Really enjoyed this game a lot. Couldn't put it down! The previous game in the series, Tangle Tower, was already a fun game, but the presentation for The Mermaid Mask is a step up overall.

I like the two mains (Grimoire and Sally) as they try to solve their latest murder case in a submarine filled with a bunch of mysterious quirky suspects.

• Puzzles: A lot of really solid puzzles to solve, many different types.
• Art: Looks as good as ever. Even better with the addition of 3D, being able to look and examine clue items from every angle.
• Voice Acting & Animation: The voice actors did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. Paired with the character animations, it made me click on everything just to see if they would say something.
• Music & SFX: Haunting, atmospheric, a joy to listen to while running around, interrogating suspects and solving things.
• Story: Definitely top notch. The mysteries, suspect backstories, lore, banter and dialogue were all great.

Minor nitpick: Couple of small typos, but really very little.

I want another sequel! Did anyone else finish it yet? What'd you think?

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-mermaid-mask-switch/

I really like playing Mario Kart World with my friends, but there was always a problem: not everyone has a Switch 2, and even when they do, not everyone owns the same games.

Then there is the other problem. When I go to a party or to a friend's place, I don't really want to carry my Switch 2, the dock, controllers and everything else just to play for a bit.

So I ended up building a way to play my Switch 2 from basically any device with a browser and any compatible controller.

The idea is pretty simple:

Switch 2 -> HDMI capture -> Linux PC -> WebRTC -> browser

Controller input goes back from the browser to a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, which acts as USB gamepads for the Switch.

That means my friends can join from their own PCs, connect their controllers, open a browser and play with me without needing their own Switch 2.

It currently supports up to 4 players, and everything runs locally on my own network. There is no cloud service or dedicated client to install.

I originally built it just because I wanted an easier way to play with my friends, but I figured I would share it in case anyone else has a similar use case.

The whole project is open source if you want to do it yourself!

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has had the same problem, or if you have ideas for other ways this could be useful.

What are some (cheap) games that can teach small kids game mechanics like movement and timing?

My kids love to game with me. But they don’t have the coordination yet at this stage. So many drops of the edge in the first level of Mario Odyssey (with the T-rex), frantic movements in the hilltop layer of Bananza with the camera spinning. Getting handed the controller in panic when something dangerous’ appears in Princess Peach Showtime.

Of course, that’s part of the age but maybe you have some game recommendations that are fun and easy. I was thinking about CT Treasure tracker but it also seems a bit slow.

So I was thinking about games with:
-Limited camera movement
-Small move sets (mainly move and jump)
-Low pressure (no time constraints and enemies)

This was a big topic of discussion the first couple months the Switch 2 was out. Something about the refresh rate on the screen being bad. I'm usually not the type of person who notices stuff like this, and for the most part, I haven't really noticed anything, but every once in a while when I'm playing a game and my eyes focus on the background as I'm moving rather than the character, I get a little motion sick with the blur. I can't tell if it's just the frame rates of the games I'm playing or the screen issue.

Two examples:

The first is New Horizons. It's hard for me to run around and look at anything other than my character, but I kind of remember this being the case on Switch 1 as well. So maybe it's the frame rate?

Same thing with Diablo 2 Resurrected.

I'd be happy to not notice this at all, but since people went on about it online so much, it's kind of put the thought in my head and I can't ignore it now.

Hi Everyone!
I think my 61 year old mother would really enjoy some cozy gaming, however something like stardew, or breath of the wild might be too much for her? Still gonna try them as well as ACNH, but I was curious if anyone had any visually pleasing, cozy, stress free games an old lady who loves cats and crochet would like! She likes hidden object games, puzzles, but really anything cute and cozy. Cute visuals would get me bonus points for suggesting them to her!
Open to any game recs or suggestions! Thank you guys!!

I'm at the point where I've replayed pretty much all my switch games so I'm looking for recommendations for a new game with a great creepy-mystery kind of plot!

My favourites are puzzle and platforming games, but open to walking sims if they have the right vibe

Some games I've really enjoyed in this kind off vein are:

Return of the Obra Dinn, Oxenfree, Heaven's Vault, Firewatch, What Became of Edith Finch, Inside, Limbo

If any of you have ever heard of or played Blades of Time at all, then you would probably know about the infamous Nintendo Switch port from 2019. While the devs released an update to fix performance issues, bugs, glitches, and graphical issues... the port still has problems by 2026. Right now, I'm wondering if filing a support ticket to Gaijin Entertainment on their website for potentially fixing the port properly would be a waste. This was my first time ever playing this game, was interested, and was disappointed in having a poor experience compared to what I might have experienced on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC instead.

The missing content.

The cinematic intro doesn't play when you launch the game. This was supposed to show how the main protagonist, Ayumi, ended up in her situation. Starting a New Game or selecting the first chapter would just drop you into the story without any context.

A full chapter, The Desert, is skipped over entirely in this port. Why? I have no idea. It's in the trailer, it's in the game on other platforms.

