Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I don't buy games I don't like just to show support for a developer. I do however have a wide and varied taste in electronic entertainment of all genres (except for mobas as I don't actually know what a moba is or idd means lol)...so the devs usually win!

@KirbyTheVampire Definitely agree on all points. People should only buy games that interest them. With that said, I tend to agree with @JaxonH that we need to be the change we want to see in the world. For me, that means nabbing retail third party games I'm interested in at or close to release as opposed to waiting a year or so for them to go on sale as a show of support. It's not an altruistic thing for me, as I'd rather play those games on a hybrid than be tethered to a TV or monitor when I play them.

Also means I won't be getting NBA2K, WWE2K, etc. at all as I don't like sports and don't care if more of those sorts of games come to the system. I do hope they perform well, of course, as that'll make for a healthier ecosystem on the Switch, but I'll leave support of those up to people who would actually enjoy them.

I've already said somewhere I want the 3rd party games more so then 1st right now. I can always get Mario later and it won't make a difference but getting Skyrim week one might have more of an impact. It tells not only Bethesda that we want these games but other 3rds as well will take notice.

Let's face it, this is Nintendo we are talking about here. They need all the 3rd party support they can get to draw more people to the Switch outside of the fan base. For those saying that a certain type of game not selling well would just mean they bring a different type of game haven't been playing Nintendo games for long. If a certain type of 3rd party game doesn't sell well other 3rds take notice no matter what it is and become cautious. Can't blame them because Nintendo doesn't have the same relationship with 3rds that the other 2 do.

Now I would never say buy a game just to support, that's stupid. However, we as the consumer need to buy what we ask for. Nintendo fans know they aren't getting the best versions of these games but they are getting the best the system can handle in most cases. The rest is on Nintendo.

@Spoony_Tech I'll buy whatever will get me the kind of fun I seek. I've even held off on Xenoverse 2's Steam deal for 25 to buy it for the full 59,99 to support the Switch and play with friends. I've bought third-parties on Nintendo whenever I could, and I've got more third-parties than Nintendo games now, ironically. They have good IP, but also very broad ones, so there's very different appeal to say XC2 compared to Mario Odyssey.

But of what I understand, it's on Nintendo to sow the seeds of interest, and that's usually when the thirds follow-up on that (I'd say fighting games have a good home on Switch right now)

@Spoony_Tech This is one of the smaller reasons I chose Metroid Samus Returns over Mario + Rabbids (will buy later). Mario + Rabbids would do well enough because Mario whereas the Metroid franchise is on life support (if Samus Returns doesn't do well enough then 2D Metroid is dead and if Prime 4 doesn't do well enough then 3D Metroid is dead).

The main reason was that I like the looks of Samus Returns more.

@Grumblevolcano That's good because you're choosing the game you think is more important and we all aren't @JaxonH and can buy whatever game we want. 😉 Sometimes 2 of the same game.....😨

Has the Nintendo Switch recently changed most of the nay-sayers' minds? Your comments, please.

I feel like I've started a whole page of chat about buying games you don't want, but that's not what I was getting at. I bought XCX for a number of reasons and wanted the game, but the state of the Wii U in the market, and the lack of other games being released, contributed to me buying it Day 1, instead of, for instance, waiting until now when it can be had for half the price.

Fast forward to now, and I wouldn't buy XC2 anyway, because it looks so like original XC to me, but if Switch was really struggling and needed a good news story then I'd feel a modicum of guilt that I'd be letting Nintendo down by not supporting the games they published. I want Nintendo to do well, as do others here.

But now that so many other games are being released and Switch seems to have started well, I don't feel any onus is on me at all to support it. I don't care if it crashes and burns like it deserves

@gcunit Like it deserves you say? Care to elaborate on that?

@MegaTen Yeah, for sure. A diverse library of games can only help a system.

@Ralizah That's fair. If you like a game and want to see more games from that company (or other companies) on the Switch, buying it right away is a good way to do that. It's just when people buy games that they don't even plan on playing that it starts getting rediculous IMO. Not up to me what people spend their money on, though.

I'll buy Skyrim and Doom... but next year. Pokemon Gold, NBA 2K18, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Super Mario Odyssey, and Rocket League will take up my time and expendable funds (and time!) for this year.

@KirbyTheVampire Oh, I agree. It's stupid to buy something for yourself that you don't want to show "support" (I don't care if games I don't aren't coming to the Switch, personally). It's why I didn't even consider buying SF II HD. Not my sort of game, and even if I was into side-scrolling fighters, $40 for what amounts to an SNES game with online multiplayer is ridiculous.

^I am obligated to point out that USFIIHD is based upon ST which had significant changes made and Ultra has its own changes with balancing and tech throws in addition to the character roster update or the Udon Skins. Sorry I can't help it.

Resident evil is going to be my "buying for support" game. I don't really like RE but I've been curious about Revelations...so why not...

@IceClimbers Yeah, my shortlist isn't looking so short any more! I'll probably pick up 3 or 4 games before the end of the year as well - and the rest of the ones I'm looking forward to are going to have to join ARMS on the ever-growing list of games that I'll get around to when I have the time and expendable funds (and time!)

I'm going to wait for a few impressions and reviews to drop before I 100% commit to buying any of the games on my short long list - but, shockingly, I'm not sure that Mario Odyssey is going to make the cut (for 2017) ..can't believe I'm saying that!

I'm resurrected from the dead (been playing XCX like MAD, holy moley it's so so good) to XC2 information and other great news! MY WALLET IS CRYING!

@EvilLucario Glad to hear you're enjoying XCX. Have you said hi to a certain giant "white bird" for me? If not, do say hi to Lugalbanda

@UmniKnight Currently 80 hours in and at Chapter 11, but I'm taking my time doing Basic/Affinity Missions right now. That said, haven't seen that bird yet, but in due time.

@EvilLucario Well, I duly hope you'll continue enjoying it, and not get zerged by high-level enemies. It happens quite a lot, especially a certain mob named "Barnabas the Despot" had a ton of deaths to his name back then.

I hope we see something akin to this game come to the Switch at some point, was a great experience imho.

On a separate note, can we talk about the Octopath Traveler demo? It's a lot more... suggestive than I thought it'd be. Particularly Primrose's route/campaign.

@IceClimbers I haven't gotten to Primrose's route yet but I guess I'm not surprised. A lot of the old school JRPGs walked right up to the line of being suggestive without being blatant about it. Of course I'll have more to say once I get there.