Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I was re-watching the NX reveal trailer last night on YouTube. People commenting how they were 11 when Switch released, now they're 18, that kinda thing. These people have had Switch for nearly half their lives. I envy the adolescent years they got with this little beauty.

@gcunit My adolescent years were with the Gamecube, GBA and DS - I don't envy them at all

That said, Switch is now firmly my favourite console of all time, and probably has been since...2018 or so? I'm quite grateful that the industry can continue to one-up itself and pleasantly surprise me decades into my passion for the hobby. Who knows what my next favourite will be. Let's hope the Switch 2 can live up to its predecessor.

I finally get to play the X Cup in F-Zero X again (this time in the NSO version)! Already came across a crazy track where 29/30 players fell off the track.

It’s kind of depressing how there’s always one or two new AI-generated visual novels every time I check the new releases section of the eshop.

Add to that the usual Ultra Ultimate Deluxe Complete editions of the same ten or so games that constantly get re-released, and the three or four “sexy” dating sims/puzzle games.

Anything worthwhile gets so drowned in the slop, it must be rally discouraging for actual devs.

@Eel
I was wondering what the hell are those games when I browsed from Switch eshop. 😆
They were literally scam with AI image and Ultra Ultimate Deluxe etc edition.

@Eel It was already hard to sort through good versus junky visual novels a couple years ago, so the new AI ones making it even harder is pretty depressing. Even half of the H-games are AI generated now which makes them even more slop than they were. We just have to hope Switch 2 will add some type of game or publisher rating system or some other way to have better discoverability for good games.

@Eel I feel that. Whenever I check the great deals section of the eShop when I'm away from my phone/PC I'm baffled by how many awesome games are so far down on the list. I'll be down where it feels like the slop should be, but will find stuff like Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and some truly great indie gems. It's a shame they're put so far down. And sure, you could make the argument of just using DekuDeals, but not everyone knows about that. Especially the average consumer. I've never really been the type to give a game a rating, as there's way too much to a game to simply boil it down to a single number imo. But a rating system or some sort of filter would go a long, long way. It's really depressing going on to check what's new and being greeted with what's effectively: Brainrot (Game Edition).

I’d love it if they added a way to “ignore” developers 😅