Nintendo: General Discussion

TitianGerm · 26-07-2018 11:34am

deadl0ck wrote: »

So - approx 50 yo-yo's to spend on eShop (part of my birthday present from my wife).
What to get ?
I had a look on the SA Store and I can get Battle Chasers, Hollow Knight and Blossom Tales (~Total about 56 Euro)

Any other suggestions ?

I've 28 hours into Hollow Knight now and I think I've another 10 or so to go. Once you unlock some of the movement abilities the game really opens up.

I really don't think you'd be disappointed.

Golf Story is very good as well.

deadl0ck · 26-07-2018 11:39am

Golf Story is very good as well

Already completed it

Mr E · 26-07-2018 12:19pm

Okami HD, Salt and Sanctuary and Dead Cells should be considered.

I know Okami HD and Dead Cells can now be preordered from the eshop (I know because I've done it).

You'll get hours out of both games (Okami HD is a 35 hour game, add 15 if you're a completionist).

CiDeRmAn · 26-07-2018 12:22pm

Damn, Okami....
I have it on PS2, Wii, PS3, PS4 and the sequel on the DS.... do I need it again???

deadl0ck · 26-07-2018 12:42pm

Mr E wrote: »

Okami HD, Salt and Sanctuary and Dead Cells should be considered.

I know Okami HD and Dead Cells can now be preordered from the eshop (I know because I've done it).

You'll get hours out of both games (Okami HD is a 35 hour game, add 15 if you're a completionist).

All good suggestions but I'm off for a week next on hols in the caravan with the clan so I want to get the games before I go on Saturday......

chrislad · 26-07-2018 12:52pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Damn, Okami....
I have it on PS2, Wii, PS3, PS4 and the sequel on the DS.... do I need it again???

I've tried to play the game 2 or 3 times but never got into it. Granted, I've only played the first 20 mins or so. I think I'll get it and give it a proper go this time.

CiDeRmAn · 26-07-2018 1:48pm

chrislad wrote: »

I've tried to play the game 2 or 3 times but never got into it. Granted, I've only played the first 20 mins or so. I think I'll get it and give it a proper go this time.

I got into it the first two times, PS2 and Wii, but the games pile was soooo big and new things added every week... I would simply get distracted.
I'm saying that as if it is a past phenomenon and I'm a much wiser gamer now... nope... still easily motivated to buy, equally motivated to be distracted by something else.

Deano7788 · 26-07-2018 3:10pm

chrislad wrote: »

I've tried to play the game 2 or 3 times but never got into it. Granted, I've only played the first 20 mins or so. I think I'll get it and give it a proper go this time.

20 minutes definitely isn't enough time to get into it, it's pretty slow burning to start with. I remember I thought I had come to the end of the game and it was only the end of the intro essentially :pac:.

CastorTroy · 26-07-2018 4:56pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Damn, Okami....
I have it on PS2, Wii, PS3, PS4 and the sequel on the DS.... do I need it again???

Depends if you can bare to live with an incomplete Okami collection.

CiDeRmAn · 26-07-2018 9:20pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Depends if you can bare to live with an incomplete Okami collection.

:eek:

TrustedApple · 27-07-2018 7:36am

Picked up SteamWorld Dig 2 there this week fantastic fun game I have been glued to the switch since I got it.

Well worth a play as its something totally different.

I have looked at what games I have bought for the switch since I got it on day one last year I some how only get 1st party Nintendo games and Indie games I would not buy on the ps4 or Xbox one crazy.

But some how the switch games I think a lot cheaper then what the 3ds games were when it 1st came out. I paid 23 euros for a hard copy of steam World dig 2 not a hope you would have got that for 23 euros on the 3ds!!!

copperspock · 27-07-2018 9:35am

Hi folks. My brother's visiting from abroad and is taking his Switch. He didn't take the dock as he was afraid of it getting damaged, but he still wants to play a bit of Mario Kart MP on the telly without forking out for a second dock.
Would anyone be able to tell me if I could get one of these hub adapters in Dublin?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Nintendo-Converter-Macbook-Samsung/dp/B078RZQJ8D/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1532676766&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=usb+c+hub+adapter+nintendo+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=419v2DKcTGL&ref=plSrch

TrustedApple · 27-07-2018 5:45pm

copperspock wrote: »

Hi folks. My brother's visiting from abroad and is taking his Switch. He didn't take the dock as he was afraid of it getting damaged, but he still wants to play a bit of Mario Kart MP on the telly without forking out for a second dock.
Would anyone be able to tell me if I could get one of these hub adapters in Dublin?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Nintendo-Converter-Macbook-Samsung/dp/B078RZQJ8D/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1532676766&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=usb+c+hub+adapter+nintendo+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=419v2DKcTGL&ref=plSrch

I see its prime.

