Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

A switch port of XCX with text that didn't give me migraines would be really nice.

Bayonetta 2 was the main Wii U port that I wanted so I'm happy.

Would like to see Tropical Freeze and Tokyo Mirage Sessions get ports though.

Oh, and Smash of course!

@NEStalgia Agreed. I had such high hopes for the WiiU I still think it is a powerful concept that the Switch has not exactly usurped. However the support follows the money which follows the market. Sigh.

I was hoping a lot of Wii U games would get ported to Switch just based on the concept of play anywhere. These were my most wanted out of the less obvious games to port:

• XCX
• TMS#FE
• Bayonetta 1+2
• Wonderful 101
• Super Mario 3D World + Treasure Tracker

I say 3D World being a less obvious one because we have the 3D Mario everyone seemed to want back in the Wii U era instead of 3D World (Odyssey returning back to the 64/Sunshine formula).

3D World, as I've said before, is my single most desired Wii U port. It's PERFECT for the hardware.

Well, some things would have to be tweaked like the microphone blowing and touch-based levels. I'm sure Nintendo can find some way to get around that though.

Mario & Sonic at Rio Olympics to be removed from eShop

http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/168737829029

Just another reason why owning a game physically is better than digital. I'd say the license has expired. I see that Ubisoft have the Winter Olympic license for Steep, I don't know if they have it exclusively. And who has it for the Summer Olympics? You'd imagine with them being held in Japan that Nintendo and SEGA would want it now more than ever. Although I haven't looked at the trend in sales.

Guys, little question about Parental Control apps for Nintendo Switch.
I want to restrict my Switch with No Mature games allowed. How do i config my Switch to allow playing games with Lv. 5 Restriction (Maximum age rating until Teen / CERO B / PEGI 12) ?
How do i use Parental Control from App Store for my Switch ?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE As I expected, if there was a 2018 game coming, we would know by now. Sadly, or not if that's your view, the license has clear expired as Steep is now listed as the "Official game of the Olympics".

@Anti-Matter You go into your Switch settings and start the process to "Set up Parental Controls". Follow the instructions. Simple stuff.

I'm not so sure Steep is the reason it expired as the 2014 Sochi game was removed from the eshop before the 2016 Rio game even came out. I think it's probably other licensing issues.

Speaking of Steep though, what happened to the Switch version? It feels like we've known nothing for a long time, last thing I remember was rumours about its cancellation being denied.

@Grumblevolcano When the Steep DLC has "Official Game of the Winter Olympics" tagged to it, you know we aren't getting another Mario & Sonic.

As for Steep on Switch? Meh. I'm gonna just tag in to the rest of the internet and say "It's because Nintendo's online still sucks".

Either that or they couldn't simulate all that snow physics correctly without the system imploding, so they canned it, because people don't want games where the intent and vision has been compromised, and it's not like Steep had much going for it beyond "Oooh pretty snow."

I think it's time for a true Mario and Sonic platformer crossover now instead of the troll we got from the Olympic Games.

That said, at least I did enjoy the 2012 Olympic games a lot, but I'm pretty sure most people would rather have a Mario and Sonic platformer crossover. Subspace Emissary came a bit close, but not quite.

tbh, right now is probably the time that Sega should be looking into doing just that.

I don't think people care if a game has to have compromise. The entire concept of the Switch is built around compromise and people are flocking to it.

What people don't want, I think, is a game that runs poorly or looks unreasonably bad for the hardware it's on. People don't care if games don't look as good on Switch, because there is a certain level of expectation of what a Switch game is going to look like. If the game is substantially subpar from the expectations of what a Switch game should look like, then, yes, people probably aren't going to be too interested. But it would have to be pretty bad. Even Xenoblade, Rocket League and DOOM were on the lower end of what Switch can offer graphically, and people were OK with them.

As I recall, they were having issues getting Steep running at an acceptable frame rate. Maybe it's too graphically demanding, maybe it's just the engine it's running on... who knows. But that game required online, and that was a big cloud hanging over it. They would have to remove the online mandate if they expect that game to do well. They'd have to. You can't reasonably ask people to tether to 4G just to play a game on the go. I mean, I guess an MMO like Final Fantasy XIV would be in a similar situation, but that's understandable because it's an MMO. When people buy a snowboarding game I imagine they want to play it on the go. I know I certainly do.

It's crazy just how packed December is for what we originally thought was just going to be XC2 on the Nintendo games front, there's lots of significant free updates and DLC.

So Pokemon may be developed in Unreal Engine 4. I can confirm this is the Material (Texture) editor in UE4 which is showing the unwrap for the Pikachu model on the monitor.

https://nintendeal.com/news/rumors/new-job-listing-suggests-p...

That is....very interesting.

@DarthNocturnal As I said in the other thread, it means they don't have to spend time making a HD engine for Pokemon, which would take time. Means the game comes sooner.

Nintendo Power is back as an official podcast!

@DarthNocturnal
Check out Crazy Justice. It has reached its crowdfunding goal and is coming next year to all systems with crossplay (except ps4 duh). The developers have also said it will have motion aiming.