RedShell

Still waiting for WarioWare to arrive, unfortunately.

Yeah, I quickly learnt not to do that. There's just no point trying to save better weapons for the boss, when there's no guarantee you'll even reach it in the first place! As for saving progress, I think you can only do it after defeating a boss (before proceeding to the next floor) and only with the latest enhancements they made to the game enabled (although I believe they're on by default). I pretty much always mess up a run if I save and return to it later on though so will probably avoid doing that as much as possible.

Couldn’t find a thread for this, so figured I’d make one. Anyway, I finally picked it up recently in the sale. This is one of those games that’s impossible to complete unless you’re a wizard or something, right? I think the furthest I’ve got is to the 3rd floor, and I’m still not sure how I even managed that. The worst thing is when you get absolutely no weapons at all on the first floor and then have to face a boss with the pea shooter. Anyone else playing?

I can imagine. Loading time is pretty much one of the most important things to get right on Switch, long or frequent load screens completely go against one of the main concepts of the console, not to mention the cartridge format.

If you’ve never played the Wii version then I imagine it’d probably still be enjoyable. I had a great time with the original game back in the day, but would’ve liked to see a bit more done with this port.

It’s a real shame there wasn’t a bit more care put into this port. With further refinement and some online features, it could’ve been fantastic. Looks like they pretty much just chucked the Wii version on Switch though, hugely wasted opportunity.

They do, just not often enough and the discounts are usually minimal. It’s seems to happen more often in Japan. MK8 DX and ARMS are both on sale in the Japanese eShop at the moment.

Funnily enough I don’t remember it bothering me so much on Overwatch, not played it in ages though. In fact I should probably get rid of my copy seeing as it’s useless without a PS+ subscription.

I’m on 1008 coins now. What did you get?

Yeah, sorry I didn’t stick around yesterday, but I wasn’t feeling it either.

That was great! BTW, nice touch @S.C.G.

Aaaaand Paladins has been deleted from my Switch. The insane loading and countdown timers are a dealbreaker. If they ever manage to speed things up I might return to it. But yeah, really not sure why there has to be an entire minute just to choose a character, followed by a few more seconds to “customise it” (which for most people means do nothing ) and then yet another timer before battle, purely for faffing about/wasting even more time. The whole thing is in need of some serious streamlining! It makes the unskipable intro and lobby system of Splatoon 2 look lightning fast.

I be up for some splat ups, sure.

My rediscovery of 3DS continues (as I wait for WarioWare to arrive) yesterday saw me playing some Mario Golf & Tennis. Man, it’s just embarrassing how barebones Aces is compared to the 3DS titles! Both of those games (especially golf) have so much cool gear to unlock and great mini-games too. How the hell did they not bring back Super Mario Tennis for the Switch game?! That alone would’ve made a big difference to the very lacking single player experience in Aces. I think it was also a bad idea to drop Miis and the customisation features. I mean all that stuff is already part of the 3DS games, they literally just had to tidy it up a bit (if that) and bring it over to Switch. I suppose there’s at least some hope that a potential Mario Golf on Switch could see the return of some of that stuff, golf is definitely the better of the two 3DS titles, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see a similar situation happen on Switch. Even so, I really think they should look at patching in some stuff to Aces before doing anything else, outside of multiplayer that game is a serious letdown.

Hopefully. I am so ready for that rumoured MK8 DLC. Not to mention some solid info on the Switch online thing, the NES games and cloud saves.

It just wouldn’t be right if you didn’t complete it before me, despite starting it later. Actually I’m pretty much done (99%) just need to find the final lost item. Anyway, great write-up. Hopefully it’ll encourage others to try the game. As you pointed out there are a few nods to DKC, so fans of that franchise should get a kick out of Heroki. Just don’t go in expecting a DKC style level of challenge or you’ll be disappointed, this game is very much on the easy side. But as you say, it makes for a nice and relaxing experience, especially on the underwater stages.

Indeed, and at a resolution that actually does them justice.

Played a few games. It seems to run ok (other than some weird audio glitches) but I’m not a fan of how long it takes to get into the actual gameplay. The initial loading time is pretty long, then you’ve got to wait for it to load the match, and then there’s additional waiting on the character selection screen and again before each game commences! Doesn’t lend itself to the quick pick up and play nature of Switch really, which is a shame. Also, what’s the point of the gold you obtain? There appears to be hardly anything you can purchase with it in the shop, pretty much all items require the other currency, the one I’m guessing you need to buy with actual money from the eShop.

Genuinely surprised to see complaints about the graphics! I think they’re absolutely fantastic. On the simple side, sure, but everything is so smooth (models seem really high poly actually) and the overall image quality is lovely. The textures also give environments and characters an almost 2D/hand-painted appearance. For me the visuals are a perfect evolution of the style from the original game, merged with the vibe from the Pokémon anime, a dream combo. Some of the gameplay choices that Game Freak have made with this might be questionable, but I just don’t understand how anyone can knock the presentation.

Is it, Glen-i... Is it? Pretty sure I'm gonna be getting this game at launch now (against my better judgment) even though it clashes with Yakuza Kiwami 2 and is somewhat overpriced for those of us that played Generations. But yeah, revisiting Generations recently on 3DS was also a reminder of just how much I enjoy the game, it's easily my favourite version of Monster Hunter. The legendary hunting cat, Merengue will come out of retirement!!

I played it on PC, yeah. Hilarious game. Nice to see it making the jump to Switch.

From today's update: Genius!

Yeah, it’s yet another one of those games that caught my eye one day when browsing the eShop. Usually I just chuck ‘em on my Watch List for a rainy day, but I got such a good vibe from what I saw of Heroki that I actually pre-ordered it right away! Anyway, glad to see you’re also enjoying the game now. I’m up to the final world, looks like there are only 3 in total though so yeah, it’s not a long game by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a very nice and solidly built title for sure. Gorgeous visuals too, especially for a mobile game, not sure how much it was modified for the Switch port but it holds up really well on the big screen. Will certainly be keeping an eye on Picomy. Here’s a teaser trailer for their next project: Looks to be some sort of music creation/fishing game. Mobile only at the moment, but here’s hoping they also plan to bring it to Switch. Everyone go buy Heroki!

Great vid @Dcubed, I'd definitely seen it before, but a loooong time ago and had forgotten just how entertaining it was, so thanks for sharing. Shigeru M-eye-amoto? Hilarious how that Zelda review has the low health warning sound throughout the entire thing. Also, 88% for sound on Super Mario Kart? W...T...F!? Gotta love even more hyper than usual young Craig Charles though, what a legend. Hehehe! Quite possibly the worst case of false advertising ever. And that Star Fox footage was more sped up than an old-school TV car chase scene!

Cheers for the games @nekunando & @dazzybee. What do you lot think of Rumble? I get the feeling most people don’t like it, not as much as I do anyway.