Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH As much as I would jump on Halo 1-3 and Reach on Switch, I consider that as likely as Sega making a new console. Master Chief is basically the face of Xbox, I can't imagine MS letting him on any other console. It took them years and years to release PC ports!

I get the feeling Banjo will be a shadow drop today, the usual weekly spirit board or tourney event hasn't been announced yet and it's usually announced at 2am UK time on Wednesdays. So maybe Smash has like 5-8 minutes presence in the Direct rather than 2 for fighter 4.

Just as long as it isn't E3 2018 again, I'll be fine with it.

@Heavyarms55 @HobbitGamer I feel like people wouldn't be interested in playing a more bare bones version of a game when they have the updated version in hand. Especially with the 2 button system. I'd personally love it though.

You know how we got the Lego Hatty Potter games ported on the switch? Does anyone else want any of the other lego games besides me?

I really hope we hear about some stuff from Monolith.

And a N64 mini would make my month.

@J-Plap
"Does anyone else want any of the other lego games besides me?"

I have played LEGO CITY Undercover Wii U & Switch version. 😀

@J-Plap LEGO Jurassic World's getting ported, released this month. No need for the Star Wars games to be ported (except maybe The Clone Wars) with that new one coming sometime next year. I would assume they might port the Batman games, but that wouldn't be for at least another year. I have a feeling - or at least hope - we might be getting a new original game. Whether that's another truly original game like City Undercover was, or just messing around with a new IP.

Indiana Jones is too far irrelevant for a port, and Pirates of the Caribbean would do better with a new game. At a stretch I could see a port for some of the Marvel games as well, but again - a new game would probably be made instead.

Seems MetaCritic has taken action and purged all the 0's for Astral Chain and Fire Emblem...

After the purge the score jumped up within 3 points of the official score. Which just goes to show, despite all the 10s for everything, statistically speaking the user reviews do actually tend to fall within a margin of error of the actual review in many cases.

@Snaplocket
As much as I'm accused of perpetual optimism I'm surprised to get a reply for the one semi-pessimistic post I've made in recent memory

especially when it was meant as a light-hearted jest

@JaxonH kinda off topic but Celeste is the best 2d platformer in my humble opinion.

Ok monolithsoft, give me ports of xenoblade 1 and chronicles please (even though the latter would be a CHORE without the gamepad ).

No desire for a port of the Xenosaga trilogy? I'd prefer that over Xenoblade 1 considering I have it on 3DS. Xenoblade X though? A Switch port would be appreciated.

Better yet, imagine if Square Enix sold the Xenogears rights to Takahashi.

Xenogears remake, anyone?

I want to hear about the fantasy game they are/were making :'))) it has been years since we last heard about it, right?

Anything Xeno would be amazing, I missed out on all the old games due to not having a PlayStation, but I'd love to play gears or the saga games. XCX would be appreciated as well, while XC1 isn't really needed right now.

Edit: Oh wow, I forgot about the new IP. So we know the following now:
1. Their Kyoto office is assisting with a Zelda game, given they helped with BotW we can reasonably assume they're working on BotW2.
2. One of the other offices is/was working on the new IP Medievel Action game as of 2017.
3. Another office is working on a 'third option' game.
4. A fourth office is working on the next Xenoblade game
5. A fifth office was just recently opened.

If we don't see something from Monolith Soft today, I'll be very surprised. They likely have 4 unannounced titles in the works now, that's a lot.

I'm trying not to hype myself for the Direct because (a) it leads to trouble and (b) I've spent way too much this summer on DS, Wii and Switch games, with many Switch games still on the 'To get' list, to justifiably begin to think of future releases, and yet... it's just unnatural not to hype for a Direct, so with that in mind I'll take a GTA Trilogy Remaster, GTA5, and Halo MCC thanks muchly.

Hype levels continue to rise with each passing hour, it's excruciating. As a fan of Switch ports of older games, the well that publishers could draw from is deep. Some folks complain about older games being brought back. Not me. I would be more excited for announcements of Radiant Silvergun or the 8-bit Adventure Anthology over the Luigi's Mansion 3 and Pokemon S/S info we're about to be spoon fed.

As for NSO, given the impending anniversary, and the recent end to Splatoon 2 updates, I couldn't help myself from wondering whether Nintendo were considering something cheeky like releasing a free-to-play Splatoon game exclusive to NSO.

My heart will stop beating if i saw The Sims 4 logo from Nintendo Direct.
I will died two times if Dance Dance Revolution also announced for Nintendo Switch.

Looks like a remaster of Puzzle Quest is on the horizon, which is fantastic.

screams incoherently