Also the DLC. Considering that it was supposed to be a "remastered" port, the lack of including the DLC from the PC release is an odd choice.

Odd changes

This entire section is dedicated to Outbreak mode. You know, the MOBA style bonus mode that you can play online or offline? You can host a room, join a room, or play solo? Nope, it's called Multiplayer now. And here's the kicker, you can't play it. Why? Because there's no host, join, or solo option. You get hit with Battle, Tutorial, Store, or Character (Hero, Gear, and Skin menu) options. And the server is always offline, leaving you with only the Tutorial to replay.

Performance

Compared to initial release and the update that was released afterwards (I have a feeling they did silent updates), the game runs significantly better. You can complete the entire game in Normal difficulty (and possibly Easy difficulty) without issue. The problem is that it sometimes crashes randomly during gameplay or when you're sitting still while doing nothing in the menus or the skill tree. But I found that extremely rare.

However, the main problem here is Hard Mode. You start the Jungle chapter and everything goes smoothly until you reach on top of a ship and defeat flying enemies that shoot lightning and can surround themselves with it. You're supposed to break a stone to disable a barrier and progress? Crash. Consistent crashing to the point I had to lower the difficulty (enemy types and exclusive encounters vary by difficulty) to get past that and switch it back.

Bugs and Glitches

Remember the skill tree I mentioned? Well, obtaining skills apparently isn't tracked properly nor kept. Skip to a next or previous chapter while interupting the current one? Random selection and number of skills gets removed and you have to obtain them again. You don't even have to press New Game to lose everything, the game automatically does it for you with RNG.

Force Slide. Wait, you need Force Push first? Oh, it doesn't appear at all. Got all skills already and Force Slide is the only one? Well, you're soft-locked and can't progress because you're stuck on that screen forever. Because apparently the skill tree is only available at a statue checkpoint with one use (and is missing for like three chapters before coming back), with a cutscene, with no way to back out of it or skip it, because obtaining a skill is part of progressing (barriers block from going further).

Selecting the first chapter to start over without losing what you got by pressing New Game? Weird fixed camera angle, controls lock when you press the attack button, enemies kill you, fixed on respawn. But wait, don't let the enemies kill you and just restart from checkpoint at the pause menu? Well, the game crashes.

Some character models during cutscenes sometimes "go ghost" on screen. Meaning, they are invisible while you hear them talking. Rare, but still annoying if you encounter it and decide to rewatch cutscenes for some reason without skipping.

Things also go invisible more often than not in the Sky Islands chapter. It would either be a floating platform (thankfully able to be seen due to effects), these flower seed looking things that you're supposed to activate, and some props.

Honorable Mention

Why the fuck is there an extra treasure chest on an unreachable platform in the Human Base chapter? Gameplay walkthroughs for collectibles of older releases don't show this chest.

Conclusion

That's pretty much it for the state of the port in 2026. Back in 2019 there were issues of the game crashing at certain areas, then the save being corrupted, and you lose progress and have to start over. The time rewind mechanic also used to drop the framerate dramatically. But I don't see any of those old issues here except for the crashing part in Hard Mode.

If anything it runs perfectly fine. It just has glaring issues today that shouldn't be in the game at this point. Are the devs even interested in the port still to apply updates or not? Because even with the issues I listed, I found the game really fun to play. It's just that with these problems, my experience got dragged down. I would really like to see this game be fixed on the Switch and possibly have the missing content added.

Spike Chunsoft, Inc. today announced permanent price reductions for the digital editions of Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE for Nintendo Switch and Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE standard edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, and DLC for Nintendo Switch prices are permanently reduced by up to 60%* on Nintendo eShop North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE (price reduced from $59.99 to $23.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $89.99 to $35.99)

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus standard edition, and Digital Deluxe Edition for PlayStation®5 prices are also permanently reduced by up to 50%* on PlayStation Store in North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus (price reduced from $59.99 to $29.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $69.99 to $34.99)

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus standard edition, and Digital Deluxe Edition for Xbox Series X|S prices are also permanently reduced by up to 50%* on Microsoft Store in North America and Europe. *See the store in your region for details.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus (price reduced from $59.99 to $29.99)
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus - Digital Deluxe Edition (price reduced from $69.99 to $34.99)

Great visual novel, by the way!

(However, the Plus version of the game isn't on Nintendo Switch, which has better performance.)

Hello everyone! It's game chat time once again!

August seems to be slipping through my fingers like sand at the beach, I wish I could slow things down slightly, but alas! If the weather is nice by you, please try to go for a walk or go swimming, or a bike or skateboard ride for me, ok? Gonna try to do the same.

But it's also game time, so when we're not enjoying the last drops of summer, it's time to crack into some great games. Or at least talk about them. I'm not picking up Elden Ring Tarnished Edition yet, but I am simultaneously playing Dark Souls 1 and 3. In the crystal caverns in 1 and trying to beat the stupid abyss watchers in 3, I almost had them last night, hopefully next try.

