- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: my most played game on the Switch. My wife and I are addicted. Every day we play 1 championship of 6 tracks, and 2 balloon battle tournaments of 8 rounds. This gives about 1 hour and 40 minutes of gameplay per day.
- Rogue Legacy 2: what a wonderful game. I can't stop playing it. Extremely fun.
- Metroid Prime Remastered: I'm trying. I swear. When I don't like something I stay quiet, but this time I just can't. What a pathetic game. Bad. Terrible. Zero fun. The layout of the maps is a mess, ugly graphics and design, boring gameplay. Boring. The button mapping on the controller is terrible. The gameplay is weak. The game is slow, limited. A game of 3/10 for me. Nintendo could have tried harder and put many improvements in this Remaster. I probably won't finish it due to sheer lack of fun. Metroid Dread (and old metroids) is far superior. There's no way I'm buying Metroid Prime 4. I thought Metroid in 3D was horrible.
Nintendo urgently needs to learn how to develop artificial intelligence in the enemies of its games. This simplistic scripted model is starting to get boring. And this game is a great example of this: the dumbest and most obvious enemies I've ever seen.
Metroid Prime would be a little less boring if at least the enemies actually faced you, with intelligence and strategy. There should be better combat. Even though it's an adventure FPS. The aliens are capable of building ships and when it's time to fight, they don't do anything, they just exist there in a silly script. zero immersion.
It seems like you buy Metroid Prime just to walk. Walk and see a static and dead scenario. You walk, and walk, and walk. And come back, and walk again, through the same scenarios 10 times. You go back and forth... at a slow speed, and occasionally, you face something, more or less relevant. It feels like a display of scenarios and not a game.
I feel relieved. I said everything I felt while playing Metroid Prime, with all sincerity, and without any special care because it was a Nintendo game. I feel 10 kilos lighter now.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 305 hours and going...(2 hours everyday with my wife, playing battle mode)
The Second Nintendo Game most played here is Clubhouse Games 51: Worldwide Classics, 60 hours, mostly Yatch Dice!
My best non-Nintendo game on Nintendo Switch is The Binding of Isaac. For me, Binding of Isaac Repentance is the best game ever made. By far. I have 750 hours. My wife 1925 hours.
@Reztobi "Astro Bot is a great game but I just found it far too short to be worth the cost of a full AAA game. If I'm going to spend $60 on a game I want it to last at least 20 hours, it's hard to justify $60 on a game you can beat in half a weekend 😂."
Agree. Like Metroid Dread, Mario Wonder, Luigi's Mansion, Bayonetta, Astral Chain.... ... ...
I'll buy a Steam Deck Oled next week. I prefer pay more for it than buy the LCD Switch 2.
I own a lot of Switch games i've never played, like: Metroid Remastered, Fire Emblem Engage (and DLC), Mario odyssey, and more 30 games...including nintendo games.
I have only 50 hours in Smash Bros Ultimate, 5 hours in Splatoon 3. I barely played a lot of nintendo games i own on Nintendo Switch.
Nice! I just tested the game. I´ve never played Donkey Kong Returns before. I´m playing Tropical Freeze right now. But I´ll buy Returns. Loved the game!
I don´t have patience to exchange the cartridge. I have 200+ switch games. Only 5 are physical.
These are the games I play the least, including Smash Bros Ultimate. Because the cartridge that is there will stay there for months, because I won't have the patience to change it. I play mostly in portable mode. On TV or in my Home Cinema I only play Steam games.
I have 4000+ cartridges, CDS, DVDS...for 32 videogames.
And I wanted to set them all on fire, or throw them in the trash, every time I needed to clean and maintain them in the past.
These 4,000+ games and video games are gathering dust in my parents' attic. And I don't have the patience to open these boxes and see if they still work.
The video games: Atari, Odyssey, Coleco, Intelivision, NES, Master System, Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32x, CD-I, Sega Saturn, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, 3DO, PlayStation 1,2,3,4, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Game Cube, Wii, Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NDS, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Xbox, Xbox 360.
