yeah nothing too groundbreaking. the other big announcement was a square enix retro-ish jrpg (2d characters in 2.5d environments stylized after the old SNES squaresoft games) called octopath - there's already a demo available for it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
looks kind of like a paper-mario-ized FF6 visually
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
most interesting one to me was the arcade Punchout getting released, think this is the first time it's been ported?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
I think the Doom and Wolfenstein announcements are interesting business-wise. These are AAA, current gen, third-party, rated-M games of the kind that the last three Nintendo home consoles have seen vanishingly little of.
― .oO (silby), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
but they'll all be old. not as old as Skyrim, but still
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link
people buying the Nintendo Switch during the next 6 months (i.e. me) do not care how old these ported AAA other-console / PC games are - and we never have
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:26 (six years ago) link
If a Dark Souls Anthology comes out for Switch it will sell many copies.
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:51 (six years ago) link
Anyway, Octopath Traveler demo was pretty fun, also fairly gorgeous
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link
jrpgs are the genre that i am the most skeptical of, there's really only a few that i like and they were all made in the 90s. i definitely love the visual style of octopath though so i'll have to give it a try
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure I've ever finished an honest to god JRPG but I'll sure as hell start em now and then
I guess I finished Golden Sun? Maybe? Yeah I must've.
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:52 (six years ago) link
yeah, considering how little third-party support nintendo consoles have had since the gamecube this is really encouraging news
and both doom and wolfenstein are fantastic, i'd be really tempted to double-dip on both because i am an idiot
a dark souls trilogy would be amazing
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 14 September 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
i will definitely double up for Doom - DOOM ON THE BUS. DOOOOOOM.
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 14 September 2017 12:35 (six years ago) link
Was thinking of getting my son the new 2DS XL for Christmas as thought there'd be load of cheap old 3DS games available for it.
However, upon looking it seems they've all held their price. Super Smash Bros is selling for about £40 for example, despite being 3 years old. Is that something that's happened since the 2DS came out? (As most PS4 and Xbox One games that are over a year old are usually dirt cheap).
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Nintendo first party games have always tended to hold their price, unless they are a total disaster like Metroid Other M. There is a half price line of games for the 3DS though http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-selects
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Some first party games at this point may cost less as download titles than physically, since the physical versions will be out of print and overpriced by Amazon robots
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
also these games are being added to the Selects line in October - Super Mario 3D Land, Kirby's Triple Deluxe and Luigi's Mansion 2.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
Nintendo handheld games for first-party stuff, going back as far as GBA at least, always hold value
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 September 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/video_super_mario_odyssey_seems_to_have_at_least_600_power_moons_to_collect
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
not eough
― lag∞n, Friday, 15 September 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
yeah wtf
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
need at least one thousand power moons
― lag∞n, Friday, 15 September 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
don't worry there's also 900 korok seeds
― qualx, Friday, 15 September 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
mario vs rabbids is exactly charming enough
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 15 September 2017 08:57 (six years ago) link
ha, yeah - it could easily have toppled over into 'lol so random' minions-style larfs but it toes the line perfectly
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 September 2017 09:01 (six years ago) link
Octopath Traveller demo (square enix new-old school rpg coming as Switch exclusive) is up on the estore and its EXCELLENT.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
Golden Sun vibes imo
― .oO (silby), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
is that good or bad
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
I thought golden sun was on the boring side and was only notable for being on handheld
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
I was a teenager when I started Golden Sun and maybe a young adult when I finished it I don't remember but I liked it and this game made me recall Golden Sun fondly, in particular the rhythm of the core combat mechanic of breaking and bursting reminded me of the Djinn system of unleashing and summoning. I bet this game is reminiscent of things that older people or people with different touchstones from the aughts might think of as more noteworthy but yknow I've never actually played a Final Fantasy other than FF Tactics Advance and uh the weird cartoony one for DS.
― .oO (silby), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
ah ok. visually this is very much trying to be FF6 but 2.5d-ized. I haven't seen the combat system yet so I can't speak to that
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
i like how it looks but the unskippable text and tiresome first attempts at fighting aren't helping
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
ALERT ALERT ALERThttps://www.polygon.com/2017/9/20/16339746/picross-s-nintendo-switch-release-date-price
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
is picross still fun in 2017
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
picross is fun for eternity
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Agree.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Yep!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
oh i keep forgetting this thing has a touchscreen since i don't have any games that use it yet
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Nintendo stock is on a good run
― calstars, Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
Thank goodness for that, I sometimes worry Disney will try to buy them.
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 21 September 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
i'm 100% down for switch picross
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 September 2017 05:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eOdEkmTP0o
― abcfsk, Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
looks solid! the switch is really turning out to be a way more capable performer than i'd expected
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
lol the audio sounds so wimpy
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
switch runs a lot of stuff at 900p or adaptive resolution which lets it cheat on its specs a bit
― ciderpress, Thursday, 21 September 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Octopath Traveller demo is gooood (if you read faster than the voice acting)
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 21 September 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
xp so do all consoles from time to time
― abcfsk, Thursday, 21 September 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
Golf Story on Thursday
― thos beads (jamescobo), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
its weird no one seems to have seen or played it yet, pretty much no information released in advance other than the trailer
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
Golf Story is legit, Earthbound meets GBA Mario Golf. Might be the most Aussie game ever? Crikey!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 28 September 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
yeah relieved to hear it's good. will grab it this weekend along with picross
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link