DashKappei

Full patch content:

New bonus campaigns with achievements:
QUERY – [ INPUT ]
COMMAND – [ EXIST ]
ICARUS
CHURCH
SOULS
Quality of life
General performance and level load time improvements
Native gyro support
Rumble support for gamepads
Increased impact cannon punch radius
Added gamma adjustment slider
Added NPC voice volume slider
Added setting to disable gamepad
Improved pick up weapon logic on gamepad
OC cannon now kills shield NPCs on shield hit
Buffed weapon pickups in Conscience campaign level
New HUD option to center hud elements
Achievement for Chalet campaign
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug with uploading props
Fix workshop button showing on victory screen when no valid workshop link
Reduced aim acceleration radius for joypads
Tweaked deadzone logic for joypads
Improved various particle FX performance
Added more FX to simple fx mode
Relit firefight levels in simple lighting mode
Improved performance of large moving props with no need for collision
Removed crouch binding option
Fix sound volume in museum
Reduced turret firing volume
Hid shuffle music button in campaign until I can think of a fix for music resetting

btw GYRO SUPPORT has been patched in!

Anyone know if loading times have improved too?

Does the NSW version support local wifi (1 player per Switch console)? If it does they should make the game free on November 30th onwards.

I wish Digital Foundry or some other reliable tech outlet would review the game’s performance on Switch because impressions still don’t paint an exact picture and I know firsthand how unreliable the internet is concerning anything that’s more in-depth than “graphics suxx/great and runs good/bad” which can mean everything and nothing.

I’d rather play this on Switch (portable mode only) than tied to the TV on my Series S, but not if it’s super blurred out and especially not if framerate is disappointing (I can do with some hiccups here and there, not with inconsistent framerate in the 20s).

Looks great! Hopefully there’s a demo coming to check on bullet/gameplay readability in portable mode (I’m sure it’s fine on a large tv)

Is the Drum controller still the same as the “old” one? Wasted money on that piece of garbage, so many missed notes I hate it

@sixrings NSW is probably my fav console in 40 years gaming but let’s not kid ourselves. The opposite is also true, more power allows more creativity, however, that’s not the issue. Many current and (let alone upcoming) INDIE games struggles to have decent performance (framerate, which DOES impact gameplay) right now, let alone in 2 years. 5 years? That is just a bad joke.

@Axelay71 I love vertical shmups played in proper TATE on flip grip (and also on my dedicated TATE-screen cabinet) but for this game the game field is full screen 4:3 and was developed with such screen estate in mind, so it wouldn’t make sense in TATE. It’d be a completely different game.

@RandomNerds @Axelay71 It’s a standard ST-V (Titan) board 320x240p resolution on 4:3 aspect ratio, so it was never in TATE-friendly format.

Honestly, I can’t even think of any other TATE a:r ST-V game besides Shienryu.

@WiltonRoots Actually 3:2 would be a 1.5:1 ar.
It’s 4:3, or 1.33:1 aspect ratio

@Ralizah Imo SE didn’t want a GP version on day 1 jeopardize the sales of the other versions and why make it themselves when they can get it on GP a year later with a nice check and Microsoft paying for porting duties, while Microsoft obviously didn’t care enough to pay a bigger check bring it to GP on Day 1. Also obviously, SE didn’t think it’d be profitable enough to develop OP2 as a retail/digital Xbox title. Will see, it’s all speculation, but I don’t see this game staying Xbox-elusive forever.

Really hope it has (optional) Touch screen support so you can use a combination of both touch and classic controls at the same time if you’d like.

When playing portable, I find that’s what works best in most cases for this kind of games.

@ThePizzaCheese sure he was lol

It’s currently 50%off (EU+ eShops) so I’ve finally grabbed it, but I should’ve informed myself better because I hate that the game doesn’t support TATE screen-rotation for the Arcade+ (Saturn’s mode is lacking compared to Arcade+), such a bummer.

@ThePizzaCheese he said the days, not something vague. He said they were thinking about delaying for the queen and sure enough that conversation was real and Nintendo UK is only having a VOD instead of streaming the Direct. Only trolls and people who don’t have any idea how insider info works can hate on Grubb like he’s a lucky guesser. I worked in the industry 20 years, things change at any given moment, just because a game he said might be in the direct isn’t shown doesn’t mean he’a lying or unreliable. Heck, Square Enix, Microsoft, Bungie, have pulled announcements and trailer at the last second at many past E3. Leaks should just be taken as “it might happen”, if you get angry at leakers who’ve been right many many times then simply don’t pay attention to them, it’s that easy. If you enjoy the discourse then by all means understand that things can change. If you can’t see the difference between someone like Grubb and the latest fake insider trying to ride someone else’s source or lying, it’s your fault.

