Nintendo Switch - Games You Can Play Right Now

How do you pause the text on Death Road to Canada when on the road. I miss most of the road text because it flies by so fast and then a event pops up that removes the road text.

Splatoon 3 reviews looking very good. Lots of 9/10

Stele wrote:

Splatoon 3 reviews looking very good. Lots of 9/10

Based on what I've read / heard, it's very much polished up, but there's nothing big and new, which for what the series is (different, was totally fresh and new when it came out), seems like a real bummer.

Also, it's quite easy to join friends and even see they've made a lobby without going into a menu. During the splatfest event, I could see friends in the area for multiplayer, just sitting in a certain spot with a message if you approached them, if they had a lobby going.

I never did decide for myself whether the shorthand "Spla2n" was fun or offensively stupid.

I think I'm all in for "Spla3n" though.

Factorio is now available for Switch for $30 USD. A demo is also on offer.

Perhaps I'll finally get a handle on petroleum now that I can get industrious on the go!

So I am hearing positive things about River City Girls 2!

Enough that I'm willing to go out and start using my Nintendo switch again, which I got just before the beginning of the pandemic, binged 80% of the way through Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and never used again (but do not regret purchasing in the slightest!)

Anyway, it sounds very good and well-suited to the role of "game I play for 40-60 minutes on the train home every day."

I’m still working my way through the first one and it’s really fun.

The first River City Girls was the best River City game since the original that I've played (limited to 2 other games I think). But it really worked while the previous games were too stuck in the old design a bit too much to be enjoyed as something new. RCG feels properly updated and from everything I've seen, the sequel is just as good.

mrtomaytohead wrote:

The first River City Girls was the best River City game since the original that I've played (limited to 2 other games I think). But it really worked while the previous games were too stuck in the old design a bit too much to be enjoyed as something new. RCG feels properly updated and from everything I've seen, the sequel is just as good.

Hmm, maybe need to impulse it. I have loved the Scott Pilgrim version.

damiendada wrote:

River City Girl is a nice little game to play alone or with others

Based on my 30-minute on-the-train play sample, my only knock against it is that I wish the AI would play as one of your teammates.

Otherwise, though, it's good, cute, and dumb (in the good, funny way). I am enjoying myself!

lunchbox12682 wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:

The first River City Girls was the best River City game since the original that I've played (limited to 2 other games I think). But it really worked while the previous games were too stuck in the old design a bit too much to be enjoyed as something new. RCG feels properly updated and from everything I've seen, the sequel is just as good.

Hmm, maybe need to impulse it. I have loved the Scott Pilgrim version.

I loved the Scott Pilgrim games and really didn't care for the movie and was only slightly more interested in the comics. To me the game is the best thing about that franchise.

Sports Story surprise release today. Go go go!

I was wondering when it would drop. They said in December, and it was starting to look tight.

I guess I'm hold off on posting the GOTY list.....

I will also commend River City Girls 2 for understanding that arguably the most important part of a side-scrolling beat-em-up is having a bangin'-ass soundtrack.

I'm still having issues dealing with digital games.

I have two daughters, and each has a Switch. They got Nintendo Bucks (or whatever) for Christmas. We have a family account, so does it make sense for all the money to go to the main account, then they buy whatever they want? Are there going to be issues with one of the Switches? Would we be better off just having two different accounts?

Thanks. This stuff seems Byzantine...

So the big thing that matters with Switch games is this.

1. Only one Switch registered with the same account can launch games while not connected to the Internet.

2. I believe you can’t launch the same game on both Switches unless the primary Switch is in airplane mode.

So how this matters for your daughters is if they both want to take their Switches outside of the house and be offline, this won’t be possible if they are using the same account to purchase their games. If they each have their own account, then they can be offline as each respective console will be the “primary” console on the account. Once again, this account being the same one the Switch is registered to primarily. I believe you can add users and download their eShop purchases. For example your account. But only play those games in online mode.

And yes, it’s Byzantine and kind of awful. I wish they would improve this to at least allow a couple of Switches to function offline since it’s a handheld. The only real alternative is to just cave and buy physical games.

Yeah, Nintendo does not make it easy.
Here is what we do with our two Switches.
I am primary account for the family.
Switch1 is the primary Switch and we can download everything there.
For Switch2, I load everything with my account and can play happily on there. If others want to use Switch2, they either need a cartridge game or to use my account.
With this setup, we can play the same game on each Switch at the same time.
However, airplane mode is pretty much useless (like Steam).
Should be easy enough to make it work for your kids.

