Switch Improvements and Localization Status

Guys. it's nice and all that you're working on updates for a game you're already selling to everyone for the same price as every other version while pretending all this time that such a downgrade wasn't gonna be that big of a deal, but I've noticed that you keep ignoring and not mentioning ANYTHING that has to do with how horrible the game looks or runs.


Are you gonna fix this muddy mess or not? This looks like a Nintendo 3DS game blown up on my screen for Christs sake, it looks like Castlevania Mirror of Fate on 3DS but stretched out on my big screen. What happened to the promised "720p30fps it will still look great as the other versions and 720p is the minimum resolution"? The only 720p thing when you're playing this port is the god damn text and menus, the game itself looks like it runs in 480-560p, the only place where the game holds 30fps generally is the first area, did you even test this version?!? You promised "the final build is gonna be better than the one at PAX" no it isn't, it's like you didn't even give the Switch port a second thought. The PC version on MINIMUM settings looks 10 times better than what you brought to the Switch.


Curse of the Moon had like what, more than 50% of its sold copies on the Switch and this is how you repay us?!? And now instead of being one of the top selling games on Eshop, you're barely scraping by with your deception.


Stop ignoring these issues and I know this is gonna sound harsh, but the game looks like GARBAGE, especially docked. And for the love of god, replace the screenshots on Eshop already, not only is it a slap in the face that you've used footage from other versions to promote your game on Nintendo Directs(because it looks better and runs at 60 in those), everybody knows its the PS4 version screenshots on Eshop, this is embarrassing and a blatant false advertisement.

These things are always a matter of perspective. I opted to buy the PS4 version and so far it's been a blessing to play with a few bugs but nothing that would deter from the overall experience, so I really can empathize with Switch users on this. However, my opinion is that the way their handling it still isn't so bad to me...it's clear they're really trying and focusing.

The reason for this is I had one real bad experience as a kid in the 90s with a Gameboy. Anyone ever played the original Mortal Kombat on Gameboy? It was a big f*cking joke. It was clear that Midway and whomever they worked with tried to quickly cash in on the hype. It wasn't possible to rent Gameboy games where I lived, so I couldn't try it before I bought it at full price. I was so angry because I couldn't return it and obviously the idea of patching console games didn't exist at the time. So back in present time, it's at least refreshing to see something will be done.

Again, I know this isn't good enough for some of you out there, and that's perfectly fine. Just putting down my own thoughts while it's fresh.

Hi,

Its been 7 days now from the release date 25/6/2019. Is there any updates for Switch yet?
Just getting tired of clicking the "Check for Update" option on my Switch, hoping there's an update from 1.01 to whatever correct version.
No updates, no news, team went silent.......thought you shift the resources to priorities the update for Switch?

can you like, not give people hope when really there's no hope for the Switch version at all? Stop luring people into buying the Switch version (especially the screenshot used on eShop is PS4/XBOX version).

Nintendo should put their team on this port, this game has the potential to sell very well on the Switch if the version was less inferior to the PC version. 60 FPS is a must to preserve gameplay, much more so than resolution and visual effects. It's the kind of game that could be bundled with consoles and increase the sales if payed some time and attention.

I am so saddened and disappointed to see how this Switch version turned out as I was, and still am, really hyped and curious about playing this game and it seems to be actually really good... Not on Switch though.

I am relieved (but also really sceptical) to read that you're allegedly going to go and fix this version of the game... how and to what extent is really beyond me at this point, seeing how much of an unplayable mess it unfortunately is, both graphically (textures are UGLY, resolution is kind of sad and the aliasing is massive) and mechanically above all, people shouldn't lose hours of their progress because of frequent crashes. This console can run games like Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild with little to no problem, so it's really uncanny to see how this game's port turned out to be.

It shouldn't have been released at this state to begin with, the game carts are probably going to be useless by the time the Switch eshop dies (which is going to happen a lot of years in the future, but still inevitable), and who bought this game has no reason to play it like this, as it's just gonna ruin their experience with the game and their perception of it.
I have a copy of the game which I preordered from amazon, I was really keen on playing it on my Switch in portable mode, but as of now it is still sealed so I can return it if I don't see any satisfying updates on patch progress.

I also have a quick question for you:
You really didn't just start fixing the game, did you? QA clearly must have know about the game's issues, both about framerate, resolution, textures, crashes and whatnot, so it's really suspicious that you came out about all this just now... I mean, not that much actually, you obviously still wanted to sell this unfinished version of the game to oblivious customers that were going to preorder on eshop, as you can't cancel preorders there, but you really didn't start fixing it just now, yea? If so, it's going to be a long time until we see some satisfying progress, and that's not good PR, and I'm going to probably just return this game to amazon, still sealed, and switch (no pun intended) to the Steam version of the game.

I wish you all the best, and hope I can see this game shine on Nintendo's console too.

I would've taken a rom hack of <choose your least favorite Castlevania game> over this. It certainly wouldn't have cost me $100, 5 years of waiting, and shown up a week late, broken. This game on Switch doesn't even meet one corner of the good-fast-cheap triangle.

Getting weekly updates on the progress is almost a necessity at this point. It would be great to get just a little bit of confirmation that it's progressing instead of total radio silence. Since it's such a pressing issue I think regular updates to make sure we won't lose our faith in the product and the brand are important. Even I, who didn't care much about all the bad press surrounding the game, am starting to lose my patience now that I've experienced the game crashing on me first hand more than once.