couldn't tell you what games they played tbh.

Meanwhile I've just clocked 65 hours on Three Hopes. The Switch is truly ruining me for other platforms.