Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

That's a pretty hefty free update. The Zelda thing is surprisingly deep. I thought it was gonna be just a cosmetic difference.

Very fair point. I definitely forgot about The Last Guardian, Ratchet and Clank, and Knack and I have never heard of Everybody's Golf, Concrete Genie, and MediEvil. I wasn't really considering Vita remakes, mainly because the main gripe I'm expressing is Sony's unwillingness to utilize the PS4's power to create interesting and appealing art styles. Also, though I'm pretty sure that it was implied by my original post, I'm talking about Sony published exclusives, so games like Ni No Kuni II doesn't count.

I think the reason a lot of people think that Sony is only putting out hyperrealistic games is because that's pretty much all they are heavily publicizing. It's pretty much everything they talk about at E3, and the fact that I had never heard of three of the games you mentioned is indicative of how little Sony stresses them.

Even during launch, Sony's first big titles were Infamous: Second Son and The Order: 1886. Microsoft's first big titles were Killer Instinct and Sunset Overdrive. The perception wasn't helped out by the fact that Sony pretty much gave Japanese developers the cold shoulder this gen (Where stylized visuals tend to be more common)

Man, I just had to go back to watch the Ratchet & Clank trailer. Still, haven't gotten to play that game (well the remake anyways), but my gosh is it gorgeous looking.

@iKhan They definitely did advertise Knack too during launch... then it became a meme and Sony started avoiding advertising cartoony games. Not sure if that was cause and effect or just Sony being Sony though.

I might start playing SMM2 again once that Master Sword drops. It seems like a VERY different sort of character. Although I do hope we get some Zelda-themed enemies and items to go with it at some point.

Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 is coming to Switch in Spring 2020. It will be published (and presumably ported by) Nis America.
https://nintendoeverything.com/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of...

Wow, that's awesome, @Toy_Link .... Might be a good idea for them to port 1&2 before that, though?

@BruceCM The trouble is that 1 & 2 are published by a different company in the West. NIS ports everything to Switch, but Marvelous USA (AKA XSEED) generally doesn't port to new platforms.

This will have a Persona 5 S problem, because these games are highly interconnected story-wise.

It would've been very foolish for Falcom not to support a successful platform like the Switch. Happy, they changed their minds.

I just bought Trails of Cold Steel 3 too, thinking it would never come to Switch.

Youd think I'd have learned my lesson- I dont buy games on other system specifically because they almost always come to Switch, but made an exception for this one. Will be listing on eBay tonight. Least it's new and value hasn't dropped yet.

And Switch is getting a collector edition with steelbook and all kinds of goodies.

Ah, well, I played 1 & 2 on Vita, @Ralizah .... So, I'll happily get 3 on Switch but it'd really make sense to have them all there
Maybe some sort of deal can be arranged with NISA porting those 2, at least? Otherwise, anyone who hasn't played them is not going to be able to fully enjoy 3 &, presumably, 4

Can't remember if I bought this one already ( I really can't wait till I move so i can finish taking inventory.) but I have the first two and I don't remember what happened...(granted this is only the recent trilogy in a series of eight games) so I'll be fine going into the 3rd one blind i think.

I do find it funny that Falcom is going from saying they don't know how to code for switch to noticing the sales figures in the west (but not noticing them in Japan? seriously?!) for switch consoles. Switch is Jrpg and VN wonderland, so this should have not been something that they are just now paying attention to.

Nothing has really changed, to be fair. Falcom has said before that they're open to other companies porting their games to different platforms. If the strong western Ys VIII sales didn't sway their development priorities, though, I doubt anything will. Trails 3 likely won't sell nearly as well as that Ys VIII port in the West, either.

They don't know how to code for Switch, a platform that almost everyone has said is easy to work with, but they're already talking about putting games on PS5, a system they have literally no experience with. lol

If you want to do something, you'll find a way, and if you don't want to do something, you'll find excuses.

@BruceCM
There's a story summary section in Trails of Cold Steel III.

It thoroughly explains all the backstory and notable events prior.

Hear hear. Can someone put that one a bumper sticker? I'll be quoting tidbits like this from the Wise Words of Ralizah compendium for years to come

I'd put it on a sticker, but I haven't figured out how to use this new sticker printer.

I'm sure, @JaxonH ... I'm lucky enough to have played 1&2, so it's not a problem for me
I do think it'd make sense to have them all on Switch as people certainly might want to play them all there It seems quite likely something will be arranged for that but we'll have to wait & see

@BruceCM
Think XSEED has publishing rights for the first two, so I'm not sure NIS will be able to work their magic for those.

YS IX on the other hand...

edit
Overwatch cartridge version released in Japan today. Did some research, and English is listed as included (at the very least, as DLC which can be downloaded from the JP eShop).

King of Cards only 1 week away folks!!

Just completed Eagle's Tower in Link's Awakening, so am nearing the end.

Even though I've played the original (though have no specific nostalgia for it, playing it years after it's release), this has really taken me by suprise to become one of my favorite games I've played this year. It's just one of those experiences that really reminds me of why I fell in love with games.

Yeah, I gather that might be a problem, @JaxonH .... But maybe they can work something out There's probably quite a few people who'd get 1&2 again on Switch, as well as those who haven't played them yet