Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I can only remember the Splatoon one yesterday and the one in May.

Well for this year so far there's been:
January - Switch presentation, Fire Emblem Direct
February - Indies presentation
April - General Direct
May - ARMS Direct
June - Pokemon Direct, Nintendo Spotlight event
July - Splatoon 2 Direct

Also there was a Japan exclusive DQXI Direct in June. Judging by what we've had so far, I'd guess a general Direct will be the next one which would make sense given the Platinum teases and that we still don't know about the 3DS Kirby game and pretty much anything about the indie/3rd party front.

I'd love another Nindie Showcase - preferably with Bill Trinen as host again (#TrinenForTheWin-en! ) ..I've had my eye on a number of Indie titles for a while now, but information is still a little thin on the ground - an updated Showcase taking a deeper look at some of the big hitters would be most welcome!

EDIT: Just discovered that I was taking absolute nonsense (as usual!) - the Showcase was hosted by Damon Baker, both he and Trinen are great!

@Grumblevolcano To add to that.

Late 2016 had Switch reveal, Miitopia, Animal Crossing and I think one other.

@OorWullie

@NaviAndMii Nah, Trinnen does the big first party games. Whathisname that runs the Nindies department does the indies stuff. I'm SHOCKED that E3 had no indies segment in Treehouse and instead, Day 3 just rehashed the games from 1 & 2 in a terrible rerun. They had tons of excellent retail and indies games they could have shown, including Fifa and Skyrim, but instead, rehashed Mario and Zelda DLC and Metroid 2.

@NEStalgia E3 2014 had the perfect mix, you had your first party games like Smash, Splatoon and Yoshi's Woolly World but you also had indie games like Shovel Knight, Guacamelee and Affordable Space Adventures.

I just found a Nintendo eShop gift card that I never used, is there any game recommendations under 30$ on the Switch?

Takahashi – Switch production line improved, collaborations, Mario Odyssey’s innovation will be HD Rumble, much more

http://nintendoeverything.com/takahashi-switch-production-lin...

http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/07/07/shinya-takaha...

There's a lot of bases covered in this interview. HD Rumble, it sounds so gimmicky. Reminds me of Miyamoto and Star Fox Zero. Coming up with an idea nobody asked for.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I like the HD rumble, but only when it's implemented into actual games. When they make games based around it like 1-2 Switch, it just gets ridiculous. Very few people care about playing games like that.

@NEStalgia I take it back! ..just rewatched the Nindie Showcase and, as it turns out, some Trinen-like called Damon Baker hosted it! :/ I could've sworn it was hosted by the Trinen! ..I'm going mad - m-m-m-MAD I tell ya! Haha! Oh my...

That Damon fella did a crackin' job in the presentation mind... #BakerForTheWin-en!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Good news. HD Rumble is none invasive and changes nothing if you dont care.

So unlike weird controls or controllers its an evolution not an innovation.

This. Also, HD Rumble is just as unnecessary as the trackpad on the DS4. News flash, they're both fun additions that are not forced upon the developer.

But I'm happy Super Mario Odyssey will have some nice HD Rumble. The HD Rumble in Splatoon 2 (at least in the Splatfest Premiere demo) is very subtle... but when you jump off from a high point into a pool of your own ink while in squid form, the "ploink" effect that comes from the HD Rumble is just amazing. Only if it was more... louder. It's just so quiet in Splatoon 2...

I think he's talk more about the tech used to drive the price of the controllers and system up. Take the tech out and maybe they could offer the system for 250$ instead of 300$. Plus the controllers would be 20$ cheaper maybe more.

However I like it just like I like my 3d. I've always liked what Nintendo does over the other 2. Give me a different playing experience. I love the rumble on Deluxe as it feels far more natural.

I, too, really like HD Rumble - the only slight criticism I have of it is that there isn't currently a way to adjust the 'force' of the rumble (not on a system level at least, or in any of the games that I have) ..the rumble is somewhat dampened when the Joy-Con are being used with the Grip/Wheel accessories - so it'd be nice to just dial them up a little bit to manually counter that dampening

@Luke64 Thumper, Shantee, Blaster Master Zero, Kamiko, and Shovel Knight treasure trove.

Love HD Rumble. If nothing else, it adds to the immersion. Blaster Master Zero, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Shantae Half-Genie Hero, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe among others all make great use of it.

I actually played MK8 on Wii U a couple times since getting MK8D and the lack of HD Rumble was noticeable.

@Videogameguru50 decided to save for Sonic Mania

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Sometimes the best ideas are the ones nobody asked for.

I love the HD Rumble, especially in ARMS. It's hard to describe exactly how it feels but it makes the games so much more immersive. Even Puyo Puyo Tetris feels better with it turned on. I'm considering buying Tumbleseed just so I can feel how the HD Rumble is.

Okay, not sure if it's just low remaining stock or what, but the price for the Smash Bros GCN controller has doubled on Amazon. Going for over $60.

@Grumblevolcano I'd say a general direct makes sense. There are a lot of unknown dates to announce plus what is happening 2018? There are 3 games we know of (Kirby, Yoshi and Fire Emblems) but that's it. It maybe too early to announce the full lineup but I hope they give us details for the first half of the year.