Nintendo eShop - June 2018

Jonnykong · Jun 22, 2018

Rasec said:
Play the challenges or online and you will be amazed with some of the extra songs you can unlock.
This game is really a cool gem.

I've just had my first couple of games online which were great fun, and yeah sure enough I thought I played a level/heard a song I hadn't heard during the main game. I'll be for sure playing it online loads, it's nice to see three other people playing it alongside you.

TheMoon · Jun 22, 2018

cowbanana said:
Great, thank you. I had to go back several pages to see the posts about Flashback. I just bought it and it is very nice. A little overpriced, but eh... nostalgia, and the good kind to boot.

tip for next time: search bar -> enter keyword(s) -> check "this thread only" box

Ninjadom · Jun 22, 2018

So is 'Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition' the first delisted Switch eShop game? It's been made redundant by the release of the Bedrock Edition and is no longer available for purchase.

Ninjadom · Jun 22, 2018

HotHamBoy said:
It's not a great game.

There's so many fantastic SHMUPs on Switch, this game shouldn't really be bothered with.

Ah okay, thanks, I'll ignore it. The alternate reality setting caught my attention and the trailer on the eShop looked okay.

NateDrake · Jun 22, 2018

Coming to the Switch eShop next week -- Cubikolor. Pretty neat puzzle game that may fly under the radar. I think those that enjoyed Death Squared may find Cubikolor entertaining.

1upsuper · Jun 22, 2018

Ninjadom said:
So is 'Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition' the first delisted Switch eShop game? It's been made redundant by the release of the Bedrock Edition and is no longer available for purchase.

If you bought that first version do you get the Bedrock edition for free?

ThankDougie · Jun 22, 2018

1upsuper said:
If you bought that first version do you get the Bedrock edition for free?

I just got a free download, yes.

patientx · Jun 22, 2018

So, savecoins is no longer updating, which website is your go to place for switch prices ?

srtrestre · Jun 22, 2018

1upsuper said:
If you bought that first version do you get the Bedrock edition for free?

Yup. Just went to the game page and was able to download it.

Deleted member 7878 · Jun 22, 2018

NateDrake said:
Coming to the Switch eShop next week -- Cubikolor. Pretty neat puzzle game that may fly under the radar. I think those that enjoyed Death Squared may find Cubikolor entertaining.

Has a Devil Dice // Bombastic vibe about it.

Deleted member 33 · Jun 22, 2018

Unless some games get pushed into July, there could be as many as 21 games releasing next week on the Switch eShop.

I forgot that Another World was targeting next week too.

Shaymin · Jun 22, 2018

Last week of the quarter usually gets insanely busy. I wouldn't be shocked to see 25+ once the "not listed until eShop update time" games of Friday come in.

Tebunker · Jun 22, 2018

Emily said:
Unless some games get pushed into July, there could be as many as 21 games releasing next week on the Switch eShop.

I forgot that Another World was targeting next week too.

This is getting ridiculous. Why do I not feel like it was ever this bad on other systems. Steam yes, but I don't feel like Psn or Xbox had these kinds of releases every week. It is overwhelming and I don't feel like the majority of these smaller devs are equipped to reach the community.

Bowl0l · Jun 22, 2018

Tebunker said:
This is getting ridiculous. Why do I not feel like it was ever this bad on other systems. Steam yes, but I don't feel like Psn or Xbox had these kinds of releases every week. It is overwhelming and I don't feel like the majority of these smaller devs are equipped to reach the community.

why would anyone complain that many games are releasing on a platform?
You should complain when all you see in the store is littered with avatars and background.

Tebunker · Jun 22, 2018

Bowl0l said:
why would anyone complain that many games are releasing on a platform?
You should complain when all you see in the store is littered with avatars and background.

Uh it wasn't a complaint, it was a statement of surprise and disbelief. I never put a negative connotation on it. Stop reading in to shit that ain't there.

Also even if I was complaining what's it to you. It's a message board. Might just be someone venting frustration.

mrmoose · Jun 22, 2018

I do hate that they just allow apparent shovelware (mobile game ports, that jurassic pinball game, that flying bicycle game) and poorly coded, buggy games (WWE).

