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nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Does sonic mania contain any casino night zone, if yes it's a must buy

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nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
I am also one of the weirdos who never played a classic mario. I had a master system and megadrive so was totally team sonic. Only mario I played was on game boy. My first proper Nintendo console was a GameCube.

My friend had a SNES but we just played a tiny toons or taz...

Looking forward to getting a SNES mini and playing those classics for the first time

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

irlZaphod posted:

The eShop trailers etc work ok for me most of the time (I find it more reliable and less stuttery/buffery than the WiiU eShop anyway). It might be nice to have a Netflix app whenever Netflix get off their arses, but I don't think I'd be too bothered if they didn't.

I've had no issues watching any eshop videos except that fire emblem warriors one last week, I tried about ten times and it kept buffering or stopping....

Loving sonic mania, I missed the sonic jumping noise, the tails dying noise (because he just bombs around like a a maniac whilst sonic tries to get shut done) and freeing the little animals!

Sonic drowning noise and the out of air countdown music are still the worst sounds ever.

Looks and plays great in handheld mode.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

well why not posted:

dumb TVs still definitely exist, but a chromecast is almost definitely a better choice than hoping for a switch app in the next year. they're like $30, just pretend it's a special app that puts netflix on HDMI2.

Agreed, Chromecast is cool and much faster and easier than using TV or console apps. My parents have a Netflix app on their TV and it makes me rage about how slow it is...just get a Chromecast....

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Kiranamos posted:

The best "pwn" back in the day was to post a side by side comparison of a SMW level layout and a Sonic 2 level layout.

Which day was this back in? I was playing sonic in the early 90's and the only thing you could post was physical paper! The only place you could discuss issues of this scale was the literal playground.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
The splatoon case is for sale separately in the UK, I have nearly bought it on at least 4 occasions. Game.co.uk will ship to US I think

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Played fire emblem warriors at EGX today, it was sooo good! Queuing for mario Odyssey next!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Frankston posted:

Stardew Valley is only £10.99 and I like that a lot

Gonna buy it at that price! Thought it would be more, wouldn't have been shocked to see £20.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Am I missing something with stardew valley, it won't let me use tools? I'm only on day two but I want to clear my farm and it won't let me use any tools, someone gave me a fishing rod but it won't let me fish? When I toggle the shoulder button it lets me hold seeds and flowers over my head but when I select tools nothing happens, seems weird


Edit:reloaded game, it works now, phew!

nerd_of_prey fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Oct 5, 2017

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Not played Splatoon for a while do have been turf warring with different weapons to get a feel of what I've missed, played ten matches no problems, then I get a random disconnect then I'm banned from play for five minutes minutes! Is this a new feature, no warning, straight to ban?? I know it's only short but it's annoying, my internet is fine! Could understand them implementing this to prevent disconnects in ranked but why in turf war?

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Glad to hear some other people prefer using the joycon grip controller to the pro, I was given the splatoon pro controller as a gift and I just suck at everything when I use it! I think it's because before the switch I mainly played 3ds so I am better with the smaller analogue sticks and buttons.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Erm my stardew game has stopped crackling! Yay! As someone else mentioned they have changed the increments of playtime they mention on your profile but I just wish it was like 3ds where it just said the playtime....

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Lube Enthusiast posted:

I’ll be honest I didn’t enjoy Stardew Valley much when I first bought it, but now I love it

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with stardew, it has so many features that annoy me but I am sort of addicted and can't stop playing.

It is helping me cope without having an animal crossing switch. It was my birthday yesterday and I missed going to see my animals and them throwing me a cute lil party. Couldn't show my face in my new leaf town as they would bitch at me at having abandoned them for 8 months or so....

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Frankston posted:

Try eBay. I was able to get back almost exactly what I paid for it which after 120 hours of playtime was pretty sweet imo.

And that is why you buy physical!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Amazon let me down and haven't dispatched my fire emblem warriors, I have had to download it digitally because I refuse to wait one more day to play this very average game!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Sakurazuka posted:

I've never had a problem with them for anything else, it's weird.

Here is a list of the most recent items amazon UK has not delivered at launch, these were all pre-ordered months ahead of release and I have prime:

Fire emblem warriors ( which is why I am super salty about this today!)

SNES mini, arrived 2days after launch

Splatoon 2, ended up buying digital as failed to arrive at launch

Dragon quest VIII on 3DS, was over a week late, kept complaining, ended up with two copies!!

It is fine for items that are already released, will get them next day but don't offer preorders if you can't deliver day of release. The worst thing is the tracking system makes out everything is fine until late at night the day before release.

I have ordered mario Odyssey from Nintendo UK so hopefully that will arrive at launch!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

Fire emblem warriors is fun

I didn’t expect it to also have strategy elements in the actual battles. You spend a lot of time issuing orders and switching characters and winning feels more about positioning than the actual fights

I'm liking it a lot too, I read some pretty negative reviews but it's a cool game and most of the critism is people being salty about the roster being largely from the most recent games. Some great references to the games included and I think the voice acting is pretty good.

