I actually wanted to get my switch in time for arms, I just wish they didn't require you to win the bonus rounds to progress in the single player since some load outs are just awful in those modes.
@RupeeClock thanks for the answer though I initially thought I heard of switch releases of games doing well and it probably paying off.
About the game. Comparing it to Mario confused me at first but I see animations and poses like Mario and Luigi series, and kind of sped up moves from 3d Mario. Are there rpg elements? I thought they were comparing it to super paper mario, I see it. Really got to see this game in motion.
Is that why they price hiked? Btw did welcome tour have a physical.
You know as a late response to the switch eShop having a price floor of 2usd I noticed some bundles being sold to somewhat get around that. Hard to imagine that happening much for these switch 2 games though besides maybe sonic/sega since they've them before. I'm just thinking would they do a package deal of ff7r and bravely for a real physical release and charge more?
Come to think of it they might have done this to me with the first switch and I got mine a couple of months late. Said I couldn't order just the system and gave the choice of a mk bundle or 1 with botw, a season pass for it, and a carrying case and told me I could return what I didn't want to keep, which I didn't bother with. The case was nice enough. The stuff wasn't packaged in a way where they couldn't have just sold me the switch.
Side thing ain't it funky there was a season pass for botw so soon? Think Nintendo said it's cause they had a lot of ideas they couldn't get in in time but it ended up a pretty pricey expansion for essentially 1 dungeon and they made the extra expensive totk instead, I enjoyed them, but doesn't sound right.
I hear the backwards compatibility is due to emulating the switch 1, will games that crashed on switch 1 work better? Or I guess is there a innate performance boost.
Was fun but when it bugs out or crashes I've lost multiple runs of progress, weird thing to bother me in a roguelite. It's not hard either, I rarely actually died, I'd say the power curve is in your favor, but bosses layer multiple attacks and I more try to erase them than anything. I haven't had much of a chance to play the other weapons, they don't seem good and don't get to use them outside of the initial unlock. It's fun it's fun, I don't want to discourage someone from playing it, but It needs a patch though.
It's forged! Take a bite to verify it's not homemade! Then again I suppose you could blend and remold 1.
Anyway I like the idea of the case but was thinking it's just dragon shaped, zard has a belly, twig arms, and a long neck right? There's also the wings, but i guess the tail is alright. Just mentioning cause I wonder how much the pokemon specific branding boosted it. Ptcgp has been popular too. Or cheetozard is a little funny.
Think I'm going to wait for a special deal on the switch 2 while I tackle my backlog and when/if I get a switch 2 I think I'll then be more comfortable taking my current switch on the go, might even be able to play the same games on either too.
Started playing yesterday it's fun, but it's crashing again I'm sort of losing multiple runs of progression. I think I'm going to need to put it down until a few patches but I don't know if I'd be aware when they come.
Edit: beat it, yippee
Edit edit: tried a run with another character and it froze before I left the hub
Currently enjoying 11s after finally getting over my fear of continuing my demo save file from 2019(I might be overleveled despite being able to avoid many encounters?). It's loooong but the story is wonderful, or atleast it has plenty of truly joyous moments. Get on it.
I can see the use of joycon mice if you want to play a shooter on the go, like sitting at a table somewhere. I don't know if I'd use such a feature at home.
Really didn't like Celeste... Part of that could be cause I beat it in 1 sitting the day before smash came out, also I played slime-san a while before it which I enjoyed more and paid less for, but I did recently wonder if Celeste's super success was just lucky. I remembered cursing when I got a upgrade in the game because of how precisely they wanted me to do everything, there's 13 kind of spikes but enemies were nothing, I had to go ahead and kill myself after saving myself from dying a few times, I don't think it being cutesy and the main message work with all the death, a crow stops time and tells you you can air dash before you even reach the mountain, game tells you the strawberries are unimportant then ***** on you at the end for not getting enough. Guess the animated character portraits during dialog were cute.
I'm never satisfied with their games except for curse of the moon. Feel like they've always just been pumping them out. Hoping for a longer gunvolt burst or something that uses the weapon configuration system, and just a game with the empress in it cause it's such a cool design.
Heard of it before, I'm surprised. Almost thought it was too old or niche. Looks like it came out in 2008.
Speaking of undertale I've been enjoying last command which has similar gameplay to it and just shapes and beats, kind of nier automata vibes. I think it's made by the same guy as rabiribi.
Doubt, would be a odd lesson from people being confused by the Wii u for the switch 2 to look the same without looking closely.
That aside, less portable is kind of a bummer, dashes hopes of more vr experimentation, but I guess that'll give it more room for what it needs to play certain beefier games, even 1st and 2nd party ones since I hear and saw first hand that performance hasn't been perfect lately.
Bigger bummer! No bringing back Wii pointer controls.
