The Nintendo Switch

first zelda had nintendo power subscription gating overworld lost woods exploration

To be more precise: I enjoy the whole Zelda/Metroid thing of showing you an item or entrance you can't get to and making you think 'oh I can come back here when I have the hookshot'. I don't enjoy as much when I can't explore an entire quadrant of the map until the second half of the game because it's behind a ravine you can only get across with the hookshot.

botw got rid of both these things by giving you every tool up front, I think you can still have a open world feeling game without getting rid of the first but you always have to get rid of the second

BotW uses that thing you don't enjoy beautifully with the glider, actually

sure, that's essentially the tutorial though. I'm okay with that

I loved BotW btw, and thought "I like this as much as I liked Skyrim" and then decided to go back and replay Skyrim

Skyrim vs. BotW is like PC vs. Mac, lol

Skyrim has an inelegant battle system that is still weirdly fun, features a lot of "Quicksave, then take on an overpowered enemy" moments, "press A frantically to get through a tedious exposition about yet another splinter group/betrayal", and cool systems of resource management where I'm taking a moment to level up my Smithing and Enchanting abilities in between dungeon raids. The variety of play styles is super fun (I played a battlemage on my first run-through in 2012, now I'm playing pure assassin, sneaking up behind giants and one-hitting them). I haven't come across any bugs just yet, but the loading screens (which lengthen as the game progressed on my PS3 version) still take a long time when you're doing fetch-y stuff.

In comparison, BotW is just a sleek, gorgeous, endlessly delightful. I just wish they had ten-to-twenty proper dungeons instead of 120 shrines

Oh and Skyrim more than pretty much any other game is addictive. I've started bringing my Switch with me on public transit on my way to meet friends

Bought Thumper on sale today, that game is cool and would probably be really awesome if I was on drugs. Also got Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime and Thimbleweed Park, because they looked fun. Busy with Shovel Knight right now, though, that game is super unforgiving!

Darkest Dungeon on the 18th!

Ppl online are losing their shit waiting for Nintendo to announce a Direct. Nintendo of America is tweeting things like this:

pic.twitter.com/BkhTYDNnpY

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 10, 2018

I have no idea what that means...?

They’re just seemingly fucking with people by tweeting enigmatic nonsense

i think i remember that game.

ah yes, here it is: chibi-robo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi-Robo!

Cool thx for the explanation...

https://twitter.com/i/moments/951143807093035010

Yeah, man, I am afraid to even start with Stardew. Younger kid has been really into Animal Crossing for Wii, though.

Speaking of Switch, Shovel Knight is so stupidly unforgiving, I think I might be playing it wrong. Like, touch a spike, die instantly. Maybe I need to buy better armor? But there doesn't seem to be a place just to mess around and amass gems, only levels that you have to beat to bring anything back to the town and trade later. But the levels are so hard! Grrr.

git gud

That's one strategy. Having flashbacks to Contra codes and Zelda maps.

Chibi Robo hasn't really excited anyone in a long ass time, i think is the joke

Nintendo internet is in a frenzy over when the Nintendo Direct announcing the first half 2018 stuff is going to be so they're just tweeting cryptic stuff to troll everyone now, is the joke

oh we covered this already nvm

and lol they just dropped it with no pre announcement https://youtu.be/a_u7g5BlfiY

the world ends with you remaster
new mario tennis
donkey kong tropical freeze port
Hyrule warriors port
dark souls remaster
some other anime games and stuff
release date for Kirby (mid March)

Some good shit and the first party announcements don’t even go that deep into the year :o

I’m excited to play Dark Souls for the first time and probably TWEWY again and the Mario Tennis game looks rad and I’ve been excited for Celeste and etc etc VIDEO GAmEs

Oh and I’m real jazzed for Kirby, I love Kirby

oh yeah ys 8 port too which is apparently one of the best ys games

I never got to play the world ends with you so I'm excited for that

same w tropical freeze

yeah i am down with just about everything in that direct except the SNK fighter and celeste

Celeste is from the creator of Towerfall and will be the best thing since sliced Super Meat Boy

just need ports of tokyo mirage sessions and wonderful 101 now and we can pretend the wii u never happened

not true, we need a Captain Toad port too

not happy until new DQ installment and some Suikoden remasters

DQ11 is getting a switch port though no date yet

psyched to own dark souls on a fourth gaming system

I've never played the dark souls games since every impression they gave off was that they're Not For Me but maybe this will be the time to try

dark souls is life my dude

I guess I don't trust the opinions of an entire generation of gamers

i mean that's a good idea in every other context except this one

ok fine I'll play it but I'm not playing 2 and 3 even if I like it

deal

Celeste is from the creator of Towerfall and will be the best thing since sliced Super Meat Boy

Didn't Super Meat Boy come out this week? Or am I thinking of something else? Oh, wait, it's a sequel that came out this week.

Not too excited about most of these announced titles (for lots of reasons) except maybe Kirby but I'm cool with that because the handful of big titles and indies I have should keep me occupied for months. Looking forward to more ports later, like Captain Toad or Smash Bros, plus something fun like Luigi's Mansion.

Funny observation about Dark Souls on Switch in Forbes:

Also, I'm really not sure how this will work on the Switch, at least when you're on the go. Think about it: You can't pause Dark Souls. If you're playing on a bus and have to get up at your stop in the middle of a fight, well, you'll just have to miss your stop. Or die.

You can mash Home or sleep and it is equivalent to pausing I guess

it is a weak but not negligible coupling of worlds. Planning your bus rides becomes part of the game.

if they don't have smash 4 ported by the end of this year it seems safe to assume they're planning to make a new one

Anyway, all aboard the Friend Train
https://media.giphy.com/media/xULW8N59RnIZ1Mve2A/giphy.gif

im ready for DS remaster, probably DKC as well

Also, I'm really not sure how this will work on the Switch, at least when you're on the go. Think about it: You can't pause Dark Souls. If you're playing on a bus and have to get up at your stop in the middle of a fight, well, you'll just have to miss your stop. Or die.

the solution is git gud, scrub

kidding aside, im pretty excited for the remaster. is it going to use DS3 engine? would be insanely rad if so. the trailer certainly makes it look like that.

you'll almost certainly be able to pause it on the go as long as you're in offline mode.