@ThePizzaCheese it wasn’t obvious at all, go see the comments by the people here.

Where’s all the usual Grubb haters at now? Enjoy your crow plate

I had no idea so many people on this site didn’t know how to not read an article they don’t like or a video they don’t want to watch.

Happy to help! Follow these simple steps:
•Open NintendoLife
•Seek an article you don’t care for
•Now, do NOT click on it.

It seems difficult at first, but with a bit of practice you’ll be skipping on articles left and right in no time! 💪🏻

@bluemage1989 sounds like the usual nonsense comment from far right “both sides” internet haters when don’t even bother to read the fact. What sales? Game has been taken off EU eShops/PSN ar their request. Fake controversy… I see you sure know how to read into a situation, smh 🤦🏼‍♂️

@PessitheMystic the game’s quality or lack of isn’t the matter here.
@Bobb PQube’s other partners already did “rise up” with complaints

Lol yeah right for 2 years the devs didn’t want to get their game back because… reasons. A whole bowl of nothing from PQube’s statement, as expected. Did you pay them, where are the answers to the devs’ accusations? Reverted the rights long time ago they say, and yet the game was up as of last week on every platform with PQube as the publisher. Put up and shut up.

@iLikeUrAttitude Not much. Switch at full draw (most intensive games, docked for the Tegra at full clock) consumes LESS than a SeriesX on standby. It is truly a marvel what the custom clocked Tegra/Switch are able to pull graphically with such a negligible power draw/consumption, and most definitely a cutting-edge technical feature that sadly doesn’t get the praise it deserves.

I HATE long load times. DOOM 2016 and Little Nightmares 1 were plagued by that, and before getting patched and much improved, I couldn’t enjoy them at all despite LOVING both games.

I remember having to lower DOOM’s difficulty just to avoid dying/load times.

Will be waiting for a patch for sure, and if it takes too long than also for a sale.

No gyro no sale. Also long loading times are enough to ruin a game for me. Hopefully a patch comes soon

@BlackMayge why would it be a con for you if it supported gyro? Or even a pro that it doesn’t include them? Gyro aim/controls is an option, never mandatory. Just don’t use it? Pretty sad way to think, imo.

Also, more options= accessibility you know, which I stan for even when it doesn’t directly affect me.

How’s the scoring system? Are there online leaderboards? Shmups/STGs/Run&Gun and basically anything arcadey is worthless to me without a decent scoring system and online highscoring.

@IronMan30 @-Juice- like clockwork, lmao

It made too much sense for a DD game to not exist… and now I want it!

@Browny dekudeals is your friend. You’ll never miss another sale, I couldn’t do without, that website has saved me hundreds if not thousands.
This game has been on sale on eShop plenty of times, for the same price it is rn on Steam, less than 7 bucks. Like I said, dekudeals!

@Royalblues One? There are a gazillion great ones on Switch:
Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute (it has a demo) R-Type Dimensions (iirc has a demo?) R-Type Final 2 (demo), Arcade Archives Gradius III, Arcade Archives Thunder Dragon 2, ACA Neo-Geo Aero Fighters 2 (not exactly spaceships tho, but souped up airplanes lol) Andro Dunos 2, Thunderforce IV, Thunderforce AC, Super Hydorah, Zero Gunner 2-, Arcade Archives Raiden… and many more.

@Alckemy it does have online.

@Tom-Massey this is an incredibly in-depth review. Fantastic work.

@thinkhector It’s great that is was a success! And I’m super happy that more cool games will be coming. That being said, it won’t come as new DLC for Stadium which is what I wanted but will be coming instead as a (yet another) separate collection, 2nd Stadium, and that was the whole reason of my post, that I don’t like collections.

@MindOfAJ no online play at all, only leaderboards. If you want to play online then the Fighting Collection has roll back netcode.

Heck yesh Last Duel, Black Tiger, Side Arms, Gun.smoke, Led Storm, The Speed Rumbler!

