Nintendo Switch Game News and Releases.

Mr E

The Witcher 3 fits on one cart. It includes both story expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, as well as all 16 free DLCs.

It runs at 540p handheld and 720p docked.

CiDeRmAn

Might just buy that, I've never played any of the series before but it looks incredible.

mcmoustache

Mr E wrote: »

The Witcher 3 fits on one cart. It includes both story expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, as well as all 16 free DLCs.

It runs at 540p handheld and 720p docked.

There's no confirmation on the framerate yet unfortunately. Hopefully it's 30 at least.

HeartOfTheCity

I’m incredibly torn on Witcher. I ploughed hundreds of hours into it on the Xbox and it looked incredible. I don’t know if the graphical downgrades (although having portability) might be too much.

If I hadn’t played it before, I’d instantly grab it for the Switch, though.

ERG89

HeartOfTheCity wrote:

If I hadn't played it before, I'd instantly grab it for the Switch, though.

Honestly if you have a PC it's been on sale for 15e recently.
On sale on PSN for that price now too & probably the same on Xbox.
Unfortunately this port being 540p portable is a kick in the teeth as I'm expecting a pretty bad framerate too.

chrislad

ERG89 wrote: »

Honestly if you have a PC it's been on sale for 15e recently.
On sale on PSN for that price now too & probably the same on Xbox.
Unfortunately this port being 540p portable is a kick in the teeth as I'm expecting a pretty bad framerate too.

Agreed. If you have a decent PC or PS4/Xbox, go for it there. If you don't, I would wait for technical reviews. We know the game is amazing. The only outlier is the performance. I expect, and accept, some graphical hits, which will be less noticeable in portable mode (which I mainly use) so if it's not too bad, I will double dip.

Corholio

Interesting bit of info from interviews with the Mana Collection original producers. The reason it's just on the Switch is that they actually had to get the original roms from Nintendo as they themselves no longer had them.

chrislad

Corholio wrote: »

Interesting bit of info from interviews with the Mana Collection original producers. The reason it's just on the Switch is that they actually had to get the original roms from Nintendo as they themselves no longer had them.

Christ, those guys really really needed to have invested in proper source control. Constant losing of source code.

chrislad

chrislad wrote: »

Christ, those guys really really needed to have invested in proper source control. Constant losing of source code.

That got me curious. Found this:

Why isn’t there a PS4, Xbox and Switch port of Final Fantasy 8? Preservation may be the answer

Crazy, man.

J Mysterio

When is CIV VI getting Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall ffs!
It's ridiculous how long it takes to bring it to Switch.

Rise and Fall was released in Feb last year!

AMGer

Corholio wrote: »

Limited Edition for Links Awakening. Must get.

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1138507581222076416?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

Already showing as Out of Stock on the Smyths website

kevin2me

AMGer wrote: »

Already showing as Out of Stock on the Smyths website

I know balls!!! how did I miss it. gutted.
Could try Nintendo UK comes it goes live too.. Its an idea

Edit
Its available on Gamestop. 90e feckers, dont trust the follow they but it's an option.
https://www.gamestop.ie/Switch/Games/72321/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-limited-edition

AMGer

kevin2me wrote: »

Edit
Its available on Gamestop. 90e feckers, dont trust the follow they but it's an option.
https://www.gamestop.ie/Switch/Games/72321/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-limited-edition

Smyths don’t seem to be carrying the Collectors Edition of Astral Chain so had to order from GameStop. Are they reliable or hit/miss?

blockfighter

AMGer wrote: »

Smyths don’t seem to be carrying the Collectors Edition of Astral Chain so had to order from GameStop. Are they reliable or hit/miss?

Definitely hit or miss. Both in my own opinion and the opinion of some others ive seen on boards.
Order at your peril. Personally i just decided to get the regular edition in smyths cos i hate giving in to gamestops stupid prices.

nix

Just give it awhile longer, it should be up on amazon soon no? far better prices and not one to feck you over once you get your order in

Atlas_IRL

kevin2me wrote: »

I know balls!!! how did I miss it. gutted.
Could try Nintendo UK comes it goes live too.. Its an idea

Edit
Its available on Gamestop. 90e feckers, dont trust the follow they but it's an option.
https://www.gamestop.ie/Switch/Games/72321/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-limited-edition

It went but its back in stock now.

Yakult

When people say Gamestop are hit and miss regarding limited editions pre-orders, does this mean theirs a chance that you wont receive it or something?

blockfighter

Yakult wrote: »

When people say Gamestop are hit and miss regarding limited editions pre-orders, does this mean theirs a chance that you wont receive it or something?

You could be waiting a long time to receive it and you might not get it at all. They take your money and worry about fulfilling the order later.

Mr E

So it seems that the general consensus is that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is pretty great and worth the long wait.
It came out a few days ago on other platforms.

It's out next Tuesday (Digital) and Friday week (Boxed) on Switch. Hopefully the Switch version is good.

No major savings on other eshops - seems to be about €39.99 across the board.

Xenji

Mr E wrote: »

So it seems that the general consensus is that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is pretty great and worth the long wait.
It came out a few days ago on other platforms.

It's out next Tuesday (Digital) and Friday week (Boxed) on Switch. Hopefully the Switch version is good.

No major savings on other eshops - seems to be about €39.99 across the board.

I would be waiting a few days after it releases to see if they actually fixed all the performance issues with the Switch version, the preview version back in March was basically unplayable in parts with input lag and frame rate issues.

Ace Attorney

Oh damn, smm2 next week and bloodstained, gotta get the pocket ready

Atlas_IRL

Yakult wrote: »

When people say Gamestop are hit and miss regarding limited editions pre-orders, does this mean theirs a chance that you wont receive it or something?

I get most of mine the next day. It's An Post so its quick. I'd say most issues are overselling or card issues. Most CE's are not out for ages and card details could change which could always result in cancellations.

fixXxer

Yakult wrote: »

When people say Gamestop are hit and miss regarding limited editions pre-orders, does this mean theirs a chance that you wont receive it or something?

If you get in early, you're usually fine. Stores don't know the numbers they'll be getting so they take all names and do it on a first come first serve basis.

You could always try the store after 24 hours (I think) when people who preordered but didn't collects reservations expire. I've never had a problem getting a limited edition from them but then if I really want it I ordered it within a day or two at most.

Star Lord

Anyone know what time we can expect Bloodstained to be available on the eshop?

chrislad

Star Lord wrote: »

Anyone know what time we can expect Bloodstained to be available on the eshop?

Who knows? Third party games tend to be between 1pm and 5pm our time. There doesn't seem to be any set rules.

Star Lord

Got my code during the early hours, downloading now!

deadl0ck

Star Lord wrote: »

Got my code during the early hours, downloading now!

Let us know what you think !!

Xenji

Please do, people who have been playing the Switch version today are not filling me with confidence, it looks like they did not fix any of the issues that were highlighted in preview builds such as frame rates, input lag and a graphical downgrades.

I got the the PS4 version for backing the game, but would like the Switch version as well for travelling.

Mr E

Very curious about performance. I hear it judders on PS4 so I dread to think what it will be like on Switch.

Star Lord

It's obviously going to be a step down from the ps4 version graphically, but it still looks good, with the exception of some close ups on character models which show some pretty low res textures. Gameplay wise, I've not really encountered any noticeable frame rate issues, but I am still fairly early in the game. Similarly the game feels pretty sharp to control, haven't felt there was any input lag.

Really enjoying it so far, but a very steep difficulty ramp with the first boss that I've yet to beat, so I'll have to git gud, or git grinding!