Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Given how silent Nintendo is about Mario Maker 2, they may pull a 2015 regarding Treehouse where Mario Maker 2 takes the role of Mario Maker. I expected there to have been a Mario Maker 2 Direct or general Direct by now which puts that game in the spotlight.

@WebHead
Problem is if you don't play online or have a stable connection to warrant it then your subscription is cut short. I paid for one month just to play the nes games. The first week was all good and then Saturday came around and I played over at a friends with a great connection so I browsed the eshop and played some nes games with them. I got home and around 9 o'clock at night I went to play them and it wanted to check if the software could be played and since I don't have a connection at home I couldn't play them until next Saturday rolled around I could check in! Another week the same thing happened! I paid for a month and only got a half month of use! I could've thrown them a few dollars for the games I wanted and should just redownload games I already purchased on vc! Sony and Microsoft offer cloud saves but they also have no qualms if you want to back up your saves yourself. So NSO should just be for online play only and everything else should just be free perks to subbers and paid services to everyone else!

@Grumblevolcano yeah seems like they are more or less just gonna let the game speak for itself.

@JaxonH you just summarized exactly why I don't get the appeal of games like this

First footage of Sonic Team Racing running on Switch in portable mode.

Mario Maker 2 Direct is tomorrow!

I’ll stick with transformed on the wiiu.

Edit: cool about the direct!

Wow, a bit surprising but I'm excited to see more. Have had it preordered since it was announced,y kids are going to love this game in sure!!

Lookin' good, as Vector would say. I'm confident in getting TSR for the Switch.

Mario Maker direct 2 Morrow

Yes

I'm hyped! Which makes no sense because I didn't even really touch Mario Maker 1 on the Wii U since I'm garbage at level design. I love the game more as a concept, I guess, and I can't wait to see more

Sonic Team Racing looks incredible, as expected.

Time to get hyped for Mario Maker 2!

After the Mario Maker 2 Direct is going to be either a massive rant about NSO or people happy about Mario Maker 2.

@Grumblevolcano I think you'll be getting a mixed bag like every thing else lol.

Meh, the SMM2 Direct is a waste of time, I'm already sold on the game.

It's a good bit of advertising, to make non-gamers more aware of its release next month, nothing else.

@Link-Hero Nintendo are releasing this game as a bundle with NSO, so expect it to require the subscription to do anything regarding uploading or downloading. Nintendo are going to go all out whenever possible to get people to subscribe and this is the perfect kind of game to get people to do so.

I mean, this'll hopefully keep them from spending too much time on it in the E3 Direct. When they spend time on it in a separate Direct, it doesn't take anything away and we don't even have to watch it. lol

@FragRed Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing and Pokemon Sword/Shield will probably be the NSO trio. Mario Maker 2 basically functioning like Smash Ultimate's Stage Builder in terms of NSO, Animal Crossing having more online involvement than previous AC games and Pokemon Sword/Shield will probably have Bank locked behind NSO.

To play devil’s advocate, why would they pump up NSO if they don’t see more subscriptions? It’d be a horrible Catch 22 defense. My guess is they’re bundling this because they want more active subscribers, to show a higher use of NSO, to ‘justify’ whatever it is that’s ‘preventing’ them from pumping up the service.
But, purely devil’s advocate.

I think you're just gonna have to miss out, then. I dont mean that in a snooty way, but as truth of the matter. You're just not gonna get to enjoy the game.

NSO for $20 sucks, but it also sucks paying $60 for PS+ just because I want to play Monster Hunter for a spell. It is what it is. I dont like it, but I like my MH and I pay up. I dont like NSO, but I like my cloud saves and my Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate online and my Diablo 3 online, and will love my Mario Maker 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 online, so I pay up.

Life's too short to stand on a $20/yr principle