Nintendo Switch: 7 Year Switch

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Nintendo Switch: 7 Year Switch

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

I thought I would wake up to a new Switch thread title, not a completely new Switch thread, so congratulations, you guys played me. :golfclap:

b_d posted:

🙏

on a less negative note i'm looking to buy an adapter for my ps4 fightstick for switch. i used to have a brook one that worked but felt janky but i lost it very quickly.

there's these two from brook, pretty much what i had before. i think the only difference is one also supports xbox controllers which i don't need.
https://www.brookaccessory.com/detail/10323791/
https://www.brookaccessory.com/detail/81849027/

theres also this thing from mayflash which looks like it would work as well. anyone have any thoughts. or prayers.
https://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-MAGIC-NS-Wireless-Controller-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B074JZPS39

Can't say anything about fight sticks, but I used the Mayflash adapter for quite a while on my Switch and it works great. I mostly used it with a Wii U Pro Controller but I did test DS4s with it.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2021 22:41

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 16, 2024 16:56

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Walla posted:

I recently bought Sentinels of Freedom and I'm not sure if I like it.

I thought I was getting a cute superhero strategy game with some kind of story because that's what you get for the first hour. And then you create your own hero and end up in some mission hub and I just completely lost interest.

See, now I'm interested.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 01:06

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Zeeman posted:

I know someone was complaining about this last thread, so here you go:

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1456072910062297089

Color me pleasantly surprised by this. I didn't think they'd update a discontinued product with a feature that could potentially harm interest in their online expansion pass, but they did. You have my respect, Nintendo.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 03:06

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Or when you're playing Take On Me on the Deku pipes in Majora's Mask.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 05:41

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Ogre Battle was published by Enix, which means it's under Square-Enix's purview now. You're not gonna see it on SNESflix or 64flix - Squenix doesn't seem interested in the service at all - but they may get around to releasing an Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre collection on Switch at some point before the heat death of the universe. I'd have put money on those getting a remaster/remake before ActRaiser, but I guess not.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 11:55

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Detective No. 27 posted:

The only Square Enix game I can picture ever showing up on SNES is Super Mario RPG and even then they could be secretly working on a remake with Nintendo.

Assuming there is a remake/Pixel Remaster-ish situation going on, I'd buy it. Especially to convince Nintendo that further SMRPGs are a viable prospect. I dunno how likely or even possible that is though. I remember a job listing from Squenix a little while ago that some people were theorizing might be for a SMRPG remaster/remake, but I don't think anything has come of it yet, and if the nvidia leaks are true it could also easily have been for the Chrono Cross remaster.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 14:30

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Agreed; I hate it. I actually prefer to play with my SNES30 Pro + with the Switch in tablet mode (using a tablet holder not that awful kickstand).

I have a travel case that has a stand built into it that I use, the main problem is that you can't charge the console while it's in there. I've been thinking about picking up one of those passthrough charging stands, but I don't really use my Switch in handheld/tabletop mode enough to justify it any more.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2021 12:26

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

100YrsofAttitude posted:

Ok. Time to move on finally. It took me 5 failed attempts, which I don't think is bad, but there were the cutscenes, and I can't believe you can't skip or fast-forward through them, it's remarkable.

Apparently FFX's coding is a mess. The reason some VA lines sound so awkward is apparently because the game expects all the voice lines to be the exact same length as the Japanese file, otherwise the game hard crashes. So in order to make the English VA work, they not only had to very carefully choose their translations and coach the VAs to get them to say lines at just the right speed, they had to speed up or slow down some lines in editing to make them exactly match. Likewise, apparently there's something in the horrible eldritch spaghetti code preventing Squenix from implementing a cutscene skip. The game probably explodes or something.

Achmed Jones posted:

does SMT have the mechanic where if you knock all the bad guys down, your team gangs up on them? or is that persona (or maybe just p4) only?

All-Out Attacks are Persona, specifically from 3 on. SMT has the Press Turn system, where hitting an elemental weakness essentially gives you an extra turn, and you can get an extra turn per party member you have. Except Strange Journey, which has Co-Op Attacks, which IIRC work kind of like All-Out Attacks, except you need party members of the same alignment.

poo poo POST MALONE posted:

We also got our NES Christmas of 88. Was that the year most kids got one? Wikipedia says it debuted in 85 in NA?

