Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Finally finished Prime Remastered up tonight! Final boss was tough, but luckily I managed to beat it my first time (glad too, as it's long winded enough that it probably would have been more demoralizing to have to retry rather than being a "just one more try" type of feeling). Anyhow, I cleared it with an 88% completion.

Overall I think I prefer the (newer) 2D games with how they've been evolving to have a quick paced action feel rather than the more strategic angle this has (what with the more puzzle like combat requiring you to swap visors & beams), but I can totally understand why it has the reputation it does. It's quite frankly amazing how they pretty much nailed the transition to 3D on the first go, especially since Super is arguably really the only solid example of the formula to release before it.

@Ralizah Ok, that's not quite as bad then. I didn't really know as I haven't bought much for the Switch since I don't use it much anymore.

True, I will give Nintendo credit for that. When I bought Breath of the Wild many months ago, I didn't need to download a patch. I expected to since I knew it had patches released for it, but it was up to date.

@Anti-Matter If you mean the earlier games that released with both versions listed on the case as opposed to ones now that release with two separate physical versions, then yes. I understand why those were Blu-ray discs and not UHD ones since obviously the Xbox One doesn't have a UHD drive, but if any games now that are just Series X versions don't release on a UHD disc, there's no excuse. I can't confirm that every Series X game now only releases on a Blu-ray disc as I don't buy games for it anymore, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was true.

Man, Atari 50 is just so good isn’t it? I’m way too young for the nostalgia aspect but these games are so incredibly well designed and the museum presentation is fascinating. The reimagined games are great too! Going through my Switch backlog so got Tunic and Metroid Prime up next.

These new Megaman games for this collection, what like... are they? I've been trying to google it and can't much of an answer. Are they like turn based JRPGs or real time action games?

Played Pokémon Stadium on the N64 app yesterday with some friends. We started it up primarily for the mini-games and they were quite lousy. Out of the 9, only a few were compelling to play. So we switched to multiplayer battles instead and that was more fun. I don't think I'll be personally playing more of this game even though I love Pokémon. It just isn't doing it for me.

We switched then to the mini-games on Kirby 64 and they're so much more fun than the ones on Pokémon Stadium. We literally played the same two mini-games for an entire hour lol. They're just so good!

We'll probably play some Goldeneye multiplayer next weekend. I find it genuinely awesome that I can experience the multiplayer goodness of the N64 era online with my friends since I didn't grow up with games from that period. Definitely looking forward to more titles being added, such as Pokémon Stadium 2 and Mario Party 3. Who knows, maybe they'll even add Diddy Kong Racing!

Metroid Prime Remastered is about as close to perfect as possible. Really quite an impressive leap graphically and I still think the original looks great, and every control scheme works. My personal favourite is MP2 so fingers crossed!

I just got to the thermal visor part for the first time and I hate it

@nessisonett I really need to play Metroid Prime 2. I have it on the GameCube and Wii, but never touched it. I've actually played Prime 1 a few times (the biggest reason I skipped the Switch remaster), but just never felt particularly compelled to move on to the sequels for some reason.

@Ralizah MP2 is one of those games that gets a bad rap for being flawed and yeah, it can be a little messy but I love the more foreboding atmosphere and it has a great central mechanic. The underwater section can do one though. I played 3 when it came out and I remember thinking that I had absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a really strange game with incredible highs and horrifically time-consuming roadblocks. Playing MP:R tonight, I made the stupid mistake of jumping down after getting the energy tank above the wall in Chozo Ruins which meant I had about a 2 minute trek to the elevator. In MP3, you have to trek between multiple planets which is as slow as it sounds. Plus the motion controls for controlling switches and your ship are just plain unresponsive. I’d say it would benefit the most from a remaster. QOL changes in Prime basically refine a diamond into a shinier diamond but I think the other two would be received better than originally.

I forgot about the best part of 3, the grappling hook used the often under-utilised Nunchuck motion controls and it feels incredible. Ripping Space Pirates’ armour off never gets old.

@nessisonett lol I didn't even know the nunchuk had motion controls built in.

It's just hard to escape the feeling that MP2 is "Dark World: The Game," and MP3 just reminded me of Halo or something.

Actually, I still need to play Other M as well. I'm majorly slacking on my Wii backlog.

I want to 100% Super Mario Galaxy 2, but sort of dropped it after beating the game. Those games really are just vastly more enjoyable on Switch for me.

Has anyone on here played Metro Prime Remastered, who has no experience of the original? The couple of people that I know kind of struggled enjoying it due to the limited saving and checkpoints. It has made me think twice about getting it.

@JohnnyShoulder The checkpointing is just like any other Metroidvania, it encourages careful exploration. I’ve never really had a problem with the save system, if you’re a bit worried then you can run for a save room and boss rooms are fairly telegraphed. It’s one of the most acclaimed games of all time for a reason, best you try it for yourself!

@JohnnyShoulder Just think of save points as bonfires and you'll be fine.

I somehow got lost for like half an hour in Metroid Prime Remastered despite having played it several times over the years. Those purple door icons can be bloody impossible to spot on the map!

I thought I'd have time to actually enjoy Advance Wars before Tears of the Kingdom took over my life. But Nintendo apparently decided less than a week after AW was a good time to release the expansion to Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

@Ralizah This just solidifies my feelings about Sony’s current strategy. You’ve got Nintendo releasing a remake of a cult game followed by a giant DLC comparable to Burning Shores and then a long-awaited sequel to their most critically acclaimed game of the generation all within what, a few weeks at most? Nintendo are absolutely killing it and I say that as somebody who honestly hasn’t used their Switch all that much and has fallen off a lot of Nintendo series this gen.

@nessisonett Pooling their development resources and putting them all toward one platform has certainly been paying off. We've been getting an average of one exclusive a month on Switch since last year. Still, releasing a highly-anticipated 20 - 40 hour JRPG half a month before what's looking to be the biggest and most ambitious title they've ever developed, and less than a week after the Advance Wars remakes is stacked to the point of cartoonish excess, jfc.

I'm actually glad I don't own a PS5 right now, since it'd mean Burning Shores would be a factor I'd have to consider as well.

I just got a powerful new GPU, and will be using it for jack-all for the next few months,.

@Ralizah Guess you could always use that GPU for toasting marshmallows 😂

@Ralizah huh, that’s cool and unexpected. However, XBC3 ruled my life for about 6 months last year and given current commitments along with Zelda coming up think I will have to get this later on. I still have plenty of side/hero quests to finish in the base game too.

I have been thinking about putting it on recently, mind you…

Been quite a dry gaming year for me to be honest, been doing very little gaming by my standards, with most of my gaming coming an hour or two before bed on the Steamdeck. Thankfully this weekend changes that, I've got Dead Island 2 to play on my PS5 and it looks like Advance Wars is an easy grab via an Eshop Voucher this weekend too.

My question is, those Pixel Remasters seem pretty crazy expensive for what they are, but would you recommend them on the Switch anyway? Especially as we have got AWs straight into TTK to take over our Switches.