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[-Arcadia-]

I have both of these games now on switch and I haven't even opened them yet.

I’m just going to leave aside my financial concerns about you for right now.

But totally worth it. They are some of the most beautiful games you will ever play on the Switch, and their unique take on the Metroid style, with much more platforming, is so well done, and a lot of fun.

 

[Tesseract]

'the american dream is dead' ~ donald john trump during his visit of retro studios

 

[-Arcadia-]

If I didn't already have both games on PC I'd definitely get them on Switch. I'm trying to make up for it though by recommending the games to my co-workers who have a Switch.

I don’t think you need to make up for owning two awesome games wherever you do. Lol. Hopefully as many Switch owners as possible play these and don’t miss out on them, though.

 

[Jooxed]

I’m just going to leave aside my financial concerns about you for right now.

But totally worth it. They are some of the most beautiful games you will ever play on the Switch, and their unique take on the Metroid style, with much more platforming, is so well done, and a lot of fun.

Haha dont worry I do okay.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Haha dont worry I do okay.

Can I have some money?

 

[Jooxed]

Can I have some money?

Sure, you know what I want in return. You have my discord.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Sure, you know what I want in return. You have my discord.

(Sigh) Fine. (Hands you copies of games you will never open)

 

[Tesseract]

gimme some nintendo gold points

what is why bidding

 

[Newly Vacant]

I’m surprised how much Hyrule Warriors 2 looks like Breath of the Wild, visually. I know it’s a muso game, and has different gameplay, but I can’t help but be very excited for it.

 

[Eevee86]

Thanks, hariseldon, that makes sense. Many factors involved. I wonder if there's some resentment, too, at how well Switch is selling. Some "hardcore" gamers like to look down their noses at consoles that have mainstream appeal. They are elite, you see.

I like what you said in that last section. That's one of the nice things about joining the Nintendo crowd here. They don't seem to get wrapped up console wars, arguing about the minutae of tech/performance, or use lots of hostile humor and put downs. They seem to mostly just focus on playing and enjoying games. What a concept, lol.

That's a big part of it from the Sony side. They got used to not having any competition during the Wii U/Xbox One days and now the Switch is on a roll and Xbox seems to be finding their footing. They feel threatened and are lashing out.

 

[Jooxed]

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

 

[Lionel Richie]

 

[Newly Vacant]

These bonuses seem like trolling from Nintendo.

“Oh you liked Breath of the Wild? Here’s a wooden sword.”

“Thanks for pre-ordering the game! Here’s a ladle.”

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

DunDunDunpachi

Looks amazing. The improvements from World/GU are gonna be a lot of fun.

 

[gtrwll]

Regarding that other thread about Japan’s best selling games this year: I find it a bit strange that Xenoblade Chronicles DE is not on the list, so it sold less than ~138k in Japan. Would’ve thought it would do better there.

 

[Astral Dog]

I think the story is enough to get people hooked, never played a warriors game and this looks great. Monster Hunter Rise is looking really good too. 2021 is going to be a great switch year

Hopefully its good this time they took worst part of BotW(the plot) to make a game around it

I want more than standard Zelda stuff mixed with Warrior battles and terrible voice acting, real plot twists, death, new enemies, Calamity Ganon attacking its like the worst that could happend on the Zelda world.

 

[-Arcadia-]

These bonuses seem like trolling from Nintendo.

“Oh you liked Breath of the Wild? Here’s a wooden sword.”

“Thanks for pre-ordering the game! Here’s a ladle.”

I’ve always found the goofier weapons kind of fun in the extra modes in these Zelda spin-offs/crossovers, where you get tons of the cool stuff as well. Absolutely I will be smacking people with a ladle, hahaha.

Plus it’s probably better something like this is a preorder bonus, than something people might really want, like a giant flame sword or something.

Regarding that other thread about Japan’s best selling games this year: I find it a bit strange that Xenoblade Chronicles DE is not on the list, so it sold less than ~138k in Japan. Would’ve thought it would do better there.

Maybe the westernized gameplay is a turn-off to them? A flat-out guess, but it does play like a solo western MMO.

 

[ShinNL]

Currently watching this. Really cool how they brought this Xbox One X punishing game to life on the Switch (I flat out said it was impossible earlier this year).

None of the 4k, teraflop and ray tracing crowd will understand and appreciate what's done here. Optimization is art and the end result is miraculous.

 

[-Arcadia-]

None of the 4k, teraflop and ray tracing crowd will understand and appreciate what's done here. Optimization is art and the end result is miraculous.

