Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

So... more rumors for the Star Fox Game...

What Liam said on his podcast from what he’s heard

• The game is not like F-Zero
• He’s seen a more complete version of the logo
• The game is based on the arwing (which differentiates it from F-Zero)
• He was told the title “Star Fox Grand Prix” was a tentative title
• The game is a mixture between classic Star Fox and racing
• You shoot enemies to propel forward and get combos; you can shoot other players too
• Each Grand Prix is three tracks with a boss fight- where the boss comes onto the track
• It has a big hub area where you can interact with the Star Fox characters
• You pick up new missions at the hub and there’s story content to go through
• The game looks really really good in motion
• He also heard Retro was considering adding cameos like Donkey Kong

One more thing. He also heard it was a 2019 game, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was a 2018 game.

Extra tidbits:

• Fire Emblem is on pace to release this year.
• Smash is releasing in October according to his sources

Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-leaks-suggest-retr...

@darkfenrir hmm sounds somewhat interesting.
if true, glad to hear the motions are good.
and not like F-Zero? if true, then happy news of F-Zero getting it's own game, and not dying. (Maybe? Probably?)

@Aozz101x Yeah- if this is true I think I'll be very interested.

Like it just culminates into this huge super cool thing right now... Of course, that's if all these rumors are true xD Fingers crossed!

@darkfenrir Sounds even better than what I was imagining. I hope something like that ends up being the case, for whatever this game is

Hmm.. a new Star Fox...

Fox is an animal...

Octopus are animals...

Octo-Expansion is coming...

Smash may be in October...

Guys, I've got it.

Ridley confirmed.

@Pazzo-ZaFool
Your deductive reasoning is unprecedented

@Pazzo-ZaFool "too big."

Smash in October would suggest to me that not even Nintendo believes in their paid online service, that they think it'll break down as soon as Smash launches.

@Grumblevolcano It probably will even launching Smash in October. But to be fair, few games on any platform manage to deal with the strain of millions of players trying to play online during their launch period. The problem Nintendo has is that all eyes will literally be on them as they are introducing a paid subscription for a service that has been pretty bad.

@Grumblevolcano surely, they will have a big game to release with the online services. just, maybe Not Smash Bros.

Nintendo can't be that dumb. right? right...?

@Aozz101x NES Soccer

Isn't MH released at August?

Iirc that's full of another of the online co-op mode game... (Well you can solo, but I hear that most of the fun is playing together?)

@Aozz101x Really want to say no they aren't... but then look at mobile voice chat and the online service offerings... and then realise "Yes. Yes they can be"

"But it's only $20!"

Nintendo obviously went with this "low" price point for a reason. They know their service is unsatisfactory, but they also know that if they set it at a certain price fans will defend them and tell dissenters to shut up.

@darkfenrir The trailer didn't say it required the paid online subscription, maybe 3rd party games are still free online to avoid damaging 3rd party sales?

@Harmonie I remember the same thing happening during the PS3 era. All PlayStation fans were making a big deal in how online was free for the PS3 whereas Xbox 360 was paid and it became a big argument in the "which system is better wars". Then when the PS4 came out, all of them went silent and paid for the service with almost no moaning. Fans will always defend whatever platform they own.

@Grumblevolcano Maybe? That's probable... but we'll see, I guess.

3 more months until it's release... time is so slow.

@FragRed Haha that's the truth. Went from "Well ours is free!" to "Well it's a better deal!". Funny enough, same thing happened when Nintendo decided to do mobile apps, microtransactions, and now online subscriptions. Fanbases tend to be irrational

Lucikly I'm here to point out that paid online is bad on every console.

Especially since they don't even go for things like dedicated servers. The quality of online play has no discernible difference whether it's paid or not all they have going for them is their incentive programs. In this regard, I hope Nintendo can up their game eventually