The Nintendo Switch

Looks like a cute little story-driven retro platformer.

it looked like a game for redditors

CarlSagan42 would love it

How about "I Am Dead"? Almost pulled the trigger but stopped short because i remember i always want to like story games and then never do.

This looks great, internet 1.0 aesthetic: https://www.pcgamer.com/hypnospace-outlaw-review/

(lol I tried watching some CarlSagan42 videos, but he seemed a little too much like a smug gamer dude compared to ryukahr's buoyant positivity)

hypnospace was my 2019 goty, its good

i was just trying to remember the name of that game. thanks

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-first-fire-emblem-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-this-december

I'll probably buy this just to support these kinds of efforts. That said, I think I missed it the "last time" it was around, when they remade it for DS as Shadow Dragon.

yeah weird that they're doing the original of a game that got a remake but i guess its easier to romhack a translation into a nes emulated game than restructure a ds game to work on the switch

also i refuse to buy anything with a limited time release just out of principle. its such a weird tactic on their part that's burning through so much goodwill for seemingly no reason

i agree that this Disney Vault-style time release stuff is completely bullshit

(lol I tried watching some CarlSagan42 videos, but he seemed a little too much like a smug gamer dude compared to ryukahr's buoyant positivity)

My apologies, I need to issue a correct. I have not watched CarlSagan42, but instead was thinking of "Thabeast721".

lol

https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/10-28-2020/

demo of the Zelda Musou up on the eshop
also No More Heroes 1 & 2
also streaming versions of Hitman & Control wtf?

Cloud versions are weird but yeah I was like no way Switch can run that game

Guess I'll finally get to play the NMH games, never had a Wii

This game rules get it

The Switch version of Towerfall (the classic archery party game from the creators of Celeste!) includes new gameplay variants, six-player battles in widescreen levels, and guest archers Madeline & Badeline — who are featured in the CE trading cards. 💜 @exok_games https://t.co/0RwC78PksT

— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) November 10, 2020

i only like odyssey and botw are there any other good games, i dont like talking to villagers

I've read the technical explanations for why Towerfall can only be local rather than online multiplayer, but it's still a damn shame that it can't be online. I bought it (on PC) and had a blast the last time I had people over to visit, but that can't really happen right now.

It is super low-latency or something?

In fairness it's extremely time/labor/money consuming to implement rollback netcode which is only in just recent years getting some mainstream recognition

xp instagram ads finally convinced me to pick up

~Cadence of Hyrule~

it's an interesting game, and having a decent sense of rhythm and cadence, i am awful at it. (not because i'm moving off the beat, but because it's just dang hard sometimes)

@lagoon I’ve killed a ton of hours on the Burnout Paradise remaster.

Here's the explanation I saw about Towerfall: https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/11/5491146/why-you-dont-want-an-online-mode-towerfall

@lagoon I’ve killed a ton of hours on the Burnout Paradise remaster.

― DJI, Friday, November 13, 2020 11:40 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sweet a racing game might be what i need in my lyfe

lag∞n have you given SMB35 a spin

xp Dan I - I will never trust Bennett Foddy, the man who created Getting Over It, to tell me anything lol

Also there have been some big strides in netcode (at least for 1v1 fighting games, which I feel would be applicable here) even in the time since that article was written in 2014. Parsec alone gives pretty surprising results, and people are already using that for Towerfall

haha wow, Bennett Foddy wrote that article!? I had no idea

I actually agree with him that online can't really replicate the classic online home/arcade experience of playing with others in the same room, and I get that there are many indie developers who focus on that aspect. All power to them! I've been involved with local gaming scenes, and it's tough, but it does still exist, somewhat

But most people play games online these days, and especially in this moment, 2020, any multiplayer game needs to get it together imo

But most people play games online these days

Most people play games on their phone, dude.

Yeah, but we're not talking about Sage Solitaire here or whatever. No one is playing Among Us over LAN or bluetooth.

its funny how nintendo who are famously the local multiplayer holdouts are having like their best year ever this year regardless

a fair point. but every Smash Bros player i've ever known bitches endlessly about the netcode
And Animal Crossing's multiplayer is very optional (and frankly, pretty badly done - i mean, geez, anytime gets on or off the island every player has to freeze in place for loading screens...)

oh yeah its certainly not because their online play is good

my partner plays about four hours of animal crossing every friday and uses it as a way to hang out with her 12 year old niece and the machinations of connecting to one another's island are so byzantine and poorly attuned that you REALLY have to want to make it happen... which is sort of nostalgic and touching in one sense but dumb as fuck in a much more real way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oY2NxPtHyY

I worried that I wouldn't enjoy Link's Awakening, as I'd never played the original on gameboy. The presence of goombas, etc., is still a bit disturbing, but it feels so classic. I love it.

also feels like it will be short, so I'm glad I waited for the sale.

i didnt love it, gave up pretty fast, every part there was one weird solution like throw some powder on this torch, it looks very nice tho

the original game is my fav zelda don't really love the remake style though

its about the same length as link to the past iirc

yeah, the magic powder working as the candle took me a bit. I couldn't figure that part out, so I went back to the phone hut to call the shy man with information. after he confirmed I was in fact doing what I should be doing, I finally tried magic powder. I was a little bit annoyed, but I think aimlessly trying bombs at random walls was a classic feature of original Zelda. "Magic Power" is a catch all for this approach.

excuse me, "magic powder"

I loved Link's Awakening on the Game Boy, but part of the joy of that game for me was the economical use of the A and B buttons for all the items, which I think is not the case in the Switch remake. (i.e. they give you a dedicated button for your shield and I think your sword too.) I missed the sale and replayed the Game Boy version last year so will probably pass on the remake for now

Really? I felt like Link to the Past was way longer, but definitely could be my faulty memories. Def agree that some of the puzzle solutions are very 0_0 and fitting the time in which it was originally designed

No video game will ever match the exhilaration I felt at 10 years old when I finally figured out how to reach the Tower of Hera in LttP

lttp is so good, they shd remake that one cute graphics

they should make new games imo

Says the guy with 50 games that already exist to play

only 1 of them is a remake!

Good point