Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@AgentCooper It's way easier to save money on digital Switch purchases if you play your cards right. Especially for first-party games with the vouchers, since you can put discounted eshop credit against them.

There was this beautiful deal on Walmart.com once where I snagged $200 worth of eshop credit for... $140, as I recall. Never seen a deal that good since. Basically got a free game out of it!

Think I must be near the end of Bravely Default, since I’m basically at the Earth Crystal. I say that, but all I’ve heard are horror stories about the game refusing to end.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Buckle up, buckaroo.

@Ralizah I have now realised my error. I can’t believe they expect me to just play the game again 😂

@nessisonett haha yeah, good luck with that man. And I’ve played it through twice, for some reason!

@nessisonett I'm not sure you quite grasp the sheer scale of BS the game is preparing to put you through. The middle-to-late game of Bravely Default is basically the gaming world's version of Haruhi Suzumiya's "Endless Eight" arc.

It's a shame, because the final hours of the game are superb. Fantastic music, epic boss fights, subversive twists, cool gimmicks that make great use of the 3DS hardware... but getting there is such a slog!

Also, as I recall, there's a really annoying difficulty spike in Ch. 5.

Apologies if this theory has been mooted before, but I was thinking yesterday - I love TOTK, it’s one of the best games ever made IMO. But is it really representative of years of effort? Same world, same engine.. I believe lots of it would have been developed as BOTW DLC also, at least conceptually. I say this to say, is there a good chance development of the NEXT Zelda could actually be a lot further along than you might think, if they had resources to spare? Could we get get a new Zelda as soon as 2025, and a trailer to go with a Switch 2 announcement? I mean I expect them to come out the gate with a new 3D Mario and Mario Kart but would a new Zelda perhaps not be far behind?

@kyleforrester87 Interesting you say same world, same engine, as dataminers found it's actually NOT the same engine, which would explain some things like the better fidelity and level of detail plus new interactions.

one or two games im planning on buying sometime this week this month for my Switch Lite are

Mortal Kombat 1
the new Super Mario RPG remake of Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars

@kyleforrester87 There's so much stuff in the game, and they pretty much re-made the overworld content as well. And all the time needed to get the building stuff to comply with the physics systems...

I could believe it took them a long time.

Games without a tenth of those interactions take years to make, after all.

@Bentleyma Wow, no wonder the port took so long. They simplified a lot of the geometry and made it not fully open world.

Well, glad they made some hard choices to get it running well enough.

@Ralizah I’m still not talking to you!

@kyleforrester87 LMAO

really hope they remake and re-release mario hoops 3-on-3 for switch one day . unfortunately the game wasn’t as popular/successful which is crazy to me because back in the day in my area every kid had a DS & hoops 3-on-3, it was like a system seller. it deserves another chance with online support!

I am at peace with Bravely Default. The more I play of the second world, the more I appreciate what they’re going for. It’s definitely an interesting experiment in what happens if devs just fully disregard their players and do what they want instead. Really don’t trust that little rat fairy though, I’m getting suspicious.

@nessisonett There's so much I want to say, but I won't, for obvious reasons. Just keep pressing on and reporting back lol.

The back half of the game is fascinating. Especially closer to the end.

@Ralizah lol I really do like the Fairy Flies/Airy Lies bit they do with the title though, that was the nuts

Did you play Bravely Second? I have got (perhaps over) half way through a couple of times but run out of steam.. not exactly sure why as I really like it, in many ways more than 1. Think I might charge my 3DS up later.

@kyleforrester87 Yeah, there's some pretty cool fourth-wall breaking stuff late in the game. I also enjoyed how, when the game shows one of the other universes Ouroboros wants to invade, it uses the 3DS camera to show your face. Dude literally wants to break outta your 3DS and consume your reality lol.

I didn't play Bravely Second. I wasn't keen on exploring the same world again with a significantly worse OST. In retrospect, though, I think it probably would have been fun. A version of BD without the maddening time looping from the original game sounds like it could be a good time. I'll look into grabbing a copy someday if I can find it cheap-ish.

For now, though, it makes more sense to play the copy of Bravely Default 2 that's sitting unplayed on my shelf.

I've been very slowly playing through SMT: Strange Journey Redux on my 3DS. Very, very slowly. I imagine it and my Switch won't be getting nearly as much attention once my Steam Deck OLED comes in, though.

@Ralizah hate to strongly disagree with you about video game music AGAIN, but the Bravely Second soundtrack is hardly significantly worse, in fact it’s arguably not worse at all - Ryo did a stand up job, actually, and overall it’s a much better soundtrack than what Revo did for Bravely Default 2.

Don’t talk about Steam Decks please, I’m using all my will power not to order one right now. If I still want one as bad in 3-4 months I will pull the trigger. I really, really want to play Half-Life on it, and I hear it’s a free download right now, too…

Damn.. my TOTK save data has disappeared. I put 50-100 hours in it, but all of it is gone.

@Octane how :/