Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Octane
Well... nothing wrong with a bit of skepticism but regardless of whether it was their idea to bring it to Switch, same could be said for its release date. Maybe it wasn't their idea to release a new one so soon but maybe Nintendo insisted... it can go both ways. Maybe they beefed up their development team to ensure it releases on time- people are assuming they're working with the exact same manpower as games in the past. And assuming games took longer than two years in the past. Maybe games only took one year and they were just cashing in on easy remakes in between? We just don't know.

What we do know, is that they indicated a year, and next holiday is a year and a half. So it's simply boils down to whether you believe them or not.

Diamond and Pearl remakes for 3DS holiday 2018 seems most logical.

So much Poke-talky. Dont really like them, but ill prolly give the Switch game a chance.

@Octane I'm rubbish at speculating lol! Erm...I'm not expecting a Breath of the Wild opus and Mr Iwata mentioned it's easier to work with 3DS and Switch at the same time, so I think the Switch Pokémon will have a lot in common with the 3DS games much like Fire Emblem Warriors and release next year. (So, basically the exact opposite of what I said will happen!)

@JaxonH But as we all well know, things can very easily change in development. Delays, more time required for what have you, are common place these days, are they not? I wouldn't put a finger on anything any time soon.

@JaxonH some Pokemon games have been released early in the year. Mostly EU releases in the DS era.

Plus @Octane if we go by the Western release dates, Generation 5 was only 2 years, 2011-2013

Did anybody think Mario Odyssey would happen this year? I still say just because they announce a game with no footage doesn't mean it hasn't been in development for some time. Didn't anyone see Splatoon 2 coming?? Well I did and I called it over a year ago. I did say launch but I was close.

Pokemon will come out next year. I'm not expecting ground breaking graphics as none of the games are graphic heavy. What I expect is a all new entry but with slightly better graphics then the 3ds. I'm still holding out hope that Prime 4 will still happen next year even though more realistically I expect it in 2019. Did anyone expect the 1st party games we got this year. Off the hook 1st party support.

Nintendo needs to keep pouring it on and not take a step back next yet.

@UmniKnight
I've already addressed that. I said delays can happen, said nothing is set in stone. But that doesn't mean we should completely ignore the timeline they gave us just because we get the willy nilly feelies that it won't come out within the timeline they suggest.

@Spoony_Tech I think the most surprising thing on the first party Switch front this year was Xenoblade 2 not being delayed to 2018.

@BLP_Software Western release dates are irrelevant in this case. The games are not developed over here. The games used to take a lot of time to get localised and now they're doing worldwide releases, they had to catch up somewhere in-between. And to be fair, BW released early 2011 in Europe and North America, so early 2019 would be a more appropriate comparison. Regardless, the games are developed in Japan, so it only makes sense to look at their release schedule.

@Octane Pokémon is only as of USUM doing worldwide releases.

Sure, XY was same day, but then for ORAS and SM, the UK got it a week late for....reasons?

@BLP_Software A week later is still close. At least it's not a year or months later.

@BLP_Software I think the week delay for ORAS and SM was due to retailers ignoring the street date for XY.

I wish DQXI was a worldwide release.

That would be awesome! These same day dual releases of various games are really causing me to struggle in choosing. For instance, this Friday is Pokken and DBZX2 both...I went with Pokken just because I hadn't played it before until the demo on switch. I want to support the third parties, but I had already played DBZX2 on the PS4.

I hear DBX2 let's you unlock the story from the first. All you have to do is complete the story and you'll have access to the first game's.

Not sure if versions on other platforms let you do this or not.

https://www.destructoid.com/super-mario-odyssey-will-be-the-f...

This is actually funny coming from what Japan allows from some of their content.

Oh!!! I didn't realize that.

@Octane
I agree with your time frames IF the game was going to be a super high-effort, totally new HD Pokemon. Honestly, I expect it to be a re-skinned and up-res'd 3DS Pokemon game, basically. Yea, it'll have a new "story" (and we all know how complicated Pokemon plotlines are), but they've already got the bones in place:

-I don't expect anything drastically different from the combat (battlefield camera, menus, etc.)
-I don't expect anything drastically different from the inventory management
-I don't expect anything drastically different from the Pokedex and related Pokemon management structures that were in the latest 3DS titles.
-I don't expect anything drastically different from the overworld PoV, to be honest. I don't think this is suddenly going to become World of Warcraft: Pokemon edition with exploration and camera perspectives that are insanely different from what we're seeing on 3DS.

The big changes that will soak up dev time will be building the world. Just my opinion. But yea, if those other structures mostly remain the same, dev time of 2-3 years doesn't seem unreasonable, meaning a late 2018 release is not too crazy.

@JaxonH It seems that you are correct, sir. http://nintendoeverything.com/how-to-unlock-dragon-ball-xenov...