Yup, I was worried they'd go too deep with the survival stuff, but it sounds just right.
That, Fast RMX, I Am Setsuna and Shovel Knight will keep me well tided over, not to mention with Mario Kart, Snake Pass and especially Redout not far behind.
That, Fast RMX, I Am Setsuna and Shovel Knight will keep me well tided over, not to mention with Mario Kart, Snake Pass and especially Redout not far behind.
Soon...
Issues with the Left Joy-Con floating around Twitter and now becoming more widespread with people who have early release consoles. Disconnects relatively often (every 6-10 hours on average from current info) without warning for some reason. Only occurs when playing in TV mode, so playing on the handheld is fine, or you know, if you got a Pro Controller you're still fine. Hopefully it's sorted out soon, though!
Soon...
Looks good.
Also every time I see the righthand controller I wish the 'plus' was the world's tiniest d-pad.
Previews for Zelda sound fantastic, though I'm still probably gonna wait a good while before even thinking of getting a Switch, I just don't have the time to put into owing two consoles, hopefully Nintendo can find some form again with this.
Hello Elvis!
Just remembered my preorder is still active.
I guess the decision is made!
I guess the decision is made!
I really want to play Zelda
Guess I'll have to get the Wii U version for now.
EDIT: Actually I think I'll wait.
Guess I'll have to get the Wii U version for now.
EDIT: Actually I think I'll wait.
I'm still torn whether to keep my preorder. I love Zelda but I'm getting tired of buying Nintendo consoles to play on about 4 games over the generation. There's not even a second game I'm even slightly tempted by and the only other one this year is Mario.
A rather expensive investment for so few games...but Zelda looks so good. Arghhhhhhh.
A rather expensive investment for so few games...but Zelda looks so good. Arghhhhhhh.
Apparently it's a power issue as they have much more trouble free range with the charging grip, and it'll be fixable with firmware.
I'm not going to be buying this anytime soon but am interested to see how much of an improvement Breath of the Wild will be on the switch. If it's simply improved resolution, sound and lighting then I may just go for a wiiu version.
Look at them shitdicks trying to make it look crap on purpose.
Them trying their hardest to push it over.It's vaguely reminding me of an old Simpsons bit, where someone is trying to break and bend stuff to show it's cheap junk, and is getting almost nowhere, but Homer is all "OMG!", but I can't remember it in any detail.
I do worry about Nintendo.
They really need to knock it out of the park this time..
It's strange because I was always a SEGA kid during my console years.. and I'm a full-on PC nerd for the last fifteen or so years. But they are the only ones trying anything different (PS and Xbox basically ape PC trends).
Wii U was obviously a backstep.. please do something great this time! Mario 64 remains one of my all-time favourite games, a truly 'holy-feck' moment for console gaming.
They really need to knock it out of the park this time..
It's strange because I was always a SEGA kid during my console years.. and I'm a full-on PC nerd for the last fifteen or so years. But they are the only ones trying anything different (PS and Xbox basically ape PC trends).
Wii U was obviously a backstep.. please do something great this time! Mario 64 remains one of my all-time favourite games, a truly 'holy-feck' moment for console gaming.
I think the concept of the Wii U was fine, the execution was awful. Being able to play your game either on the TV or on a screen is a great idea- Nintendo were just too conservative in scope when they went with the standard console sending the data to the controller with a screen idea.
The Switch appears to be a very well designed and built system - it just needs the games to support it. A Zelda, Mario Kart and Mario main series game within one year of launch is very promising.
The Wii U is technically great in terms of build and how it works.
The problem was, as always, lack of games.
The problem was, as always, lack of games.
It's looking like it'll be a lot better supported, after them three you have Lego City Undercovers remaster(which I've seen a lot say is excellent), NBA2K18(which usually don't get on Nintendos), Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 all slated for this year. I'm really looking forward to Redout and Fast RMX. For what's being called a "Zelda machine", I'm seeing lots of games I want on it, though many are multiplat.
Plus they're giving out devkits cheap as they want a lot more indie support, which is good.
Fifa might be one of them shitty "legacy" versions though, and I'd like to see a more normal racer and shooter at some point.
No doubt that was the biggest of its problems.
Don't you think that the range on the controller was a bit limiting? It worked well for being in the same room as the console but if you left the room the signal dropped quite quickly.
I think the general consensus is that what it was supposed to do was poorly communicated, and the more casual audience that bought the Wii were left confused. It also looked quite cheap, while the Switch looks quite slick and the advertising for the Switch is doing a good job at telling people what it does and where it can fit in.
Whether it was good or not(I have no idea), that Wii U controller tablet thing looked like a massive, unwieldy hunk of junk.
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Fair play to Nintendo for their design this time. It may be superficial but this image says a lot about the systems.
I've never had a problem using it around the house, but like everything of it's nature, I guess it depends on obstructions.
Yeah it's a bit dated looking, but no issues with playing with it really. Under-utilised for what it can do is how I'd describe it.
I'd have guessed it would work fine, Nintendo are usually on the ball with hardware. The original DS had a similar clunky look, and that thing was immense.
It wasn't. The controls were perfectly sized and the screen was a good enough size to play on without using a TV as your main screen. When used properly in a game that was developed for it (like Lego City Undercover) it added a lot to the gameplay. It's pretty comfortable to hold too.
