Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Yosheel I was trying to buy FFXV after the Direct but it didn't work on the eShop. Somehow I was allowed to buy it on the Nintendo website with the same account and card details (which makes no sense!). I also downloaded Inside tonight because 1. I've been planning to buy it and 2. ...I just needed to test and see if it was possible And I was suprised to see that it worked first time when I downloaded it from the eShop! And then I tried to preorder something else or add funds to my account...and my card was suddenly invalid again. It makes no sense!

@FaeKnight I used to buy eShop cards when I was younger and didn't have a bank account or card, but now they just annoy me. They always seem to cause problems at the checkout for some reason and having my eShop balance at £0.43 is quite annoying, even though it's not a big deal I prefer to have it at £0.00

I like having leftover balance. It’s like a little discount from myself to myself.

That's what Gold Points are for! I like to save them for when I have no money...which is quite often

I also realized that I can merge my funds from my 3DS and Wii U so I guess that's
-£0.87 off my next purchase.

PayPal Digital Gifts currently has $50 eShop credit for $45 (10% off). Stack that with 5% back via Nintendo on eShop, and 1.5% back from CC actually purchasing the eShop credit from PayPal, and you're looking at a discount nearly comparable with the GCU 20% discount ($1.50 more than the standard GCU discount per $60 game).

https://www.paypal.com/us/gifts/brands/nintendo-egift-card

I stocked up and bought Diablo 3, Super Mario Party and Final Fantasy XV, then loaded up the balance as close to $200 as I could, with $100 more to add as it drains.

I've found it's cheaper to just buy as much credit as you can afford all at once when you can get a deal on it, rather than only buy a little bit, then a month goes by and you need to buy a game and you're out of money, and you have to buy it at full price.

Why has Pikmin 4 taken this long when it was supposedly just about finished?? Even if it needed a major overhaul because of last minute doubts over the quality or to be redesigned for Switch it should still have seen a release by now. Pikmin is not a system seller but I think it would have been the perfect game for 2018 to release between the big hitters of 2017 and late 2018.

@Kimyonaakuma Enjoy Inside! I absolutely loved it, amazing experience.

It's probably wrong, but Amazon has Metroid Prime 4 listed for release date on Dec 28 this year.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072JYMLT3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lsINB...

I doubt it's wrong. That's the perfect time to release MP4 and kill off the series completely.

If Amazon has it listed it HAS to be true!!! A surprise announcement of a game we know nothing about sounds like such a great idea to me. I can see Sega have been teaching Nintendo some of their old tricks...

@OorWullie Thanks I will! I'm waiting until it gets dark tonight and then I'll just play through it all at once, that worked well with LIMBO

I dreamt last night that Metroid Prime 4 date is correct. It will release on the 28th December 2018 and we'll get our first look at it in a special Xmas Nintendo Direct, which will start at 4am GMT on the 25th December. If Super Mario Bros U Deluxe can release 10 days after New Years Day, then I see nothing wrong with releasing Metroid Prime 4 release 3 days after Xmas? Just don't expect Amazon to deliver it to you on release day.

@OorWullie I am expecting to see the first actual gameplay footage of Metroid Prime 4 at this year's Game Awards Show, perhaps with a follow up announcement that the trilogy are getting an HD remake February or March 2019. Kinda like how they revealed Bayonetta last year.

@FragRed Yep I'd agree with that. I think along with Pokémon it's going to be next year's big holiday title, with Animal Crossing releasing late summer. I actually had Metroid Prime Trilogy down for February in my 2019 prediction list a couple of pages back. I also put Bayonetta 3 to follow not long after.

@OorWullie You think Bayonetta 3 is a 2019 game then? I always thought if Bayonetta was 2019 then Metroid Prime 4 would be the following year, and vice versa. But I do agree that Animal Crossing would make perfect sense as a late summer game, with my prediction being August.

@FragRed Both Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 could be 2020 titles for all we know. When they say ''now in development'', don't get your hopes up. I don't expect them anytime soon.

I'm more hopeful for Bayonetta 2019 than Metroid Prime 2019 to be honest

@Octane That is totally true. Which then gets me wondering what big surprise would Nintendo have to reveal at this years Game Awards?

@FragRed ''Pikmin 4 – Now in development''

@Octane You forgot Pikmin Royal also coming 2019!!

Whoops, excuse me!