Nintendo Switch

[atomheartbevo 89624]

Pretty much how I feel about the new wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tracks in the 3rd wave of the DLC.  They really improved the graphics and the scenery.

From a reddit thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/mariokart/comments/zf76yg/ranking_wave_3_and_overall_thoughts/

Man this is the best Wave yet! So much personality in the tracks and love the graphical improvements in some of the tracks. Nintendo really nailed it with this wave. Now on the the track rankings:

1. Rainbow Road: Spectacular track filled with color and atmosphere. I couldn’t stop looking at the galaxy
2. Peach Gardens: Nostalgia overload and just a fun time. Graphics seemed to improve here. Just had a blast with the track.
3. Maple Treeway: Nostalgia overload from the Wii. The music is spectacular and the graphics look improved. Had a blast playing this track.
4. Merry Mountain: Did not think I would like this track as much as I do. Perfect for the holidays! Anti gravity sections are a blast to play through.
5. Berlin Byways: A chaotic but fun course filled with turns and speeding cars. Perfect for beginners new to the game.
6. Boo Lake: The antigravity section was a blast to play through. Graphics looks pretty impressive. However, a little to short for my liking.
7. London Look: A chaotic track from Tour with a bunch of turns and different directions. The tracks just kept on improving.
8. Rock Rock mountain: the least graphically impressive track and possibly the least engaging track. Nevertheless, I had fun with the improved anti gravity section.

[thunderlounge 7813]

 

 

 

Started hitting into Cult of the Lamb last week. 
 

Enjoying it so far. Pretty much the story you think it would be. Basically start and grow a cult of woodland critters. That amused me to start. Game play is nice, lots to keep track of. 
 

Not super far into it, but fun so far. Kind of a mashup between civ and zelda, in a sense. You have the civ aspects with building up your cult, and the zelda type from various routes when crusading. Yet doesn’t feel like either. Pretty well done from what I’ve seen so far. 

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

Got a switch a few months ago from my BIL, I didn’t play it much but bought Breath of the Wild recently. What an amazing game. 

[Js1 85269]

59 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Got a switch a few months ago from my BIL, I didn’t play it much but bought Breath of the Wild recently. What an amazing game. 

And the sequel is out in May

[atomheartbevo 89624]

GoldenEye 007 on Switch Online just dropped.  We can play multiplayer online.

 

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/01/nintendo-expands-its-switch-online-n64-service-with-goldeneye-007

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Rare's famous licensed FPS first arrived on the N64 in 1997. In this new and slightly updated version, players can now participate in online multiplayer. The Switch Online + Expansion Pack service also allows users to save and load game states at any time - making playthroughs a lot easier.

 

Edited January 27, 2023 by atomheartbevo

[thunderlounge 7813]

Saw that pop up in the sidebar when I woke my switch up earlier.

Planning on checking it out later. 

[Deej 76752]

They fucked the controls for Goldeneye all to hell. 

[chikin23 384]

They fucked the controls for Goldeneye all to hell. 

This helped a lot.

[Deej 76752]

?

[chikin23 384]

?

Messed up the link.

[Deej 76752]

So, do you have to change everything back before playing other games? That's bullshit, if so.

[chikin23 384]

You can save it. But yes, I have to go back and reset it. I’ve found some other YouTube videos for other n64 games that make it easier to play them. I’ll save them as “goldeneye” or whatever and just select it. It’s a pain but it’s more enjoyable for me to play.

[Deej 76752]

Just realized I own it on XBox since I own Rare Replay. 

[Js1 85269]

TOTK preorders have been changed due to a possible $69.99 base price for the game. Which is absurd bc that’s the base for PS5 games which is 100x better graphically than a Switch game, which have always been $59.99 at launch for 6 year old hardware. 

Edited February 8, 2023 by Js1

[Js1 85269]

GameBoy games are the next to come to the Switch online catalogue 

 

[Capn81 372]

TOTK preorders have been changed due to a possible $69.99 base price for the game. Which is absurd bc that’s the base for PS5 games which is 100x better graphically than a Switch game, which have always been $59.99 at launch for 6 year old hardware. 

