So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Ah yeah I've got my main emulation setup that handles anything I need. Plus I still own a physical nes, snes, gc, N64, wii, and wii u....along with a gb, gbc, gba, ds, dsi xl, and a 3ds xl....so kinda sorted for ninty stuff :)

You're dead right about cfw, it will 100% devalue the experience, if caution isn't exercised. Flash cart syndrome is real.

Re the Switch being underpowered, it is obviously underpowered compared to more recent consoles, but you'd expect that as its a handheld. Compared to Xbox 360 and ps3 it actually fares well, its impressive considering we've that level of power in a handheld. What was a problem for me though, was not even big AAA multiplat games, it was certain first party Nintendo titles chugging down to sub 30fps, at standard definition resolutions...that was a real disappointment, considering how buttery smooth Nintendo games often are.

BotW in particular, is essentially a Wii U game, and can bring the switch to its knees. Links Awakening is another one, bizarre how Ninty let that one out the door with its performance.

For most big games and indie content alike, I find it's PC I'm most comfortable with. Consoles I tend to play exclusives on. I'll prob pick up an OLED Switch at some point just to keep the lineup complete, but I'm OK without one for now.

It's successor, whenever that appears, will likely be a very interesting machine. I'd say the days of Nintendo making static consoles are over, so it'll be a Switch U (!)

Metroid Fusion at the moment. Just got to a spider robot boss that's ended up being a big difficulty spike. It's really hard to avoid the initial grab move he does, but even when you do, there's a second phase that's also really hard to navigate.

I was playing on a GBA with an IPS screen, but had to switch to GC player because I was afraid I'd break something!

EDIT:

Right after I moan about it I manage to kill that boss just before lunch is over!

Finally started playing Dread myself yesterday, I'm not usually a massive fan of 2.5D visuals and prefer when games like this are sprite based - but this looks fantastic, really suits the style of the Metroid universe, some of the backgrounds look incredible.

Not too sure if I'm sold on the parry action as of yet, makes the game feel more like a modern fighting based Metroidvania like Dead Cells (which I'm sure is the point) than an explorative one.

Only mild niggles really, enjoying it immensely so far and cant wait to get back to it this evening!

Finished Samus Returns after Dread and tried taking a break with The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons.

Not really sure about it yet. It’s like NES Zelda in that you start out quite fragile and death is a thing in dungeons. In generally actually, it reminds me more of the NES game than Link’s Awakening.

So, back to the Metroid series… I’m working through Metroid Prime whenever the baby sleeps long enough to get a session in.

It’s as good as ever! Phendrana Drifts is just a great section, although the Space Pirates showing up is a bit of a pain.

Recently completed KOTOR I & II, iPad versions with community mods installed on II. Still very enjoyable and perfectly playable on touchscreen.

Just picked up a Xbox S so replaying the Halo collection at the moment.

Playing some of the Megadrive games on the Switch. Jesus theyre bad. What an awful console.

I played them all as a kid but was always more of a Commadore/Nintendo guy anyway. Never liked Sonic for example. But some of these were bad then and are abysmal now. I downloaded the emulator a few years ago and could think of about 3 games worth getting.

I kinda really have to start thinking hard after Streets of Rage. Ecco the Dolphin plays quick I suppose.

It filled the arcade at home demand at the time with a large number of its games. The Super Nintendo didn't really have that, had a different range of games.

On great MegaDrive/Genesis games, check out;

• Shadowrun
• Wiz 'n' Liz
• Powermonger (lots of other versions out there, the MD/G one is fairly good)
• Earthworm Jim(s)
• Road Rash 2

When the Megadrive first came out it filled a gap from arcade to home, hence things like Altered Beast and other Sega arcade ports (Super Thunderblade etc), many of which aren't very good. Unfortunately you see a lot of these games on 'best of' compilations, so I would imagine that's what's informing your incorrect opinion.

Those games came out in the late 80s. The console was around until the mid 90s. There were many more games which came out after that, from cross platform to exclusives, many of which are still brilliant to this day. I really would recommend playing through some of them.

Yeah played that on the Switch last night, still very good.

Sonic is crap. Always was.

Just wrapped up Uncharted 4 there, which completes the main series for me. As a mostly light hearted linear narrative driven game, once again I enjoyed the hell out of it. Masterful technical prowess from Naughty Dog again, and all the individual elements combine to make a memorable adventure.

That just leaves The Lost Legacy and Golden Abyss on the vita for me for the Uncharted franchise.

Well the "SAAAAYGAAAAAA" at the start of Sonic was a gaming milestone.

Far better catalogue on the Snes for me. Megadrive wasn't even close. Link to the Past, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Mario World, Metroid, F Zero, Pilotwings, Starfox etc. The Nintendo/Rare partnership was great.

Pity they havent kept it up. The Switch is abysmal.

Took you long enough with the Mega Drive list @Retr0gamer :)

Re the Switch, I've said it before but I'm not really into it. It's painfully underpowered given it has to cater to handheld gaming, & if its not sub-hd resolutions half the time, it's abysmal frame-rates the other times. Indeed the library is rich, but the hardware severely lets it down for those of us who remember the halcyon Nintendo 60fps days.

The Uncharted series is great, basically Indiana Jones in game form. The only one I couldn't get into was the Vita one, just felt like there was too much going on for the limited controls and small screen. I wouldn't even bother trying it again, it didn't feel right at all.

but UC 1-4 + Lost Legacy are brilliant games

Stay away from big budget game ports, that's not what handhelds are for. I'd have similar comments about the PSP, a major dislike I had with it was the attempt at recreating the console feeling on a handheld. It just misses the mark every time.

As a handheld console it's fantastic. Play games that aren't The Witcher,The Outer Worlds or other things that require a dedicated GPU and you'll be grand.

Links Awakening does have framrate drops and it definitely feels like more of a software issue that anything. If The Switch can handle BOTW then it could definitely handle an isometric adventure game.

As you said, it's a 7 year old console now (hard to believe!) Definitely due some updated hardware.