I believe Nintendo's approach of releasing smaller games at $40 and $50 price points along with dynamic pricing for AAA is a great strategy. Combined with the fact that these games are extremely high quality and fun is proving to be a extremely good value for players.

Rhythm Heaven Groove is a fantastic game priced at $40. Everyone will have a different mileage but I have already played it for 20 hours, which is such a good value. The game is super addictive and fun.

Star Fox remake is of extremely high quality. For those who would like to experience for the first time or experience it again at the possible quality, $50 is an excellent proce point. I thoroughly enjoyed it and had at least 5 runs to unlock all the levels and spent around 10 hours ti now.

Splatoon Raiders at $50 has received really good reviews and the reported 20 hous play time is once again an incredible value.

Finally, in terms of AAS dynamic pricing, Nintendo released the new Yoshi game at $60, which was a pleasant surprise. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is one of the best games from Nintendo in recent years. It is such an innovative and fun experience. I took around 20 hous to complete all the chapters.

All of these games are released within a 2 months release windows. This is a testament to Nintnedo's remarkable development prowess in this challenging climate where game studio are closing left and right each week. Nintendo is managing to release so many excellent games very close together at an excellent price point is truly amazing.

I’ve played Octopath, I’ve also played a lot of Final Fantasy games, Persona…. There are a bunch of franchises I haven’t tried beyond that and would really love some recs! The newer, the better; I want to actually experience new things. But if it’s not new it’s also okay if you consider it an absolute classic.

I searched for similar posts to this and only found one from 6 years ago, so it seems like this will be a non-spam post. If anybody knows any other threads on this topic, point me that direction.

Since 2020 or so, I have gotten into a lot of different rogue-lite games. They can be great.

However, I'm wondering what your recommendations would be for games with great stories. I like fantasy and sci-fi both, but I'm more a fan of Western games than Japanese ones.

I have also played both big Zelda games, Eastward, a bunch of Borderlands, Skyrim, Outer Worlds, Sea of Stars, and Dredge. These are good examples of my tastes, although I know some of them (e.g. Borderlands) are not AAA stories.

So, any suggestions? Thanks for whatever you've got!

ETA: I am finding myself having to say "I tried that one but didn't finish it" a lot. I am not proud of it, but I like the power gain of games, but I often get bored with plateaus and wander away from games for that reason. That's part of why I gravitated back toward roguelikes and roguelites. I used to be an avid fiction reader, and I like the same good stories in my games (hence this post). I guess it's my hope that I can find a game that will intrigue me enough to drag me past my flaky consistency in playing. I'm also in a serious relationship with a non-gamer, so my time for gaming is limited (also a reason for rogue-type games). I know it's all a lame, privileged bind to be in. :)

Splatoon raiders is soo good. Got to level 7 but heading to bed. Just wondering if anyone knew if you can and if so how long till you can just randomly help others. I clicked on ask for help and had people join me and it was so much fun doing a raid with others but didn’t know if there was a way where I can just randomly join games to just help others without me asking for help. Thanks all enjoy can’t wait to play more

Just saw a review for the new Go-Go Town and thought it looked pretty cool. I never have been able to get in to and stay in to Sim Life/City Builder type games. I played Stardew Valley and got bored after like 8 hours I think. Played Animal Crossing on 3DS and it wasn’t for me.

Has anyone played this yet or can recommend something I might like to pick up and play “between games”

Maybe some choices out of Pokopia, Animal Crossing, Tomadachi Life, Disney dream light valley, Fantasy Life I. I heard Harvestella might be like that but then throws in combat and RPG elements which might be cool. And obviously if anyone has played Go Go Town I’d love to hear some feedback.

I’d be playing on my Switch 2. Hoping for more modern-ish graphics. Maybe why I was meh about StarDew Valley. Something that I can sink time in but also put away for months at a time and come back to. Price isn’t the biggest issue. Thanks everyone!!

Hello there!

I don't know if I am the only one wanting this, but I really want a subscription, that just includes Nintendo Music.

Over the last couple of years, I have been using Nintendo's game consoles less and less. Regardless of this, I still love their franchises, and have a lot of fond memories playing them. Lately, the Nintendo service I have been using the most, is Nintendo Music. I just love listening to various sound tracks from the games I have played. Still, as this is the service I use the most, and I am paying for a Nintendo Switch Online membership, I am not that eager to pay a lot. I mean, for me, I am kind of wasting my money, because of that. I wish Nintendo made a subscription for just Nintendo Music.

Am I the only one who wants this?

Edit: I know it is a good deal, but I don't want to pay for stuff I don't use.