Tebunker · Jun 22, 2018

mrmoose said:
I do hate that they just allow apparent shovelware (mobile game ports, that jurassic pinball game, that flying bicycle game) and poorly coded, buggy games (WWE).

I do not agree with your sentiment on Mobile game ports, there are a lot of great mobile games and a good game is good regardless of where it started.

I do agree that some more gate keeping would be nice, but in all honesty they can manage that by making the store better with more filtering and surfacing of things based on machine learning etc. (doubt we'll see that last one), as for buggy games, cert only guarantees game doesn't break the console. Sadly WWE sucks(ed) everywhere and has for a long time.

HotHamBoy · Jun 22, 2018

Tebunker said:
This is getting ridiculous. Why do I not feel like it was ever this bad on other systems. Steam yes, but I don't feel like Psn or Xbox had these kinds of releases every week. It is overwhelming and I don't feel like the majority of these smaller devs are equipped to reach the community.

I thought the Switch had content issues tho

HotHamBoy · Jun 22, 2018

mrmoose said:
I do hate that they just allow apparent shovelware (mobile game ports, that jurassic pinball game, that flying bicycle game) and poorly coded, buggy games (WWE).

This is what every eShop is like

delalaser · Jun 22, 2018

just wanna complain about the switch tax.
overcooked 2 digital $25, physical $40. WTF!

blueredandgold · Jun 22, 2018

It's been a very long time and I admit I am yet to do the homework myself, but re the Minecraft Better Together/Bedrock update:

I had hoped the Switch update would make 'hop-in hop-out' multiplayer easy with other devices (eg iOS/Android just lets you find players on the same wifi network with those randomised but oddly charming usernames like "toughbutterfly57") but that doesn't seem to be the case at first.

I have Minecraft iOS, on an iPad, and an iPhone. The iOS edition has long been the favourite in our household, but again I haven't been following the update history.

Add the Switch version and the Windows 10 Microsoft Store version I'll probably end up getting, and that's going to be four separate accounts I have to set up with Xbox Live/Microsoft right?

I'm fine with this but it's just going to be a tall order at first. I want to avoid tears and tantrums and fights!

HotHamBoy · Jun 22, 2018

delalaser said:
just wanna complain about the switch tax.
overcooked 2 digital $25, physical $40. WTF!

Only the physical version has the Switch tax but yeah, it's bullshit.

Physical is $30 on PS4 and XB1

delalaser · Jun 22, 2018

did they ever fix the framerate for overcooked? quick google search says it's still not 60fps.

mrmoose · Jun 22, 2018

blueredandgold said:
It's been a very long time and I admit I am yet to do the homework myself, but re the Minecraft Better Together/Bedrock update:

I had hoped the Switch update would make 'hop-in hop-out' multiplayer easy with other devices (eg iOS/Android just lets you find players on the same wifi network with those randomised but oddly charming usernames like "toughbutterfly57") but that doesn't seem to be the case at first.

I have Minecraft iOS, on an iPad, and an iPhone. The iOS edition has long been the favourite in our household, but again I haven't been following the update history.

Add the Switch version and the Windows 10 Microsoft Store version I'll probably end up getting, and that's going to be four separate accounts I have to set up with Xbox Live/Microsoft right?

I'm fine with this but it's just going to be a tall order at first. I want to avoid tears and tantrums and fights!

I'm not too familiar with Minecraft but I was under the impression that you could link your microsoft account to all versions if you wanted to. Do you really need four separate accounts?

Platy · Jun 23, 2018

crossposting from the overcooked 2 thread

Aparently all preorder chars will be avaliable later

patientx said:
So, savecoins is no longer updating, which website is your go to place for switch prices ?

The site was sold from the original owner these days so maybe it is just an adjustment period ? =/

Pokemaniac · Jun 23, 2018

So, does anyone have any notable recent experiences with PNY SD cards? My 256GB microSD card in my Switch is filling up and they seem to be the only major brand with a 512 GB card available in that form factor (specifically this one). I think I may have used an SD card from them for my Wii ages ago, but that was before I put as much attention towards this sort of thing. They seem to have a decent enough reputation, but that's a lot of money to put down on a brand I'm not 100% sure on.