Yep. The thread already slid to the second page, with only three posts. Probably the most fascinating journalism of the day.

We have some wonderful people, but that says it all about gaming side.

 

[Astral Dog]

I’m surprised how much Hyrule Warriors 2 looks like Breath of the Wild, visually. I know it’s a muso game, and has different gameplay, but I can’t help but be very excited for it.

because its literally using the same assets as BotW

 

[-Arcadia-]

because its literally using the same assets as BotW

It’s not. In most cases anyway. The quality jump is quite apparent (going from an open world/systems pushing the Wii U to its limit/to a Switch exclusive just featuring arenas, albeit with a lot of enemies), as well as the developer’s different way of doing things.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

My progress primarily in 64 has been slow (about 30-ish stars so far) because I'm shit at it. Done a bit of Sunshine and it's getting their slowly though the lack of inverted Y axis on the hosepipe is a pain in the balls and cost me bigtime fighting the god damn giant pihrana plant - I think 3 or 4 stars done so far there. Galaxy is one that's so good I'm really having to fight myself to keep away from it - that one has to be saved for dessert. Still, picked up a few stars, unlocked some stuff and I'm in the bee zone at the moment which is really good clever fun.

3D Land I cleared world 1 this morning, it's an absolute delight. Decided to show some self discipline and stop so I can deal with the hedges in my garden (real world, not Animal Crossing) and do a bit more work on learning Unity. Honestly anyone with a vague interest in making games should study Nintendo's work like the fucking bible. They absolutely fucking nail it. Nobody here needs me to tell them that of course, but it's just astonishing the level of quality they create. Nintendo is the Beethoven to everyone else's Nicki Minaj.

3D Land is so much better than anyone told me it would be. I wasn’t totally into it at first but after a couple worlds in it all clicked and it’s now one of my favorite Mario games period. Great length for the kind of game it is, the stages are perfect to pick up and play for a few minutes at a time.

Feels even better to go back through and get all the star coins after you finish world 8.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Ori 2 is impressive for what it accomplishes on the Switch, but.... I still wouldn't play it on Switch.

 

[Jooxed]

Ori 2 is impressive for what it accomplishes on the Switch, but.... I still wouldn't play it on Switch.

Inb4 -Arcadia- dumps you

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

I just find it funny that the Switch version runs at stable 60 and launched without any issues meanwhile it frequently crashed on the One X and often dipped to 40fps. How did MSFT let that happen?

Still haven’t played it...I’m awful at performers and died hundreds of times when I played the first one.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Inb4 -Arcadia- dumps you

Unless she wants to go back to taking the bus everywhere, she's going to hush up.

 

[Astral Dog]

It’s not. In most cases anyway. The quality jump is quite apparent (going from an open world/systems pushing the Wii U to its limit/to a Switch exclusive just featuring arenas, albeit with a lot of enemies), as well as the developer’s different way of doing things.

Im sure they confirmed it somewhere

 

[Zannegan]

I just find it funny that the Switch version runs at stable 60 and launched without any issues meanwhile it frequently crashed on the One X and often dipped to 40fps. How did MSFT let that happen?

Still haven’t played it...I’m awful at performers and died hundreds of times when I played the first one.

It's a nice looking port, but I wouldn't say it's without any issues based on my experience. Had a couple of crashes, and one weird bug where I got trapped in the floor walking from one screen to the next and had to restart. Might just be me or my machine.

Still a great little port overall, and I'm sure patches will eventually take care of what issues it has

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

It's a nice looking port, but I wouldn't say it's without any issues based on my experience. Had a couple of crashes, and one weird bug where I got trapped in the floor walking from one screen to the next and had to restart. Might just be me or my machine.

Still a great little port overall, and I'm sure patches will eventually take care of what issues it has

I guess I jumped the gun interesting.

I remember when it launched it was unplayable for some Xbox people I was chatting with. Hard crashes often and huge frame rate dips.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Im sure they confirmed it somewhere

A quite specific search doesn’t show anything.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Ori 2 is impressive for what it accomplishes on the Switch, but.... I still wouldn't play it on Switch.

 

[DESTROYA]

Unless she wants to go back to taking the bus everywhere, she's going to hush up.

You better watch it man!
She can kill with her ladle .

 

[Gloomnivore]

I’m playing through Donkey Kong Country 2 for the first time. This must be the entry that cemented David Wise’s reputation. The music is incredible and takes the game to another level.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I’m playing through Donkey Kong Country 2 for the first time. This must be the entry that cemented David Wise’s reputation. The music is incredible and takes the game to another level.

It's a bona fide classic.