@Serpenterror I recently played the original, you don't really explore and it sort of like a easy Megaman zero like and similar to their retro style bloodstained games. It was alright. I was aware of a sequel being made and was more interested in it before seeing this trailer cause the characters look they'd play the same. Edit: 1st trailer might have been better.
Listing Botw and animal crossing doesn't mean much to me but arms and Mario 3d world pops jingles in my head. Did he do the bag expansion dancing tree song?
Idk how to feel about this to be honest. Don't want it to be the exciting news about nso... Guess it kills my hopes that they won't paywall online play on the next system too. Decouple these services! Think it compromises the experience for some.
As for the music itself, yea, it's good to acknowledge their worth(edit: apparently without credit to the composer?) but now they're in this walled garden where it'll only be easy to listen to Nintendo video game music back to back instead of mixed with other songs, and they might be more aggressive about it going forward.
That's freaking cool but Mario and Luigi are like a week and a little from now, almost like self sabotage for brothership. So the Wii u is almost pointless now? Just need Nintendo land and that 1 indie game that worked great on it?
That is dope!!! Man and I've been cautious, hard to imagine though, octopath 2 was just packed with special things to get, moves and items with interesting effects. I really wonder what fingerprint they'd have on it. I loved the octopath traveller 2 art style, kind of disappointed me on dq3hd2d remake.
@Kidfunkadelic83 I really enjoyed it,was my favorite game of the ones I played that year, bought it after the first sale thinking it had a performance update already.
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Re: Opinion: Upgraded For Switch 2, ARMS Deserves A Second Shot At Greatness
I actually wanted to get my switch in time for arms, I just wish they didn't require you to win the bonus rounds to progress in the single player since some load outs are just awful in those modes.
Re: Mario-Inspired 2D Platformer Secures A Switch 2 Release On Kickstarter
@RupeeClock thanks for the answer though I initially thought I heard of switch releases of games doing well and it probably paying off.
About the game. Comparing it to Mario confused me at first but I see animations and poses like Mario and Luigi series, and kind of sped up moves from 3d Mario. Are there rpg elements? I thought they were comparing it to super paper mario, I see it. Really got to see this game in motion.
Re: Mario-Inspired 2D Platformer Secures A Switch 2 Release On Kickstarter
Why are switch ports less immediate stretch goals on Kickstarter? Some manipulation?
Re: Rumour: New Leak May Explain Why So Many Switch 2 Physicals Are Game Key Cards
Is that why they price hiked? Btw did welcome tour have a physical.
You know as a late response to the switch eShop having a price floor of 2usd I noticed some bundles being sold to somewhat get around that. Hard to imagine that happening much for these switch 2 games though besides maybe sonic/sega since they've them before. I'm just thinking would they do a package deal of ff7r and bravely for a real physical release and charge more?
Re: GameStop Apparently Investigating New York Store Over Sus Switch 2 Bundle Sales
Come to think of it they might have done this to me with the first switch and I got mine a couple of months late. Said I couldn't order just the system and gave the choice of a mk bundle or 1 with botw, a season pass for it, and a carrying case and told me I could return what I didn't want to keep, which I didn't bother with. The case was nice enough. The stuff wasn't packaged in a way where they couldn't have just sold me the switch.
Side thing ain't it funky there was a season pass for botw so soon? Think Nintendo said it's cause they had a lot of ideas they couldn't get in in time but it ended up a pretty pricey expansion for essentially 1 dungeon and they made the extra expensive totk instead, I enjoyed them, but doesn't sound right.
Re: Switch 2 Launch Day Delivery "Not Guaranteed" From Nintendo In The US
You know strategically saying this would be the right move even if it'd be overstating the demand.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Upgrade Pack Price For Two More 'Switch 2 Edition' Titles
I loved forgotten land, 20 sounds like a lot to me to me though. I didn't watch footage, guess no word on how long this extra mode is yet?
Are we supposed to think of it like $10 for the upgrade, $10 for dlc? I'm not really interested in just a upgrade.
Re: Watch: Got Questions About Switch 2? Ask Alex - Live!
I hear the backwards compatibility is due to emulating the switch 1, will games that crashed on switch 1 work better? Or I guess is there a innate performance boost.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Xenoblade Game? Rate Your Favourite For Our Upcoming Ranking
I got the original in my backlog but I only played 2 and torna... Overall I wouldn't recommend them, the world was pretty.
Re: Exclusive: Mega Man X-Style Roguelite 'Elsie' Gets A Digital Soundtrack With Bonus Tracks
Was fun but when it bugs out or crashes I've lost multiple runs of progress, weird thing to bother me in a roguelite. It's not hard either, I rarely actually died, I'd say the power curve is in your favor, but bosses layer multiple attacks and I more try to erase them than anything. I haven't had much of a chance to play the other weapons, they don't seem good and don't get to use them outside of the initial unlock. It's fun it's fun, I don't want to discourage someone from playing it, but It needs a patch though.