Tebunker · Jun 23, 2018

Pokemaniac said:
So, does anyone have any notable recent experiences with PNY SD cards? My 256GB microSD card in my Switch is filling up and they seem to be the only major brand with a 512 GB card available in that form factor (specifically this one). I think I may have used an SD card from them for my Wii ages ago, but that was before I put as much attention towards this sort of thing. They seem to have a decent enough reputation, but that's a lot of money to put down on a brand I'm not 100% sure on.

why not just buy another 256 for a third of that and just swap cards. And No it isn't worth $300 for a 512, when a 400 is 40% cheaper for less than 25% smaller size. PNY is an okay brand, but no not for so much money.

Pokemaniac · Jun 23, 2018

Tebunker said:
why not just buy another 256 for a third of that and just swap cards. And No it isn't worth $300 for a 512, when a 400 is 40% cheaper for less than 25% smaller size. PNY is an okay brand, but no not for so much money.

Swapping SD cards isn't really my style. I prefer to have everything installed at all times. Otherwise I wouldn't need the extra space already.

Sandisk's 400GB card is a more viable option. My main concern there is that 1TB cards might not be ready yet by the time I'm filling that up (521GB is only just starting to become a thing, after all), and I'll end up spending a lot more money going 400GB -> 512GB -> 1TB. Not really sure how legitimate a concern this is, since I'm not 100% sure of the schedule these things are developed on, but my experience of using the 256GB card while waiting for 512GB ones hasn't exactly been encouraging.

TheMoon · Jun 23, 2018

Ninjadom said:
So is 'Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition' the first delisted Switch eShop game? It's been made redundant by the release of the Bedrock Edition and is no longer available for purchase.

no, NBA Playgrounds was

Deleted member 25094 · Jun 23, 2018

Pokemaniac said:
Swapping SD cards isn't really my style. I prefer to have everything installed at all times. Otherwise I wouldn't need the extra space already.

Sandisk's 400GB card is a more viable option. My main concern there is that 1TB cards might not be ready yet by the time I'm filling that up (521GB is only just starting to become a thing, after all), and I'll end up spending a lot more money going 400GB -> 512GB -> 1TB. Not really sure how legitimate a concern this is, since I'm not 100% sure of the schedule these things are developed on, but my experience of using the 256GB card while waiting for 512GB ones hasn't exactly been encouraging.

Do you really need all of your games installed at once? Just archive ones you haven't played for a while and download them again when you want to seems like a better option.

miserable · Jun 23, 2018

I'm looking to buy Blossom Tales or Kamiko, which one would you recommend?

Aprikurt · Jun 23, 2018

miserable said:
I'm looking to buy Blossom Tales or Kamiko, which one would you recommend?

Blossom Tales is a really nice Zelda-like. If you grew up playing either Link's Awakening or LttP, it's a nice stop gap until Nintendo figures out what they're doing with Virtual Console and/or 2D Zelda games.

The game lacks original ideas though; it skirts the line between "inspired by" and "carbon copy" quite often, but is fun nonetheless.

Also has a really sweet narrative framing device taken right from the Princess Bride.

KennyLinder · Jun 23, 2018

miserable said:
I'm looking to buy Blossom Tales or Kamiko, which one would you recommend?

Kamiko is a little game you'll clear in a couple of hours; it's very short. That said, for the price at the time (£3 or something ridiculous) it was fine. I think Blossom Tale has much more to it like SNES Zelda, but I've not played it so couldn't say for sure.

Deleted member 8791 · Jun 23, 2018

If you like A Link to the Past and wouldn't mind playing a game heavily based on it with its own twist then yeah, Blossom Tales is well worth it.

Grizzel Greedigut · Jun 23, 2018

Just bought Owlboy after playing Hollow Knight. Need another Metroidvania to tackle after I beat HK

Rasec · Jun 23, 2018

Jonnykong said:
I've just had my first couple of games online which were great fun, and yeah sure enough I thought I played a level/heard a song I hadn't heard during the main game. I'll be for sure playing it online loads, it's nice to see three other people playing it alongside you.

