What are you playing, Nintendo edition.

CastorTroy · 13-06-2024 07:15PM

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Where did you get Arms?

Fysh · 13-06-2024 07:59PM

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Saw it by chance in CEX. I remember trying the demo ages back and thinking it was fun but not €50 worth of fun, then kinda forgot to keep looking for it over time.

Now, if only I could find a copy of Astral Chain going for an even remotely similar price...

pixelburp · 14-06-2024 02:51PM

Started up Death's Gambit: Afterlife there last night and JFC. Maybe I played it too tired & strung out but the introduction to the game was bleedin' awful. A tonne of mechanics smothered in lore that smells suspiciously like Dark Souls nonsense, and a really dreadfully weighted gameplay section.

Nice feel to the combat so far, but I'm struggling to make sense of the whole thing. Also not helped by being one of those games not configured for handheld and so the text is nigh unreadable.

eggy81 · 01-07-2024 09:05PM

got hollow night in the latest sale for €7. Just started it last night. First metroidvania to try since dread. Enjoying it so far if finding it a little tough. Gonna take me forever

pixelburp · 02-07-2024 03:13PM

Hate giving up games cos they cost money but if I'm not enjoying them either ... ? Dropped Death's Gambit cos I just didn't gel with it at all at all

So instead, decided I needed a comfort Metroidvania and so fired up Steamworld Dig 2: not the hardest or the longest, but the digging mechanic is such fun, the controls and feel so right. I hope there's room for a Dig 3 sometimes, I know this franchise loves bopping about genres (wish more did!)

Mr E · 02-07-2024 03:40PM

Took a break from Paper Mario TTYD after 2 crystals.

Playing Beyond Good & Evil. Great port, loving it so far.

The camera is still f-ing horrendous though (especially in rooms with a fixed viewpoint or narrow viewing area).

Xofpod · 09-07-2024 09:46AM

Just finished Super Mario U on the switch with my daughter. Took us a lot longer than usual marios as a disproportionate amount of time was spent pitching each other off platforms….

Love the 2d marios. Might need to have another run through Wonder.

Also picked up Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Layer in the eshop sale for peanuts. Looks more Sonic-y than anything else but could scratch the itch.

Mr.Saturn · 09-07-2024 01:10PM

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I'm still annoyed Yooka Laylee 2 isn't co-op. It looked to be scratching the gap left by Retro not putting out any new Donkey Kong for that balls-hard co-op fix, but you've to suffer alone apparently.

SuperBowserWorld · 11-07-2024 04:27PM

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It's not like a super fast Sonic game. It's like Donkey Kong or Mario with an overworld top down puzzling section bolted on. Very good platforming in the game.

Rayman Legends is probably ahead of most of the 2D Mario games for me, and it also supports multiple players if you are looking for that. Usually dead cheap too.

Xofpod · 12-07-2024 11:11AM

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Yeah, played and loved Rayman Legends, probably on the WiiU. Brilliant, especially the music levels (Black Betty comes to mind), but not quite at the 2d Mario mark, to my mind. More opportunity to screw over your co-players in Mario…

SuperBowserWorld · 12-07-2024 01:41PM

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I presume you've played Super Mario 3D World. It's multiplayer and pretty much top tier Mario. Which means top tier video game.

Xofpod · 12-07-2024 01:48PM

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Yep, great game. Again, played on the WiiU so have never played the Bowser's Fury add-on. May well be worth a revisit. I think DK Tropical Freeze will come first for a replay though

SuperBowserWorld · 12-07-2024 01:53PM

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Tropical Freeze is hard, gave up a couple of times, but it's so good I went back and finished it.

The two Ori games are brilliant too. Especially the second one.

Xofpod · 14-07-2024 04:56PM

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Yep, Tropical Freeze hard but not unfairly so. Finished it before but so long ago it should feel fairly fresh again.

Played a little bit of Ori but too Metroidvania for my tastes at this precise moment. Saving all my focus in that area for Silksong, which should be out any day now….

pixelburp · 20-07-2024 08:45PM

Picked up Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which is a game that wears it's Hollow Knight influence pretty plainly on its sleeve. Gorgeous 2D Japanese inspired art style and has a nice feeling to it; controls well and with a nice snappiness to it.

My only complaint is one of those mandatory "keep ahead of the fire/waves/dangerous-thing" sections that suddenly demand split second dexterity out of nowhere. Have been stuck at that for ages now, my fat fingers struggling to get past it.

