The Nintendo Switch

the developers are trying to find elden ring

we are all trying to find it

nintendo: the release date of zelda has been pushed back while we work diligently to make link more depressed

elden ring is the sourpuss larry bird to zelda's affable magic johnson in this duel. they should lean into it.

lag∞n is kurt rambis w/ the specs right there in the dn

im sorry you cant put me on the lakers this is unacceptable

that attitude is very Kareem

https://i.imgur.com/3VhE70q.png

we knew Giant Land had opened a pandora's box.

I can't imagine Switch Sports being a better party game than Shredder's Revenge

haven't played either, but having played the predecessors of each, i would guess it very much depends on who is attending the party. Shredders revenge = people who enjoyed playing old beat em ups in the arcade, Switch Sports = everyone who is willing to play a game

i say all this hypothetically, as someone who attended a party about 24 years ago

party games arent really played at parties right it just means there are more than two people playing a game

I've been playing my Switch for the first time in months, and I know it's partly because the games aren't huge, but it's so snappy, the UI is great, and the pro controller's battery rules.

I got Shredder’s Revenge on thee Switch and am hoping to have some buds get in on it this weekend. Played through it last night then did a few online matches. It’s cool that 6 players is an option but in practice it’s just kinda pure chaos and you spend half the time trying to find where you are.

Great presentation, but mechanically seems sloppier and a lil less engaging than Streets of Rage 4 (same publisher). Still a good time.

I had no idea it had online multi, I might have to rustle up some buds

apparently there's a new Pocky & Rocky coming out in a few days??

that looked good from the preview stuff i saw. mix of remade original stages and new ones

Oh yeah, I got the Japanese version of that (supports English) a few months ago. It's great!

the portal companion collection (aka portal+ portal 2) out now!

Don't play much Switch, but ... this looks like it would be an awesome fit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4OLs7WSQlk

Been grinding out Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Great stuff, catnip for Three Houses fans, and it's been a good while since I sat down and enjoyed a meaty single player campaign. Forgot how addictive the Musou formula can be.

Yeah I got my eye on Cult of the Lamb...

eshop has a sale on a bunch of multiplayer games rn - at least in UK. I got drink more glurp for £1.03!! it's a fairly quick and goofy pass-the-pad physics game, good fun for a few rounds with a small group.

Nintendo Direct tomorrow, unless you are in the UK

Maybe they will add some old levels to Mario Kart, new characters to Smash Bros., and announce that they are only a couple of years out from Zelda 2 and Metroid Prime 4.

Splatoon 3 just sold 3.5 million in three days in Japan, biggest game launch there ever.
bigger than Pokemon, Dragon Quest, FF7. that's kind of a big deal, no?

I bought the previous splatoon a while back and could never get used to the damn controls.

my kids were so hyped for that, they'd been talking about it for like the past year
i played a little of the new one, it seems exactly like splatoon 2? like "new" characters and levels but no appreciable difference in gameplay or graphics or anything

i also struggle with the controls, i end up mostly using the right joystick to look around instead of tilting the controller

xp yeah thats enormous sales for japan. the switch animal crossing already shattered the previous record and this shattered it again

like "new" characters and levels but no appreciable difference in gameplay or graphics or anything

Super Mario Bros to SMB3 was a notable leap. But yeah, sequels in the same console generation are usually subtitled “very similar to what you already like; 3/4 of the way to the inevitable reboot”

But damn, people must be craving some more of what they like about splatoon! This is very petty or me but i can’t stand the character style of splatoon. I don’t want to be any of these characters or look at them

i'm not a huge fan of the char designs/fashion either but the game is absurdly fun once you master the movement (i have not bought 3 though nor will i for a bit)

lol

Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct Will Be Livestreamed Twice by Nintendo Ireland Out of Disrespect for the Queenhttps://t.co/ShQr0os4Ms

— Hard Drive (@HardDriveMag) September 12, 2022

Oooh, I'd given up hope but I just realized there could be Silksong news!

silksong doesn't exist

New Zelda title as ironic commentary

Why did Nintendo (er) spoil themselves?

As accidentally winsome commentary on UK

Oh, wait, this thing happened already, didn't it.

I'm officially excited about (checks notes) one thing announced, and it rhymes with Griselda.

lots of stuff I liked, but it was pretty much all 3rd parties outside of a Pikmin logo and a v short Zelda trailer.
Nintendo's first party studios MIA, I guess they are working on content for the next systems launch?

Hm I wonder if Link doesn't have the glider in BOTW2?

hell yeah links back and hes got an airplane baby

Nintendo's first party studios MIA, I guess they are working on content for the next systems launch?

Sigh. I feel like half my time with the Switch has been spent waiting for what comes next, but at this point I think I've finally realized that with few exceptions, whatever it is that Nintendo does best may just be not for me. I loved Breath and we as a family got a lot out of Mario Kart, but both of those were ports from the previous system. I loved the Ori games, but they were Microsoft games that somehow made it to Nintendo. Other than that, my fave indies (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Hades) have been available on all systems. Oh well.

im studying the trailer like the zapruder film, stuff weve seen before floating castle, sky islands, no towers or shrines, links weird arms, link doesnt have any of his old gear, time reversing mechanic maybe thing; new stuff link has guardian shotgun shell looking things hanging from his belt, big green design on a bluff, wooden shield, stone axe, airplane!

his gear looks pretty rudimentary feel like this could be the distant past, relative to botw, or some sort of time mixing situation cld be going on, the castle is there but its behaving strangely

Sigh. I feel like half my time with the Switch has been spent waiting for what comes next, but at this point I think I've finally realized that with few exceptions, whatever it is that Nintendo does best may just be not for me.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, September 13, 2022 11:37 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

are you going to be ok

Certainly by May 2023!