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...And not to detract from your point as well but I absolutely didn't buy the Switch for Nintendo games. The only one I actually like is Mario Kart 8 and even t

...And not to detract from your point as well but I absolutely didn't buy the Switch for Nintendo games. The only one I actually like is Mario Kart 8 and even that I play like once every 3 months for a few hours. I bought the Switch for Diablo III and a good number of bullet hell / beat-em-up games. Bought plenty of those and I am thoroughly enjoying them. I recognize I am an outlier but the Switch is very capable of giving you a lot of enjoyment if you hand-curate your picks from the indie scene well. (As a personal opinion, the Mario franchise being milked to eternity is exhausting to watch sometimes.)

duskwuff 5y ago
> (As a personal opinion, the Mario franchise being milked to eternity is exhausting to watch sometimes.) It's not a traditional game franchise, though -- there's no overarching Great Mario Plot that's being advanced through a series of games. It's more of a set of familiar characters and a barebones setting that Nintendo can apply to a wide variety of games, ranging from the traditional platformers to RPGs (Paper Mario), minigame collections (Mario Party), sports games (Mario Tennis), puzzles (Mario's Picross), dancing (DDR: Mario Mix), pinball machines...
morelisp 5y ago
An aside: are you using an arcade stick? I’ve been thinking of getting back into STGs after a 10ish year break and can’t figure out which of the (pricy!) Switch sticks are any good.
- pdimitar 5y ago
  No but I'm just about to order the HORI mini-stick. I have the Pro controller and it's definitely an improvement over the joycons but the arcade stick is something else entirely when playing games that don't require the right mini-stick on the controller.
  - morelisp 5y ago
    Yeah, I have a Pro controller for Monster Hunters, but DoDonPachi was hard enough when I was ten years younger and owned a decent (Xbox 360) stick. I don't think I stand a chance today on anything you have to hold while you play.
    - pdimitar 5y ago
      Hah, I just added DoDonPachi to my wishlist yesterday. :D And yep, exactly. I don't want to play everything with keyboard and a mouse but controllers are also pretty meh for many games. I just can't get comfortable using them. I mean I do but it always feels like... something important is missing. Hence, I am getting the HORI mini arcade stick and will play my bullet hells and beat-em-ups with it. A few 2.5-dimensional RPGs, too.

duskwuff 5y ago

> (As a personal opinion, the Mario franchise being milked to eternity is exhausting to watch sometimes.) It's not a traditional game franchise, though -- there's no overarching Great Mario Plot that's being advanced through a series of games. It's more of a set of familiar characters and a barebones setting that Nintendo can apply to a wide variety of games, ranging from the traditional platformers to RPGs (Paper Mario), minigame collections (Mario Party), sports games (Mario Tennis), puzzles (Mario's Picross), dancing (DDR: Mario Mix), pinball machines...

morelisp 5y ago

An aside: are you using an arcade stick? I’ve been thinking of getting back into STGs after a 10ish year break and can’t figure out which of the (pricy!) Switch sticks are any good.

pdimitar 5y ago
No but I'm just about to order the HORI mini-stick. I have the Pro controller and it's definitely an improvement over the joycons but the arcade stick is something else entirely when playing games that don't require the right mini-stick on the controller.
- morelisp 5y ago
  Yeah, I have a Pro controller for Monster Hunters, but DoDonPachi was hard enough when I was ten years younger and owned a decent (Xbox 360) stick. I don't think I stand a chance today on anything you have to hold while you play.
  - pdimitar 5y ago
    Hah, I just added DoDonPachi to my wishlist yesterday. :D And yep, exactly. I don't want to play everything with keyboard and a mouse but controllers are also pretty meh for many games. I just can't get comfortable using them. I mean I do but it always feels like... something important is missing. Hence, I am getting the HORI mini arcade stick and will play my bullet hells and beat-em-ups with it. A few 2.5-dimensional RPGs, too.