Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Please excuse me, if this is old news. But I found this video and the game looks awesome. Just what I love about videogames. I think it is called Mameda Bakeru. Western release, pretty please.

Before I create a topic that'll turn to dust, can someone help me with recording Nintendo Switch audio on dual Monitors (one with PC/OBS and the other with the Switch), I got the very basics done with OBS and know how to set up the monitors but there's audio coming from my second monitor and I'd like to be able and use headphones to hear the audio, neither of my monitors has a headphone jack, and don't wanna play via OBS cause of the slight lag.

sorry if this sounded a bit confusing.

@Eel if there's a better thread I can put this in pls @ me.

@Jhena I like the visual design of that game, but wasn't clear what the game was. Is it a party/mini games compilation set on an island, a bit like Go Vacation or Wii Sports Resort, or something else?

@Jhena Oh yeah, I remember Mameda Bakeru! If I'm not mistaken, it's a spiritual successor to Goemon made by Good-Feel (the same team behind stuff like Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Wooly World) and, just like you said, it looks absolutely fantastic! Really hoping for a Western release as well myself, I'd love to give it a go down the line!

@gcunit
The trailer says it is a 3D action game. You move around and jump like in Super Mario Odyssey for example, and you have fighting abilities. But the better comparison would be Goemon, like @Fizza mentioned. There seem to be many stages, where you have to overcome obstacles, to get to the end of the map. The Japan map is propably the stage select.

@Fizza
Now that you mention it. It does remind me alot of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for the Nintendo 64. No wonder I like this game already.

Yeah, Switch 2023 so far for me:

4. Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe
3. Metroid Prime Remaster
2. XC3: Future Redeemed
1. Zelda: TotK

So I haven't even played 5 games on it yet (I play most 3rd party titles on PS5 or Steam), though I suppose you could throw in MK8D (for this year's new tracks) in the 5th spot. Already have Wonder ordered & will definitely get Mario RPG as well, so I'll reassess my list at the end of the year.

Top 5 2023 games for me so far would probably be:
1. Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
2. MK8 Deluxe DLC waves 4-6
3. XC3 DLC waves 3-4
4. Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp
5. Pikmin 4

Though it could be very different by the end of the year as October - December is packed and there's some 2023 games I want to finish this year that I already own. I'd say Sonic Superstars (currently playing), SMB Wonder, Super Mario RPG and Batman Arkham Trilogy has the best chance of making a big change to the list.

Theatrythm Final Bar Line is probably the best experience I've had this year.

But I'm a FF mark, so take that with a grain of salt.

I haven't really played.... anything from 2023 itself outside of one game and a couple bits of DLC so I'm just going to list my top 5 favourite games that I played for the first time this year XD

5. Slay the Spire
4. Metroid Fusion
3. Katamari Damacy Reroll
2. Kirby and the Forgotten Land
1. Ghost Trick Phantom Detective (to the shock of absolutely no-one XD)

I like spending my gaming years catching up on older titles for the most part and that means a lot of stuff gets lost in the shuffle as a result (this year especially so given how fixated I became on my old Wii/PS3). However, I've already got a bunch of titles lined up for next year (Another Code Recollection, Apollo Justice Trilogy, Paper Mario TTYD, etc.) and I'll most likely catch up on a ton of 2023's releases next year as well (already got Pikmin 1+2/4 lined up alongside Mario Bros Wonder, Mario RPG, Advance Wars and Fire Emblem Engage just to name a few) so I'll definitely catch up. It's just....gonna take a while XD

So far, my top 5 of 2023 is as follows:

1: Metroid Prime Remastered (One of my favorite games of all time and this is a near-perfect remaster)
2: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 + Future Redeemed (Still have yet to fully post my thoughts on this game but it's the best RPG I've ever played)
3: Tears of the Kingdom (A massive improvement over BOTW)
4: Pikmin 4 (This game absolutely hooked me and I seriously no-lifed it for an entire weekend)
5: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Definitely one of Takumi's best games)

This has been one of the strongest gaming years for me in a really long time, and it's not even over yet with Wonder right around the corner.

I didn't play too much new games this year because I have an awful backlog problem, but I will say that I definitely liked Tears of the Kingdom, even though I still haven't finished it yet. This year saw me play a ton of Splatoon 3. Mostly the online modes of course, but I did finish the story mode as well, which I also liked. I'm definitely looking forward to SMB Wonder tomorrow.

@Fizza I couldn't get much of a list from new 2023 games I actually bought either, so I was including great demos I played and NSO games. 😝

@Grumblevolcano I forgot Theatrhythm Final Bar Line was this year! I am still waiting for a good sale, but I loved the demo and watched a lot of gameplay. Seems like a great game.

Like most of my gaming years, 2023 has felt pretty bitty for me and I struggle to remember exactly what I've played.

