Nintendo Switch Chat Thread Thrii

[Tomous]

I hope it will, but it’d be equally amazing/baffling if Retro have done nothing since Tropical Freeze back in 2013 and then given what could be one of the Switch’s biggest titles in Metroid Prime 4 without anything to show over the last 6 years.

Yes you could look at it like that. Or, maybe they’ve given them Metroid back in effort to let them go back to their roots because everything they’ve tried since TF has failed. Metroid isn’t really that important to Nintendo in the grand scheme of things after all.

[Fisher]

shyguy64 did you play a switch game today.

[shy guy 64]

shyguy64 did you play a switch game today.

fraid not

[Winckle]

Quality content lads.

[Winckle]

I spunked too much money on the Champions League final so I can't afford Slay the Spire this month. I really am looking forward to it though, anyone seen reviews on how the port is compared to the PC/PS4 versions? I hear it's been handled by a third party which has me a little concerned.

[Rex Kramer]

I spunked too much money on the Champions League final so I can't afford Slay the Spire this month. I really am looking forward to it though, anyone seen reviews on how the port is compared to the PC/PS4 versions? I hear it's been handled by a third party which has me a little concerned.

Sounds decent (but then Nintendolife are generous with the marks at times).
http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/swi ... _the_spire

[jawafour]

...Slay the Spire... I really am looking forward to it though, anyone seen reviews on how the port is compared to the PC/PS4 versions? I hear it's been handled by a third party which has me a little concerned.

Reviews appear to indicate that it's a good version, Winckle; five reviews are in so far and the Metacrtic is 89.

Nintendo Life, in their 9/10 assessment, commented on the tech aspects:

On the technical side of things, this Switch port runs beautifully in both docked and portable mode and the game’s big, bright and colourful cast of characters mean everything looks great and is easily discernible on the handheld screen. There are also no annoyances to report with text being too small; all the information on-screen is easy to parse and clearly laid out. We did encounter a handful of very slight framerate drops from time to time whilst we were shuffling quickly through our cards as a screen-shaking attack was going off, but they were few and far between.

Edit: Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeex! .

[Balladeer]

Not a popular opinion but I do hope Retro have been working on a 3D Donkey Kong game with David Wise on soundtrack duty. I love both of the 2D games they made and would love to see what a 3D game by them would be like.

Obviously they’re working on Metroid at the moment but Tropical Freeze was years ago.

I’m not sure this is an unpopular opinion? I think lots of us would love a 3D Donkey Kong from Retro. A 2D game would probably get some whining (although I’d love a new one personally) but a 3D one would be get a huge reaction I think.

David Wise supposedly spent some time at Retro a few years ago, it was before the Switch release of Tropical Freeze so it could have been related to that but I don’t remember the port having any new music.

I’d be slightly concerned. I don’t care what anybody else says, DK64 was a forgettably-designed collectible-ridden minigame-choked mess. That said, I’d prefer that infinitely to another 2D one.

Honestly though I’d take anything from Retro over this radio silence. Especially if it has Wise doing the music: I maintain that Tropical Freeze has the best music in gaming.

[Christopher]

Not a popular opinion but I do hope Retro have been working on a 3D Donkey Kong game with David Wise on soundtrack duty. I love both of the 2D games they made and would love to see what a 3D game by them would be like.

Obviously they’re working on Metroid at the moment but Tropical Freeze was years ago.

I’m not sure this is an unpopular opinion? I think lots of us would love a 3D Donkey Kong from Retro. A 2D game would probably get some whining (although I’d love a new one personally) but a 3D one would be get a huge reaction I think.

David Wise supposedly spent some time at Retro a few years ago, it was before the Switch release of Tropical Freeze so it could have been related to that but I don’t remember the port having any new music.

I’d be slightly concerned. I don’t care what anybody else says, DK64 was a forgettably-designed collectible-ridden minigame-choked mess. That said, I’d prefer that infinitely to another 2D one.

Honestly though I’d take anything from Retro over this radio silence. Especially if it has Wise doing the music: I maintain that Tropical Freeze has the best music in gaming.

Preach! His music for the whole series is absolutely incredible.

[Rex Kramer]

...Slay the Spire... I really am looking forward to it though, anyone seen reviews on how the port is compared to the PC/PS4 versions? I hear it's been handled by a third party which has me a little concerned.

Reviews appear to indicate that it's a good version, Winckle; five reviews are in so far and the Metacrtic is 89.

Nintendo Life, in their 9/10 assessment, commented on the tech aspects:

On the technical side of things, this Switch port runs beautifully in both docked and portable mode and the game’s big, bright and colourful cast of characters mean everything looks great and is easily discernible on the handheld screen. There are also no annoyances to report with text being too small; all the information on-screen is easy to parse and clearly laid out. We did encounter a handful of very slight framerate drops from time to time whilst we were shuffling quickly through our cards as a screen-shaking attack was going off, but they were few and far between.

Edit: Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeex! .

There was a short while there where I thought I'd achieved the impossible and made it on to Jawa's ignore list.

[shy guy 64]

yooka laylee and the impossible lair just announced for switch, with 2d platforming and 3d exploration

twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1136981300722753536

[Christopher]

Yooka-Laylee Country and David Wise

[Ploiper]

absolutely be getting that, would like a physical copy but I guess limited run games may handle that at some point.

[Venom]

Beautiful music, it sells the game alone! David Wise is truly a master of blue skies gaming music. He's also doing it for the other ex-Rare game Tamarin.

[The Watching Artist]

[jawafour]

(Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair)

... . It looks fun and I love the music! I'm still kinda annoyed at Playtonic's decision to drop the U version of Y-L but I just gotta get over that. This looks good! Seems that the game is coming to PS4, XBO and Steam, too.

[Ploiper]

reading the faq of the game there will be a physical version released normally so yay.

[HaruKazuhira]

Blasphemous looks legit as heck. Love the style of the game.

[Robbo-92]

Sold already really good to see it’s coming this year as well.

[Tomous]

Not a popular opinion but I do hope Retro have been working on a 3D Donkey Kong game with David Wise on soundtrack duty. I love both of the 2D games they made and would love to see what a 3D game by them would be like.

Obviously they’re working on Metroid at the moment but Tropical Freeze was years ago.

I’m not sure this is an unpopular opinion? I think lots of us would love a 3D Donkey Kong from Retro. A 2D game would probably get some whining (although I’d love a new one personally) but a 3D one would be get a huge reaction I think.

David Wise supposedly spent some time at Retro a few years ago, it was before the Switch release of Tropical Freeze so it could have been related to that but I don’t remember the port having any new music.

I’d be slightly concerned. I don’t care what anybody else says, DK64 was a forgettably-designed collectible-ridden minigame-choked mess. That said, I’d prefer that infinitely to another 2D one.

Honestly though I’d take anything from Retro over this radio silence. Especially if it has Wise doing the music: I maintain that Tropical Freeze has the best music in gaming.

We’re talking about a 3D DK though not a sequel to DK64. I agree, DK64 had its’ issues but there’s no reason Retro would need to follow that formula in their own take on 3D Donkey Kong.

What I would love is a kind of cross between Donley Kong and Super Mario 3D World. A to B level design in a 3D world, retaining a lot of the platforming style from their 2D DK games.