VideoGame_Discussion

loztdogs wrote:

Well, at least there's a Kirby game in the bunch. Also, it says "March NSO games", so maybe they will be adding games monthly throughout the year.

I wanna play BurgerTime more than the other games in that video. I wish it could've been the NES version though.

Game Boy Burgertime is pretty solid. It isn't as much of an upgrade as Donkey Kong got, but it is good.

Been putting some time into Burgertime, love that game. But yah, they friggin need to get the GB Donkey Kong on here. I don't even care that I played almost the entire thing via emulator recently, I'd play it again so hard if it was on Switch.

BloodPuppetX wrote:


I'll give Kirby 2 a go. Meh to the rest. Donkey Kong (94) needs to be added soon. My number 1 GB release and it's not close.

Have they announced if they are releasing any mainline Pokémon games on any of the Online platforms? I'm not a fan, but I'm curious if my kids would play them.

https://www.nintendo.com/store/exclusives/rewards/

There's a nice looking pin set as a my nintendo reward for metroid prime. Shipping is $7 flat rate unless you buy $50 worth of physical stuff, then it's free. I got the metroid and coin pin sets for 1600 platinum coins.

Dang, not enough points for the Metroid pin.

MrBean wrote:


If you're close they are easy to rack up. There are weekly and monthly tasks that take seconds to do, if that interests you.

They limit it 1 set per account, otherwise I'd have ordered 2. (1 for me and 1 for the kids)

Edit: Just got to thinking, I should check my wife's account and see if she has enough.

KCPenguins wrote:

I had 1640 points so i got both too. Figuire its future trade bait.

I haven't redeemed for any physical rewards in a long time, but went ahead and got the pin set. The Samus one is cool, but would have preferred her gunship or something to the logo.

I like both, especially with the background. Looks kind of like a Switch game case.

Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime are currently the highest rated games of 2023.
The spirit of GameCube lives on

Well booted up the ole 2DS XL, went ahead and picked up the original Phoenix Wright Trilogy for $2.99. @ 99 cents a game, get you some.

A friend of mine is looking to get a few Switch games for a couple kids he knows in a low income family. He doesn't know the Switch very well though, so he's asking me for recommendations, and I was wondering if anyone here can help out. I'm trying to think of games that are good, but can be bought used for relatively cheap. Unfortunately, that eliminates most 1st party games. The only one I've thought of so far is Immortals Fenyx Rising. The kids are 9-10. Any suggestions?

Minecraft, Mario vs Rabbids, Lego Games (City, Star Wars, etc), GOAT Game, Untitled Goose Game, Dragonquest Builders, Unraveled 2, Scribblenauts Mega Pack, NES/SNES/GB Online, Blossom Tales, Fall Guys, other free to play games, Super Luckys Tale...

Switch games go on sale all the time. It's easy to rack up a bunch pretty cheap. Buy e-shop cards on sale to increase the discount.

Scott wrote:

In addition to what was said, Minecraft, Paw Patrol, Dance Dance games, Cooking Mama

Went in what I assume was the unintended way to get to the lowest level of phazon mines in MPR. My first death in the game.

This madman spent nearly $23K buying every Wii U and 3DS game before the eShop closes for good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujHUMG0Uovs

"Youtuber blows enormous amount of money on stupid thing" is a video trend that just depresses me.

He's doing it equally as much for preservation purposes than for clout.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
That's his story, and he's sticking to it.

Well I'd argue he's doing it more for game preservation purposes than for clout, if that makes you feel any better. All the consoles and SD cards the games are downloaded on are getting donated to https://gamehistory.org

Imagine Nintendo not doing that in the first place.

So, I tried NSO Gameboy Tetris multiplayer...

It was really choppy online. I can't imagine the original gameboy cable transferred much data, but that amount of lag and rollback stuff was just awful.

I then tried it with local wireless in the same room as the other switch, and while it was better there was still some noticeable stuttering here and there.

Anyone else have issues with it?

