Nintendo Switch...

[jeebus]

I'm still kind of shocked you got this (and at $60) given how much you used to talk shit about this game. :lol

Interested in what you think after playing it for a few hours.

I'm willing to give it another shot as it's been so long :lol Playing with an actual fuckin controller will do a lot with how I feel about the game. The game was just dropped off but I gotta head to work in a few, so we shall see. I'll give you an update tomorrow or Sunday.

[jeebus]

I'm still kind of shocked you got this (and at $60) given how much you used to talk shit about this game. :lol

Interested in what you think after playing it for a few hours.

Well, after playing a couple hours last night and a couple today, motion controls can still eat a dick. Using the pro controller is better but not by a whole lot, controls are still clunky as fuck. But the game itself looks great, with 1080p and 60fps all the way around. Looks way better and is more fun than shitty twilight princess. That whore Fi doesn't bother you near as much, which is something I remember first time around, along with choosing to do fast texts. Just changes that made the game more up to date.

If they made the game without the motion control gimmick, it'd be oh so much better. But, it is what it is.

[baseline bum]

Well, after playing a couple hours last night and a couple today, motion controls can still eat a dick. Using the pro controller is better but not by a whole lot, controls are still clunky as fuck. But the game itself looks great, with 1080p and 60fps all the way around. Looks way better and is more fun than shitty twilight princess. That whore Fi doesn't bother you near as much, which is something I remember first time around, along with choosing to do fast texts. Just changes that made the game more up to date.

If they made the game without the motion control gimmick, it'd be oh so much better. But, it is what it is.

I like the motion controls in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey, but haven't been impressed with them anywhere else.

[lefty]

lol they just added BT support

[baseline bum]

Nintendo Direct at 5PM CST get in here jeebus

Supposed to be 40 minutes so should be some good shit revealed

[jeebus]

Nintendo Direct at 5PM CST get in here jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786)

Supposed to be 40 minutes so should be some good shit revealed

4pm my time. I have....hopes. Not high hopes, just hopes. I would like for their online catalog to actually be worth it. So many N64 games I'd love to play again.

[baseline bum]

4pm my time. I have....hopes. Not high hopes, just hopes. I would like for their online catalog to actually be worth it. So many N64 games I'd love to play again.

They will be unveiling a new controller today most likely, which has a lot of people thinking they might add N64 games. Could be some lame Gameboy inspired controller though. Either way probably a safe bet we get some older catalog games today either for Nintendo Switch Online or perhaps a new subscription service since Nintendo might think $20 a year is too cheap for access to games for three or four systems instead of two.

[jeebus]

They will be unveiling a new controller today most likely, which has a lot of people thinking they might add N64 games. Could be some lame Gameboy inspired controller though. Either way probably a safe bet we get some older catalog games today either for Nintendo Switch Online or perhaps a new subscription service since Nintendo might think $20 a year is too cheap for access to games for three or four systems instead of two.

That's what I heard too, with it being gameboy-esque. Meh. I'll have to wait and see. Yeah, $20 a year is way too cheap if they add a shit load of games. If they do unlock their vault, it could go monthly subs, like $5 a month. Who knows. Nintendo is tough to predict, which is why I don't do it much. Everyone always tries to anticipate what they'll release and when Nintendo doesn't do it, they get pissed off. Like the "switch pro". No evidence they were making it but everyone decided they were...until they weren't. And they all got pissed off lol.

[baseline bum]

That's what I heard too, with it being gameboy-esque. Meh. I'll have to wait and see. Yeah, $20 a year is way too cheap if they add a shit load of games. If they do unlock their vault, it could go monthly subs, like $5 a month. Who knows. Nintendo is tough to predict, which is why I don't do it much. Everyone always tries to anticipate what they'll release and when Nintendo doesn't do it, they get pissed off. Like the "switch pro". No evidence they were making it but everyone decided they were...until they weren't. And they all got pissed off lol.

You gonna try to get the OLED model? If my Switch wasn't hackable I would have probably sold it to get the OLED. But no way I'd sell my hacked Switch. Man I use it so much for emulation. E.g. right now I'm playing the Japanese Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest 2 on it, fucking love having a portable SNES / Super Famicom / NES / Famicom / Famicom Disk System / PC Engine / Genesis / MAME machine. Plays the handhelds like GBA, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, and Wonder Swan really well too. Probably will use it mostly for emulation until Shin Megami Tensei V comes out in November (hopefully).

[baseline bum]

That's what I heard too, with it being gameboy-esque. Meh. I'll have to wait and see. Yeah, $20 a year is way too cheap if they add a shit load of games. If they do unlock their vault, it could go monthly subs, like $5 a month. Who knows. Nintendo is tough to predict, which is why I don't do it much. Everyone always tries to anticipate what they'll release and when Nintendo doesn't do it, they get pissed off. Like the "switch pro". No evidence they were making it but everyone decided they were...until they weren't. And they all got pissed off lol.

Apparently that controller's public release got pushed back to October 31st according to an FCC filing, so maybe we don't see it here today. Shit.

[baseline bum]

That's what I heard too, with it being gameboy-esque. Meh. I'll have to wait and see. Yeah, $20 a year is way too cheap if they add a shit load of games. If they do unlock their vault, it could go monthly subs, like $5 a month. Who knows. Nintendo is tough to predict, which is why I don't do it much. Everyone always tries to anticipate what they'll release and when Nintendo doesn't do it, they get pissed off. Like the "switch pro". No evidence they were making it but everyone decided they were...until they weren't. And they all got pissed off lol.

Nintendo of Japan just revealed Kirby Discovery, Splatoon 3, "BOTW 2", and Bayonetta 3 as 2022 games. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page where they show 2022 releases:

nintendo.co.jp/schedule/#switch

I say "BOTW 2" because it doesn't give a new name for it, just calls it 「ゼルダの伝説 ブレスオブザワイルド」続編, which reads like

"Zeruda no Densetsu Buresu obu za Wairudo" Zokuhen

and means

"The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild" Continuation

[baseline bum]

Never played a tabletop RPG, but when I see Yoko Tarou and Yosuke Saito making a game, I'm fucking getting it.

[baseline bum]

N64 and Genesis added to Nintendo Switch Online but in a separate tier

[baseline bum]

N64 and 3-button Genesis wireless controllers will be released for Switch too

[baseline bum]

Oh shit, Actraiser remaster available today. Art looks awesome in it.

[baseline bum]

LOL Seth Rogan playing Donkey Kong in the new Mario anime

[baseline bum]

Nice, finally some gameplay from Bayonetta 3

[jeebus]

You gonna try to get the OLED model? If my Switch wasn't hackable I would have probably sold it to get the OLED. But no way I'd sell my hacked Switch. Man I use it so much for emulation. E.g. right now I'm playing the Japanese Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest 2 on it, fucking love having a portable SNES / Super Famicom / NES / Famicom / Famicom Disk System / PC Engine / Genesis / MAME machine. Plays the handhelds like GBA, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, and Wonder Swan really well too. Probably will use it mostly for emulation until Shin Megami Tensei V comes out in November (hopefully).

Fuuuuuck no. Mine still works fine and I never play that shit in handheld mode. Maybe if they upped the processor so it could play games without the lag and in 1080 all round....maybe. But the console is almost 5 years old now and you gotta be thinking they'll start hinting at a new one in 2023. That or they'll definitely put in a better processor for some sweet 4k/60fps goodness. But it sounds like yours is all set for the forseeable future as well. I wouldn't see that if I were you.

[jeebus]

Nintendo of Japan just revealed Kirby Discovery, Splatoon 3, "BOTW 2", and Bayonetta 3 as 2022 games. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page where they show 2022 releases:

nintendo.co.jp/schedule/#switch

I say "BOTW 2" because it doesn't give a new name for it, just calls it 「ゼルダの伝説 ブレスオブザワイルド」続編, which reads like

"Zeruda no Densetsu Buresu obu za Wairudo" Zokuhen

and means

"The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild" Continuation

Yeah, knew that shit was 2022. I guessed it'd be next year as of early last year. I mean, it was possible they could've done it this year but I don't know how Nintendo dealt with COVID last year in Japan.

[jeebus]

N64 and Genesis added to Nintendo Switch Online but in a separate tier

I'll proooooobably be getting that. Surely they must be adding more games. I'll tell you one game I really enjoyed on the N64...Vigilante 8. Loved that shit. Don't know why they don't make those types of games anymore. I'd play the fuck out of a new twisted metal game.


N64 and 3-button Genesis wireless controllers will be released for Switch too

$50.....I'm gonna wait on them. Gonna see how well they're made and if the joycons suck or not.


LOL Seth Rogan playing Donkey Kong in the new Mario anime

That movie could be the tits or it could just suck monkey balls. I dig the cast but it's all about the writing/jokes. It's obvious they're going for the humorous setting over what they did in '93 with whatever the fuck genre you can call that one. I'm still craving a show of Zelda as you can't do that story in just one movie, but I'm afraid they'll fuck it up.

[baseline bum]

That movie could be the tits or it could just suck monkey balls. I dig the cast but it's all about the writing/jokes. It's obvious they're going for the humorous setting over what they did in '93 with whatever the fuck genre you can call that one. I'm still craving a show of Zelda as you can't do that story in just one movie, but I'm afraid they'll fuck it up.

Did you ever see the Super Mario anime they did in the 80s? It's actually pretty awesome but never got translated AFAIK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_b8lUajy4

[jeebus]

That shit woulda been awesome to watch as a kid, as I liked the Mario super show they had. I definitely would've watched this if it was aired/translated for here

[baseline bum]

That shit woulda been awesome to watch as a kid, as I liked the Mario super show they had. I definitely would've watched this if it was aired/translated for here

The movie is supposed to be really rare. Dude who posted that video claims to have spent $20,000 tracking down old film of it as well as software to restore it.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

sons I'm about four years late but I just a Nintendo Switch and like most people, BotW is the first one I'm diving into. Liking it so far, but is there any replay value in this game? Seems fun as hell your first time going out and exploring everything, but I couldn't imagine doing this all over again :lol

[baseline bum]

sons I'm about four years late but I just a Nintendo Switch and like most people, BotW is the first one I'm diving into. Liking it so far, but is there any replay value in this game? Seems fun as hell your first time going out and exploring everything, but I couldn't imagine doing this all over again :lol

Too big of a game to replay IMO, kind of like Witcher 3. They really nailed the exploration in that one though. Besides, you'll have the sequel to look forward to next year. Highly recommend picking up Super Mario Odyssey too, IMO easily the best Mario game since Super Mario World in 1990.

[jeebus]

sons I'm about four years late but I just a Nintendo Switch and like most people, BotW is the first one I'm diving into. Liking it so far, but is there any replay value in this game? Seems fun as hell your first time going out and exploring everything, but I couldn't imagine doing this all over again :lol

If you're a Zelda junkie like I am, you definitely get some replay value out of it. I've replayed it about 5 or 6 times, the most recent being a master quest runthrough on pro mode (no HUD on screen). Then again, I replay most Zelda games from time to time. It's my fav series, if you didn't guess already.

Seconded as to what Mr. Bum said. Mario Odyssey is a fantastic game, though I would have it being the best Mario since 64.

[baseline bum]

If you're a Zelda junkie like I am, you definitely get some replay value out of it. I've replayed it about 5 or 6 times, the most recent being a master quest runthrough on pro mode (no HUD on screen). Then again, I replay most Zelda games from time to time. It's my fav series, if you didn't guess already.

