Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@LtSarge I predict it’s not real!

@nessisonett There's always a Nintendo Direct in September though.

@LtSarge Until there isn’t, I guess. I dunno, Nintendo do what they want and the endless speculation kinda gets on my nerves. There probably will be, but it would be funny if it didn’t materialise. Switch 2 has been shown to devs in a fairly finished state, it’ll be shown to the public soon enough. I think we’ll see a lot of the announced games in the last Direct release cross-gen.

@nessisonett I'd love it if Nintendo showed off Switch 2 and announced that it'll be releasing next year. I'm quite fed up with the Switch's six year old hardware at this point. Just give me a more beefed up Switch that's backwards compatible with Switch 1 games and I'll get it on day one.

I’ve been playing Bravely Default on the 3DS which I’ve been putting off for years. Enjoying it a lot actually, although I did end up modifying my save file to give me a little more villagers cause the online has been shut down.

Haha it’s real then!

@nessisonett Bravely Default is a neat game with an insane middle-to-late-game section that almost ruins it.

Worth seeing it to the end, though. Love the last couple of bosses.

@LN78 Yeah, unless they go down the route of Breath of the Wild and cross-gen games announced late on, I see another year being taken to wrap up Switch support.

@Ralizah I’m enjoying it so far, it’s nice to have essentially a reimagining of Final Fantasy V considering III and IV got 3D remakes on DS.

@nessisonett It does some extremely interesting things thematically late-game.

It's a decent game. Admittedly, it was much more attractive back in 2014 when the traditional JRPG was practically dead on consoles and it represented one of the few big entries in the genre on the 3DS. Of course, that was more than rectified over time.

The battle system is just superb. One of my favorites. And the music is chef's kiss

@Ralizah It’s had the unintended effect of making me realise just how fuzzy 3DS games are compared to the Switch though! Plus I’ve found the touch screen slightly more unresponsive than a expected.

Aside from a fun looking Princess Peach game (KUNG FU PEACH!), that was a really dire Direct. Shouldn't have even had one tbh.

The 'one last thing' was a barebones remaster of Paper Mario TTYD, for god's sake.

Ball is in your court, Sony.

Ok sure, not a vintage Direct and Switch is clearly on its last legs but there were still a couple of decent ports. Another Code is a brilliant one, TTYD is one of the best turn-based RPGs of all time and the Peach game looks good. A lot of filler though. Switch will scrape another year looks like.

This trailer pretty much sums up my feelings about the Direct.

Great Direct overall! I got really excited when they announced Paper Mario TTYD. I've been waiting so long for a re-release because it's only available on GameCube and a used copy goes for €150 these days. I also don't have a GameCube (or a Wii), lol. But yeah, I still haven't played TTYD so I'm super stoked to finally play it.

Wasn't that fond of Princess Peach. Mario vs Donkey Kong looks fun, I never played the original. Really bummed that they didn't release Another Code collection earlier because I bought the sequel on Wii but I don't have the first game. So I guess I'll get the collection and just play both of them on Switch.

Also really cool that Funky Kong and Diddy Kong are finally coming to Mario Kart 8! Funky was my main in Mario Kart Wii, so I'm really excited to main him again now. F-Zero 99 looks decent enough. I think I'll give it a shot with some friends this weekend and see how it fares.

Still can't believe that we're getting remakes of Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario TTYD, two of the greatest RPGs ever, within one year! What a great time to be alive!

Also, was I the only one who got really hyped when they played Super Mario Galaxy music and then disappointed when it turned out to be the Nintendo museum? lol

@Ralizah With Sony's recent history, I reckon there is a good chance they will out-rubbish Nintendo.

@JohnnyShoulder It's weird. A lot of times they slap together SoPs that just have... nothing interesting, IMO. And then one will come out, leakers will say "don't expect much," and you get a bunch of banger announcements lol.

Sony is unpredictable. Nintendo is usually excellent, but it's clear where all of the development resources are going now.

Kinda wondering if they're saving Metroid Prime 4 for the unveiling of the next console now.

Pretty darn solid Direct if I say so myself. Year starts out strong with Another Code: Recollection, Mario VS Donkey Kong, & Princess Peach Showtime in the first three months, then we know we have at least Luigi's Mansion 2 HD & Paper Mario TTYD later in the year.

Yes, that is mostly a lot of remasters & remakes, so it's obvious Switch is nearing it's end, but at least they're keeping the software pumping, and I could see myself having fun with a lot of them.

As much as I love Another Code I will not search the closet for the Switch just for this. The Tomb Raider collection that I also want will be in PC and PS4.

Also, wasn't supposed to be a new Layton game?

Also, this trumpet game, I literally thought it was a joke to promote an actual rhythm game!

So I’m just catching up with the Direct announcement & this was just announced non-direct related:

WAIT WHAT?!
I didn’t even know a new DQM was in development & it’s out so soon.
Funny thing is I was only thinking about how much I loved that series when I was playing DQXI & here we are.
Spent so much time on the 3DS games trying to create the most OP team imaginable.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Think this was last Direct. Pretty cool to play as Psaro.