Would rather play this than fire emblem heroes which has a huge roster but junk gameplay.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Shards of Fate posted:

How is the frame rate?

Erm I think it's fine but I am notoriously 'frame rate blind' unless a game literally starts stuttering and freezing I can't tell! It all seems very smooth and fluid to me. Maybe watch some twitch streams or something?

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

irlZaphod posted:

Fire Emblem Warriors is fun y'all. I like the Pair Up mechanic, the Weapon Triangle integration and being able to tell your dudes to go kill someone.

It is cool and good. The roster may be random but I love Chrom and Lyn so I'm happy.

It's also great that characters I didn't really like in awakening like lissa are actually completely badass in this! She's my MVP with her big swirly axe

Co op mode is fun too

nerd_of_prey fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Oct 22, 2017

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Guy Goodbody posted:

Splatoon crashed, it sent an error report, but when I logged back in and tried to play it says my last game didn't end naturally so I'm banned for three minutes. What the gently caress, Splatoon?

This happened to me too, it made me sad as splatoon doesn't trust me!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Ventana posted:

It's more like, New Leaf but now with resource fetch quests and less town control.

It looks okay. It doesn't really look like it adds anything super new and interesting and like it'll lack a bunch of the little details that make AC feel fun, but it gets the bare basics for people desperate for AC on mobile.

I just hope that the resource fetch questing doesn't give the wrong impression about AC is supposed to be. AC limits that kind of stuff in scope of the whole town with all the other interactions you can have. But it's hard to tell here since we didn't see much of those other interactions as it was explaining why you need 6 pieces of wood for a bench.

I'm finding pocket camper very fetch quest based. It's not even satisfying as all the stuff they want is right in front of them and if you already have the item you can deliver it before they have even asked for it! It's cute though.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Ventana posted:

Well, I mean, that's nothing new to me with AC. Like all the times villagers ask for fruit when they could shake it off the trees themselves. Though I guess the big difference is that it seems to be a main incentive in Pocket camper now.

Yes, the issue is that's the main gameplay mechanic rather than something you can choose to do. Like I said it's cute but it's nowhere near as compelling as new leaf.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Raserys posted:

I got Mario odyssey yesterday, and it's fantastic, but tbh I'm still playing fire emblem warriors

Me too, booted up Odyssey couldn't pull off the motion controls with my pro controller and too lazy to change my controller set up so just went back to smashing up soldiers in Fe:Warriors. Will get back on to mario soon though as I did enjoy being a T rex but not so much a bullet Bill.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Tgent posted:

I also have this issue, just with the right joycon. It can be pretty frustrating and I haven't been able to find much info about it online, its all stuff about the left joycon. I'm guessing its made worse by the fact that my switch needs to be in a cabinet behind my TV (the TV is wall mounted).

Does the pro controller have significantly better range?

I had a right joycon issue, (neon joycon plus snipperclips pack brought separately to console) mine kept disconnecting and had input lag. Sent it off to Nintendo UK and it was back in a couple of days working well.

However, since getting a pro controller I think it is superior in everyway, no input issues, super responsive and I got the splatoon one so it's fresh.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

njsykora posted:

I bought the wired Hori controller so I didn't have to keep taking the joycons off the Switch whenever I'm moving from toilet/bed to TV. It's pretty good though after spending several months with the joycon buttons the buttons on it feel gigantic.
I felt like this with the pro controller, the buttons were so wide and the sticks so high. Think it made it more pronounced as I don't play any other home consoles regularly, just switch and 3ds with my tiny childlike hands.


For the guy that asked the wired controllers are like pro controllers but with no motion controls or rumble. They are made by hori, licenced by Nintendo I think

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I played the demo of Puyo Puyo Tetris and thought, "I would like to support the makers of this wonderful game" and then I bought it.

Me too, but I bought the physical cart and cannot be bothered to change carts so I still just play the demo....

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Is there a single reliable place I can go that will tell me which of the indie games are good and which to avoid?

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

GoldfishStew posted:

Should I stardew or should I stardont?

Just Stardew it!

If you think you will like stardew you probably will. It's a cute farming game with a bit of fishing and mining. I mainly ride around on my horse gifting ale to people so they like me.
I have sunk about 50 hours into this.
It's pretty cheap on the eShop.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Internet Kraken posted:

I have not because its my brother's game and I'm gonna assume he was too lazy to actually check to see if the game had any performance options.

I don't doubt that the single-player runs fine though. Multiplayer really only gets bad when you have both characters in the same are spamming huge particle effects. But when it gets bad, it gets bad.


Change to performance mode, then two player works fine.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
If I buy the DLC for fire emblem warriors will the new content be available to all profiles on my system or just the profile used to pay? As I am the main user of the console and have my own save on my profile but I've been playing co-op on my boyfriend's profile. I obviously only want the DLC if both profiles can access it!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

Weedle posted:

Purchased content is available to all profiles on the device.

