The Nintendo Switch

The idea of playing games on my computer, at my desk, is so unpleasant to me at this point, tho I see your point.

i'll wait on reviews for Mario+Rabbids, definitely seems like it could go either way

How are people getting on with Arms this far past release? Nintendo's support for it seems pretty good- about on par with Splatoon 2- but I'm a little worried about its longevity. I just tried the Test Punch today (free this weekend, at least in NA) and the motion controls are amazingly fun and intuitive, but I'm really hoping it has a long tail as something more than just the Switch's Wii Sports Resort or whatever...

I've been grinding ranked since release, since I can't play Splatoon, and it's fun! There may be fewer people on the queue than one might like for matchmaking purposes but it's hard to tell. Anyway I like it a lot. I only play on the pro controller but if you like the motion controls you have some techniques that aren't really possible with the analog stick.

hey I got one of these finally! so far I love it to death; I got MK8 (I had the WiiU version but I am 100% willing to double dip at full price to be able to play it on the go and with a decent battle mode), Sonic Mania (rules a lot), Zelda (rules a LOT, although I'm looking ), and BoI+ (rules a lot, although buying it for the third time for that much money was not a thing which I appreciated) and I've been playing the ARMS free trial since I got home from work.

the absolute best thing that I have bought for the Switch, however, is this:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AUQ33LG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

it's a gooseneck tablet mount which happens to fit the Switch perfectly, which means you can mount your Switch in handheld mode over your face and play with the pro controller while lying in bed. so, yeah.

lol sick

going with invisibility for this splatfest, marina was very persuasive

What's BoI+??

binding of isaac

here come dat BoI+

normal children's game http://imgur.com/a/FBfnI

Duuuudes - my copy of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle just arrived. Can't wait to finish work...

:o

have played 50 hours of Splatoon 2 now and still have barely touched zelda, not at all how I expected to use this console when I got it

Reviews for Mario+Rabbids coming in quite positive, I'm p jazzed

yeah i was assuming i could ignore this one because ubisoft hasn't made a game i like in ages but huh

Nindies stream on Wednesday. fingers crossed for a Stardew Valley release date

I've played the training missions, had a wee explore and done another couple of missions. Enjoying it so far, despite there not being much challenge yet but I'm only like an hour or so in, so that shouldn't be surprising. It borrows the odd "throw your team mates to move farther" move from Chroma Squad (and probably others), which I could never really be bothered using - wonder if I can get away without it. I also have some loot! But haven't figured out how/where to use or equip new gear...

invisibility is for perverts and thieves. AGAIN Pearl is the way to go.

Team Invisible cos I get terrible vertigo so flying would be useless. Also I'm a hugely perverted thief.

perverted thief checking in

i also just learned about upcoming indie game Yoku's Island Express which is a pinball metroidvania, surely one of the last remaining Good Ideas in gaming

there's a Direct sort of thing for indie games on Switch in a couple of hours time, hopefully a Stardew Valley date & some surprises incoming. seems like that Advance Wars type game has been delayed till next year though boo.

Ooh that sounds right up my street. (xp)

also in ball-related indie games, Golf Story is out next month. looks like it's trying to claim the lineage of the gameboy mario golf games (totally classic if you haven't played them) but playing up the RPG element even more

yes plz

i fucking hate golf as a sport but i've always loved golf videogames so hell yeah count me in

golf video games are great and yet the perfect golf video game has never been made, the universe waits

same thing with tennis

mario golf for gameboy color was a perfect golf video game imo - i think its probably in my top 5 games lifetime in # of hours played

i also fucking hate football and yet sensible world of soccer remains the greatest game ever made

i am a complicated man

there also hasn't been a perfect (or even good?) non-sim baseball game in years and years

i really liked super mega baseball

oh yeah, i got really into that for a while too

and not only do i fucking hate baseball i don't even really understand the rules

mario golf for gameboy color was a perfect golf video game imo - i think its probably in my top 5 games lifetime in # of hours played

― ciderpress, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:45 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok maybe i will emulate this golf experience

i dunno if it holds up but at the time it was revelatory - a golf game with a bit of actual story/progression and the mechanics were really good for a gameboy game

it's barely even a mario game, it feels like they were making their own golf game and then the mario license fell in their lap somehow and they worked it in. mario doesn't even appear until 80% of the way through the game iirc.

yeah i feel like the sweet spot wld be really good mechanics not too technical in terms of club selection etc and a lot of variation in course design

look keep your talk of 'sweet spots' and 'working it in' out of this family-friendly thread pls

SOME PPL r still butthurt abt the splatoon blood vs cum debate i guess

golf video games are great and yet the perfect golf video game has never been made, the universe waits

― lag∞n, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:40 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same thing with tennis

― lag∞n, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:40 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Virtua Tennis on Dreamcast was pretty great.

otm, also are we really gonna sleep on wii sports tennis guys c'mon

yeah i feel like the sweet spot wld be really good mechanics not too technical in terms of club selection etc and a lot of variation in course design

only 3/4 sarcastically, my recommendation is desert golf

desert golfing is good but its not golf, its desert golfing

i still feel like it somehow nails the mysterious essence of golfing, like when you hit the ball 100 ft past the hole, it bounces onto a backward sloped ridge, careens off of a 50 foot high hoodoo, then slowly rolls into the hole just feet away from an infinite cliff.

otm, also are we really gonna sleep on wii sports tennis guys c'mon

― frankfurters take on new glamour in this gleaming aspic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:47 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

see wii sports was so in the right direction but then the actual mechanics were so weirdly like binary and translated instead of being an accurate depiction of what u did w the remote, u cld hit a normal shot or WOW a super shot there were really like five total things u cld do

desert golf is good true

i remember the moment i completely stopped with desert golf. it was abrupt and clear.

Golf Story is probably my #1 most anticipated game rn