Mr E · 24-07-2024 01:15PM

I'm about an hour (and two bosses) into it and I love it. Beautiful and fun game. Love the traversal mechanics, but I feel like I might regret saying once I'm a few more hours into it. 😊

pixelburp · 24-07-2024 01:24PM

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I'm a few more hours into it since my vent & it's definitely an ebb & flow kinda game; fair enough for the most part but then has difficulty spikes that make me hover over the "invincibility mode" in the Options Menu.

As you say though, it is a ludicrously gorgeous game with its art-style; I particularly love the detail of its characters "speaking" in little musical flourishes. Such a nice tweak to the standard approach to have NPCs speak gibberish.

Xofpod · 17-08-2024 02:29PM

Picked up Arkenoid: Eternal Battle for less than €3 on the eshop. It has a decent single player mode, both the 80s original and a revamped version, and an online "battle" mode, but the real joy is the local competition mode, up to 4 players. Already causing chaos and division in my house…

Xofpod · 19-08-2024 01:16PM

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Music is pretty decent too, 80s electronica type stuff…

o1s1n · 19-08-2024 02:05PM

Played through 'Thank Goodness You're Here!' over the weekend. Absolutely loved every second of it. Only about two hours long but definitely worth picking up IMO, very unique game.

Only down side was the framerate is a little Choppy on The Switch.

Mr E · 29-08-2024 01:51PM

I'm about an hour (and 1 boss) into Crypt Custodian, the new game by Islets and Sheepo developer Kyle Thompson. He's a developer I'd pretty much buy anything from, sight unseen. Islets and Sheepo are both brilliant.

Crypt Custodian is a top down metroidvania about a cat who is punished to clean up the afterlife for all eternity. Another great game by Kyle and will probably take 10-15 hours to 100% (so I hear). Good level of challenge too, without being too frustrating.

About €7 in Brazil (external eshop credit required) or €17 here, going to €20 in about 12 days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgnBzIrRtI

_Godot_ · 30-08-2024 06:32AM

I'm replaying Pokemon X on the 3DS. Enjoyable but I miss wondertrading.

CastorTroy · 31-08-2024 05:25PM

Layton Vs Phoenix Wright.

Was going on holidays so wanted a game to play on the 3ds.

Xofpod · 02-09-2024 08:56AM

Playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (Tokyo) with my daughter. Fair amount of button bashing events (a la Daley Thompson, for those of a certain vintage…) but we're really enjoying the rugby 7s. Funny, cos have no time for the sport in real life but it's great craic. Might even tempt us in to Mario Strikers….

mrcheez · 08-09-2024 02:29PM

Just discovered the Drastic DS Emulator on Google Play Store (free) so going through all my favourites like Puyo Pop Fever, Ace Attorney, Advance Wars

Mr E · 24-09-2024 09:51AM

Got a few new games at the weekend.

Gimmick! 2 is a great platform game with an excellent physics engine that leads to some head scratching puzzles. Not too easy either. I've played the first level three times, and can only find 6 of the 10 hidden chests. A great David Wise soundtrack is a massive bonus too.

Castlevania Dominus Collection - I'm 3 bosses into Order of Ecclesia. I can't really remember it. Originally (and last) played on the DS over 15 years ago, so it's like playing it for the first time again.

Bzzzt is a twitch platformer with lovely crisp graphics and a good soundtrack. Levels are really short and has a great "one more go" appeal. Levels are timed, with a par time on each to beat. Nice game to pick up and play a few levels at a time. 50 levels plus 25 bonus levels.

Peglin is a roguelike that mixes Peggle with turn-based battles. The more you play, the more you unlock and the easier it gets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XZbLEtWAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyCdSuMEA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMt97Szjjls

CiDeRmAn · 06-10-2024 07:54PM

Dominus is up there with The Orange Box for value, just amazing.

I'd spend quite a lot if they would combine their Switch rereleases onto a physical cart

SuperNinFriendo · 22-10-2024 02:10PM

It’s not a new game, but playing through Celeste.

Nice challenging platforming and thought provoking story.

Red Silurian · 29-10-2024 09:24AM

Banjo Tooie, excellent game!

Tom Mann Centuria · 29-10-2024 09:53AM

I've been playing various pinball games for the last couple of weeks, picking up tables when they go on sale and Star Wars Pinball is always peanuts on CDKeys. With the flip grip (that I was kindly given by a user on boards) it's a really good experience on Switch.

I do want to pick up some older school EM tables though that don't require a degree to work out what you're supposed to be doing.

What are you playing, Nintendo edition.

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