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@Kalmaro I totally agree with you there. I can afford it but I'm not subscribing for "a bunch of NES games, and the promise of a few more". On the other hand I'm not interested in the actual online gaming side of it so to me the truly sad thing here is that this is all we're going to get regarding retro Nintendo, for a long time into the future.

I don't feel any entitlement to snes, n64, and gamecube games for free. Just give us some way of playing them. If you don't want to call it virtual console then just sell the damn things normally like Hamster or ACA

I'm pretty sure that dragon quest 9 was an "offline mmorpg"...
Recruitable NPCs instead of properly-written characters as party members, quest boards instead of a proper story...
After DQ8 blew me away, DQ9 made it clear that missing out on an online DQ10 would be no big loss. Just write it off and look forward to DQ11 making things right again.

The fools! I sank about 15 lazy hours into that demo and never needed to buy the actual game.

I might also add: if you launch a game on the Google Play app store, it does NOT automatically show up on the "new and updated" section. If you launch a game on Steam, you'd better hope that The Algorithm thinks lots of people's tastes will align. Nintendo's e-shop seems to be refreshingly simple, like the switch front end: when you open the store, you see all games, most recently released first. I make a point to check it out every day. I feel like nothing cool flies under the radar.

Double pick! Ima try it

@8-Bit_Superman what about that fancy 3D background, we're going up, up, into the screen... But the gameplay is all left-to-right...

Wow, this product actually came out. What a joke.

I ended up importing the Japanese version of this digitally, after reading NintendoLife's great review.
What I'd love to know is: will my game magically turn into English once this gets released in the west? My other Japanese imports all run in English, so I'm hoping...

@Dr_Corndog I think the answer you are looking for is: go and read the comments on the Child of Light review. There's a big whinge there about "I'm sick of indies, NL should give them all 5s" and @OorWullie was hoping to shut it down here before it started.

@baller98 sorry I don't play online so I can't comment on that. But as a single player game Hover has grown and grown on me. Once you've upgraded your speed and jump a bit, you're pretty much flying around this huge, very vertical city. It a bit of a "joys and challenges of getting from A to B" type of experience.

As a port it can be a little rough around the edges - the worst is navigating the menus with a mouse cursor, and this weird 2-second delay between pressing pause and the game actually pausing. It's no 60fps experience either. But it's totally playable, the music is really cool and the neon soaked city is quite a playground. It's currently my go-to for a quick dose of zone-out, get-in-the-flow action.

This is nothing like Jet Set Radio. Play "Hover", it's great.

@Alucard83 did you try actually using the 3D menu? There was something pretty cool after that.

Amen, brother, amen.

I never did virtual console before and I was really looking forward to it when I bought my switch. "I'll never need to pirate again," I said, but no.

Everyone else is doing great, even final fantasy 7 will be coming out. But not Nintendo, just useless old NES games. Oh well...

Super Mario 128 confirmed!

I honestly don't understand tech in the world sometimes. I have never, ever had a good online gaming experience. Even just browsing the nintendo e-shop often causes my switch to struggle. Meanwhile fortnite and overwatch are setting the world on fire, and some people apparently are even able to stream stuff like this... Good for them I guess, but it always sounds like some impossible future-speak to me...

@krvstkvlt probably; it's likely he won't get back in to Twin Galaxies or anything else but if I were him, this is what I'd do. The guy has one trick, something he is legitimately good at and it has been taken away. He may always be known as "the mame guy" in formal circles but if he lets that be the end of his narrative then it's as if he never did anything honestly at all. This sounds perfect to me, if he can do it: just prove that he can honestly do it, walk away with head held high and don't try to walk back history any further.

Fast RMX was cool but floaty wipeout hover physics is just not for me. This looks like actual cars with actual wheels (and hopefully actual grip, but we'll see) so I'm interested.

Seems to me like Mario 128 was a failure of marketing, perhaps similar to No Man's Sky... With Reggie saying categorically that it's a game and coming soon, Miyamoto saying it's on his desk just over here... There was never a game; someone somewhere was clearly lying. I don't know why they did it, there was no need to, but once the hype reached critical mass they were afraid of disappointing people so they just kept lying. It sounds as if I'm bitter about it; I don't care and I never did... But the whole thing always seemed to me like our favourite guys got in over their heads and panicked... For like 5 years straight...

@NEStalgia aw man, just did a search and Meth Lab Waluigi is not in fact a thing. Internets, please make it so!

@Cobalt what about in handheld mode? I've found that TV mode always does funky things to my sweet crisp pixels (e.g. in Undertale)

@sandman89 I am so hanging for V-Rally, that will launch soon on the other consoles but it will come "later" for switch.
Spintires might have to tide me over, providing the switch's CPU is actually up to it.

I don't understand how this is getting serious technical debate. This contraption can't do anything. There's no use comparing it to smartphone VR, since for that, the smartphone is doing the VR. This thing can't make the Switch do anything, it's just a head strap.

@designatius thanks, that's what I wanted to hear! I might give it a go then.

@WinterIceFox Thanks, I might give it a dip then.