Seconded as to what Mr. Bum said. Mario Odyssey is a fantastic game, though I would have it being the best Mario since 64.

You ever play the FDS version of Zelda 1? It has way better sound. It's in Japanese but no way you haven't memorized every line of text in that game anyways right? Same for Zelda II though they made a few other changes for the NES version when it came here. Though not always the case with FDS vs NES. Eg I think the music sounds way better in the NES version of Castlevania II Simon's Quest than in the FDS original.

If you ever want to try it there is a great NES, Famicom, and Famicom Disk System emulator called Mesen for PC, and it'll even play the Nintendo VS series arcade games. VS Super Mario Bros was really cool and has some levels that made their way into the ridiculously hard Japanese Super Mario Bros 2. Don't get the official VS Super Mario Bros for Switch though, Hamster completely fucked the port up and it has an unplayable level of input lag.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Too big of a game to replay IMO, kind of like Witcher 3. They really nailed the exploration in that one though. Besides, you'll have the sequel to look forward to next year. Highly recommend picking up Super Mario Odyssey too, IMO easily the best Mario game since Super Mario World in 1990.

I like the fact that while you can pretty much go off wherever you want, you will likely get your ass handed to you for awhile until you get upgraded weapons, armor, etc. Really forces you to think IMO and explore to find out where to get the necessary upgrades. Haven't played TP or Skyward Sword, but with the N64 ones and Wind Waker, you can pretty much manhandle all enemies right off the bat which gets boring.

Odyssey is next on my list once I finish this one tbh :tu

[baseline bum]

I like the fact that while you can pretty much go off wherever you want, you will likely get your ass handed to you for awhile until you get upgraded weapons, armor, etc. Really forces you to think IMO and explore to find out where to get the necessary upgrades. Haven't played TP or Skyward Sword, but with the N64 ones and Wind Waker, you can pretty much manhandle all enemies right off the bat which gets boring.

Odyssey is next on my list once I finish this one tbh :tu

I love the climbing in BOTW. Both finding routes up mountains searching for Korok seeds and climbing up towers to open the map and then jump down from. It's really cool being able to go anywhere you can see in the distance. I'd always be looking for ways to up my stamina so I could climb more shit in the game. Practically all I did in the game was climb and explore the world and do shrines and then once I finished that I'd start doing story shit.

[jeebus]

I like the fact that while you can pretty much go off wherever you want, you will likely get your ass handed to you for awhile until you get upgraded weapons, armor, etc. Really forces you to think IMO and explore to find out where to get the necessary upgrades. Haven't played TP or Skyward Sword, but with the N64 ones and Wind Waker, you can pretty much manhandle all enemies right off the bat which gets boring.

Odyssey is next on my list once I finish this one tbh :tu

I....didn't really care for TP. Some people love it, it's just meh to me. It takes forever for it to get going but after it does, it's ok. Thing is, don't take anyone's opinion for it, always try it for yourself. I played Skyward Sword for the first time this year, after they made it playable with the pro controller. I liked it; it's a bit linear and long, but it's got a decent story and game mechanics. They took some things from SS for BOTW, like how your shield can break, stamina meter, kinda gliding, etc.


RIP BB, for now at least.

[baseline bum]

I....didn't really care for TP. Some people love it, it's just meh to me. It takes forever for it to get going but after it does, it's ok. Thing is, don't take anyone's opinion for it, always try it for yourself. I played Skyward Sword for the first time this year, after they made it playable with the pro controller. I liked it; it's a bit linear and long, but it's got a decent story and game mechanics. They took some things from SS for BOTW, like how your shield can break, stamina meter, kinda gliding, etc.


RIP BB, for now at least.

Damn Metroid Dread just leaked a few hours ago

[jeebus]

Damn Metroid Dread just leaked a few hours ago

I was never a big metroid guy but this one looks intriguing

[SpursforSix]

Damn Metroid Dread just leaked a few hours ago

Has anyone played this yet? Reviews are generally positive but one of the main negatives is that it's often a grind. Which is probably the biggest turnoff to me.

[baseline bum]

Nice, you can emulate Sega Saturn on Switch now pretty decently


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiKBw2RGcow

[baseline bum]

Man the official N64 emulation looks like shit. LOL paying $50 for that.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSyBMSOfPxg

[baseline bum]

Started playing Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 Switch Online and then compared it to playing on my New 3DS XL and it was shocking how far superior the game looks on the New 3DS XL. The 3D effect is really done well on it, the colors are more vibrant, and picture is less blurry, man it's like night and day better. Can't believe Nintendo wouldn't just do a non 3D port of this version of the game and make it run at 60 fps on Switch. No way Switch couldn't handle it.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

sons I'm at that depressing point where I'm basically done with BOTW, but just trying to dick around as much as possible before facing Ganon because I know I probably won't replay it afterwards :cry

Probably my second favorite Zelda after Majora's Mask IMO

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Started playing Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 Switch Online and then compared it to playing on my New 3DS XL and it was shocking how far superior the game looks on the New 3DS XL. The 3D effect is really done well on it, the colors are more vibrant, and picture is less blurry, man it's like night and day better. Can't believe Nintendo wouldn't just do a non 3D port of this version of the game and make it run at 60 fps on Switch. No way Switch couldn't handle it.

do you think they'll come out with a TP remake on the Switch? That's the one I missed when it initially came out that I really want to play. I haven't played SS either, but I never thought it looked that great just by looking at videos on Youtube imo

[baseline bum]

do you think they'll come out with a TP remake on the Switch? That's the one I missed when it initially came out that I really want to play. I haven't played SS either, but I never thought it looked that great just by looking at videos on Youtube imo

Probably not. If they were going to do it I think thy would have this year for Zeldas 35th anniversary. Just pick up a used Wii and hack it if you want to play it. Or a Wii U and hack it if you want to play the remaster.

https://wii.guide
https://wiiu.hacks.guide

[baseline bum]

do you think they'll come out with a TP remake on the Switch? That's the one I missed when it initially came out that I really want to play. I haven't played SS either, but I never thought it looked that great just by looking at videos on Youtube imo

Though if you have a half decent PC, you can play the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess pretty easily in Dolphin. Here you can see it running full speed on an i5 from 2012 and a very low end GTX 750 gpu.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3wNcjQaz4

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Though if you have a half decent PC, you can play the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess pretty easily in Dolphin. Here you can see it running full speed on an i5 from 2012 and a very low end GTX 750 gpu.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3wNcjQaz4

Yeah I'll probably give Dolphin a shot imo. I tried it with Wind Waker awhile ago and it came out alright from what I remember

[baseline bum]

Yeah I'll probably give Dolphin a shot imo. I tried it with Wind Waker awhile ago and it came out alright from what I remember

If your PC is good enough you might also consider Cemu to play the Wii U remaster. Though for that you'll definitely need more gpu horsepower than Dolphin requires.

[redzero]

Has anyone played this yet? Reviews are generally positive but one of the main negatives is that it's often a grind. Which is probably the biggest turnoff to me.

I finished the game a few days ago. It was fun, the bosses were challenging, and the overall sense of progression was satisfying. I never played a Metroid game before, and I did get lost a few times with all the backtracking, but it was an enjoyable experience. The EMMI zones were definitely frustrating at times. I often died and eventually resorted to just brute forcing my through the sections.

I played through the entire game in handheld mode, so maybe the controls are more intuitive with a traditional controller.

[redzero]

Dp

[SpursforSix]

I finished the game a few days ago. It was fun, the bosses were challenging, and the overall sense of progression was satisfying. I never played a Metroid game before, and I did get lost a few times with all the backtracking, but it was an enjoyable experience. The EMMI zones were definitely frustrating at times. I often died and eventually resorted to just brute forcing my through the sections.

I played through the entire game in handheld mode, so maybe the controls are more intuitive with a traditional controller.

Man...that's not a ringing endorsement for me. The older I get, the less I want to grind through things. Unless the restarts are super quick and convenient. IE : not having to spend 5 minutes getting back to a tough spot.

[redzero]

Man...that's not a ringing endorsement for me. The older I get, the less I want to grind through things. Unless the restarts are super quick and convenient. IE : not having to spend 5 minutes getting back to a tough spot.

When exploring an area for the first time, there are checkpoints everywhere. If one goes into a room and is killed, they usually respawn in the previous room. I died plenty of times to bosses and just respawned at the door right before the boss fight. However, if one is going back through old areas and they die, they respawn at the last save spot. That could be frustrating due to how used to the checkpoints I was, but it didn't happen too much and there are lots of save rooms.

Also, don't accidentally choose not to continue after a boss fight; I did that once and had to start back at a save room AND rewatch an unskippable cuisine (cutscenes are slippage after the first time only if one continues).

[SpursforSix]

When exploring an area for the first time, there are checkpoints everywhere. If one goes into a room and is killed, they usually respawn in the previous room. I died plenty of times to bosses and just respawned at the door right before the boss fight. However, if one is going back through old areas and they die, they respawn at the last save spot. That could be frustrating due to how used to the checkpoints I was, but it didn't happen too much and there are lots of save rooms.

Also, don't accidentally choose not to continue after a boss fight; I did that once and had to start back at a save room AND rewatch an unskippable cuisine (cutscenes are slippage after the first time only if one continues).

:tu

[Mark Celibate]

Too big of a game to replay IMO, kind of like Witcher 3. They really nailed the exploration in that one though. Besides, you'll have the sequel to look forward to next year. Highly recommend picking up Super Mario Odyssey too, IMO easily the best Mario game since Super Mario World in 1990.

Mario Odyssey was great IMO. Difficulty-wise, it was good enough to keep you going throughout the whole thing without having the usual 3-4 collectibles that are extremely difficult to collect due to terrible game design which every 3D Mario game seems to have. Like that damm pinball machine from Mario Sunshine with the broken physics engine rofl

[SpursforSix]

Mario Odyssey was great IMO. Difficulty-wise, it was good enough to keep you going throughout the whole thing without having the usual 3-4 collectibles that are extremely difficult to collect due to terrible game design which every 3D Mario game seems to have. Like that damm pinball machine from Mario Sunshine with the broken physics engine rofl

Mario Odyssey was great because it didn't force you to finish a difficult challenge to move on. One of the more frustrating ones was riding the lion thing in the sand world. There was some level in a castle or something that forced you to be pretty precise. And that was just to get through it and not pick up all the coins/etc. I ended up moving on and then coming back much later to round it all out.

[baseline bum]

Mario Odyssey was great IMO. Difficulty-wise, it was good enough to keep you going throughout the whole thing without having the usual 3-4 collectibles that are extremely difficult to collect due to terrible game design which every 3D Mario game seems to have. Like that damm pinball machine from Mario Sunshine with the broken physics engine rofl


Mario Odyssey was great because it didn't force you to finish a difficult challenge to move on. One of the more frustrating ones was riding the lion thing in the sand world. There was some level in a castle or something that forced you to be pretty precise. And that was just to get through it and not pick up all the coins/etc. I ended up moving on and then coming back much later to round it all out.

I do like that Super Mario Odyssey does have some very challenging optional levels and moons though. Like on the moon level. Only moon that I thought was total bullshit to get was the jumping rope one. That was impossible to do 100 times in a row or whatever it was, never get that moon. :lol

Supposedly Super Mario Odyssey 2 got leaked back a while ago on 4chan and of course no one paid attention to it, but apparently that same post linked the new Sonic game just announced so could be legit.

