Nintendo Switch hype thread

[hiplop]

I mean its a super big open world game lol its fairly easy to do other stuff.

i dislike side quests and the lot in open world games usually

[Davsto]

Yeah I think I spent around 100 hours, but then I did spend a

lot

of time dicking around, exploring, plus completing all 120 shrines (discovered around 105 myself, the last 15 I used walkthroughs to find and am thankful because I don't think I'd have found a single one of the remaining 15 alone).

[xRECKONERx]

i still need to go back and explore. for example i foudn this giant temple ruin in a canyon and it was filled with guardians.

[xRECKONERx]

also the feeling i got when i ran into my first

dragon

was fucking incredible

i didn't even know it existed; it was completely accidental

[Charles510]

Zelda BOTW works on my pc but only like 8 frames/sec. lol

[Davsto]

also the feeling i got when i ran into my first

dragon

was fucking incredible

i didn't even know it existed; it was completely accidental

Same here - I tried to go in unspoiled but there were a few details which found their way to me - but not this. First

saw one flying up in the air and went "the fuck is that"

. Next time was

near the canyon where the red one came along right fucking next to me, I was like "what a majestic bastard"

. Honestly up there with some of my best gaming experiences.

[xRECKONERx]

my first one was

the waterfall electronic dragon and i just happened to be parasailing down when i ran into it and i freaked out man. it was incredible

[chamber]

Sometimes I wonder for botw how my experiences compare to others because its such an unscripted game.

My experience with the dragons was great. Saw one, Got the power shrine quest (had no idea what it was) then found the top of the mountain shrine where it walks you through getting a scale from the infected one. All flowed so well. Felt like a crafted experience.

edit:

I will say the biggest let down for me was that those shrines were only shrines though. I wish they gave some sort of unique enhancement. Even if much weaker than the divine beasts.

edit:

I know they wanted the clothing to remain relevant, but even if it was just like immunity to cold/heat/being shocked as a status.

[Annadog40]

I just wander around trying to complete the map.

I probably am behind you guys since I don't get to play as much as I want and I mainly just wander around. Took me about a week to get off the main area.

[Hiraki]

Clothing isn't even relevant if you have a frostblade/flamebade - only Death Mountain requires armor/potions.

[chamber]

Clothing isn't even relevant if you have a frostblade/flamebade - only Death Mountain requires armor/potions.

thats not true, there are mountain areas where a flame blade isn't enough on its own

[xRECKONERx]

can we all just agree the Desert Voe armor was the best though

[Annadog40]

I've been wearing the Gerudo outfit all the time. Bought a second copy of it. Makes me look more like a female which is nice.

[Davsto]

Barbarian

armour is my favourite, used it for the final boss.

[xRECKONERx]

I only have the Barb helm!

I'm not talking about the Gerudo outfit...

Spoiler: Voe armor

In Gerudo Town, there's a secret shop you can only access if you go eavesdrop and overhear three women discussing the code to get in. Within that shop you can purchase the Voe armor and the Radiant armor.

[Annadog40]

But I'm a Vai. Voe is the guy pretty sure.

[xRECKONERx]

oh yeah sorry i was reading that as a response to mine

i had no idea Voe armor was even a thing until i randomly stumbled on that shop

[inte]

nonstop botw oWo. put like 20 hours into it rn

my only gripe is the constant reminders that the switch is underpowered by the slowdowns i get. sometimes you get like 25 fps in areas

Playing in portable mode I only got slow downs in 2 locations. Wont say which because spoilers. I heard there was more when running at 1080 instead of 720 though.

yeah i got like one or two moments of slowdown but nothing serious, even then it caught back up to full FPS pretty quickly

BOTW (not really spoilers but just to be safe)

Spoiler:

I probably put 30-40 hours into it... did half the shrines (60ish), all four Divine Beasts, completed all the memories, got the Master Sword, etc.
was disappointed by there not being a final dungeon, but it really kinda makes sense.
i literally thought the castle was inaccessible until you got all four Divine Beasts... the fact you could just go there from the start was mind blowing.

anyway I'm pretty excited at the prospect of DLC. another dungeon is coming later this year. for now we get a Trial mode where you have to survive 45 waves of enemies but you get a perma-upgrade sword if you do. also Hard Mode. I will probably return and finish the rest of the shrines at that point.

i also get some pretty noticeable ghosting on the top left icons when i rotate when playing off the dock ;_;

guys lets swap friend codes!

SW-5665-5136-2219

[Oversoul]

Why would anyone be hype about the switch?

Zelda was fantastic, but the switch itself?

[Hiraki]

Why would anyone be hype about the switch?

Zelda was fantastic, but the switch itself?

You can carry it around

if you don't want to carry it around, it's not worth it yet

[Annadog40]

I'm hype about the potental. Hope they announce some cool games in the future.

[xRECKONERx]

yeah like the more i play with it the more hyped i am

i have never in the history of gaming been like "that hardware has me moist, gimme the games" but here i am

all those things people said wouldn't matter (portability; ease of social gaming; various controller layouts) are the exact reasons why i love it

Nintendo has struck gold here

[hiplop]

all those things people said wouldn't matter (

portability

; ease of social gaming; various controller layouts) are the exact reasons why i love it

who said that wouldnt matter ever

[hiplop]

also im prob gonna buy one next week, excited.

Literally don't know what to buy though because I own pretty much every game already available. Need something for breaks at work + gonna buy it eventually anyway. Figured may as well do now. I'll get snipperclips and hope nintendo gets their shit together re:games.

[Annadog40]

The portable screen is my favorite part of the WiiU, glad they expanded that.