Re: Random: Pokémon-Shaped Cheeto Auction Proves The World Has Gone Mad
It's forged! Take a bite to verify it's not homemade! Then again I suppose you could blend and remold 1.
Anyway I like the idea of the case but was thinking it's just dragon shaped, zard has a belly, twig arms, and a long neck right? There's also the wings, but i guess the tail is alright. Just mentioning cause I wonder how much the pokemon specific branding boosted it. Ptcgp has been popular too. Or cheetozard is a little funny.
Re: Poll: Will You Trade In Your Switch When Switch 2 Arrives?
Think I'm going to wait for a special deal on the switch 2 while I tackle my backlog and when/if I get a switch 2 I think I'll then be more comfortable taking my current switch on the go, might even be able to play the same games on either too.
Re: New 'Dating App For Games' Tool Looks To Leverage Human Expertise Over AI
My eyes are bigger than my stomach already but it sounds interesting. I really like a YouTube channel called best indiegames to find out about stuff.
Re: Review: Elsie (Switch) - A Stunningly Presented Mega Man X-Esque Roguelite
Started playing yesterday it's fun, but it's crashing again I'm sort of losing multiple runs of progression. I think I'm going to need to put it down until a few patches but I don't know if I'd be aware when they come.
Edit: beat it, yippee
Edit edit: tried a run with another character and it froze before I left the hub
Re: Don't Worry, Dragon Quest XII Is Still In Development
Currently enjoying 11s after finally getting over my fear of continuing my demo save file from 2019(I might be overleveled despite being able to avoid many encounters?). It's loooong but the story is wonderful, or atleast it has plenty of truly joyous moments. Get on it.
Re: New Nintendo Patent Seems To Confirm Mouse Functionality For Switch 2
I can see the use of joycon mice if you want to play a shooter on the go, like sitting at a table somewhere. I don't know if I'd use such a feature at home.
Re: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell Brings More Pixel-Art Metroidvania Action To Switch
Think I heard something that their games might have been building up to this 1. I don't know if I should play those first or just skip to here.
Re: Celeste Dev Makes "Difficult Decision" To Cancel New Game Earthblade
Really didn't like Celeste... Part of that could be cause I beat it in 1 sitting the day before smash came out, also I played slime-san a while before it which I enjoyed more and paid less for, but I did recently wonder if Celeste's super success was just lucky. I remembered cursing when I got a upgrade in the game because of how precisely they wanted me to do everything, there's 13 kind of spikes but enemies were nothing, I had to go ahead and kill myself after saving myself from dying a few times, I don't think it being cutesy and the main message work with all the death, a crow stops time and tells you you can air dash before you even reach the mountain, game tells you the strawberries are unimportant then ***** on you at the end for not getting enough. Guess the animated character portraits during dialog were cute.
Re: Nintendo Will Hold A Switch 2 Direct Presentation In April
Ugh that's so loooong from now.
Re: Switch 2 Will Be Backwards Compatible With Physical And Digital Games, With Some Exceptions
I guess ring fit won't work unless original joycons do
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th January)
Jin conception, I'm grateful for every bit of progress. get as many people to play it as possible, it'd be fun.
Re: Inti Creates Plans To Announce "Several Titles" In 2025
I'm never satisfied with their games except for curse of the moon. Feel like they've always just been pumping them out. Hoping for a longer gunvolt burst or something that uses the weapon configuration system, and just a game with the empress in it cause it's such a cool design.
Re: How Well Do You Remember 2024? Nintendo Life's End-Of-Year Gaming Quiz
Yikes! those are some statistics
These aren't the most interesting details to remember.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (New Year Edition)
I wouldn't put down meg's monster if I didn't need to sleep.
Re: Cult RPG Hit 'OFF' Makes Its Way To The Switch In 2025
Heard of it before, I'm surprised. Almost thought it was too old or niche. Looks like it came out in 2008.
Speaking of undertale I've been enjoying last command which has similar gameplay to it and just shapes and beats, kind of nier automata vibes. I think it's made by the same guy as rabiribi.
Re: Your 'Nintendo Switch Year In Review 2024' Stats Are Available Now
Aaaaa... Played a few games academically this year.
Souldiers, samurai bringer, going under, venba, rabiribi, children of zodiarcs, and octopath traveller 2 were dope!
Glad my stats aren't crazy, these reviews make me feel a odd.
Re: Random: New Marvel Rivals Game Mode Bears A Striking Resemblance To Splatoon
Iffy on the game doing it, but good.