[SpursforSix]

I do like that Super Mario Odyssey does have some very challenging optional levels and moons though. Like on the moon level. Only moon that I thought was total bullshit to get was the jumping rope one. That was impossible to do 100 times in a row or whatever it was, never get that moon. :lol

Supposedly Super Mario Odyssey 2 got leaked back a while ago on 4chan and of course no one paid attention to it, but apparently that same post linked the new Sonic game just announced so could be legit.

Man...I hope it's imminent. I'm looking forward to BOTW 2 but for an epic game that you can actually play in 30 minute chunks and get something done, Odyssey rules. Also, that you can take a few days off from playing and not have to try to remember wtf you were doing.

[Mark Celibate]

I do like that Super Mario Odyssey does have some very challenging optional levels and moons though. Like on the moon level. Only moon that I thought was total bullshit to get was the jumping rope one. That was impossible to do 100 times in a row or whatever it was, never get that moon. :lol

Supposedly Super Mario Odyssey 2 got leaked back a while ago on 4chan and of course no one paid attention to it, but apparently that same post linked the new Sonic game just announced so could be legit.

For the jump rope one, I couldn't get that one either until I threw the hat in mid-air around 40 or so jumps. That way you hang in the air for two cycles and it's much easier to time, trying to jump over one cycle seemed downright impossible for me. But yeah most 3D Nintendo platformers that I've played, have a few collectibles that are just no fun at all due to 'bad design' difficulty. Pleasantly surprised Odyssey doesn't have those. Whoever thought 'Beaver Bother' from DK64 or the pinball/'chuckster' Shine from Sunshine were a good idea should seriously contemplate the viability of suicide

Also the soundtrack for Odyssey was God-tier. Surprised a lot of people don't agree, but I liked it a lot imo. On a related note, it's amazing what a sh!tty game Sunshine turned out to be in hindsight despite having great potential and (IMO) a good overall design/plot. Way too many tedious/BS shines, soundtrack was forgettable all around, and the levels were pretty boring. The only ones I really liked were Gelato Beach and the hotel one. And the final level/boss was so laughably bad, you could almost argue they did it for comedic value. An anticlimactic final level that revolves around navigating a very finicky canoe and to follow that up with Bowser nonchalantly hanging out in a hot tub? I just wonder what the backstory behind that game was. 64 was obviously great, and while I haven't played Galaxy yet that one seems to be universally applauded

[baseline bum]

For the jump rope one, I couldn't get that one either until I threw the hat in mid-air around 40 or so jumps. That way you hang in the air for two cycles and it's much easier to time, trying to jump over one cycle seemed downright impossible for me. But yeah most 3D Nintendo platformers that I've played, have a few collectibles that are just no fun at all due to 'bad design' difficulty. Pleasantly surprised Odyssey doesn't have those. Whoever thought 'Beaver Bother' from DK64 or the pinball/'chuckster' Shine from Sunshine were a good idea should seriously contemplate the viability of suicide

Also the soundtrack for Odyssey was God-tier. Surprised a lot of people don't agree, but I liked it a lot imo. On a related note, it's amazing what a sh!tty game Sunshine turned out to be in hindsight despite having great potential and (IMO) a good overall design/plot. Way too many tedious/BS shines, soundtrack was forgettable all around, and the levels were pretty boring. The only ones I really liked were Gelato Beach and the hotel one. And the final level/boss was so laughably bad, you could almost argue they did it for comedic value. An anticlimactic final level that revolves around navigating a very finicky canoe and to follow that up with Bowser nonchalantly hanging out in a hot tub? I just wonder what the backstory behind that game was. 64 was obviously great, and while I haven't played Galaxy yet that one seems to be universally applauded

Never played Sunshine, one of those games I have always meant to play but never find time for. You tried Bowser's Fury yet? I played the shit out of Super Mario 3D World on Switch when we had that week of rolling blackouts from the cold. Eg would charge the Switch and get work done for the hour and a half there would be power, then play that shit for that hour and a half we'd be blacked out, and so on. Didn't get too far into Bowser's Fury though because I got a PS5 not too long after starting it. But it was pretty good for the first 5 hours or so I put into it.

Also, Mario Maker 2 is a must buy just for the built in levels. Easily my favorite 2D Mario since New Super Mario Bros on the DS, maybe even the best 2D Mario since Super Mario World on SNES. Way more interesting game than New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe IMO.

[Mark Celibate]

Never played Sunshine, one of those games I have always meant to play but never find time for. You tried Bowser's Fury yet? I played the shit out of Super Mario 3D World on Switch when we had that week of rolling blackouts from the cold. Eg would charge the Switch and get work done for the hour and a half there would be power, then play that shit for that hour and a half we'd be blacked out, and so on. Didn't get too far into Bowser's Fury though because I got a PS5 not too long after starting it. But it was pretty good for the first 5 hours or so I put into it.

Also, Mario Maker 2 is a must buy just for the built in levels. Easily my favorite 2D Mario since New Super Mario Bros on the DS, maybe even the best 2D Mario since Super Mario World on SNES. Way more interesting game than New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe IMO.

Sunshine is not a terrible game overall or anything, just by Mario standards it's noticeably bad compared to the rest for whatever reason. Still fun to play for the first time, I just don't have a desire to ever replay it and if I did I'd just skip those few shrines from he11 and save the frustration. Same thing when I replayed Banjo Tooie a few times, I skipped that one jiggy where you had to race against that bird going a million miles per hour and you physically had to slide your thumb back and forth on the control pad because you couldn't 'tap A' fast enough. I remember a friend of mine beating that stupid thing and literally getting a blister on his thumb, and I just said f*ck that I'll just finish at 99.9% :lol

Haven't played Bowser's Fury, the next one I need to get too is Mario Galaxy. Gonna order the All Stars pack one I finish Odyssey and then work my way back from there. Who knows though, BOTW 2 might be out by that point IMO

[baseline bum]

Sunshine is not a terrible game overall or anything, just by Mario standards it's noticeably bad compared to the rest for whatever reason. Still fun to play for the first time, I just don't have a desire to ever replay it and if I did I'd just skip those few shrines from he11 and save the frustration. Same thing when I replayed Banjo Tooie a few times, I skipped that one jiggy where you had to race against that bird going a million miles per hour and you physically had to slide your thumb back and forth on the control pad because you couldn't 'tap A' fast enough. I remember a friend of mine beating that stupid thing and literally getting a blister on his thumb, and I just said f*ck that I'll just finish at 99.9% :lol

Haven't played Bowser's Fury, the next one I need to get too is Mario Galaxy. Gonna order the All Stars pack one I finish Odyssey and then work my way back from there. Who knows though, BOTW 2 might be out by that point IMO

LOL that race sounds cheap as hell.

I wouldn't sleep on getting 3D AllStars, as it got discontinued back in March. I can't believe it's still in stores, but at some point that game is going to become hard to find. You can't buy it digitally any more, as Nintendo went with the Disney model of only releasing those remasters for a limited window so they don't have time to go down in price.

[SpursforSix]

Sunshine is not a terrible game overall or anything, just by Mario standards it's noticeably bad compared to the rest for whatever reason. Still fun to play for the first time, I just don't have a desire to ever replay it and if I did I'd just skip those few shrines from he11 and save the frustration. Same thing when I replayed Banjo Tooie a few times, I skipped that one jiggy where you had to race against that bird going a million miles per hour and you physically had to slide your thumb back and forth on the control pad because you couldn't 'tap A' fast enough. I remember a friend of mine beating that stupid thing and literally getting a blister on his thumb, and I just said f*ck that I'll just finish at 99.9% :lol

Haven't played Bowser's Fury, the next one I need to get too is Mario Galaxy. Gonna order the All Stars pack one I finish Odyssey and then work my way back from there. Who knows though, BOTW 2 might be out by that point IMO

Bowser's Fury is good until it isn't. There's a design flaw that if you don't know going in, it will make your game playing experience much harder.

I'm looking forward to what is supposed to be an open world Kirby game this year.

[baseline bum]

Bowser's Fury is good until it isn't. There's a design flaw that if you don't know going in, it will make your game playing experience much harder.

I'm looking forward to what is supposed to be an open world Kirby game this year.

What's the design flaw?

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Speaking of Odyssey, that 2D one in the Mushroom Kingdom was hell. Took me forever to get used to that scrolling black screen tbh and then you have that weird circular platforming part afterward

[SpursforSix]

What's the design flaw?

It's been a while but it had to do with fighting Bowser with less than all the shines and then when you beat him, he never goes away. With the harder shrines remaining, it makes it damn near impossible to get the remaining shrines while he's out.
Maybe I'm just lazy.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

:lmao got a free copy of Skyward Sword that I finally got around to playing for the first time and holy sh!t the motion controls are "Superman 64" level awful. Literally started laughing in disbelief when trying to use the sword for the first time. If the Switch didn't have the option of doing button only I'd probably turn it off immediately and never play it again tbh

[baseline bum]

Nintendo Direct tomorrow, should be a pretty eventful one given it's 40 minutes. They'll show the new Kirby game and the Batman Arkham Collection for sure, after that hopefully we'll see some BOTW 2 or Bayonetta 3. A lot of rumors about another Xenoblade too, which would be awesome.

4PM CST tomorrow
get in here jeebus, SpursforSix, Fat Brandon Bass


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhDFA_O7zNg

[jeebus]

Nintendo Direct tomorrow, should be a pretty eventful one given it's 40 minutes. They'll show the new Kirby game and the Batman Arkham Collection for sure, after that hopefully we'll see some BOTW 2 or Bayonetta 3. A lot of rumors about another Xenoblade too, which would be awesome.

4PM CST tomorrow
get in here jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786), SpursforSix (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49684), Fat Brandon Bass (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=54479)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhDFA_O7zNg

I saw this, my child. Here's to hoping something decent comes out of it

[baseline bum]

A lot of remasters. Still, I'll probably play Chrono Cross.

[jeebus]

No BOTW 2 update. That bitch is gonna be delayed until 2023, I'll bet

[baseline bum]

I saw this, my child. Here's to hoping something decent comes out of it

Nice, the Xenoblade 3 rumors turned out to be true. Can't wait to pick up the new Getsufumaden too, loved the original on Famicom. Interested to see more on the Triangle Strategy game too. Now gotta go check the Nintendo of Japan feed and see if they have anything on the Dragon Quest 3 remake. :lol

[baseline bum]

No BOTW 2 update. That bitch is gonna be delayed until 2023, I'll bet

I bet it'll be here this year, they'll just wait for E3 to show it. Bayonetta 3 is the one that's going to get delayed until 2023.

[baseline bum]

No BOTW 2 update. That bitch is gonna be delayed until 2023, I'll bet

Also surprised to see Mother 1 (eg the Famicom game from the Earthbound series) get English localization. Must mean English localization for Mother 3 is right around the corner.

[jeebus]

I bet it'll be here this year, they'll just wait for E3 to show it. Bayonetta 3 is the one that's going to get delayed until 2023.

I was reading E3 might not even happen this year, so we'll see. I don't think Nintendo has a problem with releasing big games via their direct and skipping E3.