Don't think I've 'beaten' a single game and have a lot of games half-played: started with Pokémon Violet and was enjoying that, then got distracted by Bayonetta Origins and was really enjoying that, then got distracted by Tears of the Kingdom and was enjoying that, played about 80 hours but was feeling a bit disappointed in all the clutter and spoilt environment, so decided to take a little break until I felt a strong urge to resume... and haven't touched it since. But will.

Then... then I think I opted for something lighter and made a start on Yoshi's Crafted World, having only played the demo previously. Enjoyed, but plenty more of that to play.

Chipped away a bit more at Kirby Forgotten Land, which is a delight, but the overworld doesn't really do it for me - too much choice at once, and all those hidden bits... dunno, just give me the next level bruh.

Then the summer came and I decided to make Mega Man 11 my summer holiday game, and was loving it, exactly what I was wanting from a holiday game - dying a gazillion times over but always wanting to have another go. Only beat two bosses before the relentlessness forced a break from it, but definitely got to go back and beat that game.

Work has taken over a little bit since then and I've not really sunk into any one particular game all that much - dabbled in Animal Crossing, Splatoon 3, Tetris 99, Pikmin 4 Demo (not started the full game yet)... I've continued buying games though, don't worry about that, so my backlog isn't going anywhere apart from 'outwards', just need to reach a certain milestone at work before I'll feel like relaxing a little more.

Played a little bit of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle which... so far hasn't impressed me as much as its reputation led me to believe it would. I love the animations whenever a character leap frogs another etc. but the battles have been a bit dull so far, and the overworld really frustrates me because it's set in this lush world that I can't really look at properly because of the lack of a free camera.

The one game I've tried and not enjoyed was Vampire Survivors. That just seems like a cynical attempt at making an addictive loop without any redeeming features - **** graphics, basic-as-**** gameplay - so I'm glad that only cost about £1. I saw through that thing immediately and noped out of it ASAP cos that did not seem like a worthwhile time investment to me.

Couple of other games I've put some solid time into of note since the summer: Story of Seasons - Friends of Mineral Town (nice, but not sure its pull is enough to keep me on it when I've got so much else to play), and No Man's Sky, which I was really enjoying before work got in the way, other distractions etc...

The games I'm playing currently are FIFA 23 (cos I bought it on sale so finally have a digital FIFA on my Switch - too dangerous) and Detective Pikachu on 3DS (spurred on by the release of its sequel), which is fun cos it's basically an excuse to have Pikachu getting horny over every female character in the game, who all happen to be slim, late-20s attractive women - a sentiment I can get behind.

I should be getting Super Mario Bros. Wonder today, which I'd love to dive straight into but am in two minds as I was intending to save it a few weeks and play with the kids for a family birthday, so I might resort to Super Mario Maker 2 for now, as I only ever got about half way through the campaign in that.

So, 2023... unquestionably a great year I've under-explored so far, but the same can be said for every year in this legendary Nintendo generation. And I've not even got round to playing the last couple of MK8D dlc waves yet!

Edit: I have beaten a game in 2023! My first full run through Portal - how did I forget that!?

Edit 2: There was another game I played and didn't enjoy actually - Florence - got sucked in by the quirky art style but it's a really tedious experience - avoid.

So, turns out I've had a pretty busy gaming year so far, but let's see if I can beat one or two more before the year's over.

Cripes, this has turned into quite the self-indulgent blog entry. Sorry y'all ☺

Anywho, still lovin' ma Switch and don't need this generation to ever end.

Anyone here have any experience with ShopTo? I've just discovered the site myself fairly recently and it seems almost too good to be true; physical Switch games for insanely good prices that also deliver directly to Ireland? That's absolutely insane given how few physical options we have here in Ireland. Been thinking about picking up Pikmin 1+2 in particular since it's currently a whopping FIFTEEN EURO CHEAPER compared to the average RRP in most stores like Smyths.

Only thing really stopping me from biting the bullet on it immediately is my lack of experience with the site, which makes me feel a bit uneasy from buying anything from them until I have a second opinion. If anyone here has used them in the past and could let me know how things went, please let me know!

@Fizza yeah Shopto is fine, I’ve used them in the past.

@jump Cool, I'll get Pikmin 1+2 from them then given how insane the price drops are (I just hope they'll stay like until my birthday rolls around XD)

Yeah me too - they're v good !

Claiming NSO icons is SO tedious, and needs to be fixed. Sometimes I want half, or most, of what's offered, but claiming them one by one is so ----ing painful. I lost my patience with the Mario Wonder icons, of which there are 25 icons this time. That's the largest drop of icons I've seen, I think. A bit ridiculous. Come on Nintendo!

@WoomyNNYes honestly that's why I stopped months ago. Unless there's something retro looking that'll hit me in the feels like zelda from nes/snes, I pass on nearly all of them now. It's too cumbersome.