Gaming Smack My Switch Up: The Nintendo Switch Discussion Thread (was: NX)

lol that intro

 

Woah. That’s really cool. I’m not sure if I’d have time to ever play it but-

(reveals anniversary edition)

DAMMIT. Now I have to buy it. A replica NES cart for a game that was only ever released as a Famicom cart? Yes please.

EDIT 2- Dammit, they apparently sold out in less than two minutes!


EDIT- Single JoyCons are being reduced in price by $10, so buying two singles will now be the same price as buying a pair set.

Also, Sweet Christmas!



If that thing came in MP2 Gravity Suit colors, I'd be seriously tempted to drop the cash on the light-up version, even if it is way too expensive.

 

An art print of the map for Untitled Goose Game is now available.



Used an actual render of the village from the game before stylizing it to allow all the paths to be visible:

 

Cute little TV spot, we've all had those mornings:



EDIT- Fun coincidence that they posted this about a week after I learned the Japanese words for "cold" and "snow"... I was not expecting to understand the majority of dialogue in this commercial going in.

 

After being the top-selling console in November 2020, the Switch has now been the top-selling console for a (new) record-setting 24 months straight. The last non-Switch system to hold that record was the XB30 at 21 months (Aug 2011- Apr 2013).

The system sits at 6.92m units sold in 2020 so far, which is almost half a million more than the total for all of 2019.

 

That's an interesting selection. I probably played DKC3 for a bit at somepoint, and I definitely remember Tuff E Nuff being a game that existed, but I haven't heard of the others.

 

Oh, without a doubt. I mean, I think they flat-out stole the same "YOU WIN" sprites...

EDIT- Incoming Indie World Showcase today at noon EST:



EDIT 2- And there's a Classified Information video for three of those SNES games:



Which actually reminds me- has anyone tried the multiplayer online with any of the NES or SNES games? I can see how turn-based or competitive could play, but I'd be particularly curious how any co-op has gone (if that's even an option because I haven't even checked to see if the feature is limited to certain games or not).

EDIT 3- Some neat looking little titles in that showcase. Among Us launching later today is obviously the big announcement, but Cyber Shadow looks like an awesome NES Ninja Gaiden-inspired title (with Shovel Knight amiibo support!). Trash Sailors looks like it could be really fun but they only included it in the highlight reel at the end so I'd have to see more first. And Happy Game looks like it could be gloriously nightmarish.

 

That was a Factor 5 game, which probably explains why it was fun. Famous for having to cut a level after the memory module in the cart was reduced. It is not on the Switch, but was released on the Wii VC. Which basically means the only way to play it legally without getting an original cart would be if you previously bought it on the Wii VC and either still play it on that system or transferred it to the Wii Mode of your Wii U.

And a look at what our friends on Japan are getting in their update this month:



Man, how come we didn't the cute-creatures-beating-the-****-out-of-each-other game?

 

Some of them are good- HDMI output and such.

 

I dunno- if I can't helicopter kick back and forth across the screen, is it even Double Dragon?

 

It is an odd genre- you have to have some really specific, yet hard to identify, qualities in it in order for a game in it to really work. The TMNT series in arcades and on NES/SNES, as well as Simpsons and X-Men in arcades, managed to flat-out work even if you weren't a fan of their respective properties. Yet, even TMNT on GCN ended up just feeling dry and repetitive despite being similar in concept. So it's very easy to miss the mark even with what should seem like a sure-thing.

I'm admittedly not experienced with SOR, though I did play a bunch of SNES Final Fight and NES Double Dragon. And a little bit of Golden Axe. And, despite the difficulty killing the game, NES Battletoads remains ****ing amazing. Final Fight was decent but was more about having a Street Fighter-like visual vibe in a slightly more explorable environment than a straight fighter.

Double Dragon was played so much mostly due to the co-op... which wasn't introduced until the sequel. Difficulty also hurt it, but you'd play a couple levels for some variety every so often between more mainstream NES titles.

I may check out SOR4 some day, just to check-in on a modern-yet-retro entry in the genre.

 

The sensation of watching a digital pre-order download yesterday was a new one for me. But I need those Nintendo coins counted ASAP so I'm all good to go when the next Mario pin set goes up...