Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Me and my brother played a 48 track Mario Kart Grand Prix, every single track in the game. I won, naturally, but my brother was at the end of his tether with Lemmy, who was basically a little b*stard and had a seemingly infinite red shell collection! The highlight was Inkling Girl winning a race despite being bottom for almost every other race.

@nessisonett @Kidfried In an alternative universe somewhere, Inkling Girl comes out in top.

@Kidfried It's getting me through the day!

Welp, ended up ordering The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD anyway. Between the discount to $50 on Gamestop and the $5 online coupon I had, I ended up knocking off a decent chunk of change from the final price.

I started playing it on my Wii U and realized I'd never get used to the lack of free camera movement.

@Ralizah I do wonder about them adding in free camera control.

I kinda want to see what it was like when they first added it before refinements, all the clipping and seeing stuff you aren't meant to see.

Any people on here playing Pokémon Unite? Just downloaded it today and tried it. Think it's a very fun game! Lots to learn though, mix of good wins and hard losses. Learning all the different moves Pokémon can do.

Anybody have tips for an absolute noob?

@NedStarksGhost Just mash attack buttons and keep moving , its an easy game to play .

My comment isn't the best response , but hey , its my 2 cents .

Just picked up the Gust Bellows in Skyward sword tonight. Totally forgot this item was in this game, I feel like I thought it was in TP instead even though I only replayed that one again few years ago.

I do remember it from Minish Cap though (looking it up now, it's actually called the Gust Jar in Minish Cap). Duno why I love this item so much but it's cool lol.

I've gotten used to the camera now, and the flying. I do think the camera is better now even though I was a bit iffy about it at first. I like the sword fighting but I think my hand is a bit lazy. It's easiest for me to get the game to read sideways slashes. Vertical takes a lot of effort to get it perfectly straight and I may as well kiss diagonal slashes goodbye. I can just about manage a stab but it's uncomfortable. At least the shield deflect is decent enough.

Just finished the Lanayru Mining company dungeon. I only have vague memories of moments coming up so most of this will be new to me. I can't really remember any other dungeons except one that was on a pirate ship covered in sand. If that's even in this game lol 😅. I remember a big leviathan sky whale and fighting a big scaley turd as well and eventually going into that maelstrom. So i think most of it will be new(ish) to me from here on out! Well until I see it and remember it!

@nomither6 haha that has been pretty much my go to strategy so far. Mixed results I'd say!

Just finished skyward sword. Almost had tears in my eyes at the end. I love the game, I love the story and all the characters. Just brilliant!

I remember crying too when I played Skyward Sword. Don't think they were the same emotions though.

I beat Metroid Fusion in time for Dread. Really enjoyed it although the more you play it, the more you notice how linear it feels. Not a bad thing per se but I think I do prefer Super and Zero Mission. Fusion has the best plot though which is a trade-off.

@nessisonett I've only beaten Fusion twice, versus the five times I played through Zero Mission (would probably have been more if I hadn't lost my GBA games in a move). Still like it more than Super, though, which is a tad too dank for my liking.

Not sure how I feel about being pursued relentlessly by the E.M.M.I. like it's Mr. X or something, but the new game looks REALLY good otherwise.

New SMT V trailer tonight!

After this Pokémon Presents, I feel like my opinion of the two Pokémon games has definitely improved, although I'm still skeptical about Legends.

So the Diamond/Pearl remakes look much better now compared to when they showed off the games last time. The expanded Underground mechanic looks incredibly good as well and it's nice to see some new content. Hopefully they'll have some form of a "Delta Episode" post-game content similar to ORAS. But yeah, after having watched the new gameplay footage and listening to the nostalgic soundtrack, I think I might just have to buy this game at launch.

So my problem with Legends is that there's no significant goal with the game. It's just going out on missions and observing/collecting Pokémon in order to complete your Pokédex. While the open world looks great and the new mechanics look like a ton of fun, I just don't think I'd play it for that long. I've been completing Pokédexes for so many games now that to have it as the primary goal in a Pokémon game is not appealing to me at all. Not to mention that the game comes out three months after D/P remakes and I would imagine playing them back-to-back so close to each other would make you easily burn out on the franchise.

So right now, I'm more positive about D/P remakes while still skeptical about Legends. I doubt that there will be anything that changes my mind about that game given it's not long until it comes out. I just feel like it's another experiment for Game Freak just like the Sword/Shield DLC and in a couple of years, we're going to finally get an actual open world Pokémon adventure.

Those flying sequences look like fun. Unless they're just dressed up cutscenes, which is possible.

tbh a single player-only entry where you're exploring and collecting Pokes is EXACTLY what I've wanted from the series for a while. I'll still wait for reviews, but I'm feeling optimistic again.

I'm liking what I'm seeing from those Pokemon trailers. The DP remake trailer looks faithful to the originals, keeping the magic they had. I'm curious how they're going to handle HMs, roaming legendaries, and the Safari Zone though, as I could see these getting changed. Also wondering if there'll be any major Platinum content, though I don't expect that.

As for Legends Arceus, the framerate is much better now, and it's wonderful that they're trying something new here. My one concern is with the exploration. Is it going to be fun to explore the different areas, or will the locations quickly get dull?

I'm still optimistic about both of these, but not enough to preorder. Reviews will be useful for me.

@crimsontadpoles That's another thing: the exploration aspect. It's not hard to see that the game is heavily inspired by Breath of the Wild, but that game worked because it had such a great exploration factor. There were always shrines to find, towns to discover and puzzles to solve. However, Pokémon isn't really known for exploration and even looking at the Sword/Shield DLCs, the open worlds are very empty and the primary thing you can do is catch Pokémon.

Naturally we'll have to wait and see more of the game to get a better picture. But if the exploration is limited to for example going to some ruins and discovering Regirock there, then I'm not interested.

(Btw, I'm KratosMD. This is the first time we're talking since I returned to the forums a couple of days ago so I didn't want to stay quiet about it since I've already told other people)

I’m actually quite excited for the future of Pokemon now. They’re really trying to do something new, which I appreciate. At least they’re ambitious.

I caught Mewtwo in Pokemon Yellow there, finally getting every single achievement through RA. That’s the first time I’ve actually caught them all, although obviously minus the ones you can’t get in Yellow like Ekans/Arbok, Mew etc.