I have no patience for retro games. I'll never play them again in my entire life. I don't even have an old TV to play them on. And the bad picture on old TVs doesn't help. My house is all modern. The retro games I play today are digital, on Steam and on the Nintendo Switch.
The fate of this pile of games and video games will be a donation to charity, or they will go away with my parents' house, the day they pass away and we sell the house.
@IceEarthGuard I think differently. This means that if this game hadn't been released 15 years ago, and it was an unreleased game released today, it definitely wouldn't have received a 9/10. New standards
I think it was calculated leak. Not organic leaks.
Marketing labs acting here.
And it was good for Nintendo.
Now, everybody knows about Switch 2.
It won´t be another wii-U story...
@the_beaver We've spent our entire lives, with every Nintendo console release, reading comments about how creative this company was. And when it wasn't, the discourse changed to "ok, it's just a console to play games". I don't agree. Nor do I disagree with anyone who criticizes this point. I think it's a valid argument.
Joycon as a Mouse = I'll never use this, because 90% of my time is spent playing in handheld mode, and the other 10% on the couch, where I have no place to rest a mouse.
A game shown for 10 seconds that meant absolutely nothing to me.
This time...Are there pressure sensitive triggers to play racing games better, like the Xbox controller? I don´t know...Hmmm
So that's what I think of this presentation. Nothing.
Circuit Superstars: 4th Championship. Wonderful Top Down Racing Game (I have it on Steam & Switch)
Ultimate Racing 2D 2: First Season (I have 100% achievements on the first game, on Steam)
Ori and the Blind Forest: I think I´m on the final part of this wonderful game.
Undernight in-Birth sys: Celes: playing a lot with the friends and wife. My wife is great in fighting games.
Both she and I participated in several local tournaments and also outside the country.
Nintendo failed with the Wii U because, although both the Wii and Wii U are similar in some aspects, people got confused by the marketing communication about the new controller. There was a gap between Nintendo's communication and the public's perception.
This time, Nintendo is leaving the Switch 1, a huge success (as was the Wii), for a new console.
Now it is contractually allowing orchestrated leaks in the marketing labs, so that this goes viral and people have absolutely no doubt about the Switch 2. Even the name of the new console "Switch 2" is to leave no room for doubt among the public.
It's pretty obvious. But people like these little mystery games behind the launch of the new console.
It's part of the magic. A magic planned by marketing, of course. It´s not organic.
Will everyone who called the Steam Deck "too big" say that the Switch 2 is "too big", or that the size of the Switch 2 is good?
I have both, Steam Deck and Switch. I like both. Both are great. But, the main criticism of the Steam deck was its size. I hope that the people who said this about the Steam deck have evolved their ideas about the console.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd March)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: my most played game on the Switch. My wife and I are addicted. Every day we play 1 championship of 6 tracks, and 2 balloon battle tournaments of 8 rounds. This gives about 1 hour and 40 minutes of gameplay per day.
- Rogue Legacy 2: what a wonderful game. I can't stop playing it. Extremely fun.
- Metroid Prime Remastered: I'm trying. I swear. When I don't like something I stay quiet, but this time I just can't. What a pathetic game. Bad. Terrible. Zero fun. The layout of the maps is a mess, ugly graphics and design, boring gameplay. Boring. The button mapping on the controller is terrible. The gameplay is weak. The game is slow, limited. A game of 3/10 for me. Nintendo could have tried harder and put many improvements in this Remaster. I probably won't finish it due to sheer lack of fun. Metroid Dread (and old metroids) is far superior. There's no way I'm buying Metroid Prime 4. I thought Metroid in 3D was horrible.
Nintendo urgently needs to learn how to develop artificial intelligence in the enemies of its games. This simplistic scripted model is starting to get boring. And this game is a great example of this: the dumbest and most obvious enemies I've ever seen.
Metroid Prime would be a little less boring if at least the enemies actually faced you, with intelligence and strategy. There should be better combat. Even though it's an adventure FPS. The aliens are capable of building ships and when it's time to fight, they don't do anything, they just exist there in a silly script. zero immersion.
