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Snapped is the only one I have not played. Funnily enough, I went to play Snapped just last night, but I was in bed and apparently that game wants you to place the console on a flat surface and do things in front of the camera which I did not want to do at 11:15 pm.

bumsplikity wrote:

I don't remember much about Snapped, but I do remember it being frustrating trying to get it to work correctly.

Otaku100 wrote:
It's been awhile since I've played a Warioware game. I think Warioware Twisted was the last one I played. Is smooth moves similar to Twisted?

nonamesleft wrote:

Twisted is quite good as well. Yeah they're pretty similar, the main difference just being Twisted being based around tilt controls, and Smooth Moves being based around ways to move/handle the Wiimote.

I'm playing through Mario wonder now. Wasn't feeling it at first with the Pro controller, but once I swapped out to a Dualshock 4 it became much more fun to play. It feels much more precise now that I have a dpad that isn't useless.

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/11/22/nintendo-int...

Don't recall if this was announced before, but Jet Force Gemini coming to N64 Online in December. In Japan they are launching an 18+ N64 online app Nov 30th which will also get them Goldeneye. I wonder if all Rare N64 games are coming?

Don't see how DK64 and Diddy couldn't at this point.

Apollo Justice Trilogy getting a physical release in the west:

https://videogamesplus.ca/products/pollo-justice-a...

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Very cool. These were originally DS games right? I'll probably skip but glad to see physical releases of deserving titles, always.

Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice were 3DS and were digital only here.

BloodPuppetX wrote:

nice.

So, this is a thing? Spending stupid money on graded games that are brand new, and easily obtainable? the fudge?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375088046344?_trksid=p234...

$610 for Mario Wonder, people are gosh darn idiots.

I thought they've already shown some scandalous people are trying to artificially drive video game prices up, like with the sealed Mario games going for $1M plus.

evilBay strikes again.

MrBean wrote:

Yeah but in forty years it'll be worth at least $611.

MrBean wrote:

Money laundering

No it’s no real. Graded games are at about the same level as NFTs. These people are as stupid as crypto bros.

Atari 50 is getting more games added via updates, the first will be available on Tuesday:

https://twitter.com/atari/status/17302475873854752...

Berzerk is gonna be added for sure.

Atari didn't buy that IP to not milk it. And i'm here for it

Free update, I forgot to add. The Nintendo Life article I got that from said that more are coming. I'm for it as well. Free is good!

Also I just read that War birds is playable on physical carts if you don't update. I was wondering what happened with that game.

Been playing the heck out of Tetris Attack on my Anbernic device lately. gosh darn what a fun puzzle game.

Anyhow, was watching somebody's "top SNES games" list and, man... I really need to play Chrono Trigger. I think I mentioned it here recently but I've started that game like 47 times but legitimately never get out of the first very short section with the town fair and all that. Every time I see folks talk about it, I see a new screenshot that makes me realize I'm being a doofus for not just playing it finally.

I'm one of those weirdos that thought Chrono Cross was better. I did like Trigger, but don't think I finished it either. (Despite playing on PS1 and DS.)

How’s the Chrono Cross remaster port on Switch? I heard mixed things and never played the original so I’m curious.

Waluigi's creator has revealed early designs for Wapeach, who was supposed to debut in Mario Tennis for GameCube but wound up getting cut from the roster. It's cool to see it all these years later, but also a pretty underwhelming design.

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theJaw wrote:

You really need to give it another shot, and go further this time. There's really not much to love yet if you've only played up to the town fair (aside from the music). The game immediately picks up after the fair though, and should suck you in.

If anyone was looking forward to the Batman Arkham Trilogy that released on Switch today, you might want to save your money until they've patched it. Arkham Knight looks and runs like ass on Switch in its current state. I remember that being the case with the PC version at launch too, but that was almost 9 years ago and they should've learned from those mistakes.

https://twitter.com/oliemack/status/17306009566379...

Or just wait for the Switch 2 at this point. That's what I'm doing for any big named games like this or Zelda TOTK because I figure it's gonna perform pretty badly on near 8 year old hardware. But I must admit it's taking everything within my very existence to not buy Super Mario Wonder or RPG.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Disappointing or not, she will still be playable in smash before waluigi

TalonJedi87 wrote:


TotK runs fine. As do all first party games unless you are put off by very minor issues.

Yeah I want things to run optimally. Also I feel we’re really close to a new Switch successor next year so might as well just wait at this point.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

It's interesting that you think Nintendo will optimize switch games for the successor system. If they do backwards compatibility it will probably be just how they have done it before... straight bc with no upgrades and no frills.

