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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Feb 13, 2022 16:36:07 GMT -5
Alongside Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Turbo HD Remix. Also GTA 5 >_> And don't forget Skyrim.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Feb 13, 2022 17:22:36 GMT -5
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 13, 2022 17:50:00 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 13, 2022 23:17:16 GMT -5
2024 feels possible, but also maybe too ambitious given how much the pandemic has messed with things. Between that and stuff like chip shortages kneecapping the PS5 and Microsoft's offerings from getting in peoples' hands, I feel like the Switch has a lot of lifespan left as it is.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 13, 2022 23:45:41 GMT -5
Been replaying Superstar Saga on and off for awhile, first time replaying it since... Don't know when but it was on the Wii U last time I played it and it wasn't recent. In the latter end of the game but still a ways to go, though certainly played enough of it to get an impression of it.
In general my opinion of Superstar Saga has always been that it's the best Mario & Luigi game but it suffers a lot from wonky pacing, padding itself out with tons of boss fights and pointless minigames, thinking it is a lot funnier than it actually is, and the combat system kind of trying so hard to spice up standard RPGs that it turns into its own unique kind of tedium instead... and those are exactly why it's the best Mario & Luigi because every subsequent game doubled down on all of those problems to where I'd call it the only one that actually manages to be fun despite those issues.
My opinion is still pretty much exactly that, but it's also kind of dropped a bit because I sort of forgot just how much this game feels the need to have aggressively long, slow tutorials over everything and just how tiresome constantly having to switch back and forth between the brothers gets, especially with how any time you get a pair of new abilities they always make you use it 800 times in quick succession because I guess they want to make dead certain you don't forget it or something. Also you really feel the lack of any sort of healing block or inn, not that you even take damage that often and you trip over healing items but it gets tiresome having to continually go to the menus over it while the only other way to heal is to win boss fights.
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Post by salz4life on Feb 14, 2022 10:58:23 GMT -5
Has anyone played the GTA games on the Switch yet. I'm interested if it is any better (I guess that's relative) on the Switch than the PS5/XSX(S)?
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 15, 2022 20:18:35 GMT -5
3DS and WiiU Eshops are officially closing in 2023. If there's any eshop exclusives, get them now while you still can.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 15, 2022 20:35:47 GMT -5
Wish Nintendo would do some huge 3DS sale some time. Are a handful of things on there I probably would buy if they weren't still $40 years after the fact. The Luigi's Mansion remake off the top of my head, maybe Triple Deluxe.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 15, 2022 20:37:51 GMT -5
So the eshop will be removed, but you'll still be able to redownload games after the shops close.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 15, 2022 22:32:23 GMT -5
Pokemon Bank will still be active as well, but you won't be able to DL it after the eshop closes
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 15, 2022 22:55:25 GMT -5
If nothing else I might at some point over the next year kind of gradually get the DLC I'm missing for the Fire Emblem games on the system. Have most of the Awakening DLC already and everything in Fates except Heirs of Fate, but don't have anything of the Echoes DLC. Still kind of yet to make the time for that particular game honestly, just never been that interested in it. ... And when I did I quickly grew extremely irritated with its constant, endless hounding you to turn on auto-advancing dialogue. Pokemon Bank will still be active as well, but you won't be able to DL it after the eshop closes Bank is also becoming free to use when the shutdown happens.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 15, 2022 23:10:55 GMT -5
Nintendo is as addicted to making dumb decisions as I am to pizza.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2022 0:00:57 GMT -5
My issue with the eShop shutdown is that Nintendo isn't going to make these games cheaper or easier to purchase as the systems are being taken down to encourage people to grab their stuff before they can no longer access them. That's never been Nintendo's M.O.
Practically all of these titles that they are selling on there are still at full price (barring the "Premium Selection" entries) upon launch, defeating the purpose of buying them digitally.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 16, 2022 0:03:31 GMT -5
My issue with the eShop shutdown is that Nintendo isn't going to make these games cheaper or easier to purchase as the systems are being taken down to encourage people to grab their stuff before they can no longer access them. That's never been Nintendo's M.O. Practically all of these titles that they are selling on there are still at full price (barring the "Premium Selection" entries) upon launch, defeating the purpose of buying them digitally. Yeah, that's where I'm at. I'd love to grab, like, Xenoblade X and the Luigi's Mansion port but I sure as hell don't want to full price grab them.
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Post by Facetious on Feb 16, 2022 3:46:22 GMT -5
Welp, I guess it's time to grab Dragon Quest 8 since I've never seen it on sale and it'll never drop in price.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 16, 2022 6:10:46 GMT -5
I’m a long time (queue-at-midnight-and-get-Street-Fighter-4-at-launch) 3DS owner and I expected this coming sooner rather than later as soon as they dropped credit card usage.
Like, it makes business sense to do it since, well, the Switch is the 3DS but way better and at this point, more people have those so why keep something open that barely anyone is using?
I do think they should have those games on the Switch eShop at some point down the line. Not sure how you do split screen but that’s not my job to figure that out 😛.
And on the flip side, I have an excuse to try and pick up some more titles before it closes.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 16, 2022 9:05:56 GMT -5
Puzzle and Dragons is coming to Switch, sadly without the Mario edition.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 16, 2022 9:20:55 GMT -5
Could see the Mario version being a DLC pack.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 16, 2022 9:29:57 GMT -5
Puzzle and Dragons is coming to Switch… OH! HELL! YEEEE- BOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by chrom on Feb 16, 2022 18:49:08 GMT -5
New courses are cool and all, but new racers like The Kongs and Kremlings would've been nice as well
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