Epic Mickey had some cool concept art and a really cool concept but delivery wasn't there. The story and game promised early on was a lot darker and more open then the game delivered.
That's actually phenomenal, I'm guessing we'll see a whole heap of 3rd party announcements at e3, because those sales make the Switch a big enough platform to justify individual development teams for switch specific versions of big multi-plat games.
I can remember x-2 been a lot more fun then x, which was very heavy going.
Kingdom hearts came out at a similar time if I remember correctly, and x-2 seems to pull a lot in tone from that. I wish we could get Kingdom Hearts
I liked X but not enough to double dip at full price, vii and ix are better stories in my view. Though, the one I really want is the one we aren't getting viii
I don't think the labo vr points to anything but an attempt to save labo.
I'd like a switch pro, but I'm a fanboy and want all my gaming on a Nintendo device.
Not sure how they could do it at a competitive price point though? Particularly, as for newer chips Nintendo's competing with flagship phones, and a $1000 switch probably wouldn't sell.
I'm ready for an upgrade so long as there's additional 3rd party software. Really want some more fps on the go, Doom's good but I could use a CoD or Battlefield game.
Love the series, really looking forward to this, my favourite is still brotherhood. Though, Black Flag's good its side quests that make it, the actual stories meh. I enjoyed 3 first time round, its best in the winter section though.
Hellblade (which I haven't played yet waiting for a port), assassins creed (which looked shaky but is a few months from release still and ubi have been doing the Switch well), ow and the Zelda game I've literally been waiting years for!!! Yep, i'm happy. If I hadn't replayed ffix a month ago I'd of bought it today, but will 100% be buying ffvii in march, 100 hours of the funniest RPG ever, yep please!
Direct couldn't have been better for me, 3 of my favourite franchises coming in 3 of the best games (OK ac3 not so much, but its better then people say it is). At least 4 games I'll 100% buy, and a couple I might buy.
Mario maker wasn't something I was into after seeing an interview on the line up of music, art, level design and gameplay in the first super Mario bros with its creative team, which makes have a go attempts seem wrong.
I'm trying to think what else there was but it was just tons of great stuff. Best year for switch yet is clearly going to be this year, hopefully we also get madden this year now frostbite runs on switch, and I can't wait for a proper pokemon game with actual battles to capture pokemon, not to mention the digimon game that's coming, which I think is supposed to be q1.
A bit disappointed that cool looking baseball game isn't coming westward, might have to import it, but that was the only bum note for me.
With all the final fantasy games coming, and resident evil 4/onimusha, i'm feeling pretty good about my next raft of switch purchases, along with all my gaming up until the next metroid.
I thought it was really slow at first, but I've actually bought a ton of games. Feel like Nintendo's been a bit better on the pricing during deals, particularly on Indy games, but even on some bigger titles.
SNES as number 1 and Wii above Wii u and end easy top 5. Switch maybe 7'ish its not proved itself yet, still needs that core Pokemon game, metroid and a better infrastructure, software is now as important as hardware.
As game file sizes get larger, 2 disc red dead redemption 2 for example, cloud gaming is going to make more and more sense both for consumers and producers. 2 discs cost more to box then 1, prices of physical games go up, or file storage and access becomes centralized.
@Razer Not 'some cases' but at least a 5th of SOE in field operatives were women. Tanks aren't that fast, but I don't think its the individual gameplay mechanics, but the depiction of the women that's the issue here.
None of the people complaining about Battlefield 5 complained that Battlefield 1 wasn't Arma, or that half the soldiers depicted in the field didn't have dysentery, or that a single bullet wound wouldn't kill off the character in an instant. Because you know its still a game.
This is about people not wanting female avatars in games because of their politics, it has nothing to do with the politics of the devs, or accuracy, but is about the misogynist politics of those who don't want women involved in the industry and have created a banner around that.
@Razer How is it historically inaccurate? The SOE (Special Operations Executive) had a large number of female agents, its best ranking sniper was a women, and they deployed behind enemy lines in a number of theatres of WW2.
That British films from the 1950's (Carve Her Name with Pride, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carve_Her_Name_with_Pride, a great film worth watching) could depict the real world heroism of female combatants, without controversy, makes it a little depressing to see the reaction at the simple depiction of these women today.
I kinda like the look of this, if they'd thrown the original cutscenes in as fmv's I think it would have been better, then it would have just looked like one of the early 3d final fantasy games.
Will concur with others though, in that, i'd also like to see them port 7-9 over to the console. They're on steam can we just get them now?