Awesome thanks, I don't buy DLC usually so wasn't sure how it worked!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

The Lobster posted:

Just rang in the new year with my boyfriend. Boyfriend is relatively new so this was a first, both the ringing in the year together and what we chose to do. We decided to play a bunch of Switch games together. My Switch, he doesn't have one. We play Snipperclips, Pokken (he's a big Pokemon fan), Mario Kart, Astro Bears Party, and finally we broke out two player vs Tetris on Puyo Puyo Tetris. I was completely kicking his rear end at Tetris, like just destroying him, and I asked if anything was wrong. He goes, "I dunno." So I proceed to stomp him again. This is where I say that I had been using the Pro Controller all night and he had been using the Joy-con grip that came with the Switch. So finally I have him swap controllers and HE proceeds to kick MY rear end at Tetris. And I, having never played with the Joy-con grip, learn that the Joy-con grip is hot buttered rear end.

1.) Good boyfriend, will be keeping him.
2.) I guess I should get him a controller that doesn't suck. (Aka shell out for a second Pro Controller.)

Once I discovered the problem (and seriously we had been playing for SEVERAL HOURS at this point) we switched to him playing Mario Odyssey and me spectating, because since he doesn't have a Switch he hadn't gotten a chance to play it yet.

Never let your boyfriend or friends have the best controller, it is your right as the switch haver to always win.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

The Lobster posted:

No I get this. But it is also my job as Good Girlfriend to let him beat me on (very rare) occasion. He can't do this with assy controllers..

Maybe I'm bad girlfriend then as my method drove him to buy his own pro controller to win back some dignity! Now I'm typing this I feel kinda bad especially as he bought me my switch and pro controller in the first place, he created this monster!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

The Lobster posted:

My current Boyfriend v 1.0 works in a grocery store because the job in his field (social work) laid him off so v 1.0 cannot afford to buy a Pro Controller unless they go on sale. Which. It is to laugh. Luckily there is me, the Good Girlfriend (TM) who has money from basically mooching off her parent. (My elderly father pays me to take care of him. I would do it for free. He really needs the help but then I really need the money.)

I'm thinking of buying v 1.0 his own Switch when Pokemon comes out. That will be his real driving interest. Though he kept begging to go back to Pokken but he whined like a little pussy when I beat him so. He basically liked it because it was the one game he was actually winning for whatever reason (reason: we switched Pokemon every turn after I crushed him with Charizard several times). I had no interest in getting beat due to not being allowed to use Charizard. Basically if I got him a Switch now with Mario, Zelda, and Pokken, he'd be pretty happy. And a Pro Controller. His birthday isn't until August though.

Aww that's nice! A switch is a good gift, I was very happy when I got mine. I didn't ask for one, my boyfriend just knew I liked my 3DS a lot and bought me one launch day.

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
So excited for story mode in mario tennis, the GBA version was great and if it's anything like that it will be awesome.

I am sure Hyrule Warriors will be cool and good, but fire emblem warriors is still cool and good. You can enjoy both things!!

I love Fire Emblem Warriors, it has never crashed for me and I have put in about 40hours so I don't know how widespread the crashing issue is. I find the gameplay satisfying and I like sending my units off to do their thing and there is a surprising amount of strategy and variety to the missions. It was never going to include every Fire Emblem character because there are hundreds of them. The only thing about the roster that annoys me is there should have been a non flier Lance unit included, not locked behind DLC. I will buy FE Warriors 2 for my boys Ike, Roy and Hector!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

FirstAidKite posted:

Tell me when amelia is playable and then maybe I'll give FE a consideration :P

Idk why she is the main thing with sacred stones that I remember

Amelia is cool I would love to see Joshua's hat in full 3d glory!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
Played the demo, now Dragon Quest builders is pre-ordered and preloaded on my switch. This may happen to you if you play this demo.

Quick bayonetta question, am I right in thinking that the physical copy contains bayonetta 1 and 2 and is £49.99 but if you buy digital 2 is £39.99 and 1 is £24.99, so it's quite a bit more expensive? So I guess what I'm trying to ask is there is no discount for buying them together digitally?

nerd_of_prey fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Jan 13, 2018

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

ExcessBLarg! posted:

There is a discount. The short version is that the total price if you purchase 1+2 digitally is the same as the Bayonetta 2 physical MSRP, which includes the Bayonetta 1 free download code.

Thanks! It would be helpful if this info was on the actual eshop. Or if it is there and I missed it more obvious!

nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010
I wish I hadn't got my hopes up for that! I think I am too old for robot backpack :-(

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nerd_of_prey
Mar 27, 2010

grand theft grotto posted:

:yeah:

The range is still nerfed but they wound back a good bit of the damage nerf so the weapon feels good again.

Thank you for this information the trislosher was my weapon of choice, was trying to be a splatbrella person but it wasnt really working for me.

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