The Nintendo Switch

it's tuned somewhat difficult from what I've seen of it, more difficult than the Castlevania games it's inspired by at least

Tune in 9/6 at 3pm PT for a new Nintendo Direct featuring around 35 minutes of information on upcoming Nintendo #3DS and #NintendoSwitch titles!https://t.co/vZbh2Ng6u1 pic.twitter.com/WVMdZYeGFv

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 5, 2018

stoked at this steady drip of content in the runup to the holiday season

gotta love content

presumably this will include their final pitch for the online service so if they were holding back any surprises for that, now's the time.

I decided this morning that the only excuse for terraria taking this long on switch is because it’s gonna have multiplayer on day one

If that turns out to not be the case I will get mad

didn't the terraria dev spend 3 years on some major update/overhaul of the game and then unceremoniously cancel it recently? that's probably why. i don't see why it wouldn't have multiplayer though regardless

Direct delayed to unspecified date due to earthquake

Having hit a great stopping point (for now) with Hollow Knight I'm going to go back to Doom. I'm worried I've totally forgotten how to play it, though, and the lag issues that hindered my experience on Switch might bug me even more following something as smooth as HK. And yet I've made all the progress with Doom thanks (I think) to gyro controls, and I'm worried that even if I bought it again for PS4 that the improved play will be hurt by the lack of gyro. I guess we'll see! At least it's pretty cheap on PS4 ...

ace attorney panel announced for TGS

this is what we're all waiting for

Yus!

I don't understand what any of that means.

Ace Attorney - a series of detective-themed visual novel games from Capcom, popular on Nintendo handhelds
panel - presentation and discussion from a group of several people
TGS - Tokyo Game Show
Tokyo - the capital of Japan
Game - in this context, video games
Show - fan expo

Thanks!

enjoyed captain toad quite a bit. there's like 80 levels and at least half of them are little marvels of design that are really satisfying even when they're easy to complete.

agreed, about half way thru chapter 3 at the moment
planning to get 'inside' next i think

civ 6 coming to switch in November

Wild

civ 6 coming to switch in November

this was almost certainly supposed to reveal in the Direct but Sony had it in their press conference this morning:

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition is more beautiful than ever and coming to #NintendoSwitch and #PlayStation 4 in 2019! pic.twitter.com/hwfldVLYRO

— Final Fantasy (@FinalFantasy) September 10, 2018

I’m only interested in squeenix games that utilize the gambit system

Dang

the Xenoblade 2 dlc campaign is looking more and more like it's gonna be higher quality stuff than the base game. i've gone from not really caring to moving it near the front of my queue

more jrpg rerelease news

Need a little #MondayMotivation? This should brighten up your day: Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition launches on January 11th 2019 on PS4, XB1, PC Digital and Switch! Here’s a glimpse of a very special edition you’ll be able to lay your paws on. Stay tuned for more! pic.twitter.com/4unsmhtaII

— Tales of... (@TalesofU) September 10, 2018

I have never played Tales Of; what’s the flavor profile

furries

(i don't know if that's true; just looking ta the box)

tales of games are anime action-rpgs with fighting-game-esque combat mechanics. most of them have 2 player local coop too which can be fun if you have a friend who wants to sit through a 40 hour jrpg with you

Vesperia is one of the more highly regarded ones in the series but Microsoft paid to make it an xbox360 exclusive in the US for some reason so a bunch of the usual jrpg audience missed it before now

That’s the only one I played as I was Xbox only last gen. It was a beaut.

there's a Pokemon Let's Go special edition switch bundle coming that has yellow and brown joycons :thinking:

The Nintendo Switch has truly given me video game madness to a degree I may not even have possessed as a child

same, i wish this direct would happen already so my brain can move on to more important things

I'm leaving for heckin vacation tomorrow night

Direct is back on for tomorrow

excited to see some game's

Jazzed for rumored Tasteless Earthquake Simulator 2019 or whatever that supposedly was a factor in the delay

there was an interlude where Reggie gave a monologue about how earthquakes are awesome

stoked for untitled goose game

Untitled Goose Game early contender for my 2019 GOTY

when this hecking direct

6pm est

I hope they add the goose to Smash Bros.

all the Final Fantasies, Katamari & Animal Crossing for me plz

well, maybe not World of FF, that looks rubbish

confession time despite being the resident jrpg buff i have not played any of those particular FF games before, even 7

I have not played a single mainline final fantasy! 12 interests me most, I wanna do that much-derided programmable autobattle system

the gambit system is the best battle system in all FF games that are not FF Tactics games

have played all the mainline ones except 10-2
7 is a fascinating mess
looking forward to 9 as I last played that about 15 years ago
10 is v linear but has my fav turn based FF battle system, some really cool puzzle-y boss battles iirc
12 has the best world and cast, gambits are built 4 code nerd linx

https://kotaku.com/ah-hello-price-katamari-damacy-is-coming-to-the-swit-1829042996

i've been wanting a switch but this just adds to it

the Yoshi game looked way better than the last time we saw it, i like the presentation a lot more than woolly world. the way you see the artifice of the world from behind when flipping the stages in reverse is good stuff