Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

2022 will always be peak for me when it comes to Switch. Just a really tremendous year for the system.

2019 is the peak of Nintendo Switch in my opinion.
Nintendo Switch started to going downhill after 2020.

Playing through a bit of Echoes of Wisdom last night just made me more excited about the idea of Switch 2. In part because it's clear when playing the game that the poor Switch SoC is being pushed and at some points can only just keep up. It's not unplayable by any stretch but it's definitely enough to draw attention to itself

But maybe more exciting to me is how beautiful this game looks. They're definitely doing some neat tricks here. And that just gets me excited about what Nintendo and their partners are going to be able to achieve when they have RT cores, DLSS, buckets of VRAM and CPU/GPU cycles to spare

We're going to have a fun ride over the next few years I suspect

I got my copy of Zelda yesterday!

So I just wanted to stop by and say...

Another Code: Recollection is AWESOME! I finally found a used copy of it last week, and I just finished the first game. Had an absolute blast. I know it's a super niche title, but it's just the right kind of adventure game I like: not hard, so I can focus on the story instead. It was a refreshing 8 hours after playing some tough platformers for a few weeks prior.

A bunch of cool-looking Indie Horror games are releasing on Switch this month. Crow Country, Faith, and Slay The Princess. Also, Amanda The Adventurer is coming to consoles. So that's neat. As a horror fan. I'm eating well this month.

And they're all overwhelming positive on Steam. So that's a plus.

@MsJubilee Amanda the Adventurer is coming to PS and Xbox. It's already on Switch. It's a pretty solid port, save for a slight audio bug. Super stoked for Slay the Princess and Crow Country. Switch players can have a whole horror binge with how many we've got. I've certainly been doing that!

I was re-watching the NX reveal trailer last night on YouTube. People commenting how they were 11 when Switch released, now they're 18, that kinda thing. These people have had Switch for nearly half their lives. I envy the adolescent years they got with this little beauty.

@gcunit My adolescent years were with the Gamecube, GBA and DS - I don't envy them at all

That said, Switch is now firmly my favourite console of all time, and probably has been since...2018 or so? I'm quite grateful that the industry can continue to one-up itself and pleasantly surprise me decades into my passion for the hobby. Who knows what my next favourite will be. Let's hope the Switch 2 can live up to its predecessor.

I finally get to play the X Cup in F-Zero X again (this time in the NSO version)! Already came across a crazy track where 29/30 players fell off the track.

It’s kind of depressing how there’s always one or two new AI-generated visual novels every time I check the new releases section of the eshop.

Add to that the usual Ultra Ultimate Deluxe Complete editions of the same ten or so games that constantly get re-released, and the three or four “sexy” dating sims/puzzle games.

Anything worthwhile gets so drowned in the slop, it must be rally discouraging for actual devs.

@Eel
I was wondering what the hell are those games when I browsed from Switch eshop. 😆
They were literally scam with AI image and Ultra Ultimate Deluxe etc edition.

@Eel It was already hard to sort through good versus junky visual novels a couple years ago, so the new AI ones making it even harder is pretty depressing. Even half of the H-games are AI generated now which makes them even more slop than they were. We just have to hope Switch 2 will add some type of game or publisher rating system or some other way to have better discoverability for good games.

@Eel I feel that. Whenever I check the great deals section of the eShop when I'm away from my phone/PC I'm baffled by how many awesome games are so far down on the list. I'll be down where it feels like the slop should be, but will find stuff like Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and some truly great indie gems. It's a shame they're put so far down. And sure, you could make the argument of just using DekuDeals, but not everyone knows about that. Especially the average consumer. I've never really been the type to give a game a rating, as there's way too much to a game to simply boil it down to a single number imo. But a rating system or some sort of filter would go a long, long way. It's really depressing going on to check what's new and being greeted with what's effectively: Brainrot (Game Edition).

I’d love it if they added a way to “ignore” developers 😅

@Eel Yeah, they need filtering options like on Steam. And tags.

Really, they should've just hired Valve to design a 2.0 eshop UI for them.

So I was gonna get Sonic x Shadow Generations on Switch, because portable Generations sounds neat.

But we haven't actually seen footage of the game (which after Forced and Frontiers were rough I have my doubts about Shadows side) and after the Wii title Sonic Colours came over somehow even worse than the other botched releases, I haven't much faith in the Sonic side either.

And then there's the fact that despite the £54.99 edition on other systems having the actual release date of October 22nd, the Switch version still launches on October 25.

And that's just plain weird. Everything about this release on Switch is giving major red flags which is bizarre given Sonic usually sells best on Nintendo systems.

I would also rather play it on the Switch, but it might be best to see if they update/re-release it for the Switch 2.

@Haruki_NLI I have very tempered expectations too, though I think I'm probably going to try it anyway. It's unfortunate that Sonic (Of all series) would be one that runs crummy on Nintendo hardware. As @BrazillianCara says, I do hope they provide some sort of performance patch to have them run better. Though, I'd say the same thing about a lot of lackluster Switch ports. I'm sure most developers would rather move on to new things rather than spec-up older ones, but I can dream.

@Haruki_NLI Sony does have the marketing for Sonic X Shadow Generations so that may explain some of the situation.

@Grumblevolcano That explains some of it. But it's only the Switch version that doesn't get the early release.

So it could be a twofold thing. Sony knows it's gonna sell best on Switch, try and hamper it. We know they've done that thanks to that good old Capcom leak and the dealings with keeping Monster Hunter away for a while.