It seems like you buy Metroid Prime just to walk. Walk and see a static and dead scenario. You walk, and walk, and walk. And come back, and walk again, through the same scenarios 10 times. You go back and forth... at a slow speed, and occasionally, you face something, more or less relevant. It feels like a display of scenarios and not a game.
I feel relieved. I said everything I felt while playing Metroid Prime, with all sincerity, and without any special care because it was a Nintendo game. I feel 10 kilos lighter now.
Re: Poll: What Switch Game Could You Not Live Without?
Nintendo Games?
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 305 hours and going...(2 hours everyday with my wife, playing battle mode)
The Second Nintendo Game most played here is Clubhouse Games 51: Worldwide Classics, 60 hours, mostly Yatch Dice!
My best non-Nintendo game on Nintendo Switch is The Binding of Isaac. For me, Binding of Isaac Repentance is the best game ever made. By far. I have 750 hours. My wife 1925 hours.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st March)
On Nintendo Switch:
On Steam:
Re: UK Charts: Familiar Faces Keep Nintendo In The Top Ten, As Like A Dragon Arrives In Style
NO Zelda game. Wow.
Re: Mario + Rabbids Director Recalls "Harsh" Ubisoft Comment On 'Sparks Of Hope'
I love Mario + Rabbids Sparks of hope. One of the best Switch games!
Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Tops Switch Charts In Opening Month (US)
@JohnnyMind "Love to see Country Returns on top on Switch specifically and at least 8th in general and that's without digital sales!"
On top of this chart it says: "Physical & Full Game Digital from the E-Shop sales".
About Final Fantasy 7....here, Rebirth + Remake twin pack, was about $45 (in Steam Store). Incredible price!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd February)
On Nintendo Switch:
On Steam:
Re: No Wins For Nintendo At DICE Awards, But Balatro Bags A Three Of A Kind
@Reztobi Hollow Knight, Hades and Dead Cells , and The Binding of Isaac!
I have 430 hours in The Binding of Isaac + repentance DLC and i have 250/637 achievements
My wife has 2000+ hours in The Binding of Isaac (Steam + Switch) and 400+ achievements.
I am discovering new events, enemies, bosses and stages in Binding of Isaac. Bizarre!
Re: No Wins For Nintendo At DICE Awards, But Balatro Bags A Three Of A Kind
@Reztobi I finished Bayonetta 1 in 10 hours!
Agree. Hollow Knight is GREAT!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (15th February)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate: Adventure Mode
Super Mario 3D World: World 7
Re: No Wins For Nintendo At DICE Awards, But Balatro Bags A Three Of A Kind
@Reztobi "Astro Bot is a great game but I just found it far too short to be worth the cost of a full AAA game.
If I'm going to spend $60 on a game I want it to last at least 20 hours, it's hard to justify $60 on a game you can beat in half a weekend 😂."
Agree. Like Metroid Dread, Mario Wonder, Luigi's Mansion, Bayonetta, Astral Chain.... ... ...
Re: Talking Point: Why An LCD Screen Isn't The End Of The World For Switch 2
I'm not getting a Switch 2.
I'll jump directly to Switch 2 Oled.
I'll buy a Steam Deck Oled next week. I prefer pay more for it than buy the LCD Switch 2.
I own a lot of Switch games i've never played, like: Metroid Remastered, Fire Emblem Engage (and DLC), Mario odyssey, and more 30 games...including nintendo games.
I have only 50 hours in Smash Bros Ultimate, 5 hours in Splatoon 3. I barely played a lot of nintendo games i own on Nintendo Switch.
I can wait...
I play 90% in handheld mode.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th February)
Smash Bros ultimate: i have now, all DlC characters! I'll play a lot.
Nintendo Switch sports:: i'm with friends on the beach. This game is pure success!
Barbecue, beach, nintendo switch, UFC, Super Bowl..
This weekend is stellar!
