Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH
I wouldn't recommend forcing bt2020. The reds and brown are totally obnoxious this way. Instead just crank up the normal color settings to around 90.

@Budda
I've been using it for a while now. I think it looks incredible. Reds and browns look excellent just like everything else. Unless you're watching standard definition content, BT2020 is the way to go, imo.

@JaxonH i still getting used how Viola plays, her timing for Witch Time is hard to do, maybe i too used to it how Witch Time work with Bayonetta, yes Bayonetta 3 is amazing and is my GOTY for this year.

@Giancarlothomaz
Same. I'm not quite as good with her, but it's just a different playstyle and takes practice. In one of the challenge rooms you had to keep a combo going with Viola and hit 5,000 pts on an undying humunculus enemy that charged and acted like a bull. At first I kept failing but eventually got it. It helped teach me quite a bit on how to use Viola properly.

I'm still learning and improving, but I can tell it's just a skill issue. Part of it is getting R into muscle memory to block, since I'm so used to dodging with ZR for Bayonetta.

Bayonetta 3 is so under rated it boggles my mind- even at 88 it just doesnt reflect its true value. This game should have an aggregate score that smokes the last two entries. If the first two were 90 and 92- this should be at a 94 all day. Yet somehow it's the lowest scoring of the 3. I think when Wii U was around, some journalists had less of an issue acknowledging Bayonetta 2 as a masterpiece because they didn't feel threatened. But with Switch being the new global market leader, I think it's harder for some of them to acknowledge Bayonetta 3. This game is not just a little bit better than Bayo2, it's a full generational leap in gameplay. Superior in every way. This game makes Elden Ring feel straight boring by comparison (not to knock ER but for as much praise as it received, this game is just better). Granted, I've never been too into Souls games, but I've heard multiple ppl who previously regarded Elden Ring as their GotY say Bayonetta 3 is just flat out better. And I agree 100%.

But irrespective of whether it gets its proper due from critics, I'm just glad it's still #1 on the eShop and #58 on Amazon Best Sellers list, even 10 days after launch. And that's after spending a month in the top 20. This game is showing serious legs. Far more than past entries. Definitely more than Astral Chain or the Bayo1/2 Switch port. I think this game will safely crush 2 million sold. And may even make a run for 3m.

@Ryu_Niiyama A game experience has to be pretty degraded for me to consider getting it on anything other than Switch at this point. If it comes to that, I'm more likely than not to just skip it.

Can't imagine Octopath won't run well enough, even if it'll look smoother and higher res on other platforms.

@JaxonH true Bayonetta 3 deserved a 94/95 on it Metascore,but the Gamer media care more about performance/graphics and are angry that Bayonetta 3 is a Switch exclusive, they don't care if this game is good or a masterpiece in the case of Bayonetta 3(they are a bunch of fanboys downplaying Nintendo games and wishing Nintendo go third party like Sega, so they can play a Mario/Legend of Zelda game on they PlayStation/Xbox).

@Giancarlothomaz but you were the one getting into arguments about Bayonetta 3 on here as you considered it a mess because it wasn't 60fps though.

@jump true, but i took some time to reflect and realized, that i was i was exagereted in regards to Bayonetta 3 perfomance.

I'm quite sure actually playing the game helps refine one's perspective.

Game runs great. Think in 20 hrs I can only recall 2 times I noticed an ever so slight hiccup, just for a microsecond. Analysis really has a way of portraying things as being worse than they are. It doesn't help that DF calls practically everything on Switch "disappointing".

Bayonetta 3 runs well and looks good docked and handheld... it's not perfect but it's close enough you don't really notice. Disappointing. Persona 5 Royal released and it looks great on Switch, runs flawlessly, everyone loves it... except DF. They say it's disappointing. Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope released and it looks great, runs good and is notably expanded in scope. But you already know. DF says it's disappointing.

When you constantly spew that type of rhetoric for quality games, telling ppl what opinion they should conclude, it's no wonder so many ppl get up in arms. I guarantee if they didn't exist and ppl just played these games for themselves, there wouldn't be any issue.

@Ralizah same. I’m finding most of the experiences I am looking forward to are either available on switch or exclusive to switch. Been a lot of great support.

