>What most 13 Sentinels fans might be curious about is how well the Switch handles Destruction mode. Playing Destruction mode on the base PS4, and even the PS4 Pro at times, would cause a serious drop in framerate when the screen started to fill up with enemies. Before this port came out, I was wondering if the Switch would be able to handle some of the more intense battles. The answer Vanillaware gave me was, yes it can. All in all, the Switch version essentially runs the same as it does on the base PS4, and maybe even slightly better. There also didn't appear to be a reduction in the number of enemies during battles either, which would be one way of helping out the Switch's performance. The various kaiju still fill up the screen, and the infamous "Missile Rain" attack can still lag the game slightly, but I am impressed with the Switch's overall performance on this game.
>However, what is more worth discussing is how the Switch version makes some changes to combat overall. Destruction mode was often cited as the worst aspect of the game on PS4. Destruction mode in the PS4 version was rather laid-back. Combat wasn't too difficult, even on Intense mode. The famous Sentry Gun strategy was the great equalizer and rarely did any of the levels feel challenging until the last few maps. However, Vanillaware has adjusted 13 Sentinels' combat for the Switch version, as if to answer those complaints about the battles being too easy. Sentry Guns have been greatly nerfed, eliminating one of the foundations of successful battles in the PS4 version. With much less emphasis placed on Sentry Guns, combat is now more well-rounded, and it feels like each character has a much bigger role to play in battle. Intense mode now feels like a legitimate challenge, and it forced me to change up my strategy a lot from when I played on the PS4.
>Part of this comes down to a change that was actually advertised before this port was released: the new weapons. Each Sentinel pilot now has two unique skills that they can unlock and use in battle, and that completely changed how I viewed some of their roles. There are four different "generations" of the Sentinels, and they each have their own part of combat that they're good at. First-generations hit hard, but they lack anti-air equipment, second-generations have a wide variety of equipment for different situations, third-generations are best at crowd clearing, and fourth-generations lend support from the sky. In the PS4 version, only about half of the pilots had some kind of unique equipment that they could use that made them different from their counterparts. Now, everyone feels different, and I believe that these changes make up a net positive in terms of engagement from Destruction mode.
>Vanillaware has handled 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim's Switch port with the utmost care and, with some of the changes, may even be better than the PS4 version. While I was hoping that Vanillaware would go back and add in a couple of new scenes that they had previously cut out of the game, I will also happily take the changes to Destruction mode. Now that a Switch version is available, I am hoping more people will get to experience this masterpiece of modern gaming. 13 Sentinels flew under the radar on PS4, so now I'm hoping the spotlight will be on this excellent game after word of mouth has spread. If you love RPGs, have an affinity for excellent stories, are in the mood for some good brain exercise, or just looking for a nice 30-hour experience in gaming, look no further than 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.
>sold 1 million >surrounded by switch games that sold 2-7 millions
David Lewis
Hardware breakdown:
Switch OLED Model – 34,199 (1,524,551) PlayStation 5 – 28,328 (1,300,078) Switch – 21,304 (18,159,677) Switch Lite – 11,661 (4,660,047) Xbox Series X – 2,881 (92,112) PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,338 (228,105) Xbox Series S – 1,528 (76,587) New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 305 (1,184,649) PlayStation 4 – 12 (7,819,404)
Jose Campbell
cope tendie
Oliver Anderson
>Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 7.2m >Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 4.8m >Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 4.5m >Ring Fit Adventure - 3.1m >Legends: Arceus - 2.2m >Breath of the Wild - 1.9m
Kayden Sullivan
>Vanillaware actually trying with Switch and optimizing their game BETTER on Switch than on Playstation >Falcom straight up saying PS is dead in Japan and they will include Switch in the pipeline for day and date day 1 releases after Kuro 2 releases >Gust dropping PS5 support after Ryza 2 PS5 bombed. PS4 Sophie 2 doesn't even accept a PS5 Ryza 2 save file for the save bonus. It will only accept a PS4 Ryza 2 save, even if playing on PS5 >Vita coom developers porting their old games like Seven Pirates and Gal Gun Double Peace with new enhancements
By the middle of this generation all the weebshit will be Switch/PC only. It is becoming unsustainable for small Jap devs to rely on PS, especially after PS4 dies off.
>Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 491,006 >Elden Ring - 317,614 >NOT EVEN HALF OF ELDEN RING LMAO What?
Joseph Lee
Almost like... almost like japan is an irrelevant dying market...
Lincoln Morales
Reminder to report the fromdrone spambot.
Nolan Long
Snoys are Malding today! now watch as this post gets a wojak reply
Jose Rivera
>Snoys are Malding today!
Chase Peterson
And kirby is about to outsell it Kirby is a small game for nintendo while elden ring is the biggest game this generation for the ps5 Then you have big hitters like Splatoon 3, monster hunter rise sunbreak and pokemon that will outsell elden ring day 1 It's not looking good for sony
Juan Ross
How pathetic can someone get to do this thing?
Jaxson Price
PS5 sales actually picking up?
Josiah Murphy
>Every PS games keep sliding out the top seller list throughout the weeks. Nature is healing
Christian Rogers
>B-BUT GEMATSU Obsessed
Blake Carter
>Xbox Series X – 2,881 >PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,338 >Xbox Series S - 1,528 Wait SERIES X? Not the smaller cheap one?
Nathaniel Lee
>Nothing about OLED passing 1.5m Can this guy get anymore balant?
Oliver Hernandez
see
Jaxson Martin
>Kirby - 491.006 >Elden Ring - 317.614 ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED
Grayson Ward
>Less than half a million >about to outsell one million
Nicholas Sanders
Japan is the second biggest videogame market
Ayden Hall
Think ER will become an evergreen title like BotW? Can't see it dropping from the top30 any time soon
Wyatt Perry
ps5 doing surprisingly not terrible, maybe they saw they are not doing so well on other territories and decided to eat their pride and finally ship more units to japan instead.
Joseph Fisher
>Switch OLED Model – 34,199 (1,524,551) >PlayStation 5 – 30.666 (1.528.183) They need Monster Hunter like never before.
Caleb Clark
reference
Aiden Ortiz
>MK9 never ever
Lincoln Watson
Who fucking cares about a milestone for a minor hardware revision?
Josiah Reed
He never did this for the Switch. 1.5 million isn't even a special number. Pathetic cuck romano
Justin Watson
How utterly ironic that one of the biggest Switch dodger’s ended up making a better version on their game on the Switch.
That minor hardware division is single handedly outselling PS5
Robert Williams
>Count physical and digital for elden ring >Only counts physical for kirby because uhh that doesn't count ok? snoycope
Matthew Gomez
We'll seen next week. This was probably a "Look we're not dead" shipment for the end of Fiscal Year
Ethan Baker
>Think ER will become an evergreen title like BotW No. >Demon Souls - 314k >Dark Souls - 485k >Dark Souls II - 371k >Bloodborne - 231k >Dark Souls III - 413k >Sekiro - 273k I think ER peaked.
Ryder Garcia
Luv Kirbo Luv Elden Ring 'ate Snoys (not racist, just don't like em) Simple as.
MS recently paid a shitload for massive Series X stock, it's a bit of a hot topic recently. It's been letting Xbox be the number 1 selling console in some regions.
Julian Martinez
I saw lots of posts on twitter saying that Xbox managed to figure something out in their production line which lead to many more Series X being produced. So far I only saw it for NA and UK where Xbox actualyl won the month best selling console with Switch 2nd.
Aaron Sullivan
The first two replies to the thread are by bots, the rest is just regular ol' schizies
Kevin Cooper
>Pokemon Scarlet & Violet >Soul Hackers 2 >Kirby and the Forgotten Land >Xenoblade Chronicles 3 >Bayonetta 3 >Splatoon 3 >Mario Strikers: Battle League >Rune Factory 5 >Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp >LIVE A LIVE HD-2D >DQ3 HD Remake >KLONOA Phantasy Reverie >SD Gundam Battle Alliance >GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon >Triangle Strategy >Splatoon 3 >Chrono Cross remaster >Front mission 1 & 2 remasters >Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Really, why is Nintendo doing so great whereas Sony is failing?
>>bigger than EU I'm not counting entire continents. After the usa Japan is the biggest videogame market >>bigger than China Yes
Charles Perry
>implying kirby has 60% digital sales cope
Charles Sullivan
It's cool to know that companies I don't care about in a country I never been to are forced to cater to me simply because I'm American.