The $70 price tag made this a no buy from me, which is a shame.

[Viper 12101]

If you account for inflation it's a wonder games are as cheap as they are compared to $50 in the 80s

[thunderlounge 7813]

4 hours ago, Viper said:

If you account for inflation it's a wonder games are as cheap as they are compared to $50 in the 80s

I remember well having to earn and save for that shit. Closest place to me that carried it was a hallmark store. Took $60 and walked out with zelda and a gummy rat.

 

[Storm the Field 5291]

On 2/7/2023 at 10:02 PM, Js1 said:

TOTK preorders have been changed due to a possible $69.99 base price for the game. 

Kind of a bummer, especially considering the Nintendo tends to leave their exclusives full price for ages and rarely ever offers them on sale. 

Metroid Dread came out 16 months ago and is still full price on the official website. $49.99 on Amazon. 

Mario Odyssey came out 6 years ago and is currently $59.99 on Nintendo shop! It's $40 at third-party retailers.

[Js1 85269]

20 hours ago, Capn81 said:

The $70 price tag made this a no buy from me, which is a shame.

I'm def not that into it, since I paid $80 for Hogwarts Legacy and $70 for God of War: Ragnarok and both are/were graphically superior to TOTK with an immersive storyline and the ability to play post-game content. 

And I'm sure, eventually, the TOTK DLC will be another $20-$25 

And yet, I have pre-ordered it via GameStop for $59.99 (until they charge everyone $10 more)

Edited February 10, 2023 by Js1

[atomheartbevo 89624]

Didn't see this coming

 

[thunderlounge 7813]

Wow. 
 

 

 

(It’ll probably run like ass 😂)

[atomheartbevo 89624]

19 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

Wow. 
 

 

 

(It’ll probably run like ass 😂)

But as long as it runs, Microsoft gets to hold it up as an example that the acquisition should be allowed to go through.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

4 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

Wow. 
 

 

 

(It’ll probably run like ass 😂)

1 COD update and 99% of switches will be out of memory. 

[thunderlounge 7813]

Don’t get me wrong, I love my switch. 
 

I also know it has limitations. 
 

I’m with atom. Gotta be a microsoft ploy of some sort. 

[Tobias 20]

Metroid Prime remaster has been very fun - didn’t play the original fwiw. Surprisingly non/existent “hey I’m playing this on a switch and it’s kinda hitching” situations

[NorthLoop 14180]

Finally beat BotW after starting in around Christmas. Still have 5 shrine quests to find and amazingly only found about 200 of the 900 koroks. Swear to Christ I've comed every inch of that map. 

[thunderlounge 7813]

9 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Swear to Christ I've comed every inch of that map. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

1 hour ago, thunderlounge said:

You have to understand the magnitude of the blue balls that Zelda must've given Link every day. 

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

12 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Finally beat BotW after starting in around Christmas. Still have 5 shrine quests to find and amazingly only found about 200 of the 900 koroks. Swear to Christ I've comed every inch of that map. 

I used a map and watched YouTube to track down the last ~30 shrines. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

8 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

I used a map and watched YouTube to track down the last ~30 shrines. 

I got lucky and found 2 more today just playing for an hour. 

[Lone Star Horn 2016]

I picture @NorthLoop looking like his avatar as he tries to 100% the game

[Js1 85269]

On 4/3/2023 at 10:41 PM, NorthLoop said:

Finally beat BotW after starting in around Christmas. Still have 5 shrine quests to find and amazingly only found about 200 of the 900 koroks. Swear to Christ I've comed every inch of that map. 