I was intrigued by Mario Strikers. It's been a hot minute since I've played that. Also, LOL at their mario kart shit. They really don't wanna make a new one. Seems like they're happy with updating older games, so it wouldn't surprise me if they start pumping more of those out for switch online

[baseline bum]

I saw this, my child. Here's to hoping something decent comes out of it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6Wsm-UfGw

Oh shit, the Japan feed has more games not shown in the English one. It has another RPG called Loop 8 that looks pretty good, as well as 十三機兵防衛圏 (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim in the US), which I have been wanting to score a Japanese version of forever. April 14th for the latter, can't fucking wait for that one. Strongly prefer playing VN like that in Japanese instead of English.

[baseline bum]

I was reading E3 might not even happen this year, so we'll see. I don't think Nintendo has a problem with releasing big games via their direct and skipping E3.

I was intrigued by Mario Strikers. It's been a hot minute since I've played that. Also, LOL at their mario kart shit. They really don't wanna make a new one. Seems like they're happy with updating older games, so it wouldn't surprise me if they start pumping more of those out for switch online

Sorry I meant around the usual time of E3, early summer to hype the holiday releases. Nintendo hasn't actually done an E3 since the Wii U days have they?

[jeebus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6Wsm-UfGw

Oh shit, the Japan feed has more games not shown in the English one. It has another RPG called Loop 8 that looks pretty good, as well as 十三機兵防衛圏 (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim in the US), which I have been wanting to score a Japanese version of forever. April 14th for the latter, can't fucking wait for that one. Strongly prefer playing VN like that in Japanese instead of English.

That bitch is like 30 mins longer!

[jeebus]

Sorry I meant around the usual time of E3, early summer to hype the holiday releases. Nintendo hasn't actually done an E3 since the Wii U days have they?

I'm.....not sure. I don't think so. Usually they drop a massive direct during E3 but I think the last time they were actually there was for the switch launch

[baseline bum]

That bitch is like 30 mins longer!

Nah the Direct itself starts around the 35 minute mark

[SpursforSix]

FWIW....Portal 1 and Portal 2 supposed to be released as a package for Switch this year.
I never played the first one so looking forward to this.

[SpursforSix]

I don't know if any has noticed this or not but Nintendo's game search page has now made it impossible to search games by release date. I used to be able to sort by date and see if I'd missed any games. Now, they only give you sort by "featured" or by alphabetical.

[SpursforSix]

Kirby and the Forgotten Land coming out tomorrow.
I played the demo and it was pretty enjoyable. Looking forward to something that I know will be well done and reasonably long.
Bend over, I'll give you reasonably long.

[SpursforSix]

Kirby and the Forgotten Land coming out tomorrow.
I played the demo and it was pretty enjoyable. Looking forward to something that I know will be well done and reasonably long.
Bend over, I'll give you reasonably long.

Meh. It's really well done and the world's and characters are great, just like the other big Nintendo franchises. But it's pretty easy. Maybe that was to be expected from a Kirby game (I've never played one before).
That being said, it's fun enough where I'll probably go back and try to finish the side quests.

[baseline bum]

BOTW 2 delayed until Spring 2023

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[jeebus]

Knew that was gonna happen

[baseline bum]

Knew that was gonna happen

Yeah if you're not making October or November you pretty much have to wait for March or April since a December release is too late for Christmas shopping and January & February people don't want to spend after Christmas.

[jeebus]

Yeah if you're not making October or November you pretty much have to wait for March or April since a December release is too late for Christmas shopping and January & February people don't want to spend after Christmas.

Yup. Next spring will also be 6 years after the Switch was released. They could do what they did with BOTW and release it on the Switch and the next console. We shall see.

[baseline bum]

Yup. Next spring will also be 6 years after the Switch was released. They could do what they did with BOTW and release it on the Switch and the next console. We shall see.

I strongly doubt we get a new Switch in 2023. Nintendo is still using ancient 16nm production from 2016 and the original Switches before Mariko (eg the red box Switches) were on 20nm lithography from 2014. They'll need to move to TSMC's 7nm process to have any hope of getting to say PS4 Slim level power, and TSMC 7nm is really expensive to manufacture chips on right now since it's what every AMD gpu is on, every AMD cpu, every expensive Nvidia professional card (their gaming cards are on Samsung 8nm which sucks for power consumption and thus isn't an option for Switch), PS5, and the XBox Series consoles. Capacity on TSMC 7nm is very hard to come by right now and won't be economical for Nintendo until all the big players move to TSMC 5nm. Could be waiting until the PS5 Slim and 5nm XBoxes come out before 7nm TSMC gets cheap enough for Nintendo to manufacture on, as Nintendo will not take losses or break even on hardware like Sony and Microsoft are willing to.

Even worse if Nintendo can't get PS4 level performance in 15 Watts until 5nm.

Doubt we see a new Switch for a while, and I bet the next Switch will just be an iteration of the current one, with higher clockspeeds and a gpu with more transistors, but still fully compatible with current gen Switch games.

[jeebus]

I strongly doubt we get a new Switch in 2023. Nintendo is still using ancient 16nm production from 2016 and the original Switches before Mariko (eg the red box Switches) were on 20nm lithography from 2014. They'll need to move to TSMC's 7nm process to have any hope of getting to say PS4 Slim level power, and TSMC 7nm is really expensive to manufacture chips on right now since it's what every AMD gpu is on, every AMD cpu, every expensive Nvidia professional card (their gaming cards are on Samsung 8nm which sucks for power consumption and thus isn't an option for Switch), PS5, and the XBox Series consoles. Capacity on TSMC 7nm is very hard to come by right now and won't be economical for Nintendo until all the big players move to TSMC 5nm. Could be waiting until the PS5 Slim and 5nm XBoxes come out before 7nm TSMC gets cheap enough for Nintendo to manufacture on, as Nintendo will not take losses or break even on hardware like Sony and Microsoft are willing to.

Even worse if Nintendo can't get PS4 level performance in 15 Watts until 5nm.

Doubt we see a new Switch for a while, and I bet the next Switch will just be an iteration of the current one, with higher clockspeeds and a gpu with more transistors, but still fully compatible with current gen Switch games.

I was going off their averages over the past 20 or so years. It was 5 years from Gamecube to Wii, 5 years from Wii to Wii U, and 5 years from Wii U to Switch. I agree that they'll probably just introduce a beefier switch, like everyone thought they'd be doing last year until it was just the OLED version. Nintendo gave up on the graphics race years ago during the GC era, which I'm fine with. I long ago stopped giving a shit about how real a game looks; I just want some shit to entertain me. Plus now that the 3ds is put out to pasture, I'm guessing Nintendo will probably just focus on a hybrid like the switch from here on out

[baseline bum]

I was going off their averages over the past 20 or so years. It was 5 years from Gamecube to Wii, 5 years from Wii to Wii U, and 5 years from Wii U to Switch. I agree that they'll probably just introduce a beefier switch, like everyone thought they'd be doing last year until it was just the OLED version. Nintendo gave up on the graphics race years ago during the GC era, which I'm fine with. I long ago stopped giving a shit about how real a game looks; I just want some shit to entertain me. Plus now that the 3ds is put out to pasture, I'm guessing Nintendo will probably just focus on a hybrid like the switch from here on out

This is going to be a super long Switch gen, throw that five years out the window now, Nintendo is acting like they're only halfway through the Switch generation. I think Switch needs an upgrade bad, for instance Hyrule Warriors was a great looking game in the previews but Switch just doesn't have the hardware to run a game like that well unless it's Nintendo developing it in-house. Xenoblade 2 also runs like crap. Dragon Quest XI S looks really bad on it too despite it not being that graphically intense a game. I'm worried about Switch's second half of its life being like the Wii's where it's way too underpowered to get interesting 3rd party exclusive games.

[jeebus]

This is going to be a super long Switch gen, throw that five years out the window now, Nintendo is acting like they're only halfway through the Switch generation. I think Switch needs an upgrade bad, for instance Hyrule Warriors was a great looking game in the previews but Switch just doesn't have the hardware to run a game like that well unless it's Nintendo developing it in-house. Xenoblade 2 also runs like crap. Dragon Quest XI S looks really bad on it too despite it not being that graphically intense a game. I'm worried about Switch's second half of its life being like the Wii's where it's way too underpowered to get interesting 3rd party exclusive games.

I honestly think they're going to keep some sort of rendition of the switch on the market for years to come, like the DS style but longer. But yes, they desperately need to upgrade the internals. When even some of the launch games of the Switch were on the struggle bus, you gotta upgrade that shit. I do hope they update it to not scare away other developers like you said, but it is Nintendo and they're fuckin weird when it comes to stuff like this

[SpursforSix]

Meh. It's really well done and the world's and characters are great, just like the other big Nintendo franchises. But it's pretty easy. Maybe that was to be expected from a Kirby game (I've never played one before).
That being said, it's fun enough where I'll probably go back and try to finish the side quests.

Addendum...this game's better than my original, "meh". There's enough stuff to do after you finish the game. Going back to older levels is actually pretty fun since I didn't spend a ton of time playing through them the first run through.

But still, I see the consensus rating as somewhere around 8 or 9 out of 10. Mario Odyssey is a clear 10. To think that Kirby is just a step or two below is kind of ridiculous. If the only guideline I have to compare it to is Odyssey, the Kirby is like a 5.

[baseline bum]

https://www.ign.com/articles/breath-of-the-wild-2-new-switch-possible-experts-say
Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 Might Be Too Big for the Nintendo Switch, Experts Say
Could Breath of the Wild 2 be another cross-gen title?

Will The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 launch on an as-yet unrevealed Nintendo console? Some tech experts are theorizing that could be the case based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2's most recent round of footage.

Over on Digital Foundry (first reported by GamesRadar), Richard Leadbetter, John Linneman, and Alex Battaglia dissected the most recent Breath of the Wild 2 footage, pointing out a couple of details that suggest the next big Zelda game might be too big to perform on the current Switch hardware.

"This trailer was interesting because the image quality seemed quite good, I think," Linneman said. "I was a little bit surprised by how sharp and clear this looked compared to the original in general."

Battaglia dove into specifics, saying that the "volumetric clouds" present in the footage would be hard for the current 2017 Switch to pull off, while camera cuts with perfect anti-aliasing are something even the Xbox Series X struggles with.

"It could be the next Switch, it could be just that they rendered out a trailer on higher resolution and higher settings," Battaglia said.

However, the guys were quick to point out that Nintendo generally doesn't release trailers at a higher quality than the final product, with one exception being the draw distance for the original Breath of the Wild.

It's worth noting that the original Breath of the Wild was developed as a Wii U game, so a visual bump can be expected for the sequel, which is currently only slated for Switch. That being said, it wouldn't be the first time a major 3D Zelda title launched across platforms, with Twilight Princess coming to GameCube and Wii, and Breath of the Wild serving as the swan song for Wii U and the killer launch title for Switch.

Switch Pro rumors have been swirling on the internet for years. Still, since the original Switch launched in 2017, Nintendo has not released a more powerful model of the console. The biggest update came with last October's Switch OLED Model, which served as an upgrade for players who primarily use handheld or tabletop mode.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 was recently delayed to Spring 2023. When announcing the delay, Zelda Producer Eiji Aounuma said "in order to make this game's experience something special, the entire development team is continuing to work diligently on this game, so please wait a while longer."

[SpursforSix]

https://www.ign.com/articles/breath-of-the-wild-2-new-switch-possible-experts-say
Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 Might Be Too Big for the Nintendo Switch, Experts Say
Could Breath of the Wild 2 be another cross-gen title?

