More single player coming to Splat2n as DLC later this year, tooI still don’t think I can play Splatoon without throwing up but I’m SO JEALOUS OF THE OUTFITS MY GOD
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 9 March 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
Splatoon 2 also has a really fun horde mode where you work with 3 other players collecting salmon eggs for a shady company. It’s the part of the game that I keep coming back to.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 9 March 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
yeah that falls under multiplayer still but its co-op multiplayer which is a p different (yet still much more intense than single player) experience
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 March 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
personally i dont like it but its super popular so i think i'm just a grump about co-op modes in general
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 March 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtvRaMPJWLs
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
hmmmmm. temptedhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Splatoon-2-Nintendo-Switch-Game/222875943753?epid=2268068545&hash=item33e4710349:g:Z4IAAOSwxdtao5qM&clk_rvr_id=1462559198498&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true
― ||||||||, Saturday, 10 March 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
can someone just lend me a Switch for a month so I can play Mario Odyssey and then remove the distraction
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
Can’t lend it but you can come play it at my house if you want
― valorous wokelord (silby), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
ha I was actually thinking if I can get my Karting skills back I would see if you want to race!
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
and then I could meet your cat too
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
There are a lot of games (well, relatively speaking) I order in advance because of Amazon's generous 20% off discount, but this week was the first I cancelled one. Two, actually: the new Kirby and the Donkey Kong port. The former, it just looked dumb and easy, and the demo did it no favors. My kids may finally be old enough that this Kirby game seems below their abilities, which might have been OK were it not a $60 AAA title. As for DK, I never played this on the Wii-U, but despite high praise it also looks dumb, and I have enough challenging side-scrollers and platformers to deal with, let alone one so apparently tricky that one of the few new features is a surfboard toting rasta DK called Funky Kong which helps you along. That was so stupid I thought maybe it was a plus, but no, it just seems stupid. Didn't help DK that I think the price is higher than it was on the Wii-U, which ... makes no sense. Will focus instead for the time being on watching the kids play Zelda, kicking their butt at Mario Kart, returning to Celeste at some point and creeping along with Doom (which seems so well done on the Switch it's hard to believe people were really complaining, unless the fixed glitches were truly that apparent), at least until Hollow Knight and Dark Souls appear.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
DKC tropical freeze is really good tbh, but it is just a DKC game so if you liked the SNES ones you'll like it and vice versa
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
Never played the SNES game. Every clip I've seen of TF made me ask myself if I was missing something. Plus it looked kind of stupid.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
one of the few new features is a surfboard toting rasta DK called Funky Kong
umm waht
― in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
~pre-orders~
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
the only switch game i'm hyped enough about to preorder is Octopath Traveler and even then i'd rather just buy digital, owning physical things sucks in 2018
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
I’m all in on physical carts, got a little cart wallet and everything.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
resale value is pretty good.
― the poster's anxiety at the suggested ban (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
still love having physical artifacts but my personal space is totally overrun with previous generations of unplayed games
― Nhex, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
need to sell my copy of Neverdead or something
i would go all digital but i bought a microSDXC UHS-I Card and my Switch refused to use it so when the chance came up to pre-order Dark Souls i went for physical
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 15 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
i'm still a little iffy on Nin's digital situation, that's the only thing
― Nhex, Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
glad to see former GOTY Clustertruck showing up on the eshop this week. this might have to be my first switch double dip
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 March 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Indie game showcase coming Tuesday
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 16 March 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
Clustertruck is 10x harder without mouse look as it turns out. i shouldn't be surprised by this but it's been a while
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 March 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
Also, horny Nintendo going strong into 2018http://fortooate.tumblr.com/post/171868976489/amp?__twitter_impression=true
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 16 March 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
Ugh sorry for AMP trash
― valorous wokelord (silby), Saturday, 17 March 2018 00:00 (six years ago) link
Well I'll just away and eat my hat. Hyper Light Drifter running on Switch:
Dash dash pic.twitter.com/gVxfg4kGMY— Skeletons Inside (@HeartMachineZ) March 20, 2018
― CraigG, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
yeah they got the gamemaker studio engine running on switch so now we get ports of all the gamemaker games e.g. undertale, HLD, maybe hotline miami or nuclear throne in the future as well
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
Gamemaker Studio is that popular huh? I guess it's that or Unity these days for indies
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
speaking of which
Get ready to SWITCH IT UP with your favorite intergalactic truckers! #CRASHLANDS IS COMING TO SWIIIIIIIITCH! @NintendoAmerica pic.twitter.com/6mMXGvyYIu— Bscotch @GDC (@BScotchShenani) March 20, 2018
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link
Which of all these upcoming indies are any good? I only know about Hollow Knight, but that's been talked about forever.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
i can't vouch for any of them though hyper light drifter has a good rep (its a 2d zelda-like but with more difficult combat iirc)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
Ys VIII is out June 26:
https://youtu.be/p-tOaEFYQOc
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
ah it's a Vita port. that makes sense given the look
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
yeah falcom's not exactly the most technically impressive studio but they make fun games
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
Using my Switch almost always in portable mode now - less fiddling about w/ cables and controllers and I get to play in bed. Can't help but think I'm letting myself miss out on some big visual whoa moments though.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
i think xenoblade is the only thing i've played where you really miss out on those on the small screen
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
Splatoon 2 makes me queasy on the small screen. It's 2010 all over again: a bag of doritos in my lap, making one part of the sofa all misshapen. I'm old though, so the idea of playing a video game in bed seems so foreign.
