Nintendo Switch

[TheShend]

Got a little more than I thought I would with my trade ins at CEX, so I came out with a very handsome neon Switch & Zelda: BotW, plus a £17 voucher to spare.

[dataDave]

5 minutes ago, TheShend said:

Got a little more than I thought I would with my trade ins at CEX, so I came out with a very handsome neon Switch & Zelda: BotW, plus a £17 voucher to spare.

 

Get ARMS!

[CovisGod]

5 minutes ago, TheShend said:

Got a little more than I thought I would with my trade ins at CEX, so I came out with a very handsome neon Switch & Zelda: BotW, plus a £17 voucher to spare.

 

You Sir, are in for a treat. 

[TheShend]

Just now, Fallows said:

 

Get ARMS!

 

Can I parry?

[joffocakes]

27 minutes ago, TheShend said:

Can I parry?

 

Uh, actually yes.

 

 

[shirubagan]

ARMS is the fucking best. 

[dataDave]

Easily the best fighter I've played since probably 3S and KoF'99. VF5 too, but I hardly had anyone to play that with.

[TheShend]

15 hours ago, joffocakes said:

 

Uh, actually yes.

 

 

 

SOLD!

 

6 hours ago, Fallows said:

Easily the best fighter I've played since probably 3S and KoF'99. VF5 too, but I hardly had anyone to play that with.

 

Interesting. I had it down to be like a variation of Virtua On.

[Nespresso]

It's just an excellent 3D take on PunchOut.

[joffocakes]

1 hour ago, TheShend said:

Interesting. I had it down to be like more of a variation of Virtua On.

 

Oh yeah; Virtual-On is probably the closest comparison. It's still very much about spacing, timing and reads like a traditional fighter though. As well as cheeky couter-picks against your opponent's style.

 

It looks wonderful too.

[rgraves]

16 hours ago, Pug said:

My mates uncle is an actual Pokemon and Unclechu said that the entire Atari Jaguar back catalogue is coming to the Switch.

 

It'll be announced at BS3.

 

Oh man, the Jag version of Doom....

 

[Stanley]

Tempest 2k! 

 

Official exclusive leak of the Switch port:

 

[g wings]

3 hours ago, TheShend said:

 

SOLD!

 

 

Interesting. I had it down to be like more of a variation of Virtua On.

 

It’s good but it’s not THAT good.

 

VO:OT on switch please

[Corranga]

2 hours ago, joffocakes said:

 

Oh yeah; Virtual-On is probably the closest comparison. It's still very much about spacing, timing and reads like a traditional fighter though. As well as cheeky couter-picks against your opponent's style.

 

It looks wonderful too.

 

You forgot to mention the music.  The fucking wonderful music.

[dataDave]

4 hours ago, VN1X said:

It's just an excellent 3D take on PunchOut.

 

PunchOut!! is more a memory-based puzzler disguised as a boxing game. It's very barely a vs. fighter.

[rgraves]

 

[BubbleFish]

4 minutes ago, rgraves said:

 

Yes! Great game on the PSVR. Now I can play it without puking. 

[rgraves]

Apparently (unconfirmed), if you already own the VR version you get upgraded to this new 'Gold' version free. Fair play to them on that if true.

[kiroquai]

Yup, that’s what we are doing  - existing owners get the upgrade to Gold for free.

[Delargey]

This is excellent news! 

[BubbleFish]

11 minutes ago, kiroquai said:

Yup, that’s what we are doing  - existing owners get the upgrade to Gold for free.

Upgraded on the PSVR? IT is coming to the Switch on the 1st? 

[kiroquai]

Yup, if you own it on PSVR, Steam or Oculus Store then your copy will be upgraded to the Gold version. This'll mean you can play it without VR if you want, and you'll get the DLC thrown in too. It's a really cool co-op game, didn't want to divide the player base between different versions.

 

Switch version is out a little later - think we've got it pencilled in for the summer at some point. Don't know any more as I've been busily beavering away on other stuff

[rgraves]

Just now, kiroquai said:

Switch version is out a little later

 

[Delargey]

44 minutes ago, kiroquai said:

 

Switch version is out a little later - think we've got it pencilled in for the summer at some point.

 

This is UNexcellect news.

[jonamok]

For those who have yet to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - what the hell are you waiting for? Get on it, NOW!

 

It's a wonderful, involving, funny, emotional, deeply immersive game. The characters are ace, the plot mental and brilliant, the combat is fantastic, rewarding and deep as fuck, and the many worlds are visually stunning and highly varied.

 

It's comfortably one of the best games I've played for years, and has seriously stimulated my interest in similar JRPGs when they hit the Switch. It's the first proper JRPG I've played, and I loved it to bits - every mad minute of the 77 hours of this first playthrough.

 

My review:

9.5/10 - A FUCKING CLASSIC

[HappiestRogue]

@jonamok I’ll have to give it another try after that, got about 10 hrs in and to be fair I liked it but was finding the annoyances were putting me off. 

 

Your enthusiasm has picked my interest. 

[JPickford]

13 minutes ago, jonamok said:

For those who have yet to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - what the hell are you waiting for? Get on it, NOW!

 

It's a wonderful, involving, funny, emotional, deeply immersive game. The characters are ace, the plot mental and brilliant, the combat is fantastic, rewarding and deep as fuck, and the many worlds are visually stunning and highly varied.

 

It's comfortably one of the best games I've played for years, and has seriously stimulated my interest in similar JRPGs when they hit the Switch. It's the first proper JRPG I've played, and I loved it to bits - every mad minute of the 77 hours of this first playthrough.

 

My review:

9.5/10 - A FUCKING CLASSIC

 

Didn't like it much.

[jonamok]

Huzzah for @HappiestRogue !! 

Boo-urns for @JPickford !! 

[JPickford]

I pos'd you though.

[Delargey]

3 hours ago, rgraves said:

 

 

Does this still have the base building elements? I haven't played the newer versions.