Garwoofoo

I think extending this into a megathread might make sense, but won't it drive traffic even lower? I appreciate no forum is getting new members anywhere (rllmuk is in a slow death spiral too) but fresh threads are the lifeblood of any forum.

It'd be nice if people started threads for specific games, as they always drive interest and conversation - like Death Stranding for instance. But they always seem to get absorbed into PWB.

I suspect the Switch 1 didn't have a high enough resolution to make the CRT scanlines look good.

Having played around with this a bit more, I think you might actually be right. The CRT filter for the N64 and GameCube emulators is different to the one they've used on the NES and SNES apps and it looks absolutely superb. Really makes a massive difference when playing the N64 games (haven't decided yet on the GameCube because they run at a higher resolution natively anyway). A killer Switch 2 feature!

That bit is so bad I remember it clearly despite not having played it for over 25 years. There was also a shit tank bit and a shit jungle bit and a lot of other shit bits.

I think Goldeneye's first two levels are what people mostly remember from its single-player mode, then of course its multiplayer. But Perfect Dark was better on almost every level.

I've renamed this thread to a more generic PWB sort of thing as we don't really generate enough traffic these days to warrant starting a new one every month. We can just keep posting in this one for now.

I crumbled and am now the proud owner of a new Switch 2. Nice easy setup process and the system transfer was smooth; the whole thing gives me strong "Xbox Series X" vibes when you first turn it on and it looks just like your old machine, but I'm cool with that.

Inevitably I've mostly been playing Mario Kart World so far - which I really like, actually. It takes a while to get your head around its structure but I like that it's doing something different with the template for once. It feels a bit sparse on actual tracks compared to MK8 of course (I'm sure a few years of updates will resolve that) but the open world kind of makes up for that and there's loads of stuff to unlock and find. And seeing a Nintendo game in 4K/HDR is a real treat for the eyeballs.

Booted up Tears of the Kingdom, thought "that's a bit disappointing" then realised there was a specific patch I had to download and now it looks amazing.

Mine went straight into the dock when I got it and is unlikely to come out again, so all the complaints about the poor quality screen aren't going to bother me at all. I'm unreasonably annoyed that you can't turn the machine on with the Switch 1 Pro Controller any more though, that's just Nintendo trying to strongarm you into buying their expensive new controller isn't it?

Downloaded the GameCube emulator this morning and wow, F-Zero GX really holds up, doesn't it?