Its a dumb article(and im still pissed after you ripped grandia hd collection one fin crash in 45 hours does not = a bad game and grandia 1 let alone 2 is a classic but now youve learned something from this article) but i havent used my joy cons much since i got my pro controller
Nintendo life is doing a disservice to rpgfans by giving it a low score, Grandia 1 is arguably the best ps1 rpg and 2 was pretty great as well. People complaining about price forget square got away with releasing a gb game and 2 snes games for 40 a few months ago
This the switch version is horrible i have to wait for fixes for it to be playable nonsense needs to end.Is the switch version perfect no there are very very infrequent crashes(ive encountered 3 all in dock mode in about 30 hours) but you save so often that your losing only a handful of minutes so meh, it isnt as pretty but thats the norm and a few rooms have some loading time issues but besides that it runs very smoothly in handheld and docked and is alot of fun to play.
Its all about cost , id willing to pay 100 more for a switch that has 5g and around 30 a month tops for a big data plan(how much data does streaming a game use from the cloud use ir multiplayer for that matter). However id expect netflix hulu and an internet brower
2 sides to this, 1. Nintendo and sony are historically rivals the switch has beaten the ps4 in japan and the ps5 will be hard pressed to fight it(and really nintendo has been the only competition since sony basically beat microsoft from the start of this generation). But 2. On the other hand nintendo machines have always felt like that compliment to the sony console in the house and with the switch being a handheld and about to be completely dwarfed power wise by the ps5(although a ps4 level switch pro one would imagine be super tempting to developers) there going to be 2 almost completely diffrent lineups outside of indies and a few ports
@N8tiveT3ch you realize ubi is one of nintendos biggest partners right? Mario rabbids starlink trials assains creed 3 basically anything they release that can work on a switch gets a switch version
@Chunga you realize e3 was less than a week ago right?, anyway if the witcher 3 and doom can run on a switch then theres no reason that fallout 4 cant or give me a fallout 3/new vegas rerelease
Squeenix is porting everything the switch can run to the machine plus supported it with its best console exclusive tbrpg and im still expecting children of mana/bravely something or another to be announced soon. As far as this game goes its 20 brand new isnt awful to give something a try especially from a developer with the pedigree of squaree.
Alot of negativity, itll all depend on how well it works, if say it works fine on regular broadband internet(i.e not end) then this could be a monster. It seems like itll be very easy to port pc games and the idea that you can play top end games just by bringing your controller to your friends house seems very appealing to a casual audience imo
Ff7 releases during the direct, western release date for ff9/crystal chronicles and the secret of mana collection with perhaps word on a switch kingdom hearts of some sort
Cloud was in Theatrhythm for 3ds before smash so just like joker persona q2 not his main game but technically he has appeared. Honestly i expect in a nintendo direct at some point to hear of a dmc trilogy port(the switch is getting resident evil ports so why not dmc)
Is it the same english translation as other regions(i.e i know south east asia gets broken engrish translations for anime all the time is it the same with games?)
The ps4 version I played early this year was incredibly choppy not to mention it looked like garbage(and I’m no graphics I love Jrpgs but I expect something that looks a lil better than turok for the n64)
Tanks are fun,they kill things! But I dunno it means I’d have to go to Japan and I don’t think I can drive there(thank you al gore) so I guess I’d have to fly since I don’t think I can swim that far. Also once I’m there how do I say I want teenage girls that ride around on big metal cannons without seeing something that would horrify me.
