Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Lroy Japan only. Came out on launch day

@Lroy If you can find that, I take my words back, but I'm pretty certain it wasn't part of an official video by Nintendo. IIRC, it wasn't properly confirmed for Switch until this year. Nintendo certainly wouldn't include a game that wasn't confirmed yet, let alone use PC or PS4 footage of said game in their Direct.

@Octane They stood on a stage at that January event and flashed up the logos for DQX AND XI. It was confirmed by Nintendo on January 12th 2017

@YummyHappyPills Yes, at that January 2017 Japanese Presentation they definitely had the logos for DQ X and DQ XI as well as DQ HEROES 1 & 2 and said they were all in development and coming to Nintendo Switch. I think there may have even been a DRAGON QUEST specific Japanese event as early as November 2016 with a panel showing DRAGON QUEST XI and playing it on a projector in front of a studio audience.

EDIT: Actually, had a quick look at the Presentation and they included footage of DQ HEROES in the sizzle reel of games at that Japan Presentation in January. Like I said, I'm not familiar with the DQ series so perhaps I confused that imagery with that of DQXI. But still have a nagging sense I did see that guy riding his horse in a Nintendo Direct or promo video at some stage, lol! Old age though, so who knows, ha! ha!

@JaxonH Tbh, I wasn't really hyped for that at the Nindies showcase, but it looks REALLY fun!

@subpopz Some people are just VERY sour about Nintendo doing well, and I'm not sure even they know why.

I'm surprised she didn't pull out the "but 30fps" card on Dark Souls Remastered. Because, you know, this game that was designed to run on previous gen consoles at 30fps (often missing that mark) is somehow gimped and a terrible experience on Switch, even though it's objectively superior to last gen consoles in terms of framerate stability.

Just got an email from Marvelous (I subscribe to them) Senran Kagura Shinobi Refle will be released in english under the name Senran Kagura Reflextons.

Personaly I allready has the Japanese release, but cool for those who wanted it in English.

Decided on DS Remake and a Pro controller. After that, it'll probably only be Smash for this year!

2018 is gonna suck for my wallet. Dark Souls, Ys VIII, Smash... probably gonna get Mario Tennis and Octopath too... rip wallet.

@subpopz If I can put my tin foil hat on for a minute, I do sometimes think that game stores have a Nintendo 3rd policy. It sounds ridiculous I know, but it always seem like when I go to GameStop they ask “So, are you looking for PlayStation or Xbox games today?” Don’t get me wrong, I think these are truly nice people, but they do seem to ignore Nintendo. Also the Nintendo Switch section is super tiny compared to even the WII U section. This could just be that one GameStop though.

@TheTetrisGuy Thats not as tinfoil as you may think...

@EvilLucario
Smash
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Shining Resonance Refrain
Dark Souls Remastered
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Y's VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Octopath Traveler
Gal Gun 2
SNK Heroines
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Wargroove
Hyper Light Drifter
Hollow Knight

...it's going to be a busy year. There's more stuff to play than I have the time or money for.

And this is before E3!

@TheTetrisGuy It does vary from store to store. My local GameStop that I favor has the Nintendo section when you enter, and the Sony section highly visible past it, and XBox is basically in the back and not visible unless you're looking for it. Most of the workers there seem to be Nintendo and Sony gamers as well. But other stores I've been to (usually while traveling across the country) definitely have Nintendo in that third spot instead of XBox

Approved!

@Ralizah Holy Moses, I forgot about Hollow Knight. DEFINITELY double-dipping on that game. It was a slow-burn, which was surprising for a Metroidvania since I love that genre of games, but man that game is so superb.

So I guess this is Nintendo's plan for Switch, the first half of a year being on the less busy side to allow people to catch up with the last year's holiday games and then the second half of the year being very packed. Like this year July is looking like Nintendo's version of the September PS4 lineup and we haven't even reached E3 yet.

@Tsurii God, no. I already have that preorder paid off. But I was only listing Switch titles.

For me, SMT is ALWAYS at the top of the pile.

@Grumblevolcano Just because that was somewhat the case this year doesn't mean that will be the case in subsequent years.

Edit: Also, May would be a better comparison than July.

I have a hopeful feeling that Splatoon will get an extended update cycle due to the online program being delayed.
The sheer amount of options
for online on Switch is so impressive they'll have no issues selling it. It'll be better than people expect, it was likely delayed due to the negative feedback.

I wouldn't mind if we got Splatoon 3 with the next console and we just had more substantial DLC packs like the Octo Expansion that adds to the base single-player game. We don't need a new game to come out so quickly like Call of Duty or Battlefield, so just keep releasing free multiplayer updates while making DLC worth it.