― p.j.b. (pj), Thursday, 22 March 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
any decent deals in this spring eshop sale?
― ||||||||, Thursday, 22 March 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
Is Skyrim an automatic buy if I'm into Zelda? It's 15 quid off.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
skyrim is nothing like zelda but it is a 'classic' open world rpg at this point if you want more of that. i find it kind of dreary after playing zelda and other more recent games
― ciderpress, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Well, it's like Zelda in the sense that there is an expansive/immersive world to explore, no?
― Evan, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
Yeah it’s already a little dated imo lots of it feels procedurally generated and the stories and quests are half assed imo. In the post Witcher 3 post BotW world Bethesda is going to have to step it up I think.
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
for sure
it's more of an RPG though in that you build a character that levels up and gets skills from a skill tree and such - zelda doesn't have any of that, it just gives you all your tools up front
― ciderpress, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
i bet witcher 3 could run on the switch in 720p/30fps, that game is v well optimized. not likely to happen though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
Sure, though in a less classic RPG way you level up your health and stamina and find progression items along the journey.
xp
― Evan, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
ach i think i'll go for celeste (tho it's not on sale)
also, i just remembered i have Skyrim on my old PS3 and never play it, whoops
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
mario is thicc and bi
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― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/here-are-the-biggest-selling-games-in-japan-in-2017-1824250532
1. Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon (3DS)2017 sales: 2,198,231 unitsLife to date: 2,198,231 units2. Splatoon 2 (Switch)2017 sales: 2,146,190 unitsLife to date: 2,146,190 units3. Monster Hunter: World (PS4)2017 sales: 1,917,492 unitsLife to date: 1,917,492 units4. Dragon Quest XI (3DS)2017 sales: 1,763,948 unitsLife to date: 1,763,948 units5. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)2017 sales: 1,613,076 unitsLife to date: 1,613,076 units6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)2017 sales: 1,613,076 unitsLife to date: 1,613,076 units7. Dragon Quest Xi (PS4)2017 sales: 1,353,432 unitsLife to date: 1,353,432 units8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)2017 sales: 563,274 unitsLife to date: 870,895 units9. Yokai Watch Busters 2 (3DS)2017 sales: 491,779 unitsLife to date: 491,779 units10. Monster Hunter XX (3DS)2017 sales: 417,119 unitsLife to date: 1,687,451 units
2. Splatoon 2 (Switch)2017 sales: 2,146,190 unitsLife to date: 2,146,190 units
3. Monster Hunter: World (PS4)2017 sales: 1,917,492 unitsLife to date: 1,917,492 units
4. Dragon Quest XI (3DS)2017 sales: 1,763,948 unitsLife to date: 1,763,948 units
5. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)2017 sales: 1,613,076 unitsLife to date: 1,613,076 units
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)2017 sales: 1,613,076 unitsLife to date: 1,613,076 units
7. Dragon Quest Xi (PS4)2017 sales: 1,353,432 unitsLife to date: 1,353,432 units
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)2017 sales: 563,274 unitsLife to date: 870,895 units
9. Yokai Watch Busters 2 (3DS)2017 sales: 491,779 unitsLife to date: 491,779 units
10. Monster Hunter XX (3DS)2017 sales: 417,119 unitsLife to date: 1,687,451 units
some surprising figures in here. splatoon 2 outsold both odyssey and BotW by quite a margin in japan!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 2 April 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link