Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

June 28th is the next investors meeting, that will give a hint if it is possible or not to hit 20 mil.

Fortnite on Switch had over 2 million downloads in 24 hours.

https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/13/17460468/fortnite-ninten...

Reggie threw Sony under the bus too. Daaaaamn.

@Knuckles-Fajita Stop the clickbait, what did he say?

@Octane Question.

I didn't give you anything to click, therefore there is no bait. Secondly, I told you what he said. Thirdly, if you must have exact specifics:

Fortnite on Switch had an absolutely MASSIVE first day! According to Reggie Fils-Aime, the game has already been downloaded 2 million times.

"At this point, we've already had more than two million downloads on Fortnite. So that speaks to an engaged audience on Nintendo Switch as well as the core proposition of, I can now take it with me and play anywhere, anytime, with anyone, it's really resonated."

Those 2 million players found out quickly that Sony was blocking the PS4 version of Fortnite from crossplay, just as they do on all other versions. Furthermore, you can't bring your PS4 Fortnite account over to Switch. Reggie Fils-Aime addressed this as well.

"We embrace working with a developer and enabling them to bring their vision to life and whether that's Fortnite, whether that's a number of the other games that have cross-platform play on our console, from a developer standpoint that's what we want. And we work hard with them to bring that to life. What competitors do is their decision to make. We believe being both developer-forward and fan-forward is in the best interest of the game."

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/06/13/e3-2018-fortnite-on-nin...

The replies to the Nintendo tweet about 2m Fortnite downloads is full of people moaning at Sony.

2 million in a day and people are unhappy their progress is held hostage with no prior warning.

What timeline is this

I crappost to keep morale up!

@TheLobster Well just like that my hype for Smash drops by half. It's okay, though, as long as captain falcon still has his glorious booty

Metroid Prime 4 development is "progressing well"
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17460684/metroid-prime-4-n...

@Aozz101x ''As for the status of Metroid Prime 4? “It’s still in development,” he says.''

It's entering Pikmin 4 territory!

I hear they did this to Zero Suit Samus as well.

@meleebrawler It seems Kimishima's reign is over.

Metroid Prime 4 will likely take as long as Breath of the Wild did on the Wii U.

Don't know if anyone noticed, but the pre-order for the Smash Ultimate line of GameCube controllers is up on Amazon. $30, same price as the Smash 4 ones were.

Hopefully the cord is as long as the one on the Smash 4 controllers.

no chance on RDR. Also think GTA V is just a pipe dream. It makes perfect sense to play on switch but rockstar just don't seem interested. Should have happened by now.

Nintendo wants to know what fans thought of E3

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5BHGBGX

– Nintendo loves to surprise people
– At E3, Nintendo shows content over the next 6-9 months
– Always has more surprises, more in store
– Reggie not sure why analysts acted the way they did regarding stock dropping
– A lot more up Nintendo’s sleeves, more to show over the weeks and months ahead
– The pacing of news and launches will drive business forward
– Nintendo says online will improve
– When Nintendo does a trial event like Mario Tennis Aces, Nintendo learns about the tech infrustructure
– It will work at launch just like Fortnite
– Reggie again says dockless Switch not planned for America
– This is because difference of cultures
– For that market, an additional SKU makes sense
– In December, 3DS was up 27% year-over-year
– This year, 3DS business up 10% in North America
– Reggie says lootboxes have gotten a bit of a bad rap broadly speaking
– The mechanic is as old as baseball cards Reggie says
– For Nintendo, a gameplay mechanic that offers consumers something to buy where you’re not sure what’s inside could be interesting if it’s not the only way to get those items
– For Nintendo, one of many mechanics that can be used to drive engangement
– Reggie says Furukara is a great choice for Nintendo’s next president
– On eSports, Reggie pointed to Splatoon 2 and Smash Bros. E3 tournaments
– Nintendo wants to create content that lets fans come together and go from there
– Reggie says analysts who have gotten things right over the years is very small
– That’s because Nintendo holds things close to the vest, loves to surprise, and surprises big
– Reggie to analysts: don’t worry, Nintendo driving engagement

https://nintendoeverything.com/reggie-nintendo-has-more-to-sh...

So that suggest Daemon X Machina in February 2019 and Fire Emblem Three Houses in March 2019.

Dude, check out this Treehouse Live footage of Daemon X Machina. This has got to be the single most overlooked and under rated game of the expo.

This game looks legit. Full English voice cast planned, online multiplayer so we can fly mechs together Xenoblade X style... The character customization looks great. Gosh. I mean the game looked good and cut my attention when I saw the trailer but now that I'm beginning to dive into the details and see some gameplay, this might be my number one game of the show right here aside from Fire Emblem.