Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Any advice for levelling up post Mechonis in Xenoblade Chronicles: DE?

I'm currently level 77 (which seems to be just right, if not a little high, for where I'm at in the main story), but a new quests popped up in Colony 9, Colony 6, & Frontier Village that are sending me to areas with enemies in the high 80's-90's, and I'm wondering if there are any quests closer to my level to sort of bridge the gap, outside of going to the next story area (which I'm not sure I'll be able to return from if I go).

Booted up my Switch again, but the drift is getting worse. How do people deal with this? There's so little talk about it online. A system-wide problem, four years in, and Nintendo is still selling broken Joy-Con. Absolutely disgraceful. Does everyone just ''accept'' it and move on?

@Octane I bought sticks and replaced the left one manually. I do kinda find that sorta work fun though, as disgraceful as the situation is. I need to do my right one soon as the drift is getting worse. The build quality puts Tiger Electronics to shame.

There are some video game repair shop in my hometown which can fix the drift of Joy Cons.

@WanderingBullet
"Don't like the idea of owning multiple consoles"

I have 14 different video games.
GBA, NDS, 3DS, Switch, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U.
PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP.
XBOX, XBOX 360.

@Octane, it was a bit disappointing when my Joy-Con developed drift, but I just bought a 3rd party controller & haven't had any issues since (I play mostly on TV).

@Anti-Matter Haha, what I meant was I tend to only buy one console from that particular generation.

I played the first 5 Link’s Awakening dungeons. It’s really quite good even if the stuttering does my head in. I love that it embraces the weirdness and keeps a lot of the old-timey translation work. I’m really not a 2D Zelda fan but this one is actually keeping my interest which ALTTP and ALBW really didn’t.

Replaced my right Joy-Con stick and seem to have shocked myself in the process. Probably because I was being an idiot but my right arm has gone a bit numb and my jaw is tingly. At least the drift is fixed 😂

@nessisonett Something about the Switch remake felt off, but I could never put my finger on it. I love the DX version, so it's odd that I didn't like it as much. ALBW is God tier. 😲 What didn't you like about it? And eek, how did you manage to shock yourself on the joy-con?

@mookysam I just don’t like 2D Zelda games that much as I feel it’s hard to get engrossed in them. There’s something about the perspective that means I feel a bit disconnected from the gameplay. The Link’s Awakening remake is so cute that it sucks me in though plus I love the sheer unadulterated weirdness of everything. It helps that it uses a 2.5D perspective most of the time. A Link Between Worlds didn’t really interest me, like it felt as if I beat the first few dungeons on autopilot and realised that I just wasn’t having fun.

I think what happened with the Joy-Con was either when I was struggling to feed the ribbon cable connector into its slot on the motherboard or reattaching the battery. Whatever I did was very wrong though as it really stung, which is worrying coming from a battery powered device 😅

@nessisonett Ah, fair enough. While I like most of the 2D Zelda games I generally prefer the 3D ones, which have a very different feel to them. Ocarina was my first Zelda and absolutely blew me away. I love the weirdness and little idiosyncrasies in Link's Awakening such as the goombas, and despite the performance issues everything looks lovely. That weirdness carried over to Majora's Mask, perhaps because of Koizumi's involvement.

Yeah, it is a little worrying that you got a shock from such a small battery! I your arm back to normal? I'm one of those people who seems to attract static shocks from almost everything, so I think I'd be a bit apprehensive attempting it myself! Aside from no drift, how is the analogue stick compared to the original? The crappy little joy cons have recently become the bane of my existence.

@mookysam Yeahhh, my arm is fine now but I’m also one of those people who strangely attracts electricity and can get a shock off the most mundane items!

The stick is a little stiff as of now but the left one loosened up after a bit of use so it should be fine! Fiddly work but well worth it considering how much a new pair go for.

@nessisonett, I loved the Link's Awakening remake! I first played the GBC version via 3DS VC, and while I liked it's quirky nature it never really stood out as one of my favorite Zelda's (2D or otherwise), however the remake brought it all to life in a way that really resonated with me.

Yeah, the slowdown is a bit odd (though it only really bothered me in the swamp), but it's otherwise a gorgeous game (I particularly liked the watery areas), and I actually quite appreciated it's shorter (by today's standards) runtime. Every time I picked it up I felt like I was off to something new, and it's just the kind of game that leaves you with a smile from beginning to end.

Just cleared the main story in Xenoblade Chronicles: DE tonight! I did most (all?) of the late game quests so I absolutely smashed through the final few story bosses without any threat, but it was satisfying to feel so powerful. Still processing the story, but it was a satisfying end.

Still a few weeks to go until 3D World releases, so I'm probably going to jump right into the Future Connected expansion.

@RR529 I ordered that off Amazon as I’ve made a couple of attempts at the Wii original over the years but could never get into it. Good to hear you enjoyed it.

The new MHRise Switch looks quite nice. Just found out the Japanese version also supports English language? Will try to get special edition as well as the MHRise Pro controller if I do decide to get a Switch.

@nessisonett, yeah, I'm not sure whether or not I liked it more than XC2 as a whole, but I will say that without some of the more annoying systems introduced in the second game (such as the field skill requirements), it made it a lot easier to explore around and get into more of the sidequests, so I poured a lot more time into it (at least 116 hours into DE, making it my most played Switch title before even getting to the Future Connected expansion, compared to just over 80 hours for XC2).

I beat Link’s Awakening there and really enjoyed it. It never fails to be charming and while yeah, it might be rather easy and simple compared to the 3D entries in the series, it’s impressively complex for what is essentially a Game Boy game. I love the weird gameplay twists with the Mario characters and the ending is a lot sadder than I expected. I’d totally recommend it even though I’m not a 2D Zelda fan at all. The anime cutscenes are brilliant and totally make me wish there was a whole game done in that 80s anime aesthetic. Also, Marin/Malon >>>>>>> Zelda.

@nessisonett I've started streaming Links Awakening in Hero Mode, and apart from feeling remarkably different due to its difficulty, I forgot how much I enjoy 2D Zelda over 3D.

Traditional 3D Zelda is taking the 2D formula and stretching it, which I think bored me. I beat Wind Waker HD once though so there's that.

But yeah the remake is a charming little game. It won't set the world on fire or anything but it's quality.

Wouldn't be shocked to see Nintendo buy Grezzi like they did Next Level Games should they opt to sell: there is talent there and unlike NLG they have an IP too.