Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

And I can't fathom how they could fudge up the development over a minor revision of the unreal engine. I could understand if they upgraded from 3 to 4, since they rebuilt the APIs, but from one version of 4 to another?

@Therad They have to go from 4.3 (I believe thats what they said it was) to 4.13, the earliest that has UE4 (Or is it .15, its one of those two!).

All that changed is some aspects of how coding works and is interpreted. That is it. Some workflow and processing changes. Some techniques and coding practices became deprecated, newer, more efficient ones added in their place.

Firstly, how they didn't know this was coming given Epic told even ME and every other UE4 developer about these changes BEFORE the Switch was even integrated, not even to mention long before the Switch UE4 integration was released, is baffling. The Switch was officially incorporated in May 2017.

How they have yet to work around something like this they knew was coming because it was a change made around 4.10 is weird in of itself, but the fact we are where we are now, so far after the first Switch enabled revision of UE4 came out, and they have absolutely NOTHING to show for it, is the most insane.

This game is vaporware. I dont think it exists in any form as is.

It wasn't 3 years ago. Heck it wasn't even 2 years ago. They announced 6-9 months before Switch released.

Just forget about it already. When they're ready they'll show it. Expect 1 year or more after release.

I'm just glad it's coming. Timing is of no concern to me. Cause once it's out on Switch it's out forever. Just tuck the game away in the back of your mind like Metroid Prime 4 and SMTV. It'll come in due time. It's not like it's the Wii U era where there's nothing to play in the meantime.

@Knuckles-Fajita
It's even weirder too because they're releasing Octopath which should take much longer to make right? (A port is quicker to make than a new game). So I guess they never wanted to actually bring DQ.

@JaxonH Oh it was 3 years ago.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-07-28-dragon-quest-11...

@JaxonH No, Square Enix announced DQXI for NX in July 2015 which is nearly 3 years ago.

@Alber-san You know what's funny?

They are releasing Octopath Traveler right?

They first showed it off in January 2017, before UE4 support was fully integrated into Switch, as noted.

The game runs in UE4.

Sure the early footage was most likely on a PC but come on, SOMEONE in the company was aware of the engine working.

@Knuckles-Fajita I wouldn't be surprised if the team behind Octopath are the only ones at the company with any idea of how to create and optimize games for Switch, aside from maybe Tokyo RPG Factory. But even TRF didn't know how to make such a basic game as Lost Sphear run at 60 fps on Switch.

@Knuckles-Fajita
Wow that is strange. I guess Sony paid them then (lol as if... or could they). Has Square Enix released any game on Switch? Maybe they hadn't even started porting it because they really didn't trust Nintendo's console. So they have started just now. Maybe they didn't even know the capabilities of the Switch.

Edit: Ok so they've released a few small games and poorly optimised ones too.

@Knuckles-Fajita Well that team is the new switch team, I would not be shocked if they are going to be the ones to get DQ running on the switch and Squeenix was waiting till they finished octopath?

@Grumblevolcano
Doesn't feel that long ago. Time flies I guess.

@JaxonH Time flies when you're having fun. Never forget how slow 2015-2017 was though. That's probably why it feels recent. 2017 was a blur!

@Ryu_Niiyama Maybe? Hard to say given the way Square makes games over the course of two decades XD

@Alber-san Dragon Quest Heroes 1+2 at launch in Japan, poorly optimised. Dragon Quest X, Octopath, Builders, I Am Setsuna, Lost Sphear and maybe one or two others.

@ilikeike I have a feeling that's the case, given they are now a Switch exclusive team.

Lol Yeah, I'd probably be more concerned/surprised if it wasn't Square Enix. Keep in mind this is the same company that announced the FFVII remake at E3 2015 and it has barely began development in 2018.

@ilikeike
So that would be why DQXI is taking so long to release. The Octopath team is the one now in charge of making Switch games so SE probably decided it was a good idea to assign all projects to them. 😛

There are definitely eShop points/coins for physical games under $40. I have a TON of indie games physical and only Yonder and Poi won't cough up the cash. Every other game has, right on all the way down to ones that are $25. I have 45 physical game so trust me, I have lots of gold coins in the eShop.

I've got about $12 in gold points built up. I've got $3 more coming from the bonus points for preloading Aces, plus another $1 from Tropical Freeze (well, it's on the birthday list at least). Gonna get Okami HD for like $5!

So I have this crippling need to play casual mahjong games and I was wondering if anybody knew anything about the new one on the eShop?

There needs to be a refund policy in place along the lines of what steam offers. Hopefully that should cut down on the massive influx of shovelware onto the eshop.

Anyone have any information on Blizzard supporting the Switch? I remember there were rumors of a Diablo III port, but everything's gone quiet. I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping Overwatch and Diablo hit the platform.

Inside and limbo switch bound

https://s.famitsu.com/news/201806/20159474.html