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This game has been talked about a lot on the Metroidvania subreddit, and basically universally loved as the next best thing since Hollow Knight. Been hoping for a switch port!

Ok, someone give ConcernedApe a Nobel Prize.

Layers of Fear and LoF2 are considered decent by review scores, and Observer is a near 80 across all platforms, which would indicate a good game….. with Nintendo assistance and input this could honestly be a really good horror/thriller game. Interest is piqued, but I don’t think Project M and Emio are the same game. Could be, but I for some reason have doubts…..

@luxoricious Emio sound too much like Emo to me, which makes me think my Switch 2 would commit the Red Ring of Seppuku like 2 of my 360s.

On a side note, watched the vid, and someone pat my shants…. Seriously though, intriguing. Curious to see where this goes.

So for anyone who hasn’t worked in a retail store that sells games…..

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, etc have have binding contracts that allow these places to sell their products. Aka, “If you want my products in your store, follow my rules”. These contracts have steep fines written in them for those that breach a ruleset.

One such rule is on street dates. If a single store breaks a street date, the fine for the retailer is in the tens of thousands if not higher depending on a few factors like size of retailer, the game involved, which game company, etc…. For example breaking street date for Halo 3 at GameStop would have been a 250k fine for the company, a $500-1000 for the employee who broke street date, and likely firing. This was all part of the contract you signed during the hiring process.

Another ruleset for these companies is selling modified hardware, or any accessory related to modding or hacking. A dude brought in an R4 cart for the DS for trade and we couldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. There’s legal stuff written in the contract with the retailer about stuff like this.

Something like breaking a street date usually causes a warning “flag” for said retailer. Multiple breaks within a year would cause that retailer to lose their ability to sell games from the company in which the contract was breached. Something all the major retailers want to avoid.

I’m not 100%, but pretty sure that reselling devices, mods, etc would also terminate the contract if the rule was broken too many times.

Original top down template? Most Nintendo IPs could work. 3D OoT/Twilight style… Metroid has more or less done that, but I don’t think Mario or DK would fair as well in that kind of template. BotW style? Most could work in an open world/open air environment.

What id really like to see is Nintendo fill Konami’s shoes and start taking on the MVARPG category. Zelda 2 remake, Bayonetta….…. eternal darkness… all those could work really well in the genre. Remove the ARPG part and toss Mario and DK in a Metroidvania style fashion of exploring and finding new items to progress….

Don’t care, just get it on the Switch some how some way so I can buy it and play it!

Currently my only option is my Vita, and it’s very jarring to go from Switch to Vita for my hands.

@KateGray Been looking forward to this release since it caught my attention on the CozyGames sub Reddit, and had no idea you were a writer on it! Heard a lot of good things! Def picking this up and congrats on the game!

@TheBigK Every frickin time….. Nintendo sends me the yearly bday coupon of 30% off selected games…. Every time I own them all already, or the ones I don’t own I’m not interested in 🤦🏼‍♂️

FE Engage Season Pass is also 30% off, so I’m
Guessing every related games dlc is also on sale

Ok…. Now Shiver, Nintendo, Bethesda and MS need to have a sit down and figure out some proper Fallout on Switch.

Saw this on Reddit the other day, frickin awesome and crazy.

That said, Microsoft, Nintendo and Bethesda need to get to it and port the Fallout series to Switch! So far it’s been multiplatform, so no excuse there, and it would sell stupidly well…. Willing to bet there’s over a million copies of Skyrim sold on Switch…. Fallout would equal or exceed that easily, especially given the show boosting popularity atm.

Come on Spencer, Howard, and Bowser, don’t you guys wanna print some money?

“So anyways, I started gas blasting…”

Patience smatience, I also started playing again, couldn’t wait any longer, must play needed to play!

@DestructoDisk I get the reason for them to “exist” during a consoles lifetime for working on them, but they don’t need to be made public. If you’d created something to sell and someone copied it and suddenly your sales started to take a nose dive you’d be pretty upset too.

Backing up saves can be done without the use of an emulator, granted on switch you have to pay for online service for it whereas on Xbox, Ps and Pc it’s free. Backing up the full game isn’t going to be necessary within the consoles lifespan, if your game craps out during that time Nintendo will replace it.

The only real caveat anyone using an emulator to play switch games currently right now is “it runs better on emu therefore I should play it there”. And that argument is like “I have a Ferrari so I should be able to drive it 200mph just because it can”. It’s a child’s argument at best.

I truly am all for emu, and preserving data, but a full on emu doesn’t really need to be public during a consoles lifespan.

And you do realize that the legality of dumping your data does don’t include playing it back on unintended hardware correct? The law was created for the express use of backing up data to replace it back on to disc should the original disc get destroyed.

Edit - Emu debate is a lot like the American gun debates that pop up. Every time something bad happens, the ban gets brought up. And while I’m a responsible owner, I also agree with Jim Jefferies, we only have one valid arguement - “I like my guns, I wanna keep em”. Self defense isn’t a valid reason because statistically speaking your more likely to use the gun on yourself than a home invader, and your reaction time plus adrenaline are likely to counter any would be thwarting of the home invasion. And the amendment was created just in case our government got crappy and we could defend ourselves, however the technological gap between us and the military is vast, and the only way we’d win against the military is if they decided not to fight.