They might release a remastered version though, I suppose.

I’m just hopeful old games will run better on newer hardware without any optimized patches because I know that’s not how the big N rolls. Yeah they’ll likely release remasters before doing any patches to old games but I’m so jaded on buying any remasters at this point when and if I can just pop in an old game and play it on a new system.

I don't think Nintendo will be concerned at all with Switch games running better on the next system. Just running like they do on Switch now is probably what they will shoot for. No frills BC.
Historically they haven't had hardware improve BC, just play it as-is. And I think they even bothered just because of MS forcing their hand a little bit (as well as Sony's).

https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/nintendo...

How spoiled we have all become...reports calling Batman Arkham Knight "unplayable" on Switch because the frame rate drops to 20fps during the batmobile chase.

bonham2 wrote:

Speak for yourself, I still play janky ps1/saturn games

I don't think it makes anyone "spoiled" to expect more from a port of a near 9 year old game. It's unplayable for other reasons too, like the glitches and crashing. Keep in mind that's mainly Arkham Knight, but the other two games included seem to run decently (as they should, being from 2 console generations ago).

The Switch hardware is old, that's no surprise to anyone. But that can't always be used as an excuse. When a developer puts the time and effort into a Switch port, it is capable of running games like DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal, Hogwarts Legacy, etc. and those aren't 9 years old. Yes, the Switch versions are not the ideal way to play any of those games, but they are competent ports that put this one to shame. This is not how Arkham Knight's original dev team wanted you to experience their game.

Scott wrote:

Yes! You owe it to yourself to at least get past the fair :) the game holds up SO well too. Games still try to mimic it and fall short

benstylus wrote:
😆😅 Poor Waluigi.

I saw a poster showing all of the smash bros characters. At the very end was Waluigi with a 🚫 over him.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Oh, please don't misunderstand me. I 100% agree with you. The game should run better. The Switch can certainly handle it, and the devs should be ashamed of themselves putting out such an unfinished product.

I'm simply saying that calling it "unplayable" is a bit of a stretch. I mean, the dude literally posted a video of him playing the game and completing the challenge while calling it unplayable.

bonham2 wrote:

I would blame the publisher instead of the devs, honestly. 'Gotta ship for the holidays' plus the 'we can patch it later' mindset, mix in a fairly small budget (these are just ports of games that are 8+ years old, not developing new games from the ground up) and farm the port out to some off-brand studio instead of having Rocksteady do it and there you go.

https://www.turnmeup.la
This is the dev team who were tasked with the Batman Arkham Trilogy ports. Looks like they've handled several other Switch ports before, including It Takes Two, Borderlands and Tony Hawk. I own the Switch port of It Takes Two, of course it doesn't look as good as the other console versions but it still runs decent enough on Switch, so I don't know what went wrong with this one. It was even delayed so they had a couple extra months to work on it but that was definitely not long enough.

Tony Hawk was solid as well imo.

Anyone send in a joycon for repair lately? Is it still free and about 2 weeks?

20 FPS is definitely unplayable

longhornsk57 wrote:

You're unplayable

longhornsk57 wrote:

Agreed. Look at this footage and say you'd be fine playing the game in this state. It's not even HD (540p in handheld) and still runs this poorly? And you can't even save $20 by just buying the other two games separately, you have to buy them bundled with this turd too, which keeps the price at $60. Hopefully they fix it with patches eventually, but in its current state I'd probably rank this up there with Saints Row 2 on PC or DOOM on 3DO which are two other infamously bad ports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVPPOoTcr_E

So from what I saw in that state it's mostly playable save a few crashes as someone who grew up in the NES era. To my knowledge there are no patches. Seems like par for the course with modern games, granted this is a port.

I mean, anything is playable if it doesn't crash. I think saying it's unplayable nowadays just means it's so distracting and/or feels so bad that it isn't worth trying.

We are in a generation of having both 30fps and 60fps options in games. If a game is only 30fps on a console and can't hit that reliably, the game was rushed out the door. Sure they might be able to patch it (they needed to on X1/PS4) but I personally can't play a game that doesn't have a consistent 30fps at least.

If it was consistent 30fps that'd be fine and I'd be laughing at the suckas calling it unplayable just for that. But in the Digital Foundry video you can see it clearly isn't consistent 30fps and even has frequent pauses. Luckily with this game available on other platforms nobody should have to settle for this version (but you know some clueless spouse or parent that doesn't know better will pick it up as a Christmas gift with good intentions).