Having played through game dev story like 3 times on iOS. It’s a lot of fun and def worth picking up, hot springs story never did much for me but dungeon village is fun
@AlexSora89 yep because Sony gets everything that comes out on a Nintendo console except for octopath 2 dragon quest spinoffs 4 other crystal Chronicles games, 1 game in the chocobo series. Not to mention the massive amount of handheld exclusives
There’s a few right time right place games(I don’t see arms or Mario tennis selling as well without being released during “software droughts”) I’m legit surprised at how well xenoblade sold though and it wouldn’t shock me to see octopath join this list
Punch out(Wii) is one of the few games were motion controls were more than a gimmick(it was also great for exercise) so if this comes close to what punch out Wii was motion control wise it’s an easy buy
The original was a game that made owning a psp feel cool it was very unique(still is) its a game I'm shocked never got bigger than it did(screams casual gamer to me)
At this point I don't see the point in a lot of R and D since with the success of the switch the obvious path forward is another switch with better internals/better battery life unless they want to release a range of models with different sizes(which would make the joycons weird) point is they've found a winner improve the internals and sell it like hotcakes
Very indifferent to this never got into dq until the iOS port of 8 and I've felt because of the sometimes grindy nature of the series that it worked better portably as something to do while watching tv/traveling somewhere. So I guess the question for me is how much of a wait is the western release of theswitch version summer 19? Is this a case of Sony having some kind of timed exclusivity? With how developers are being cheap with switch memory does the switch version have voice acting or other flaws? Hopefully we have some kind of idea to the switch version before the PS4 release
Honestly the switch will stay atop sales(monster hunter and dragon fighterz are a blip on the radar) until we get a ps5/Xbox whatever as Nintendo being able to advertise having portable console quality on the go will work with the mainstream until then(atleast in North America as I don't see anything short of a vita 2 challenging it in japan)
The performance right now isn't awful I'm not getting slowdown with anything less than 5 on the screen at once that said there's never been an excuse for some of the issues imo they should have downgraded graphics and focused on it being playable on launch day
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Re: Ubisoft Slashes The Price Of 16 Games In Switch eShop Sale
If you havent played rayman yet it is the best 2d platformer on gods green earth
Re: Random: Not All Joy-Con Are Created Equal
Its a dumb article(and im still pissed after you ripped grandia hd collection one fin crash in 45 hours does not = a bad game and grandia 1 let alone 2 is a classic but now youve learned something from this article) but i havent used my joy cons much since i got my pro controller
Re: Nintendo Download: 29th August (North America)
Isnt ff8 remaster coming out on tuesday as well?
Re: Review: Grandia HD Collection - Two Classic Games, Shoddily Remastered
Nintendo life is doing a disservice to rpgfans by giving it a low score, Grandia 1 is arguably the best ps1 rpg and 2 was pretty great as well. People complaining about price forget square got away with releasing a gb game and 2 snes games for 40 a few months ago
Re: Panic Button Brings Award-Winning Action RPG Torchlight II To Switch
Your saying like were all not secretly giggling on the inside pink unicorn shut up and take my money
Re: Random: Amazingly, Grandia HD's Translation Gaffe Is Only The Second Funniest German Localisation Mistake
Nein nein nein! Das ist nicht gut!
Re: The Evercade Handheld's Latest Cartridge Features Several Rare SNES Games
@60frames-please your not goig to get licensed nintendo stuff on there
Re: The Original DOOM, DOOM II And DOOM 3 Have All Surprise Launched On Nintendo Switch
Not in u.s yet come on give us a release in the real world merica!
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Switch Fix Expected To Arrive Soon
This the switch version is horrible i have to wait for fixes for it to be playable nonsense needs to end.Is the switch version perfect no there are very very infrequent crashes(ive encountered 3 all in dock mode in about 30 hours) but you save so often that your losing only a handful of minutes so meh, it isnt as pretty but thats the norm and a few rooms have some loading time issues but besides that it runs very smoothly in handheld and docked and is alot of fun to play.
Re: New Standard Nintendo Switch Revision Offers Significantly Improved Battery Life
Thank God my switch is under warranty to gamestop 50 dollars is not a bad investment for some much needed battery boost
Re: Nintendo Is Actively Investigating 5G Technology
Its all about cost , id willing to pay 100 more for a switch that has 5g and around 30 a month tops for a big data plan(how much data does streaming a game use from the cloud use ir multiplayer for that matter). However id expect netflix hulu and an internet brower
Re: Sony Doesn't See Nintendo As A Major Rival, More Worried About Microsoft Next Generation
2 sides to this, 1. Nintendo and sony are historically rivals the switch has beaten the ps4 in japan and the ps5 will be hard pressed to fight it(and really nintendo has been the only competition since sony basically beat microsoft from the start of this generation). But 2. On the other hand nintendo machines have always felt like that compliment to the sony console in the house and with the switch being a handheld and about to be completely dwarfed power wise by the ps5(although a ps4 level switch pro one would imagine be super tempting to developers) there going to be 2 almost completely diffrent lineups outside of indies and a few ports
Re: Dream Daddy Arrives On The Switch eShop At The Start Of Next Month
So are you playing as a dad dating other dads?is that ehat it means by dad creation?