Will The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 launch on an as-yet unrevealed Nintendo console? Some tech experts are theorizing that could be the case based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2's most recent round of footage.

Over on Digital Foundry (first reported by GamesRadar), Richard Leadbetter, John Linneman, and Alex Battaglia dissected the most recent Breath of the Wild 2 footage, pointing out a couple of details that suggest the next big Zelda game might be too big to perform on the current Switch hardware.

"This trailer was interesting because the image quality seemed quite good, I think," Linneman said. "I was a little bit surprised by how sharp and clear this looked compared to the original in general."

Battaglia dove into specifics, saying that the "volumetric clouds" present in the footage would be hard for the current 2017 Switch to pull off, while camera cuts with perfect anti-aliasing are something even the Xbox Series X struggles with.

"It could be the next Switch, it could be just that they rendered out a trailer on higher resolution and higher settings," Battaglia said.

However, the guys were quick to point out that Nintendo generally doesn't release trailers at a higher quality than the final product, with one exception being the draw distance for the original Breath of the Wild.

It's worth noting that the original Breath of the Wild was developed as a Wii U game, so a visual bump can be expected for the sequel, which is currently only slated for Switch. That being said, it wouldn't be the first time a major 3D Zelda title launched across platforms, with Twilight Princess coming to GameCube and Wii, and Breath of the Wild serving as the swan song for Wii U and the killer launch title for Switch.

Switch Pro rumors have been swirling on the internet for years. Still, since the original Switch launched in 2017, Nintendo has not released a more powerful model of the console. The biggest update came with last October's Switch OLED Model, which served as an upgrade for players who primarily use handheld or tabletop mode.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 was recently delayed to Spring 2023. When announcing the delay, Zelda Producer Eiji Aounuma said "in order to make this game's experience something special, the entire development team is continuing to work diligently on this game, so please wait a while longer."

Welp

[SpursforSix]

Well...this is something. This combined with the Portal 1/2 releases is fairly exciting.

Metroid Prime Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch - Reporthttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-games-are-coming-to-nintendo-switch-report/1100-6504912/

[baseline bum]

Well...this is something. This combined with the Portal 1/2 releases is fairly exciting.

Metroid Prime Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch - Reporthttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-games-are-coming-to-nintendo-switch-report/1100-6504912/

These games have been getting teased for Switch for years lol, I'm over the idea now. There's a Nintendo Direct tomorrow at 8AM BTW, but it's for third party games. Persona series finally coming to Switch is the big rumor for tomorrow. LOL if it's not Persona 5 Royal though. But Atlus is that stupid with the platforms it picks.

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[baseline bum]

Well...this is something. This combined with the Portal 1/2 releases is fairly exciting.

Metroid Prime Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch - Reporthttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-games-are-coming-to-nintendo-switch-report/1100-6504912/

Damn if you're only a Switch gamer, NieR Automata on October 6th is a real banger. One of 11 games I have ever played that I'd rate a perfect 10/10. I can't recommend this game enough. Really fun fast paced combat, one of the most memorable stories I have ever experienced in gaming, either the best or second best soundtrack I have ever heard (with Persona 5 Royal being the other), and a lot of content, though not an RPG you'd need to drop 80-200 hours into to finish. This is one of the rare masterpieces released, and was my last 10/10 game I had played (released March 2017 for PS4/PC) until Elden Ring back in February.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxNhJ8fjFk

Also, speaking of Persona 5 Royal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgbQIcjzq_4

If you like turn based RPG at all then P5R will be a must buy on October 21st. The other two I'd wait to see if you like P5R, and if you do, they're highly worth getting too.

[baseline bum]

Wow Switch just got Portal 1 and 2 also, available now. About fucking time, god those are amazing games.

[baseline bum]

Damn, Blanc looks really good too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2KB5LVdqA

[baseline bum]

Ugh posted the wrong video for Blanc. Slow ass website wouldn't let me edit it in time. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXtnwGzM7fk

[baseline bum]

Ugh posted the wrong video for Blanc. Slow ass website wouldn't let me edit it in time. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXtnwGzM7fk

[SpursforSix]

Wow Switch just got Portal 1 and 2 also, available now. About fucking time, god those are amazing games.

Damn...I thought it was going to be much later this year. I never played the first. Looking forward to this.
Thanks for the reco on Automat. Will check that out as well.

[SpursforSix]

Wow Switch just got Portal 1 and 2 also, available now. About fucking time, god those are amazing games.

I hope the controls are tight. When I first played Portal 2, it was on a desktop with a trackball and seemed ideal. Later I rented it and played it on my kids XBox and it was way more difficult with the controls.

[SpursforSix]

Damn...I thought it was going to be much later this year. I never played the first. Looking forward to this.
Thanks for the reco on Automat. Will check that out as well.

Bought this yesterday. $20 is a heck of a deal. I started with Portal 1 (which I had never played). It was fun but the writing and puzzles aren't even close to Portal 2. Maybe when I finish it, I'll have a different opinion. But as soon as Portal 2 downloaded, I switched over. It is two separate downloads. 2 is just so smooth. Controls were fine. Puzzles build at a progressively harder level but nothing to make you quit. If you stick with it, you'll find the answer. Also, the billboards before each level help. Great game. Still 10/10. Even though I finished it years ago, it still seems fresh. Hasn't lost anything.

[SpursforSix]

Just loaded the N64 online on the Switch to play Starfox 64. Still fun as shit to me.

[baseline bum]

Just loaded the N64 online on the Switch to play Starfox 64. Still fun as shit to me.

Bayonetta 3 got rated by the ESRB which means it will be releasing soon.

[baseline bum]

Sure enough Bayonetta 3 got a release date yesterday, October 28th. Game looks awesome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGJGv6OoXA

[baseline bum]

LOL Xenoblade 3 just got released a week early for people on hacked Switches.

[baseline bum]

40 minute Nintendo Direct tomorrow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9Iz7HhU-I

[baseline bum]

Goldeneye coming to N64 Online

[baseline bum]

Fuck me, Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom releasing 8 months from now on May 12th, 2023. jeebus on suicide watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNF4M_v7wc

[jeebus]

Fuck me, Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom releasing 8 months from now on May 12th, 2023. jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786) on suicide watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNF4M_v7wc

:lol I'll make it. I wasn't even expecting it to be shown on this direct, so the fact that it was shown AND has a date is a miracle in itself. My video game usage is way down anyways. Haven't turned the PS4 on in months and the Switch is getting less usage too. Dunno what it is. But when the new Zelda comes out, I'll be all over it!

[baseline bum]

Damn...I thought it was going to be much later this year. I never played the first. Looking forward to this.
Thanks for the reco on Automat. Will check that out as well.

Reviews have started coming out and this is being called another miracle port, seems like it's really impressive on Switch. Which is hilarious because the game runs like crap on PS4 and the PC port was complete dogshit. But the studio who handled the Switch port is the same one who somehow got Dying Light running and running well on Switch. Plus this game is $40. Complete no-brainer at this price.

[SpursforSix]

Reviews have started coming out and this is being called another miracle port, seems like it's really impressive on Switch. Which is hilarious because the game runs like crap on PS4 and the PC port was complete dogshit. But the studio who handled the Switch port is the same one who somehow got Dying Light running and running well on Switch. Plus this game is $40. Complete no-brainer at this price.

Forgot all about this. Good timing for me as I'm just messing with some small indie games.

[baseline bum]

Forgot all about this. Good timing for me as I'm just messing with some small indie games.

Highly recommend picking P5R up too. Amazing game. Probably the most anticipated release among Switch gamers since Animal Crossing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPg_IFoxFE

[spurraider21]

Highly recommend picking P5R up too. Amazing game. Probably the most anticipated release among Switch gamers since Animal Crossing.

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I should nag spurraider21 to play Persona 5 Royal like he nagged me for two years to playing Sekiro tbh

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jeebus, SpursforSix, Cry Havoc

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[baseline bum]

Pretty shitty Direct so far halfway in. Wonder if Tears of the Kingdom is going to be the Switch's swan song, because this system looks dead as fuck. Wondering if Metroid Prime 4 is being pushed to their next system.

[baseline bum]

That Metroid Prime 1 rumor finally came true :lol

Metroid Prime Remastered available today

[baseline bum]

So Nintendo's 2023 outside of Tears of the Kingdom is

1. Metroid Prime Remastered
2. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games on Switch Online
3. Pikmin 4
4. Some DLC for a few games
5. Some more pisspoor Mario Kart 8 tracks

LOL ending this presentation with Tears of the Kingdom when the last segment is usually reserved for new big game reveals. Yeah this system is dead after Tears of the Kingdom.

[baseline bum]

Strange how the Direct didn't mention Nintendo jacking up the price on Tears of the Kingdom to $70

https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-switch/

[SpursforSix]

So Nintendo's 2023 outside of Tears of the Kingdom is

1. Metroid Prime Remastered
2. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games on Switch Online
3. Pikmin 4
4. Some DLC for a few games
5. Some more pisspoor Mario Kart 8 tracks

LOL ending this presentation with Tears of the Kingdom when the last segment is usually reserved for new big game reveals. Yeah this system is dead after Tears of the Kingdom.

I didn't watch it but that seems pretty weak. Although Tears of Kingdom and Metroid will keep me busy. I can't stand Mario Kart anymore. IMO, the best was the N64 version.

[SpursforSix]

Strange how the Direct didn't mention Nintendo jacking up the price on Tears of the Kingdom to $70

https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-switch/

That's crazy high. I'll end up paying it because on an hourly basis it's still cheap entertainment.

[baseline bum]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom just leaked a couple of hours ago and installing it right now. Get in here jeebus

[SpursforSix]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom just leaked a couple of hours ago and installing it right now. Get in here jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786)

Just god please don't me gather thousands of sticks or blades of grass. And don't rain.

[jeebus]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom just leaked a couple of hours ago and installing it right now. Get in here jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786)

I seent it. It's tempting but my hard copy arrives next Friday and I can wait one more week. Been avoiding spoilers like the plague though lol

[baseline bum]

Man we really should have gotten a Switch Pro. Might just move playing this handheld because it looks kind of rough on a bigscreen.

[baseline bum]

Just god please don't me gather thousands of sticks or blades of grass. And don't rain.

LOL just found my first Korok Seed. Wonder if you get a pile of shit for these too like the last game.

[SpursforSix]

LOL just found my first Korok Seed. Wonder if you get a pile of shit for these too like the last game.

I gave up way before I learned that it was worthless. But I still grabbed tones of sticks and other bullshit that I mostly didn't need. I'm sure there's people that want to mix all the shit and see what you get but to me, I don't want to think about any of that. Not to mention, that you can only carry a certain amount of weapons but you can carry a billion pieces of wood.

All that being said, it's one of the greatest games I've played. As to the Switch though, Super Mario Odyssey was more fun.

[baseline bum]

I gave up way before I learned that it was worthless. But I still grabbed tones of sticks and other bullshit that I mostly didn't need. I'm sure there's people that want to mix all the shit and see what you get but to me, I don't want to think about any of that. Not to mention, that you can only carry a certain amount of weapons but you can carry a billion pieces of wood.

All that being said, it's one of the greatest games I've played. As to the Switch though, Super Mario Odyssey was more fun.

After putting a few more hours into it last night I'd say you're probably going to really like this if you were a fan of BOTW. Feels very similar, though looking like a lot less mountain climbing since the area seems to be a bunch of islands. Though I spent all my time just exploring the map, haven't even cleared any checkpoints except for the very opening of the game.

