The Nintendo Switch

this was almost certainly supposed to reveal in the Direct but Sony had it in their press conference this morning:

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition is more beautiful than ever and coming to #NintendoSwitch and #PlayStation 4 in 2019! pic.twitter.com/hwfldVLYRO

— Final Fantasy (@FinalFantasy) September 10, 2018

I’m only interested in squeenix games that utilize the gambit system

Dang

the Xenoblade 2 dlc campaign is looking more and more like it's gonna be higher quality stuff than the base game. i've gone from not really caring to moving it near the front of my queue

more jrpg rerelease news

Need a little #MondayMotivation? This should brighten up your day: Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition launches on January 11th 2019 on PS4, XB1, PC Digital and Switch! Here’s a glimpse of a very special edition you’ll be able to lay your paws on. Stay tuned for more! pic.twitter.com/4unsmhtaII

— Tales of... (@TalesofU) September 10, 2018

I have never played Tales Of; what’s the flavor profile

furries

(i don't know if that's true; just looking ta the box)

tales of games are anime action-rpgs with fighting-game-esque combat mechanics. most of them have 2 player local coop too which can be fun if you have a friend who wants to sit through a 40 hour jrpg with you

Vesperia is one of the more highly regarded ones in the series but Microsoft paid to make it an xbox360 exclusive in the US for some reason so a bunch of the usual jrpg audience missed it before now

That’s the only one I played as I was Xbox only last gen. It was a beaut.

there's a Pokemon Let's Go special edition switch bundle coming that has yellow and brown joycons :thinking:

The Nintendo Switch has truly given me video game madness to a degree I may not even have possessed as a child

same, i wish this direct would happen already so my brain can move on to more important things

I'm leaving for heckin vacation tomorrow night

Direct is back on for tomorrow

excited to see some game's

Jazzed for rumored Tasteless Earthquake Simulator 2019 or whatever that supposedly was a factor in the delay

there was an interlude where Reggie gave a monologue about how earthquakes are awesome

stoked for untitled goose game

Untitled Goose Game early contender for my 2019 GOTY

when this hecking direct

6pm est

I hope they add the goose to Smash Bros.

all the Final Fantasies, Katamari & Animal Crossing for me plz

well, maybe not World of FF, that looks rubbish

confession time despite being the resident jrpg buff i have not played any of those particular FF games before, even 7

I have not played a single mainline final fantasy! 12 interests me most, I wanna do that much-derided programmable autobattle system

the gambit system is the best battle system in all FF games that are not FF Tactics games

have played all the mainline ones except 10-2
7 is a fascinating mess
looking forward to 9 as I last played that about 15 years ago
10 is v linear but has my fav turn based FF battle system, some really cool puzzle-y boss battles iirc
12 has the best world and cast, gambits are built 4 code nerd linx

https://kotaku.com/ah-hello-price-katamari-damacy-is-coming-to-the-swit-1829042996

i've been wanting a switch but this just adds to it

the Yoshi game looked way better than the last time we saw it, i like the presentation a lot more than woolly world. the way you see the artifice of the world from behind when flipping the stages in reverse is good stuff

“Yoshi’s Crafted World” is a miserable title. Why not “Crafty”?

Yoshi’s Artisanal World

The Messenger looks really fun, makes me wish I had a Switch

Looking forward to new Luigi's Mansion and one kid is looking forward to Animal Crossing. No mention of Metroid, among other titles, and the online stuff seems predictably half-assed. Curious what else is coming in 2019.

Metroid. early money is on Metroid Prime 4 being a The Game Awards trailer drop.

The online thing is whatever. It’s dumb that they want to tax continued use of their network but if they’d just done so from day 1 with no frills, the NES game library rolling out now would seem like a perk instead of a sop to make people forget they’ve been going online for free for 18 months.

20 bucks a year is pretty reasonable.

nintendo's always sucked at online but at least it's cheap relative to the other consoles. i'll pay my 20 bucks to play the occasional smash or splatoon and not think about it too hard

is the $20 fee required in order to buy/download games online (like ps4's online service)? i'll be really annoyed if that's the case. i own zero physical copies of ps4/switch games, and i really enjoy the option of browsing online and downloading.

you don't have to pay for PS+ to use the PS store, only to play games online

....oops

sad lol in my face. i'm not sure why i thought that then, and wish i would have canceled that years ago!

it's generally worth it for both a) the free games every month, which there'll be good ones every so often and b) the extra discounts you get for being a Plus member

Nintendo's service is fairly equivalent to PS+ except the free games are NES games instead of modern games

at 1/3rd of the price i'm ok with that. and i hate adding even more subscriptions to my CC bill

Dipshits on forums hate that there’s no messaging or voice chat or whatever and I am just like Literally Who Cares (not most Nintendo customers)

yeah switch has way more dipshits on board than the past 2 generations of Nintendo systems thanks to it launching with an acclaimed open world game and now they're all learning the difference between Nintendo and other pubs in real time

katamari on switch HELL YES

There is a voicemail e chat feature that works with your phone or something. Right?