Re: Ubisoft Is Still Releasing Just Dance On Wii Because The "Audience Wants It"
@N8tiveT3ch you realize ubi is one of nintendos biggest partners right? Mario rabbids starlink trials assains creed 3 basically anything they release that can work on a switch gets a switch version
Re: Bethesda Might Have More Surprises For Nintendo Switch Owners In The Future
@Chunga you realize e3 was less than a week ago right?, anyway if the witcher 3 and doom can run on a switch then theres no reason that fallout 4 cant or give me a fallout 3/new vegas rerelease
Re: Surprise! The Last Remnant Remastered Is Now Available On The Switch eShop
Squeenix is porting everything the switch can run to the machine plus supported it with its best console exclusive tbrpg and im still expecting children of mana/bravely something or another to be announced soon. As far as this game goes its 20 brand new isnt awful to give something a try especially from a developer with the pedigree of squaree.
Re: THQ Nordic Will Reveal Three New Games Over The Next Three Days
They own the rights to amalur so why not a remaster/port
Re: Site News: Say Hello To Zion, Our New Video Guy
An American?! On my British Nintendo site?! Well this really ruffles my crumpets and someone cancel high tea for tomorrow I shall not be in the mood!
Re: Review: Shadows Of Adam - A Short But Sweet Throwback To The Glory Days Of 16-Bit JRPGs
@tm0135 Thank you for the response if I might ask how long would you say the game is(as a developer)
Re: Review: Shadows Of Adam - A Short But Sweet Throwback To The Glory Days Of 16-Bit JRPGs
Is there any optional side content in the game?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 6th)
Super dragon ball heroes and trails of the cold steel ps4(so much better than the vita version)
Re: Six More Sega Ages Games Announced For Nintendo Switch
These are good /great games but It’s hard to get excited about pre saturn/even 32x games at this point
Re: Google Reveals Stadia, Its Vision Of A Cloud Gaming Future
Alot of negativity, itll all depend on how well it works, if say it works fine on regular broadband internet(i.e not end) then this could be a monster. It seems like itll be very easy to port pc games and the idea that you can play top end games just by bringing your controller to your friends house seems very appealing to a casual audience imo
Re: Devil May Cry 5 Director And Producer Would "Love" To Play The Series On Switch
Even if 5 is too much of a strech theres no reason 1-4 and dmc cant come(they were all last generation or older games)
Re: Witcher Rumours Intensify Following Discovery Of Job Listing Referencing Nintendo Switch
@ddowler85 how is 3 barely an rpg
Re: Square Enix Producer Retweets Nintendo Direct Announcement, Sends Speculation Into Overdrive
Ff7 releases during the direct, western release date for ff9/crystal chronicles and the secret of mana collection with perhaps word on a switch kingdom hearts of some sort
Re: UK Retailer Lists Potential Release Dates For Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion 3 On Switch
@panthro i suspects were getting smt 5 around halloween and theres no reaaon for nintendo to release anything close to it. Happy atlus happy console
Re: Devil May Cry Boss Addresses Dante Smash Ultimate Demand, Says Series Should Be On Switch First
Cloud was in Theatrhythm for 3ds before smash so just like joker persona q2 not his main game but technically he has appeared. Honestly i expect in a nintendo direct at some point to hear of a dmc trilogy port(the switch is getting resident evil ports so why not dmc)
Re: Video: 10 Exciting Games Coming To Switch In The Month Of February
Still a better than0 chance that we get the grandia collection this month
Re: Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Are Both Included On The One Game Card In Southeast Asia
Is it the same english translation as other regions(i.e i know south east asia gets broken engrish translations for anime all the time is it the same with games?)
Re: Random: Police Respond To Noise Complaint And End Up Playing Smash Bros. Ultimate
No charges were filed? Oh I have a feeling charges were filled against a certain koopa king after I assume the police roughed him up a bit
Re: Reminder: ARK: Survival Evolved Launches Today On Switch, Here's A Trailer To Celebrate
The ps4 version I played early this year was incredibly choppy not to mention it looked like garbage(and I’m no graphics I love Jrpgs but I expect something that looks a lil better than turok for the n64)
Re: Looking For A New RPG? Marenian Tavern Story Brings New Adventure To Switch Tomorrow
You had me until you said kemco
Re: Bandai Namco Brings Highschool Tank Warfare To Switch Next Year
Tanks are fun,they kill things! But I dunno it means I’d have to go to Japan and I don’t think I can drive there(thank you al gore) so I guess I’d have to fly since I don’t think I can swim that far. Also once I’m there how do I say I want teenage girls that ride around on big metal cannons without seeing something that would horrify me.
