The Nintendo Switch Thread

[Darc_Requiem]

@JGreenGood point, I hadn't considered that. The Bond conversations are so shallow because they have to speak to the entire cast. Maybe they could have just saved the conversations for Max bond level. So instead of three throw a lines per character. You'd get one exchange per character with some depth to it.

 

Side note: I used a Second Seal to de-level Vander to his base class and relevel to promote him. His rating went from 66 to 124 (Both ratings were at level 1). He's actually a decent unit now. As a vet, I know to avoid using the pre-promoted unit as they just steal EXP from the units that need it. He only gained 6xp before I demoted him. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

[iStu X]

I’m super stoked about the direct tomorrow but I’m honestly not expecting a lot. 
 

I can safely assume we’re going to see 

 

* advanced wars reboot camp release date

* XBC3 dlc info 

* mario kart 8 deluxe dlc info 

* splatoon 3 dlc info 

* mario + Rabbids spark of hope dlc 

* In-depth Tears of the Kingdom trailer 

Other than that I’m not sure what to expect. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by iStu X

[iStu X]

 

[BornWinner]

The Mario movie account has been posting more posters and they are all great.

 

 

 

 

They’re really going all out on this.

[purbeast]

11 minutes ago, BornWinner said:

The Mario movie account has been posting more posters and they are all great.

 

 

 

 

They’re really going all out on this.

You know if there are any super hi-res images of the first one?

 

I would love to make an acoustical panel out of that one for my basement.

[iStu X]

 

[iStu X]

Nintendo mentions in a press release that for waves 4, 5 and 6 of the MK8D DLC in addition to the standard new and returning tracks there will also be returning characters added to the roster of the game. 

 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230208005930/en/5386165/Metroid-Prime-Remastered-Rolled-out-in-Latest-Nintendo-Direct-Available-Now-for-Nintendo-Switch

Edited February 9, 2023 by iStu X

[iStu X]

Also now that GBA is on NSO what’re the chances we finally get Mother 3 in the west? 
 

 

[Sonichuman]

52 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Also now that GBA is on NSO what’re the chances we finally get Mother 3 in the west? 
 

 

They'll make this the very last thing they do before fully moving on to the next system.  It'll either happen then or not at all.  This is the Nintendo way.

[Lantis]

Never got the chance to play the Metroid Prime trilogy. Now is as good as time as any to start

[Wellman]

Didn't get the chance to watch the full Direct until after I got home from work and during half time of a fun but ultimately upsetting Houston Rockets game.

 

They are bringing back Etrian Odyssey! It is a remake of the first three games and does not appear to have the Untold versions story/character additions but any Etrian Odyssey right now is better than nothing.

[Chadouken]

Hey guys, I just want to reiterate: Metroid Prime got remastered and it looks incredible.

 

Edit: Also, Fusion is coming to Switch.

Edited February 9, 2023 by Chadouken

[purbeast]

I may grab the physical version of MP when it's available.

[Darc_Requiem]

2 hours ago, Wellman said:

Didn't get the chance to watch the full Direct until after I got home from work and during half time of a fun but ultimately upsetting Houston Rockets game.

 

They are bringing back Etrian Odyssey! It is a remake of the first three games and does not appear to have the Untold versions story/character additions but any Etrian Odyssey right now is better than nothing.

I was surprised to see HD Remasters for Etrian Odyssey. Never played it myself but it's good that it's not locked on one old platform now.

[RSG3]

1 hour ago, purbeast said:

I may grab the physical version of MP when it's available.

With the digital priced at 40 bucks, the physical is my plan to. I don't pay more then 20 bucks for digital keys. 

[purbeast]

1 hour ago, RSG3 said:

With the digital priced at 40 bucks, the physical is my plan to. I don't pay more then 20 bucks for digital keys. 

Amazon has it being released next week.  Not sure what the deal is with that but I preordered it from there.

[BornWinner]

 

At least the Metroid Prime guys got something.

[iStu X]

 

[iStu X]

Man, I haven’t played LoZ Minish Cap since I was around 19. I forgot how gorgeous the sprite work is and how great the game feel is. Using the trigger to do a roll is a god send for movement. 
 

Edited February 10, 2023 by iStu X

[RegH81]

17 hours ago, iStu X said:

Also now that GBA is on NSO what’re the chances we finally get Mother 3 in the west? 
 

 

Nintendo:

Spoiler

 

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And here I thought I had all my game purchases on Switch this month planned out and Nintendo just drops Metroid Prime Remastered like that.

[Sonichuman]

 

[Darc_Requiem]

I posted this in the Video Game thread but it needs to be here too.

 

 

https://www.smbplumbing.com/main/

[Wellman]

I fucking love it!

[Darc_Requiem]

I finally beat Fire Emblem Engage this weekend. It's a good game but not one of my favorites if I'm being honest. Usually with a Fire Emblem game, as soon as I finish it, I start another run. I don't really have the pull to do so with Engage. The story is pretty basic as is the lore. People are still discussing the story/lore/world of Three Houses now. Engage lacks that sort of story depth. While l like the gameplay, grinding in the game is a chore. Whether it be for gold or exp. Gold Corrupted battles only net 2400 Gold. The enemy levels for skirmishes seems to scale to the levels of your main party members*. So trying to level under leveled units is a bit of pain. The extra side activities aren't really that fun for me. So I think I'm just going to set the game aside until the DLC drops.

 

*Skirmishes in the Divine Paralogue section have lower leveled enemies. They are far fewer in number though.

