Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Lmao. It would be pretty damn hilarious if Freedom Planet 2 doesn't come to Switch considering for over two years, the Wii U was the only way to play it on a console until last year on the PS4.

It’s because their approach to the Switch is schizophrenic.

If certain games are not popular in a region, I wonder if it's because people don't like them, or because they don't get enough coverage (the result of making them all digital-only for example, especially on a console with limited storage).

Capcom did have financial troubles for a while. So I am not surprised they reduce their costs.

The leaked video presentation name is correct after all, Nintendo Direct: E3 2018.

It's also reconfirmed the 2018 only situation.

@Grumblevolcano
So, what was that leaked video talk about ?

@Octane how about promotional efforts, commercials, besides gaming site coverage etc.? I find myself wondering, from time to time, how the balance works out for some games.

One thing often overlooked is timing. I remember not buying games because they were too close to another one I loved. You have to pick and choose, and it seems in general timing the publishing so it stacks up nicely against others is something mostly done in isolation, which it really shouldn't be.

@Anti-Matter Just the name, that's all. When the Nintendo E3 site went up, it mentioned Nintendo Direct: E3 2018 and then Nintendo removed the mention from the site.

I found something interesting.

I think you're going to be wrong but for good reason. Uk retail is expecting a physical release but Nintendo will be handling it, like they did with Monster Hunter Wii U and have done with Skyrim and Doom (and will be with Dark Souls and Squeenix games).

@erv It's difficult to say, but when most of your releases are half-arsed, I don't think you can expect a whole lot of people to care about them. It's like the third party situation on Wii U. Whilst I think that it is up to the platform holder to make the platform popular, a publisher can grow a fanbase on said platform. I'm pretty sure that's not what Capcom is doing right now, at least on the Switch (and in Europe specifically).

@Anti-Matter It lacks a bit of polish, and the setting is a bit too fantasy-y for my tastes, but that looks almost as good as the upcoming Pokemon game, which says a lot I think.

@Anti-Matter Man, if that does come to Switch it might be better than the new Pokemon Let's Go! We'll have to see.

@Octane If we break it down by year you can see the exact moment Capcom started publishing the games in the EU themselves again, but at that exact time is when something happened.

So while there were numerous publishers coming and going with no issue for the 90s, it was obviously making money, Capcom didn't see fit to do it themselves. But when they did...well...

Mega Man (1989) - Capcom
Mega Man 2 (1990) - Capcom

Mega Man 3 (1992) - Nintendo
Mega Man 4 (1993) - Nintendo
Mega Man 5 (1994) - Nintendo
Mega Man X (1994) - Nintendo

Mega Man X2 (1995) - Laguna Video Games
Mega Man 7 (1995) - Laguna Video Games
Mega Man X3 (1996-1998) - Laguna Video Games (SNES)/Virgin Interactive (PC/Saturn/PS1)

Mega Man 8 (1997) - Infogrames (PS1 Only Release)
Mega Man X4 (1997) - Virgin Interactive (No Saturn Release)

Mega Man Legends (1998) - Virgin Interactive (PS1 Only Release)
Tron Bonne (2000) - Eidos Interactive (Yes really!)
Battle Network (2001) - Ubisoft

Mega Man Legends 2 (2001) - Capcom
Mega Man X5 (2001) - Capcom

Battle Network 2 (2002) - Capcom
Mega Man X6 (2002) - Capcom
Mega Man Zero (2002) - Capcom

Battle Network 3 (2003) - Capcom
Mega Man & Bass (2003) - Capcom
Mega Man Zero 2 (2003) - Capcom

Battle Network 4 (2004) - Capcom
Mega Man X7 (2004) - Capcom
Mega Man Zero 3 (2004) - Capcom
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (2004) - Not Released in the EU

Battle Network 5 (2005) - Capcom
Mega Man X8 (2005) - Capcom
Mega Man Zero 4 (2005) - Capcom

Battle Network 6 (2006) - Capcom
Mega Man Powered Up (2006) - Capcom
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (2006) - Capcom
Mega Man X Collection (2006) - Not Released in the EU

Star Force (2007) - Capcom
Mega Man ZX (2007) - Capcom

Star Force 2 (2008) - Capcom
Mega Man 9 (2008) - Capcom (Digital Only Release)
Mega Man ZX Advent (2008) - Capcom

Star Force 3 (2009) - Not Released in Europe

Mega Man 10 (2010) - Capcom (Digital Only Release)
Mega Man Zero Collection (2010) - Capcom

Mega Man 6 (2013) - Capcom (Virtual Console is the first Release)

Mega Man Legacy Collection (2015-2018) - Capcom (Digital Only)

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (2017/2018) - Capcom (Digital Only)

Mega Man X Legacy Collection/2 (2018) - Capcom (Digital Only)

Mega Man 11 (2018) - Capcom (Digital Only Release)

As you can see, after Mega Man 2, the best selling in the franchise, Capcom jumped ship and numerous other publishers picked up the slack for a decade or so, including other large companies like Eidos and Ubisoft.

The franchise at it's prime wasn't even released by Capcom here. It was everyone else picking up the slack and when Capcom DID get up and do something, the golden years were gone. It was the RPG side series, Zero and ZX as well as the lacklustre tail end of X that they published. By the mid 2000s you can see their interest waning, when Star Force 3 didn't come out.

So basically what happened is...Capcom bailed during the time Mega Man was huge everywhere else in the world and only came back when it fell into a set of side games, and is basing it's support not on the main properties, but everything around it in the 2000s.

Evidently we liked Mega Man. Companies kept jumping in. There was clearly money there. But Capcom got burned on us by the wilderness years as it was, where Mega Man became a whole host of things that weren't as strong as the main series or X, and low and behold, here we are now. No chance to correct it because they won't give that chance.

25 Switch titles without a name have appeared on Amazon UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SWSwitchTitle25_WiiU-Switch-Title-25...

Check out "Placeholder 5"

Bayonetta 3 reveal and release this year?

Using the Direct naming suggests it'll use that video structuring - a longer spotlight focus segment on a game (in this case Smash Bros) with everything else being rapid fire headlines.

I'm okay with that. I just hope that there isn't too much Koizumi voice over talking during the headlines. In other words I don't want to hear "Fire Emblem comes to Nintendo Switch this December in Fire Emblem Memories!" over the footage. Shut up and show me an actual trailer. It's fine for stuff like Fortnite or Dragon Ball FighterZ though.

Great timing for me if Bayo 3 comes out this year. Would give the rerelease at the beginning of the year more context, too.

If Bayonetta 3 comes out this year, my wallet will officially be destroyed for the millionth time.

@IceClimbers ''Fire Emblem will come in the second half of 2019, please understand.''

I really doubt Bayonetta 3 is this year given the show being exclusively 2018.

Then again, rumours point to an already packed 2018 yet investors are running for the hills.

Did they run for the hills when Sony had the same E3 twice in a row?

@Knuckles-Fajita They're running for the hills because analysts are manipulating the information on Nintendo's QOL project so they can buy the stock more cheaply ahead of E3 if I had a guess.