Stardew Valley is "Coming Along Very Well" for Nintendo Switch

Now this is good... ^.^

By testing, do they mean they sent it to Nintendo for compliance testing? QA process should be going on throughout development.

Hmmmmm.... throw this in the Maybe bin for now....

Hopefully it comes out in a couple weeks, I'm glad to hear it's going into review soon

This is like Rocket League for me. It feels like it was made for the Switch that has tolerated being on other Platforms.

I kinda hope they make a physical copy. It'll suck if they don't since they did on Xbox and PS4

I still have yet to see what makes this game so special. I'm sure it's easy to understand in practice because it's so popular, but it looks so bland from every trailer I've seen.

@thesilverbrick I take it you've never played Harvest Moon or Rune Factory? I mean, it's basically that, but bigger, with Super Nintendo Graphics.

@Brandon5985 : That's the reason why I'm still holding off on Overcooked.

@thesilverbrick If you are a longtime harvest moon (bokumono/SoS) and/or rune factory player this game taps into that gameplay style and then adds the HM SNES nostalgia uppercut with the graphics. If you don't like the above games...it won't do much for you but if you are a fan...yeah this game feels like an evolution and a throwback all at the same time.

Looking forward to it.

Natsume is going to regret being late for the Switch party.

Man I bought it on PS4 and played all Christmas break, but I stopped before summer hit because I didn't want to be burnt out on Switch's version.

Can't freaking wait. It'll kind of suck starting from scratch again but I'll choose a different farm layout at least.

I had this on ps4 and it is amazing.

Oh good, we've gone from "currently undergoing testing" to "submitting for testing this week". I wonder if they'll regress to saying they're "currently bug-fixing" next week.

Now if only they could make the PC game compatible with touch controls... I'd love to play this on my tablet without having to carry a keyboard around.

Gimmie gimmmie!!

Almost definitely getting SV when it drops. Been waiting...

Three of us in the household are waiting for this. We've been playing Harvest Moon since Friends of Mineral Town, and my kids both play Rune Factory and Story of Seasons. I could get this cheap through Steam, but I'd really rather have it on Switch so my kids can play anywhere.

I really hope this game gets a physical version for the Switch. I would love to have it resting next to other games like BOTW.

Hopefully they are submitting it to Kryten for the final fold and stack.

Stardew Valley wasn't present in the today released Nindies trailer.

@Darthroseman That sounds right to me. Saying bugs are fixed before sending to QA makes no sense so I would presume it is in the nintendo approval pipeline. So expect a November pre-holiday release if its digital only which seems to be the case.

Really not interested in hearing about Stardew unless it's about a release date.

Stardew Valley is a lot of fun. I picked it up on PC this summer. It's a Harvest Moon knockoff, so it shouldn't be. But it's everything good about Harvest Moon minus the often downright idiotic design choices, insanely slow pace, uninteresting graphics, terrible frame rate and repeating character cast that plagues most of the Harvest Moon games I've played. There's something to be said for recognizing a good idea in a messy game and doing it right.

Bring it! We've been waiting. You should just do what Nicalis does and patch it later

Wow, a game which will be released without any bugs? It's as if we are back in the old days. Making sure the product is good before releasing it. Instead of the current trend of a below standard game which needs to be patched all the time.

@Meowpheel Have you played this game? Touch controls would be completely horrible.

I'm going to buy it on the Switch for casual sessions, but m+kb is still the superior way of playing this game. This comes from a console player that does some PC gaming on the side.

Been holding out on this one forever. Surprise release next week! (please?)

@krvstkvlt Yes I have, and it would work perfectly with touch controls.

You literally only have two action buttons that could be set to context sensitive taps of the screen. Use main function of tool/weapon? Tap the area/object/enemy you want to affect. Tool/weapon has alternate functions? Tap and hold.

In fact, it already kind of has touch controls half-implemented, it uses the mouse to do a lot of things that would work similarly in a touch-based interface. They'd just need to refine that and implement a way to make the character move without the keyboard.

@samuelvictor @Ryu_Niiyama @KcebEnyaw Thanks for the heads up. I'm sure I will be buying it when it comes out and I probably will love it. It's just kind of funny to see in screenshots and videos looking so bland on the surface when everyone is raving about it. I'm sure everything you are all saying is true.