Took my family a bit longer to get one. I don't remember exactly when we got ours, but I'm pretty sure we had it for the release of SMB3. I remember being excited for the Happy Meal toys at McDonald's.

poo poo POST MALONE posted:

Why do 8bitdo controllers sometimes just... not pair with the switch?

Sometimes it's just that they need more charge but other times rebooting the switch fixes it?

I'm using the SF30 Pro if it matters.

Haven't had a problem with my Pro 2. I have been having a strange problem recently where Steam isn't recognizing any of my 8BitDo controllers (Pro 2, M30, and the USB adapter) in XInput mode, but they work fine in every other mode so I haven't really been motivated to look up the problem.

Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Nov 5, 2021

# ¿ Nov 5, 2021 23:48

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

You could get the PSP version, which came out in English, and play that on Vita if you're that interested in the game, or maybe wait for the Steam Deck if you've got a reservation on that. But afaik there haven't been any announcements regarding Switch ports. I think the most recent Trails related announcement was the one where they're using the Geofront translation as the official one for the Crossbell arc? Which is coming to Switch, IIRC.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2021 08:17

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Tactics is included in that group, so I can accept that.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2021 14:46

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

b_d posted:

does it really count if he starts at level 1 late game and you have to spend hours leveling him up to discover that he doesn't actually become effectual at any level.

OP said that the best FF games had Cloud in them, not that Cloud is actually good or useful in them. :colbert:

Stux posted:

its up there with super metroid acuturally

Considering I wouldn't consider Super Metroid a Top 5 SNES game either, that tracks.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2021 23:05

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

FFXIV Porn posted:

i don't like super metroid because its floaty physics are really hard to gel with. just not fun for me to play. there are way more good snes games that i would put on a top 10 list

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 08:48

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

My main problem is that I'm coming into the Metroidvania genre from games like Symphony of the Night and Aria of Sorrow, and Super Metroid just feels so stiff compared to those two. It's not a game I played in my childhood, so I don't have any nostalgia for it coloring my perceptions or muscle memory for its particular challenges.

It's still a good game, don't get me wrong, but if I was compiling a top 5 list of SNES games, Super Metroid would not be on it.

Mister Facetious posted:

The SNES really needs a top 10 to fit more of the good poo poo that I want.

In short, this is absolutely correct. Maybe more of a Top 15 or 20.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 10:44

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

100YrsofAttitude posted:

That's strange. When I went into Super Metroid, the controls hardly phased me. I got used to its world and then just had a blast. It's a very well designed Metroidvania and it encourages you to explore and test things. Plus the physics work in its favor but you do have to accept them.

Like I said, the game is still good, I was able to finish the game when I played it for (basically) the first time last month. It's just a little nitpick I have about the controls.

Also, it's weird that when you press Start, the game does not pause immediately. Enemies are still moving up until the point that the map screen appears. You can still get hit and even die in that time, and you can't do anything about it because you have no control after you pause.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 11:21

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

That would get in the way of posting one-line dismissals of everyone who doesn't agree with you 100% immediately.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 11:42

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

grieving for Gandalf posted:

I haven't bought a Pokemon game since I was young enough to have them bought for me, either, so it's not like I have a dog in the fight

# ¿ Nov 10, 2021 07:09

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Takoluka posted:

I thought Gamefreak wasn't even involved in the Gen 4 remakes, since it was outsourced to the Domino's Pizza feat. Hatsune Miku devs.

The what?!

# ¿ Nov 10, 2021 14:54

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Plant MONSTER. posted:

i just remembered that open world kirby game.

personally, and this is just my opinion, but I like Kirby

I'm more interested in post-apocalyptic Kirby than GTA, songs missing or not.

Barreft posted:

US, thoughts?

Can't post what isn't there.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 02:28

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Boba Pearl posted:

Didn't fire emblem do the 2 game thing, but they actually made two separate games, with separate units, and separate story lines?

Fates on 3DS did do a "one game, two cartridges" thing - Birthright was one cart, Conquest the other, with Revelations(?) as a DLC "third option", IIRC - but I can't tell you how different they are aside from the plot being I think two different sides of the same war. Also I think you could buy the other story routes as DLC and I think it was actually cheaper than paying for a second cart.