Wow that's ridic. Has Nintendo always been this obtuse with multiple machines per household?

No. They used to be worse.

hbi2k wrote:

No. They used to be worse.

By the prophets.

Thanks, gang. I'll talk to them and see what they want to do. We'll probably end up with two accounts to minimize the fighting...

Stele wrote:

Sports Story surprise release today. Go go go!

Started playing this yesterday. It pretty much picks up where Golf Story left off. My only issue is that in the first couple of hours I've only done golf and the other sports seem relegated to later stages of the game. I'm also having performance issues with is very odd for a game like this. I'm still having fun, though, and I look forward to the rest of the game.

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Posting to recommend Beast Breaker! It's currently 50% off.

I hadn't heard much about this game and I'm surprised it's flown under the radar. It's one of the most enjoyable oddities I've played in months! It's a little hard to pin-down, but peggle-like (or Ballz which was popular on the podcast a few years back?) RPG might be the closest I can get. It's shockingly deep for something that draws on Peggle!

Battles start with an exploration phase where you hunt down a giant creature, scouting out it's type and various buffs. You move around a hex-based environment in an attempt to gather resources before it attacks the village.

Each battle is a turn-based encounter where you chip away at scales and try to destroy the core of the creature. You either launch your character against them to bounce off each area, or carefully pick apart scales with a bow and arrow. There are plenty of different loadouts that drasticaly change how you approach each fight too!

Plus, the art and music is genuinely lovely.

Bought my first couple of switch games in a while, Loop Hero and Fez. Was looking for a roguelike sort of game and Loop Hero seemed interesting. Haven't finished the tutorial yet, but already the fonts seem tiny. I'd always wanted to play Fez, it isn't backwards compatible on Xbox and it's on sale. I'll like play that in docked mode on my tv with good headphones for the music.

Pink Stripes wrote:
Stele wrote:

Sports Story surprise release today. Go go go!

Started playing this yesterday. It pretty much picks up where Golf Story left off. My only issue is that in the first couple of hours I've only done golf and the other sports seem relegated to later stages of the game. I'm also having performance issues with is very odd for a game like this. I'm still having fun, though, and I look forward to the rest of the game.

So... after a while longer playing this game, I have to strongly recommend against it. It is an unfinished buggy confusing mess and all the sports that are not golf are just plain boring and not well done. If Nintendo had a Steam-style refund policy, I would absolutely get my money back. The dev posted about an upcoming patch that is supposed to address only some of the bugs I found in the first couple of hours of the game. It seems to me like this game needed a lot more work but they somehow needed to release it in 2022. Huge disappointment for me.

Well that's a shame. Golf Story was so fun.

Pink Stripes wrote:

So... after a while longer playing this game, I have to strongly recommend against it. It is an unfinished buggy confusing mess and all the sports that are not golf are just plain boring and not well done. If Nintendo had a Steam-style refund policy, I would absolutely get my money back.

So for what it's worth, you can get a refund; I know because I got one. I had seen some issues in my game and had done some digging and saw that a lot of people were having those issues and some had actually gotten refunds, so I gave it a shot.

First I did the text thing in their website:
https://en-americas-support.nintendo...

Then after getting a case number, they had me call a customer service phone number, where I went through the same thing with that person. And he couldn't do anything at his level, so he sent me up to a supervisor who was able to process the refund. Each person asked about why I was refunding, and I was consistent in saying it had poor performance, crashes, etc. Definitely sounds like the refunds are in a case by case basis, but it's doable with Sports Story.

I've added it back to my DekuDeals wishlist, so that after some patches and maybe fleshing out some of the other sports later in the game, I can circle back to it. I really want to give it a shot because Golf Story was a gem.

Thank you Sundown.
I was able to get a refund, too. Went exactly like you said.

1Dgaf wrote:

Bought my first couple of switch games in a while, Loop Hero and Fez. Was looking for a roguelike sort of game and Loop Hero seemed interesting. Haven't finished the tutorial yet, but already the fonts seem tiny. I'd always wanted to play Fez, it isn't backwards compatible on Xbox and it's on sale. I'll like play that in docked mode on my tv with good headphones for the music.

Fez is one of those games I wish I could temporarily wipe my memory and play for the first time again. Enjoy!

Metroid Fusion dropped tonight for GBA Nintendo online members