I bring this up as a point out to people doing dumb things ruining it for the rest of us. Emu is no different. If people do dumb things with it, like yuzu did, then it’s only going to increase the resolve companies have to prevent it from happening. Soon we’ll see DRM in all games, and the back ups won’t matter a lick unless you can connect to the server with a valid account ownership of the game. If we want to speed that process up then by all means, we just need to keep doing stupid things…..

But I digress, again I’m all for preservation and emu. I’m just pointing out the technicalities. I’ve been backing up my data since 1987 when Leisure Suit Larry originally released on floppy disc….

I’ve been saying this ever since the bloatfly tease that was Fallout Shelter……

Dear Bethesda, Microsoft, and Nintendo, please make this happen. FO3/NV/4 would PRINT money for you guys. You wouldn’t be able to count the money fast enough for how quickly we’d jump on this!

Game was a fun romp on 360, will def pick this up on release.

And yeah it’s exactly like Mario! Such fun memories of running around on a giant naked chick as Mario!

Ugh…. Guessing this worked just like FE: Shadows did, where you have to progress to a certain point in order to access even purchasing and downloading the dlc. Annoying. I like many grabbed this and a bunch of other titles before the eshops closure last year, and just now finding out it had dlc locked behind progress and a server connection….. so frickin annoying.

Wondering if it’s possible to access the save file without a modded 3DS….

Patience my spoiled cabbage! But no seriously, stoked to get back into this. I haven’t truly gotten into it since 1.3 was released. Great game, and truly amazing developer! Take your time Sir, we appreciate your love for this game and the continued support you’ve given it, and the community!

Tempted to pick this up just to support the dev

@Joeynator3000 Id love a Switch port of MH3U. GU on Switch is better than MHG on 3DS, so not worried there. And MH4U I’ve had my complete fill of playing for over 2k hours, but it would be a nice port for anyone that missed it.

If they port MH3U I could only pray they rework the underwater sections to be more forgiving on controls, as well as not completely wrecking the Bow, lol.

Would be ultra amazing if they remastered it to the point of including the MHGU Styles and Arts….

@MeloMan I knew Powerwash was gonna be a silly success when I saw just how many people loved watching power washing videos on YouTube and TikTok. Something about watching a fence go from mossy/mildewy green back to bright tan or a driveway from dark soot-like to new slate….. it makes the brain tingle happily

@HotGoomba I was soooooo addicted to Game Dev Story on my phone for over a month. Loved when Kairo brought it to switch. Got Mega Mall Story too as it looked close to the old Sim Tower pc game. Sadly it doesn’t compel me as much as Game Dev did.

That said, if you like Sim Tower like I did, Project Highrise is amazing.

@MeloMan I feel like that game was made for gamer dads, lol! Let me know how it is if you pick it up. If it’s anywhere near as mindlessly fun and relaxing as Powerwash is then I’ll pick it up. Kept seeing it pop on eshop and wondered about it.

@HotGoomba Game Dev Tycoon is great, but I preferred Game Dev Story, felt a bit smoother. However I haven’t played GDT since the first month it launched on Switch.

@Waluigi451 if you have an Xbox and Game Pass it’s on there to try out. The game play loop is addictive - clean, make money, upgrade your kit, take on bigger jobs. It’s basically Monster Hunter but washing, and you don’t have to worry about one hit kills. 😂

This is probably the most cathartic game ever made….. no stress, just blast dirt.

Originally I woulda given most cathartic to Stardew, but didn’t realize the timer of a day or the timed requests on there stress out a bunch of people out.

@Vyacheslav333 Thank you for the list I need to check out! Lol

@ShirleyMarie Ok well then it’s better than the videos would have ya believe, just not by much. I figured it was in the mining aspect just like SDV, which also doesn’t have a large combat aspect, but at least had a few different weapons to mess with.

Noticed it just popped on sale with this partner spotlight sale, may have to nab it. Wonder if the devs are planning dlcs / expansions?

@Vyacheslav333 Ju-On/Grudge was the first time in a theater I was genuinely creeped out. Ringu/The Ring was also a good one for that.

@Vyacheslav333 oh crap! Was going by what I knew was on my vita!

This is a series that def needs more attention and love. That first game was probably the best horror game I’ve played to date, but I prefer mental horror rather than action/jump scares. My mother raised me on Stephen King back in the 80s, I blame her. Lol

@ShirleyMarie Thanks for the info! I’ve got it added to my wishlist for now. I watched a few videos and it looks nice and charming, although the combat looks a little drab? I was hoping the combat aspect would be more like Fantasy Life where you can cast magic, use a bow, a sword, etc. But from the few gameplay vids I watched it looked like they were just whacking things with a staff, lol

The first CP was excellent on 3DS, and I picked it back up on Switch, alongside Blood Drive. Now we just need Book of Shadows to complete the trilogy.

Can’t wait for this!

Xenoblade X, Twilight, Wind Waker are very large surprises that they haven’t been released on Switch yet…..