Re: Kairosoft Releasing Three Simulation Games On Switch eShop Next Week
Having played through game dev story like 3 times on iOS. It’s a lot of fun and def worth picking up, hot springs story never did much for me but dungeon village is fun
Re: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition Announced For Nintendo Switch
@AlexSora89 yep because Sony gets everything that comes out on a Nintendo console except for octopath 2 dragon quest spinoffs 4 other crystal Chronicles games, 1 game in the chocobo series. Not to mention the massive amount of handheld exclusives
Re: Weirdness: Amazon UK Invites Switch Owners To Spend A Penny For Free Game Demos
Jeff bezos is known for being one of the most greedy ceos in the world, not surprising
Re: Square Enix's Bravely Default Twitter Account Is Teasing New Games Again
Square is fast tracking ports of bravely default and second to the switch imo
Re: Nintendo Releases Complete Sales Figures For Its Million-Selling Switch Games
There’s a few right time right place games(I don’t see arms or Mario tennis selling as well without being released during “software droughts”) I’m legit surprised at how well xenoblade sold though and it wouldn’t shock me to see octopath join this list
Re: Punch-Out!!-Inspired Fighter Pato Box Will Score A KO On Switch Next Month
Punch out(Wii) is one of the few games were motion controls were more than a gimmick(it was also great for exercise) so if this comes close to what punch out Wii was motion control wise it’s an easy buy
Re: Feature: Lumines Remastered Is Music To Our Ears At BitSummit
The original was a game that made owning a psp feel cool it was very unique(still is) its a game I'm shocked never got bigger than it did(screams casual gamer to me)
Re: Valkyria Chronicles Is Coming To Switch
@Marakuto 2 was released in na you can get it digitally on psn still
Re: Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi Hints That A New Games System Is On The Horizon
At this point I don't see the point in a lot of R and D since with the success of the switch the obvious path forward is another switch with better internals/better battery life unless they want to release a range of models with different sizes(which would make the joycons weird) point is they've found a winner improve the internals and sell it like hotcakes
Re: Battle Chasers: Nightwar Will Lay Siege To Nintendo Switch on 15th May
May is gonna be expensive between this dark souls,deep strange journey and donkey kong
Re: Dragon Quest XI On Switch Will Arrive "Much Later" Than Other Versions
Very indifferent to this never got into dq until the iOS port of 8 and I've felt because of the sometimes grindy nature of the series that it worked better portably as something to do while watching tv/traveling somewhere. So I guess the question for me is how much of a wait is the western release of theswitch version summer 19? Is this a case of Sony having some kind of timed exclusivity? With how developers are being cheap with switch memory does the switch version have voice acting or other flaws? Hopefully we have some kind of idea to the switch version before the PS4 release
Re: Top-Down Adventure Crashlands Will Bring Sci-Fi Survival To Switch In 2018
Last iOS game I really liked
Re: Nindies Showcase For Nintendo Switch Airing Next Week
Does battle chasers nightwar count it was kickstarted but being a thq Nordic game eh anyway would like to see a release date for the switch version
Re: Nindies Showcase For Nintendo Switch Airing Next Week
@Anti-Matter earthlock is already out
Re: Nintendo Believes That The Switch Could Sell Beyond The Usual 5-6 Year Console Life Cycle
Honestly the switch will stay atop sales(monster hunter and dragon fighterz are a blip on the radar) until we get a ps5/Xbox whatever as Nintendo being able to advertise having portable console quality on the go will work with the mainstream until then(atleast in North America as I don't see anything short of a vita 2 challenging it in japan)
Re: A New Patch Is Slated For WWE 2K18 This Thursday, But It Could Be A Hot Tag Too Late
The performance right now isn't awful I'm not getting slowdown with anything less than 5 on the screen at once that said there's never been an excuse for some of the issues imo they should have downgraded graphics and focused on it being playable on launch day