[SpursforSix]

After putting a few more hours into it last night I'd say you're probably going to really like this if you were a fan of BOTW. Feels very similar, though looking like a lot less mountain climbing since the area seems to be a bunch of islands. Though I spent all my time just exploring the map, haven't even cleared any checkpoints except for the very opening of the game.

Yeah...I'm a BOTW fan for sure. I just got tired of some of the grinds which in hindsight, I probably didn't need to do. I'm looking forward to it.

[baseline bum]

I seent it. It's tempting but my hard copy arrives next Friday and I can wait one more week. Been avoiding spoilers like the plague though lol

My first thought was the graphics are kind of shit having been playing PS5 and PC for the last couple of years, but about 3 days into playing it I think it's looking like it's going to be better than BOTW and an absolute shoo-in for GOTY. You're definitely going to want this the second it goes on sale.

[jeebus]

My first thought was the graphics are kind of shit having been playing PS5 and PC for the last couple of years, but about 3 days into playing it I think it's looking like it's going to be better than BOTW and an absolute shoo-in for GOTY. You're definitely going to want this the second it goes on sale.

Oh I bought it a couple months ago lol. Zelda is pretty much the only game I'll pre order, so it gets here Friday. Nintendo hasn't really been about the graphics since the gamecube days and they focus more on gameplay. Which I prefer tbqh.

[baseline bum]

Just god please don't me gather thousands of sticks or blades of grass. And don't rain.

Figured you'd appreciate this punishment for the fucking korok

https://i.ibb.co/WzWPpJ7/fckin-korok.png

[SpursforSix]

Figured you'd appreciate this punishment for the fucking korok

https://i.ibb.co/WzWPpJ7/fckin-korok.png

Man...I don't even know what that is. Is that you with all the seeds?

[baseline bum]

Man...I don't even know what that is. Is that you with all the seeds?

Crafting is really big in this game and there are some puzzles where you reunite two lost koroks so you can glue them to whatever contraption you craft. :lol

[baseline bum]

Oh I bought it a couple months ago lol. Zelda is pretty much the only game I'll pre order, so it gets here Friday. Nintendo hasn't really been about the graphics since the gamecube days and they focus more on gameplay. Which I prefer tbqh.


Yeah...I'm a BOTW fan for sure. I just got tired of some of the grinds which in hindsight, I probably didn't need to do. I'm looking forward to it.

Reviews are out and it's getting 10/10 across the board. Metacritic is 96 on it, whole BOTW was 97. Though I think this is a superior game to BOTW in almost every way. Honestly think it's the best game Nintendo as ever made, and this is coming from someone who played Mario Bros back before they put a Super on that motherfucker in the arcades when it was new. Even if it was the only good game on the Switch it would probably be worth buying a Switch for this game.

Also my complaints about how rough the game looked were addressed by the 1.0.1 patch. So definitely do the 300MB update as soon as you get the game home. It looks a lot better IMO than playing the game straight off the cartridge.

[Reck]

I’m surprised they’re still making games on this ancient console and making them look good still.

It probably helps it’s in house developed but Nintendo really should start planning their next console if anything to make future games viable in terms of graphics and such.

[baseline bum]

I’m surprised they’re still making games on this ancient console and making them look good still.

It probably helps it’s in house developed but Nintendo really should start planning their next console if anything to make future games viable in terms of graphics and such.

They used an upscaling technique called FSR that's big on PC but hasn't been used too much on console to get the game to look 1080p while rendering 720p to 900p. I think that's what the 1.0.1 update was, and the difference in how the graphics look is huge. Vastly improved with much better performance after that patch.

I kind of expect ToTK to be Nintendo's swan song for Switch since they aren't doing a June Direct this year and have put off their big yearly showcase for September. So sounds like maybe they'll be showing off new hardware for a launch next spring. Without that June direct they probably have nothing big to show off for the rest of 2023.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

This game really delivers. I thought, like others, this was just going to BOTW 2 with some additional shit in the sky but damm this is like BOTW on steroids and then 5x the scope of even that. The amount of stuff to explore or waste time on with the Fuse mechanic is almost overwhelming :lol Also, I just dropped down to the Hyrule Depths first time thinking "oh, it's just going to be a couple of rooms" only to find out that it's another f*cking overworld...I know it's probably too early to be down here but I'm just wasting time wandering all over the place until I can't continue anymore...rofl I'll be playing this game for years until I actually beat it IMO

[baseline bum]

This game really delivers. I thought, like others, this was just going to BOTW 2 with some additional shit in the sky but damm this is like BOTW on steroids and then 5x the scope of even that. The amount of stuff to explore or waste time on with the Fuse mechanic is almost overwhelming :lol Also, I just dropped down to the Hyrule Depths first time thinking "oh, it's just going to be a couple of rooms" only to find out that it's another f*cking overworld...I know it's probably too early to be down here but I'm just wasting time wandering all over the place until I can't continue anymore...rofl I'll be playing this game for years until I actually beat it IMO

Pretty much my expectation too but I think this is without a doubt the best game Nintendo has ever made. So much wild shit in this game. Like there's a place with a bunch of Dondons who if you feed luminous stones to they crap out rubies and sapphires and amber and so on a little later, which is great since the fairies want stones to upgrade your armor and shit.

[baseline bum]

So jeebus, you agree this is the best game Nintendo has ever made? Only thing that even comes close for me is A Link to the Past.

[Mark Celibate]

So jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786), you agree this is the best game Nintendo has ever made? Only thing that even comes close for me is A Link to the Past.

IMO, the only thing that comes close to ToTK is BoTW :lol. Those two are basically in a class of their own, although aLttP is amazing and also similarly revolutionary considering it came out in 1991. I actually replayed the game recently, and was surprised at how many secrets and other hidden stuff there were in the Overworld...comparably OOT was practically empty.

The only non-Zelda Nintendo game, IMO, that is somewhat in the discussion would be Odyssey. Lots of puzzles/exploration and good balance between the two. But after that...:lol Even games like Metroid Prime (which was great) that are considered top 5 to 10 best Nintendo games ever made, depending on who you ask, isn't even in the ballpark

What really sets BOTW and TOTK apart, is that you can just go at your own pace. If you want to log a million hours in these games uncovering new stuff, then you can probably do it. But, if you want to go straight to the final boss with minimal time spent or just complete dungeons, divine beasts, etc you can do that too

[baseline bum]

IMO, the only thing that comes close to ToTK is BoTW :lol. Those two are basically in a class of their own, although aLttP is amazing and also similarly revolutionary considering it came out in 1991. I actually replayed the game recently, and was surprised at how many secrets and other hidden stuff there were in the Overworld...comparably OOT was practically empty.

The only non-Zelda Nintendo game, IMO, that is somewhat in the discussion would be Odyssey. Lots of puzzles/exploration and good balance between the two. But after that...:lol Even games like Metroid Prime (which was great) that are considered top 5 to 10 best Nintendo games ever made, depending on who you ask, isn't even in the ballpark

What really sets BOTW and TOTK apart, is that you can just go at your own pace. If you want to log a million hours in these games uncovering new stuff, then you can probably do it. But, if you want to go straight to the final boss with minimal time spent or just complete dungeons, divine beasts, etc you can do that too

I have been playing it for two weeks and it seems a much much bigger game than BOTW. It's almost like a combination of BOTW, Ocarina, and Minecraft in that it has the incredible exploration of BOTW (with much more to explore) while also bringing back dungeons like we got used to in the old school Zelda games and then the crafting and fusion systems where you can just try all kinds of wild shit and see what works, what's funny, what causes you to fail spectacularly, and so on. I honestly think the game is a little underrated at 96 on Metacritic. And I'm blown away how well they got this physics system working on the dinky Switch hardware. This is such an ambitious game.

[SpursforSix]

Crafting is really big in this game and there are some puzzles where you reunite two lost koroks so you can glue them to whatever contraption you craft. :lol

man...there was a time where that would sound like fun but if it's pulling up menus, I might get worn out. That's what age will do to you.

[SpursforSix]

Give me a decent fighting system, give me the shrines to earn new stuff, even the travel is fine.
But for me...right now...scrolling through menus is a beat down.

[jeebus]

So jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786), you agree this is the best game Nintendo has ever made? Only thing that even comes close for me is A Link to the Past.

It's definitely in The Godfather part 2 territory when it comes to sequels. I've just been farting around for the past 15 or so hours, looking at everything. Been to 3 of the 4 main villages of the different races, and that's been interesting. Got major OOT vibes for Gerudo town. But yeah, probably the best game for Nintendo.

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[Mark Celibate]

rofl

go to activate first tower outside the Lookout area....blast off but then get distracted and spend the next several hours flying between the sky islands still not having touched down yet...this game in a nutshell...will hopefully get to first temple by 2024

[baseline bum]

rofl

go to activate first tower outside the Lookout area....blast off but then get distracted and spend the next several hours flying between the sky islands still not having touched down yet...this game in a nutshell...will hopefully get to first temple by 2024

Then you'll have the underground lol

Though the underground actually helps you find shrines on the ground level

[baseline bum]

Man Lynel fights are such a bastard. Ran into a Lynel in the Lanayru Heights area and to beat it I had to

1. Throw a fire fruit to set the grass on fire
2. Jump up and open my glider to fly up from the fire's updraft
3. Go into slow mo when shooting my bow (using the Royal Bow from Hyrule Castle) so I could hit the Lynel in the head and stun it
4. Jump up and mount the Lynel
5. While riding the Lynel strike repeatedly with my best weapon (Right now the Royal Guard's Claymore from Hyrule Castle with the Flux Construct III Core fused to it)
6. Get thrown off the Lynel and go back to Step 1

Swear I had to go through this loop like 7 times to kill it. Gives an amazing bow and some nice upgrade materials but the Knight's Halberd it drops is so shitty, didn't even pick it up.

[baseline bum]

Damn so a very mild overclock of the memory from the stock 1600 MHz to 1862 MHz gets rid of almost all the frame drops. And the framerate was dropping to 20 fps all the time in the Fire Temple for me at stock clocks, but with that small memory overclock it stays at 30 fps there even when using ultrahand.

[baseline bum]

So jeebus man, how many times you rubbed one out to Cotera?

[baseline bum]

God the crafting system is awesome in this game. Dude fused a cart to his shield so he could ride the rails and skip the puzzle. :lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai8YJScw9cw

[jeebus]

So jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786) man, how many times you rubbed one out to Cotera?

Haven't gotten that far. Only got to play the game til last Wednesday before family arrived and we went on a trip. Still on said trip and I've completely forgotten about the game :lol

[baseline bum]

Damn the King Gleeoks are pretty tough in TOTK once they fly way up.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

I just played through the Wind Temple, had to have been one of the coolest gaming experiences ever especially in regards to the Soundtrack. The ascent to the top of the blizzard with the dynamically changing music, and then how the Wind Temple music went from quiet ambient --> ominous --> determined --> epic ... they even brought out the Hitchcock Strings lol felt like I was watching an actual movie vs playing a game . That was pretty incredible IMO, I haven't done the other three yet but hopefully they're not too much of a letdown after that first one

[baseline bum]

I just played through the Wind Temple, had to have been one of the coolest gaming experiences ever especially in regards to the Soundtrack. The ascent to the top of the blizzard with the dynamically changing music, and then how the Wind Temple music went from quiet ambient --> ominous --> determined --> epic ... they even brought out the Hitchcock Strings lol felt like I was watching an actual movie vs playing a game . That was pretty incredible IMO, I haven't done the other three yet but hopefully they're not too much of a letdown after that first one

I really enjoyed the boss fight too in the Wind Temple. The three temples I have done are all awesome, but I gotta admit I'd sometimes cheese things by carrying around a long bridge or building a hoverbike out of two fans and a control stick, though you gotta really build your battery up a bit to effectively use the hoverbike.