Lmao you def have not. They’re fucking everywhere 

[NorthLoop 14180]

On 4/5/2023 at 5:00 PM, Js1 said:

Lmao you def have not. They’re fucking everywhere 

I used an online map today to find about 20 more. Most of them I would've never found otherwise, but a lot of them were wtf how did I miss that the first time? 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Played Mario Kart with the wife and kids for a couple hours tonight. Only lost one of the races, but my battle skills severely lacking on these courses because I don't know my way around them very well.

[NorthLoop 14180]

10 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Played Mario Kart with the wife and kids for a couple hours tonight. Only lost one of the races, but my battle skills severely lacking on these courses because I don't know my way around them very well.

That's a piss poor excuse. Never lose to your kids at MarioKart. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Shoot, back in my day there wasn't all this cops and robbers and coin chase catch the sun crap. Just filling the bottom level of the block fort with as many green turtle shells as possible and trying to keep from falling off the upper levels while planting as many fake item boxes as possible.

[NorthLoop 14180]

I love playing Shine Thief and Coin Runners against my wife and kids. She get's so fucking pissed as I drift around in circles and nobody can hit me while I run the timer down. 

[Storm the Field 5291]

If you were a fan of old-school JRPGs back in the SNES days, definitely pick up Chained Echoes for Switch. Currently $21 on the Nintendo Store. Easily 50+ hours of gameplay. Fun, but challenging.

There's also another much-hyped retro throwback RPG coming out in August that looks promising.

 

[NorthLoop 14180]

On 4/3/2023 at 10:41 PM, NorthLoop said:

Finally beat BotW after starting in around Christmas. Still have 5 shrine quests to find and amazingly only found about 200 of the 900 koroks. Swear to Christ I've comed every inch of that map. 

 

On 4/5/2023 at 5:00 PM, Js1 said:

Lmao you def have not. They’re fucking everywhere 

 

On 4/6/2023 at 6:04 PM, NorthLoop said:

I used an online map today to find about 20 more. Most of them I would've never found otherwise, but a lot of them were wtf how did I miss that the first time? 

I've spent the last month just farting around on there looking for koroks. I got up to about 450 found. Out of 900. There's no fucking way I only found half of them. Tomorrow I get TOTK so I may never truly know. 

[thunderlounge 7813]

 

Fucker better hurry it up. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Man, I need to go back and finish BOtW. I stopped chasing the main story for a bit where you have to sneak through that dungeon without getting spotted and went looking for more shrines and stuff, and then life/three little cretins got in the way and I don't really get around to playing by myself anymore.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

^ it’s great. I played it for the first time in January/February of this year. Trading it in at GameStop tomorrow for TOTK. 

[thunderlounge 7813]

So far, so good. Building a lot of bullshit, hooking friends back up a couple times.

Slow going when you have to build all kinda of shit, but whatever. 

[Storm the Field 5291]

FYI, there's a really great Metroid-vania indie called Afterimage that came out a few weeks ago. Very solid game, but it sucks on Switch. Load times after a fast travel can take 15-20 seconds, respawn times after a death can sometimes stretch upwards of 45 seconds. Basically becomes unplayable late in the game when you're dying often.

Wasn't even thinking when I downloaded for Switch instead of PS5. Shame, b/c it's a really good game.

[Storm the Field 5291]

OH hell yeah, 27 years later, Super Mario RPG has been remade for Switch!

 

[Js1 85269]

I'm here for a new 2D Mario

Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings 2D action to the Switch in October - The Verge

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Mario’s big year continues. Following the debut of a theme park and an animated movie, 2023 will also be getting the next Super Mario Bros. game. It’s called Super Mario Bros. Wonder and is a return to the 2D side-scrolling action of the original games and the New Super Mario Bros. series. It has some weird new abilities, including the ability to turn into an elephant. It launches on October 20th.

 

 

[huge 3793]

These last 2 Zelda games have been so satisfying to play.

Admittedly I look at maps from time to time because without a little more guidance it would take 5x the time.

Currently through 3/4 regions.

[thunderlounge 7813]

I bring up a map too. Helps for route planning. 

[atomheartbevo 89624]

This new track for Mario Kart is awesome.