 

[-Arcadia-]

For anyone who missed it in the main thread:



Really worth watching. It looks like a ton of fun, and most importantly, like a BotW fan’s dream come true.

The only thing that sucks is that I started playing BotW again, and I really need to get that done first, instead of overkilling it by playing two different parts of the story at the same time, lol. Looking forward to seeing your impressions!

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

But do I play the first Hyrule Warriors first?

 

[-Arcadia-]

But do I play the first Hyrule Warriors first?

First Hyrule Warriors isn’t connected to anything. It’s just a really fun ‘everyone teams up’ story.

 

[DESTROYA]

So are any of you guys going to get a PS5 or XsX ?
With preorders being so insanely hard to get I was willing to wait it out and have always said I don’t need one launch day and pretty much still feel this way.
So Nintendbros what next gen console are you guys planning of buying ?

 

[-Arcadia-]

I think the question is also, can you get a PS5/Xbox. These preorders are crazy.

I’m in for both if I can get them. I’m more of a fan of the Xbox, but I really, really want to play Demon’s Souls on Day 1, pretty much the only true next-gen game in existence right now.

 

[Danjin44]

I'm getting PS5 and already pre-ordered and I'm still not fan of redesign in some of the bosses in Demons Souls but I'm willing to give fair chance. I was also highly skeptical about FFVIIR but end up liking the game a lot.

 

[JimiNutz]

So are any of you guys going to get a PS5 or XsX ?
With preorders being so insanely hard to get I was willing to wait it out and have always said I don’t need one launch day and pretty much still feel this way.
So Nintendbros what next gen console are you guys planning of buying ?

I currently have a PS5 disc pre order and a XSS pre order but don't think I'll keep both.

At the moment I'm surprisingly leaning towards the XSS because it's so damn cheap and I was so busy with PS4 and Switch towards the end of this gen that I skipped a lot of Xbox games (despite owning a XB1 which I rarely used).

I'm not really impressed with either companies launch line up (I don't think Demon's Souls is really my kind of game unfortunately) but I figure I can play through Forza Horizon 4, Ori 1&2, maybe try Sea of Thieves with Game Pass (I also still need to play through Doom Eternal as well which is now gonna be on Game Pass).

Depending on how much I enjoy the XSS I will either buy the more powerful XSX sometime next year once more exclusives come out for it or I'll buy a PS5. For now I don't really feel the need to have either one though and am only really thinking of giving the XSS a chance because it's so cheap. I also think PS5 is really ugly.

 

[Tesseract]

it's kinda nice to power down the pc, relax, play some nintendo games

tropical freeze and samus returns on the burner, excellent level design in the former

returns' music is p. good, half step between prime and super

 

[JimiNutz]

it's kinda nice to power down the pc, relax, play some nintendo games

tropical freeze and samus returns on the burner, excellent level design in the former

returns' music is p. good, half step between prime and super

Tropical Freeze is a brilliant game.

I played it on Wii U but have had the urge to play it again recently. I think I'll pick up a Switch copy next time I take a vacation somewhere warm. Will be nice to play it chilling next to the pool somewhere warm while drinking rum and tequila.

 

[MagnesG]

it's kinda nice to power down the pc, relax, play some nintendo games

tropical freeze and samus returns on the burner, excellent level design in the former

returns' music is p. good, half step between prime and super

Here's hoping for a Samus Returns switch port with a new 2d entry in the future.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Here's hoping Samus Returns never Returns.

But Tropical Freeze is amazing and I really should play that again.

 

[bender]

I wish I liked the Donkey Kong games. The character designs rub me the wrong way and I can never get into the flow of the locomotion.

I spent 2+ hours today removing flowers from my Island. Now that I have 40 million bells, I figure I should start organizing my island instead of just putting shit everywhere. I'll call it project "make my island look less like the aftermath of a F5 tornado".

 

[Gormless Noodle]

I wish I liked the Donkey Kong games. The character designs rub me the wrong way and I can never get into the flow of the locomotion.

Nah, they're just kinda mediocre. But then again, Rareware games have always been mediocre.

 

[bender]

Nah, they're just kinda mediocre. But then again, Rareware games have always been mediocre.

DKR/Tropical Freeze aren't Rareware.

Viva Pinata was dope.

 

[hariseldon]

I wish I liked the Donkey Kong games. The character designs rub me the wrong way and I can never get into the flow of the locomotion.

I found it lacking the visual clarity typical of most Nintendo games and so it becomes tricky to tell what is platform and what isn’t, and what the boundaries of platform hitboxes are - and yeah the movement just isn’t Mario level.