Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Does Pikmin count as a farming game since you pluck Pikmin from the ground.

@Kermit1
Mmmmm... not really.

That would be like counting Call of Duty as a platformer because you can jump 😉

@JaxonH lol

@JaxonH Switch sucessor with a graphical capacity/power equivalent to a handheld PS4? since Switch graphical capacity is equivalent to a handheld PS3, @Kermit1 actualy no, Nintendo consider the Pikmin franchise a real strategy game with lighy puzzle elements

Wait, can I plant the Pikmins in new Story of Seasons games ?? 😆

@Anti-Matter Maybe

Looks like Splatoon 3 is likely going to have another week at #1 in the physical UK charts. Out of interest I checked the Amazon charts and Splatoon 3 is at #6 where the only game ahead of it is PS5 MW2 preorders at #3 (the rest of the top 5 are digital currency).

@Grumblevolcano
In the US, Splatoon is #7, Zelda TotK at #13, and CoD MWII at #18. The rest is shop cards, Roblox cards, hardware/accessories, etc.

Seems to be doing very well all around.

@Giancarlothomaz
That would be nice to see.
Though im no expert on these kinds of things i think someone mentioned that you could in theory due to the advancement in mobile tech you could have something like that while still keeping the form factor and battery life intace.

the big issue seems to be the whole chip shortage issue at this point.

@JaxonH It's not so much that I'm a Metroid fan as I've never played Metroid game before other than the Metroid Dread demo. It's just a game/series that I know would really appeal to me as I do enjoy a good FPS, so I was hoping that I would get to play it finally sooner rather than later. It'd also be a nice change of pace amongst all of the RPGs.

Like I said before, I think I would have liked it better if there was a better balance (and obviously Metroid Prime). There were multiple games that I'm interested in, and it started off with a huge bang for me with a new Fire Emblem. I still have yet to play Three Houses, but I know I'm going to love it, so a new one of that was an obvious win for me. Rain Code seems intriguing, and would be one of those games that would have stuck out to me otherwise, but I had already gone on autopilot watching it by then I believe.

Nintendo just revamped the MyNintendo Store. And added Paypal and other Payment methods besides Credit Card.(In my region)
And you are now able to order different MyNintendo Rewards at the same time paying only one shipping fee.

Two weeks from this Friday...

@JaxonH Is that Hogwarts in the last picture lol?

@Kermit1
Nier Automata!!

All the pics are for Nier Automata

@JaxonH Looks awesome! It's rated M so it's a no go for me, but..... I really like the look of it.

@Kermit1
Just out of curiosity, is that a personal thing where you just try to avoid that type of content, or is it an age restriction thing where you just can't get it?

I avoid some games myself, usually if they're too demonic/gory, though I have become somewhat desensitized to a lot of stuff just because it's in so much media nowadays. I've kinda learned to just ignore things that clash with my conscience which has worked for the most part. Games like Doom used to turn me off, but now I look at it as campy and just mindless fun killing evil creatures. I still won't play Mortal Kombat though. Just doesn't give me pleasure watching that sort of stuff.

I think Nier is probably rated M for violence and partial nudity, though I couldn't give specifics.

DOOM 2016 for me is a situation where the Switch's lack of power was a major benefit. I avoid gore (e.g. I toggle gore off in Gears, used no gore mode in Brutal Legend) but the low resolution and lower quality textures of DOOM 2016 on the Switch makes the gore very tame for me. I didn't bother with DOOM Eternal but that's because of the Bethesda account nonsense, if Bethesda removed the account requirement I'd definitely buy it and pick the Switch version over the Series X version.

@JaxonH I still kinda see myself as younger than I am, just (not too) recently I've started playing T rated games. M rated games are iffy for me, on the one hand games like Nier Automata exist and look really cool, but then games like GTA exist and are a huge no no (in my opinion). Now blood and gore I'm fine with in the right context, if it's science it's awesome and cool, if it's throwing knives and chopping off heads and guts spewing out ew not for me pls. I'm not like Anti-Matter when it comes to games, I enjoy the look of the old DOOM!!! (especially the all the ports)

Also not a lot of M rated games really appeal to me to the point of me wanting them.

@JaxonH I tend to look up the contents of a game before I buy it (same goes with movies)

I found this and the top comment was what I though it was going to be.

@JaxonH The Switch port of NieR is looking phenomenal, holy crap!

Might pick it up on Switch just to own a physical copy (my PS4 version was digital).