Bresth of the Wild 2: Caves and Cliffs Clouds
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
I watched the first 19 minutes of Pikmin 3 gameplay, and I have determined they are cute lil guys.
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
On the rare occasion when my kids want to play me in Smash Bros., they typically assign me the Pikmin guy as a handicap, which it is, because I still don't quite understand its mechanics, other than generating/throwing cute lil guys.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link
I would never not play as Bayonetta. Sorry kids.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
get gud scrubs. and listen to your mother
― Nhex, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
oh man i opened the worm can that is smash bros for my kid and i kind of regret it because talk of it - including topics like which other characters should be included, how awesome today's favorite character's smash move is, how even awesomer it is that wario farts and chews on you, how terrible olimar is, and spin off games based on it - permeates basically everything now
― joygoat, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
also a whole lot of wii fit trainer jokes
― joygoat, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
Smash his also taken over my nephew’s life. He was only 9
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
He especially likes to make me download $5.99 smash DLC so he can play me as some new character, before promptly never playing as that character ever again. Smash + premium DLC is diabolical on Nintendo’s part
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
tragic when smash afflicts one so young
― lag∞n, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
The first class action settlement that offers Nintendo nation the free smash DLC + complementary replacement joycons we deserve??
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
fighting games making more characters as paid dlc post-release is pretty standard. but unlike every other game, smash has blasted past the point of "okay i don't really need the 26th character when i already have 25" and into "there's such a hilariously large number of characters that it would be a shame if i didn't have them all"
― ciderpress, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
We had about 6 months spent on which of the latest DLC characters were "OP." And what had been "Nerfed." Yes, I'm old.
― DJI, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
I eventually learned that toon Link is best for me. neutral special has full board range. Good down special w/ timed bombs. The up special is very easy to use for attacking above and for recovery. the moveset is also natural for the character with no strange reloading dynamic (olimar, splatoon, etc).
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
however, I think the various children and nephews of the board would feel Toon Link has "a low ceiling". I've watched pros play in tournaments on youtube, and I can't even really wrap my head around the way they play. Duck Hunt is an especially baffling juggling of TNT barrels and projected cowboys.
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
i regret to inform you all that the dlc characters are all better and more fun than the regular characters.
except byleth. fuck byleth.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 June 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
I liked Toon Link as well. Never could find a decent main that felt right in Smash though
Love FE3H so maybe I'll get into Byleth... might finally pull the trigger on the character pass DLCs when it's all released
― Nhex, Friday, 25 June 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
first impression of mario golf is that the speed golf mode is actually less fun than regular golf in 1p (and most of the story mode uses it instead of regular golf). if you have any mario golf experience at all then time isn't a factor so it's functionally the same as regular golf except you have to spend time running to your ball which becomes a drag quickly. also you don't get to see your cool shots like if you get a hole in one it just kinda happens offscreen while you're running towards the green. same as real life i guess lol.
not a total dealbreaker but disappointing
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 13:07 (two years ago) link
the speed golf is kinda silly but battle golf and XC golf make up for it imo, XC golf in particular. plotting out the most efficient hole-to-hole route just to have it immediately torpedoed by cloud dudes or whatever is pretty good.
― adam, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
Did you play multiplayer speed golf? I kind of assumed that was the intended market (like smash) for that
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
no and i'd believe it works better there especially since i think there's a scoring method that actually rewards speed but in adventure mode it doesn't really have a purpose other than to make you run everywehre
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Ah, ok, good to know! hmmmmmm
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Picked it up on Saturday morning.Local multiplayer with motion controls is where the game will pay for itself. It has all the classic ingredients. Competitive and silly, fun and easy enough to pick up and start swinging but with enough depth to allow for micro-adjustments and fine tuning your swing, plenty of potential for getting it calamitously wrong at the most dramatic moment. Ideal for a lengthy weed smoking sesh with friends, as is so often the case with local multiplayer Nintendo. The battle golf is really good chaotic fun. Do feel shortchanged on the number of courses though and haven’t got much faith they will remedy that with DLC. Same issue with the most recent mario party. I gather they are about to drop a new MP with some classic N64 party boards but it’s still just remastered old content for which they are charging full whack
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
It’s Nintendo, so.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
new variant with oled screen, same internals though
Meet the newest entry to the #NintendoSwitch family! Nintendo Switch (OLED model) brings the versatility of the Nintendo Switch experience with a vibrant 7-inch OLED screen, a wide adjustable stand, and more. Nintendo Switch (OLED model) releases on 10/8.https://t.co/zRpGxakJDn pic.twitter.com/Tsc55r35ay— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 6, 2021
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Interesting. I never ever play undocked though, because joycons are terrible.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
is it pro tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
it's professionally made
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
nice
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
Hot tbh
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
the big rumor was it would have 4k in docked mode but it does not, and in fact there is no upgrade to the chips and so forth at all, therefor is teh fail
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
Switch Max not for me either.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
chips are unavailable to even nintendo
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
xp no joycons for me, ever, from now on. unless they want to drop the price to $19
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
Fab capacity being meted out like senior and junior water rights
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Tempted to bite just because the battery would be the upgraded one from 2019, over the launch version. And the OLED screen does sound nice.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
Unless the nicer bigger screen means more power being drawn which means even with the 2019 battery you end up no better off than you were with the original model? I can't remember the specifics with OLED tech though, possible it's actually more efficient rather than less.
― JimD, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
Anyone tried skyward sword yet?
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 31 July 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
Playing it now. It's fun! Even though the tutorial stuff is interminable - my son got frustrated with the sheer amount of reading and exposition - I've read this has been toned down from the original which is a bit o_O. Overall so far it's very much a classic Zelda with added 3D and motion controls. You can absolutely see the seeds of BOTW in it (in sometimes frustrating ways, like it has a paraglider only you can't steer, just descend straight down, and the early shields are appalingly fragile) but it's not BOTW. The main thing is it only gestures at being open world – you definitely have to some locations and tasks in a particular order.
― stet, Saturday, 31 July 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
It’s famous for being the most linear of all the zeldas. So much so that I could see it being a major wake up call to reset and make true open world work in the spirit of the original, resulting in BOTW
― Evan, Saturday, 31 July 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
here we go again
Tune in 9/23 at 3 p.m. PT for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information focused mainly on #NintendoSwitch games launching this winter. pic.twitter.com/feHBEKfHPG— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 22, 2021
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
please lord i know i havent been good but a breath of the wild 2 release sometime in the next six months seems like not too much to ask
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
as always i want to see monolithsoft's next game where is it nintendo
other than that i have no clue, i think every active nintendo franchise is on the switch now, or has an approaching release date in metroid's case. bayonetta 3 is still mia but i dont care about that. show me something new
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
It's been so long since I played my Switch I literally forgot what I had bought for it. But if/when I beat Sekiro I think I'll finally try Hades!
I did briefly consider the new Wario Ware game, since iirc one of my kids liked a previous version, but if ever there was a game I will not pay $50 for it's that one.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
they're expensive, the games
― balance transfer eligible (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
then again you probably regularly spend more than that on a much shorter experience that ends up in the toilet
― balance transfer eligible (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
I don’t know, I still shit for free and I’m too old to change
― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
i get paid to shit
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
#paymentforpostbodymatter
― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
i want to sell my switch but all my games are downloads and i have 3 broken joy-cons, all of them the left one, the one with the analog stick i have to press all the time to win
― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link