Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I mean people were fatigued because when this game FIRST came out, we had had:

NSMB - 2006
NSMBW - 2009
SM3DL - 2011
NSMB2 - 2012
NSMBU - 2012

We were tired of this. A new game would at least be a new experience for the people Nintendo managed to p*** off going into the Wii U era of samey and safeness.

There are some ports I welcome, of the more exciting Wii U games but this...no thanks. Not at the port prices they are charging.

And where the hell is Xenoblade X Nintendo?

@AlternateButtons It's the 2nd or 3rd best selling Wii U game (only beaten by MK8 and has around the same sales as 3D World). It makes sense to port it as long as it comes before any kind of Mario Maker game (port or new) but I would expect the New Super Luigi U DLC to be included.

Mario Maker kind of negates any need for normal 2D Mario games.

I think that's too easy. No one without a Wii U cared, of course not. But the people who did own a Wii U were to a large extent the more fanatic Nintendo fans. With the Switch there's a whole new group of (occasional) gamers, who are absolutely not NSMB tired. Of course at the time, these people didn't care about NSMB. Why would they if they can't even play the game or just totally skipped the Wii U news?

Of course, a better 2D Mario game is more than welcome for anyone, but face it: NSMB U is the new 2D Mario to many if it arrives on Switch.

So yeah, for a lot of loyal fans and hard-core gamers it would be a pr nightmare. For regular consumers it'd be a commercial success though I believe.

I've said this in other topics but I'll gladly repeat: only if it contains NSMB's chaotic multiplayer mode; at least for a significant part of the target audience.

I think in just the general scheme of things Nintendo wants to be as far away from the Wii/DS era as possible and I dont think, especially in their current PR climate, they want to be announcing a port of a game that sure is new to people, but on the other hand is the POSTER CHILD of the Wii era.

Great news if true! Hopefully down the line they bring over 3d world and Wind Waker and we can all forget the Wii U ever happened lol

The sooner we get Pikmin 3 and Xenoblade X the faster I can put my Wii U away.

Nintendo should just port the Wiiu to Switch. Not the games. Just the console.

@Knuckles-Fajita But the Wii U didn't exist, and Diablo III is six years old as well. €60 is a fine price

I'm not even sure if I'd buy a new ''new Super Mario Bros.'' game day one, let alone the Wii U game. I wouldn't mind an actual new 2D Mario game at some point though. Just... be a little more unique than the NSMB series. Add a weird and unique gimmick, maybe a different art style. It's weird how their 3D Mario games are always brimming with new ideas, but the 2D series is just a new power up or two and that's all.

@MsJubilee We could certainly use the Virtual Console and the username system instead of Friend Codes. I'd be much happier with the Switch if it was more like the Wii U in those cases.

I imagine I'll still have my Wii U set up in like 2022 because of VC. While I do think Nintendo will expand further than NES with Switch, the roll out will probably be very sluggish like NES only until September 2019.

While NSMBU was a sizable game and had fantastic dlc...however if they just punt that over....even I, who has been pretty understanding of the ports given the sales of the wiiu, will be like: Really?! They are going to have to put in some DLC for me to even think about double dipping.

It would be more interesting if 2D Mario further evolved 3D Mario's moveset, like how Donkey Kong '94 did. NSMB had the triple jump and wall jump (ground pound was introduced in Yoshi's Island), but that's it. I wonder if it could add things like the roll from 3D World/Odyssey, although 2D and 3D game design are both extremely different from each other with different actions. 3D Mario is much more "stop-and-go" compared to 2D Mario.

Nice. Happy for Diablo fans - I don't think I'm going to buy it since I have a backlog to take care of and I've never ever played Diablo in my life, but it's good it's coming to the Switch.

Ha!

And there it is. Diablo III coming to Switch, with all the content ever released and more. Physical edition, no partial download...

LET'S. FREAKING. GO. boys!

Ok, so now that it is official... I'm Hyped! I may actually finish Diablo III now. lol. Getting this digital.

@JaxonH Where does it say no partial download?

@Knuckles-Fajita Yeahhh this one rumor I hope is not true. That's not really the kind of game fit for a port. They should just make a new entry if they want a Switch version of it

@Grumblevolcano
Wrong question. Where does it not say partial download? Theres no warning on the boxart.

@JaxonH And THIS is why they wanted those ugly banners on the front of Switch cases. To avoid this sort of confusion.

I don't think we know enough yet to definitely say its all on the game card.

If nothing else, it could be a DOOM situation where the base game is on the cart, but it still prompts you to download extra content + multiplayer stuff.

But, yes, this is another huge bit of third party support, and I'm quite looking forward to it!