Tho my most wanted game, Mars Matrix, is still missing sigh @SaikazuSTG

Looks great, hopefully it performs well in portable mode while staying at 720p most of the time

@farrgazer awful lag on Xbox. No lag at all on NSW portable, while docked sometimes can have an hiccup with frameskipping on Pac-Man arrangement (same on PS). Actually, lag-wise this is a really great collection on Switch. Everything runs snappy as it should, including Pac-Man CE, Pac-Land and both Arrangement.

No TATE mode, awful implementation of online leaderboards, and the worst CRT “filter” I have ever seen. I don’t care about the overworld running at 20fps on Switch but the two issues I’ve mentioned (plus awful implementation of score uploading/online leaderboards) are a big bummer. Still it was cheap on the polish eShop and I love my pac-man, so I grabbed it.

No online leaderboards at all I guess for the arcade games?

50m? Try more than double that, lol.
. No worries tho it’s been 1 hour and still hasn’t been fixed and imo you should.

Is the port as bad as it was when it launched? Did they add analog throttle/break to the right stick?

I love the game, but the port’s quality was super disappointing. I played it briefly and man was I glad I didn’t put down the money to get it. I do have the Xbox and PC versions but I only really play portables so it was a huge bummer when AoR released in its state.

I wish you guys reviewed Wolfstride. Seems legit quirky and kinda cool!

Except the translation was busted, and the “major concern” part wasn’t there. Not on point NL, tsk tsk

Take all the time you need, TC! Plenty of great games to play in the meantime, and you guys are perfectionists, go for it! It’ll come when it’s ready, and I’m hopeful that it’ll be something special

@Rainz dang, I’ve already updated! that sounds really bad

@MPWolfie you can get it physical, with full EFIGS+ support, one and done. You don’t need a region-specific account to get patches. But just because I’m curious , what would be the problem about having a US specific account? And when you delete a game, you can archive it (the icon stays) and then you’re just a click away from redownloading, whatever account you’re currently using. I’ve done since 2017, changed 3 Switches, no issues whatsoever.

Amazing game. Brilliant port. Fantastic support. Honestly, if you didn’t play it already on a different platform, and value portability , this is absolutely a must-have for every Switch’s library. As far AAA 3rd party ports go, I find this the best as a game/port combo (I personally hate Alien Isolation’s severe deadzone and input lag, I know others don’t mind, too bad)

Great review, too bad I was kinda interested

Btw, this review was a pleasure to read, one of the best I’ve ever seen on NL. Competent in discerning the technicalities (btw thanks for confirming the scanlines filter’s 4 degrees of intensity) and in discussing the art, gameplay mechanics, the intent of Tengo Project, what made the original magical and how this one compares, touched on difficulty and longevity, it had it all. It touched on everything I wanted to know, as a man in his forties who’s enamored with the series and with Tengo’s “remakesters”. You didn’t mention the framerate, and maybe you could’ve given it a few words, but I’m pretty sure it means that it’s locked 60 most of the times. Great job @Tom-Massey

Tengo Project is the absolute KING of 2D remaster/remakes, they nailed it outta the park with every release so far.
Ninja Saviors doesn’t get enough clout, imo it’s easily on par with SOR4, it’s a great, replayable, amazin-looking, way deeper than it seems, beat ‘em up!

Wild Guns Reloaded is absolutely stunning (minus the mandatory sharing of lives’ pool in mp! That sucks!).

This is going be a very looooong and hard wait -_- but I just can’t justify 45€ (either digital or physical, that’s what is going to cost me when all is said and done… I wish I had a japanese credit card to grab it straight from the eShop). Especially because I can get the western version for a good 17€ less than that.

@Gamer_Zeus lmao it’s pretty obvious you should inform yourself better on how game dev works and costs. If you think SMTV is a true AAA production with high-end budgeting I don’t know what to tell you. I’ve worked in the industry for close to 20 years, nodoby here knows the budget for SMTV but if you truly think it costed over 40M I don’t know what to tell you. There is no way it costed anything close to 80M, zero chance. 1M in 6 months on a single platform for this release is, without a doubt, a smashing success. The fact that the game might get ported to other platforms (for sure it’s coming to PC) later doesn’t mean anything, the same would have happened if it sold 5M. Doesn’t seem you have much of a grasp on the industry, sales and development/publishing.