Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

After that thing where they literally copy pasted the Mario party 3DS picture from a soup can it wouldn't surprise me

EDIT to avoid double post:

Arms looks reeeeeeeeally fun. Im genuinely impressed at how deep it looks, I'm so hyped now. And it's great to know the special joycons are already coming!

Well I wish good luck to anyone that tries to defend that appalling embarrassing Direct. Roll on E3!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE What exactly were you expecting from the Direct?

Really? I thought it was pretty great. Non stop information, no fluff. Some new game announcements. Tbh it was better than their last E3s entirely

I like this new format. No time wasted and a lot of info arrived. ARMS looks fantastic, they may have catched me

So, uh, some sort of Senran Kagura game was apparently announced in the Japanese direct.

Looks like Takaki wasn't joking about HD rumble and "feelings of softness!"

Woah, he really gets to work quick, huh

I thought it was pretty decent. Couple surprises with Fate/Extella and freaking Payday 2. Did not expect the latter at all. Portable Payday 2? Smart move.

Also Salmon Run, which is basically their twist on a zombies mode.

Pretty decent, but a bit short though. I was hoping they had more concrete release date for some things, or confirmed other third parties like Dragon Quest.
Anyway, at least I can get stuff for 3DS. Just arrived back from vacation in NY and was impossible to find a damn Switch without waiting a couple of hours at the Nintendo store... which wasn't a possibility.

Nights of Azure 2 will be coming to the Switch. So that, Fate/Extella, Disgaea 5, Senran Kagura... Yeah, the Switch is definitely the Vita successor lol

Well I was being told I was overly optimistic with my predictions for what we'd get. I guessed that we'd basically have a Direct for known games, Splatoon and Arms details, My Nintendo, Virtual Console and some online talk. People said we wouldn't get anything beyond Arms and Splatoon because that's what they said it'd be about.

What we got were details for known games, Splatoon and Arms details, Yellow Joycon, a bunch of Amiibo and some unexpected b-tier game announcements. And it was one after another rapidfire. Given that they'd be saving their big stuff for E3? I can't see any reason why people would be disappointed. Really, if it had had just a confirmation that the VC is still a thing I would have called it a perfect Direct given what time of the year it is.

edit: Also as a West Australian having Blue & Yellow JoyCon as an option is pretty fantastic.

It's an interesting release date for ARMS,1 day after E3 finishes.Could be a great move.I imagine there will be lots of demo booths for it at E3 and places like Best Buy to build up the hype.Splatoon 2 arriving earlier than expected too.Skyrim and FIFA coming not long after.

I watched the UK Direct after watching the US Direct on Nintendo Life and the biggest surprise was by far Devilish Brain Training. It's actually happening!

It's weird how 3DS has a better lineup this year then the year it came out. They are still supporting it alright, you can't deny that...

I was not expecting a ton of big Switch announcements, but I feel the real issue is that I feel like Arms and Splatoon 2 (though far more Splatoon) needed to show something more exciting right now. On the other side though, I'm so not used to retail 3rd party games being announced for a Nintendo console during these things, so lowered expectations made that stuff pretty cool. Minecraft I was expecting to take forever (when someone makes a retrospective of Nintendo's mistakes for Wii U, not getting Minecraft ASAP should be considered one of the biggest), and I never would've predicted Payday 2. Nintendo's loophole for concerns with its power seems to be finding somewhat older PC games that will never die, it seems.

There wasn't too much in that Direct that I was super excited about. In fact outside of Pikmin and the final bout of Smash amiibo, nothing seemed too outstanding to me. Payday 2 could be cool though but the jury's still out on Arms...

@kkslider5552000 Maybe Nintendo were serious when they said Switch was not a 3DS successor and the first party support lasts say for example until 2020.

barring maybe one or two games, I'm fairly certain 3DS is done on Nintendo's side this year. Depends on Switch's long term success I guess. The fact that that BoxBoy games is called Bye Bye Boxboy most likely sums up what's happening for Nintendo's developers and the 3DS.

I'm assuming Japanese 3rd parties will still release stuff for it for a while though.

Wasn't expecting any big game reveals anyway. I thought they showed a lot of games for both systems, and I was pleasantly surprised by the new co-op survival mode in Splatoon 2. So yeah, I say good Direct.

It also helped that I didn't stare at my computer screen an hour before the presentation like I usually do >.>

The real test will be how much focus the 3DS gets at E3. I think it's pretty clear that there was a lot of Switch content we know about that wasn't shown in this Direct. The same isn't as true for the 3DS. If they have something big for 3DS that's not a third version or remake of Pokemon and it's not also on Switch? Then I think it's fair to say they're dragging out the 3DS. But as it is it feels more like a generational transition period....

I really enjoyed the direct. It focused on Splatoon 2 and ARMS like they told us so and the information was given in a quick and clear format. It entertained me from the beginning to end, and has a couple little surprises that I was fond of. Was it amazing? No. But was it horrible? Far from it. Some people expect Nintendo to constantly drop bombs in each direct and then they complain that they have nothing to show at E3 except the same stuff we've already seen. It's also to be expected that they wouldn't drop any big reveals. E3 is right around the corner and that's the moment that will be really crucial to the success of the switch. I'm hoping we get an E3 as amazing as 2014. I'm also hoping we get another global test-fire because I'm absolutely craving Splatoon 2. God I really shouldn't have played that testfire! XD