Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@Ralizah, I've played through Pirate's Curse on 3DS & One-Half Genie Hero on Switch (actually I think my first Switch game) before.

@RR529 Gotcha.

I'm quite excited to pick up Shantae GBC on the Switch later in the year (and the repro GBC cart for a more old-school experience). It's really cool that the entire series will be available on Switch soon.

@Ralizah Is Shantae GBC reprinted officially or you refer to generic repros from ebay?

@belmont Official, via Limited Run Games.

Something called Xtreme Sports is receiving the same treatment.

@Ralizah Thanks for the link. I have 300+ games on various game boy and game gear iterations but for some reason not those two. I hope the cost + eu shipping will be resonable.

@KratosMD it depends on the game but here in the UK I find that first party Nintendo titles don’t drop much second hand - possibly a few pounds but often you can get a competitive launch price online that resembles the second hand price. It is a shame really

@Arugula It's honestly the reason I've skipped a lot of Nintendo titles this gen. None of them drop in price, and there are a lot of games I'd like to try, but I'm not willing to spend €60 on. I'd rather buy three €20 PS4 games for example. I got into Tomb Raider because they were quite cheap, otherwise I wouldn't even have bothered probably!

About Paper Mario. I played the one on the Wii U, which looks very similar to this one. The main problem I had is that the battles aren't satisfying. They're quite easy, dull, and they last way too long. I don't mind turn-based stuff. But I'd like some kind of challenge. And Paper Mario doesn't offer that unfortunately. Since they don't want it to be an RPG or something, battles aren't rewarding either. So you want to avoid them pretty much all the time. I don't know what's going on, but it feels like they want all their games to be playable by three-year-olds, and stupid three-year-olds as well. Because it feels so dumbed down half the time. Origami King is a game I'd pay €30 for. But I know it won't ever drop that low, so I'll probably never play it.

I still remember that Color Splash introduced an overworld enemy at some point in the game that was able to undo all your progress in a level. And since that game revolved around painting white objects in the landscape, it could be very tedious looking for that one white rock on a sand coloured beach that was just a tad lighter than all the other rocks. I spent hours completing those levels, and then the game said F you and decided to randomly erase my progress by introducing an enemy that could ''suck'' all the colour out of a level. At that point I stopped playing, it just wasn't very fun in the end.

@KratosMD Even our second hand stores sell Switch games for like £45. I literally own 2 physical Switch games because there’s just no point. The others I bought through key sites which are now shutting down or on the eShop during one of the very crap sales. It’s mad considering that I bought like 45 Wii games during its lifespan and I didn’t even have my own income then.

Nintendo's pricing habits cause me to buy a lot more of their games at launch than I do Sony's. As @Arugula points out, the fact that their games barely sink in price means there's literally no reason not to buy them at release if you have the money, whereas, with something like Ghost of Tsushima or TLOU Part II, I'm always going to be wondering how much lower it'll sink if I wait longer. Given super AAA games like HZD and GoW didn't take long to sink to $9.99 in sales, that price floor is pretty low. Not to mention that certain Sony-published games actually become available via PS+, which also makes me less inclined to outright buy games when the possibility exists to obtain them for free.

Of course, the flip side of that is that I do end up buying a lot more of Sony's stuff down the road, whereas, if I don't pick up a Ninty game at launch, I'm likely to ignore it for the rest of the gen.

Pretty embarrassed to admit this but I recently bought one of those low budget fanservice games (well, I got it for free since I have a bunch of gold coins I wasn't planning on using) called Waifu Uncovered.

Unlike the wealth of other fanservice games out there this one actually has honest to goodness nudity in it, which is sooo bizarre seeing on a Nintendo platform (or any console really, especially considering it's the entire point of the game, and not just one small scene in a greater context). It feels kind of dirty seeing the icon next to Animal Crossing, lol. It's not great, but it's functional & worth it for the lulz since I got it free.

@RR529 I’m pretty sure I saw an article on NLife today that literally said that game had been removed from the eShop! I assume somebody noticed the nudity 😂😂

@nessisonett, it was only removed from the Japanese eShop as far as I'm aware (I think even bare breasts are legally outlawed on console over there, even though they're fair game in manga, Film/TV, and PC gaming, which is why the nudity is censored out of the older God of War games & a few other western AAA's over there, and why none of the Japanese made fanservice games actually go that far, except for titles that originate on PC, but those are always censored if they get a console release, due to Japan's laws on nudity in console games).

I think things are a bit looser as far as western markets are concerned (as long as it's not determined to be full on porn), it's just that it's rarely seen as western studios in general don't make fanservice games (this is one of the few I've heard of), and the numerous Japanese games have the limitations of their homegrown rules built in.

So, there's a Nintendo Direct Mini in about 6 hours (3pm UK time, 7am Pacific, 10 am Eastern). It'll be focused on 3rd party titles. It'll be about 10 minutes in length according to their Japanese twitter account.

After Pokemon Unite and Bakugan, my expections are very low. However, I'll happily eat my words if they share some SMT V or Bayonetta 3 footage.

This sounds like the first of many. Given it's called "The first in a series".

Also kiiiiinda nuts how Nintendo is dedicating an entire slot to third party stuff exclusively.

Also ironic given how insiders said Nintendo told third parties to do it on their own time and theyd never do this....but hey what do insiders know?

I think this is both a reaction to the state of the world, and also a way to give third parties a podium on Switch, something they've done for indies already. Probably be quite wise, given third party games do well.

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI III HD REMASTER!!!!!!!!!!! SMT V IS COMING NEXT YEAR! NEW TRAILER!!!

ATLUS!!!!!!

EDIT:

Ahem... simultaneous worldwide release for SMT V.

Shin Megami Tensei news, so I'm happy.

SMT is a weird series for me. I wasn't keen on it at first, but I grow ever fonder of it as I get to know it more.

Anyway, the new games have me excited.

@nessisonett Be sure to dust off your Switch for 2021, buddy. It's a big year.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Tagging you, since I know you're a MegaTen fan.

Nocturne HD is getting a PS4 release as well.

I kind of lost interest of the series in the PS2 era. I guess the stories were somewhat repetitive and I hate silent protagonists in general. Nocturne (or Lucifer's Call according to my PAL PS2 box, forgot about that change!!) was OK. SMTV might hook me back though. I thought we would see Doom Eternal on Switch in this direct but I guess the port if still far away.

@KratosMD SMT III is more difficult, but I think it's fine to start with. SMT IV is easier overall, but the first dungeon is probably the hardest first dungeon in the series, so it frontloads its difficulty. They're both excellent games, though.

If it didn't have explicit story connections to IV, I'd be tempted to recommend IV: Apocalypse, because I feel like it's the most approachable game in the series, and is probably the easiest way for a Persona fan to transition over (mechanically, it's pure SMT, but unlike Nocturne and IV is has a strong emphasis on character development).

Of the two, I'd probably recommend SMT IV. Nocturne HD isn't coming until next year anyway, so there's plenty of time to get into it.

@Ralizah Ooh Nocturne is soooo good. Tough as nails but incredible.