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Yea honestly the man has a point. What we put up with as gamers is what's landed us in this land of Season Passes and 10-dollar horse armor and Games as Services that takes years to reach their originally advertised potential.

@NinjaWaddleDee
You sound like you've halfway made up your mind already. Maybe you just skipped your cereal this morning.

Would it be possible for them to include both options? Let's Go-motion control style could be turned on or off, same for random wild encounters. People who want the original experience could just turn that stuff off and boom - back to random encounters.

@JimmySpades
Dang, I was gonna make the same joke lol

I loved my Wii U, though. Great console. Pretty telling that the top 2 games were both available on other systems at the time they launched, though.

It's a fun game. I never did finish it on my 360. Maybe.

@Atariboy
They did it for Captain Toad on the Switch already. Playing handheld you still just touch the platforms, and if you're playing in docked you have a cursor for the Joycon or Pro Controller gyroscope to "click" on platforms.

They removed the need to blow into the microphone because, as you said, the Switch controllers don't have one. I'd have to get out my Wii U copy to see exactly what levels that affected, but after playing through Captain Toad on Switch I didn't even notice the absence of those parts. I think they just turned those parts into more touch blocks? Maybe someone else knows.

Dang, that's cool. Must resist.

Yea, I mean, this isn't hard to believe. Some kind of 4k upscaling when docked is logical, and a better handheld screen is logical, as well. So... yea. People just need to remember that rendering natively in 4k and 4k upscaling/checkerboarding are entirely different things.

Just don't buy it. Geez loweez.

Having played it and beaten it on Switch before and after the patch, it's totally worth it. You can nitpick the price per hour ratio if you want, but I felt my money was worth it. You can definitely beat it in 20 hours or less if you don't look for everything. I would think 100% would take between 30-40 hours for anyone who isn't an absolute pro or doesn't have advance knowledge of the routes. I could just play it on my Game Pass, but I hardly get a chance to sit down in front of my TV these days (and I hate playing platformers on my PC). Having it on Switch and taking it mobile is the reason why I got to enjoy this game (and so many others).

One of my favorite games, actually. I would totally buy it.

I really liked Friends of Mineral Town. I did my first "quick" playthrough for just 20 hours until I got married, but I intend on going back for a fresh farm and really finding everything.

I wish they'd do the FE DLC, too.

@DDFawfulGuy
Have some breakfast, my friend. Try the waffles.

This is the first time I've had zero interest in the launch of a MS or Sony console. I don't know. My Switch is doing just fine for me. I'm sure I'll get a PS5 or Series X in a year or so, but I'm just not feeling excited about either of them right now.

Do we really have to rehash all of this again? Every system has stuff for kids, adults, and everyone in between. Nintendo has the best selection for kids.

End of story.

So I clicked ahead in the first video and honestly didn't know which side was the Switch... the left?

@TG16_IS_BAE
Just leave, dude. You said something earlier about 33 years gaming, so I'm gonna assume you're in your 30s just like me. We have better things to do than hang around game forums of companies we don't like (I love Nintendo, so here I am, but even then I need to stop reading these comments lol).

Especially during these times, appreciate some of the other great stuff in your life. Don't waste it coming here to make negative comments about everything.

Well dang. Held off on buying it on my PC to play it on Switch, but this puts an end to that. I'll be getting this next time it goes on sale on Steam.

@Ambassador_Kong
Irony - a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character

Don't explode your brain, man. Not worth it.

@BlackenedHalo
You really managed to pack a lot of irony into such a small statement. Well done, my friend.

I'm gonna get flak for this, but Nintendo gamers have always been "gamers" in the truest sense of the word. By that I mean I would be willing to bet that Nintendo gamers, by and large, are the most diverse audience and have the most diverse genre interests.

MS and Sony have sort of pigeon-holed their consoles and, to a relatively equal degree, their audiences, into a very specific corner. They absolutely eat up the Call of Duties, Red Dead Redemptions, and other AAA action games, but when they try to hype games outside that niche, the results are usually much smaller. For example, when Crash 4 comes to Switch, I'd bet anything it ends up selling more on Switch than anywhere else, even if it takes a bit of time.

I really don't see any reason why any smaller game or indie game would not want to come to Switch.

Series X makes no sense to me... all their stuff is on PC too.

I liked it. It was a competent action platformer. Definitely a bit floaty in the controls, but the story and mythos of India was SUPER cool to follow, and the weapons and movesets you gain as the game gets further along really diversify the action.

Definitely a worth a playthrough if you can find it for a few bucks off.

I didn't really like the demo. Didn't have the tight, tactile feel that other action rhythm games like Runner have had. Just my opinion. The characters and button inputs/actions just felt very light/floaty and not necessarily intuitive to the all of the music across the difficulty levels.

So pumped for the demo! Hopefully before the end of the week!

It's a great game. And I just think these indie games are mostly a better fit for a hybrid console, honestly. I have a beast gaming rig, but it's kind of reserved for times when I can afford to really sit down and spend a couple hours on a game. For smaller games like this, it's much easier to game portably for 10 minutes and then put it down.

It is fun, but if you're good it can go on for a long time.

