Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

If Nintendo seriously expects to sell 30 million Switch units next year, they are going to need some seriously big exclusives. That would be half the number of PS4 units in a single year. And other than Animal Crossing and Pokemon, what do they have that could possibly come close to selling those kinds of units?

@Dev Additional bosses would definitely be nice, though I think they'd have to be usable anywhere like Bowser Jr. and Bowser, but who... Birdo, Wart and Mouser come to mind of course, and maybe Petey Piranha from NSMB? Or adaptations of bosses who appeared in non 2D platformer Marios. Cause... there really aren't any others besides the koopalings, who don't play that uniquely. The other bosses from NSMB are all... questionable on being implemented at best.

On the other hand, Birdo makes me wonder if they could implement a SMB2(USA) pallette where you can't stomp on enemies but grab them...?

Yeah, definitely! I've been having 'gyro drift' issues in Splatoon 2 ever since the previous update dropped - it can be temporarily 'fixed' by putting the controller down for a few seconds to reset it, but that's not always feasable - especially when you're in the heat of battle! (..and trying to counter-act it has just been plain annoying!)

Hopefully that's all fixed now! I'll have to drop back in to S2 and check it out

Yeah, I'd go along with @StuTwo's point about Nintendo perhaps considering that Yoshi and Kirby will have their '2D' base well covered in 2018 - I do think that we'll see a 'Mario Maker Switch' at some point given the (relative) success it had on WiiU, but I'm leaning towards a 2019 release at the earliest...

...I'm also hopeful, like @nikoamii, that we could perhaps see 'Pokémon Switch' next year - but looking at the history of the 'core' series of games, I have the chances rather lower than 50/50 (unfortunately):

Pokémon Gen I - 1996 (JP) / 1998 (WW)
Pokémon Gen I+ (Yellow) - 1998 (JP) / 1999/2000 (WW)
Pokémon Gen II - 1999 (JP) / 2000/2001 (WW)
Pokémon Gen II+ (Crystal) - 2000 (JP) / 2001 (WW)
Pokémon Gen III - 2002 (JP) / 2003 (WW)
Pokémon FR/LG - 2004
Pokémon Gen III+ (Emerald) - 2004 (JP) / 2005 (WW)
Pokémon Gen IV - 2006 (JP) / 2007 (WW)
Pokémon Gen IV+ (Platinum) - 2008 (JP) / 2009 (WW)
Pokémon HG/SS - 2009 (JP) / 2010 (WW)
Pokémon Gen V - 2010 (JP) / 2011 (WW)
Pokémon Gen V+ - 2012
Pokémon Gen VI - 2013
Pokémon OR/AS - 2014
Pokémon Gen VII - 2016
Pokémon Gen VII+ - 2017

..the usual trend would indicate that a new Pokémon generation comes along once every 3 years (sometimes even 4) - which would mean that (assuming it'll be 'Gen VIII') we won't see it until 2019 at the earliest - but I'm still hopeful nonetheless!

Third-parties might be where I pin most of my hopes for 2018 - if @JaxonH's rumour regarding Dark Souls is to be believed, that's yet another big name third-party title coming to the party which would be (yet more) welcome news! Not necessarily my kind of game, but another 'big name' nonetheless - the more the merrier I say! There isn't much in the currently confirmed first-party 2018 line-up that really grabs me if I'm honest but, if the reason is that they're looking to cater for other demographics, then I fully support the move - and the wave of third-parties (and indies) coming to the Switch is steadily tuning in to a tsunami, so there's a good chance that there'll be plenty of variety even if the first-party line-up isn't tickling your fancy!

@NaviAndMii You say that, the EU got all Gen 2 games in a six month period in 2001

@YummyHappyPills ...soooooo, I guess it's possible that we'll get Pokémon Sun HD, Moon HD, Ultra Sun HD, Ultra Moon HD and Stars HD in 2018 then!

You should add Paper Mario Color Splash and Xenoblade Chronicles X to the Wii U remake list. Those are not less worthy.

@SKTTR XCX was a mistake of mine to miss. Color Splash I haven't played yet, so I'll take your word for it.

I have a question aboit the Switch game cartridges. Right now the biggest cartridgea are 16GB. Are bigger ones available or will be available in the future.

I am asking out of curiosity but if bigger are available more games could see full releases on the cartridge.

@Zuljaras yes, officially bigger carts are possible (potentially much bigger than blu ray capacity). Publishers are just shying away from them because of the cost.

Maybe Nintendo is adding a higher premium because they’re harder to manufacture or something?

According to reports there is also a 32gb cartridge but again reports or rumor are indicating that Nintendo are charging a lot of money for them. This has resulted in some third party developers using the smaller cartridges and the consumer having to download the rest of the game onto an sd card

@link3710 Extra playable characters would seem to be a given. I’d love to see courses designed with Luigi or Peach in mind.

Extra power ups would also be great. They already experimented with anachronisms like the ghost houses in the original SMB graphics set so why not the ice flower or the super acorn suit in all versions? Why not even power ups that were never in a 2d game like cat Mario?

@SKTTR Even though Color Splash is a good game, I don't think it'll come to Switch.

These come to mind as most likely:

• Smash
• Super Mario Maker
• XCX
• Bayonetta 1+2
• Wonderful 101

The first 3 are big games whose functionality have been reduced by the closure of Miiverse and the rest are up to Platinum to decide.

In terms of Pokémon for 2018, I think it likely. The anime is released in conjunction with the games, with the first episode always being around the release of the games [in Japan]. If we look where the anime is at the minute, unless there's an entire extra year of content to come from it during 2018-19 [and short of another bridge like Orange Islands or the Battle Frontier I don't see that as likely], then it'll finish with a bridge in 2018 ready for the new game.

As for the Switch as a whole, I could see Nintendo trying a revival of several franchises for Switch. They seem to have been testing the waters with that early on 3DS, but with Switch being as popular as it is, I think Nintendo would be willing to go that extra mile.

@StuTwo I hope Nintendo think about that in 2018 and 2019 because those 2 years are crucial for the switch. Every game that uses cartridge but you also have to download the other half of the base game is instant NO BUY.

I want this to change because games like Wolfenstein II or Fallout 4 would not fit into 16GB cartridges.

I get the feeling that there's been far too much new stuff coming from Nintendo to be represented in Smash for the Wii U game to simply be ported. It'd be crazy not to expect a Mario Odyssey stage, Breath Of The Wild stage, Splatoon stage + Inkling, ARMS stage + fighter, Xenoblade 2 stage (and maybe Rex + Pyra?), Pokemon (Ultra) Sun & Moon + content and probably a stage to promote Metroid Prime 4 like Wooly World did.

@meleebrawler DLC and extra base content are the easy solution to that. Even if you believe Deluxe = no DLC, that can be worked around by naming the game "Super Smash Bros. for Switch", it would act as a Deluxe title but have DLC afterwards.

@Grumblevolcano Indeed. Honestly a Smash 5 would probably end up using Smash 4 as a base anyways. Like imagine the people calling Splatoon 2 an enhanced port of Splatoon but amplified 1000 times over. It'd be either that or a game built from the ground up but with a LOT of character cuts, which would disappoint many, many people.

An actual port of Smash 4 called "Super Smash Bros for Nintendo Switch" is the way to go. Toss in Inkling, Spring Man, Ice Climbers, and maybe another 3rd party character (Bomberman? Doomguy? Rayman?), some stages, some music, and some more ATs/PokeBall Pokemon and call it good.

Don't forget the mandatory Urchin Underpass and Spring Stadium Stages... or something along those lines anyways. But yeah, grab all the 3DS stages, all the Wii U stages, three to five new characters and stages (including the already mostly finished Ice Climbers), some gen VII reps in the pokeballs, a few new assist trophies (Squid Sisters and an ARMS fighter most likely) both the Wii U and 3DS exclusive modes, and... if they really think that won't be enough of a selling point, a real Adventure Mode (please). I can't imagine it wouldn't be an evergreen title for the rest of the console's life considering how solid the core is.

Evil idea: In a potential Switch port of Dark Souls, make it to where the only way to roll is by shaking the controller like in DKC Returns

This now needs to happen