Three Houses, the next FE game in the series, was all on one Switch cart, but still keeps the multiple story paths.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 09:23

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

I picked up a Split Pad Pro today at Walmart, let's see if it's as good as everyone raves about. It looks comically oversized on my Switch, none of the pictures I'd seen prepared me for how thick this controller is in comparison to the Switch unit.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2021 03:57

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

I honestly could not care less about rumble; I'm more likely to miss the gyro. But the Split Pad Pro supposedly has a much better D-Pad and games generally don't need both a good D-Pad and gyro at the same time, so it should be fine.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2021 04:15

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Barreft posted:

Plus you can always switch for different games lol

It's not like youre soldering in the split pad

Split Pad/Satisfye/Pro Controller elite gamer here

That's basically what I was saying; most games that use gyro are 3D games with first-person aiming modes and you generally don't need the D-Pad, and most games that need the D-Pad are 2D and either retro or retro-styled and don't use gyro for anything important, so switching ( :rimshot:

) out seems quite doable.

John Wick of Dogs posted:

In handheld games are supposed to use the gyro in the actual switch unit anyway

From what I've heard, "supposed to" and "actually does" are two different things.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2021 04:28

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Stux posted:

i think its "actually does' because the lite doesnt have joycons and every motion game thaht isnt specifically 2 games that require docked w joycons work

Just tested Breath of the Wild with the SPP and gyro doesn't work, so maybe the Lite does things differently or still has the Joycon gyros or something. :shrug:

# ¿ Nov 12, 2021 05:15

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Twelve by Pies posted:

FF8 can't have the worst story in the history of video games because Ephemeral Fantasia exists.

That game's plot is impressively nonsensical.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2021 00:22

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Oxyclean posted:

https://twitter.com/PeaWea6/status/1459029465598672896?s=20

honestly the GTA release seems like a gift if it's going to keep giving me great glitches to see.

That's magical. :allears:

# ¿ Nov 13, 2021 23:57

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

KingSlime posted:

And you gotta pay extra to access this ball bustin bullshit??

Different strokes I guess, I'm probably just weak but getting through any base SMT game is hard enough for me

Seriously. This just probably convinced me that none of the DLC in this game is worth it. I was at least interested in the Fiends DLC, but the fact that it's that hard coupled with the fact that you don't even get the Demi-Fiend at the end of it bums me out.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2021 06:30

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Close. The Press Turn system gives your party extra turns when you hit a weakness. Your party loses turns if you miss or hit a Null/Drain/Repel. Naturally this also works for the enemy the same way.

Persona 3's combat system caused combatants to gain the Down status effect if hit in their weakness in addition to the attacker gaining an extra turn and the possibility of getting an All-Out Attack if you knocked all the enemies down, but you could lose your next turn if you missed with a basic attack. This was dialed back in 4 and 5, and the Down status no longer causes you to lose a turn (though in 4 you could inflict Dizzy if you hit an enemy's weakness after they were Down, which caused them to lose a turn, but you didn't get the One More from it).

# ¿ Nov 14, 2021 15:50

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

b_d posted:

i previously had an sf30 pro, the one that was just a super famicom controller plus thumbsticks, so i haven't tried their grips. i hope it's not too bad.

I have a Pro 2 and I dunno what Oxyclean is talking about, it feels great. Best controller I own, easily, and I wish I could use it on my PS4, but the DS4 is fine so it doesn't really matter. I find the layout of the wired third-party Pro Controller I have (which looks to be the same as the official Pro Controller) much less comfortable, though I suppose it's because I've never owned an Xbox or an official Microsoft gamepad, which is the general layout the Switch Pro seems to be going for.

Stickman posted:

I love the Split Pad Pro, but it's disappointing that there's no attachment to use them wirelessly in console mode. Fortunately, that will soon be fixed!

Interesting, looks like a wired adapter with a passthrough for headphones and maybe PC support? I can't read much of what's going on there, but at the bottom of the page there's a PC section that mentions XInput and DInput.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 03:45

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

I think the wire shown is a headphone cord (based on the url posted earlier).