Anyone playing the Return to Castlevania DLC for Dead Cells? I just recently started playing Dead Cells again since it initially launched on Switch. Just played through DLCs (Fatal Falls, The Bad Seed, Rise of the Giants, The Queen and the Sea) in the last few days. Probably gonna pickup the Castlevania DLC tonight and play it. I forget how awesome this game is and how it continues to be supported. Switch performance is pretty abysmal now through when talking about load times.

So I’m charging my Switch via cable, not the dock. When I put it down last night, it was very low battery, so I imagine putting it down without powering it all the way off (just to sleep) drained the rest of the battery.

But now when I’m charging it, the screen stays on (black) with the little charging icon up in the left hand corner. Am I crazy or does the screen usually go to sleep while charging if you don’t touch it? Or is it normal for the screen to stay on to show you the indicator when plugged in as opposed to docked?

Little bit worried that my Switch may have crap the bed. It does SAY it’s charging, but I feel like the screen staying on would only work against it charging properly.

Whenever charging, regardless of method, the little battery indicator will be on.

Yah I figured I was just being paranoid. I never noticed that before.

@theJaw I saw your post yesterday and was going to say it should go away when charging, but Anxious seemed pretty confident so I figured I was wrong. But I plugged my Switch in to charge just now and the charging indicator did go away after a couple seconds like I thought. It's in sleep mode though, not shut down completely. Maybe if the Switch is completely off, then the indicator stays? I'd test it but I have a game suspended right now.

I believe the indicator stays until the Switch has enough power that it can be powered on. In the case where a Switch's battery is completely drained, it could stay on for a while, especially if it's getting charged by a lower watt charger.

When I plug my switch OLED back up. Say I have 97%. Say the screen is off, the system is in sleep mode. When I plug it in the switch immediately "wakes up" to show the screen, then the charging icon shows on the top left. I like it that way because it confirms for me my plug made a successful connection. But I always push the power button on the top right to turn the screen back off. You should be able to turn the screen off if you want to.

theJaw wrote:

Last year I had something similar happen were I was playing until really low battery. I then plugged it it to keep playing via cable and it appeared to just die. It seemed I could charge it but couldn't turn it on. I thought it was toast, but found some video online and tried what they said and was able to get it back. I think what worked for me was doing something with the power button, I'd need to look it up. If it comes to it just be sure you pull the memory card as it will delete the contents. You will also need to redownload game patches. But at least you can use it again.

It’s no worries now. After about a half hour it just popped back on. I had just never realized that the blank screen stays on while charging if it’s completely drained. Like Scott mentioned, usually when it’s low and I plug it in, it pops up for a second but then the screen goes to sleep, so I just got a little worried.

WithinTemptation wrote:


I think you hold the power button and down volume button to access a hidden menu where you're given a few options including factory reset.

Just saw an Instagram ad for this Kickstarter. I feel like I've seen this IP somewhere...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXzciBYJZE

Looks a lot like Advanced Wars from the GBA

Sonic Origins getting a physical release and looks to be worth it now:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&lo...

All 12 of the Game Gear games are being added in.

SwiftJAB wrote:


I like the look of the kickstarter game better than the new reboot look. Something about turning the maps into a board game is really off-putting to me. It's the exact same game, but now instead of commanding an army you're playing Risk. Hopefully they offer a different view or classic graphics.

Yah I sorta vastly prefer the look of the original GBA Advance Wars to the remake. Half the drawing power of that game, for me, were the simple sprites.

Loving Octopath Traveler II. Started with Partitio. Played his first Chapter, then played Hikari’s first chapter after I found him. I like the route of my story so far. The “main” character (or, my main character) comes from the more humble, small beginnings and sets out on a grand adventure. Then like all those classic adventure anime shows, meets up with vastly more “interesting” characters with stories that exist on a far larger scale.

Pretty neat. Looking forward to what else is to come.

I would love to play Octopath II, no clue when time will be available, need to not forget about this one!