Seems kinda lame to me that Animal Crossing is reportedly only one island per Switch. That is, the whole family can play, but only in the same playground. I was under the impression that building your own world/town/island/whatever was one of the game's biggest draws?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
Well, to counterpoint that, the thing we as a family LOVED about New Leaf on 3DS was the fact we shared a town, same neighbours, shared progress, etc. My eldest was still very young at the time and getting letters from him in game was honestly really touching.
― JimD, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:29 (four years ago) link
yeah that's the standard setup for the series
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
It doesn’t feel like a limitation because the whole game’s designed to be played that way.
― JimD, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
Ok. All I know of the game is via my daughter, who got into the Wii version. She seemed into the personal nature of the game, birthdays and whatnot.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
it's a life sim not a city builder, the world persisting without you is a feature
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
But if you're sharing an island or whatever with other family members, does that mean someone can login and mess up the stuff you've worked on? Go into your house and sell your furniture?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
Yes, that is why it’s such a popular franchise, letting other players steal your expensive stuff
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
iirc they have to do that
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
that's when it gets like dark souls
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
Would play.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
Heh I mean to answer that properly, nah, they can’t pick up your furniture so can’t sell it. They can dig up your garden I guess but if they’re doing that then...raise nicer kids?
― JimD, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
Don’t seek technical solutions to social problems
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
Only one of my kids plays this game or is even interested in it, so that's not even an issue. I was just asking, because it looked like limiting the game was yet another way for Nintendo to make money. I didn't realize it's always been like this in Animal Crossing.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
yes, asynchronous multiplayer is part of the design of the series, it's not a limitation
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
josh
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
please allow nintendo to make some money on their wares
― zuck zuck lucify (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
I didn't realize after the first Picross S, Jupiter released S2, S3 and this game apparently?https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/picross-lord-of-the-nazarick-switch/
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
yeah lots of picross available. i think i was on the last page of puzzles in S1 when i burned out
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
I totally burned out similarly, then picked it up again like... two years later? Now I'm hungry again
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
lol at this from kamiya's design notes on the w101 kickstarter page
In this initial stage, I was fixated on the number 100 instead of 101. Then, towards the end of development, when we had to decide on the official title, the client said: "We'd like you to get a little more creative with the title. For example...what about adding one more to the number?"
― ciderpress, Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
I kind of feel like the Switch Animal Crossing might deserve its own thread. Anyway, the “trouble with neighbours” thread on ILE made me imagine an intentionally adversarial, passive-aggressive version of this, and Stardew Valley, etc
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 February 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
I'm sure I read about (an urban myth maybe?) game where you have buried a number of bodies in your garden and have to get on with your neighbours ala animal crossing while making sure that no one digs up your garden and finds out the truth. But I've just searched and can't find anything about it.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
yes that's right, no reason to search for anything. there's nothing to find here. let's just head toward town and pick up some supplies, yes this way
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
zappi’s idea sounds like a dreamI imagine you’re also a recent homebuyer in this scenario; the implication is that Tom Nook is trying to frame you, and you also have to convince a white-shoed defense attorney to consider your case
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
animal cross(examin)ing
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
does this game have 6ft fences
― ||||||||, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
and who is starting the AnCro thread
I’m not. I’m in a pizza place on Zing
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
don't make me start it with a dumb HRO inspired thread title
― ||||||||, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
Just put the name of the game in all caps and don’t forget the plural like Tim Rogers did
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
Forget it man, you’re unreliable
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
We should prereview
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
it didn't make my shortlist of 2020 games i'm allowing myself to buy before finishing my dozen backlogged games. 8 out of 10
― ciderpress, Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
this will be the first animal crossing game i've ever played, and i will accept nothing less than the greatest animal crossing game of all time. this is that game. 9.8 out of 10
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
i'm not even sure how the asynchronous mechanics work, tbh, but zappi can i visit your world? i want to, uh, look in your backyard
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
or wherever you keep your garden, that is. i assume that's the backyard, given your situation there
you can all visit me but we’re having a 6ft fence
― ||||||||, Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
i don't really like animals, and i'm not that into crossing. 2/10
― chet san telmo (alomar lines), Saturday, 8 February 2020 22:19 (four years ago) link
the thing is, the worse thing i'd do to anyone's backyard, if i were that kind of person, is maybe dig a hole and bury a body, if one wasn't already there. or to just add a body to the whatever was back there. that's all. #no6footfences #goodfencesmakeungoodneighbors
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
#nobodyinmybackyard
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 8 February 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
kali malone pls don’t bury a body near me
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 February 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
i mean sure, i wouldn't do that, especially when people ask that i don't do it.
i'm gonna be so disappointed if you can't bury bodies in animal crossing. if that's the case i alter my prereview to 9.2/10
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 February 2020 00:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/one-finger-death-punch-2-switch/
finally got a release date, feb 26.though it's... kinda borderline racist, i loved the first one and i've been waiting for this port
― Nhex, Friday, 14 February 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
might grab all the old DOOMs in the sale
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
I have't touched my Switch in months, tbh. Which is probably for the best, since my kid will be playing Animal Crossing on it soon enough.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Tune in tomorrow, March 17 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET for a new #IndieWorld Showcase livestream feat. roughly 20 minutes of info on indie games coming to #NintendoSwitch!https://t.co/N3Dhh3i7vy pic.twitter.com/dkhvGNnz0Z— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 16, 2020
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
Nice
― silby, Monday, 16 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
good time for AnCro to be releasing
― ||||||||, Monday, 16 March 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
AC seems to be reviewing well toomaybe that Venturebeat thing is true and a big Direct is coming next week woo
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 16 March 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link