Transistor, Bastion and this just went to the top of my must have list. But, Hyperlight drifter is a game I could literally play forever! Challenging, serene and just boss in every way, away working but the first thing I'm doing when I pick up my switch next is buying this!
Looking at it more holistically as part of a cord cutting bill makes sense, so instead of getting a cable package its buying an entertainment package including video games. For that to work there needs to be cross industry collaboration, if I could get Nintendo game streaming/netflix/Spotify all for a fixed price and an easy package, then that could be a good move for me as a consumer.
That's where the streaming is heading like Amazon prime which gives you music, video games, TV ect all at one price.
That's Nintendo caring about families and consumers,.taking its responsibilities seriously. It's one of the reason's I'm a Nintendo gamer, the company might mess up occasionally but a first party Nintendo game is going to be good value for money.
I'm glad a mantra of squeeze cents out of gamers to make money, and create a situation of whale chasing, won't be Nintendo's future.
Bring me Fez and some slugcat based announcements, along with a Hyperlight Drifter release date. As its a nindies direct I won't hope for too much, but I'm glad its coming.
@Jimgamer8 100% this, I want to see ports of previous gen games we've already had it with Skyrim ect and Bethesda seem happy. We could also get anything that will natively run on the Nvidia shield as its the same hardware so that's Tomb Raider, Half life 2 and Mad Max at least.
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Re: Random: Warren Spector's Nintendo Switch Has A Battery Problem
Epic Mickey had some cool concept art and a really cool concept but delivery wasn't there. The story and game promised early on was a lot darker and more open then the game delivered.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of March 2019
Another vote for Arms been the Switch's best game, bought it this week and it is simply awesome! Though, I still love Mario Kart
Re: Nintendo Switch Has Now Shifted 34.47 Million Units Worldwide, Sales Up 12.7%
That's actually phenomenal, I'm guessing we'll see a whole heap of 3rd party announcements at e3, because those sales make the Switch a big enough platform to justify individual development teams for switch specific versions of big multi-plat games.
Re: Reminder: Nintendo Switch And 3DS Blockbuster Sale Ends Tomorrow, Up To 60% Off Top Games
Picked up Arms which might now be my favourite switch game, its simply brilliant, best fighting game I've ever played. How is Arms not a bigger thing?
Re: Review: Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster - Two Games In One Remarkable Switch Collection
I can remember x-2 been a lot more fun then x, which was very heavy going.
Kingdom hearts came out at a similar time if I remember correctly, and x-2 seems to pull a lot in tone from that. I wish we could get Kingdom Hearts
I liked X but not enough to double dip at full price, vii and ix are better stories in my view. Though, the one I really want is the one we aren't getting viii
Re: Remake Of Stylish Cel-Shaded Shooter XIII Coming To Switch This November
I'll pick it up if there's multiplayer, because dooms the only fps multiplayer game of any note switch has, but otherwise meh.
Re: Celebrate The Game Boy's 30th By Putting Your Raspberry Pi Inside This Awesome Case
This is funny I was looking to do a build at the weekend but couldn't find a kit I liked, this looks really good.
Re: Video: Zelda And Mario Labo VR Support Points To A Switch Pro Console Idea
I don't think the labo vr points to anything but an attempt to save labo.
I'd like a switch pro, but I'm a fanboy and want all my gaming on a Nintendo device.
Not sure how they could do it at a competitive price point though? Particularly, as for newer chips Nintendo's competing with flagship phones, and a $1000 switch probably wouldn't sell.
Re: Talking Point: There's Room For A Switch 'Family' If Nintendo Nails The Messaging
I'm ready for an upgrade so long as there's additional 3rd party software. Really want some more fps on the go, Doom's good but I could use a CoD or Battlefield game.
Re: Feature: The Best 3D Platformers On Nintendo Switch
Breath of the wild!
Re: Nintendo's Nindie Manager Hopes Cadence Of Hyrule Will Start An Indie Collab Trend
Hollow Knight team to do a Super Metroid remake please!
Re: Ubisoft Provides More Detail On Assassin's Creed III Remastered's Switch-Exclusive Features
Love the series, really looking forward to this, my favourite is still brotherhood. Though, Black Flag's good its side quests that make it, the actual stories meh. I enjoyed 3 first time round, its best in the winter section though.
Re: Feature: Remembering The Wikipad, Stan Lee's Favourite Nintendo Switch Forerunner
Razer released basically the same thing around that time, though not on android but a windows device.
Edit: Yep the edge 2013.
Re: 3D Realms To Release Wrath: Aeon Of Ruin On Switch, A Retro FPS Using Quake's Engine
Multiplayer! I'm totally in, still play Team Arena
Re: Number Of Players For Link's Awakening On Switch To Be Determined
How hasn't anyone said it yet...
