Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Mario Kart 8 (comparing Wii U and Switch) continues to be proof that release timing of games are just as important as the games themselves.

Word still hasn't gotten to everyone that 1-2-Switch is a waste of money, huh?

PSA: It's like that free game that came bundled with your Wii...only less fun - and this time they're charging £50 for it! #AVOID!

..spread the word, folks - the message still isn't getting out!

Sometimes people need to learn something the hard way lol

@NaviAndMii If 1-2 Switch gets DLC before Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I'm going to be annoyed (those 2 games are the only Switch 1st party games that don't have any DLC or content updates confirmed so far).

Honestly, 1-2 Switch probably isn’t too bad as a silly family game.

@Grumblevolcano Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn't ever going to get any DLC and it never was. Nintendo almost always announce DLC prior to a games launch and with it being so long since it came out, it's safe to assume the team has well and truly moved on.

@FragRed I disagree, Pokken DX is getting DLC which was announced several months after launch. Nintendo may even decide to have something for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ready in time for the paid online subscription.

Pokken’s DLC annoys me.

I'm stoked about Pokken's DLC, finally we have a leg up over the arcade players (for now).

@Grumblevolcano I disagree the game comes preloaded with all the past DLC from MK8 aka 16 tracks / 7 characters / 11 bodies / 3 sets of wheels / 2 gliders. Ontop of that they added 3 characters to the rotation, 3 new bodies, and an entirely revamped battle mode with new tracks all for the same price as the original. So what is there to add in the form of DLC?

@Grumblevolcano By that time most people won't care. You can only wait so long before the ship for DLC sails and that time and has come and past for MK8 Deluxe. In fact, people are less likely to be excited for DLC for a game over a year old when they also have to then pay additional costs to play said game online. That game was a stop gap filler. It's job was simply to fill up the launch year lineup for the Switch with a game that would help sell consoles, knowing a great deal of potential buyers never owned the Wii U.

@FragRed Not necessarily. Look at Animal Cross: Welcome Amiibos. They managed to revitalize New Leaf... what, four years after it's release, and get a lot of people playing again. Of course, that was rather well marketed, I wouldn't say pulling off late DLC is easy. But keep in mind: If the DLC was announced now, I'd wager more than half of MK8 DX's sales are still yet to come, it's an evergreen game. If they really sell another 20 Million Switches this upcoming financial year, what better way to get them all to buy MK8 DX than by bringing it back into the news with DLC?

@Grumblevolcano Why do you want DLC for every game?

Smash got DLC a year afterlaunch you had to pay for

@Grumblevolcano I'm not sure MK8 DLC would be exciting enough. Also, Nintendo would have to release another "Mega Deluxe" edition...actually....they probably will. Yup, I agree with you completely.

@Therad Yes. Anti-trust laws are never violated when it's clear the case would be difficult to prove in court. Nuh uh, not never-ever! Let alone in the Japanese gaming industry that makes the wild west look like a Victorian tea party.

I thought the Animal Crossing situation is because of the fact that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp released in Japan that time? (and that's why its sales were so good for a bit?)

@Shellcore Well you have those digital game + DLC bundles already for BotW, Snipperclips, Mario + Rabbids, Pokken DX, FE Warriors and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Not difficult to create one for MK8 Deluxe if DLC is added.

@Octane Not so much every game but it's nice to see post-launch support of games especially the multiplayer ones, Splatoon 2 would've got boring if there wasn't the free content updates for example.

@link3710 The difference with that game was that the DLC was free. It was an update more than actual paid DLC which is how MK8 received it's DLC in 6 month intervals. You can get away with free updates multiple years after a game comes out but you can't so easily do it with paid DLC.

@NEStalgia which is more likely, Sony paying off Capcom to skip Nintendo (but not PC nor Xbox one) or that Capcom skipped Nintendo because the Wii u had already flopped?

It is just sound logic that the console with the highest install base gets the most games.
Conspiracy theories doesn't become more likely just because you are sarcastic.