Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@Knuckles-Fajita
I actually didn't know Sakurai wasn't part of Nintendo. Crazy they wouldn't have a guy that talented under contract. He's made some of my favorite Nintendo games.

@Gamer83 That's part of the reason why he left Nintendo/HAL in the first place. Like how Ueda left Sony. To work as a freelancer. They can dictate their own payment, and they know they're going to get hired by the same company anyway, so it's only more profitable for them. Maybe there's more to it, but that's how I understand it.

After just over 16hours I have assembled the entire party & completed their respective opening chapters in Octopath Traveler.
At this rate I’ll still be playing it by December😂.

I’m really enjoying it, but it’s a tad formulaic.
Ch1 is basically:
Intro->Cutscene->Use your character ability->Cutscene->Go to a dungeon & beat the boss->Cutscene->Exit Town->Cutscene
Each time! 😕

I hope the subsequent character chapters change it up a bit.

Some stories/party members are more interesting then others, but they are all pretty good.
Primrose’s opening chapter was easily the best though.

@Kidfried I'm hoping it's just the opening chapter. I don't want to do the same thing over and over again for each character with isolated stories where your party members are simply there to provide back-up. I really do like the game it's just...a bit repetitive/formulaic (so far).

@Kidfried I'll be sure to late you know. Although at the rate I'm going at, it might take a while!

So I just finished Super Metroid for the millionth time today (this time on SNES mini) and I thought how I much I'd like to play it on my Switch. I mean I have done it on WiiU, it feels just strange not to be able to at this point of the console life...

I hope they get whatever they plan for classic games together soon! O just release a collection of 2d Metroid games. Please ;_;

@Feena Second half of September, as part of a subscription model.

Funnilly enough, that's what people were asking for in the Wii U era. But they never realised that supporting something even the size of the Wii U virtual console would be a heck of a cost with all the licensing.

So after years of being told they shouldn't sell the games individually anymore, they get told they should.

Nintendo can't win. shrug

@Knuckles-Fajita Is it really coming? I thought they were starting with nes games. I actually prefer the old model - I own(ed) SM, Fusion and Zero Mission on WiiU.

@Feena It's called emulation

Yay Diablo 3?

Right?

Meh.

Well Diablo 3 is awesome and much loved by a lot of people, so yes it's fantastic news for anyone who hasn't played it.

Rumor is the price tag will be $59.99 for Diablo III for the Switch. It includes the Reaper of Souls and Necromancer expansion packs as well as all patched up to date but paying $60 for a 5 year old game. Unless they offer transferring your character from the PS4 version I may just wait till it goes on sale to get it.

$60 for it is a bit steep, even with DLC and new content.

But its also Activision Blizzard so shock horror there the sky is blue.

@kyleforrester87 Fantastic news for anyone who hasnt played, assuming they give a damn, which would explain how they spent 6 years not playing it

I mean its a nice port. Has a very accessible LAN mode for 4 player it seems. Just...dunno it feels off this one and I cant grasp why

$59.99 is fair for Diablo 3 + all expansions and DLC, I reckon.

I want to know what the performance is like before I commit to buying it, but I've always wanted to play this game, so this seems like a good opportunity to get into it.

Also, the complete edition on PS4 is still easily £30 at retail.

Still don't understand the issue with the price. It's a new game on Switch, why would it be less? The PS3 version wasn't less, it had been out on PC a couple of years earlier. And then it was full price again on PS4 despite it already being out on PS3, (granted it came with an expansion) And finally the Necromancer pack was, what, £15 on PS4? For a new character? Very steep. But in the context of this particular game it is fine since it's worth it as it offers so much fun gameplay. I've spent about £100 on Diablo 3 in the PS environment, so £60 on Switch is not an issue to me. It's worth double that tbh.

Anywhooo, Diablo 4 please, Blizzard!

You've gotta remember, Nintendo fans.

It's fine if it costs that much elsewhere but as soon as it does on a Nintendo system its greed.

The Eternal Evil edition is $39.99 on Amazon for PS4.

So, putting aside taxes and pre-order discounts, it's an increase of $20. Not ideal, but also not bad if you want a fully portable version of the game.

Blizzard can and should charge more to make back the money they spent porting and optimizing the game for the Switch.

Except...

It's Activision Blizzard. Blizzard alone could fund this entirely off of Overwatch lootboxes.

@Ralizah Wait, are you arguing the game should be more expensive?