Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I'm sure we'll get it as soon as we get the Metroid X Star Fox crossover game.

@YummyHappyPills Hey, it could be fun. Did you think Mario + Rabbids was gonna be fun when we first got leaks?

I posted this in the Wolfenstein II article but I guess here I have better chance of finding the answer.

Could someone explain to me this:
If I download the 2nd half of the game on my SD card. Could I make a backup of that file(files) and then in the future use that backup to play the game without internet?
I mean I have the cartridge and have the download part on SD card away. If I combine them could I play the game off the cart + the extra stuff without having internet?
Is this how it works or I am very wrong?
I ask this because I do not have SD card and I do not download games for now. I know about the digital games but I do not know if my account will play any role in this extra MANDATORY download.

@EvilLucario I was more open to giving that a chance given it was Ubisoft, they didn't have award winning talent known for other things attached to it publicly, and it was more than just...a racing game.

Personally, even if it's racing game, as long as the story's interesting with awesome things, I'm down for it.

I'll go to play racing games if it's giving me good stuff.

@DarthNocturnal I hate the premise because Retro is capable of so much more than a spinoff of a franchise that already deserved better than what it got.

This entire game feels very much like a Nintendo game circa 2016. Chibi-Robo Zip-Lash, do something different and no one wanted THAT from the franchise. Same with Star Fox Zero. Same with Animal Crossing amiibo Festival, Federation Force, Colour Splash.

This feels like at best it could be good, but even then I cant help but feel some talent is being wasted and we are looking at another huge backlash to a game that will simply "exist".

@YummyHappyPills I mean, if they can bring a new meaning to racing games and make it amazing, I'd support them. Did people back in 2010 think their talents were going to waste when they were announced to be making DKC Returns, after Metroid Prime?

There are signs pointing out that they're very versatile, and if they can make one of the most robust racing games ever, more power to them.

Sounds like Nintendo. Having an incredibly talented developer make a spinoff that almost nobody will want.

I guess, best case scenario, it could be a Mario + Rabbids situation. Everyone thought that sounded horrible, including me, but I'd argue it was one of 2017's best exclusives.

It could also be nonsense.

I will say though, the game has to be excellent. It can't just be "good", it has to be very good to justify its existence. They've got big-name guys handling it, after all.

@EvilLucario I am very wary is all. This could be the best damn racing game ever. If it is, cool. I probably won't pick it up because I already have MK8D.

But this isn't exactly how I would spend a studio like that. They could make a new IP, revive an old one in a way that wasn't a spinoff that will inevitably annoy everyone (See E3 2015/ every release in 2016!).

It COULD be a good racing game. It wont be a good Star Fox game though. That series seems doomed to walk the plains of random genres until something sticks that isn't Star Fox remade yet again.

Labo 3: Arwing Racer

It'll come out right after we finally unlock Luigi in the original Super Mario 64.

As we're heading into E3 2015 territory, E3 2018 could end up like this:

• Smash is a port
• Metroid Prime 4 is in the same gameplay style as Federation Force and comes bundled with a port of the 3DS original
• Star Fox Grand Prix is real
• Animal Crossing Switch is a sequel to amiibo Festival
• Most of the video presentation is spent on Yoshi
• Fire Emblem Switch is pretty much Fates HD
• A few games people desperately want on Switch are 3DS exclusives
• No sign of Pokemon Switch

Some of those I'd be perfectly happy with like Smash being a port but the Nintendo fanbase would explode at that list.

@YummyHappyPills I get the concern, but if the game is great, the game is great at the end of the day.

To be honest a Switch port of Federation Force would be really cool. I liked it enough but having an HD versions with good controls would be a treat, especially with Samus Returns and MP4 out and on its way. Maybe people wouldn't be so salty towards it now

@EvilLucario Oh yeah, but I also go at things with pessimism because as the Wii U taught me, expect the worst and you'll at least be prepared. Everything above that is a pleasant surprise.

Sadly we can't say so I stick my head in cautious optimism sand, which is where I was for Mario + Rabbids.

I am keeping an open mind about this admittedly surprising announcement/rumour however, if this is the reason why Retro Studios have been very quiet for nearly five years, then good heavens!

@Grumblevolcano
Animal Crossing Switch should be NOT from Amiibo Festival sequel.
Animal Crossing Switch must be at least like Portal Knights (update 1.4.0) in term of editing the islands with specific blocks, altitudes, plants, water, furnitures, decorative objects, NPCs, etc.

@Peek-a-boo That logo is pretty awesome though...