Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@KratosMD Not played them on Switch but I have played 1 and 2 on smartphone. 1 is extremely dated (and also quote short) but it's interesting as the progenitor of the Japanese RPG. It only vaguely tells you where to go and what to do, and you only play one character. The story is also minimal, but the new script has all the flair you'd expect from any modern Dragon Quest localisation. Some of the NPC dialogue is hilarious!

2 is an improvement, particularly in the story department and is less vague in how the game progresses. You also now battle with a defined party of (though can name the characters).

Dragon Quest 3 is supposed to be the best one and routinely pops up on "all-time great" lists in Japan.

Honestly, I'd save yourself some money and get them for your phone. The prices are alarmingly inflated on the Switch.

Yeah, the Switch prices are about in line with what they cost on Google Play in the States as well, so I don't see where this idea of "alarmingly inflated prices" is coming from, unless it's a regional thing somewhere else. I own DQII on my phone, but I hate playing games on my phone, so I'm debating just repurchasing it on Switch. I did beat DQI on my phone, though, and it's... incredibly basic. Interesting as a historical artifact and little else.

@belmont Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you got a bum unit. Thankfully, aside from some light joycon drift (which I alleviated with some compressed air), my launch unit has never had any issues.

I also purchased a 360 when half of the things were RRODing and also had no issues with it, so I guess I'm just lucky with hardware.

Only console that has ever fully crapped out on me is my Lite PS2.

@Ralizah The prices on Google Play have actually gone up since I purchased them in 2014, which I wasn't aware of when making that comment. At the time DQ1 was £1.99 (it's only listed on my Google account as 300 Yen) and DQ2 was £2.99. Now they aren't too far off the Switch pricing (DQ1 is £1 more on the Switch which is the biggest difference). Apologies for my confusion.

@belmont Yikes. My unit has some problems. The biggest is that it's actually bent a little, which I'm guessing is a combination of heat from the unit and tension from holding the joycons in handheld mode. The joycons themselves are now also a little loose when connecting to the unit.

@mookysam I actually just noticed that I own all three DQ games on Android.

Ugh. Maybe I'll just play them on there after all. It's not like they'll be on my radar anytime soon now that DQXI S is available, anyway.

I’m on dungeon 5 of Links Awakening and I’m loving the rhythm of it, hope we see some more older Zeldas on Switch soon. Also has anyone tried Northgard on Switch yet? Played the first story mission and it seems to work well as an RTS on Switch, love the idea of a Viking themed RTS!
Last thing, my friend code is SW-6988-4295-6095 so feel free to add me chaps, need to fill up my friends list!

@Hego I'll be shocked if we don't eventually get The Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD, considering almost everything else on the Wii U has been ported. Nintendo seems to want a Zelda release every year, so if BotW2 isn't a 2020 game, I could seem them announcing these next year.

@Ralizah I’m really hoping for that, I’d love to be able to play all the major zeldas at some point on Switch!

@Hego Have you play 1 - 3 via NSO? I can't say I think much of the NES ones, but ALttP is a stone cold classic, and, even more than Ocarina of Time, the entire series kind of sits in its shadow.

@Ralizah Enjoy Dragon Quest XI. Have you picked up the full game?

Hmm I reckon Breath of the Wild 2 will be a 2020 release. Hope so anyway. But first, Pikmin 4!

@mookysam Oh yes. I've had DQXI S preloaded for half a month or more. And I already finished the (long) demo, so I'll just pick up from that. It's a fun and gorgeous game. Grinding is much less tiresome with the faster battle speed option, too.

Man, Nintendo said something about Pikmin 4, like, 3 years ago, and it has been radio silence since. Although my personal opinion is that we'll get both a port of Pikmin 3 AND Pikmin 4 in 2020, since they're starting to run out of big franchises to look to for new core entries.

I do hope Nintendo is a bit quiet next year, though. It's going to take all year to play Animal Crossing/FFVIIR/Cyberpunk, and I know for a fact the PS4 is getting a number of Japanese games that I'm looking forward to (Shin Sakura Taisen/Ys IX/Persona 5 Royal/etc.) I can't actively play a bunch of new releases across both systems. I just don't have the time.

@Ralizah I've a feeling that a year from now we'll still be wondering where Pikmin 4 is. It'll eventually become one of life's great mysteries.

With you on needing the breathing space! My goal is to get through my PS4 backlog before the launch of the PS5, which will be hard enough with Persona 5R and Final Fantasy 7 coming. I'll still be playing last year's Switch games in 2020, let alone this year's.

@Ralizah Ive downloaded the SNES collection just to play LttP at some point!

It's worrying when this is the only reason why they'd release a new Pikmin game

Metroid Prime is still years off, but I reckon BOTW 2 is next year. Animal Crossing, obligatory Pokemon sequels, and hopefully Pikmin 4.

I hope we see Mario Golf & a new Kirby game next year (With the more standard Star Allies out of the way, hopefully they'll be able to build upon it and release a Robobot tier game).

Just give us Metroid next year. Even if it's a Prime trilogy remaster.

Finally cleared the third level of that car moving puzzle side mission in Astral Chain. That took me quite a few tries, lol.

And I ended up getting a Switch Lite. Time to start Dragon Quest S and I ended up preordering Atelier Ryza too. J-rpgs here I come!!

I will post impressions for the Lite after I tinker it for some time.

Have gone crazy on pay day and put a (non paid) pre-order in for The Witcher 3. I have it for PS4 but never got into it. Have said it before but I seem to find the time for bigger games on the Switch that I struggle with sat down on the TV. I am also away the weekend after its launch so works perfectly.

Was tempted by a Switch Lite but really don't have much of a need of one. I also think the whole primary console thing will be a pain the backside. Instead, I just got a 200gb memory card as my digital collection is getting a little large!

So I finished up Untitled Goose Game last night, or at least the first play through with all the main objectives done. I may go back to some of the additional and hidden ones. I liked the game but can't say I loved it. The novelty factor is fun but I thought it wore off. A nice little title, happy to play it but not particularly memorable other than pressing Y for Honk is fun.

Well, the Mario & Luigi series is up in the air given AlphaDream just filed for bankruptcy.

Odd given not long ago they openly stated they were moving towards PS4 development, but I guess that would be why. An urgent need to make money.