 

Edit: I don't mind that they went for more classical approach to Fire Emblem this time around. It just think it could have been executed better. With no branching story, I'd expect the story to have more depth to it. The side activities just seem more like a chore than a way to break up the monotony of battle.

Edited February 13, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

[iStu X]

Apparently there was a splatfest. 
 

 

[Sonichuman]

Oh god...the kraken has returned!

 

[iStu X]

1 hour ago, Sonichuman said:

Oh god...the kraken has returned!

As long as it isn’t Splat 1 Kraken we’re safe. 😂

[RegH81]

I'm about to do Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2. Anyone else find it odd that in the crotch area of Mario Zone, the level is filled with a bunch of balls?

[RSG3]

1 minute ago, RegH81 said:

I'm about to do Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2. Anyone else find it odd that in the crotch area of Mario Zone, the level is filled with a bunch of balls?

Original release or that fan DX hack that colorizes  the game?

[TheInfernoman]

9 minutes ago, RegH81 said:

I'm about to do Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2. Anyone else find it odd that in the crotch area of Mario Zone, the level is filled with a bunch of balls?

Or the fact that the 3 little pigs live rent free in Mario's head. 

[RegH81]

48 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Original release or that fan DX hack that colorizes  the game?

Original release for GB NSO.

[Sonichuman]

 

[Chadouken]

Diplomacy has failed!

[Sonichuman]

 

[iStu X]

Pokémon presents next Monday. 
 

 

[RSG3]

14 hours ago, iStu X said:

Pokémon presents next Monday. 
 

 

Wonder if they will present a performance patch....

[Sonichuman]

 

[Sonichuman]

RGT put up a video talking about some of the games that will be unavailable on the 3DS eshop when it goes down next month in case people want to fire that bad boy up before its too late

 

[iStu X]

 

[RSG3]

Should we try to host a get together and break in the new courses?

[iStu X]

14 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Should we try to host a get together and break in the new courses?

I’d be down. They drop on the 9th right before Mario Day. We could throw down that weekend. 

[RSG3]

1 hour ago, iStu X said:

I’d be down. They drop on the 9th right before Mario Day. We could throw down that weekend. 

Let's keep it in mind and see what we can do. 

[Wellman]

Huh, just realized March 10th is a Friday this year. That would have been the perfect day for the Mario movie to drop.

[iStu X]

1 hour ago, Wellman said:

Huh, just realized March 10th is a Friday this year. That would have been the perfect day for the Mario movie to drop.

I think it originally was internally slated for that but had to be moved back 

[iStu X]

 

[JGreen]

It would be awesome if there was a last 3DS sale starting March 10th to close out the system. But it’s Nintendo, so that’s unlikely. 

[RSG3]

Yea, speaking of, any must have 3DS digital titles before the store closes?

[Sonichuman]

13 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Yea, speaking of, any must have 3DS digital titles before the store closes?

I'm planning on scooping Rhythm Heaven and trying to decide if I want to buy NSMB2 digitally or just find a physical copy to add to my collection.  I just checked to see if Amazon had NSMB2 available and they do so I'll probably hold off on that.  I think Rhythm Heaven might be the only one I absolutely needs to have since it's only digital.  Shame that Dillon's Rolling Western is going to fade into the ether, hopefully they'll rerelease both games later in an upres port.

 

Edit:   People may want to jump on the 2 Phoenix Wright games before they vanish cause there's no telling when Capcom will fix those games up to be ported on another platform.  My wife bought them on her 3DS but I feel like I can't assume she's going to take care of hers. 
 

Also gotta peep onto the Wii U eshop to make sure there isn't anything I'm gonna want to scoop before it dies some time this month too.

Edited March 3, 2023 by Sonichuman

[RSG3]

22 minutes ago, Sonichuman said:

I'm planning on scooping Rhythm Heaven and trying to decide if I want to buy NSMB2 digitally or just find a physical copy to add to my collection.  I just checked to see if Amazon had NSMB2 available and they do so I'll probably hold off on that.  I think Rhythm Heaven might be the only one I absolutely needs to have since it's only digital.  Shame that Dillon's Rolling Western is going to fade into the ether, hopefully they'll rerelease both games later in an upres port.

 

Edit:   People may want to jump on the 2 Phoenix Wright games before they vanish cause there's no telling when Capcom will fix those games up to be ported on another platform.  My wife bought them on her 3DS but I feel like I can't assume she's going to take care of hers. 
 

Also gotta peep onto the Wii U eshop to make sure there isn't anything I'm gonna want to scoop before it dies some time this month too.

Yea I'm looking exclusively st digital only content. So far only thing I've seen that interests me is the 3DS Dr Mario. Was just hoping people.might know some sleeper digital hits. 

 

Edit: Course the second I post this I come across a game called Dark Void Zero that looks dope. An old unreleased Capcom game they dug up and finished for the 3DS it sounds like from the description. 

Edited March 3, 2023 by RSG3

[JGreen]

For eshop only 3DS games the ones I can think of are the Ace Attorney games that are eshop exclusive (Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice), Pocket Card Jockey (which is being released on Switch), Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Mo games like Pushmo if you like that type of game, Boxboy games again if you’re into puzzle games, Liberation Maiden and Nano Assault Ex. Since you like shmups, I’d definitely look at the last two. Lastly, you may want to consider that while you could get non eshop exclusive games on physical cartridge it may be financially prohibitive and the cartridge itself can lose the ability to save. I’ve seen reports of FE Awakening cartridges and other going bad and people losing their save file.