Nintendo eShop (Software Chatter)

[Rex Grossman]

4 hours ago, bm said:

 

It doesn't balance well for kids and adults, sadly.

 

But is an okay quiz game overall. End game not quite as good as it should be. 

 

Thanks. I’ll skip it then.

[davidcotton]

Think I've asked this before, Super Mario Bros deluxe or Donkey Kong TF (not played either before on u), or should I get both?

[moosegrinder]

Dktf can be a bastard of a game. I'd probably say NSMB.

[Marlew]

25 minutes ago, davidcotton said:

Think I've asked this before, Super Mario Bros deluxe or Donkey Kong TF (not played either before on u), or should I get both?

 

Tropical Freeze is better in almost every respect, but harder. Both are great games, though. 

[makkuwata]

Both also have cheat mode characters.

[the_debaser]

NSMB is much better than Tropical Freeze.  I wouldn’t bother with Tropical Freeze, the controls are a mess and it’s designed to be hard rather than fair. 

[Stanley]

NSMBU is absolutely superb, you won’t regret that purchase. 

[the_debaser]

It’s possibly the best 2d platformer ever made. 

[bradigor]

Got hold of Voxelgram on the Switch. Impressed so far, takes a moment to get used to the controls, but clicks pretty fast. 

 

Looks like 6 tutorial levels and 170 main ones

[mdn2]

I've been playing a fair amount of Puzzle Quest this last week or so. And by 'fair amount' I mean, "Let's have a quick go...oh wait, where have the last two hours gone?" Thing is, the game isn't really all that good. All the games seemed based on luck rather than skill or which loadout you have going on. There's not really enough going on to plan strategies and chains seem to rely on what drops down from the top of the screen which you can't see.

 

And yet, I can't stop playing it. It's like the ultimate pointless game. I'm enjoying it, yet I realise how unfulfilling it is. I'm so conflicted. 

[davidcotton]

2 minutes ago, mdn2 said:

I've been playing a fair amount of Puzzle Quest this last week or so. And by 'fair amount' I mean, "Let's have a quick go...oh wait, where have the last two hours gone?" Thing is, the game isn't really all that good. All the games seemed based on luck rather than skill or which loadout you have going on. There's not really enough going on to plan strategies and chains seem to rely on what drops down from the top of the screen which you can't see.

 

And yet, I can't stop playing it. It's like the ultimate pointless game. I'm enjoying it, yet I realise how unfulfilling it is. I'm so conflicted. 

I remember the cheating bastard of an ai back on the ios games, so I only got this one as I was going away for a weekend and needed something for the evening.

[GwiDan]

I bought Fire Emblem in the sale since it’s 33% off. Not seen much chat about it, but a few big Nintendo games are reduced.

[Darren]

31 minutes ago, mdn2 said:

I've been playing a fair amount of Puzzle Quest this last week or so. And by 'fair amount' I mean, "Let's have a quick go...oh wait, where have the last two hours gone?" Thing is, the game isn't really all that good. All the games seemed based on luck rather than skill or which loadout you have going on. There's not really enough going on to plan strategies and chains seem to rely on what drops down from the top of the screen which you can't see.

 

And yet, I can't stop playing it. It's like the ultimate pointless game. I'm enjoying it, yet I realise how unfulfilling it is. I'm so conflicted. 

I bought it on sale the other week, and came to a similar realisation yesterday. I’ve been playing it a bit every day, but I’ve given up now as it felt more like a fruit machine than a game of skill.

[davidcotton]

1 hour ago, GwiDan said:

I bought Fire Emblem in the sale since it’s 33% off. Not seen much chat about it, but a few big Nintendo games are reduced.

Just wish the eshop was a bit easier to navigate to find such deals.

[Protocol Penguin]

3 hours ago, the_debaser said:

NSMB is much better than Tropical Freeze.  I wouldn’t bother with Tropical Freeze, the controls are a mess and it’s designed to be hard rather than fair. 

A billion times this.

[Rex Grossman]

30 minutes ago, davidcotton said:

Just wish the eshop was a bit easier to navigate to find such deals.

Use Deku Deals instead.

[PyramidFace]

NSMBU is ugly as sin and infuriating to play. Get Mario Maker instead, the story mode alone is excellent.

[Wiper]

Alternatively, save yourself the hassle and simply don't buy any Nintendo platformers, as they're all a bit pants anyway! Wario Land excepted.

 

Really they should just stick to what they're great at, i.e. getting second- and third-party studios like HAL Laboratories, Monolith Soft, Retro Studios and Intelligent Systems (and, historically, Argonaut and Rare) to make good games. None of this first-party nonsense.

[iknowgungfu]

Looks like Nintendo were listening to me.

Doom half price (but still expensive compared to other platforms ).  Took the opportunity to make a purchase. 

[HarryBizzle]

45 minutes ago, iknowgungfu said:

Looks like Nintendo were listening to me.

Doom half price (but still expensive compared to other platforms ).  Took the opportunity to make a purchase. 

I think it’s currently £2.89 on PC. 

[Popo]

You can play Switch Doom while pooping, though. 
 

I think on balance Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is better than NSMBU:D, even though the bosses are wretched. But both are worth owning!

[deerokus]

The first NSMB was good for the time. It became easily the worst major Nintendo series though. 

[Super Craig]

Tropical Freeze > all

 

As for finding deals, there's a Current Offers section accessible from the front page of the eShop. And it's worth using the wish list feature as well. If you've opted into promotional e-mails you'll get an e-mail every Sunday telling you if there's something in your wish list on sale.

[Dig Dug]

NSMB is the Keloggs cornflakes of platformers. Yeah it’s high quality and a good example of the standard we should expect but many of us would rather have anything else to get away from the lack of inspiration and creativity.

[Dr Nookie]

Random question:

 

Do the saves from a physical game copy over if I get it from the eshop?

 

 

[Super Craig]

They should do.

[Marlew]

3 minutes ago, Dr Nookie said:

Random question:

 

Do the saves from a physical game copy over if I get it from the eshop?

 

 

 

If it's from the same region, yes. Saves are attached to the console profile, so if you have multiple profiles on your Switch (say, you have a Japanese account to access that eShop), you can have completely separate save files.

 

[Super Craig]

The region should only an issue in a few cases where the same game has separate SKUs to cover different regions. Puyo Puyo Tetris and Splatoon jump out. If you have a separate Japanese account for the eShop then you can still play the purchased games on your main English account.

[iknowgungfu]

9 hours ago, HarryBizzle said:

I think it’s currently £2.89 on PC. 

It would be money wasted for me - my GFX card was bought around 2011 and Doom is unplayable at the lowest settings. 

[Dr Nookie]

3 hours ago, Stanshall said:

 

If it's from the same region, yes. Saves are attached to the console profile, so if you have multiple profiles on your Switch (say, you have a Japanese account to access that eShop), you can have completely separate save files.

 

OK that's great thanks.