Its dangerous to go alone!
Re: Japanese Poll Discovers That Vast Majority Of Viewers Were Pleased With The Nintendo Direct
Hellblade (which I haven't played yet waiting for a port), assassins creed (which looked shaky but is a few months from release still and ubi have been doing the Switch well), ow and the Zelda game I've literally been waiting years for!!! Yep, i'm happy. If I hadn't replayed ffix a month ago I'd of bought it today, but will 100% be buying ffvii in march, 100 hours of the funniest RPG ever, yep please!
Direct couldn't have been better for me, 3 of my favourite franchises coming in 3 of the best games (OK ac3 not so much, but its better then people say it is). At least 4 games I'll 100% buy, and a couple I might buy.
Mario maker wasn't something I was into after seeing an interview on the line up of music, art, level design and gameplay in the first super Mario bros with its creative team, which makes have a go attempts seem wrong.
I'm trying to think what else there was but it was just tons of great stuff. Best year for switch yet is clearly going to be this year, hopefully we also get madden this year now frostbite runs on switch, and I can't wait for a proper pokemon game with actual battles to capture pokemon, not to mention the digimon game that's coming, which I think is supposed to be q1.
A bit disappointed that cool looking baseball game isn't coming westward, might have to import it, but that was the only bum note for me.
Re: Get Up To 66% Off Some "Weird And Wonderful" Switch Games In Nintendo's Latest Sale
Rain world sounds like my jam, its on my steam list and I haven't gotten round to it but will 100% pick it up on switch.
Re: Take To The Skies In Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight, Blasting Onto Switch On 21st February
Any word on squadron 633? I like these sorts of games but this looks like a poor mobile port at best.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Development Scrapped, Will Be Restarted Alongside Retro Studios
So 4 years more to wait then.
Re: Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn Unravels On 3DS This March
I love the yarn games, though im not so keen on the look of Crafted World, I wish this was coming to switch.
Re: Feature: 30 Third-Party Nintendo Switch Ports We'd Love To See In 2019
Fez would be a nice fit. Other then that, meh.
With all the final fantasy games coming, and resident evil 4/onimusha, i'm feeling pretty good about my next raft of switch purchases, along with all my gaming up until the next metroid.
Re: Feature: Nintendo's 2018: A Remarkable Year In Review
I thought it was really slow at first, but I've actually bought a ton of games. Feel like Nintendo's been a bit better on the pricing during deals, particularly on Indy games, but even on some bigger titles.
Re: PlatinumGames Executive Producer Says 2019 Will Be "An Intense Year", Announcements Coming
Hyped for the next direct!
Re: Feature: 17 Remasters We'd Love To See On Switch In 2019
I'd love to see galaxy released that'd make me very happy.
Re: Feature: The Final Wii U Games We'd Like To See On Switch In 2019
Woolly World and paper Mario colour splash
Re: Guide: Every Nintendo Console Ranked From Worst To Best
SNES as number 1 and Wii above Wii u and end easy top 5. Switch maybe 7'ish its not proved itself yet, still needs that core Pokemon game, metroid and a better infrastructure, software is now as important as hardware.
Re: Overwatch Director Says Blizzard Is "Very Open-Minded" About Switch Release
It ain't no quake!
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Service Had A "Good" Launch, Focus Will Now Shift To Boosting Its Appeal
Golden Eye (or perfect dark) online please, ow and SNES games.
Re: YouTube Has Officially Arrived On Nintendo Switch
OMG!!!! All the google play videos as well, the switch can do home entertainment!!!!
Re: The 8BitDo GBros. Lets You Wirelessly Connect Your Battered GameCube Controller To Switch
It takes the Wii plug, so will this take one of the newer GameCube style controllers with shoulder buttons made for Wii u?
Re: Soapbox: That Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct; Let's Talk About It
Going to get smash, but didn't watch the direct, after e3 I don't need more info on it I just need to play it.
Re: Video: Check Out Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode In Action
This game needed a story. That's what it is missing.
Re: Video: Cloud Gaming Is Viable In The Future Based On This Assassin's Creed Odyssey Review
As game file sizes get larger, 2 disc red dead redemption 2 for example, cloud gaming is going to make more and more sense both for consumers and producers. 2 discs cost more to box then 1, prices of physical games go up, or file storage and access becomes centralized.
Re: Feature: What Do You Want From A New Nintendo Switch?
Better screen, the power to run it. Everything else, meh.
