Nintendo Switch - The Bear and Badger

regmcfly

hylian_elf wrote:

Who cares how big or popular it is, it’s a load of shite.

Absolutely no one and certainly not 13 million people

hylian_elf

I’m sure some of the 13m purchasers do care, there are some idiots out there who like to have a game just because it’s popular or want their purchase to become popular.

AJ

I had GC Smash at uni. Many times we tried to play it, not once did anyone actually figure out what you were meant to do.

mistercrayon

EvilRedEye wrote:

Three what?

In London it’s called a house.

The Daddy

Well I for one will probably buy it and not play it.

JonB

I remember people saying they thought the upcoming lineup was a bit shite. I don't remember anyone claiming it wasn't going to sell well.

I don't get why this conversation never ends with Nintendo stuff.

I didn't think much of the E3 thing. There wasn't much I liked the look of. If everyone in the world except me buys a Switch and a Smash it doesn't change that.

I swear if I read another lol Nintendo doomed post I'll... well, I'll probably just shake my head and read another thread.

AndCallMeCharlie

The Daddy wrote:

Well I for one will probably buy it and not play it.

I am going to skip buying & not playing this iteration

hylian_elf

JonB wrote:

I swear if I read another lol Nintendo doomed post I'll...

Eat your hat. Or someone else’s. You can find one in the well in Firelink Shrine. Go back and check.

Bob

JonB wrote:

I remember people saying they thought the upcoming lineup was a bit shite. I don't remember anyone claiming it wasn't going to sell well.

I did!

cosmicjellybean

I've bought them all, enjoy them for a bit but not for long, except the N64 version which I played for years. All started because my brother and some mates used to come over play it every weekend, along with perfect dark/conkers bad fur day/mario kart etc.

I'm still always a bit miffed that it got so sped up and chaotic after the first one. Melee was actually my least favourite.

ShabbyMcCrabby

People don't like smash?

Well I'll be darned.

regmcfly

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

People don't like smash?

Well I'll be darned.

IM AFRAID YOU HAVE ENTERED A SMASH HATING ZONE
PLEASE EITHER DELETE POST OR REVERSE

hylian_elf

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

People don't like smash? Well I'll be darned.

SEE SENTENCE BENEATH FORUM TITLE AT THE TOP

regmcfly

No opinions

cosmicjellybean

Was really struggling getting into Octopath. First demo turned me off enough to put it aside and never get back to it, started the prologue demo and could not find a character/story I wanted to start with at all.

Picked Tressa this morning as I hadn’t tried her yet, and I’m now starting to really dig it. She’s a really good character to begin with, VO is great, character is cool and works as a good protaginist (like any good JRPG she’s a small town character with a heart of gold wanting adventure - stop me if you’ve heard this one before) and her ability so far seems neat.

Plus it’s nice to use a character class I wouldn’t normally go for.

Raiziel

What’s her character class? I haven’t tried either of the demos. Looking forward to getting stuck in this weekend.

cosmicjellybean

She’s a Merchant, which again, I wouldn’t even consider adding to my party. Must have been influenced watching videos of moonlighter... that game looks cool.

Moot_Geeza

Pato Box out today. Must resist.

regmcfly

cosmicjellybean wrote:

She’s a Merchant, which again, I wouldn’t even consider adding to my party. Must have been influenced watching videos of moonlighter... that game looks cool.

So I've been playing as the scholar and

Spoiler:

Olimite

I didn't think much of it myself but Warframe is apparently coming to Switch.

weadre

I’m a little confused.
I’ve been given an eshop pre paid card as a gift.
I scratched the thing off, went to the eshop and redeem code.
But it says it needs to be 16 digits and what I have on the card is only 8...am I being stupid here and missing something obvious?

weadre

After some Googling, looks like its an issue with the cards that Sainsbury's sell.
But seems to have been going on for a couple of years and somehow not been fixed, so now have to contact Nintendo support to sort it out. Bit of a piss take tbh.

Syph79

http://www.nintendolife.com/forums/help/eshop_card_invalid

This may help.

Bob

Take heart that Sony would of made it worse the cunts

AJ

It's it those you can enter online and they work?

AndCallMeCharlie

Bought that pocket rumble game for £7

cosmicjellybean

I’m getting a feeling from early previews Octopath Traveller won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. I’m really enjoying it myself, but can already see people getting tired of the 8x separate starting chapters, and apparently even 40+ hours in, there still isn’t any main quest tying all the characters together, and in fact they don’t even interact all that much with each other. Seems more like one focussing on systems and battles etc rather than story?

Which suits me fine, FF3 remake on the DS is one of my favourite RPGs of all time. But story is such an important part of RPGs for so many, can imagine it’ll be getting lots criticism if true.

mistercrayon

I don’t really get “RPGs” at all. They seem to contain so many contradictions as games that I can’t really fathom the appeal.

If people are into story why have patience for something that gatekeeps the story behind a lot of work. (I imagine it’s like reading a book but having to do ten dumbbell curls between pages).

If people are into clever battles the. Why as a percentage are the battles mundane compared to the number that stumbles you.

It’s as a whole really weird.

AJ

Because some people like more than one thing?

Anyway, time spent playing gives more investment in the characters, which gives through story more impact.

Still, most JRPGs look like utter wank to my eyes.

cosmicjellybean

These are all true. I personally like having a party of heroes, and going on quests together to beat a big bad, level up and get new gear. The 'end of the world' story progression is quite a nice buildup, and if done right you also care more about the characters the further in you get as AJ says, which raises the stakes I guess.

Turn based battles also suit me because there's a nice pace to them, you grind through loads of small encounters that get easier as you go, and fight off a big bad near the end of a chapter/dungeon where you struggle to keep your party alive, but also show off all your cool new skills and stats.

I also love the design of most RPGs. My favourite being the slightly chibi style of old FF sprites and something like bravely default/persona Q etc.

These would all be a turn off for most people, I don't for a second think most people would prefer any of this over most other genres...

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