Nintendo Switch - The Bear and Badger

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Played Kirby demo multiplayer with the Missus - thought she’d really like it but she thought it was fine, and not much else.

I don’t mind the super-easy difficulty (its Kirby, yo!) but the level designs seem uninspired and I saw nothing to imply they’re doing anything interesting with the power swap / friend system. It’s a no from me, unfortunately.

Moot_Geeza

It will get better/more interesting I assume, the 3DS one took ages to warm up, but it'll still be hold right to win. Bowling with the bumpers up.

Syph79

Kirby being delivered today and I'm looking forward to playing it with my boys (7 and 4). Have gone back to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 after a month or so off. It's still a really solid JRPG. Committed to getting to the end now.

Wookienopants

I played the demo of Kirby and loved it, so much charm and happiness piled into one little game.

Won’t be buying it though.

Moot_Geeza

I'll put mine in the swap club at some point.

EvilRedEye

I think they ruled out the Sonic racing being having a general Sega thing, I think it's supposed to be just Sonic and all his woodland friends.

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Moot_Geeza wrote:

It will get better/more interesting I assume, the 3DS one took ages to warm up, but it'll still be hold right to win. Bowling with the bumpers up.

There’s 2 levels, though, one labelled Easy and one labelled Hard. But the hard one also had really dull level design and no need to really think too hard about the power combinations.

Had a look at a couple of reviews now and the Steven Totilo review of the whole game, seems to state that this is the case. A fundamentally cool idea, but the game never does anything with it.

regmcfly

I'm playing it literally right now, and I'd advise you to steer clear Cinty if that's your take. It is definitely all of that.

Raiziel

I’m not into punishing platformers at all. Just want something light and fluffy, so this will probably suit me down to the ground. But I thought the Eurogamer review said that to grab all the secrets you would need to make use of all the different moves. That sounds appealing. Anyway, I’m looking at introducing my four and a half year old nephew to the joy of video games, and I think this and Mario Kart might be the best place to start. I’m just a little worried he’s going to toss one of the Joy-Cons in a huff when something doesn’t go his way.

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regmcfly wrote:

I'm playing it literally right now, and I'd advise you to steer clear Cinty if that's your take. It is definitely all of that.

Thanks for the honest take. Shame, though, as I do like me some Kirby. Might reconsider if I see a good deal, at some point.

regmcfly

Make no mistake, it's polished within an inch of its life, and the UI is second to none, but I am on the second world and it hasn't delivered anything different from the first worlds in the demo.

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regmcfly wrote:

Make no mistake, it's polished within an inch of its life, and the UI is second to none, but I am on the second world and it hasn't delivered anything different from the first worlds in the demo.

You playing with the Missus, or just single player? I can imagine this being fun enough if you could actually wrangle 3 others and remove the CPU autopilot.

regmcfly

A bit of both. It's much more fun with flora playing

AJ

So, it looks like the first Switch Release from Limited Run is going to be Thimbleweed Park. Don't like the look of it, personally, but I'm sure it'll tickle someone's fancy.

regmcfly

Not for me. I found it very underwhelming

Raiziel

AJ wrote:

So, it looks like the first Switch Release from Limited Run is going to be Thimbleweed Park. Don't like the look of it, personally, but I'm sure it'll tickle someone's fancy.

I don’t really know about this sort of thing. Is Limited Run a pal thing?

AJ

No, they're multi-region.

AJ

regmcfly wrote:

Not for me. I found it very underwhelming

Like they haven't learnt anything from the past 20 years of adventure game design? Because that's what it looks like.

regmcfly

Kind of. There's a lot of in jokes which are normally my thing, but more tellingly there's an option in game to turn. Off in jokes.

AJ

Oh, that doesn't sound good. At least it's a few notes saved.

MattyJ

I found it frustratingly obtuse at times and the multiple characters really didn't help. You can go down massive avenues of investigation that aren't relevant to the chapter you're on, get stuck and waste lots of time before realising that you can't progress until you finish the chapter as a different character.

I ended up using a guide just so I didn't spend all those hours doing things that went nowhere for another two chapters.

AJ

Wow, that's the worst kind of shit adventure games used to do. Well, after getting you into places you couldn't progress and not telling you, but that was rare. The fact you can say that about a modern one is just embarrassing for the devs.

Moot_Geeza

Has anyone had a rapid power drain thing with their Switch? It's happened twice now, where I've taken it somewhere in the case, not used it, then when I took it out a day or so later the battery was gone. Was fully charged when I put it in, and presumably it stays in sleep mode. Perhaps my case kicks it out of standby with all the Joycons stuffed in there.

retroking1981

Make sure you power it off completely.

Hold the power button and select off instead of standby.

Bob

Yeah sleep mode is nowhere near as efficient as vita,

Moot_Geeza

I'll power it off next time, but - assuming it didn't wake up in the case - should it really drain in maybe 16hrs in sleep mode? Even my OG 3DS would last a bit longer.

hylian_elf

Noticed that the latest system update has fixed the hours played bug.

Kow

I don't think I've fully powered off my Switch since I bought it. Never seen any issue with the battery.

Bob

I've switched mine on having been in standby for a few days to find it's mostly drained.. I say a few days.. maybe a week or so. It's deffo not up there with the Vita standby but it mostly sits in the dock..

AJ

Do you turn the WiFi off? I've got a feeling the standby WiFi implementation is pony.

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