Re: EGX 2018 Game Listing Reveals That Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Is Headed To Switch
@Razer Not 'some cases' but at least a 5th of SOE in field operatives were women. Tanks aren't that fast, but I don't think its the individual gameplay mechanics, but the depiction of the women that's the issue here.
None of the people complaining about Battlefield 5 complained that Battlefield 1 wasn't Arma, or that half the soldiers depicted in the field didn't have dysentery, or that a single bullet wound wouldn't kill off the character in an instant. Because you know its still a game.
This is about people not wanting female avatars in games because of their politics, it has nothing to do with the politics of the devs, or accuracy, but is about the misogynist politics of those who don't want women involved in the industry and have created a banner around that.
Re: EGX 2018 Game Listing Reveals That Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Is Headed To Switch
@Razer How is it historically inaccurate? The SOE (Special Operations Executive) had a large number of female agents, its best ranking sniper was a women, and they deployed behind enemy lines in a number of theatres of WW2.
That British films from the 1950's (Carve Her Name with Pride, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carve_Her_Name_with_Pride, a great film worth watching) could depict the real world heroism of female combatants, without controversy, makes it a little depressing to see the reaction at the simple depiction of these women today.
Re: EGX 2018 Game Listing Reveals That Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Is Headed To Switch
Might pick this up, the gameplay looks like something I'd enjoy. But, a game from 2095 even with updated visuals will need to be priced right.
Re: Co-Founder Of Untitled Goose Game Publisher Shares Heartwarming Nintendo Story
Well that story melted my tiny stoney heart.
If Nintendo want to make other people's life long dreams come true they could let me direct a new Super Metroid, just if their asking for who's next
Re: Ubisoft CEO Says Sticking With Nintendo In "Difficult" Times Has Helped Their Relationship
Just want an Ezio collection from them, that would be icing on the already fantastic recent Switch line-up cake.
Re: Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD For Nintendo Switch
I kinda like the look of this, if they'd thrown the original cutscenes in as fmv's I think it would have been better, then it would have just looked like one of the early 3d final fantasy games.
Will concur with others though, in that, i'd also like to see them port 7-9 over to the console. They're on steam can we just get them now?
Re: Review: Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Switch eShop)
One of the best games i've ever played, can't wait for the 6th! Its difficult but not unfair about it.
Re: Streets Of Rage Composer Makes Ambiguous Comment About His Involvement With Fourth Game
This is my dream art style for a 2d metroid game, make it look like the front cover of super metroid!
Re: Hyper Light Drifter Launches On Switch This September With Exclusive Content
Transistor, Bastion and this just went to the top of my must have list. But, Hyperlight drifter is a game I could literally play forever! Challenging, serene and just boss in every way, away working but the first thing I'm doing when I pick up my switch next is buying this!
Re: Capcom Has Announced An Onimusha: Warlords Remaster For Nintendo Switch
The hype train for this is real!!!!
Re: Stardew Valley Meets Hotline Miami In Damnview: Built From Nothing, Headed To Switch
Well that sounds grim.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Urges Game Developers To Embrace Subscription-Based Services
Looking at it more holistically as part of a cord cutting bill makes sense, so instead of getting a cable package its buying an entertainment package including video games. For that to work there needs to be cross industry collaboration, if I could get Nintendo game streaming/netflix/Spotify all for a fixed price and an easy package, then that could be a good move for me as a consumer.
That's where the streaming is heading like Amazon prime which gives you music, video games, TV ect all at one price.
Re: Miyamoto Calls On His Industry Peers To Deliver Games At Fixed Prices
That's Nintendo caring about families and consumers,.taking its responsibilities seriously. It's one of the reason's I'm a Nintendo gamer, the company might mess up occasionally but a first party Nintendo game is going to be good value for money.
I'm glad a mantra of squeeze cents out of gamers to make money, and create a situation of whale chasing, won't be Nintendo's future.
Re: Surprise! Saints Row: The Third Is Coming To Nintendo Switch
We've had so many really great and exciting announcements the past 2/3 weeks what on earth were Nintendo playing at at e3.
Re: Rumour: New Nintendo Direct Airing Later Today
Bring me Fez and some slugcat based announcements, along with a Hyperlight Drifter release date. As its a nindies direct I won't hope for too much, but I'm glad its coming.
Re: Head Of Abstraction Games Addresses Technical Performance Of The Switch
@Jimgamer8 100% this, I want to see ports of previous gen games we've already had it with Skyrim ect and Bethesda seem happy. We could also get anything that will natively run on the Nvidia shield as its the same hardware so that's Tomb Raider, Half life 2 and Mad Max at least.