I brought this up in the Direct thread days ago but there's very long eshop maintenance later today (less than 6 hours from now):

@JaxonH yes i noticed the game run well, is not the trainwreck Digital Foundry make us think the game is and @Kermit1 eesh time for us to go mute on social media in regards to Pokémon Scarlet e Violet, and @Grumblevolcano this long maintanace on eShop could be Nintendo preparing the release of next Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC.

Tactics Ogre is looking insanely good.

I had no idea how ahead of its time this game was. The sheer depth of mechanics dwarfs any other console srpg I've seen. So many mechanics in play at once. It's actually kind of intimidating- I'm no stranger to strategy but this game is on another level.

On another topic entirely, so many steelbooks releasing lately. Spent a fortune securing them all. In the last month alone, I've got:

Xenoblade 3, FAST RMX, Bayonetta 3, Mario Rabbids NA version, Mario Rabbids EU version, Splatoon 3, Persona 5 Royal, Diofield Chronicle, Tactics Ogre Reborn, Chaos Head NOAH, F.I.S.T. Forged In Darkness, with Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet combo gold version, Atari 50, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core and Fire Emblem Engage steelbooks on the way. And Radiant Silvergun coming at some point. And Doom Eternal. And crap, probably more I'm forgetting.

It used to be easy (relatively speaking) to collect Switch steelbooks, but man... lately they've gone off the rails. I'm going broke trying to keep up. All the EU exclusive ones I either have to preorder an EU version of the game with steelbook as bonus then sell the game, or buy the steelbook on eBay for around $45 on average. But some are EU exclusive and will be pretty rare. Listings will decrease and prices increase. Been through it before.

Gosh dang it...

SIFU looks like an immaculate port. Do you know what this means? It means I'm gonna have to buy it. Probably the collector edition with the steelbook. And the digital version.

This may sound twisted, but I was kinda hoping and even counting on it being a bad port so I could safely ignore it. Too many other games releasing.

But of course it's a great port. When you want a good port they're crappy and when you want a bad port they're excellent.

@Eagly

@JaxonH Replace that with Kermit replica materials and that's me.

And a frame rate test for SIFU

It's pretty close to perfect. A tiny brief blip of a few frames on rare occasion, but 99% of this video is a solid straight line

I think Bayonetta 3 combat has put me in more of a mood for this. Had kind of written it off for a while thinking it was super difficult and a rougue-lite, but no. Difficulty seems moderate. And it's not so much a rogue-lite as it is an arcade game with limited credits. Each death you age by 1 year, getting slightly weaker with age but gaining techniques as you age. Beat the game before you die at 120 yrs, or whatever it is.

Turns out Dark Souls Remastered is another ideal game for the Switch OLED. Game looks immaculate on that screen. Especially when you're trudging through dungeons filled with shadows.

BTW, I've always been able to see the influence Monster Hunter had on this series, but it's especially amusing to me that you get special weapons when you cut the tails off of dragons in this game!

Perfect game for portable play when you activate airplane mode. Starting it with online play enabled makes it where you can't put the game to sleep without it quitting back to the title screen. Offline mode avoids this. Only difference is the lack of gimmicky online features (bloodstains, messages, invasions, etc.)

Pity it doesn't look like we'll be getting the sequels on Switch.

@JaxonH Sifu looks VERY smooth. Good reminder that a lower framerate can work out fine if it's stable. Impressive looking port so far, although I'll want more info on how it runs in handheld mode specifically first.

I mean, probably depends on your definition of expensive and how much you play games vs "collect" games. I mean I usually buy something like 5-7 games a year I bother to track. Some of them smaller titles, some of them I don't really track, probably around $300AU/year Then ontop of that NSO+ which I share but for arguments lets say it's $60AU/yr.

Then there's hardware which, well, we haven't had for a while. But I'm usually buying some tech which is mostly used for gaming. Eg this year I got a Quest 2, last year I built a PC for my TV for games, 2019 I built my main PC and got a 1660Ti for it (which is now under my TV). A fair chunk of that wouldn't be "gaming" but most of it certainly is so lets count it. So maybe all up something around $70AU/mo? Which is a bit.....

.....but I've also over the last 3 years gone from having 1 album on Vinyl to having a collection of 38 records. And in that same time I've spent ~$1200AU on audio gear from Sonos and ~$300AU on headphones. Which I'm fairly sure comes out to a tad more..... especially if you were to include Spotify Premium into the mix.....