Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Yes that's true. In fact, many people in Japan admitted they bought Splatoon 2 before they got their Switch. (Some are probably still looking) @Reginald

I don't think there will be many people buying Super Mario Odyssey who don't own a Switch. The Switch supply issues as they are now are not going to resemble what the Switch is like a year from now. To put Pachter's prediction or the 3DS at that same stage as his prediction it was:

17mill 3DS' sold
6mill copies of Super Mario 3D Land

He's predicting 15+ and 12 for a similar set of metrics on the Switch. But it's worth noting that at this stage the 3DS had sold about half as many units as the Switch currently has. The Switch has also already proven itself to have a fanbase who are pretty willing to pick up games for it. Arms, Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 became million sellers in the blink of an eye.

I think he's right to be optimistic just maybe not quite that optimistic

I don't think we will ever see a 3d Mario overtake Mario kart. The overall order of sales have been kart > 2d Mario > 3d Mario > Zelda. The only exception was 2d and 3d Mario switching places on the 3ds.

Of course, it might be different on the switch. I can see botw overtaking 3d Mario for example. But I think kart will stay in the top since it is such an accessible game, few games can be played from 3 years and up.

I don't know if this is the right forum to talk about it or if I should have created a new one but I've recently run into some issues with my joycon. For some reason, when I'm on the switch UI, it registers as me holding down the left stick in a downward direction (obviously causing it to always move constantly downwards). It's strange as it seems to only occur when in the UI and doesn't happen in any of the games. I've also noticed issues with my right joycon as it seem like it would be on the firtz during Mario Kart (where it seemed like it was thinking that I was still holding down the 'B' button or reversing/braking). I've tried restarting it, turning it off and on and disconnected and reconnected the joycon yet nothing seems to fix it. Any ideas?

@IceClimbers Capcom: striking when the iron has frozen over...

The same week Overcooked launches on Switch at £18 I see it's on PSN for less than £7...

@Therad
Yeah I'm not really sure whether or not the Switch user base will be "typical" in that way. You're right that that's typically how those games rank but how close they are to each other varies dramatically. For example the gap between Zelda and Mario Kart was huge on the Wii but was almost non-existent on Gamecube.

I think it really just depends on what kind of consumer buys the console. I have a feeling that the Switch audience might be slightly different than the audience for previous Nintendo consoles. It's not the casual gamer party-box that the Wii was and it's not a cheap portable machine like the 3DS/DS was. It's also not a machine that only appeals to Nintendo fans like Gamecube or Wii U.

I wouldn't be that surprised if Odyssey's sales are very, very close behind Mario Kart. And for a Nintendo system that's going to have Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Metroid, Pokemon and is at the same time picking up the Vita's baton as "portable indie games machine"? I'm not sure how many of the usual rules apply

@Eric258 Have you tried re-syncing the Joy-con?Hold the sync button down for a couple of seconds.Not sure if this will help but I read on the Nintendo support site that to fully power off the Switch for a restart,you need to disconnect all the cables,including from the TV and leave it for a few minutes then power it back on with the Joy-con attached.I don't understand how disconnecting from the TV will make a difference but that's what it said,Hope you get it sorted .

@BLP_Software RE7 is hardly limping along though. The game sold 3.5 million units in about two months. They expect the game to sell another 2 million this fiscal year and I believe they even had hopes for 10 million lifetime sales. That's pretty good all things considered. Especially for a horror game.

@gcunit Overcooked on Switch comes with all the DLC bundled with it whereas that version on the PS4 is just the base game.

@OorWullie Thanks for the advise. I did what you said and it seems to be working fine now. Hopefully it will stay that way XD. Again thanks a bunch!

@FragRed Did not know that, and worth knowing, so thank you

Assassin’s Creed Origins Won’t Release On Nintendo Switch – Ubisoft
_{Concrete words by the game director.}

http://gamingbolt.com/assassins-creed-origins-wont-release-on...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE No surprise there. I doubt the game would even run on the Switch (without some massive downgrades, at least).

I can't stop myself from buying more Switch games .Just 4 days ago I said I wasn't going to buy Namco Museum as there's not enough nostalgia there for me, not for $30 anyway. After downloading the free Pacman Vs demo and seeing how nicely it's all presented I couldn't resist buying it. I'm.about to start playing it now. Just 2 weeks ago I said I was going to hang off on buying BOTW again until the end of the year. Yet I bought it on Monday with the DLC and already pumped 10.hours into it. Retro City Rampage is due next week, I didn't particularly enjoy it on Wii but I've already added the funds for that and Aero Fighters 2 and some extra in case of a surprise.

21 games I've got so far and I've only had it for 3 weeks,that's crazy .At least for me it is anyway..Plus 500 gold points amassed in my new US account. In the 35 years I've been gaming 've never owned this many games for any console after 6 months,let alone 3 weeks.

I honestly don't think I've ever been so instantly attached to a console as I am the Switch right now. I adore the thing.

Street Fighter V issue was that you couldn't even play against the CPU aside from training mode. Story mode? Not even. The fact it even lacked a basic arcade mode or versus CPU mode was the issue.

Meanwhile, that's all I do in Arms- play the CPU and play the arcade mode Grand Prix. And that's exactly why I was so pissed off with SFV- you couldn't do any of that.

@OorWullie
I honestly don't think I've ever been so instantly attached to a console as I am the Switch right now. I adore the thing

That's exactly how it is. Every person who's like "umm, I'ma wait... I'll get one when this game releases or at this time", when they finally get one they're like "dude I love this thing! Why didn't I get one sooner!"

It's instantly charming.

If I look at other consoles I've had, and compare it to the Switch [or at least the ones I can easily remember].
Switch was a launch day purchase. BotW on that day. Then FAST RMX, then Snipperclips a week after. MK8D, ARMS, Splatoon 2, and Infinite Minigolf. The 3DS was also launch, but with three games within the first five months.
The WiiU was Christmas of 2013, with LEGO City Undercover. Along with that was Sonic Lost World and Super Mario 3D World. The other three was picking up older releases. Xbox One in October of 2015 with Forza Motorsport 6. Aside from GTAV in January, there wasn't anything else [though to be fair, with a combo of XBL Gold and EA Access, I was set]. PSVita was launch with just three games.

The Switch has certainly made an impact on me, judging by that. And there's more coming soon that I'll be buying without regret.

I've been thinking, we don't have much info for release dates after August so there kind of has to be a Direct in August.

First or second week. I really hope it'd be within the first two weeks.

@Grumblevolcano There has been a Direct per month minimum.

But aside from Sonic and Mario....and Redout...