Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Nintendo's being quiet again (no tweet at 2pm or 3pm UK time usually signals a quiet day) so I get the feeling they're going to announce something tomorrow. My guess would be MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 5 but I think it could also/instead be the next N64 NSO game given it's been 3 months since the last one (Pokemon Stadium in April).

I really feel like this would be a good avatar for Grumble 😀

There we go, wave 5 launches July 12th!

Noooiceee. Glad I bought the dlc, which I rarely do. It's turned out to be a good investment.

That’s more classy than what I would have done, I would have just posted an all caps post boasting and @ people.

@jump
Oh, it wasn't a dis.

Merely recognition of how he finds these extraneous patterns in things and half the time it ends up happening, against all odds!

I'm stuck in the forever-loop of not wanting Expansion Pass because I don't want to rent DLC and not buying the DLC because what if I subscribe to expansion pass someday??

I am extremely impressed with @Grumblevolcano 's accurate prediction; can you please predict when the Peach game is releasing? 😝

@FishyS yea i get it. I mean even if you do buy it, and sub later, there's some decent content on the EP that it wouldn't be a waste ya know.

Whenever the season pass is finished I'll fire up MK8 and play all the added courses in one go. I did do that for the first 2 waves but haven't gone back since.

Trails of Cold Steel 3 has me in a death grip right now and doesn't seem like it's gonna let up any time soon.

This new video is straight 🔥 🔥 🔥

Last time I saw Nintendo go this hard with a franchise introduction with custom animation was the original Splatoon reveal on Wii U

After finishing Pikmin 1, I decided to pre-order Pikmin 4. It looks interesting enough and I had a solid time with 1. After that I'll go back to 2 and 3.

@NintendoByNature
Did you play the demo for Pikmin 4 also?

Save data transfers over, and it gets the tutorial bit out the way also. Plus it's just super fun.

I adore all the Pikmin games, particularly Pikmin 3. But the gameplay in the Pikmin 4 demo takes it to a whole other level. They've truly refined and improved every little thing.

@JaxonH I haven't yet. I usually skip demos as crazy as it sounds. I'm pretty much sold on the game, so I'll fully dive in later this month. Looking forward to it.

Damn is Chaos;Head dark.

I can't remember the last video game I played that gave your character suicidal thoughts and tendencies.

I look forward to CoD being platform exclusive once these ten-year deals run through.

Microsoft was always expected to win with the FTC. The major roadblock in the UK is still the issue.

Not surprising but still very disappointing. This acquisition being allowed pretty much fuels an acquisition war and Nintendo will be the ones who suffer the most (e.g. no longer getting Square Enix games). CoD on Nintendo hardware is a terrible consolation prize.

@Ralizah With the rest of the EU backing the acquisition, MS will work their way past the CMA eventually.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23723703/microsoft-activis...

Don't worry.
I will NEVER EVER support that disgusting rated 18+ game.
I HATE their existence.

@Magician Oh, sure. Never bet against the power of big money. Just saying: the FTC was never going to be an issue.

@Grumblevolcano I doubt Sony wants Square-Enix (they can keep money-hatting the few big games they actually care about), and there seems to be some sort of relationship issue between S-E and Microsoft, so I genuinely don't think that's something to be worried about at this stage.