Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Dances Onto Switch Early Next Year

Still censored. Yeah, no. Ninty doesn't get a free pass.

I'm so overjoyed to the point of tears. I'm so happy my favorite Wii U game is getting a second chance. This made my day!

Good news, I got this game on the Wii U but it feels like it was looked over. I hope they release it with all the DLC.

Might double dip, but I'll have to wait for a price drop if it's $60.

Uncensor it and im happy otherwise no thanks

Sweet! I skipped this on the Wii U and have debated on and off about hunting it down. Glad to know this game is getting another chance! A lot of people seem to like it.

One by one it seems that the Wii U library is slowly showing up on the Switch lol 😆

It is up in the store for 50 pounds...omg...

For god's sake, Nintendo! Is nothing sacred!

This was my favorite announcement of the direct. Great game

This alone could make the whole Direct for me. It's all happening! One of the 2020 releases I'll be looking forward to most, hands down. And that's all the more shameless hope fuel for Xenoblade X as well... on top of the amount just added by Direct's closing announcement.😆

Another Wii U port, what a boredom. Release Shin Megami Tensei V instead or announce TMS2.

Ok i have this to say, Mine!

Yes yes yes!!
I Need this

Played it on Wii U and loved it! So happy it's being given a second chance to reach a lot more people on the Switch!

@nhSnork can't see X coming anytime soon with the remake of Chronicles on the way next year.

@joey302 Yeah... I suppose there's still some WiiU first party titles they haven't ported yet like 3d World, Wonderful 101, Xenoblade X, and Pikmin but that number is dwindling...

@Jack_Goetz I'm not hoping for anytime soon, I'm hoping for sometime at all.

I'm so conflicted...

From one side this is a great news, one of the best RPG I ever played and thanks to this the serie won't remain an hidden gem and may going on in the future.

On the other side however, this was the last game that made me say "I'm glad I have a Wii U".... not to mention I loved the game, but I'm not ready to replay it again, yet all the extra characters I hoped to unlock are now playable for real, it's all so unfair ;w;

@nhSnork Maybe then. Personally I'd prefer a new game from them.

Another slap in the face to all Wii U supporters.

Unless this one is uncensored I'll stick to my also censored Wii U copy.

This is sadly one of those examples were censorship went too far, reminds me of some old SNES/Mega Drive games being censored.

So unless this is based on the japanese version, Nintendo can keep it, which would be sad because the game is a good rpg (one of the handful on the Wii U, because that system didn't have much of these)

Expected some information about SMT V, but got TMS#FE for Switch, which I knew would come eventually, instead. Can't really complain, but at least tone down all that censorship, Nintendo.

Finally! I’ve been so hoping it’d get ported! One of my favorite Wii U games!

I have been wanting to play this
I hope its uncensored

Bought a Wii U recently solely because the Zeldas, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and this game seemed like long-shot candidates for Switch ports. Nothing is impossible! (except X)

Surprised to see a game no one bought getting this treatment, I just bought the Wii U version new for ten bucks a while back. Wonder if this version will sell any better.

I thought for sure they would add a Three Houses character in an Encore edition.

Glad for those who love it, but these aren’t the ports I’m looking for!

@Judal27 Hopefully modders will uncensor it and we'll have the definitive version of it on Switch

Kind of interested in this, though I'd really like a full blown persona game.

@Rayquaza2510 I Agree the censorship in this game is terrible but with some patches by modders you can play the wiiu version uncensored it is a bit of a hassle but if the Switch version is still censored then modding is my only option. Same goes for Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Great! I missed this one on Wii U. Gladly gonna add it to my collection and monstrous backlog.

@Jack_Goetz Same, but..."why not both?"

Definitely excited to see Mirage Sessions coming to Switch, though. It's one of the few games that was exclusive to the Wii U that I was hoping to play some day.

@Judal27 You can now import the Japanese version which is region-free.

I do hope though they at least add the censored onsen-DLC. Not because I want fanservice, but because I don't want a game release to be butchered by censorship either.