[baseline bum]

I can't believe getting three 10/10 games in the last year and a half between Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarok, and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Usually I'll only see one or two games I'd rate 10/10 per generation so to play through three in 18 months is nuts.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

I really enjoyed the boss fight too in the Wind Temple. The three temples I have done are all awesome, but I gotta admit I'd sometimes cheese things by carrying around a long bridge or building a hoverbike out of two fans and a control stick, though you gotta really build your battery up a bit to effectively use the hoverbike.

yeah considering the game sort of guides you to the Rito area as the first of the four regions, it was nice not to actually need weapons to defeat the boss since most players would only have low level ones at that point.

Also :lol apparently a lot of players are climbing all the way up to the Wind Temple without Tulin and getting completely stuck from reading YouTube and Reddit. Funny because BOTW was 6 years ago and you have a lot of players with no background of that game with TOTK even being their first Zelda game. Without playing BOTW, it’s totally reasonable to just wander around, see Hebra Peak, and start climbing without knowing frozen Rito Village is the cultural
hub of the area and to visit there first. One of the cons of a completely open world game. And with practically unlimited crafting abilities, there’s really no stopping a determined player from getting all the way up Stormwind Ark without Tulin :lol

[baseline bum]

Damn the Gerudo weapons are just monsters since they double fusion power. Have a silver lynel horn fused onto a pristine Gerudo claymore that's about 140 points of damage and doing that hold Y attack with three full stamina wheels I can take about 65% of a King Gleeok's health in that move, though it breaks the weapon if I do the final ground smash at the end of that hold attack so I change weapons right before then to keep from breaking it. Then I finish him off with my pristine Gerudo scimitar fused with a silver lynel horn that does like 137 damage.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

damn, just finished the Wind Temple and have 11 hearts (no upgrade yet)...tried to take on that Gleeok in the Hebra Tundra. My most powerful weapon had 33 attack power, and just NOPE'ed out of there when I saw that still wasn't doing shit while they could KO me in two shots. Gonna focus on getting the Great Fairy upgrades now before doing anything else tbh

[baseline bum]

damn, just finished the Wind Temple and have 11 hearts (no upgrade yet)...tried to take on that Gleeok in the Hebra Tundra. My most powerful weapon had 33 attack power, and just NOPE'ed out of there when I saw that still wasn't doing shit while they could KO me in two shots. Gonna focus on getting the Great Fairy upgrades now before doing anything else tbh

Gotta also make attack up food for bossfights in this game. Five mighty bananas cooked together give you a max attack up, which I think elevates your attacks by 40%, both hand and bow. I'll just say Gleeoks are real bastards in this game and leave it at that. :lol

[baseline bum]

Also god damn the hearty salmon is easily the best cooking ingredient in the game. If I cook five prime meats I get a skewer that restores 15 hearts. Cook five gourmet meats and I get a skewer that restores all hearts. Cook five hearty salmon I get a skewer that restores all hearts and gives me twenty yellow hearts also.

[baseline bum]

Super Mario Bros Wonder coming on October 20th looks pretty good


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JStAYvbeSHc

Didn't really see anything else interesting in today's Direct. Still no Metroid Prime 4 news. They're doing a remake of Super Mario RPG which was a really cool game but I'd rather play the SNES original.

[baseline bum]

Did all 152 shrines in Tears and I swear at least half of them I cheezed with ultrahand + recall, making bridges, or shield surfing instead of making vehicles for rail sections and the fighting ones I'd just try to knock enemies into the water or off high places. :lol

Apparently can't get full hearts and full stamina. Have 3 stamina wheels but with all the dungeons done and all the shrines done I have 38 hearts (40 is max, not counting yellow hearts).

Kind of sad I'm about to finish this. Easily a top 10 game I have ever played in the last 40 years.

[baseline bum]

Just rolled the credits on TOTK and despite having sky high expectations for this game it pretty much broke them in every way and is a coin flip with Bloodborne for my game of the century. I didn't think much of the story nor the main path of Breath of the Wild and mostly enjoyed it for the exploration, but the story is pretty solid in Tears and it has some very memorable boss battles in addition to being way better than BOTW on exploration too. Hands down the best thing Nintendo has ever done. I'm still in awe they got the physics system of this game to run on a fucking Nvidia Shield streaming box but cut to half the speed of the Shield.

[Mark Celibate]

tbh I want to finish this game at some point but there's so much to do that it got overwhelming so I put it down for awhile. Like literally felt like I couldn't walk 10 feet without stumbling into a sidequest or Zonai engineering mini game that would be even more time consuming to score points on. Figured it would take me 1 million hours or so to finish the game at the rate I'm going whereas BOTW took me only 3 months or so to beat the game and complete all the shrines without feeling like I was wasting my life gaming. Debating whether or not to pick up the game again soon and just finish the story and then just finish the rest of the optional stuff at a leisurely pace

[baseline bum]

tbh I want to finish this game at some point but there's so much to do that it got overwhelming so I put it down for awhile. Like literally felt like I couldn't walk 10 feet without stumbling into a sidequest or Zonai engineering mini game that would be even more time consuming to score points on. Figured it would take me 1 million hours or so to finish the game at the rate I'm going whereas BOTW took me only 3 months or so to beat the game and complete all the shrines without feeling like I was wasting my life gaming. Debating whether or not to pick up the game again soon and just finish the story and then just finish the rest of the optional stuff at a leisurely pace

Unlike BOTW, I think this one really is worth beating the main story even if you skip exploring every island or unlocking all of the depths. Whereas BOTW was strictly about the exploration to me.

[Mark Celibate]

Unlike BOTW, I think this one really is worth beating the main story even if you skip exploring every island or unlocking all of the depths. Whereas BOTW was strictly about the exploration to me.

One thing I like about this game is that despite the 1 billion things there are that you can do, you can actually get around pretty quickly if you want to without having to warp by using the Sky Islands. I went from some island above the Tabantha Snowfield all the way to Zora's Domain in like one minute, just by gliding between islands using the Zonai wing and Tulin's breeze. By hovering over large stretches of land, you can skip a lot of the tedious trek through empty open world fields and just get to key areas on the map if you're in a hurry which really wasn't the case in BOTW. Thought that was a genius move by Nintendo since it's the same overworld and a lot of returning players aren't going to be interested in several minutes of walking through the same barren landscape littered with generic foxes and bokoblins to get from point A to point B.

The Depths can still be a slog at times

[baseline bum]

One thing I like about this game is that despite the 1 billion things there are that you can do, you can actually get around pretty quickly if you want to without having to warp by using the Sky Islands. I went from some island above the Tabantha Snowfield all the way to Zora's Domain in like one minute, just by gliding between islands using the Zonai wing and Tulin's breeze. By hovering over large stretches of land, you can skip a lot of the tedious trek through empty open world fields and just get to key areas on the map if you're in a hurry which really wasn't the case in BOTW. Thought that was a genius move by Nintendo since it's the same overworld and a lot of returning players aren't going to be interested in several minutes of walking through the same barren landscape littered with generic foxes and bokoblins to get from point A to point B.

The Depths can still be a slog at times

Have you upgraded your Zonai battery? Because the depths become a lot easier to explore using the hoverbike


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FX8TTSiID0

Just throw one of the giant brightbloom seeds on the front and you have a much better light on your bike than the Zonai light you can get, plus it doesn't consume any battery power. Best part of the depths IMO is it's easier to find lightroots in the depths than shrines at ground level, and every lightroot in the depths is directly under a shrine at ground level, and vice versa. It doesn't help you find shrines in the sky but the lightroots are how I found every shrine in the game. The sky shrines are pretty easy to find once you have upgraded the battery at least halfway and have the Zonai armor that doubles your battery power if you have all three pieces on and they're upgraded to the second level.

[Mark Celibate]

Have you upgraded your Zonai battery? Because the depths become a lot easier to explore using the hoverbike


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FX8TTSiID0

Just throw one of the giant brightbloom seeds on the front and you have a much better light on your bike than the Zonai light you can get, plus it doesn't consume any battery power. Best part of the depths IMO is it's easier to find lightroots in the depths than shrines at ground level, and every lightroot in the depths is directly under a shrine at ground level, and vice versa. It doesn't help you find shrines in the sky but the lightroots are how I found every shrine in the game. The sky shrines are pretty easy to find once you have upgraded the battery at least halfway and have the Zonai armor that doubles your battery power if you have all three pieces on and they're upgraded to the second level.

nope tbh tried making it once and couldn't get it to take off right so was just like "ah w/e I'll just explore the Depths on foot since it's new territory anyway" but this sh!t is starting to get tedious so I'll try it again IMO. :lol I fell down one of the holes in near Death Mountain and crawled up some hill in the dark, fought off gloom hands and barely made it to a lightroot after having to zigzag through an entire section of Gloom...only to zoom out and see that it only lit up like 0.1% of the map roflrofl. pretty much have no choice but to find a faster way at this point. On an unrelated note, it's cool to actually pick this game up as it's getting off the ground and knowing that players are figuring out knew ways to build stuff by the hour even though I'm staying off the forums for the most part to keep the spoilers down to a minimum. For BOTW, I played late in 2021 when all the tricks were already fleshed out by that point

[baseline bum]

nope tbh tried making it once and couldn't get it to take off right so was just like "ah w/e I'll just explore the Depths on foot since it's new territory anyway" but this sh!t is starting to get tedious so I'll try it again IMO. :lol I fell down one of the holes in near Death Mountain and crawled up some hill in the dark, fought off gloom hands and barely made it to a lightroot after having to zigzag through an entire section of Gloom...only to zoom out and see that it only lit up like 0.1% of the map roflrofl. pretty much have no choice but to find a faster way at this point. On an unrelated note, it's cool to actually pick this game up as it's getting off the ground and knowing that players are figuring out knew ways to build stuff by the hour even though I'm staying off the forums for the most part to keep the spoilers down to a minimum. For BOTW, I played late in 2021 when all the tricks were already fleshed out by that point

Have you gotten autobuild yet? The hoverbike is a pain before then since you have to keep remaking it until you get it right every time you want a new one, but once you have autobuild you can make it once and then save it to your favorites and use that every time to get a good hoverbike.

[SpursforSix]

I finally got TOTK and started it. Man, it's fantastic.

[Mark Celibate]

Have you gotten autobuild yet? The hoverbike is a pain before then since you have to keep remaking it until you get it right every time you want a new one, but once you have autobuild you can make it once and then save it to your favorites and use that every time to get a good hoverbike.

