Nintendo Switch #5

[Shareefruck]

I thought that was just an auto play function? When I pushed it it didn’t speed up at all. (it's not turbo speed or anything, but it should be snappier)

By cookie cutter I mean every unit is a Warrior, Cleric, Archer, Wizard, or Valkyrie with a different name attached. Again very early in the game and I’ve never played it before but I was hoping for more of a fire emblem type where there’s more classes.

Oh, I see-- I wouldn't recommend aligning expectations to Fire Emblem-- they may seem similar, but they're not at all, in terms of appeal, IMO. Tactics Ogre is a lot more about methodical/obsessive over-preparation, character customization/development, and experimentation with permutations of class and ability combos in a limited number of units. Fire Emblem seems more task and army/resource-management driven, where there are a lot of things, but each thing is somewhat limited in what they can do.

Personally though, while I find the gameplay addicting and think it has a good amount of depth, I primarily love Tactics Ogre for the delivery, tastefulness, and writing (except for maybe the Vyce character, who has some odd inconsistency problems). For my money, the writer, artist, and composer are each individually in contention for being the best in their respective fields in videogames (my favorite creative trio in the medium). The attention to detail and care in the charming sprites, backgrounds, icons, and UI really wins me over, and story-wise, there's a ton of richness and beauty in the way that a focused theme is explored through different paths/NPC perspectives, and text blurbs in the Warren Report.

It's very niche and not for everyone (even if you get what it's trying to do), but incredibly rewarding and awe-inspiring for those that it caters to, IMO.

 

[Jovavic]

I know we got some old school JRPG fans here so I figured I'd ask this thread: I'm looking to get either DQ IV, V, or VI on my phone to kill time at work instead of getting another version of FF4, which one should I get?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

This is a very good selection of courses.

Unfortunately, I'm sending my Switch in for repairs today as it keeps overheating. Should be back in a few weeks...

 

[Unholy Diver]

This is a very good selection of courses.

Unfortunately, I'm sending my Switch in for repairs today as it keeps overheating. Should be back in a few weeks...

Is it overheating in handheld mode or when docked?

 

[dr robbie]

Any suggestions for Switch games for the upcoming holidays? I have an 8 yo with a Switch, but not sure what games to get for her. The games she currently likes the most are Mario Kart 8 (Switch), Super Mario Bros (NES), and Super Mario World (SNES). She put Pokemon Violet and the Cowabunga Collection on her list, but trying to see if there are any other good suggestions out there. I'm a bit out of the loop with the newer gen stuff. Thanks!

 

[Jovavic]

Any suggestions for Switch games for the upcoming holidays? I have an 8 yo with a Switch, but not sure what games to get for her. The games she currently likes the most are Mario Kart 8 (Switch), Super Mario Bros (NES), and Super Mario World (SNES). She put Pokemon Violet and the Cowabunga Collection on her list, but trying to see if there are any other good suggestions out there. I'm a bit out of the loop with the newer gen stuff. Thanks!

If she likes the 2d Mario games the New Mario Bro series is good, I know they ported the Wii U game over a few years back, don't know about the other ones.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Any suggestions for Switch games for the upcoming holidays? I have an 8 yo with a Switch, but not sure what games to get for her. The games she currently likes the most are Mario Kart 8 (Switch), Super Mario Bros (NES), and Super Mario World (SNES). She put Pokemon Violet and the Cowabunga Collection on her list, but trying to see if there are any other good suggestions out there. I'm a bit out of the loop with the newer gen stuff. Thanks!

The recent Kirby game was very good

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Is it overheating in handheld mode or when docked?

Docked. I'm having it sent in for repairs. It also gets very warm even in handheld mode. I suspect the fan is damaged or broken as I don't hear it moving when playing.

 

[93LEAFS]

If she likes the 2d Mario games the New Mario Bro series is good, I know they ported the Wii U game over a few years back, don't know about the other ones.

Yeah, this is a good one if she likes the other 2d Marios. If she doesn't already have Super Mario Odyssey which is a 3d platformer that is a must have.

 

[Jovavic]

Yeah, this is a good one if she likes the other 2d Marios. If she doesn't already have Super Mario Odyssey which is a 3d platformer that is a must have.

