On a side note, Hollow knight deserves it.
Best game on switch and probably of the last few years, at least since bloodborne.
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Hollow Knight on Switch has already sold over 250k copies in just two weeks
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On a side note, Hollow knight deserves it.
Best game on switch and probably of the last few years, at least since bloodborne.
That's crazy. Yeah I see it looks like you have the main character's? avatar.
Yeah I've seen a good amount of people say this. It feels like this game came out of nowhere. I don't remember if there was any hype for it before it came to PC.
On the contrary. I hate the cognitive enormity of potential difficulty.
OK, OK, I'm turning it on. First goal is to find an enemy and defeat it.
Just poking fun at you, don't worry its a cool game
There really wasn't much talk of it outside of the Kickstarter backers. I didn't buy the game at launch, but kept hearing good things about it on various message boards. Then I ended up getting the Steam version last September after hearing the Switch version wasn't coming out any time soon. I believe it being pc only really hurt it's time in the spot light. Very few publications even mentioned it's name. When it was time for game of the year awards I doubt many people in the media even played it. I remember it winning some awards here and there but felt that if more folks played it , it could've been even bigger. I'm super glad the Switch version got a lot more people talking about it and maybe now it'll get the recognition it deserves.
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I literally bought the game as quickly as I could when I got my hand on my switch after it was released.
I have no idea how long I have been in Hallownest, easily my GOTY so far.
Actually it could have been a very easy GOTSwitch if not for BotW as well as GOTG really.
It's one of the most fantastic metroid game I ever played, it's a joy to play and get lost in the desolate place the game is in.
The music is glorious.
The fact that the compass is tied to an item and can be deactivated at any time means that I can choose to not use it and I HAVE to try to internalize the map to get anywhere is fantastic.
It's kinda like playing BotW in Expert mode where the place your character is really where you attention is and not that fucking minimap in the corner.
It feels like TokiTori2 in that I never want to stop playing it and it basically feels like something I always wanted in game form.
It's one of the greatest alongside Aria of sorrow, Toki tori2, Metroid II.
One of the very few game I think I may end up double dipping if It ever get a physical release.
I'm super glad it didn't get released on Switch in 2017, I really would have wanted to have to choose between BotW and Hollow Knight, feels like choosing between my kidneys :/.
And the crazy part is that I expect Octopath to be this year's revelation after everything! I can't even touch anything but HK right now, the game is THAT gripping I haven't even touched OT's new demo, fortnight, I skipped Hyrule Warrior (again) entirely.
It's a fucking crazy good game.
I have no idea how long I have been in Hallownest, easily my GOTY so far.
Actually it could have been a very easy GOTSwitch if not for BotW as well as GOTG really.
It's one of the most fantastic metroid game I ever played, it's a joy to play and get lost in the desolate place the game is in.
The music is glorious.
The fact that the compass is tied to an item and can be deactivated at any time means that I can choose to not use it and I HAVE to try to internalize the map to get anywhere is fantastic.
It's kinda like playing BotW in Expert mode where the place your character is really where you attention is and not that fucking minimap in the corner.
It feels like TokiTori2 in that I never want to stop playing it and it basically feels like something I always wanted in game form.
It's one of the greatest alongside Aria of sorrow, Toki tori2, Metroid II.
One of the very few game I think I may end up double dipping if It ever get a physical release.
I'm super glad it didn't get released on Switch in 2017, I really would have wanted to have to choose between BotW and Hollow Knight, feels like choosing between my kidneys :/.
And the crazy part is that I expect Octopath to be this year's revelation after everything! I can't even touch anything but HK right now, the game is THAT gripping I haven't even touched OT's new demo, fortnight, I skipped Hyrule Warrior (again) entirely.
It's a fucking crazy good game.
Three people on the team?
That is some genuinely world-class talent.
Switch killing it with these 15 dollar gems. First HK then came Lumines this month. Loving my Switch again after a bit of a drought.
I'm currently playing it. Probably the best in It's genre. If you don't like a challenge I wouldn't recommend it though.
Best gaming purchase I have made in awhile. Anyone that loved Symphony of the Night should own this game. Probably the first metroidvania style game that truly even comes close IMO. And how they did this without hundreds of other people is beyond me as the scope of this game is ridiculous as I'm still finding areas 30+ hours in. What they could do with a bigger budget and bigger team in their control I cant even imagine.
So five total then.
I hope they take a very nice vacation with their families.
Beating those 3 platforms wouldn't be very telling. Wake me when Switch is matching SNES, DS, Wii, or even 3DS numbers.
Would that really be fair to those of us waiting for Hollow Knight 2?
Single guy on art. Becomes more and more mind blowing every new location and enemy you discover.
Page 2 kind poster put up the 3DS software numbers after 5 quarters and Switch is ahead
This game is amazing but I just raged quit after losing 1700 currency and then venturing off from reclaiming them to end up dying again. I thought I would be fine to go back and revisit areas with my new abilities but then there was a surprise boss that was shooting lasers everywhere and fucked me up. Sigh. Great game though
Yeah these surprise bosses are cool but I hate losing all my coins. Before that I was in mantis town and came across those three mantis strung up and I didn't realize pressing up would challenge them. I just thought they would talk to me. Lol, they killed me too
Switch port has renewed interest in the game and so we've seen lots of activity in the OT as well. Definitely deserves it.
Re: dev size, Team Cherry also got help from shark jump for the switch port.
Re: dev size, Team Cherry also got help from shark jump for the switch port.
If a relatively unknown indie game like HK can sell 250k units on Switch only at some point one has to stop and think just how much money is Nintendo leaving on the table by not releasing a port (or remaster?) of Mother 3. And HK doesnt have two decades worth of Super Smash Bros hype and hordes of fans evangelizing people since 2006!
I'll double dip for the physical version and then probably triple dip for the eventual PS4 release so I can platinum it.
What a phenomenal game.
What a phenomenal game.
I went the other way around. Sunk 50 hours into the Switch version and now I'm playing it on pc after getting it in the summer sale. I'm pulled back in easily and can't stop, it's like I'm playing through it for the first time. The game is really special and deserves being a hit on two platforms now.
Price point is nuts. You can get both versions now for €25 and that'd be cheap for one copy.
This is me just trying to rationalize how HK's success on Switch might mean we'll get Mother 3. Dont mind me.
We have very similar tastes. Prepare to be amazed.
It's a fusion of Soulsborne, Celeste and Metroidvania.
Edit: I bought it when it released last week
You learned your lesson, 1700 is nothing, you can get your shadow back in the town be sure to have a key.
My 5 year old lost me 34k while I wasn't home. Now that's a big loss in the game.
Deserved all of its success , could have charged double and still would have been a steal. I was stunned by how cheap it was.
I'm not surprised for £10.99 and the sheer amount of content it's an absolute steal and deserves every bit of sales success.
Ahhh so that's what in there.. Cool thanks. Love how I keep discovering stuff after 10 hours in
Compared to Switch? It kinda is. But word of mouth quickly spread and its sales picked up ever since.
Super good game, maybe my favourite on the Switch. I played the Humble Monthly demo last year and immediately fell in love, but kept putting off buying it because the Switch version always seemed just around the corner. When it dropped during E3 I couldn't buy it fast enough.