Cool. There's even a very famous secret song that is super hard about a certain game that i wasn't really expecting. xD

I love the story mode but also think that online makes the game different since you can't only pay attention to yourself but also sometimes have to risk going to the middle of the action just to save a fellow gamer.

Ninjadom · Jun 23, 2018

TheMoon said:
no, NBA Playgrounds was

Why was that delisted?

Putosaure · Jun 23, 2018

Also interested in how is the state of Mantis Burn, as it's discounted

Mudo · Jun 23, 2018

miserable said:
I'm looking to buy Blossom Tales or Kamiko, which one would you recommend?

Both are good but Blossom Tales easily. It's verrrrrry similar to zelda lttp. Kamikaze is fun but very short like 2-4 hours. Blossom Tales is 10-12 hours and just way more fleshed out. Cool music, cute bright graphics, zelda gameplay and dungeons/overworld. The game is as a total shock to me and i really hope it gets a meatier sequel i want more!

miserable · Jun 23, 2018

Thanks for the replies, I'll go with Blossom Tales.

KennyLinder · Jun 23, 2018

I just thought about Space Invaders Extreme on PSP. That was pretty cool. Should get a re-release! Although maybe it's on PSN so would work on Vita, at least.

TheMoon · Jun 23, 2018

Ninjadom said:
Why was that delisted?

because NBA Playgrounds: Enhanced Edition came out :)

Arturo · Jun 23, 2018

Emily said:
Unless some games get pushed into July, there could be as many as 21 games releasing next week on the Switch eShop.

I forgot that Another World was targeting next week too.

It seems it's been delayed to July 9. Can't say it bothers me because I'm overwhelmed with games XD

KennyLinder · Jun 23, 2018

Arturo said:
It seems it's been delayed to July 9. Can't say it bothers me because I'm overwhelmed with games XD

There was me thinking it came out last year on Switch. Maybe it was just announced then.

jariw · Jun 23, 2018

delalaser said:
did they ever fix the framerate for overcooked? quick google search says it's still not 60fps.

It's fixed so it's more stable around 30 fps. 60 fps has never been promised for the Switch version AFAIK.

mrmoose said:
I do hate that they just allow apparent shovelware (mobile game ports, that jurassic pinball game, that flying bicycle game) and poorly coded, buggy games (WWE).

Why are mobile ports "apparent shovelware"? There seems to be a big interest in titles like Framed Collection, Gorogoa or Old Man's Tale.

And FWIW, more than 750 games have been released after that flying bicycle game released 15 months ago. :-)

Tebunker said:
This is getting ridiculous. Why do I not feel like it was ever this bad on other systems. Steam yes, but I don't feel like Psn or Xbox had these kinds of releases every week. It is overwhelming and I don't feel like the majority of these smaller devs are equipped to reach the community.

Late November/early December 2017 (until Christmas) was just as crowded on the eShop. But back then, the crowd was almost only eShop-only titles. Now it's a mix of retail and eShop titles.

Deleted member 9135 · Jun 23, 2018

Anyone play FIFA 2018? How's performance and framerate?

Not concerned about missing content/ modes

Deleted member 10795 · Jun 23, 2018

Flashback is one of those games where I recognise the name, box art and even a couple of gifs from it, but know nothing about it beyond that.

Is it worth playing in 2018 outside of nostalgia? It looks cool as fuck but at £17 I'd like it to be actually worth playing.

jariw · Jun 23, 2018

Somewhatgroovy said:
Anyone play FIFA 2018? How's performance and framerate?

Not concerned about missing content/ modes

60 fps. Good performance throughout IMO. Works well in tabletop as well.

Deleted member 9135 · Jun 23, 2018

jariw said:
60 fps. Good performance throughout IMO. Works well in tabletop as well.

That's insane. I was expecting sub 20-30 answers but that's great. I think I'll buy it now

Dash Kappei · Jun 23, 2018

Somewhatgroovy said:
Anyone play FIFA 2018? How's performance and framerate?

Not concerned about missing content/ modes

60 fps locked on both modes, 1080p docked.
Graphics are in the middle between this gen and PS360, looks great in portable mode at native 720p

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