The Nintendo Switch

lol u old

That's like saying you've outgrown exhilaration, or pooping.

word

did you outgrow ice cream too

i don't mean it as something to be proud of!

how can you outgrow platformers i'm v confused

they don't interest me to play so much anymore.

even like inside?

i don't think of inside as a platformer except in the most abstract terms

did u like cave story? that was a really good one.

it was actually! but it's got to have been years since i played that.

i just added a bunch of people on this thread as friends in case y'all were wondering who Clavinet was. salmon run + mario kart go!

I have played some Sonic Mania and I've decided Sonic is pretty fun, at least this one is.

I'm actually pretty stoked for Mario+Rabbids next week. Xcom but it's Mario! Skill trees!

i am stokes in the sense of 'mildly enthusiastic I have some
Xcom to play before the xcom expansion and can put this piece of hardware to some use' i guess

We just inherited an XBox One, and I'm sad at how lame all of the games seem compared to what's on the Switch. I think I'm just a diehard Nintendo guy.

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