Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I would love the new Doom on Switch. I also wouldn't mind a port of the original as an eShop exclusive or something, but I can't see that happening.

Sadly, I don't see the newer Doom coming to Switch either.

Like seriously I need a good FPS to be announced for this console. Every day my desire grows to have a good FPS on the go I can play anywhere. I'm thirsty guys like seriously.

@Qwertyninty I'm thirsty too my friend - I'd even take a lazy port just to tide us over...so dry - so, so dry!

@SKTTR Doom 3 was a solid horror FPS, but it indeed felt nothing like Doom. Too scary and atmospheric.

Cost of Nintendo Switch was $257 for Nintendo to build when it came out, according to a report by Japanese teardown Fomalhaut.
So its logical that Nintendo can sacrifice some profit and reduce the price at 250$ when supply can support it. I think it will help on the long run. Also reducing the price of games won't hurt either. One reason of N64 failure was the high cost of games mainly cause of the expensive, ridiculous and outdated cartridges

I don't automatically disagree but it would be odd considering they only reduced the price of the Wii U out of desperation. And last time I checked at Target, nearly 1/2 of the Switch games were a bit below the usual 60 dollar price so...

@NaviAndMii yeah of something isn't at least announced this year at minimum then third parties have failed. FPS genre is one of the most popular and best not having one on the switch is a disservice to the console.

@Ryu_Niiyama btw, hrap has arrived! haven't had a chance to try it yet though.

@Qwertyninty @NaviAndMii @Ralizah You do realise there is a FPS coming to the Switch right? It's called Rogue Trooper Redux and I think it's coming this year. In fact, the Switch logo is the first on the list which kinda gives me the impression that's likely where they are hedging their sales bets.

@FragRed that's over the shoulder third person shooter not FPS. From the looks of the video so far nothing I will buy doesn't look good gameplay wise to me.

@Qwertyninty Well unfortunately I think that's the nearest we are going to get for the Switch. Until Metroid Prime 4 is released I wouldn't hold my breathe.

@FragRed Just looked up some gameplay. Looks like a third person shooter to me. And... for some reason, you seem to play as Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, except you're carrying around a machine gun instead of pondering the significance of human life while you meditate on Mars.

Just saw an ad that says Pepsi is giving away Nintendo Switches with purchase of a Pepsi drink or a visit to Snapchat's website.

So, this looks interesting. The first thing that comes to mind is Dead Space.

Here's the steam page for it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/590970/Hollow/

FPS and sports/racing simulators will likely be the most rare game genres on Switch. For FPS you'll have Metroid Prime 4 in the future and for simulators, FIFA 18 will probably be it thanks to EA creating a lazy port.

@Grumblevolcano I have never personally classified the Metroid Prime series as a pure FPS. At least we have Payday 2 to look forward to (!) As for sports games, there’s FIFA 18, NBA 2K18, Rocket League and WWE 2K18. On the other hand, the less you attempt to look for driving/racing games, the better.

In fact, if you like and prefer playing FPS, driving/racing and sports games, I wouldn’t recommmend a Switch.

Yeah - of course, in an ideal world, the Switch would have all bases covered - I much prefer playing games on my Switch - so, if a multi-platform game catches my eye, the Switch would definitely be my preferred platform to play it on...

Even with FIFA to be honest - I know that the Switch version won't be quite as feature rich as the PS4/X1 equivalents - but the ability to take it on the go would probably be enough to still make me lean towards prioritising the 'gimped' Switch version of the game above its PS4 cousin...

For now though, the PS4 will still be the home for certain genres of game that I like - chiefly FPS's and realistic racers - my dream scenario would be for the Switch to have those bases adequately covered too but, in the mean time, at least I have a couple of reasons to keep my PS4!

We do have a co-operative FPS coming, Payday 2 - but I prefer competitive shooters, so the PS4 will remain my go-to console for that genre for the time being...similarly, Gear.Club looks like it could be a decent racer - but I doubt it'll be a patch on GT Sport or Project CARS, so I'll stick to the PS4 there too. Aside from that though, it's only really Red Dead Redemption 2 that I'm hyped for (which I highly doubt will get a Switch release...unless that's the reason for the delay?? ) ..but the Switch will, going forward, be the home for the majority of the gaming genres that I enjoy - and hopefully, in time, it'll cover more and more bases for me

Some new games have been added to the UK coming soon section, a couple of which I've never heard of before. Robonauts and The Count Lucanor. Both of them look good, The Count Lucanor is rated 9/10 on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440880/The_Count_Lucanor/

Edit, Count Lucanor was announced way back in June and was reported on here. Missed that one. Regardless, it's spoken very highly of. It didn't go down to well in the NL comment section though.

@Qwertyninty Payday 2

League of Evil has passed QA for the Switch and is set for release later this month.