Monkey Island 1 and 2 would be instant buys for me!

Would also love to see Chrono Trigger come to NSO at the very least, but likely SE is in the middle of remastering it, so dunno if that’ll happen soon.

Still can’t believe Fallout 3/NV hasn’t graced the system after we got teased with Fallout Shelter, then Bethesda tossed a ton of games at us including Skyrim, but no Fallout proper……smh.

This was a fun romp back on 360. Def not as polished as RE4, but very similar mechanics and playstyle. Art, music and writing were on a whole different level however. I imagine this is similar to “what if I took acid the entire time I made a game”. It worked! Crazy, fun, and far from serious.

Can’t wait to play with the Big B**** again!

I’m gonna have to toss this back on the wishlist. I’m curious how this stacks up to Stardew, Graveyard Keeper, and Fantasy Life? Any fans of those titles play this?

“Soviet Russia, coin block bonk you!”

@burninmylight Ubuysale, I mean Ubisoft right? 😂

I didn’t even realize they weren’t releasing on Fridays, lol.

Back when I worked at GameStop, about 13-14 years ago, Nintendos preferred release day was always Sunday. Other major companies released games typically on Tuesdays with a few releases being Wednesday or Friday.

I know it wasn’t Let’s Go, I haven’t made it that far in Let’s Go…… but you might be partly right…. I might be confusing it with HGSS…. I know I was playing the Pokémon game on DS/3DS, that much I’m positive of. I’ll have to boot up my 3DS and check.

@FeiFongWong26 Wonder if Switch button remapping would simulate the Ps Back Button peripheral?

@Markiemania95 I know cause played through them on the VC. You literally cannot play the slots in the game corner. It’ll give you a message saying something along the lines of “this looks like a video game for adults”

You can’t gamble in any fashion to get the coins, only purchase them via the guy that usually gives you the coin case

There’s even an article about the slight edit on Nintendo Life

Now I speak for the American VC versions, I’m not positive on Euro versions.

@Mgalens Yup. I can appreciate 60 fps, but honestly I’m perfectly fine with 30 as long as it’s stable. Drops and frame loss suck, and can sometimes trigger my motion sickness. In a few situations it’s prevented me from playing the game entirely, like God of War 2018, the dips and stutters killed me on PS4 Pro…. Same with Monster Hunter World.

The same can occur with 60fps for me though if the movement is too erratic/fast.

@Astral-Grain lmao, yup probably. I can’t imagine that much coding is required to get it operable on Switch…. Unless they’re using the original PS3 version and had to write a whole a** emulator inside the game to have the game function. 😂😂😂

Honestly tho, I’m just thankful I’m not a sports fan…. NBA2k23 or 24….. whatever it was…. Being like 100+gb on switch….. 😳

Apparently basketball requires a vast amount of coding that fantasy open world rpgs just don’t need…. Who knew!

@Astral-Grain I feel ya in LA Noire, I got it digital, lordy that’s a big file size! It stays in the cloud for now as my 1TB card is maxed….. there are only like a handful of games that beat LA in size on Switch lol.

@Arkay Lol! As a fellow gamer who’s been gaming since the 80s, I concur. Having played through the N64/Ps1 era really allows one to respect games with lower frames, pop in, etc, and have patience for such things as well as patience for developers to continue ironing out things.

@EVIL-C Twin Snakes was so svelt! I loved regular MGS1 on Ps1, but MGS on GC…. chefs kiss Perfection.

@HammerGalladeBro Lmao, I forgot that was a thing…. “Nope, you booted me up, you ain’t stopping playin anytime soon! Beat me or die! Muahahahaaa”

Ok now give me the patch “Vol 2” lol! I need MGS4, and would also appreciate Peace Walker and MGS Acid games…. That would be awesome!

@burninmylight This is true of all third party devs now days. Not saying im complaining about cheaper games, by all means save me money! Lol

Back in the 90s it was rare for games to drop too far beloww their retail points within the first year or year and a half. You might see Killer Instinct for $74.99 at Toys R Us for a year before it dropped to $69.99.

Steam/Pc sales have a LARGE portion to do with why we have such cheap games within a short time frame too. I remember Borderlands 3 launching for normal price, my friend got the legendary edition through Amazon for $100 at first, before it shipped he’d already gotten $20 back and within the year there had been a sale so Amazon refunded another 40 on top of that. He ended up paying only $40 for a $100 game within the first 9 months of its life span…..

@Qwiff This game suffered the problem Zelda and Mario have in the past, a divisive fan base. There are those that prefer 2D/Side Scroller PoP, and those that prefer 3D PoP. Unfortunately when they showed off a 2D Metroidvania style return to the roots of PoP, that cheesed a lot of the 3D fans. Which is a shame because if they chose not to get it they’re truly missing out on a great game.

Too many people judge a book by its cover now days, and instead of just picking up the game to try it, they let a YouTube influencer determine their thoughts and feelings.

@romanista Yeah, sadly that’s probably up in the air….. if WF treats this like their personal titles, then we’ll end up with a stable fun game and probably some extras….. if they treat it like a job/contract/port; then that doesn’t seem to have a good track record……