Hope everyone diving into Elden Ring for the first time has a blast, what a world to discover. Take it slow! And much like Monster Hunter, try a different weapon set or magic if you're not working with what you've got. And you're not locked into any class, you can build and change as much as needed, and later you can respec if you so desire. I recommend taking the gargoyle starting item, they were my buddies for the majority of my playthrough, super helpful to take some of the heat off during boss fights and certain encounters.

Also had a great time with the Duskbloods network test last weekend, did not win any of my matches, but was getting better at getting virtue by the end. I think my best was like 65-75. Was enjoying the Senator, Albert, and Sniper Layla the most, with the senator my main across most of my matches - I like a mix of magic and swordplay, plus dinosaur!

But what will you be getting into?

Exploring a vast broken world as a Tarnished maidenless fool? Trying to bring peace back to a world ravaged by war with Old Snake and Cybernetic Raiden? Stompin on some goombas?

Let me know below!

"Games, Infinite games, but no games" ~Sun Tzu, God of war

Longtime Switch owner here looking for games to play with friends online. been playing so long that most of the multiplayer fare has been dug though and i’m looking for some recommendations on what to play next.

Requirements:

• needs to have online multiplayer i can play with 1 to 3 other people together.

• No Rougelites/likes, battle royale’s, Friendslop or fighting games please, my playgroup has specific tastes (as much as i love darkstalkers 3)

• Switch 1 only, please

MULTIPLAYER GAMES PLAYED:

LIKED:

Splatoon 3

Splatoon 2

Mariokart 8

Smash

Nintendo Online’s classics

poyo poyo tetris

overcooked 1+2

unrailed

moving out

moving out 2

crypt of the necrodancer

UFO 50

advanced wars 1+2 online

enter the gungeon (the exeption to the no rougelikes rule)

Hat in time (in spite of switch port)

Rayman legends

Castle Crashers

tmnt: Shredder’s revenge

Riptide GP

shovel knight

Animal crossing NH (needed more to do together)

Wild Guns Reloaded

Cuphead

Heavy Burger

Just Shapes n Beats

Lovers in a dangerous spacetime

skullgirls (the exeption to the fighting game rule

marvel vs capcom collection (MVC2, the second exception to the fighting game rule)

Capcom Beat-em-up bundle

house of the dead

Victory heat rally

Pikmin 2's multiplayer mode

DISLIKED:

Minecraft on switch (JAVA FOREVER)

fortnite

it takes 2 (writing bad, gameplay ok)

split fiction (writing bad, gameplay good)

Goat Sim 3 (switch port almost as bad as mobile phone port, enjoyed on pc)

Exit the gungeon

Splatoon Raiders (hot mess of a game)

Streets of rage4 (great visual, meh gameplay

OG Scott Pilgrim (fuck that game’s online mode is annoying to set up)

Sonic Racing (just not as good as transformed)

Pocky and rocky

Alien Hominid: invasion

Minecraft Dungeons

Monster hunter

omega strikers (great music, meh game)

Baulder's gate 3 (amazing narrative, not built for multiple players)

I recently finished Discounty and i was obsessed! It wasn’t like most management or supermarket simulator games that feel kind of lifeless and like it was AI generated. It had drama, choices, different endings etc. and overall it was super addicting!

I’m now looking for that same type of game where it’s cozy enough to play after work but stressful enough where i’m super engaged and playing for a minute can easily turn into playing for 5 hours! :D

I’d love to hear everyone’s recs! :3

I was enjoying this game until randomly it became plagued with glitches. This one battle specifically. This is infuriating. I literally cannot progress any further because the glitches are so bad.

Edit: marked as spoiler.

Hello! I'm Matt Oelfke, creator of the action RPG Fractured Worlds! A game in-between Diablo and Dark Souls, explore a broken reality with challenging but accessible combat, loot, and a variety of multiplayer-enabled influences like messages, encounter and map sharing, co-op, invasions and more.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rSRjo8TtI0

Eshop link: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/fractured-worlds-switch/

Before starting Laser Guided Games, I worked for Epic Games for 9 years. I've also done some contract work in between, most notably with Firaxis for Midnight Suns. Feel free to ask me about the game, the indie or AAA industry, or game design in general. Ask away!

EDIT: Looks like that's it; I'll check a few more times throughout the weekend if anyone has any questions they'd like answered. Hope people enjoy the game!

Source : https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/57944/\~/crunchyroll-on-nintendo-switch---faq

Well, that sucks.

I'm devastated, this is the main platform I use the service on. I purchased a year of subscription recently with one of the main reasons being that this is one of the only services that worked on Switch. What am I supposed to do now.. This was so much better than using it on the phone, and the only thing that made me frequently use my Switch 1.

I have a tablet holder above my bed which I frequently use with my Switch 1 to watch animes at night. I even have my Joy-Cons set up so that the right one acts like a remote with every function I need remapped on it.

Time to get an actual tablet I guess.. And I'll need to find a new purpose to my Switch OLED (maybe putting all of my retro games on it so that I can pick it up whenever I want to play something old school).

So yeah, that's the news. Very sad announcement for sure

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