Re: Surprise! Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Now Has A Switch eShop Demo
Nice! I just tested the game. I´ve never played Donkey Kong Returns before. I´m playing Tropical Freeze right now. But I´ll buy Returns. Loved the game!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st February)
@Hero-of-WiiU I love Mario Strikers: Battle League!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st February)
On Nintendo Switch:
***Maybe I´m buying New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe and playing this weekend.
Re: Rumour: Another Xbox Game Could Be Racing Onto Switch 2, It's Claimed
Switch is not compatible with Analog Trigger. No analog trigger = Forza Horizon unplayable.
This game would be garbage without analog triggers.
Re: Talking Point: What Do We Actually Want From 'Mario Kart 9'?
I dont care a about the tracks. 90% of my playtime is playing Battle Mode. Please, more battle arenas!!
And please ..not too large tracks....we need more difficult tracks. Difficult corners....like Crash Team Racing (the best tracks ever).
Re: Capcom Is Relying On Monster Hunter To Achieve Its FY2025 Financial Goals
From Capcom a like only the fighting games.
The other IPs mean nothing to me.
Re: Random: Local Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo
In Latin America....the word SUPER = MEDIUM SIZE MARKET. The word HIPER = BIG SIZE MARKET.
It has no relation to Nintendo.
I was buying a nintendo game today (this last super sale). I won't buy it anymore.
Re: US Physical Game Spending Continued To Decline Last Year, Now Sits At Half 2021's Numbers
I am digital only.
I don´t have patience to exchange the cartridge. I have 200+ switch games. Only 5 are physical.
These are the games I play the least, including Smash Bros Ultimate. Because the cartridge that is there will stay there for months, because I won't have the patience to change it. I play mostly in portable mode. On TV or in my Home Cinema I only play Steam games.
I have 4000+ cartridges, CDS, DVDS...for 32 videogames.
And I wanted to set them all on fire, or throw them in the trash, every time I needed to clean and maintain them in the past.
These 4,000+ games and video games are gathering dust in my parents' attic. And I don't have the patience to open these boxes and see if they still work.
The video games: Atari, Odyssey, Coleco, Intelivision, NES, Master System, Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32x, CD-I, Sega Saturn, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, 3DO, PlayStation 1,2,3,4, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Game Cube, Wii, Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NDS, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Xbox, Xbox 360.
I have no patience for retro games. I'll never play them again in my entire life. I don't even have an old TV to play them on. And the bad picture on old TVs doesn't help. My house is all modern. The retro games I play today are digital, on Steam and on the Nintendo Switch.
The fate of this pile of games and video games will be a donation to charity, or they will go away with my parents' house, the day they pass away and we sell the house.
Re: Xbox Is "Really Looking Forward" To Supporting Switch 2
Forza is terrible idea, because Switch is not compatible with analog triggers. Without analog trigger, this game would be garbage.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th January)
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Donkey Kong Country Returns HD?
@IceEarthGuard I think differently. This means that if this game hadn't been released 15 years ago, and it was an unreleased game released today, it definitely wouldn't have received a 9/10.
New standards
Re: Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
When I was 6...
I finished Ninja Gaiden, Ghouls and Ghosts, Shinobi, Kenseiden, Silver......
2025.... Today's 6-year-olds have a hard time playing Mario Wonder.
New times...
Re: Nintendo's Switch 2 Announcement Reportedly Impacted Steam Deck Sales
Steam Deck is GREAT!
Steam’s library or prices = unbeatable
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Donkey Kong Country Returns HD?
10-15 seconds loading time every death?
I won´t buy. Thank you all for this information.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?
2 blue shells each 5 seconds.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (18th January)
On Nintendo Switch
On Steam:
Re: Talking Point: Did All The Switch 2 Leaks 'Damage' Nintendo Or The Console's Reveal?
I think it was calculated leak. Not organic leaks.
Marketing labs acting here.
And it was good for Nintendo.
Now, everybody knows about Switch 2.
It won´t be another wii-U story...
Re: Feature: Everything You Missed In The Switch 2 Mario Kart Reveal - Characters, Features, Easter Eggs
24 players playing together = blue sheel each 2 seconds?