Sign up to a amazon prime trail and its free 2 day shipping to Ireland then.

More then likely won't be able to get one in Dublin

WeleaseWoderick · 15-08-2018 11:48am

https://news.cision.com/thq-nordic-ab/r/thq-nordic-acquires-timesplitters,c2592484

Not specifically Nintendo news but I see THQ Nordic have bought the rights to the Timesplitters franchise.

A remastered release of the original trilogy (and a new game) would be amazing on the Switch.

I'd say Timesplitters 2 was easily my most played Gamecube game when released.

CastorTroy · 17-08-2018 12:09am

Is it safe to say the n64 mini won't be happening this year?

chrislad · 17-08-2018 10:18am

CastorTroy wrote: »

Is it safe to say the n64 mini won't be happening this year?

Unlikely, but to be honest, it's not something I would care for. Those types of graphics haven't aged too well, and the N64 doesn't have the same widespread adoration that both the NES and SNES had.

It's also unlikely they would have GoldenEye, which was *the* game for most regular people who bought an N64.

17-08-2018 12:06pm

chrislad wrote: »

Unlikely, but to be honest, it's not something I would care for. Those types of graphics haven't aged too well, and the N64 doesn't have the same widespread adoration that both the NES and SNES had.

It's also unlikely they would have GoldenEye, which was *the* game for most regular people who bought an N64.

I guess I'm irregular then. :shrugs:

Whack Mario 64, both Zeldas, F-Zero and Mario Kart on there and I'd sell my PS4*.

(* Disclaimer : I would not actually sell my PS4).

chrislad · 17-08-2018 1:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess I'm irregular then. :shrugs:

Whack Mario 64, both Zeldas, F-Zero and Mario Kart on there and I'd sell my PS4*.

(* Disclaimer : I would not actually sell my PS4).

When I say regular, I mean the "non-gamer" crowd - my brother doesn't play games much, but couldn't tear himself away from it.

He wouldn't touch a 3D Mario, Zelda, or pretty much any other game from that era, and for me, I'd rather just play the remasters on the 3DS of the Zelda games than the originals.

Inviere · 17-08-2018 2:10pm

There’s absolutely no reason why Nintendo couldn’t bump the internal resolution of these games up a couple of notches, like the modern emulators can do. The games go from “jaysus

“ to “noice :cool:” very easily. No faffing about remastering games, just a very simple bit of spit and polish to make the games look more acceptable.

https://m.twitch.tv/videos/183773617

17-08-2018 7:31pm

Inviere wrote: »

There’s absolutely no reason why Nintendo couldn’t bump the internal resolution of these games up a couple of notches, like the modern emulators can do. The games go from “jaysus “ to “noice :cool:” very easily. No faffing about remastering games, just a very simple bit of spit and polish to make the games look more acceptable.

https://m.twitch.tv/videos/183773617

I think Nintendo do that, at least for some titles.

Zelda OOT and MM definitely ran at a higher resolution on the GameCube special editions. If I were to replay those, I think I'd start there.

CastorTroy · 17-08-2018 8:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I think Nintendo do that, at least for some titles.

Zelda OOT and MM definitely ran at a higher resolution on the GameCube special editions. If I were to relay those, I think I'd start there.

Majora kept crashing at the same part when I attempted to play the GC version

chrislad · 18-08-2018 9:53am

Deleted User wrote: »

I think Nintendo do that, at least for some titles.

Zelda OOT and MM definitely ran at a higher resolution on the GameCube special editions. If I were to replay those, I think I'd start there.

This. Exactly.

Give me a Switch GC emulator ahead of a N64 mini any day.

Inviere · 18-08-2018 8:29pm

chrislad wrote: »

Give me a Switch GC emulator ahead of a N64 mini any day.

An N64 Mini with enough processing grunt could easily run N64 games at those higher resolutions though. Plus you'd get an actual (full sized I'd imagine) N64 controller... Playing N64 games on the Joycons would not be fun imo

ERG89 · 03-09-2018 10:23pm

Great breakdown on the design of Super Metroid.
This channel is well worth subscribing to as he has a series in dungeons in every Zelda game & will be doing a video on Symphony of the Night next