John Powell
>EU is a country >chinks buy games
Daniel Garcia
Physical and Digital across multiple SKUs, don't forget that. PlayStation literally needs PC as a crutch to stand up nowadays.
Anthony Sanders
Top 10 Spain Games Chart
1. Kirby y la Tierra Olvidada (Switch): 23.500 / New 2. Leyendas Pokémon: Arceus (Switch): ¿? / 205.000 3. Gran Turismo 7 (PS5) 4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) 5. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) 6. FIFA22 Legacy Edition (Switch) 7. Elden Ring (PS4) 8. Ghostwire: Tokyo (PS5): 1.400 / New 9. Gran Turismo 7 (PS5) 10.FIFA22 (PS4)
Gran Turismo 7 (ALL) 4.000 / ~49.000 FIFA22 (ALL) 3.500 / 88.500 YTD Elden Ring (ALL) ¿? / ~85.000 Ghostwire: Tokyo (ALL) 1.500 / New
Xbox could actually turn it around this gen if this continues.
Justin Gonzalez
Post proof.
Juan Reyes
Just like Falcom they realized a PS only future will lead to bankruptcy. First impressions are everything so they had to make sure the Switch version turned out great.
I can see Aquaplus and Compile Heart dying with Playstation Japan. They're being the most stubborn. Fuck em, I guess.
Kevin Davis
Nice
Lincoln Watson
>all this mental gimnastic to prove playstation biggest release of the year isn't beaten by switch's niche title kek
Julian Foster
They are Sony fans
Nolan Rivera
>Hardware selling slightly above average but most likely getting shipped straight out of the country anyway >No software above 5.1k sales this week Nothing's really changed
Ryder Bailey
Wow kirby destroyed elden ring
Grayson Garcia
Yes, PC carried ER in Japan, what is your point?
Grayson Edwards
>FIFA22 (ALL) 3.500 / 88.500 YTD >Elden Ring (ALL) ¿? / ~85.000 Is Elden Ring actually managing to match FIFA 's sales?
Brayden Russell
Kirby... me postro, me arrodillo...
James Rodriguez
It's not even theirs, it's a multiplat that sold more on PC than on the PlayStation worldwide. They are absolutely malding.
Kevin Campbell
Only needs 2.5 million to match Momotetsu.
And will flop a second time.
Nathan Wilson
>playstation biggest release of the year Horizon or GT?
David Richardson
It's Nintendo of Europe, not Nintendo of many smaller countries
Xavier Phillips
>Ghostwire: Tokyo Do we know if this is doing well globally? Did this bomb?
>Sony’s PlayStation 5 was India's best-selling console in 2021. Sony India has made the PS5 the de facto choice for gamers in the country. According to sources in the supply chain speaking to me on condition of anonymity, the PS5 sales best the Xbox Series X|S 10:1. Over 90 percent of the PS5s sold in India were the disc variant rather than the digital edition due to greater customer demand.
That's a really big 2nd week for Kirby. Kirby, I kneel.
Ayden Garcia
Nice, going to preorder
Jack Thompson
>pump everything you have on overhyped first party games and bribed exclusivity contracts in the span of 1-2 months >xbox outsells you with just gamepass >switch still outsells you with a pink puff ball and srpg
1. Kirby y la Tierra Olvidada (Interruptor): 23.500 / Nuevo 2. Leyendas Pokémon: Arceus (Interruptor): ¿? / 205.000 3. Gran Turismo 7 (Estación de Juegos Cinco) 4. Mini auto de Mario 8 de lujo (cambio) 5. Horizonte Prohibido Oeste (Estación de Juegos Cinco) 6. Edición heredada de FIFA22 (Cambiar) 7. Anillo de Anciano (Estación de Juegos Cuatro) 8. Mercancia de fantasma: Tokio (Estación de Juegos Cinco): 1.400 / Nuevo 9. Gran Turismo 7 (Estación de Juegos Cinco) 10.FIFA22 (Estacion de Juegos Cuatro)
Gran Turismo 7 (TODOS) 4.000 / ~49.000 FIFA22 (TODOS) 3.500 / 88.500 YTD Anillo de Anciano (TODOS) ¿? / ~85.000 Mercancía de fantasma: Tokio (TODOS) 1.500 / Nuevo