@PerishSong Oh, I'd buy both no doubt! I'm just hoping they can give full attention to the next game, without using too many resources on ports or helping out on BotW 2.

Intetested in it, but let's hope they remove the censorship (or add an English option to the Japanese release).

I have literally been playing this game for the past week and have ~30 hours in it...all because I never expected this game to actually get a port XD

This was my long shot, so I will totally buy this a 3rd time.

Criminally underplayed. Don't take it for a cheap, annoying JRPG. This is a quality game for Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei or Persona fans. It's an all-time great in the JRPG genre.

So happy this is coming.

BARRY IS GOING TO JOIN THIS TIME!!??

Damn, double dip it is, hopefully it will include the SMT IV costumes, unlike the """ultimate""" version of persona 5.

@Miiamoto Anyone offended that other people get to play this game deserves a slap in more delicate regions than their face.

“Wii U supporters”. Lol. The Wii U was not a sports team. It was not a political party. It was a game system. It played games. The Switch is also a game system. It also plays games. And now it plays one more game and no one is any the worse off for it.

Presumably the announcement of SNES games caused you just as much grief. All those poor SNES owners with nothing more to hang their sense of personal worth on. What on Earth will they do?

@Yalaa I totally get it for TMS, but XCX? Do you really need to watch a 13 year old in a swimsuit that badly?

Been wanting this since I never got to play it on the wiiu and didn’t think a port would happen.. such a great announcement! Glad it’s not coming until January’s though I have plenty of games to play until then

Might finally try this game out early next year. Glad to see it come over.

They're rereleasing one of the biggest financial bombs in video game history. They have literally no excuse not to rerelease Eternal Darkness now.

Not interested in this game, but... reasons to own a Wii U:

Pikmin 3
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Star Fox Zero
Wonderful 101
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Super Mario 3D World
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Wind Waker HD
Twilight Princess HD

Did I miss any? That's a mighty short list. I'd get all of these games on Switch except maybe Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. Not really interested in that one.

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

I'm so happy to see this on Switch.

@Starcakes Well for one the game has religious content altered, the boob slider removed and "suggestive" costumes censored in the western version.

I don't know about you but the XCX we got is, to those aware, widely accepted to be a dumbed down version because of the whole package not just because of a fictional 13 year old not allowed to wear skimpy outfits which I guess is all too easy for you to accuse others who are simply against terrible (self) censorship practices.

The fact that gamers have to go the extra mile to "fix" games like XCX, FE Fates, Fatal Frame 5, TMS and other games from the WiiU era says more about Nintendo being out of touch with gamers than about the gamers who pay for these games.

@Giygas_95 With the Xenoblade Chronicles remaster you can expect XCX to get a Switch port as well and I'm all for it!

@Yalaa Me too. I had to delete the game on Wii U because I removed my external HDD to use it on my PS4 instead. Still have my save file, but no game installed.

@Maxz Great comment! I mean what were these early WiiU adopters expecting, special treatment from Nintendo?

Gamecube and Wii games were ported to WiiU and nobody complained, but these WiiU adopters act like theyre the ultimate Nintendo fans by supporting a failed console. I own a WiiU and I would love to buy it's exclusives but why waste money on WiiU versions if it's superior on Switch anyway?

Looking forward to this

Makes me laugh when people act like Wii U owners were "betrayed" or Wii U ports are " a slap in the face" to Wii U owners. Why should games be stuck on the Wii U??? Ya know, the same system that sold less than 15 million units worldwide while the Switch has already more than doubled it.

@roboshort of course more to wish for yet - naturally I was exaggerating but I do hope to see more! I’d actually love to see some Wii titles come over and THAT wish list is an even longer one too! Super Mario Galaxy 1&2 would be sweet for example! ☺️

Why is this game still censored?

I never ever thought they'd bring this one to Switch. Now I just need 3D World and the two Zeldas and I can get rid of my Wii-U for good. 3D World seems plausible, but I don't think they'll move WW and TP up to Switch. But I was wrong about TMS so...

