Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

The Persona games are coming to Switch as well.

Hopefully people will finally shut up about it now.

@Ralizah I can’t believe that Persona fans are finally able to play their first main series Persona game. Whoever would have thought we’d see the day.

@nessisonett I'm just excited that P5 will be playable on a portable device now. Also, this will be the definitive way to experience P3P, IMO.

How is this a thing, but S-E apparently can't get some remastered PS2 games running natively on the system?

@Ralizah The game had frame rate issues on PS4, how are they going to make it run decently on Switch? So weird.

@LtSarge The Switch port of 13 Sentinels actually runs better than the PS4 version, so who knows? There was never a reason the game should have run poorly on PS4 to begin with. Maybe being forced to optimize for a weaker platform will actually lead to a more stable-performing version.

Not Switch related, but...

Since I'm on a bit of a 3D kick after my last several trips to the cinema I decided to dig out my old 3DS, until I realized I can't find the charger (it's not turning on). I figured what the heck, it's a crusty old launch model anyways, maybe I should just snag a newer model, it may be discontinued but it shouldn't be rare or anything since the system sold 60-70 million units...

...why in the holy #€¥π are these systems going for $400-$500 used! With that kinda money I could nab an Oculus Quest & save a couple hundred!

Maybe I'll try harder to dig out that charger...

@RR529 Old gaming stuff has been going up in price since the pandemic.

Unfortunately, the 3DS library is composed mostly of exclusives that won't be ported to future consoles, so that's a gigantic library of games that'll become inaccessible until this bubble bursts.

edit: In fairness, though, they're still accessible on sites like ebay. After reading your post, went to ebay, and watched an auction for a "very good" condition XL model tick down in real time. Ended somewhere around $155, which is obviously still expensive for a used model of an old handheld, but still. Also saw some listings for the New XL model for a little over $200.

Where are you trying to find one?

edit 2: Also, you could always... buy another charger.

@RR529 just buy a charger then ?

@Ralizah, @nomither6, I'm so dumb...

Done. I should have the charger by Friday (hopefully that's what the issue is).

I finished Super Mario 3D World the other day for the first time since I played it on Wii U and it hasn't changed my opinion at all. It's still for my money the most underrated 3D Mario game.

(And it's better than Odyssey)

Anyway, I had a proper urge to play Breath of the Wild which I also haven't played since it first launched. Playing it again I'm surprised that my feelings on it haven't changed at all. I still love it, mostly. The weapons still suck. The climbing is a double-edged sword that I don't think really improves the fun of the game at all. The shrines are still mostly excellent. Combat is still rough. Exploration is still fantastic. Atmosphere is top notch. Love cooking. Good.

@Ralizah, @nomither6, as a follow up, the good news is that the new charger arrived and did the trick.

Now, the rubber around the circle pad crumbled to bits when I started playing, but the button itself seems to still work fine, so other than that (and that I need to clean the screen), it looks like I can start diving back into it.

I do hope we get some kind of switch pocket eventually. Our crusty old hand held aren’t going to last forever and a chunk of the switches library is suitable to play on the smaller screen.

In a bizarre but pretty cool move, Nintendo essentially recognise gay marriage in Japan while completely bypassing the government. Mario says gay rights I guess.

To be fair, same sex marriages/relationships are already possible in recent Fire Emblem games (& I believe Miitopia), and anyone can wear any clothing in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

Most Nintendo games (like Mario, Kirby, or Yoshi) are light enough on narrative/characterization in general that I can't think of anything else they could possibly need to do, outside of having an LGBT+ character in a Xenoblade (or possibly Zelda).

@Kidfried is paper Mario the thousand year door Mario enough for you?

@Ryall Vivian’s only trans in the Japanese and European language versions I think. Good old NoA ‘localised’ that for us.

@Kidfried Yeah, it wasn’t exactly handled great but she’s still a bit of an icon. But then it’s often not handled great across Japanese devs. Atlus games are abysmal for it, even Kanji from Persona 4 relied on tired stereotyping even if the messaging was dead on. Zelda would be an ideal place to start given how diverse the NPCs in BotW are across the different areas of the map. Unless Groose counts as some sort of flamboyant man-child in denial.

Anyone here excited to play Bayonetta 3? Nintendo announced the release date yesterday, comes out October 28, 2022.

I haven't played the series yet but plan to, just waiting for a decent sale on the 1st two games.

@KidBoruto I’ve still only played the first Bayonetta as that’s actually available on PC and not annoyingly expensive thanks to the Switch Tax. It’s brilliant though, similar to DMC in many ways but somehow even more camp. It’s nice to have Bayo flaunt her sexuality on her own terms, a rarity in this industry.