Re: 3D Print Of Rumoured 'Switch 2' Design Gives Us A Closer Look At OLED Size Comparison
Doubt, would be a odd lesson from people being confused by the Wii u for the switch 2 to look the same without looking closely.
That aside, less portable is kind of a bummer, dashes hopes of more vr experimentation, but I guess that'll give it more room for what it needs to play certain beefier games, even 1st and 2nd party ones since I hear and saw first hand that performance hasn't been perfect lately.
Bigger bummer! No bringing back Wii pointer controls.
Re: 'Gal Guardians: Servants Of The Dark' Brings More Castlevania Vibes To Switch In March 2025
@Serpenterror I recently played the original, you don't really explore and it sort of like a easy Megaman zero like and similar to their retro style bloodstained games. It was alright. I was aware of a sequel being made and was more interested in it before seeing this trailer cause the characters look they'd play the same. Edit: 1st trailer might have been better.
How do you do spoilers here?
Re: Indie RPG Hit 'Chained Echoes' Announces 'Ashes Of Elrant' DLC
Chained echoes was great, played ff12 right after though and was kind of funny seeing the beats of the plot
Re: Review: Spirit Mancer (Switch) - An Ambitious Mix Of Mega Man Zero And Pokémon That's Spread Too Thin
It's weird and has good combat and story? Looked up the trailer, looked cool. Might wait but I'm interested.
Re: Another Crab's Treasure Lands Performance Update On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Their other game "Going under" is also great
Re: Nintendo Switch Online's Next Game Trial Is A Superb Strategy Sequel (Europe)
Ya know I think the trial games have been more interesting.
Re: Patent Suggests Samsung May Create Its Own Foldable Handheld Console
Woo! I'm more than into it, I suggest it could happen a couple of times
Re: Random: Hitting Mario & Luigi: Brothership's Max Level Takes An Insane Amount Of Patience
Doesn't have a boss rush mode as far as I can tell
Re: Cat Quest III 'Mew Content Update' Sails Onto Switch Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Man I am not in the mood to see a doge
Re: Bug Fables, The Fantastic Paper Mario-Like RPG, Gets Surprise Anniversary Update
I've been putting off a 2nd playthrough for a while how lucky that turned out to be.
Re: Pokémon TCG Pocket Trainer Drops $1,500 To Collect Every Single Card
You need 2 of each to play any deck you want
Re: Delightful-Looking Platformer 'Misc. A Tiny Tale' Brings Heaps Of Chibi-Robo Vibes In New Trailer
Like the design more than korobo, not that I'm a chibirobo fan
Re: Zelda: BOTW And Animal Crossing: New Horizons Composer Yasuaki Iwata Has Left Nintendo
Listing Botw and animal crossing doesn't mean much to me but arms and Mario 3d world pops jingles in my head. Did he do the bag expansion dancing tree song?
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Estimated Switch File Size Update
@Jiggies neato, thanks
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Estimated Switch File Size Update
@Angelus3K People like it?
Re: Owlboy Dev's Platform Shooter 'Savant - Ascent Remix' Blasts Onto Switch This December
Sub 10 with a early bird discount is hard for me to resist
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
Idk how to feel about this to be honest. Don't want it to be the exciting news about nso... Guess it kills my hopes that they won't paywall online play on the next system too. Decouple these services! Think it compromises the experience for some.
As for the music itself, yea, it's good to acknowledge their worth(edit: apparently without credit to the composer?) but now they're in this walled garden where it'll only be easy to listen to Nintendo video game music back to back instead of mixed with other songs, and they might be more aggressive about it going forward.
Re: Switch Accessory Firm CRKD Is Launching A Rather Unsavoury 'FOMO' Scheme
I can see it as just wanting to pump out a bunch of designs but also needing to actually get rid of them
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Confirmed For Switch
@batmanbud2 I also misunderstood, this was just a sudden announcement, I thought they shadow dropped Xenoblade x
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Confirmed For Switch
That's freaking cool but Mario and Luigi are like a week and a little from now, almost like self sabotage for brothership. So the Wii u is almost pointless now? Just need Nintendo land and that 1 indie game that worked great on it?
Re: SEGA Seeks 1 Billion Yen In Damages From Developer Of Mobile RPG 'Memento Mori'
Bummer, so there's going to be a chain of these now? No more game mechanics
Re: Mario & Luigi: Brothership Developer Has Supposedly Been Revealed
That is dope!!! Man and I've been cautious, hard to imagine though, octopath 2 was just packed with special things to get, moves and items with interesting effects. I really wonder what fingerprint they'd have on it. I loved the octopath traveller 2 art style, kind of disappointed me on dq3hd2d remake.
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Update 1.6 Arriving On Switch Next Week
@Kidfunkadelic83 I really enjoyed it,was my favorite game of the ones I played that year, bought it after the first sale thinking it had a performance update already.