[Megathread] Nintendo Switch

[Yunru]

So from that new game list:

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -- Maybe
Pikmin 4 -- skip
Fire Emblem Engage -- this game is a bit sus, need more info
Just Dance 2023 Edition -- skip
Octopath Traveler II -- instant buy
Fae Farm -- skip
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe -- skip (never cared abauth kirby)
Nintendo Switch Online N64 games (including GoldenEye) -- why does this exist?
It Takes Two -- skip
Rune Factory 3 Special -- skip
Splatoon 3 post-launch content -- skip
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass -- skip
Ib -- skip
Tunic -- tried it on pc and this game fells like un-fair a bit. Its harder than older zelda for sure.
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion -- skip
Radiant Silvergun -- skip
Bayonetta 3 -- skip
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass -- already got it
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope -- probaly skip
Tales of Symphonia Remastered -- you can just play this on steam
Harvestella -- skip
Mario Strikers: Battle League update -- skip
Theaterhythm Final Bar Line -- skip
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key -- 300% skip (this type of game is just realy shitty to me, i tried other versions of it)
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life -- skip
Resident Evil Village Cloud -- lol cloud 100% skip
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code -- skip
Various Daylife -. skip
Sifu -- skip
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse -- skip
Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star -- skip
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake --- skip
OddBallers --- skip
Factorio -- skip (pc version is just better)
Endless Dungeon -- it will come on pc, also its a tower defense game ugh..
Front Mission 1st: Remake --- 1995 game remake... skip 100% --- WHERE IS DAEMON X MACHINA 2???

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Pepsi girl still looks dumb.

[wowrefugee]

So from that new game list:

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -- Maybe
Pikmin 4 -- skip
Fire Emblem Engage -- this game is a bit sus, need more info
Just Dance 2023 Edition -- skip
Octopath Traveler II -- instant buy
Fae Farm -- skip
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe -- skip (never cared abauth kirby)
Nintendo Switch Online N64 games (including GoldenEye) -- why does this exist?
It Takes Two -- skip
Rune Factory 3 Special -- skip
Splatoon 3 post-launch content -- skip
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass -- skip
Ib -- skip
Tunic -- tried it on pc and this game fells like un-fair a bit. Its harder than older zelda for sure.
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion -- skip
Radiant Silvergun -- skip
Bayonetta 3 -- skip
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass -- already got it
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope -- probaly skip
Tales of Symphonia Remastered -- you can just play this on steam
Harvestella -- skip
Mario Strikers: Battle League update -- skip
Theaterhythm Final Bar Line -- skip
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key -- 300% skip (this type of game is just realy shitty to me, i tried other versions of it)
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life -- skip
Resident Evil Village Cloud -- lol cloud 100% skip
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code -- skip
Various Daylife -. skip
Sifu -- skip
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse -- skip
Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star -- skip
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake --- skip
OddBallers --- skip
Factorio -- skip (pc version is just better)
Endless Dungeon -- it will come on pc, also its a tower defense game ugh..
Front Mission 1st: Remake --- 1995 game remake... skip 100% --- WHERE IS DAEMON X MACHINA 2???

Could've summed up your list like this:

Turn based old school jrpg? Buy

Anything else? Skip

[Northern Goblin]

From what they announced today, I'd be buying Radiant Silvergun (again) right now but the new Fallout 76 expansion dropped, so I might pick it up in a few weeks.

Octopath Traveller 2, Fire Emblem, Theaterhythm and Zelda are all pick ups for next year.

[Jester Joe]

Tunic -- tried it on pc and this game fells like un-fair a bit. Its harder than older zelda for sure.

That's a pretty bold claim.
I haven't played Tunic, but I have played through the original Zelda and the game is pretty brutal.

[Tech614]

That's a pretty bold claim.
I haven't played Tunic, but I have played through the original Zelda and the game is pretty brutal.

The easiest games from the NES era make shit like cuphead or souls from modern day look like casual modes. Haven't played Tunic but I have massive doubts its anywhere close to OG Zelda in difficulty.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

That's a pretty bold claim.
I haven't played Tunic, but I have played through the original Zelda and the game is pretty brutal.

Well it's been given the souls like tag on Steam so there must be something like that there.

[Jester Joe]

And now to catch up on posts a bit more.

So Switch 2 releasing in May. Neat.

The OLED is just hitting a year old, why do you think they'd already be jumping into a new console? Even the N3DSXL had 2 years before the Switch released roughly.

Honestly, most people look at Splatoon and think it is fun colorful shooter.

But, the story is interesting and the lore is kind of dark when looking at the surface.