Yea, I'm about five hours in and have had two hard crashes and one time when I couldn't move after teleporting. Was a downer, for sure, but I figured it's a pretty big game and they were probably working on a fix already. I put it aside for 3D Collection until the patch comes out.

I have them both digitally. I try to buy physical, but I just want to play games, and waiting for months just to get the physical doesn't make sense to me if I'm not an avid collector.

Loving Will of the Wisps even more than the original, though I have had 2 game crashes and a time when I warped and then couldn't move the character without exiting to the main menu. About 5 hours played. I didn't have any crashes with the original on Switch.

Wow - that'll be a huge exclusive when the next Elder Scrolls game comes out, even though that will be years from now.

I say "exclusive," but all their stuff comes to PC as well, so really it's just exclusive against Sony.

Another day another outrage. It's outrageous.

@Eel
Yep, and I just realized my original post I said Story of Seasons when I meant Friend of Mineral Town specifically lol my bad gotta fix that

Article comments are generally where people go to hate, and if it's video games I'd wager it's a majority of people who haven't even played the game (or in this case the closest current playable game by the same company). People are gonna be people. Live and let live, is what I say, but dang it does get annoying.

I can't help but wonder if these people ever stop and realize how nonsensical they are.

Friends of Mineral Town on Switch was pretty good, I'll admit. I was grouchy about it and held out for a bit, but I took the plunge and bought it a couple weeks ago. I'm over a year in and it's been a fun time. Graphics were much better in motion. Sounds like a cop-out, and I was totally a skeptic, but it turned out to be true.

People still saying it looks like a cell phone game or whatever most likely haven't played it, and that's just the cold truth, say what you want. All of these farming sims have the over stylized graphics these days, some are just more hand-drawn and some are more computerized and rounded. People don't drag Stardew Valley through the mud for looking like a SNES game, so I don't get the hate. FoMT in motion reminded me a lot of HM 64's graphics, and for me that was pretty nice.

So I'll support them on this.

Yea, I heard awesome things about this on NVC. Gonna get it later today.

I did have my eye on this one and will definitely be getting it. The main mechanic reminds me of the boost mechanic in Ori.

Anybody with a PowerA "pro" controller - do they feel as sturdy as the 1st-party controller? Do the buttons have that cheap "click" to them? How is the joystick? Does the rubber feel brittle or high quality?

I'd be so psyched. Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess are the only Zeldas I haven't fully played, mostly because I didn't have GC and Wii but also because I'm not a fan of motion controls. Hopefully this would have some way of not using motion.

I loved the battle system in Origami King. I didn't feel it was "disconnected" or anything like that - so much of the game revolves around shapes and shape folding and manipulation. As you get stronger you can skip some of the lower-level baddies if you want, but the battles remain important throughout the whole game, which was nice. And the boss battles are pretty awesome nearly across the board.

I really do wonder how many people who trash this game have actually played it, and this website is mild by comparison. There should be some sort of verification system kinda like Steam has where if people are gonna post stuff about a game, good or bad, there's some way to see if they've actually played the game and for how much time. It shouldn't bar anyone from posting (imagine the outrage, dear goodness), but simply put an icon next to their name with hours played. Maybe have people link to their Switch accounts and it could automatically check.

It'll still be the place to just play awesome games the way you want. There will be the usual need for a PC or other console if you wanna play absolutely everything, but otherwise I think Switch will be there in much the same capacity as it is now. I think we'll see the next Switch in about three years, and I hope it's the same form just updated guts.

One of the best games I've played on the Switch. Probably in my top 3 along with BotW and Fire Emblem.

Origami King s SO awesome - I'm loving it and having so much fun with it. One of those games where I tell myself I'm gonna play for an hour and then suddenly four hours have gone by. Top 3 favorite 1st-party game on Switch, for sure.

The environments and characters, the dialogue and story - it's all so endearing and fun to experience. I don't get the hate on the battle system; seems like something a couple reviewers didn't like and then everyone just joined the pecking order. I think it's cool, and there have been plenty of battles where I've had to really stop and think to find the solution (and some where I couldn't find the solution no matter how hard I tried, I will admit).

Just such an awesome, polished, finely crafted (ha) experience.

That's awesome! Now here's hoping of a remake for the SNES original or HM64.

That looks pretty cool.

<insert usual aghast comment about the price>

The graphics aren't as terrible as I thought from earlier previews. And as others have said, as an old-school Harvest Moon fan from the very first game, the simplicity is EXACTLY what I love about the game.

This is available on cartridge, right?

AWESOME! Now I just need to finally get one of those official SNES controllers.

They really don't get it anymore.

I think you definitely have to go Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy, no questions asked. Those three will pretty much cover each 3D evolution of Mario.

I would be REALLY interested to see what they'd do with a Super Mario World (SNES) remaster. It's arguably the most-played Mario game ever and spawned a whole generation of kaizo platforming and fan-made games using the engine.

@1UP_MARIO
That's actually a perfect way to put it, cheap but not good value.

Eh, whatever. If you game online on consoles nowadays you gotta pony up for their online service, so here we are. I do think they'll keep adding games, maybe some incentives here and there. I'd love to see member-exclusive eShop deals or maybe multiplied gold point rebates on purchases.

@Grandiajet
No, that's the new game with the actual Harvest Moon branding. I forget the full title for that one.