Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Therad "Have you played Super Maria Odyssey yet?"

I'm fairly certain that's a Japan-only release......

@NEStalgia

It stars famous Maria’s through the ages. Callas, Sharapova, Kanellis, Bello, McKee. Mariah Carey is the next DLC.

@bluemage1989 Well, the easiest, most obvious candidate for something coming from an improved relationship between Microsoft and Nintendo would be them being able to use classic Rare games again, for Nintendo Online and what not, so here's hoping that's in the cards. Would be good for the game catalog on a potential N64 Mini as well...

@Knuckles-Fajita Yeah... Nuff said. Still up to their shenanigans, I guess. Nice deflection though, Sony, finally giving in on games that should have already had cross-play ages ago...

@Therad Yes, I actually have. It was the second game I bought for my Switch.

Rare Replay Nintendo edition which has the base games and adds in the Rare DK games (including Diddy Kong Racing) and Star Fox Adventures would be cool. Maybe if you're really lucky, Rare Replay Nintendo edition and Rare Replay XB1 gets an update to add in Goldeneye.

If Marvel: Ultimate Alliance can somehow get revived after that IP has been in flux, MAYBE we can see that 60fps remake of GoldenEye 007. I hope at least.

@Therad I was very tired and ill this morning leave me alone

@Grumblevolcano I'm afraid that even in the most positive of scenarios, GoldenEye would still be stuck in copyrights limbo, so that would definitely still remain a very hard maybe...

@Ralizah Clay Kirby, what else do you want? I kinda liked it because it was different. I've played so many of the same old platformers, so I found the GamePad element a interesting twist on the Kirby games. And yes, I realise there was a game like that on the DS, but I never got around to play that one.

@Knuckles-Fajita Well, the Dreams beta is a train wreck on its own. I could go on about it for days, but in the end it's all due to terrible communication, or rather, no communication at all. I've been following the game for the past four years or so, and they've been talking about a public beta since 2015. I didn't get in. If I knew it was going to be extremely limited, I wouldn't have looked forward to it. Just terrible communication from MediaMolecule and Sony.

@gcunit
I'd say those results are not very typical for the UK. Kind of like finding the most extreme outlier, then touting it as evidence.

Typically, even the biggest Switch releases in other regions struggle to even hit top 5 in the UK. The only reason NSMBU is #1 is because nothing released on other consoles.

That's not to say Nintendo has no presence in the UK. They do account for a portion of the charts, for sure. And Switch has seen a drastic turnaround from generations past. This is the best they've done in the region... possibly ever.

But I'd still very much say UK is not a Nintendo region. In fact it's their worst region. And even mediocre games on PS4 have been seen outselling major Switch titles as a result.

It is getting better though. Slowly. Perhaps over the next 2 generations Nintendo can budge themselves into the market a little deeper

I do find it very funny that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is outselling Battlefield V. It shows more of how EA royally destroyed that game's chance of success due to their bad PR and marketing.

Videolan president is thinking of bringing VLC Media to Nintendo Switch
https://nintendoeverything.com/videolan-president-thinking-ab...
VLC Media can play Music and Videos (MP3, MP4 ect.) for anyone who didnt know.

@DarthNocturnal Well, the movie company does. And someone's out there, who specifically owns and licenses it to them/with them, to other parties, so even though it was a Rare title, they aren't in any position to make a reboot or a new game in the series, and as such, chances of it coming to Nintendo, even if Microsoft would want to, are practically zero...

Regarding Nintendo's presence in the UK, our sole high street dedicated Game store, GAME, has very little in Switch stock. Many games have been out of stock for ages, even notable releases, and many are simply...never stocked at all.

It's remarkably hard to get access to physical Switch games. It's by no means impossible, but you have to shop around a LOT more than you think.

@Knuckles-Fajita My Game has Nintendo games at the front of the store. As you walk in! LIke, that is amazing! Usually, they are tucked at the back of the store, book-shelved on 1 or 2 shelves. So it must be driving sales.

@DarthNocturnal Ah, okay. Misread you there, my bad.

@GrailUK I go on their website and they are missing notable releases. Heck at launch I cant find listings for some things.

Then I try Argos and that is even MORE laughable, as they have so few listings and NO stock at all.

Honestly no wonder the sales charts will be showing digital soon, of course thats if Nintendo shares that info (They wont obviously). So Nintendo games on the charts will be a thing of the past.

@Knuckles-Fajita Well, there's always Amazon UK...
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Or the official Nintendo UK Web Shop. (also for physical releases):
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/games/nintendo-switch/view-all.list

Switch visibility seems good in GAME though I wonder how things will change when the PS3, 360 and Wii/Wii U sections are gone.

@Grumblevolcano Probably not much, since all GameStop did after dropping last gen consoles and their games was have more space available for Switch, XO, and PS4 stuff.

I lived in the south of England between 2005 and 2008 and in that time the likes of GameStation/EB/Game amongst others were still going strong within the UK. It makes me kind of sad to see a lot of these high street retailers are slowly disappearing. In those days the GameCube/GBA/DS still managed to maintain a good presence in all the stores i visited despite the GameCube having been on life support for a long time by that point. I always prefer buying from a store myself and would be sad to see the specialist gaming stores die out in favour of the Tescos and Currys.

Two things i can say about Nintendo in the UK though. Firstly, the UK fanbase is one of the best you will ever meet. It is smaller than most and it is harder nowadays to find products in the UK but they make up for it with a real love for Nintendo despite the difficulties. I would love to see Nintendo work with UK developers again like they had in the past and tap into there unique creative abilities. Secondly, seriously has anyone ever met a Brit who DOESN'T love Mario Kart?? i mean seriously out of every Brit i have met who i have spoken with about gaming in general always loves Mario Kart. It always comes back to the same issue though. I love Mario Kart but i wont buy a 3DS/Wii/WiiU/Switch just to play it ill wait until i am at a friends house and play multiplayer there. Maybe things are changing now with the great Switch sales in the UK but until fairly recently its seemed Nintendo have struggled to encourage people who like that one particular game into looking further in to the library and realising that Nintendo could be the company for them.