SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Yeah, I realized around 2015 that I've been reading and barely posting since 2005 or so so I've been trying to make up for it. Labo is awesome. If you like playing with things like Lego or other such activities like model building, its a little like that. Then it's just applications of those cardboard builds. It's fun, as long as you don't expect AAA game gameplay. Fitness Boxing my wife mostly plays. She likes it a lot and it's a great pairing with.... Ring Fit Adventure, which is freaking brilliant. We both play this one. It's a fitness game in RPG form, with stat increases, leveling up, etc. It literally does make working out fun. It'll kick your ass too. I've hurt myself and sweated a puddle playing it. When Switch first came around I was getting a little worried that they'd be sacrificing creativity for just pleasing fans and that's it, but then you look at games like Ring Fit, Labo, and Mario Kart Home Circuit and you realize Nintendo is just as creative and innovative as they were during the Wii years (which I'm pretty sure I appreciated more than most people, especially looking back on that era now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thanks for that! I actually got one of the Labo kit for Christmas (TWO Christmases ago now!) and we have yet to put it together. You'd think lockdown time would have been the perfect opportunity, but it just hasn't happened yet! S'weird. Hopefully this will motivate me to do it soon! I had Ring Fit Adventure on my Christmas wish list for last year, but didn't get it. I keep thinking I should just buy it anyway; I've gained weight since lockdowns started and in general would like to be in better shape, and I think I'd enjoy this. I heard multiple enthusiastic reviews on various podcasts. I think I'd like it Are you a Splatoon guy? I tried it a few times and couldn't get into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Splatoon is a weird game. I feel like I'm too old for it. It's a younger skewing game, not because it's for kids, but its very online multiplayer focused. The single player is super fun so for the last two I've picked it up just for that. It's creative, got great style, plays really well, and is just entertaining overall. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, SilverTrumpet said: Splatoon is a weird game. I feel like I'm too old for it. It's a younger skewing game, not because it's for kids, but its very online multiplayer focused. The single player is super fun so for the last two I've picked it up just for that. It's creative, got great style, plays really well, and is just entertaining overall. Highly recommended. Yeah I think the single player is worth checking out as like a 3D platformer of sorts. Jay, I think Splatoon 2 is definitely worth picking up for that experience.... if they ever put on sale (which does happen *occasionally*, especially by retailers for the physical copies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 I already picked it up for 40 bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jay said: I already picked it up for 40 bucks! Oh sorry, I must have missed that post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 I probably forgot to mention it I'm definitely willing to give it a chance Like others I have no interest in multiplayer but am intrigued by the single player campaign, despite early attempts at the gameplay (an in-store demo of 1, the limited free download demo for 2) not wowwing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 All the demos both on your console and in store have been multiplayer, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 In a Best Buy or Walmart or whatever it was I played the single player campaign of Splatoon 1 for a bit The free demo of Splatoon 2 was a multiplayer demo yea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I know Splatoon 1 had a similar demo to the 2 one. The single player is really what I liked. That was the best part about 2, the expansion was more single player stuff. Great style with the subway stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I gotta admit, I didn't spring for the DLC. I'd had my fill with the main campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 From everything I've heard about that DLC, it's tailor made exactly for you: a length single player campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I think it was longer than the main campaign. Definitely more clever too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I built a Splash boats with a drop ending next to my park entrance, you really have to time your entry and exit from the park right so you don't get soaked by the tidal wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Welp, gang, it was a rainy day and I ordered a physical copy of the soon-to-be pointlessly OOP rare collector's item Mario 3D All-Stars only for Mario 64. I also bought a digital copy of Mario Kart, the game that was transformed from an exciting racing game into a bizarre incredibly slow-moving Japanese Universal Studios attraction where you have to share virtual reality goggles in a pandemic. I tried playing Mario Odyssey again and it's fucking terrible. Mario 64 has a wonky camera, but it's clearly the greatest 3D Mario game of all time and I'd rather throw that one on for the occasional platforming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Mario Galaxy is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Mario 64 is a definitive game. It may be the same old shit since '96, but it's the same old great shit. I didn't mind Mario Galaxy and to be honest, it was better than what I've played of Odyssey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Can’t drop a baby penguin off a cliff in Galaxy. EDIT: that’s a vote for SM64, if that’s not clear Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 It's just like the Universal Studios ride, only fast and exciting and not requiring you to share a VR Headset with a bunch of Japanese people who tested positive for the Coronavirus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Got in right before Mario died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Well then. Japanese culture can be very different. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Oh, Miyamoto. Gotta love that guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Who cares about that guy, where’s Toad?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 mstrox and Disco Stu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Mario is the same height as Luigi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 They always were, in the older games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 In the 3D versions, Mario is shorter and fatter and Luigi is a lanky vegan type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Just ordered a pro controller because my right controller keeps disconnecting. What a piece of crap. That's what she said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Did you update the controller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 The Pro Controller is the best way to play Switch if it's on your TV. It's now the best way to play portably too if you get this clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Those pictures at the top of this page has had me going through my entire game collection to see what I have and don't have. I couldn't finish counting them all this weekend. There was too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I have a whole 4 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Just packing things up, I'm on about 6 large plastic bins of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I have two shelves of a media cabinet of physical (with cases) PS2, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, PS4, Switch, 3DS, and PC games + two Gamecube disc sleeve cases, some GB/GBC/GBA games scattered in a few trays, a case of DS games, a few games I bought used in my 3DS case, and some digital games (Steam, PS4, Wii, Wii U, Switch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 I'll see if I can remember to take pictures of my physical collection tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Now you're playing with power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Could it really be happening? https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendos-switch-upgrade-reportedly-to-include-new-nvidia-chip-holiday-season-release/ https://www.ign.com/articles/new-nintendo-switch-will-reportedly-offer-better-graphics-for-a-potentially-higher-price-this-holiday https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/nintendo-to-use-new-nvidia-graphics-chip-in-2021-switch-upgrade https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/23/22346041/oled-nintendo-switch-dlss-nvidia-chip-report https://screenrant.com/nintendo-switch-pro-price-4k-chip-revealed-report/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I already have money put aside for the thing. Bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 I'd love it if Breath of the Wild 2 and Metroid Prime 4 are games that make use of better than than the Switch, which is 2016 tech - 5 years old already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I just got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I highly recommend Immortals Fenyx Rising. It's a lot of fun. JacobCl1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I heard it runs like crapola on Switch. What's your experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I dislike the long (30 seconds or so) loading times, but we have zero performance issues on Switch. The combat is a lot of fun. Weapons don't break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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