Glad I didn’t bite on the Arkham trilogy. I only half like those games anyhow. In the minority but I feel like they’re overrated… even as a huge Batman fan.

I think when most people say unplayable they mean unacceptable. Thats a better word to describe it.

theJaw wrote:

What do you think of the combat? Personally I think it’s the best melee combat I’ve ever played. But to each his own :) playing the new spider man and the combat is great, but I can’t help but think how much better Batman’s was all these years ago

I adored all Arkham games. Bought the remastered collection too on Xbox. I miss those games. The combat was very fun to me. And I enjoyed the detective stuff too.

I've been wanting to play the Arkham games for a long time. Being able to play them handheld on the Switch would have been great, but that performance really does look awful.

Shane12m wrote:

I prefer Miles Morales’ combat to any I’ve played in Arkham — and that’s not to say it’s bad by any means, I still enjoy that aspect of those games.

It’s hard for me to really nail down what irks me about them. It’s not the open world aspect because I usually love open world stuff. I think it’s the story, how it treats certain characters, and the obnoxiously grimdark tone and design for Gotham. I’d vastly prefer an open world Batman game more along the lines of Scott (not Zack) Snyder’s take on Batman. It can be dark but doesn’t beat you over the head with it, and has some sense of levity outside of just Joker’s morbid comedy. The Arkham games just feel a little too over the top for me I guess.

Still want to trudge through at least City and maybe Knight someday though. Maybe my opinion will change eventually.

Three N64 games added to NSO: Harvest Moon 64, 1080 Snowboarding and Jet Force Gemini.

Also, saw some price drops on Amazon earlier. GrimGrimoire for $21.99 as of this post:

https://www.amazon.com/GrimGrimoire-OnceMore-Delux...

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Yeah, that's crap.

Year in review stats:

https://year-in-review.nintendo.com/en-us/

My stats:

Played: 60 games
529 Total Hours
First game of 2023: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Most Played Games:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -- 181 hours
2. Gameboy Advance -- 52 hours (mostly The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)
3. Pikmin 4 -- 47 hours

My Gaming Trends:
Action: 42%
Adventure: 33%
Classic: 12%
Strategy: 6%
Role Playing: 4%
Racing: 3%

Monthly Breakdown -- Hours Played, Most Played Game:
January -- 19 hours, Super Nintendo
February -- 40 hours, Gameboy Advance (Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)
March -- 84 hours, Octopath Traveler II
April -- 44 hours, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
May -- 104 hours, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
June -- 83 hours, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
July -- 33 hours, Pikmin 4
August -- 46 hours, Pikmin 4
September -- 12 hours, Red Dead Redemption
October -- 35 hours, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
November -- 24 hours, Rocket League
(Wish they included last December since this December obviously isn't listed.)

And just for the heck of it,

My Top Switch Games of 2023:
(Not necessarily released in 2023, but the games I had the most fun with via Switch in 2023)

1. Pikmin 4 (2023)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
3. Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
4. Super Mario RPG (2023)
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
6. Gorogoa (2017)
7. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014)
8. Red Dead Redemption (2010)
9. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020)
10. The Oregon Trail Remake (2021)
Honorable Mention: Rocket League -- but this is a given. It's my go-to casual game across 3 different platforms.

First played game of 2023: Super Mario Maker 2
I played 54 games at a total of 257 hours

Most Played Games:
Manticore - Galaxy on Fire at 34 hours
Super Mario Bros. Wonder at 27 hours
Guacamelee! 2 at 25 hours

Gaming trends:
1. action 43%
2. adventure 23%
3. shooting 18%
4. role playing 10%
5. puzzle 4%
6. racing 2%

I played the most in October with 54 hours
I played the least in May with 3 hours

My stats:

Played: 1 game
Total Hours: 1 hour

Most Played Games:
1. Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer

My Gaming Trends:
Action: 100%

Says I played a total of 394 hours this year.

302 hours of Binding of Issac. Ugh, this is my wife. Only game she plays lol.

My stats:

Played: 15 games
284 Total Hours
First game of 2023: Fortnite (my kids)

Most Played Games:
1. Pokemon Scarlet -- 85 hours
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe -- 55 hours (me and the kids)
3. Minecraft -- 38 hours (my kids)

My Gaming Trends: (pretty well-rounded)
Party - 22%
Action -- 22%
Role-Playing -- 21%
Adventure -- 13%
Racing -- 12%
Shooting -- 10%


Edit 12/14
I just noticed, that Pokemon Shield was not listed in my top 3 games of this year. I put 65+ hours into it before starting up Scarlet a few months ago. It should be my 2nd most played game. Strange...

