The Nintendo Switch

curious which games you're talking about do you just mean 'twee' aesthetics or like silly gameplay concepts like the goose game

Speaking just for myself it's a particular combination of twee aesthetic and a naive-feeling over-earnestness. It's like gaming used to be sophomoric in an edgy way and now it's sophomoric in a twee way. The latter is quite preferable, but both trends are kind of annoying to me

I think this is related to the explosion of cozy farming sims and to an extent I get it; we all want something that feels comforting In These Times, etc.

Trends are all annoying

can you really blame the young people who have came out of the last decade of... this world
usually though, i would expect such nostalgia from the olds and not from people in their 20s-30s coming of age post-2008 recession
capitalism sucks, but at least we have the fantasy of Animal Crossing.

botw2 gets closer with each day

direct tomorrow. with zelda coming out soon we are entering the great beyond for new game announcements, no clue what to expect. prime 4 is still presumably being made but dunno what else

the FF pixel remasters are finally coming to Switch this year so I assume we'll see news about that

f-zero negative zero, the prequel to the reboot?

Silksong, lol.

Wind waker, lol

man i'd be ecstatic for a wind waker port lol, i never played that one on gamecube

shd have all the zeldas and all the marios on switch 4 sure

new vers of link to the past like they did with links awakening wld be nice

the continued absense of mario galaxy 2 is upsetting

pikmin 4, july

still haven't played any of the pikmins

may 12 for tears of the kingdom

Reportedly $70?

street fighter 2 turbo was $79 when it came out in 1992

i guess 1993 by the time it hit the US. either way, i played it so much that i was able to optimize my enjoyment-to-cost ratio to over 500 enjoyment points per dollar

Yeah, fair enough. Breath was one of the few games I've played totally worth $70, tbh. Sort of surprised there's been no gameplay footage this close to release, though. I'm sure it will run well, I'm just wondering if, as has been rumored, it may be the same map, mostly the same enemies, etc. Not that that would be a dealbreaker, either. Again, another game where more of the same (plus flying or something) is probably OK.

its "the same map" but different

I’m the sucker who would buy this at any price

Tetris!

Nintendo’s voucher program lets you give Nintendo $100 in exchange for two vouchers, each of which you can redeem for a game from a specific list. That list now includes Tear of the Kingdom, meaning you can effectively get one of the most anticipated games of 2023 for just $40 if you’re willing to effectively buy another game at full price.

The list of qualifying games includes lots of old stuff that’s frequently on sale, but also plenty of more recent hits like Splatoon 3, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Splatoon 3, and Fire Emblem Engage. What was a maximum savings of $20 is now $30 with Tears of the Kingdom in the mix. The vouchers last up to 12 months, though it’s not exactly clear when Nintendo will stop selling them.

https://kotaku.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom-discount-switch-voucher-1850091365

nice to see Level 5 coming out of their coma

yeah the level 5 stuff + ghost trick and baten kaitos being rescued are the highlights here

MINISH CAP!!!!! Effing FINALLY.

it wasn't mentioned in the western nintendo direct, but there's a new Boku no Natsuyasumi coming out this summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4Fsbty6Ls

wonder if we're gonna get a localization

crosses fingers

I was annoyed that my Switch online sub got renewwed last month when I'd meant ot let it lapse - I barely used it after dicovering the Occarina port was so shit. But now, with all this Gamecube stuff and Warioware etc I am dead pleased.

Now I just need new joycons, mine have developed fatal stick drift.

i will buy boku no natsuyasumi, tim convinced me

Not directly Switch-related, but an intriguing item just crossed my inbox (I may have a google alert set for "silksong")

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/02/hollow-knight-dev-files-new-trademarks-for-fearless-fox

lol I think they need less on their plate.

they should make what they want to imo

The Ocarina port got better btw!

It did? I might have to try it again then! It was the controls I couldnt deal with, they were janky as fuck.

guess what metroid prime with modern controls is really good

I’ve been hoping/waiting for a Metroid Prime port for years, as it’s probably my favorite game of all time.
Even bought a used Gamecube a while back to play it again, but it looks like ass on a modern tv so I haven’t returned to it much. Got the remaster as soon as I heard about it. So weird that it’s finally here.

Anyway it looks great. Controls are ridiculously smooth.

yeah, you gotta love those instant release dates. available...today!

Dude: Metroid Prime

everyone is saying this

Speaking as somebody who never played the original, or any of the other Primes, this game rules. It's astonishing how well they captured the feeling of Metroid in three-dimensional space. I think I might even like it more than 2D Metroid. I love those games, but I've never found them difficult to put down. Whereas this, I'm having a very hard time putting down.

Actually, that's not true: I was pretty well obsessed with Dread until I hit a wall with a boss that was just Too Dang Hard

yeah its genuinely just as good and iconic a 3d transition as mario 64 and ocarina were

iirc it's the only 1st person shooting game I've played where the jumping doesn't feel clunky and unnecessary. of course it's probably the most recent one I've actually played lol

Fills my heart to see people loving it today as much as I did back when it came out. I remember it being the game that finally made me breakdown and get a GameCube. Hope Part 3 does get a remaster, I missed out on that one.

metroid prime OST is all time, i ended up turning the FX volume way down so i could crank the score

I haven’t played prime in forever, will likely have to set aside a wekend