Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@electrolite77 In about 365 days!

@JaxonH the narrative matters. I mean, it isn't just PS4 and Xbox players complaining about online, it is also long time Nintendo fans. Or haven't you heard all those people complaining about drops? Or all that try and justify the online sub with "less disconnects"? The voice sub debacle just reinforced the narrative that Nintendo doesn't understand online.

Most hotels are not fine. They are usually very choked, especially in the evening. Not even here in Sweden, where we usually have good internet is it good. It is better to use my phone in most cases.

@Therad
Yes. But "people complaining" doesn't mean nobody in the entire world wants to play Fortnite on Switch.

That's what matters.

Yes, people complain. And they should. But that doesn't change the fact you can play games online on the system. Complaints or not. People complained about no external drives on PS4 too. Didn't stop them from buying and playing PS4

@DarthNocturnal Well, now you jinxed it!

Smash dragged on to much. Couldn't they have fleshed out some other game a bit?

I am disappointed Fe was pushed back to -19.

Without smash it was quite weak I think. Not many heavyweight games.

As for the e3 Direct...

It was OK... I guess. The one thing that saved it was Fire Emblem. Lots of great games coming- without question, but only one single game shown that we didn't know about already (Daemon X Machina).

Clearly the leaks were true (Fortnight, Dragonball Fighter Z, Overcooked 2), so where the heck was Star Fox Grand Prix??? Especially with Star Fox featuring in StarLink, you just know they're promoting the IP for a new game. And Retro HAS to have something ready. So where the heck is it?!!! Did they purposely delay announcement to throw people off and announce later in the year? Or if it's 2019, maybe announce in Nov along with Fire Emblem details and some 3rd party games (like DOOM and Wolf2 last year).

And where the heck is Pikmin 4? Where's Mario Maker 2? Where's Animal Crossing?

Then again, they DID say "2018 titles". Maybe they truly meant it. 2019 is a blank slate. So that means the fall Direct has to be packed, because we know nothing about 2019 (aside from Fire Emblem, Pokémon and possible Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3).

They didn't even show Yoshi for goodness sakes.

On the bright side, there's a lot of great Switch games on the way this year. From Paladins, Fortnite and Hollow Knight kicking it off right now to Captain Toad and Mario Tennis Aces, to Dark Souls and Monster Hunter, Shining Resonance, Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Tales of Vesperia, to Wolfenstein 2, Smash and Octopath Traveller, Crash Trilogy, SNK Heroines, No More Heroes, Mutant League Football, Starlink with Starfox (so cool), Mega Man 11 and X Collection, Team Sonic Racing, Pokémon Lets Go, Pillars of Eternity 2, The World Ends With You, V Rally... and probably more I'm forgetting. De Blob, Victor Vran, Little Dragons Cafe, Warriors Orachi 4, Yoshi... ya. Plenty of games this year.

And we are at least starting to form a picture of 2019. Fire Emblem Three Houses in Spring, Pokémon in fall, with (hopefully) Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, SMTV, Dragon Quest XI and DQ Builders 2 in between.

That Fire Emblem though. MY GOODNESS. It's exactly how I always imagined! Shame it's not coming til Spring, but that's better than a vague 2019 window that ends up being December of next year.

@JaxonH They did as they said they would. 2018. They kept saying it. Did no one listen?

This was, as unfortunately expected, disappointing. Like wow, that was....average.

Smash looks good though.

Smash looks really good and so big but the releasedate is a bit weird/late. So for now they Are not going to release a game when launching the online program? And where was it in the direct, they didn't mention anything about it. Maybe it is because of my bad stream quality but where was Yoshi? Also, last year they showed a teaser of Prime 4 and now nothing?
The direct was okay, maybe Smash was a bit too long but i'm not complaining!

I have never said no one will play fortnite on switch, I said it won't shift units in any noticable numbers. When smash and pokemon are released, you see a bump in hw sales.

But yes, it is "The Truth (TM)" that Nintendo is bad at online. Regardless if you think so or not, or if it really is so or not.

@JaxonH That would make the Fall Direct potentially better than E3, I wonder why they didn't blow it all out today. Unless the first half of 2019 is comparable to this year. So instead of just Kirby, one (or two) smaller games that aren't even worth hyping up yet.

Yoshi not showing was super strange. Has it been pushed to 2019?

If they want to make their official excuse for a pretty barren showcase "well we only promised 2018" then they better have an amazing fall or winter direct to show us what's coming next year

@Therad
??? What are you telling me they're bad at online for? Hoping to get a rise out of me? Did I say I thought their online was good? No? Why are you trying to argue with me about "regardless of what I think"?

And as I said in the very first post: if doesn't matter if you see a noticeable sales bump- this game will help sell systems regardless of whether you think so or not.

I actually quite enjoyed the direct. Also, they usually have a few more reveals during the treehouse (like Metroid Samus Returns last year).

Hollow Knight out today was the most exciting news for me.

@Knuckles-Fajita
Read exactly, word for word, what I said... slowly and thoroughly:

Then again, they DID say "2018 titles". Maybe they truly meant

So why are you asking if nobody listened? I literally just RECITED what they said word for word. Kinda hard to do if you're not listening

@JaxonH Yeah, and you were now, retroactively saying "Maybe they truly meant that".

Clearly they did, you would have known that and not be wondering now, because they never stopped saying it!

@MisterPi Or what? Realistically if they don't have that showcase, what are your plans?

Fortnite is the mobile version. Oh boy.

I just noticed that there's a game on the eshop coming soon page called Pub Encounter where you "can fall in love with several middle-aged men." That's oddly specific.

Also, Shining Resonance demo is out on NA eshop now. Downloading it and Hollow Knight as I type! <3