Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I'm loving this so much.

Some characters rejecting your gifts in Fire Emblem Engage

@Giancarlothomaz
Both.

They'll alternate between remakes and new entries. For every 2 new entries we get a remake. Just like Awakening > Fates > Shadows of Valentia > Three Houses > Engage > Next Remake.

I think Holy War is highly likely, though I wouldn't rule out a Binding Blade remake, especially with the holiday 2023 release of Roy and Lilina statues.

@JaxonH not related to this post, but do you have an xbox? Got a series s and can't understand how the cloud saves work or how to access them.

@DannyBoi
I do, but I haven't used it in forever.

From my understanding, the saves are automatically stored on the cloud in the background. You don't have access to them, and can't change them aside from in-game.

@JaxonH i see so we can expect a remake of Fire Emblem 4/5 at the Switch sucessor, i see, @Grumblevolcano Nintendo could anounce a Amiibo for Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, the statue they used that japan even last year, seen a perfect design to be turned into a Amiibo, we have 4 months to Nintendo to market the game and anounce Amiibo integration on it, Masahiro Sakurai stated recently with Sory, Super Smash Bros Ultimate will not recieve no more fighters, more Amiibo for Super Smash Bros will be the next Super Smash Bros on Switch sucessor by Sakurai coments on his YouTube channel and recent interview( he state he is semi-retired, meaning the next Super Smash Bros game will not have it input, unless he come out of his retirement to help Nintendo develop the next Super Smash Bros game)

The Super Mario Galaxy 2 bug finally bit me, so I set that up, but it's just reminding me how I've always disliked playing games with the Wii's controllers. Something about the sticks on the nunchuks and classic controllers makes them feel not good to use. Struggled a lot with keeping the accessory connected to various wiimotes, although finally found that connected more solidly.

Oh, by the way, we totally take for granted the sleep mode capabilities of our modern devices. It sucks having to turn the console totally off every time you want to take a break from a game.

I used to feel like it was a little wasteful grabbing Skyward Sword HD when I hadn't even played my Wii copy of the original, but now I don't mind. It's worth spending a little extra money not having to play it on that device. Heavily considering doing the same with MP Trilogy if that ever gets ported. I hate hate hate pointer controls for those games.

I just wish that existing amiibo would get tied into other games. Like if squeenix made it that if you have the Hero/Eleven amiibo you get items or something in DQ games. I feel like the masses that complained about amiibo being DLC paywalls won. And that sucks. Early amiibo functionality was so cool.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Ya it was.

Buch of envious people who complained they didn't have the extra content from amiibo that other people bought and payed for

Those people ruined amiibo. Of course amiibo is a DLC pay wall. Just like, surprise surprise, DLC is a DLC pay wall. And games themselves are content paywalls. That's literally how the video game business operates! They make content and put it behind a pay wall. Customer's who want to purchase said content do so, and are granted access to the content!

You'd think they were raping and pillaging the way people were acting about it. God forbid a company that makes video content sell video game content with... oh no... a "pay wall". Ooooooh

@JaxonH what about 360 cloudsaves on series s? I hear to use them, you need to turn on cloud saves on an actual 360 to turn them on. That you can't do it on series s. I don't have a 360. Plus, none of the 360 gamesaves will upload to cloud for me on series s.

@JaxonH The flip side of that being the ones within the industry that exploit DLC, which is what most people are actually bitter about.
Some companies do it right. Nintendo is one that usually does. Because they release a game, the FULL game, and then release some cool bonus content that you can buy. I feel like most people are okay with this model.
Other companies release what is obviously an incomplete game, then release the rest of the content via paid DLC. These ones prey on and milk the consumer for all they're worth.

Amiibo fell under a different category. I hate content locked behind them. Not because it's DLC, but because I have to go track down some toy to get it. If this content was also available for me to just buy in the eShop, then that's great. It's content locked behind what could end up being a scarce toy that I can't find in stores and have to pay some scalper outrageous mark up on to gain access if I want it that bad. Amiibo wasn't just a DLC paywall, it was also a damn hunt to even find what you wanted, when all I wanted was to buy the DLC.

the possibilty of Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom be delayed again

@Giancarlothomaz I could see it go either way, we'll see in the general Direct anyway which way it goes (Advance Wars absence in September 2021 Direct made the delay obvious). If it is delayed again, I definitely think it would be related to Switch 2.

@Cotillion
Ya, I suppose I can understand that, at least in the early days of amiibo releases, but many amiibo now are available cheap and get reprints all the time. Some are rare, that's for sure, but even then most games don't require a specific amiibo. Like Fire Emblem Engage rewards any amiibo, and FE amiibo give a higher chance at better rewards, but even then it doesn't matter which FE amiibo you use. Many games are like this.

But if there is a specific amiibo needed, and it happens to be rare, amiibo cards are always available for cheap.

This would be pretty ridiculous if it happened. It’s been nearly five years since it was revealed, assets are being reused, and the overworld is being reused.

Edit: watched the video, and it seems like Gamexplain didn’t have any actual news to post. Their evidence was basically “ other Zelda games have been delayed, so maybe TOTK will be delayed.” Still, point above still stands.

We got a release date a little over half a year out from release. Nintendo wouldn't do that if they weren't reasonably confident they could stick to it.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika
I have no issue with GameXplain.

But this video is bunk. It's not based on factual evidence or a leak from a reliable source. It's literally, "oh ya know, it's theoretically possible", banking on fearmongering for clicks

Half the hot topic issues discussed in the Switch community are derived from that sort of thing. "Zelda could be delayed!". Why? Idk, but it could be! "Switch 2 won't have BC!". Why? Idk, some contract indie dev said it would require work.

And then after one person makes a claim, it spreads like a virus. Now a 2nd content creator wants to "talk about it", and then a third, and then before you know it, it's all anyone's talking about on social media. Websites start cashing in with opinion pieces (sometimes to responsibly quash the hysteria, sometimes to irresponsibly piggy back off the fearmongering)

It's the same song and dance over and over and over again.

Yeah, TotK isn't getting delayed, lol. There's always some fearmongering, concern trolling topic that comes up with almost every Switch exclusive. Reminds me of when people thought SMT V and Bayo3 were getting cancelled.

@Grumblevolcano yes the only delay see for is, if delay the game again for the Switch sucessor, just like Nintendo delayed Breath of the Wild for the Switch launch.

@Grumblevolcano yes the only delay see for is, if delay the game again for the Switch sucessor, just like Nintendo delayed Breath of the Wild for the Switch launch.

The silence is what allows the TotK delay speculation to grow given the promo cycle is really odd for Zelda. Though going all out with new TotK info by now isn't a good idea either as it would drown releases that are very soon like Fire Emblem Engage.

@SlashFuture John Linermann of Digital Foundry stating Bayonetta 3 do not run well on Switch.