Yeah I just got it rofl the funniest part is I still don't know what half of these Zonai devices do :lol still in that trial and error phase. Finally figured out how to make into Korok Forest and free the Deku tree. Beat the gloom hands for the first time and Phantom Ganon...man that thing kicked my ass , though. The timing on parrying is incredibly awkward with that guy

[baseline bum]

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[baseline bum]

jeebus man, you see the Direct today? The new Zelda game looks good, but this time you get to play as The Princess and you have to rescue Zelda after he got caught in some portal or some shit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RTrH2erPE

[jeebus]

I did. I was actually jazzed more about playing Perfect Dark again lol. And yes, saw the new Zelda game. Will buy it day one, of course. She was bound to get her own game so now is as good a time as ever

[baseline bum]

jeebus man, how about that reveal of the reveal for the Switch 2 today? Ugh if it only launches with a new Mario Kart though. Given TOTK is a year and a half old and Wonder came out last year no 3D Zelda nor 2D Mario likely at launch, so it looks like it'll be 3D Mario or bust for whether I should consider getting this at launch.

[jeebus]

jeebus (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=22786) man, how about that reveal of the reveal for the Switch 2 today? Ugh if it only launches with a new Mario Kart though. Given TOTK is a year and a half old and Wonder came out last year no 3D Zelda nor 2D Mario likely at launch, so it looks like it'll be 3D Mario or bust for whether I should consider getting this at launch.

I'll be getting it but it won't be a day one purchase. I've gotten to where I don't play any video games....except Zelda lol. I get bored/a headache with any other console games for whatever reason. In any case, I expect Mario Kart and Metroid Prime 4 to be the big launch games. Trailers probably for the next 3D Mario and a teaser for Zelda; I doubt they'll release 2 big Mario games at launch but you never know, they might come out with guns blazing. I don't expect the next 3D Zelda game to come out until late next year/early 2027.

[baseline bum]

I'll be getting it but it won't be a day one purchase. I've gotten to where I don't play any video games....except Zelda lol. I get bored/a headache with any other console games for whatever reason. In any case, I expect Mario Kart and Metroid Prime 4 to be the big launch games. Trailers probably for the next 3D Mario and a teaser for Zelda; I doubt they'll release 2 big Mario games at launch but you never know, they might come out with guns blazing. I don't expect the next 3D Zelda game to come out until late next year/early 2027.

Launch lineup is rumored to be Mario Kart 9, Metroid Prime 4, Breath of the Wild 60 fps Remaster, Tekken 8, and Elden Ring. So I have no real interest in this system until the next 3D Mario.

[jeebus]

Launch lineup is rumored to be Mario Kart 9, Metroid Prime 4, Breath of the Wild 60 fps Remaster, Tekken 8, and Elden Ring. So I have no real interest in this system until the next 3D Mario.

Ditto. I mean, I'd like to ditch my Switch, which is a day one version, but it can wait another year or two. Unless something else comes out that looks insane. Doubtful.

[jeebus]

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-game-rumors

[baseline bum]

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-game-rumors

Ouch $90 for Mario Kart World physical, $80 digital

[koriwhat]

PS3 says, 'Hold my beer!"

What a let down! Not that I care to have a Nintendo system due to them constantly catering to toddlers.

[jeebus]

Ouch $90 for Mario Kart World physical, $80 digital

Yeah they're getting greedy as fuck. Especially charging for a demo game. I'll pick a Switch 2 up eventually but I'm not in any rush.

[baseline bum]

Yeah they're getting greedy as fuck. Especially charging for a demo game. I'll pick a Switch 2 up eventually but I'm not in any rush.

Turned out the bump in price for physical looks to be Europe only. Ugh if my Japanese was better I'd be tempted to get the $330 Japan only version, but Dragon Quest is about my skill limit for playing in Japanese. Mario, Zelda, and all are really easy in Japanese but the language in say Persona or Like a Dragon games is way beyond the level I can read/listen to and enjoyably play and I'd want to play that kind of shit too.

[koriwhat]

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-game-rumors

Nevermind what I said earlier. That's a pretty good list of games

[jeebus]

Turned out the bump in price for physical looks to be Europe only. Ugh if my Japanese was better I'd be tempted to get the $330 Japan only version, but Dragon Quest is about my skill limit for playing in Japanese. Mario, Zelda, and all are really easy in Japanese but the language in say Persona or Like a Dragon games is way beyond the level I can read/listen to and enjoyably play and I'd want to play that kind of shit too.

I don't really mind the $450 price. The people wanting it to be $299 are stuck in 2015 and are delusional. What I don't like is Nintendo's absolute refusal to lower the price on any games. Fucking BOTW, a Switch 1 launch title, is still 60 bucks. Gimme a break lol.

The Japanese only version makes no sense. Japan buys the second most Nintendos after the US so they're willing to lose over $100 per unit cuz the yen sucks? I get Japan is xenophobic as fuck but c'mon.

[Mark Celibate]

sheeeeiit muhufuggah, I was gonna hold off too but they got Metroid Prime 4 coming out n sheeeiit

tbh they need a "Streets of Dallas TX" bonus level where the enemies are nothing but a horde of homeless, toothless, mixed race mulatto looking things with 10 different ethnicities imho

[baseline bum]

I don't really mind the $450 price. The people wanting it to be $299 are stuck in 2015 and are delusional. What I don't like is Nintendo's absolute refusal to lower the price on any games. Fucking BOTW, a Switch 1 launch title, is still 60 bucks. Gimme a break lol.

The Japanese only version makes no sense. Japan buys the second most Nintendos after the US so they're willing to lose over $100 per unit cuz the yen sucks? I get Japan is xenophobic as fuck but c'mon.

$450 sucks for this if the rumors are right and it has hardware on par with the $350 Steam Deck that is an 800p gaming system. This is honestly probably a system I'll buy once there is another 3D Zelda and another 3D Mario, assuming the Zelda and Mario are Tears & Odyssey quality and not Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D World quality. And then sell it after beating those games. If it's the latter I'm probably not interested in the system.

[baseline bum]

Nevermind what I said earlier. That's a pretty good list of games

Most of those games are stuff a lot of people have already played on PS5 or PC though. And I gotta think if the Switch 2 was going to have another 3D Mario or GTA VI this year it would have been shown in their big Switch 2 Direct. It looks more like Nintendo is scared to compete with GTA VI this year and holding back on another 3D Mario until after.

[koriwhat]

Most of those games are stuff a lot of people have already played on PS5 or PC though. And I gotta think if the Switch 2 was going to have another 3D Mario or GTA VI this year it would have been shown in their big Switch 2 Direct. It looks more like Nintendo is scared to compete with GTA VI this year and holding back on another 3D Mario until after.

Bummer considering its msrp price and the cost of games for the S2.

[jeebus]

$450 sucks for this if the rumors are right and it has hardware on par with the $350 Steam Deck that is an 800p gaming system. This is honestly probably a system I'll buy once there is another 3D Zelda and another 3D Mario, assuming the Zelda and Mario are Tears & Odyssey quality and not Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D World quality. And then sell it after beating those games. If it's the latter I'm probably not interested in the system.

I mean, I'll definitely get it one day, purely for the fact that it can play games without lagging during graphics heavy parts. I'll keep it purely for that fact and to play older nintendo games on it. And since it can finally do 4k on it, I highly highly doubt the next Mario/Zelda games won't be older style quality. It won't compete with Sony/Microsoft in terms of quality but Nintendo went away from that race decades ago.

[koriwhat]

I mean, I'll definitely get it one day, purely for the fact that it can play games without lagging during graphics heavy parts. I'll keep it purely for that fact and to play older nintendo games on it. And since it can finally do 4k on it, I highly highly doubt the next Mario/Zelda games won't be older style quality. It won't compete with Sony/Microsoft in terms of quality but Nintendo went away from that race decades ago.

This has nothing to do with the subject at hand but I always laugh when I see your AV Jebus. I continuously imagine it's Denise from Always Sunny In Philly. :lmao :tu

[jeebus]

This has nothing to do with the subject at hand but I always laugh when I see your AV Jebus. I continuously imagine it's Denise from Always Sunny In Philly. :lmao :tu

The man is a living inspiration tbqhwy

[koriwhat]

The man is a living inspiration tbqhwy

Who is he?

[baseline bum]

Who is he?

It's the legendary Chris Moltisanti from The Sopranos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muS3adntVf0

This referenced the scene in Goodfellas when the same actor played Spider who got shot in the foot by Joe Pesci. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8wJt59Q6So

[koriwhat]

It's the legendary Chris Moltisanti from The Sopranos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muS3adntVf0

This referenced the scene in Goodfellas when the same actor played Spider who got shot in the foot by Joe Pesci. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8wJt59Q6So

Thanks Bum! :tu

I've always meant to watch the Sopranos one of the days. Love Goodfellas, heat, and other gangster movies Italian or otherwise like American Me, Bound By Honor (aka Blood In, Blood out) and similar.

Appreciate the response.

[baseline bum]

Thanks Bum! :tu

I've always meant to watch the Sopranos one of the days. Love Goodfellas, heat, and other gangster movies Italian or otherwise like American Me, Bound By Honor (aka Blood In, Blood out) and similar.

Appreciate the response.

Sopranos is probably the peak Italian gangster media ever put out, though the movie from 2021 sucked (I think it's called Many Saints of Newark). It's funny it was so realistic the feds got the DeCavalcante family out of New Jersey on tape saying yeah that's us from the show and asking if the show had a plant in their family.

[Mark Celibate]

I mean, I'll definitely get it one day, purely for the fact that it can play games without lagging during graphics heavy parts. I'll keep it purely for that fact and to play older nintendo games on it. And since it can finally do 4k on it, I highly highly doubt the next Mario/Zelda games won't be older style quality. It won't compete with Sony/Microsoft in terms of quality but Nintendo went away from that race decades ago.

sons I got into modding those old SMW SNES games back in like 2020 for fun. Wonder how easy / hard it would be to do the same on the BOTW / TOTK engine.

Thinking about modding a final shrine bonus level with the final boss being a 4-headed totem pole stacked with fire breathing Jason Garrett bobble heads regurgitating quotes about "The Process" and "Finish the Fight". Maybe have it walk around on legs like those BOTW Test of Strength bosses. Each bobblehead takes eight hits from the bow to topple to go with the 8-8 meme tbh imho

[jeebus]

sons I got into modding those old SMW SNES games back in like 2020 for fun. Wonder how easy / hard it would be to do the same on the BOTW / TOTK engine.

Thinking about modding a final shrine bonus level with the final boss being a 4-headed totem pole stacked with fire breathing Jason Garrett bobble heads regurgitating quotes about "The Process" and "Finish the Fight". Maybe have it walk around on legs like those BOTW Test of Strength bosses. Each bobblehead takes eight hits from the bow to topple to go with the 8-8 meme tbh imho

Just as long as it starts clapping it's claws after you beat the shit out of it. And if, for some reason, it starts beating you, it can call a time out and ice itself for 5 seconds, allowing you to bash it's skull in.

[JasonGarrett]

rofl TotemPole Bot calling Stasis on himself right before he's about to attack the player

also if you fagg0ts are gonna mod me as a final boss....it's important...and necessary...to make it a three phase boss fight....

So that I can tell the player after that he played well....that he played well....in all three phases....

[sickdsm]

$450 sucks for this if the rumors are right and it has hardware on par with the $350 Steam Deck that is an 800p gaming system. This is honestly probably a system I'll buy once there is another 3D Zelda and another 3D Mario, assuming the Zelda and Mario are Tears & Odyssey quality and not Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D World quality. And then sell it after beating those games. If it's the latter I'm probably not interested in the system.

I thought when I bought my steam deck it was going to be used for emulating Nintendo games, switch etc.... Just so nice using Steam collection that I forgot I had a bunch of fairly recent Nintendo roms on there.