Nintendo Switch owners!

FarleyUK

I'm loving Mario & Rabbids - great fun for the commute, and actually pretty amusing!

Xcom-lite (although teh strategy is deceptively deep and involved).

DanR

@bingefeller ;

I tend to prefer to download games nowadays after being used to steam so I'm quite happy for a download only to keep the cost down from the cartridge version.

bingefeller

DanR said:

@bingefeller ;

I tend to prefer to download games nowadays after being used to steam so I'm quite happy for a download only to keep the cost down from the cartridge version.

It looks like downloading is the way to go with Switch too.  I only have 3 cartridges and loads of ACA games that I've downloaded.  Good job I bought an SD card.  I could see less games getting physical releases in the future, especially from smaller companies, not necessarily indies either. 

DanR

bingefeller said:

DanR said:

@bingefeller ;

I tend to prefer to download games nowadays after being used to steam so I'm quite happy for a download only to keep the cost down from the cartridge version.

It looks like downloading is the way to go with Switch too.  I only have 3 cartridges and loads of ACA games that I've downloaded.  Good job I bought an SD card.  I could see less games getting physical releases in the future, especially from smaller companies, not necessarily indies either. 

I like having boxes but I've no interest in swapping discs or cartridges anymore.

I'd happily buy a boxed game with a download code inside just to put it on the shelf.

bingefeller

DanR said:

bingefeller said:

DanR said:

@bingefeller ;

I tend to prefer to download games nowadays after being used to steam so I'm quite happy for a download only to keep the cost down from the cartridge version.

It looks like downloading is the way to go with Switch too.  I only have 3 cartridges and loads of ACA games that I've downloaded.  Good job I bought an SD card.  I could see less games getting physical releases in the future, especially from smaller companies, not necessarily indies either. 

I like having boxes but I've no interest in swapping discs or cartridges anymore.

I'd happily buy a boxed game with a download code inside just to put it on the shelf.

Yeah it's nice to have loads of boxes of games, all arranged alphabetically....

bingefeller

!!!!!!

terada

downloaded zed blade - seems good so far. Am really enjoying retro gaming on the switch. Just seems like a great platform for it (used to love the game gear back in the early nineties!).


And now @bingefeller posts that worms is coming too. Yes please.

beed84

OMG Worms! I've seriously got to get a Switch soon. With all these teasing posts about the games your playing, I feel like the poor kid at school who has to put up with his collection of Pogs.

DanR

Just seen Radiant Silvergun is now on Xbox Backward Compatibility for £9.99 and so is Toejam & Earl.

Might have to buy a few bits soon.

bingefeller

DanR said:

Just seen Radiant Silvergun is now on Xbox Backward Compatibility for £9.99 and so is Toejam & Earl.

Might have to buy a few bits soon.

Surely the Switch would have no problem running those games.   Come on Nintendo !

Blue's Journey is out next week for download:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/blues_journey_takes_him_to_switch_next_week

littlethoughts

There are a couple of interesting demos available at the moment - Pokken and Disgaea 5. I don't think I will buy either. The humour in Disgaea misses the mark for me and the voice acting is particularly grating, although the battle system is interesting and clearly very deep. I do want to get a strategy/rpg type game but not this one. Perhaps Xenoblade will be it when it comes out! I was thinking about Setsuna but I read one too many so-so review.
As for Pokken, well I've never been a huge fan of fighters and the fact it's a pokemon game is neither a positive or a negative. But I liked the switching back and forth between field mode and duel mode. Weirdly it reminded me a lot of Zone of the Enders, if that is a game that means anything to anyone.

bingefeller

littlethoughts said:

There are a couple of interesting demos available at the moment - Pokken and Disgaea 5. I don't think I will buy either. The humour in Disgaea misses the mark for me and the voice acting is particularly grating, although the battle system is interesting and clearly very deep. I do want to get a strategy/rpg type game but not this one. Perhaps Xenoblade will be it when it comes out! I was thinking about Setsuna but I read one too many so-so review.
As for Pokken, well I've never been a huge fan of fighters and the fact it's a pokemon game is neither a positive or a negative. But I liked the switching back and forth between field mode and duel mode. Weirdly it reminded me a lot of Zone of the Enders, if that is a game that means anything to anyone.

I was looking forward to Pokken but, after playing, I didn't like it.  Like you say, the switching back and forth is a bit weird and slows down the action.  Also, when you do special moves, I don't like how you have close ups, again slowing down the action.  I'm more into shmups now.  

I pre-ordered Rayman Legends, it's out on 12th September I think.  It should be fun.

I bought Zed Blade and it's good, but pretty tricky.  I also got Gunbarich which is another good game.  

bingefeller

I can't wait for this.  

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/06/danmaku_unlimited_3_is_bringing_bullet_hell_brilliance_to_the_switch

DanR

bingefeller said:

I can't wait for this.  

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/06/danmaku_unlimited_3_is_bringing_bullet_hell_brilliance_to_the_switch

That's another to the list 

bingefeller

A few cool titles coming out for Switch:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/urban_champion_joins_the_arcade_archives_roster_on_switch

More stuff here - http://www.japanesenintendo.com/schedule

And Sine Mora EX is available for pre-order!  I got mine from Amazon for £17.99 - I got a £2 discount for some reason.  Looks like a good shmup, the reviews are a little mixed, but I like shmups so I'm gonna get it.  

crunchman

My daughters want to play Splatoon on it.  I think a request is being made to Father Christmas.  I might be asking for Mario Kart.

bingefeller

crunchman said:

My daughters want to play Splatoon on it.  I think a request is being made to Father Christmas.  I might be asking for Mario Kart.

Mario Kart is good fun and it looks absolutely amazing when you play it on a TV.  

DanR

bingefeller said:

A few cool titles coming out for Switch:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/urban_champion_joins_the_arcade_archives_roster_on_switch

More stuff here - http://www.japanesenintendo.com/schedule

And Sine Mora EX is available for pre-order!  I got mine from Amazon for £17.99 - I got a £2 discount for some reason.  Looks like a good shmup, the reviews are a little mixed, but I like shmups so I'm gonna get it.  

I enjoyed it on my Xbox.

bingefeller

DanR said:

bingefeller said:

A few cool titles coming out for Switch:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/urban_champion_joins_the_arcade_archives_roster_on_switch

More stuff here - http://www.japanesenintendo.com/schedule

And Sine Mora EX is available for pre-order!  I got mine from Amazon for £17.99 - I got a £2 discount for some reason.  Looks like a good shmup, the reviews are a little mixed, but I like shmups so I'm gonna get it.  

I enjoyed it on my Xbox.

Yeah the gameplay videos look cool, I'm looking forward to it.  

bingefeller

What would be cool is if you could give your old digitally downloaded games to your Switch friends.  I have quite a lot that I don't play anymore and it would be nice if I could sell them on for someone else to enjoy.  Say £2 or £3 for the Neo Geo titles or something like that.