My stats:

6 Games. 247 Hours.

Most Played Games:
1. Octopath Traveler II - 115 hours
2. Fire Emblem Engage - 102 hours
3. Doki Doki Literature Club! - 15 hours

It looks like I've played 39 games for a total of 622 hours.

Most played games this year:

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 273 hours
Arcade Archives - Tetris: The Grand Master - 130 hours
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 84 hours

47 Games @ 364hrs

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 124hrs
Metroid Prime Remastered - 35hrs
Super Mario Wonder - 35hrs

It says i only played 15 hrs of MK8 ..... I have high doubts on that

Finally making some progress in Super Mario RPG after starting it 400 times over the course of my life. I've only ever played up until the first time you go to the Mushroom Kingdom... which is the literal start of the game. Never even fought that first boss with the bouncy shyguys or met Mallow.

Just got past the bit where Mario first meets Geno and he joins up with the party. I'm sure this sentiment has already been shared a million times, but I love how "classic Square" the game feels, just with a Mario coat of paint slapped on. Still honors the Mario source material while almost feeling like another classic Final Fantasy.

First Game: Splatoon 3
Played 21 total games
918 total hours
Played most in June (107 hours)

Most played games:
1) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 245 hours
2) Pokemon Scarlet - 239 hours
3) Slay the Spire - 235 hours

Gaming Trends:
1) Role Playing - 27%
2) Action - 24%
3) Adventure - 14%
4) Card Game - 14%
5) Strategy - 13%
6) Shooting - 8%

My 3 most played games were extremely close in hours!

theJaw wrote:

I'm really excited to play this game. My son and I are both getting it for Christmas and are going to play it at the same time. I only played the original once, back when it first came out, and have been wanting to replay it for a long time. I remember very little about it, but I do remember enjoying it.

Stick with Mario RPG this time! It's not a very long game at all. I beat the remake in under 15 hours, and had never finished it before either.

First Game: Mom Hid my Game! (lol, freebie)
Played 32 total games
314 total hours

Most played games:
1) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 209 hours
2) Red Dead Redemption 23 hrs
3) Metroid Prime Remake 22 hrs

Gaming Trends:
1) Action 45%
2) Adventure 42%
3) Shooting 8%
4) Classic 3%
5) Sim 1%
6) Puzzle 1%

I wonder how they categorize the games. Zelda was 67% of my gaming hours, yet my top trend is action. Is Zelda's hours split by both action and Adventure? Is it based on the percentage of games played (and not hours spent)?

BloodPuppetX wrote:

I didn't word my post very well...I did beat it that one time I played it!

That was directed at theJaw lol.

Tetris 99 SM Wonder event going on now!

My stats:

Played: 60 games
529 Total Hours
First game of 2023: Sparklite (I think I played this for about 5 minutes, lol)

Most Played Games:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -- 202 hours
2. Pikmin 4 - 63 hours
3. Advance Wars 1 & 2 - 45 hours

Monthly Breakdown -- Hours Played, Most Played Game:
January -- 3 hours - Kaze and the Wild Masks
February -- 20 hours - Metroid Prime Remastered
March -- 14 hours - Metroid Prime Remastered
April -- 1 hour - GBA
May -- 70 hours, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
June -- 84 hours, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
July -- 85 hours, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
August -- 62 hours, Pikmin 4
September -- 22 hours, Advance Wars 1 & 2
October -- 17 hours, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
November -- 14 hours, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
(Wish they included last December since this December obviously isn't listed.)

My top Switch games of 2023:
1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Pikmin 4
3. Metroid Prime Remastered
4. Super Mario Bros Wonder
5. Advance Wars 1 & 2
6. Pikmin 2
7. Pikmin 1
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC

Orlandu wrote:

Is the Dpad on the pro controller useless?

@Prime I would say so. Imprecise and uncomfortable to reach.

I have lost so many lives in Super Mario Maker 2 due to the Pro Controller's d-pad. But in 2D games I prefer a d-pad and I'll gladly take the Pro Controller over using that poor excuse for a d-pad on the Joy-Cons. The Pro Controller is far from the worst d-pad though, I just wish they had used the exact same one from the Wii U GamePad, that was a solid d-pad. I was even using it in Mario Kart 8 over the analog stick.

The d-pad on the Switch Pro is garbage. I can't play Tetris with it. There are times when I press right or left on the pad, but it thinks I'm pressing up, so the blocks drop straight down.