The Nintendo Switch

@lagoon I’ve killed a ton of hours on the Burnout Paradise remaster.

― DJI, Friday, November 13, 2020 11:40 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sweet a racing game might be what i need in my lyfe

lag∞n have you given SMB35 a spin

xp Dan I - I will never trust Bennett Foddy, the man who created Getting Over It, to tell me anything lol

Also there have been some big strides in netcode (at least for 1v1 fighting games, which I feel would be applicable here) even in the time since that article was written in 2014. Parsec alone gives pretty surprising results, and people are already using that for Towerfall

haha wow, Bennett Foddy wrote that article!? I had no idea

I actually agree with him that online can't really replicate the classic online home/arcade experience of playing with others in the same room, and I get that there are many indie developers who focus on that aspect. All power to them! I've been involved with local gaming scenes, and it's tough, but it does still exist, somewhat

But most people play games online these days, and especially in this moment, 2020, any multiplayer game needs to get it together imo

But most people play games online these days

Most people play games on their phone, dude.

Yeah, but we're not talking about Sage Solitaire here or whatever. No one is playing Among Us over LAN or bluetooth.

its funny how nintendo who are famously the local multiplayer holdouts are having like their best year ever this year regardless

a fair point. but every Smash Bros player i've ever known bitches endlessly about the netcode
And Animal Crossing's multiplayer is very optional (and frankly, pretty badly done - i mean, geez, anytime gets on or off the island every player has to freeze in place for loading screens...)

oh yeah its certainly not because their online play is good

my partner plays about four hours of animal crossing every friday and uses it as a way to hang out with her 12 year old niece and the machinations of connecting to one another's island are so byzantine and poorly attuned that you REALLY have to want to make it happen... which is sort of nostalgic and touching in one sense but dumb as fuck in a much more real way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oY2NxPtHyY

I worried that I wouldn't enjoy Link's Awakening, as I'd never played the original on gameboy. The presence of goombas, etc., is still a bit disturbing, but it feels so classic. I love it.

also feels like it will be short, so I'm glad I waited for the sale.

i didnt love it, gave up pretty fast, every part there was one weird solution like throw some powder on this torch, it looks very nice tho

the original game is my fav zelda don't really love the remake style though

its about the same length as link to the past iirc

yeah, the magic powder working as the candle took me a bit. I couldn't figure that part out, so I went back to the phone hut to call the shy man with information. after he confirmed I was in fact doing what I should be doing, I finally tried magic powder. I was a little bit annoyed, but I think aimlessly trying bombs at random walls was a classic feature of original Zelda. "Magic Power" is a catch all for this approach.

excuse me, "magic powder"

I loved Link's Awakening on the Game Boy, but part of the joy of that game for me was the economical use of the A and B buttons for all the items, which I think is not the case in the Switch remake. (i.e. they give you a dedicated button for your shield and I think your sword too.) I missed the sale and replayed the Game Boy version last year so will probably pass on the remake for now

Really? I felt like Link to the Past was way longer, but definitely could be my faulty memories. Def agree that some of the puzzle solutions are very 0_0 and fitting the time in which it was originally designed

No video game will ever match the exhilaration I felt at 10 years old when I finally figured out how to reach the Tower of Hera in LttP

lttp is so good, they shd remake that one cute graphics

they should make new games imo

Says the guy with 50 games that already exist to play

only 1 of them is a remake!

Good point

really they should devote all their energy to making more super mario odyssey, just crank em out, dont stop

saw a thing w someone reading the tea leaves re nintendo hardware partners quarterly reports and whatnot and it seems like theyre prob coming out with an upgraded switch, but what was interesting was then they speculated that nintendo could keep the switch platform and just keep releasing yearly hardware and software upgrades like they do with phones rather than the whole new systems every x number of years as is standard in the video gaem world, and i think its a good idea!

I’ve been hoping they do that since I got my hands on one, they have the perfect device for that and they’re never going back to the performance race so why not

That sounds like a very un-Nintendo approach, & I have to admit I would miss them coming out with some new weird distinctive hardware idea every gen.

i mean the device is still selling like hot cakes and building up a library of games forever seems good, and by the time youve reached the traditional new platform point in the cycle a lot of ppl will be ready to buy a second switch anyway cause their old one crapped out or you cant play the new games on it or its just better has 4k or whatever

They can do wacky ideas as accessories, and have done three already in the switch’s lifecycle: Labo (neat but didn’t set world on fire), Ring Fit (big success it seems), and now Mario Kart Live (tbd but I kind of want it lol)

Honestly if they would make more of the back catalogue available and do firmware updates, it’d be the perfect console. I’d spend money on decent ports of games I never got to play.

gotta think the opportunity to wipe out all the work and risk associated with making a new console is pretty tempting

Mario Kart Live looks so good. the hundo price tag seems worth it. but I'm reluctant to get it for our household because it almost seems too good. what can you show a 5 year old kid after they've seen that?

lol

gotta think the opportunity to wipe out all the work and risk associated with making a new console is pretty tempting

I thought Nintendo alone refused to

The sheer excitement and hype for new consoles (particularly of THIS cycle in the middle of a pandemic!) can't be replicated

Nintendo’s hardware isn’t a loss leader historically iirc

Xbox has already tentatively moved beyond the generational cycle. “Xbox series X” should’ve just been called “Xbox” and they are cowards for not doing this

thats another thing about keeping 1 platform is it gives you time to get the build cost down

Nintendo Ops must be a joy

Xbox has already tentatively moved beyond the generational cycle. “Xbox series X” should’ve just been called “Xbox” and they are cowards for not doing this

― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:17 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

is it the same OS

yeah

i do wonder if the ps5 won't be the last BIG NEXT GEN BOX
they certainly went all in

they should just do switch 2, 3, etc so it's easy to message which ones a game runs on ("switch 2 or higher") rather than some Switch Pro or New 3DS shit. I'm expecting the latter though

i continue to think the upgrades are likely to be peripherals moreso than systems in the years to come: haptic feedback gloves, HUD glasses, jawpieces that allow for silent typing, improved VR, cocksocks and whatnot

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