Nintendo Switch: Thread 07

[dataDave]

FFX (International) is the best Final Fantasy game ever made. Admittedly, I was the owner of a BB Navigator setup when it came out, but I ploughed almost 400 hours into it. My best friend at the time watched the intro with me, and then the next time he turned up, he watched the outro with me.

I’m not sure that I could devote myself again like I did, but that game was played heavily for almost two years solid by my good self. I have great memories of it.

I met a guy on holiday who went on about it for ages. Said great things about all the side-quests/side-bosses. I said I'd try it out finally over the summer.

[J0e Musashi]

I met a guy on holiday who went on about it for ages. Said great things about all the side-quests/side-bosses. I said I'd try it out finally over the summer.

Your good self might appreciate its nuances. When you can one-shot a “Weapon”, it would amuse you like it amused me...

[speedlolita]

FFX (International) is the best Final Fantasy game ever made. Admittedly, I was the owner of a BB Navigator setup when it came out, but I ploughed almost 400 hours into it. My best friend at the time watched the intro with me, and then the next time he turned up, he watched the outro with me.

I’m not sure that I could devote myself again like I did, but that game was played heavily for almost two years solid by my good self. I have great memories of it.

Is it BB Navigator enhanced or is that just an unrelated flex?

Edit: Ah, I see there’s an install option. Interesting.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Capcom will be releasing the original DMC on Switch this Summer.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/the_original_devil_may_cry_hunts_demons_on_switch_this_summer

Capcom haven’t actually specified but I’m assuming that it will be the 2012 HD remaster (strange that Capcom aren’t bothering to just release the entire trilogy remaster in one go).

Might be worth a pickup if a physical version is released but this is Capcom and the Switch we’re talking about so I personally won’t be holding my breath.

[randombs]

(strange that Capcom aren’t bothering to just release the entire trilogy remaster in one go)

You know why they aren't doing that

[Nu-Eclipse]

You know why they aren't doing that

Lol, indeed!

In fact, it didn’t take Capcom long to confirm that DMC will be digital-only - they have no plans to release a physical version.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/capcom_has_no_plans_to_release_a_physical_edition_of_devil_may_cry_on_switch

Ergo, I now have no plans to purchase this.

[fishbowlhead]

More PS2 hand me down releases for Switch.

[Brad]

I had to lol at DF commenting that Virtua Racing ran at 60fps on Switch. Wow. Flat polygons at 60fps. Incredible...

Dragon's Dogma runs quite well on switch though. Text impossible to read in handheld mode though. Also I mapped my lantern to the Left dpad but it doesn't work and instead makes my character call for help.

[importaku]

Nothing stopping you from opening a JPN Nintendo Account, getting a JPN eShop money code from Play-Asia and having it right now.

If you have a Japanese 3ds you don’t even need to deal with playasia you can just use your credit card. I never realised till [MENTION=9333]kryss[/MENTION] mentioned it but you can buy eshop funds on your 3ds and then use the funds on your switch as long as both are linked using the same nnid shop profile. It gets around the fact the Japanese switch eshop is a pain to pay for as foreign credit cards and PayPal are not accepted. Tried it this past weekend to buy the dlc for my Japanese copy of captain toad on the switch.

[Nu-Eclipse]

I had to lol at DF commenting that Virtua Racing ran at 60fps on Switch. Wow. Flat polygons at 60fps. Incredible...

I watched that DF Retro vid over the weekend. You laugh and jest but Virtua Racing on Switch looks fantastic imo. It is clearly the definitive version of the game to the point that it might actually be M2’s greatest work to date. A stunning port.

I sincerely hope that Daytona and/or Sega Rally get the M2 SEGA AGES treatment in the near future.

[Brad]

I watched that DF Retro vid over the weekend. You laugh and jest but Virtua Racing on Switch looks fantastic imo. It is clearly the definitive version of the game to the point that it might actually be M2’s greatest work to date. A stunning port.

I sincerely hope that Daytona and/or Sega Rally get the M2 SEGA AGES treatment in the near future.

I watched it all too. It looks fantastic!!!! But, as it should do. The Switch can do about 2500 times more floating point operations per second than the 16MHz Risc CPU used in Model 1 boards ( this was a model 1 board yes? I made a bit of an assumption here!). The resolution now is of course 10x that of the arcade machine so we'll knock the performance expectation down from 2500 times better to 250 times better and the Switch should be able to run it at SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FRAMES PER SECOND!!!

Ok, that maths doesn't take everything into account but the point is it should come as no surprise that it maintains a locked 60fps.

Still looks awesome though. I'd welcome them doing the same to some of the Virtua Fighters etc.

EDIT: Was that washed out colour look a bug do you think? Or intentional?

[Nu-Eclipse]

I watched it all too. It looks fantastic!!!! But, as it should do. The Switch can do about 2500 times more floating point operations per second than the 16MHz Risc CPU used in Model 1 boards ( this was a model 1 board yes? I made a bit of an assumption here!). The resolution now is of course 10x that of the arcade machine so we'll knock the performance expectation down from 2500 times better to 250 times better and the Switch should be able to run it at SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FRAMES PER SECOND!!!

Ok, that maths doesn't take everything into account but the point is it should come as no surprise that it maintains a locked 60fps.

Still looks awesome though. I'd welcome them doing the same to some of the Virtua Fighters etc.

EDIT: Was that washed out colour look a bug do you think? Or intentional?

Your points are valid, of course. But we all know that better home hardware doesn’t always equate to a great port - see the Saturn port.

The washed out colour look might well have been a bug but everything looks so super smooth and super clean that it is forgivable.

[Nu-Eclipse]

If you have a Japanese 3ds you don’t even need to deal with playasia you can just use your credit card. I never realised till [MENTION=9333]kryss[/MENTION] mentioned it but you can buy eshop funds on your 3ds and then use the funds on your switch as long as both are linked using the same nnid shop profile. It gets around the fact the Japanese switch eshop is a pain to pay for as foreign credit cards and PayPal are not accepted. Tried it this past weekend to buy the dlc for my Japanese copy of captain toad on the switch.

That would make sense as it is literally the same for linked accounts in other regions.

As I don’t own a JPN 3DS, do you have any idea on where I can purchase JPN ¥1000 eShop codes? P-A are fresh out from what I can see.

[fuse]

My old go-to (link) is fresh out, too.

[kryss]

Ask [MENTION=2625]randombs[/MENTION] nicely if he isn't busy.