Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@neonpizza because I don’t use the twins I often boot to updates or installs. I hadn’t actually mentioned load times on the ps5 but the install process still takes long enough that I only bother with something I am hyped to play. Which is gonna be a while as a lot of the current darlings aren’t my cup of tea.

@neonpizza I hope you enjoy them! Always happy to see folks excited about a game.

I can’t use VR and don’t enjoy resident evil. So I’m looking forward to spiderman 2 and rise of the ronin. But that’s about it. I will get street fighter 6 on series x. There are a few other games I will get cheap but those 3 are the only day one games for me on non Nintendo systems. But with Zelda coming out I suspect I will only get street fighter day 1.

@JaxonH
I personally can adjust my gameplay style, from handhelds to consoles or vice versa, depend on my mood so I can appreciate my purchased games and the machines whether they are consoles or handhelds.
Consoles might take some time to boot up but I can be patient.
Even I have to set up the peripheral to play older games with accessory controller before playing. It will take a time but it will be fun once you play the games.

I recently bought an Xbox series S and while I think the UI is snappy enough, coming of Switch it is sooo cluttered. I got completely lost the first times lol. It does make me appreciate the simplicity of the Switch interface.

Even with a Series X, I still get the infamous "[insert game] took too long to load" error lots. Sure I have a game installed with a huge amount of DLC but a much weaker console (Xbox 360) could handle similar amounts with no problems. It's stuff like this that sours my experience with Xbox, especially as I'm sure the only way it would be resolved is if music games returned to late 2000s levels of popularity resulting in Microsoft and Sony having to take it into account with hardware and system update decisions.

Switch is currently the only system I can truly rely on.

On another note, Chrono Cross is getting an update:

Yeah I think the simplicity and snappiness the Switch in general is underrated. The PS and XB OSs have so much clutter it can detract from the core gaming experience IMO. I do like XBox's Quick Resume though. I even think the Switch has by far the best online store of the three consoles, although can understand if people find it a little slow.

I also just think portability is about so much more than taking your console out the house. The knowledge that I can start a game and pick it up anytime unrestricted makes it far more likely that I'll even play it to begin with. How long would it take you to get through a book if it were tethered to a single desk in your house?

Spent the weekend hopping around from game to game, seeing what I'll vibe with next. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge? Mighty fine, but I only played a few stages. Pokemon Sword? It's...a Pokemon game; looks great but...not feeling it at the moment. Cultist Simulator? Eh, it's not for me, too esoteric.

Touken Ranbu Warriors? Samurai timecops' save the world? Nothing revolutionary, it's a musou and it does it well. Played a solid five hours and I feel the need to play more. I might be dialed in for a while yet.

And my newest import order arrives today. Things are popping off. Eager to get into NeverAwake.

@JaxonH true after Nintendo Switch i cant play a console that is not a hybrid, is very convient for me to take my Switch to my country house during extended holidays and vacations, with a console like a PS5 i tied to my living room/bedroom, Nintendo Switch adapt to your lifestyle and i hope it sucessor continue this concept, because i cant return to a console tied to a single place.

@neonpizza
I had the same issue with PS4, strangely enough. And my Series X randomly turns on when I dock my Switch, so I had to turn off the HDMI CEC on that.

Of course, Switch has its downsides- you must always be cognizant of games with performance issues and do your due diligence before making any purchase. But even despite the downsides, the benefits far outweigh the negatives.

I feel like I could play this console the rest of my life. I don't think I'll need to, as I'm confident Switch 2 will also be hybrid, but if it came down to it, I could do it. We still have a good year ahead of us of more hybrid releases too.

@Giancarlothomaz
I get it, I really do. Once you've acclimated to the freedom a hybrid system offers, it's so hard giving that up. In the same way gyro aiming ruined all shooters for me with dual analog only aiming, hybrid gaming has likewise ruined single purpose gaming devices.

It's a new era. No more being tethered to a tv- gaming has gone hybrid with Switch. No more aiming across an entire screen with a tiny analog that only has a half inch radius of movement- gyro aiming is now standard on Switch. No more sluggish OS like Wii U and 3DS- Switch is fast and snappy. No more fumbling about with physical carts- gaming has gone digital.

It truly is the best time to be a gamer.

@JaxonH
Every games have different way to play and that makes every games have their unique experiences.
I still enjoy games that have to locked on TV with some peripherals to play.
I still give appreciation for traditional locked on TV, Hybrid from Switch and portable from 3DS / NDS. They have their unique way to play for me and that's why I support both PlayStation and Nintendo machines because I want to play both of them.

Also, just because Switch have portability, it doesn't make the locked on TV consoles look bad for not having portability.
I personally still valued both portability and non portability despite I have to dock a lot my Switch due to its battery shown its aging after more than 5 years.
Playing with cartridge or disc, both of them are fun to do.
Tethered on TV or not, both of them are fun to experience.
Gyro or not, doesn't really matter as not every games have to require gyro aiming to play the games.

I can only think of two drawbacks for the Switch as a contender in the console market:

• the lack of analogue triggers, like in racing games where you can press harder or lighter on the throttle. The Switch doesn't have this but honestly it's good for the kind of games it sells.
• Sheer power. There's certain games that will never come to Switch that people deserve to enjoy anyway. And we need "technical miracles" and "wizardry" for games to run in an acceptable state if you're coming in from more powerful consoles.

But the fact that it's only two... this console is one of the very best.

@TheJGG some of this drawback of the Switch will surely be fixed/adressed on it sucessor, if Nintendo desire to keep the excelent third party suport Nintendo Switch have

More than a few core gamers use the Switch as a secondary device to play indie games portably. Depending on the use case, its lack of power is more of a positive than a negative. How many people complain about their Steam Deck's 90-minute battery life on a full charge? More than a few.

@Magician
That's true. One of its bigger drawbacks leads to one of its greatest strengths.

Switch OLED gives me 5 hours minimum on max brightness, with smaller games getting 6, 7 sometimes 8 or more hours. This wasn't always the case with Switch. The OG v1 model had terrible battery life. Not as bad as Steamdeck, but terrible nonetheless. But now with OLED? They made the right call using the performance gains from the 16 nm Mariko chip for battery life.

Without it, the whole concept kinds falls apart. What good is having hybrid freedom if it's on a 2 hr leash?

Nintendo's at PAX East 2023 (March 23rd - 26th) so that practically confirms that Nintendo's big info blowout of TotK is before then given the upcoming lineup at the point PAX East occurs is:

• Advance Wars - April 21st
• TotK - May 12th
• Pikmin 4 - July 21st

I'd imagine they'd pull a E3/Gamescom 2016 where all you can play is TotK (back then all you could play was BotW).

Nintendo will participate at PAX East 2023

https://www.sidequesting.com/2023/02/nintendo-will-have-a-boo...

Was this previously known to be coming to the Switch? I don’t remember if it was announced.

@Colonel_Mustache
But I still valued the locked on TV games like PlayStation games as I really want games in disc with nice cover design.
In my opinion, PS4 have the most beautiful cover design with Blue colored Blu Ray box, PS4 logo on the top with Blue colored banner strip, the rectangle size of PS4 games cover with more squarish ratio that look more appealing for me.