One of my favorite WiiU game.

But at 59.99, it actually more than what I payed to buy it NEW and physical almost 5 years ago!

Owning a WiiU has basically saved me a ton of cash... you cant make this stuff up 😂

I thought this game was pretty bad.

If only it wasn't censored...

I'm assuming the censored scenes were used to keep the direct friendly towards younger audiences. I'll hold off on pre-ordering it until Nintendo gives us an answer relating to whether or not it is censored for sure.

Hopefully this game will get more recognition this time around. It's got a great combat system.

If they uncensor it, I will buy it immediately. Otherwise not. Unfortunately, they did show at least one censored scene, therefore I assume that it is the castrated version

And nothing of value was lost.

If The Wonderful 101 gets a Switch port, then all of my Wii U library will be available elsewhere... Kinda neat, but mostly bittersweet. Makes the Wii U feel even more forgotten.

I never played on Wii U so it smarts less to pay full price for this.

So glad it’s getting a second chance and I get a chance to play it.

Finally, Wii U can more or less rest in peace. This was a painfully overlooked masterpiece.

Everyone's talking about censorship and no one's talking about how only an eShop release is confirmed. Why is there no word on a physical copy? It doesn't seem like a game that would be locked to the eShop.

I already have the Wii U version (plus I'd find it really annoying to need to open a menu every time I need to use the phone), so I have no reason to get it. However, I highly recommend it for any JRPG fans that skipped the Wii U.

Anyway, cross another one off the list. At this point, is it just "Nintendo Land," "Super Mario 3D World," "Xenoblade Chronicles X," "Pikmin 3" and "The Wonderful 101" that remain as good Wii U exclusives that don't have a port or directly enhanced sequel (such as "Splatoon," "Super Mario Maker," and Smash Bros.) on the Switch? Aside from maybe "3D World" and "Pikmin," I don't think we'll ever see any of the others, though, as they each rely too heavily on the Wii U's second screen to be properly ported elsewhere.

(No, I do not consider "Star Fox Zero" to be a good Wii U exclusive.)

@Judal27 @fayaine For the last time, they had to censor it due to differing cultural norms between Japan and the West! If it were uncensored, it would get an M rating (and the equivalent in Europe) and alienate far more of their target demographic than they alienate by censoring it. It doesn't affect the gameplay and barely affects the story, anyway.

@Yalaa Who really cares about the boob slider or suggestive costumes that are already pretty skimpy as they are? As for altered religious content in XCX, I've never heard anything about that. What's your source on that?

@Jack_Goetz understandable. But I like playing older franchise entries before new ones when possible, and a new game is something I believe to be an eventual given anyway (XC2 sales seem to have satisfied Nintendo), so it's relatively lower among my wishful thinking priorities.

@penamiguel92 I'm not sure if they wanted to maintain younger audience friendliness of a Direct that already opens with an "18+" label regardless. But if some attires were censored to keep the game itself "friendly" back on Wii U, I also don't see why the Switch port would beg to differ unless the western ratings changed or Nintendo were fine with limiting who they sell the game to. Whether we like it or not, it's a publisher strategy, and one as old as time. At least nowadays there's enough motivation to localize games with some of such compromises instead of not getting them out of Japan at all. It's either this or waiting for the ephemeral chance of a fan-translated version (to have to CFW your console for at that!), so...

of all Wii U ports Nintendo could have chosen Pikmin 3, Mario 3D World, Xenoblade Chronicles X they chose this that sold like crap and will still sell like crap

@Sabrewing bombs? w101 sold 5k in japan. The game made moderate sales on a system that nobody own. People have been requesting this game for awhile now, and even japan is very happy to see it return because they didn’t own. Wii us at the time. Apparently it did enough for it to get a second chance on a better console. There was even a concert for it, which was a success so there is an audience here. Regarding censorship, though, in both Japanese in NA footage it was the same, and the eshop supports both so it will be one release. So we shall see.

