Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Octane Yep it's definitely a tease as far as I'm concerned. @Scrummer The text and the bananas together in an Instagram post that has now disappeared, I'd say is giving us a pretty big hint that DKCR3 is on the way . The port of Tropical Freeze in May and the reveal of DKCR3 at E3.

Did Retro not say before they are big enough to work on multiple projects? There was definitely something to suggest they were. Maybe that's why we've been waiting so long for them to reveal what they've been working on. Perhaps one of the games was planned for Wii U and to have already been released but was then moved to Switch.

Has pokemon every revealed a game at E3? Most people I've seen seem to say that if they do it, it'll be at their own event.

I don't think there have been any new announcements of Pokemon games at E3, but Sun and Moon featured heavily at E3 2016, so it's possible they could reveal the new game at this year's E3.

A new announcment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=VAbqXH3n3vQ

corrected link: @Syndrome

“Basically, in the future our main titles will all be released on Nintendo Switch. The idea is that what we have created for 3DS will move over to Switch.”

• Level-5 CEO

Knew it. Switch is going to inherit the 3DS's support. Took a year to convince everyone but... the deed is now done. Thankfully. 3DS got a crapload of new games. Factor in the future stuff PS4 is getting that will now also head to Switch and it makes for a pretty big impact.

Professor Layton game for Switch perhaps?

@-Green- No, there's only been post-reveal trailers (e.g. ORAS) and last year confirming Pokemon Switch exists. I also don't think last year's announcement would've even happened if there wasn't such a backlash from the Ultra Sun/Moon reveal in the Pokemon Direct before E3.

As for the DK tease, I do think it could mean a Tropical Freeze sequel for Switch announced at E3 to finish a Retro trilogy. There won't be backlash either because Prime 4 is already confirmed to exist.

@Grumblevolcano What has Prime to do with Donkey Kong at this point? Retro isn't developing Prime 4.

@Octane Donkey Kong is a *prime*ate!

(I'll see myself out)

We already know Inazuma Eleven is coming and it looks pretty good .The next Layton is a certainty, perhaps even ports of the originals, a Layton collection would be a pretty big seller.I wonder what the chances they'll port Ni no Kuni 2,or is that an exclusive?

@OorWullie Ni No Kuni 2 is PS4 and PC, so no.

@Octane If Prime 4 wasn't announced people would've assumed the Tropical Freeze sequel is the reason Prime 4 didn't exist just like they did with Tropical Freeze years ago.

Can we just get Layton in Smash, please?

I wonder if there'll be any new Professor Layton games for the Switch. And if so, how will it play out? The Layton games heavily relied on touchscreen controls, but now there won't be any touchscreen to utlilize in docked mode. Maybe the gameplay will now switch to a 3D world where you can move Layton "freely" instead of a point-and-click kind of gameplay. The 3DS games already have 3D models, so I guess that's a start.

@Octane
Ni No Kuni 2 is indeed PS4 and PC, but I don't think it's restricted to just those platforms. I just think no other viable platform was on the menu at the time they started development. After all, the first one came to DS.

That said, I don't think it'll get ported. Sounds like they're not looking to the past, but the future. All future main games will come to Switch also. Ni No Kuni 2 probably marks the final non-Switch game from them.

@JaxonH Yeah, that's what I meant. And Ni No Kuni 2 is still relatively new, so it could get a port later this year, or early next year.

@Grumblevolcano I'm pretty sure there'd still be people pissed off if it turns out that Retro has been working on another DKC after all this time. Metroid is irrelevant here.

@IceClimbers Well, I can't imagine they've been working on a third DKC game for nearly five years.

@IceClimbers I'd be pissed just for making us wait 5 years to reveal a 2D platformer. Not that it wouldn't be amazing, but aside from the fact that it shouldn't take 5 years to make one for a studio like Retro, it'd be yet another 2D platformer on a system that has no shortage of them coming in the present and future anyway.

If it is DK, it better have ridiculous amounts of content, surpassing TF.

Yeah I hope Retro's mystery game after all this time is not yet another Donkey Kong game. I heard the first two were excellent (I haven't played them yet), but with the talent at Retro I really hope they're tackling a brand new IP or a revamp of a long dormant Nintendo IP — I'd like to see them work on a game with a much greater scale and scope technologically-wise than 2D platformers.