I see the cord coming out of the top in literally every picture on the site, I think that's a USB cable for the grip. It also looks like it has a headphone jack on the bottom that you can plug wired headphones into in order to get passthrough audio.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 04:01

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

IIRC at least in some SMT games (I haven't played 5, so I can't say either way) incenses are full HP/MP heals in addition to the stat point, so it was suggested in those games to save them until you needed the heal.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 10:33

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Dehry posted:

If you're picking up Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl in the coming day, make sure to download the patch before playing. It shouldn't be an issue for digital players, but the retail copies shipped with placeholder music and just enough features to beat the main story.

https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1461171938823393280

Ok I'm not normally one of those "back in my day, games used to be actually complete" kind of :corsair:

, but drat, devs, finish your games before you ship them.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2021 09:24

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Yeah, but there's a difference between a day one patch that fixes a few bugs or adds a thing they couldn't finish before deadline and a game that's blatantly unfinished and needs the day one patch to function.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2021 15:58

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Silver Falcon posted:

I'm diving into Shining Pearl. I also picked up Persona 4 on a whim this week, which I might put some time into. I have it on Steam. It's not on Switch, which is a bummer, but that's why I haven't picked up SMTV yet. Well that and I never finished IV... figured I should maybe finish the games I have first.

Heathen!

# ¿ Nov 20, 2021 06:24

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:

One weird thing I noticed in Pokémon: most of the battle arenas have reflective floors, but occasionally there will randomly be an ugly matte patch. I'm pretty sure this only happens when a character is wearing a skirt that might make said polished floor inconvenient for a family game.

Not a big deal, but it detracts from the nice looking arenas.

I like the idea that these characters have spray-painted the floors where they're standing so nobody can see up their skirts.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 10:27

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Mega64 posted:

What a waste of page 69.

Page 69 was always wasted.

Martman posted:

Why does the Dark World look exactly like a dark mirror version of Hyrule though

Because Ganon wanted to rule the world. Why is this so hard?

Your Computer posted:

i played hundreds of hours of botw and i'm pretty sure the moral of the game is "everyone wants to gently caress link"

That's also the moral of the original Hyrule Warriors.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 12:41

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Twelve by Pies posted:

After playing Super Mario Odyssey I can only conclude that Mario was Bowser the whole time.

I somehow completely forgot that the plot of Hyrule Warriors was "Cia is really sad she cannot gently caress Link so she turns evil to try and kill Zelda and then gently caress Link. This causes her to split into two people, and the second person also wants to gently caress Link, but without the killing Zelda part."

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 15:00

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

flavor.flv posted:

Oh. I thought it was Simon Belmont

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_J38gbSnA

Nah, that's not Simon Belmont. This is Simon Belmont.

John Wick of Dogs posted:

KOTOR is hilariously simple by modern standards but still quite good. This is a good port.

I love how dumb and basic the alignment system is.

"You saved my life! I don't have much but I'd like you to have this!"

- I can't take anything of yours. In fact take 500 credits (light side)
- Thank you very much. Stay safe. (Neutral)
- This isn't nearly enough! I'll kill you myself!!!!! (Dark side)

Welcome to Bioware Morality. From what I've seen of Dragon Age and Mass Effect, I don't think they've gotten any better at it over the years.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Holy incontinent making GBS threads jesus christ is the water temple bad.

Like, I recalled from when I first played it that there was some tedious finagling here and there but WOW, my memory must have been covering up some severe (video game) trauma.

What the fuuuuuuuuuck is this bullshit?

In the granddaddy list of all temples, you have:

1. Forest Temple
2. Goldeneye temple
3. Temple level from Spelunky
...
...
...
2704. Water Temple

How hard is it to make something water based that doesn't involve changing the goddamned water level and/or requiring my goddamned iron boots every 30 loving seconds? Fighting my evil self was a joy compared to playing the most hosed up version of "Float or Sink: You're an rear end in a top hat and Everything Sucks" edition.

The 3DS remake turns the Iron Boots from a piece of equipment that you have to pause and menu to equip or unequip into an item you use one of your buttons to take on or off, and that change alone makes the Water Temple like 80% less annoying.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2021 04:44

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

I see they're sticking with the SMT4 method of getting money, relic runs.

Y'know, other than paralyzing and then mugging demons.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2021 12:10

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

Martman posted:

But Astral Chain is, in fact, on sale

Might want to specify where. Gamestop is selling digital codes for AC at $27 USD, the lowest it's ever been according to DekuDeals. If you're not in the US it might not be on sale?

# ¿ Nov 23, 2021 00:03

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 16, 2024 16:56

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

The Black Friday eshop sale is already up, and most retailers have already at least announced the content of their sales, if not launched them already.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2021 02:54

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Nintendo Switch: 7 Year Switch

«‹›16 »