3d World could a good gateway into the more open 3D of Odyssey, it's more on a path like the 2d ones

 

[93LEAFS]

3d World could a good gateway into the more open 3D of Odyssey, it's more on a path like the 2d ones

Love 3d World (although, I will say my favorite part was Bowser's Fury which is extremely open). Either way, both are great, if I had to pick one it would be Odyssey, but that's probably my favorite Switch title.

 

[aleshemsky83]

This is a very good selection of courses.

Unfortunately, I'm sending my Switch in for repairs today as it keeps overheating. Should be back in a few weeks...

This looks pretty good at least 2 of these are mario kart 7 tracks i think.

 

[tacogeoff]

pretty nice sale on the nintendo store. Ended up buying AC the rebel collection, NBA2k23, Empire of Sin and The witcher 3 complete edition for just over 100 cad. should keep me busy throughout winter lol.

 

[Dolemite]

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I got my Switch back from repairs. I think Nintendo just straight up gave me a new console with all my data loaded onto it. No complaints here.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

New Mario Kart tracks are out. There's a feature included too that allows you to customize what items you can use is VS mode. That's pretty wild.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

New Mario Kart tracks are out. There's a feature included too that allows you to customize what items you can use is VS mode. That's pretty wild.

The girlfriend and I played all 8 in a row last night. I beat her by one point. She was not happy. 105 to 104.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The girlfriend and I played all 8 in a row last night. I beat her by one point. She was not happy. 105 to 104.

Gonna guess it was a quiet night otherwise. The new tracks are fun.

 

[Soedy]

New Mario Kart tracks are out. There's a feature included too that allows you to customize what items you can use is VS mode. That's pretty wild.

I think it's time for me to buy the booster pass.

 

[Habsfan18]

Anyone pick up Dragon Quest Treasures yet?

 

[cjerina]

New Mario Kart tracks are out. There's a feature included too that allows you to customize what items you can use is VS mode. That's pretty wild.

The family decided to try Versus mode with only golden mushrooms and bullets, it was as frantic as you'd expect.

 

[Gecklund]

Fire Emblem Engage comes out in a couple weeks and man I love that series. It seems like they are going back to the traditional character recruitment (not everyone at once) which I missed in Three Houses. Trailers look promising and the gimmick of the rings looks much better than I originally thought it would.

 

[S E P H]

Nintendo is such an effing scrub company. My bro got the OLED and wanted to transfer certain files from his old Switch to the new one and how it was worded, they wanted you to delete the game to play on the new one. Well, following their instructions, he deleted some of the games not realising it wasn't transferring over. So I lost my BotW save, lost my Pikmin save, lost my Super Mario save, lost my Mario 3D, and lost my Odyssey save. This pretty much kills my desire to play any Switch game ever in the future.

What a dark-age company. PS and Xbox automatically back up save files even when you delete games due to space issues on their cloud system.

 

[HanSolo]

Been watching and reading about Fire Emblem Engage which releases soon. Been a huge Fire Emblem fan since the GBA days so I'm getting excited.

So far everything I'm reading about the game seems positive. It seems this will be a much more challenging game even with the ability to summon past heroes for strong on field effects. Sounds like the "academy" stuff is way streamlined, and while this isn't going to go down as the most graphically stunning game of all time, it does look like a visually better game than Three Houses, even if the environment textures still look rough in places.

The only early gripe I have is that the character design leaks were real. I don't know who green lit the art style for the character designs but it wasn't a good call. Three Houses had such unique, expressive, and memorable looking characters...probably the best in the whole series. The new characters have such samey faces that it's hard to imagine myself particularly caring about any of them from a design perspective. That can change a bit with characterization, but I feel a little let down here. I don't think character designs have been this uninspired since the Genealogy of the Holy War/16-bit era.

 

[93LEAFS]

Nintendo is such an effing scrub company. My bro got the OLED and wanted to transfer certain files from his old Switch to the new one and how it was worded, they wanted you to delete the game to play on the new one. Well, following their instructions, he deleted some of the games not realising it wasn't transferring over. So I lost my BotW save, lost my Pikmin save, lost my Super Mario save, lost my Mario 3D, and lost my Odyssey save. This pretty much kills my desire to play any Switch game ever in the future.

What a dark-age company. PS and Xbox automatically back up save files even when you delete games due to space issues on their cloud system.

I think Sony you can only do that if you have PS Plus, which is annoying but also makes it easier (although their transfer PS4 to PS5 save files could also have been done much better). I believe it's a free service though from MS and Steam.