Oh extremely so, I mean, it's a post apocalyptic world at the end of the day but hey splat splat go ink.

The easiest games from the NES era make shit like cuphead or souls from modern day look like casual modes. Haven't played Tunic but I have massive doubts its anywhere close to OG Zelda in difficulty.

I mean, I can't lie, I used save states even to actually end up beating the OG Zelda. I had every intention at the start to not do that, but there's only so many times I could stomach going through the dungeons.

Well it's been given the souls like tag on Steam so there must be something like that there.

To be fair, so does Hollow Knight and I wouldn't put that near the original LoZ in difficulty either.

[Darththeo]

Oh extremely so, I mean, it's a post apocalyptic world at the end of the day but hey splat splat go ink.

This made me audibly laugh out loud.

The game is fun and it is one of two game series that I have an Amiibo addiction to.

[Skirdus]

The easiest games from the NES era make shit like cuphead or souls from modern day look like casual modes. Haven't played Tunic but I have massive doubts its anywhere close to OG Zelda in difficulty.

OG Zelda is more obscure and cryptic than difficult I'd say. If you go into it knowing exactly what to do and where to go, it becomes a lot easier than if you're going in blind

[SavoirFaire]

The easiest games from the NES era make shit like cuphead or souls from modern day look like casual modes. Haven't played Tunic but I have massive doubts its anywhere close to OG Zelda in difficulty.

Is original Zelda really considered hard? Now if someone said Zelda 2 was hard I’d give them that. I played through it again a few years back and did not remember how brutal that game could be. Beating shadow link again felt like a real accomplishment, and one of those things I attribute to some kind of muscle memory kicking in. Replay of LoZ and new game + on it was a fun romp.

[Zeta333]

Really wish nintendo would stop dragging ass on thier n64 virtual console. its embarrassing how slow they are to port to the switch. By the time they get a respectable catalog the next system will be out and you wont be able to dl the games on switch anymore just like all thier previous consoles. Nintendo should be giving me a reason to play thier old games on the switch and not steamdeck.

[everydaygamer]

I wonder if Tales of Symphonia is a new remaster that fixes the framerate issue. Probably not but it would be nice.

[Tech614]

If you go into it knowing exactly what to do and where to go, it becomes a lot easier than if you're going in blind

Oh wow no way dude you just described every game ever! 10/10 post.

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Is original Zelda really considered hard? Now if someone said Zelda 2 was hard I’d give them that. I played through it again a few years back and did not remember how brutal that game could be. Beating shadow link again felt like a real accomplishment, and one of those things I attribute to some kind of muscle memory kicking in. Replay of LoZ and new game + on it was a fun romp.

It's a hell of a lot of trial and error and posts like the above "well its easy after you know everything to do" are top tier memes. Of course it was, the entire difficulty of Zelda 1 was knowing where to go and what to do. Zelda 2 is harder and easier at the same time, more straight forward but also harder gameplay skill checks more in line with the brutal side scrollers of the time.

[Mysterymask]

Tales of Symphonia Remastered -- you can just play this on steam

Have you PLAYED the steam version...like dear god it has so many issues it's actually easier and better to get the iso and play it on Dolphin

[Tech614]

Have you PLAYED the steam version...like dear god it has so many issues it's actually easier and better to get the iso and play it on Dolphin

The steam and ps3 version is based on the PS2 version which is blatantly inferior and garbage compared to the gamecube one. Bet this remaster is also still based off the crappy ps2 version until proven otherwise.

[RobertoCarlos]

The easiest games from the NES era make shit like cuphead or souls from modern day look like casual modes. Haven't played Tunic but I have massive doubts its anywhere close to OG Zelda in difficulty.

Yeah its odd how the simpler games can be more difficult. It seems like that era they designed the games requiring near perfect runs/execution where as games now normally have a few ways to avoid failure

[hellhamster]

Yeah its odd how the simpler games can be more difficult. It seems like that era they designed the games requiring near perfect runs/execution where as games now normally have a few ways to avoid failure

Old games were made hard to increase the playtime.

[Lahis]

Old games were made hard to increase the playtime.

They were hard to increase the number of coins spent in an arcade machine.

Same philosophy just got applied to home console games once they became a thing. Also helped to mask the shortness of the games.

[zealo]

Yeah its odd how the simpler games can be more difficult. It seems like that era they designed the games requiring near perfect runs/execution where as games now normally have a few ways to avoid failure

A lot of games from that era aren't much longer than an hour or two in actual content, they pad it with difficulty instead.

When the game is 15-20 hours long on say normal mode nowadays, there's less impetus to make it require such perfect execution.