Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Fire Emblem fans unite!

The creator of Fire Emblem, who left Nintendo after creating Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War and Fire Emblem Thracia 776 in the SNES era, the one who then went on to create Tear Ring Saga for PSone (which received an English fan translation), and Berwick Saga on PS2... has FINALLY created a new classic FE style game, AAAAAND, it’s getting localized officially! 2019 release!

AAAAAAND

There’s a demo for it on Steam RIGHT NOW!!!! (understand though, he’s working on a lower budget- this is totally indie-tier budget old-school Fire Emblem, but from the creator himself... I’ll be honest though, it looks good and the music is WAY better than I was expecting, like, it’s up there with the full AA scale production modern FE games, holy crap the music is excellent)

Vestaria Saga

[playing now] Please be good, please be good

@JaxonH I don't think 4 characters were ever planned (unless it was some kind of mp campaign). Just like how people thought 7 Pikmin would be the natural progression (3 > 5 > 7). The most we got was 5. Too many kinds of Pikmin, or too many characters would make the game too chaotic I think. Three characters and five Pikmin was a nice balance.

@Octane

3 was good. But without the gamepad it’s probably best to go back to 1. Then again it might seem far to simple without micromanaging 3 at once

@JaxonH You can do off-TV play in Pikmin 3 and it works fine. So the lack of a second screen isn't a huge issue. It's useful having a separate screen for the map, but the game is perfectly playable without it.

@Octane

Yeah I played pretty much the whole game Off TV and it was great. Would work fine on the Switch.

In addition to unique Wii U Gamepad functionality, you also have Mario Odyssey as why Pikmin 4 was delayed. But yes, Pikmin 3 ported to Switch would be a good way to reduce the wait for Pikmin 4 (trilogy would be even better but that isn't very Nintendo like).

coughs

Soooo.....Persona 5 yeah?

Actually regarding the Smash DLC, I do believe NIntendo chose those characters for a reason, just not the one everyone wants.

Let's take Joker. People say they chose him to help promote a Persona 5 port. I don't think so. Same with Snake in Brawl - No MGS there right? So why pick him, or Cloud, or Joker?

Easy. Nintendo picked characters that gamers on other systems recognise, use them in ads, and say hey, you can do this thing with a character you love on our system.

This isn't advertising for ports, this is advertising that benefits third parties regardless, and benefits NIntendo in having their IP reach other systems.

Seems not. Well if it doesn't come, then my money is safe

It's almost year 2019, but still NO Updated Trailer of Hyper Sports R from Konami.

@darkfenrir That's the best stance to take. Remember that every game that doesn't come is money saved. Win win.

@Knuckles-Fajita Agreed, even without P5 or any sort of new announcements for 2019, I have around 6 games to aim in 2019 anyway.

Need to get through backlogs... x.x)

@darkfenrir I just bought Katamari, Starlink, Dragon Quest Builders, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Rising (PC), DOOM (PC), Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed (PC) and Batman Arkham City (PC).

Far too much to play to add a JRPG to that list.

All the P5R trailer confirmed was it's coming to a Playstation system (not even a specific system). Switch exclusive P5R would've been completely unrealistic anyway but Switch and a Playstation system is far from deconfirmed.

Nintendo likes to be in control of 3rd party announcements so I wouldn't expect a Switch reveal outside a Direct.

@Knuckles-Fajita clapclap Have fun on those games! =w=b I myself am finishing Dust: An Elysian Tail myself (after finishing Crosscode two days ago).

Next I guess gonna play Starlink / TWEWY while waiting for Tales of Vesperia to arrive.

@Tsurii I bought Mega Man 11 twice on Switch...but that was due to Capcom Europe basically not existing and I needed that amiibo.

But yeah, they haven't announced any platforms...despite using a PS logo. Come on. XD

Honestly Nintendo wanting to announce third party stuff on their own terms is probably hurting them more than it helps.

@Tsurii Sony spend all the online monies on advertising rights. They slap a PS logo on Fifa adverts (even though it's a multiplat) in the hopes that folk associate the game with their console. So the logo doesn't mean exclusivity at the moment, until it is officially announced.

LOL

The fanboy problem on PushSquare is pretty bad. A bunch of them are essentially gloating about the lack of a Switch announcement for Persona 5 in the comments under the article about P5R.

@Ralizah I mean, that's the inevitable thing that was going to happen.

Nintendo fans got so hyped up on what was very little evidence, and the end result is either you get the game, or give the rabid incessant squeeling pigs of fanboyism some more ammo they are all too willing to chew through.

Though that would happen no matter what: It just determines which side fires.

Man, you guys are giving me little reason to ever go on PS. I thought the NL comments section was bad enough, but still, damn.

@Ralizah Well, I can somewhat agree with that, one user named playstation1995 is a extreme PlayStation fanboy and he always ends his sentences with word up son, claiming that Sony is the greatest company ever and I think he said that Sony does even better than Nintendo.

While I am a Sony and Nintendo fan, I would never stoop to the extreme Nintendo and Sony fanboys who bash each other and claiming their system is better than the other.