Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Hey, Final Fantasy IX was great. 9 isn't always bad...

On another note, SMT Strange Journey Redux got a release date earlier today (May 15th). That's one more 3DS announcement out of the way. There's really only a handful of announcements left for that system honestly.

@DarthNocturnal Yep forgot about that one. I suppose that's that then haha. Saying that, Mario Kart is a different beast altogether, maybe they wouldn't take the risk with that. Or like you say, they could just go with another subtitle.

@Inertiacreep Not sure what they do at school, I think there are different ways it can be pronounced. I can't imagine it's that bad that they won't even use it in their vocabulary though. If so then whoever came up with the word for agony and torture didn't think it through very well haha. I read that the word for comb, as in a hair comb is Kushi, pronounced as 9 4. Because of this they don't gift combs to each other. I'm not sure how many combs would be gifted though even if it didn't sound like that.

https://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/

Nintendo Labo - Robot Kit is #1 in video games on Amazon right now.

So I guess with Project Giant Robot becoming Nintendo Labo, that leaves Pikmin 4 as the last Wii U game unaccounted for.

To be fair, they never announced Pikmin 4, and they never said it'd be for the Wii U, unless I'm forgetting something

My Twitter feed has gone Labo crazy!

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The reaction has just been crazy! ..many people seem to be fearing that Nintendo will neglect the 'core' gamer in 2018 (personally, I try to remember that we're only 18 days - and one 'Mini' Direct - in to the year!) ..but WOW - it's just blown up! (..again!)

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REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo Switch sold more units in December than any other video game system, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Holiday shoppers purchased 1.5 million Nintendo Switch systems during the five-week reporting period of December, which is a critical month for the video game industry. Since its launch 10 months ago, Nintendo Switch has sold more than 4.8 million units, making it the fastest-selling home console in U.S. history.

The Nintendo 3DS family of systems also demonstrated continued strength, posting its best sales month since December 2014. Collectively, the different versions of Nintendo 3DS hardware sold more than 750,000 units in the U.S. in December, a 27 percent increase over the same period a year ago. The sales also pushed the Nintendo 3DS family of systems to a new milestone of more than 21 million sold in the U.S.

Combined hardware sales of Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition system topped 2.6 million units, which accounted for more than half of all hardware sold during the month.

Four Nintendo Switch games finished high on the December sales charts for individual titles: Super Mario Odyssey at No. 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 4, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at No. 9 and Splatoon 2 at No. 16. Additionally, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon for Nintendo 3DS finished No. 13 and No. 14, respectively.

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There's going to be 1st party 3DS surprises this year for sure.

@NaviAndMii You never know with Nintendo. I guess these people just get Wii flashbacks. During the Wii era, I found myself desperately looking for games that weren't "Casual party games" granted, it got me to try and love Monster Hunter, but that it gets one to that point is food for thought.

I can thank the Wii era for getting me into Xbox consoles, 2009 was a trainwreck for Wii games.

@NaviAndMii People are neurotic. We just had a mini direct announcing games and we still have previously announced games for this year already on the docket. Yet Nintendo makes one announcement and people are freaking out and screaming 3rd party and oh noes dem casuals (even though half the people shouting this are casuals themselves). It's like people like running up their own blood pressure.

About the South Park Switch rumour, it seems PS4 and XB1 are getting a remaster of the last gen game (Stick of Truth) so maybe both will come to Switch.

@Grumblevolcano Wait if the PS4 and Xbox One are getting remasters of the original, then why was it free when you pre-ordered The Fractured But Whole?

@MFD @Ryu_Niiyama Haha! Yeah, I totally agree! I might try and get a InKimishimaWeTrust hashtag going in response - it'll take more than a couple of weeks and a new range of cardboard accessories to make me forget how well-catered for I was in 2017, that's for sure!

@NaviAndMii It's probably just a side-project, but I can see people's fears that Labo takes from other projects like games. Just an example, but imagine that Labo takes from Yoshi's development. Then I can see the point.

@MFD I completely agree that's what people think, but I just can't see that being the case. We KNEW Nintendo was going to have to try and pull in the younger demographic somehow this year with their sales goals, if it wasn't Labo then we'd see something else aimed at a younger demographic instead. And if 1 or 2 of Nintendo's releases this year don't appeal to me, not the end of the world. If these work out, I can see them putting out sets twice a year, and they don't have to worry about conflicting with releases like Fire Emblem while widening their output.

@link3710 Well, then I'd argue that Nintendo already has plenty of stuff for children, due to how franchises like Mario Kart and Mario Odyssey are for both young and old. Not to mention Yoshi, Kirby, Donkey Kong etc.

So, from that perspective, is something like this really necessary? You've got plenty of choice for the children already, and the bigger question is even, how many of them will care? We live in an era where children will happily play Call of Duty and cuss the F out of each-other....

And at the end of the day, we don't know if this is the start of something far bigger, or just a side-project. Business goes where the money is, and if something shifts, then so will Nintendo.

@FragRed Well a similar situation happened for preordering Gears of War 4, a remaster of the first game existed but you ended up with the 360 backwards compatibility version. Ubisoft seems very set on remastering a load of last gen games like recently Assassin's Creed Rogue remastered was announced for current gen.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah I guess. But I wouldn't get your hopes up that either game comes to the Switch. If they we're, wouldn't that be the kind of thing Nintendo would mention in the Mini Direct?