Hmmm
Re: Poll: So, What Did You Think Of The Switch 2 Reveal?
@the_beaver We've spent our entire lives, with every Nintendo console release, reading comments about how creative this company was. And when it wasn't, the discourse changed to "ok, it's just a console to play games". I don't agree. Nor do I disagree with anyone who criticizes this point. I think it's a valid argument.
Re: Poll: So, What Did You Think Of The Switch 2 Reveal?
What did I think of this presentation?
Nothing.
Because nothing really relevant was presented.
So that's what I think of this presentation. Nothing.
Is this option available?
Re: Joy-Con Mouse Functionality Seemingly Confirmed In Switch 2 Trailer
I don´t know how I´ll play using a "mouse" sitting on the sofa in my home theater room.
I have Steam Deck, and i can plug it on my TV, but i´ve never played using a mouse. Only Xbox controller.
I will never use this joycom as a mouse. Because on my PC room, i prefer to play...ON PC!
Re: Switch 2 Will Be Backwards Compatible With Physical And Digital Games, With Some Exceptions
Probably my drums (taiko no tatsujin) are not compatible.
Re: New Mario Kart 9 Teased For Switch 2
This Mario Kart doesn't look like a next gen title at all.
I did not like it.
"more of the same" feeling.
"generic" feeling.
Re: Oops! EVO 2025's Lineup Has Accidentally Been Revealed
No Virtua Fighter 5 REVO ? its a crime!
But...Undernight in-Birth sys:Celes? Yeahhhhhhhhhh Baby!!!!!!
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
If you don´t have any Donkey Kong game, buy TROPICAL FREEZE, not this. The price is the same and Tropical Freeze is better.
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) - Aping A Retro Classic
Who played it before = they won´t buy.
Who never played it before = they´ll buy Tropical Freeze instead (same price)
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
So...its not $60 anymore....
its MORE...
Re: Japanese Charts: Super Mario Party Jamboree Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold
Echoes of Wisdom is actually selling better than the Japanese release of Link's Awakeing, because the obvious:
Obvious Echoes of Wisdom outsold Links Awakening.
But these numbers are low the same way.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (11th January)
On Switch:
Both she and I participated in several local tournaments and also outside the country.
Re: Rumour: Insider Claims That Halo: Master Chief Collection Will Come To 'Switch 2'
Probably Hi Fi Rush on Switch 2.
Re: Nintendo Breaks Silence On 'Switch 2' Image And Video Leaks
It's obvious.
Nintendo itself is leaking this information.
It's all an authorized marketing ploy.
And it's smart.
Nintendo failed with the Wii U because, although both the Wii and Wii U are similar in some aspects, people got confused by the marketing communication about the new controller. There was a gap between Nintendo's communication and the public's perception.
This time, Nintendo is leaving the Switch 1, a huge success (as was the Wii), for a new console.
Now it is contractually allowing orchestrated leaks in the marketing labs, so that this goes viral and people have absolutely no doubt about the Switch 2. Even the name of the new console "Switch 2" is to leave no room for doubt among the public.
It's pretty obvious. But people like these little mystery games behind the launch of the new console.
It's part of the magic. A magic planned by marketing, of course. It´s not organic.
Re: So, Have You Pre-Ordered Donkey Kong Country Returns HD For Switch?
Only when I have 100% on Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. I´m on Island 2, but playing slowly.
Re: Talking Point: Is The Switch 2 Going To Be Too Big?
Will everyone who called the Steam Deck "too big" say that the Switch 2 is "too big", or that the size of the Switch 2 is good?
I have both, Steam Deck and Switch. I like both. Both are great. But, the main criticism of the Steam deck was its size. I hope that the people who said this about the Steam deck have evolved their ideas about the console.
Re: Video: 15 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In January 2025
Only:
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th January)
Re: UK Charts: Nintendo Switch Closes Out 2024 With The Old Favourites
I think all these third party games sells much more on PC (Steam) than any console. Hogwart Legacy sells much more on PC.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (New Year Edition)
Family:
Me alone. I' m playing my new games: