Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Dev They're just... placeholders...

That doesn't mean they know more than we do.

With that gamestop tweet, I'm guessing Nintendo probably did plan on having an event this week, but decided to delay it for whatever reason.

@YummyHappyPills Without Squaresoft, it could never have truly been Mario RPG2 Then again most of the relevant staff of Squaresoft from those days is now Monolith a.k.a. Nintendo. Maybe they should just hand Mario RPG to Monolith instead of IS (which was always a silly studio to hand a JRPG to when they specialize so heavily in strategy titles.)

Valid point on FE, I do see FE and IS's overall structure as related to PMs changes, however they've said that it was at Miyamoto's direction that it became an adventure game. People like to bash Miyamoto for it, but he never told them to use the battle system they're using or shoehorn in RPG-like combat without any reward....he just said he wanted it to transition to an adventure from an RPG and focus on characters from within the Super Mario franchise rather than creating unique character concepts. Super Paper Mario did that just fine. Color Splash actually would have been ideal, if only they didn't insist on "fixing" SS's battle system rather than recognizing that the problem wasn't flawed implementation but an insufficient core concept.

@Knighty_IX I was just about to post the exact same thing. Nintendo are pure evil. They are really enjoying messing with their fans.

@DarthNocturnal That's why most big retailers have these placeholder games. If something get announced, they can change the name and set the price within mere minutes. They're probably expecting a Direct soon, just like we do, but I don't think they know more than we do.

Inb4 the direct sucks.

Nintendo of America just Tweeted.

Those flames remind me of the Smash logo.

Chibi Robo?

Yuck.

So far their planned 2018 first party output isn't appealing to me at all.

Except for Fire Emblem, of course. Still excited for that.

Apropos of nothing, Darkest Dungeon has a release date...

These indies really have to stop putting dungeon in their titles. I’m always reminded of a certain game. I then look it up, finding it’s just another game I wasn’t looking for.

Chibi Robo represents the current state of the internet in that image.

The internet is on fire every other day.

This is some expert level viral marketing abd they damn well know it.

Reminds me of the build up to the Switch reveal and then the Switch event.

Get hype to boiling point and announce at the latest possible moment.

The Chibi Robo image is just their version of the Elmo fire gif. Nothing more than that. Chibi Robo is still very much dead

@antster1983 Niiiice... I hope everyone here tries it out. They won't, and maybe shouldn't, but I can hope.

Should we expect an announcement for a direct today? What with all these weird tweets.

So...does this mean Chibi Robo is returning? Or does it mean they're burning Chibi Robo at the stake? Or does it mean nothing at all and they're just trolling us to hype a direct? Or is that the official graphic for the next investors meeting for the answer to the question of what the current potential for the Chibi Robo brand is?

Im....yep. viral marketing

Are they planning to keep posting random stuff hoping we'll all burst laughing before quietly announcing the Direct or something? This is getting weird.