The only issue I have with it is that the resolution wasn't great on it, and it would have been nice to have had at least 720 x 1280 on it. Also, it's a resistive touchscreen like on a 3DS, rather than a smartphone style capacitive screen. The Switch really seems to me to be an evolution of the Wii U, streamlining the controller and ditching the box entirely.
All Nintendo need to do to get more people on board is to copy the likes of Steam and Origin for its eshop and occasionally sell their downloads at a discount. My biggest issue with it currently is that it's almost always cheaper to buy a game off Amazon than off the eshop, which surely costs Nintendo money. I also buy second hand games because of this (and also because of the tiny hard drive capacity means you can't store many games internally), which sees Nintendo lose out again.
I'm playing wii u at the moment for the 1st time
I find the gamepad terrible. Worst controller I have ever tried
Wind Waker is incredibly frustrating at times
I find the gamepad terrible. Worst controller I have ever tried
Wind Waker is incredibly frustrating at times
That means it's excellent!
Great review
Great review
The idea was good I supposeThat means it's excellent!
Great review
But it's too big and clunky, shoulder buttons are not good and I do not like the main buttons below the right stick and they are too far away from it
I imagine a 1st person shooter would be a nightmare
So I'm generally using a 3rd party controller when playing it
The two mario games are decent. Wind Waker not as good as I remembered it
Wind Waker was never the best Zelda game anyway, I always thought it got too much praise just for being Zelda. Still better than most of it's type, just not as great as the hype.
As for the controller, it's not the best of course, purely down to size. But the point being it wasn't made to be a standard controller and what it does, it does very well. As for fps type games, well there's not a lot to test, but Zombie U is a really good game and works brilliantly with the controller you should try that.
Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, 3D world (though I'm not it's hugest fan), Zombie U and a few others aside, the games are where this fell short. Sadly
I think 3D world is pretty goodWind Waker was never the best Zelda game anyway, I always thought it got too much praise just for being Zelda. Still better than most of it's type, just not as great as the hype.
As for the controller, it's not the best of course, purely down to size. But the point being it wasn't made to be a standard controller and what it does, it does very well. As for fps type games, well there's not a lot to test, but Zombie U is a really good game and works brilliantly with the controller you should try that.
Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, 3D world (though I'm not it's hugest fan), Zombie U and a few others aside, the games are where this fell short. Sadly
My son told me it was the worst mario game ever, so I went in with low expectations. But I was quite impressed except for the bits I have to blow on the fecking pad
Have you played the version of Zombi on the other consoles, without the Wii U controller, if so, do you miss anything without it?Wind Waker was never the best Zelda game anyway, I always thought it got too much praise just for being Zelda. Still better than most of it's type, just not as great as the hype.
As for the controller, it's not the best of course, purely down to size. But the point being it wasn't made to be a standard controller and what it does, it does very well. As for fps type games, well there's not a lot to test, but Zombie U is a really good game and works brilliantly with the controller you should try that.
Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, 3D world (though I'm not it's hugest fan), Zombie U and a few others aside, the games are where this fell short. Sadly
I have, and I honestly don't think it works as well. The scanner, the map, stuff like that work soooo much better.
But I will say the additions aren't genre defining or anything like that. It's kind of like with VR, or the Wii, tech demos of what could be. But when you play with one vs the other, it makes sense. Resident Evil 7 is like that, in terms of it's decent, but with VR it's just so much better it becomes a different game. That's what it's meant for, and in that it works so very well. The sad part is, although better or enhanced, people just want the same old shit.
Actually it's a lot like revelations, the Resident Evil game. It's brilliant on 3DS but pretty much 'meh' on anything else.
Ultimately is that worth the expense of a new console or tech? That depends on circumstances I guess. But I struggle to justify the Wii U due to the lack of games, but I will say that it should and could have pushed gaming in a new direction.
Worst ever? To be fair, he has a point. It's not a shit game, it's brilliant, but this is Mario we are talking about! As a full on Mario game, it falls way short of the big hitters like 3/world/64/sunshine/galaxy 1 for me. Though like Zelda, Mario Kart and that kind of thing, does anything truly compare to what you loved as a kid?
Cheers!
Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, 3D world (though I'm not it's hugest fan), Zombie U and a few others aside, the games are where this fell short. Sadly
I like smash brothers a lot, its a good multiplayer console imo.
I skipped a few nintendo consoles too so it was really nice for playing Metroid Prime and some of the older Zelda's
Word of warning there's a big spoiler thread of Zelda on NeoGaf. Since I'm not getting the Switch, I had a quick look in the thread and all I'm going to say is
Holy shit, it looks incredible
Pretty much every "pre-review" as they seem to be calling them now has said that it's a game you'll want to remember when you first played it in 30 years time, possibly GOTY already, as good as OOT if not better, and might be the best game ever. One said it made Horizon Zero Dawn look "simplistic", and that isn't even out yet....
Except one who said, "not 60fps so this can feck right off." There's always one.
I'm still tempted to get this and eventually will buy it but closer to late Summer when it has a few more games out. NBA will be a game changer for me if they get it right as having a portable 2K game would be immense considering the amount of time I spend playing this on PS4. Ultimately I cannot justify spending £300 on it now when they have 1 game available at the release date and I think it's a huge blunder by Nintendo yet again. Wii U had a slow start and died a painful death, same will happen to the Switch if they don't pull their shit together and quickly.