Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

At the very very very -least- I hope they acknowledge its existence without some interviewer having to specifically ask Miyamoto.

All I hope for this E3 is that they’ll show off at least two new fighters in Smash (counting Inklings) and that they’ll announce the release dates for things we already know about but don’t have release dates (Octo Expansion, Dark Souls, Smash ect.). Anything after that will just be icing on the cake.

Hyper Sports R from Konami just got announced.

Uh... I don't think this is the action-adventure game.

@Octane I can see it now. A Pikmin rendition of C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Pikmin Now)" as Miyamoto and Reggie dance with a crowd of Pikmin for the entirety of the presentation

@DarthNocturnal
Yes, and right after I said it doesn't matter. Aka "I don't care if you're right or wrong, I don't care to hear explanations, I don't want to argue over this, because it doesn't matter"

And I still think it should have local wireless. I've heard nothing to convince me otherwise. Again I don't want to argue about it because it just. doesn't. matter. The point I was getting at is that you can play with anyone anywhere and you can do it in person.

So forget local wireless, we're not talking about local wireless, local wireless was never the issue. I don't know how this got de-railed into half a dozen posts back-and-forth when the point I'm getting at is completely irrelevant to whether it has local wireless.

@DarthNocturnal
No worries, I know you meant no offense. Sorry if I sounded snappy. Just get a bit frustrated when one small detail is cherry picked that is completely inconsequential to the larger point of discussion. You very well may be right- you probably know the game better than me. Ultimately though, it's just the fact people can play together in the same room or place I was getting at.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is looking good. Here's a new trailer. Along with Shining Resonance (the demo for which is excellent, btw) and Team Sonic Racing, they're bringing at least 3 top tier games to Switch this summer/fall.

Oh man, VC4 looks like a perfect follow-up to the first one. Really hope we get actual gameplay footage of the game running undocked soon.

@JaxonH Pikmin 4 will happen. That franchise is in no danger. I mean they even pushed forward that 3DS spinoff, meaning they are not letting the series go anywhere.

Now Golden Sun, that's a franchise with an eight year gap that I am deeply concerned about...

Full bias intended, Metroid will be enough for me to grade this conference a 10/10. I can't wait!

@JaxonH Damn, was hoping Sega would give us a release date

I'm pretty sure Pikmin 4 already released. It was titled Hey! Pikmin and was on the 3DS.

They have stated Hey! Pikmin was not Pikmin 4 and not the Pikmin being referred to as "nearly complete" back in 2015.

I thought so too, but Miyamoto said Pikmin 4 is a different game.

@JaxonH meh, I don't think most people care about the handheld part for a game like this. You will still need good internet, i.e not hotel room. And Nintendos online is a joke among gamers. If they had added a Sim card you would have had a point, but they didn't.

@Therad
Joke is a strong work and doesn't really mean much.

Nintendos online works. The only thing that's really subpar is the lack of voice chat but the majority of people who play online either do so without voice chat or are willing to do so without voice chat, especially if it means being able to play when they go on a trip or when they go to somebody else's house.

People care about the handheld part for any game, whether it be this or anything else. Adults especially. Especially those who travel a lot on business and bring their switch with them to play.

Hotel internet works fine. Hell, even hotspot via your phone will work. I've played Splatoon 2 that way.

Your mistake is tthinking just because there's a bunch of PS4 and X1 gamers who act like they're in an exclusive club, that they represent the entirety of the gamership at large and that's simply not true.

About E3 presentation:
Not as many games as a year ago (Smash took majority of time), fine by me cause have still even 3DS games that need to be finished.

At least the Smash isn't a port. Thank god.

Nintendo's E3 Direct got hijacked by the Smash patch notes lol. I was extremely hype for Smash and there was a lot of interesting stuff in there, and Nintendo can't help that a lot of it got leaked. But I think the Smash portion went on just a liiiiiittle too long and its release date is later than I was hoping so B, 87/100.

Yeah... There just wasn't much to this conference. I don't want to be negative because SSB looks pretty good... But where was Animal Crossing? =(

No seriously, when's the rest of it?