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Switch Blitz!


On 09/14/2018 at 03:56 PM by Matt Snee

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A shitload of new games and ports were announced for Switch at the new Nintendo Direct, including classic final fantasy games (FF12 on a handheld!), a new Luigi's Mansion, and even a streaming version of the new Assassin's Creed. In addition, there are new ports of Cities: Skylines, Civilization 6, and even Wasteland 2 for god's sake. Personally, I bought Final Fantasy XV - Pocket Edition, originally a mobile game I played on my iPad, but it choked on my Air 2, so I wanted it on Switch where I'm sure it runs better. 

I also bought Iconclasts recently. Check out Nick's great review on the front page of the site. Looks good. 

The Switch is becoming one of my favorite gaming consoles ever, mostly because I love handheld playing, and there're just so many damn games it's hard to keep up. I love the hardware, and no doubt the games are just going to keep coming. I had been hoping and waiting they'd announce Final Fantasy games, and I bet Octopath Traveller's success had something to do with it. 

Anyway, I'm hyped. In other news, I've been staying up late at night to play Dragon Quest 11, which is just an amazing game. Tami and Peter are much farther than me, but I'm working on it. 


 

Comments

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

09/14/2018 at 05:48 PM

A Streamed version of Assassin's Creed?

Edit: Just looked. Only in Japan. Same for Resident Evil 7.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/14/2018 at 06:31 PM

Ah shit.  That might change though.

KnightDriver

09/14/2018 at 10:14 PM

Full Civilization game on the Switch? How? Why? I mean, great! I want to play that. What about Civilization Revolution? I guess they managed to get the full Civ experience to work on consoles now. Maybe it'll be workable using touch controls instead?

Darn you with your and your friends playing DQXI. Ah!!!

Super Step Contributing Writer

09/14/2018 at 10:37 PM

The Gameranx guys were asking the same "but how?!" questions. Are there really so many things you'd need immediate access to that a controller would not suffice? But I do expect a reduction in either graphics or frame rate.

KnightDriver

09/15/2018 at 10:53 PM

That's why they did Civ Rev a while back. It's Civ but simplified for consoles and controllers. I kind of like the simplified Civ Rev. I want a Civ Rev 3.

Cary Woodham

09/15/2018 at 08:48 AM

The recent Nintendo Direct was VERY good!  Luigi's Mansion 3, so much Square support, and the best part was at the end.  At least for me it was.  If you've seen it, you know what I mean! :)  

The FF XV Pocket Edition seems more interesting to me than the regular game.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/17/2018 at 06:56 PM

I didn't watch the Direct. Read about it later. You know, I've never played one of those Luigi games! I really should. 

SanAndreas

09/16/2018 at 03:48 PM

The Switch has a real shot at being my favorite system ever. It has Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy, (hopefully) Dragon Quest, Doom, and a lot of surprise games that I might get just because they're on Switch (i.e. Civ 6, Wasteland 2), plus Zelda, Mario, a real Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, and and even the arcade versions of Donkey Kong and Mario Bros that Nintendo couldn't even get for the Wii, Wii U, or 3DS.

I'm liking all the Final Fantasy stuff. I have all those games already, but I'll probably at least get FF7, FF12, and FF9 on Switch, those are my favorites out of the series and any excuse to replay them will suffice. Wish they had 8 and Tactics on there.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/17/2018 at 06:55 PM

I own all that stuff too, but I'll probably buy it over again to have it on Switch. 

daftman

09/17/2018 at 04:16 PM

I played Mario Odyssey almost exclusively on the tv but my 50+ hours (and counting) of Breath of the Wild have been almost exclusively in handheld mode. I love having that option! And getting all that Final Fantasy stuff is just awesome.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/17/2018 at 06:54 PM

I love handheld mode too. I'm a handheld guy. But it's nice to have the option. 

mothman

09/17/2018 at 06:43 PM

I love the Switch. I've already amassed a ridiculous number of games (both physical and digital) for it. I'm ignoring it at the moment because of Dragon Quest XI but I still fire it up daily to see what's new.

I just bought the FF XV Pocket Edition on it last week. My son is using it in handheld mode to play Darkest Dungeon and Captain Toad. That way I get all the time I want with Dragon Quest. 

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/17/2018 at 06:54 PM

Ah, Darkest Dungeon is great! I love that game. Yeah, Switch is definitely one of my favorites too. I've got a lot of games... but I could use more!

goaztecs

09/21/2018 at 12:40 PM

I like what Nintendo is doing with their lineup but please please please encourage EA to bring Madden to the Switch!

I saw that FF game, and I almost bought it for the iPad just to give it a try. 

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/21/2018 at 12:41 PM

I was thinking that too, but I was looking at Metacritic and Amazon and the user reviews for the new Madden are SOOOO low. I wisk 2K was able to make football games again. 

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