I loved XC1 but I've been on the fence about getting this game since I heard it's terrible in handheld mode, and that's how I'll be playing this 90% of the time. Can anyone advise whether it's worth it?

@Benjoo Hedonic adaptation is a good answer, but I think the tone of the article is too negative. We've reached the point where games can be scooped up by the armful, and it's awesome. I can ride the hype train on new releases, and actually buy them when they come out, as well as pick up curios and hidden gems on the e-shop when it takes my fancy. And, of course, actually play them since the Switch just makes me find time for it. What a time to be alive.
20 years ago, basically all new games cost $100 AUD. And I was a broke kid. Now I can swim in a sea of delights for peanuts. You won't find me complaining.

Pretty sure this game came out around launch for the switch, right? Must be a year and a half by now.
Anyway, what a great and surprising game. These developers proved themselves with Golf Story; I'll be looking forward to whatever they do next.

@DartBuzzer I was mainly referring to this quote from John Carmack which @Trajan posted:
"realistically, we're going to end up competing with the Nintendo Switch... they'll pick up Quest as mobile device, just like Switch."
Seems to me like they are believing in mobile VR... My opinion is that will never really become a thing.

I'd say the switch is a competitor with this device in that it has created a niche alongside the more powerful gaming machines. However if they think mobile VR is going to truly take off, they're pretty delusional.
I used my Samsung Gear VR on a plane once, just to watch a movie. I felt like the biggest dork, and never bothered bringing that bulky thing again. Wouldn't even consider playing a game in that situation, or using it somewhere less "safe" such as a bus or a park or a laundromat.
And then there's the marketing... With the Switch promoted as something you can share, and VR by its very nature dropping you instantly out of society. I tell you, I am super excited about VR but it is the death of a party.

@Undead_terror my vote goes to Papyrus!

The switch is crying out for a good car game. I'm waiting with baited breath for V-Rally, and wishing against wish for GTA, and I'll definitely get this if it reviews well and the port isn't garbage.

What happened with that Windows menu at the end? Surely that's an emulator?
(5:14 mark)

I definitely have a soft spot which is triggered by this graphical style. I came to the ps1 after getting the n64 first so to me the wobbly 3D engine, the unfiltered textures, and the black void of the skybox all scream "dark, hardcore, pushing the limit" which as a 90s kid was everything I wanted to be.

This would be the next potato salad kickstarter or boaty mcboatface.

Captain's log: today the murderer got away again because we deployed the whole force to find the guy who stole the Gameboy DS from a claw machine...

I bought it because I wanted something to zoom around in. The port from PC is insulting (navigate menus with a mouse cursor?!?!), the neon everywhere is disorienting, the movement takes a long time to get used to and "Game Ball" is incomprehensible game design. But the more I play it, the more I'm able to get into the flow. Once you reach a high point and you're moving around at speed, leaping down instead of scrambling up, everything starts to click. I'd say if the concept interests you and you have the patience to push through a bad first impression, get it.

For the guy who invented Katamari and Noby Noby Boy, he can be a really morose dude sometimes.

This one really had me interested but the online requirement basically means it's exclusive to Switch Online subscribers, right?

I could never get into their choice-based games like TWD (fear of missing out is real) but I have had massive respect for Telltale ever since their hilarious work with Sam & Max. What a sad way to go out and I hope their staff move on to great things in the industry.

@Cobalt not sure if you'd qualify it as a port or not, but I'm looking forward to V-Rally coming to Switch sometime after it launches for the other consoles. That kind of thing is set to increase now that the Switch is proven to be capable and popular.

Oh and how come NintendoLife haven't reviewed that goldfish catching game yet?

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/catch-em-goldfish-scooping-switch

Now that's a must-watch trailer!

I too boot up Sky Rogue more frequently than any other game on my switch. Pretty much unlocked everything but can't get past the 5th or 6th day. Don't know what they're trying to do with the difficulty but gameplay-wise it's the perfect game to get in the zone.

Well I'll just say: good on them. Stick it to the man! In an altercation between man and claw machine, who takes the side of the claw machine?! That toddler is probably playing Kirby or Mario and having the time of her life.

"It seems that if you cancel your Nintendo Switch Online subscription, Nintendo will immediately delete your cloud saves. There isn't a holding period or anything like that, so make sure they're backed up."

... Are you kidding? The whole reason people care about cloud saves is you CAN'T back them up yourself.

That and the whole angle of this article is "here's how the cloud saves work... Actually we don't know how they work"

I feel insulted.

Is it true that every proper noun in this game starts with F?

I wish it was Nidhogg 1, I'd double-dip on that tight masterpiece but I just can't get over how disgusting the art style is on the sequel (in screenshots)

This completely levels up the switch's status as a dream machine. I'm blown away!

But I have to join the chorus on FF8.
Rinoa, I want to come find you!

Just in case anyone was unaware, real light gun games from the olden days relied on the oldschool CRT TV technology to work. That's why nobody makes good ones any more, except maybe some arcade games.
Personally I found Skyward Sword's motion detection to be a nightmare so I have no faith that joy cons are going to ever deliver a satisfying lightgun-style experience.