Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@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.

@kobashi100
No, GTAV will come. They put LA Noire on the system. GTAV can run, and without much tweaking at that. Not to mention the guy who leaked LA Noire already let it slip GTAV is coming.

It'll probably release this November. I imagine will have an August or early September direct before the online service launches and will get some surprise announcements there, including GTAV.

There's no way on earth they don't put that game on Switch. We just got Fortnite and Paladins, DOOM and Wolfenstein 2, new Wolfenstein Youngblood... think about that. Nintendo is courting western developers and getting all the big, relevant online games on their system that they can. At least the ones that can run easily. GTAV is going to come, of that I'm totally confident.

@Knuckles-Fajita
Thanks for the survey. Told them Fire Emblem (wanted to say Daemon X Machina too though), 7/10 presentation and most wanted game I wished was announced was Pikmin 4. Said Microsoft had best E3.

@JaxonH Smash, 7/10 (Though Daemon, man sign me up and strap me in!), and most wanted was Metroid (Left ambiguous obviously, I couldn't think of much thats not a franchise we've seen yet on the system, obviously I didn't want to see a new Mario immediately!)

And agreed on MS.

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This is really bad news. Like I can't even express how bad of news this is. =(

I hope Daemon X Machina sells like crazy.

Games like this that are third-party exclusives, that really break the mold but at the same time, offer up a totally awesome and fresh concept, all while looking absolutely stunning...

They're rare.

I really do hope this game sells like crazy. Reward this developer for what he's doing. Vote with our wallets. YES... YES, MORE OF THIS. PLEEEEASE MORE OF THIS.

Going there now to voice my displeasure!

@TheLobster That was literally the only place I could voice my opinion.

@Harmonie That's just him not antagonizing third party developers. Nintendo themselves use them in their mobile titles anyways.

Hell, they were the first to do lootboxes technically - Super Mario Kart!

@gcunit Extremely unlikely, considering BotW's release was delayed to coincide with the release of the Nintendo Switch.

My guess is 2020 for MP4. Probably SMT V as well.

@Ralizah I keep forgetting about SMT V. I am going to miss how easy it was to develop for the 3ds. Seeing Switch games from them every 3 years or so is going to suck.

@Spoony_Tech I imagine we'll be seeing Atlus games more often than that. More than likely, SMT V isn't the only Switch games they have in development.

Their releases definitely won't be as prolific as they were on 3DS, however.

@Spoony_Tech
True, but games always come slower the first half of the generation. By the time you get to year 3, every developer has at least one game released and an engine to work with, and experience to streamline with next time.

Once we hit 2019-2020, games are gonna start rockin out way faster than they are now. SMT may release mid 2020, and we could get a sequel like SMTIV Apocalypse 2 years later. Soon as the first ground up Monster Hunter releases, another will follow in a much shorter time span (I expect late 2020 for that, and then another in 2022).

Still, no getting around the fact games do take longer, but the first 3 years are going to take longer than the 3 years that follow. And not just that, but more games releasing in total and more multiplats releasing day and date. I think Reggie even said as much in an interview today- that a lot more games would be releasing day and date starting in 2019. I figure nobody was ready to truly commit to the system when it launched. Then by holiday 2017 everybody was like OK, Switch is for real. Let's develop. And the games that began development around that time alongside other versions will start releasing next year. Everything up until then is just games that are much quicker to develop like ports, or current games but they have to be developed after the other versions because they weren't started at the same time.

So ya, I think Pokémon 2019 will be the milestone where we see a noticeable uptick in frequency of game releases and parity with release dates. And where it might take 4 years for one game to release it might only take 2 years for a follow up.