This announcement got the biggest reaction out of me. I'm so happy.

This is their opportunity to make some people happy by undoing localization changes. I personally don't care since they didn't affect my enjoyment in any way. It would make the Wii U version a bit special and worth owning if it was the only was with changes.

I took a quick look at the Japanese Direct since I was curious. Their trailer is identical. In other words, their trailer also has that weird black smoke covering the bosses chest area. Which was added in western releases. Maybe they are using the western version as the base for this release since it came later and likely has some bug fixes? Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.

@Hinaru77 TMS's sales numbers are about even with Wonderful 101's globally, so that's not a good comparison to make.

I was excited to see this get announced but without any info if there is a physical release or not. If there is not then it will be a big pass for me as I still have the original Wii U copy.

I'm just so happy! This was the number one announcement of the Direct for me. I'm also extremely excited about Xenoblade Chronicles, but re-releasing TMS on a system with a proper user-base is just so exciting. It's one of my favorite JRPGs that I've played in the last few years, and I can't wait for more people to play it and to get to experience it again.

I really, really loved this game. So much that I probably really am going to double-dip just for a small dribble of extra content and a small smear of remastering. If you never played it, don't miss it.

@Giygas_95 I would add Yoshi's Wooly World to that list since I much prefer so many aspects of that over Crafted World.

@NovaCam Forgot about that one mostly because it got ported to 3DS. A worthy addition though.

@Maxz You know full well that Wii U supporters means people who bought the Wii U.

If you can't see that releasing almost all Wii U games with extra content on Switch is literally penalising people who bought the games on Wii U then you are being willfully ignorant.

I'm sure there's no way that you're actually stupid enough to 'presume SNES games caused just as much grief', so I won't bother answereing that one.

As for me deserving a slap... you're probbably right.

Why are all of you soy boys ecstatic over this?
Instead of getting a new/uncensored game we get this outdated garbage. You Nincels lack standards.

@joey302 Yeah. There are a lot of first party titles for the Wii that could use an HD remaster or remake like Galaxy, Skyward Sword, Last Story, Sin and Punishment... Though I havent picked up most of the WiiU ports, I am happy they’re coming out so more people can enjoy them.

@Miiamoto I bought a Wii U. I know full well that there are people who buy video games consoles to play games, and there are people who flatter themselves by considering their purchase to be some great virtuous act of “support”. I know there are people who consider themselves to be “literally penalised” when they is literally no penalty to being able to play a game again on a portable console.

I am fully aware these people exist. I can’t for the life of me explain why they exist, but I know they do.

You don’t have to respond to any of this. There is simply no sensible response to make. There is no vaguely coherent reason why not being play this game on the Switch is a good thing. No one should have to waste any more time unpacking why the notion that “I bought a failed console and therefore other people don’t deserve to have nice things” is anything but an incredible bad view to hold.

Anyway, reality has ordained that you shall suffer the hardship of your non-existent penalty, while others will profit from... being able to play a video game on Nintendo Switch.

From where I’m standing, this seems like justice, in its most mundane form.

@roboshort Agreed- & I just learned of Xenoblade Chronicles HD coming to Switch! Cross that one off the Wii list! Hopefully the start of a trend!

@Sunsy Right there wiiU my friend!

My only complaint is that it'll probably - once again - not be possible to transfer over one's save from the WiiU to the Switch, which is a darn shame. I'd buy the game Day 1 if it were possible, but as it stands I dunno. I still want to do that NG+ run, but I definitely lack the time to go through the whole thing again not just a 2nd, but then a 3rd time as well. I'll probably still buy it at some point, just to support, but it's still really suboptimal.

Kinda makes me feel bad, but honestly, how hard can it be to have some kind of "transference" option between two systems with online access

@Maxz 'I am fully aware these people exist. I can’t for the life of me explain why they exist, but I know they do.'

Well I guess that's progress. Pehaps you'll have more breakthroughs and become aware of more things at a later date.

Let's hope so.