Nintendo Switch

Decided to buy Untitled Goose Game.

Short, but lots of fun. Good way to kill a free evening.

It's up there with Donut County in that regard.

I hope neither game's legacy is just "meme game", they're both genuinely great and packed with charm the short time you spend with them.

I'm surprised by some of the attention to detail in the game.

I lured the groundskeeper all the way over to the shop area, and managed to trap him in the shopkeeper's garage. Instead of his pathfinding just freezing, he began frantically pounding on the garage door until the shopkeeper heard him and let him out. That was programmed in even though the groundskeeper isn't even supposed to be in that area of the game.

Regarding the groundskeeper, he can be one of the people you can have buy back their own stuff (like his shovel) from the mean shopkeeper, so the little boy with glasses isn't the only one who can get scammed.

Yeah, I figured that out since it was one of the hidden objectives. Locking him in the garage doesn't even accomplish anything, though, it's just a possibility they accounted for.

Nintendo is hiring for a 2D game in Kyoto and 3D action game in Tokyo.

Just finished Ori and the Blind Forest. A gorgeous looking title and a continually impressive game in its game mechanics and art design. Barring some occasionally wonky jump physics and some confusion about foreground/background elements being platforms, its strong across the board.

Its helped clarify my own preferences on Metroidvanias being with those platformer emphasis versus that of combat. Hollow Knight is fantastic in a lot of its elements but the harder nature of its bosses/enemies haven't draw me in like the difficulty of Ori's jump challenges. I think its the same reason I ended up enjoying Steamworld Dig 2 so much; fighting foes isn't anything special but the exploration in conjunction with gradually expansive platforming had me eventually loving it.

10 million Switches have been sold in Europe.

I’ve been debating wether to get a Nintendo Switch or a Lite. I’m mostly going to use it, for its handheld functions, and I‘ve heard that the Lite is cheaper with a longer battery life, so I think that I might go with that one. But, what would you guys recommend?

Also, is Ori and the Blind Forest available on Lite?

The 2.0 version of the standard Switch actually has a longer battery life than the Lite. Plus there have been reports of stick drift in Lites. The main reasons to get a Lite are the cheaper price and its smaller design making it marginally more portable.

All games are available on the Lite.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 10th 2019 at 9:40:01 AM

All right, thanks for the tip. I'll definitely take it, into consideration.

Aren't there certain games that don't have all of their features on the Lite because it can't enter TV mode?

Anything gesture-based won't work, like Mario's fancier moves in Odyssey. Or anything else that requires detaching a Joy-Con, unless you have another one handy. (I assume the Lite can sync a Joy-Con from another Switch for multiplayer.)

Edited by HeraldAlberich on Oct 10th 2019 at 9:01:35 AM

Can't the Lite do tablet mode? Technically you could do the gesturey stuff that way.

The Lite has full compatibility with Nintendo's Switch controllers (you just need to sync them), but I'm not too sure how well it works with the cheaper wired stuff. Or a lot of the third-party controllers in general...

I know it can't work with a many of the Joy Con replacements, as those tend to require attachment to the Joy Con connectors on the Switch's sides, which aren't a thing on the Lite.

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training confirmed for January 3rd release in Europe.

The Overwatch launch event at Nintendo's New York store that was supposed to be this Wednesday has been canceled by Blizzard.

They say Blizzard canceled it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo pushed Blizzard to back out considering the recent controversy involving the latter.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 14th 2019 at 9:42:47 AM

More popcorn material.

Next Pokemon Sword/Shield info will be out tomorrow at 6 am PDT.

Also hearing previews will be out 2 hours after this info is.

Edited by tclittle on Oct 15th 2019 at 8:17:23 AM

Couple interesting games hitting the eShop this month: Monaco Complete Edition drops on the 21st for $15 (coop options include single system, as well as up to four systems online or locally; my advice, have a way to talk to whoever you play with), and a day after that on the 22nd is Skullgirls Second Encore for $25.

Of course, if tactical games are more your thing, Disgaea 4 now has a demo out. It's only the first chapter, but the save will transfer to the full version.

GameXplain review of Little Town Hero.

tl;dw is that they hated it.

can't watch the video currently, why do they hate it?

Seems like the battle system is incredibly overcomplicated, unintuitive, and way too reliant on RNG. It's kind of like a combination between a mana system and a card game, with more RNG board game mechanics thrown in between rounds.

The story is also boring, the town itself feels lifeless, which is a problem since you never leave it, and the game is seriously lacking polish in its animations.

Interesting to note that Little Town Hero is the first game to get Gamexplain's lowest review score. It's also the game that allows the team to say they've used every score at least once.