I love this feature on the Switch Controller and would be happy if you could please share what games take full advantage of it the best. Also anything else you would like to comment about HD Rumble would be great also!
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What Nintendo Switch games take full advantage of the HD Rumble the best?
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Nintendo Labo. (Pretty sure Labo and 1-2 Switch are the only games that ever actually used it for anything beyond just going bzzzz anyways so...)
Personally I loved its use in Tumbleseed, it makes you feel the different shapes of the balls rolling (there is a starry one ant it feels fucking spiky).
I also liked it in Mario Odissey and ARMS.
I also liked it in Mario Odissey and ARMS.
Thumper felt pretty good, especially in handheld.
+1 for Tumbleseed, I thought that game was forgotten! Early on its HD Rumble impressed me.
Splatoon 2 is still my favorite implementation because of how it synergizes with the sound design and visual cues you get from the game giving the player an increased awareness of what's happening, increased immersion, and more satisfying controls. getting the full travel and pop of the rapid blaster ending with a direct hit is one of the most satisfying things in video games for me. I'm sure getting charger snaps is up there but I suck at chargers. it is subtly done though and I've seen people not even really know that it's hd rumble but that's another reason why I like it, it's not overbearing. you don't feel what your controller is doing more so than what's happening in the game. for games like golf story and odyssey the hd rumble is really cool but there are moments where you're just like "holy shit the controller is vibrating really fucking loud right now!" whereas with Splatoon you just feel what is being represented. it's good stuff.
also the plunk you get when dropping into a pool of water in steamworld dig 2 is good shit
also the plunk you get when dropping into a pool of water in steamworld dig 2 is good shit
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Some may call it a bug, but I consider the ability to turn joycons into portable massagers a plus.
Some may call it a bug, but I consider the ability to turn joycons into portable massagers a plus.
I'll second this. Kirby uses HD Rumble in a very surprising way that I didn't think was possible. Labo does something similar, but the use in Kirby is more unexpected.
Recently I've really enjoyed it in Mario Maker 2. It feels great, and it's varying levels of subtlety.
I really hope HD rumble is here to stay.
I really hope HD rumble is here to stay.
1-2 Switch. Dumb game, but the controller did feel like there was stuff inside it while playing it.
I haven't played one switch game that I feel sells me on HD rumble. Wish they would get rid of it and put that money towards something better.
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This was definitely something that needed correcting. Insert eyeroll here.
Golf story was good and Mario Odyssey also. Too few games have used it like I would have hoped when I first heard about it.
Smash Bros. Ultimate's implementation of HD rumble honestly makes it one of the best feeling games to me. The fact that we can sample sooo many different rumble types like sword clanks or a charging beam is just another amazing thing the game does.
Yeah, i was actually amazed the PC version also uses HD rumble when i felt it while using my pro controller for the game.
HD rumble in Labo Vehicle really impressed me. I was surprised the first time I refueled the car.
Maybe unpopular opinion but I actually kind of hate HD rumble and keep it turned off most of the time. It just feels like a giant phone vibrating. Some games like 1 - 2 Switch make good use of it, but I think a lot of games aren't well calibrated for handheld and it just feels too intense.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night feels incredible. The low health warning feels like your heart is beating in your hand.
It really enhanced my experience playing the observer on switch. The game used it in so many dope ways, like when I was hiding away from some big scary thing, you could feel the footsteps get harder as it got closer and become more feint as it went farther away, the sensation was so precise. HD rumble was heavily used that game and I loved it. Super underrated feature.
I remember that Octopath Traveler had a really nice implementation of HD rumble. Whenever you buy or sell things you can feel the change in your purse leave the controller.
Yup, that's the one for me too.
Haven't played a single other game on the Switch that has used HD Rumble as well as Golf Story.
I hate that BotW hadn't been built with it in mind, hopefully they take advantage of it more in the sequel.
Mario Kart when you get hit by lightning or collect a coin in nice, but only with the joycons in the grip. Attached to the console in handheld mode it doesn't feel or look as good.
I have never once noticed "HD rumble" in any game. It all just feels like rumble to me. I've never played 1-2 Switch, which was one of the games to really use it in a gimmicky way. But I've played almost every other big name Switch game, and it's kind of just rumble.