Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Crowd funding is a fair way to gauge interest in a Switch port of Wonderful 101. Clearly Nintendo themselves have expressed zero interest in funding the port. So if interest in the kickstarter is strong enough, Platinum will be willing. All that Tencent money is going towards other projects.

It makes sense considering Wonderful 101 only sold roughly 360k worldwide.
http://www.vgchartz.com/db/game.php?id=72209

@Magician That vgchartz number is probably overshooting it too. Probably closer to 200k in reality, if not sub 200k.

The game bombed hard.

Wonderful 101 was... not a fun game, in my opinion. I get the praise for trying something different, blahblahblah. But ultimately, it just wasn't enjoyable for me. It was a long game that dragged, too.

I don't know. It reeks of one of those games that people flock around and force to be a "cult classic" for whatever reason. Niche game on a niche console, so hipsters wanna plant a flag in it and profess its genius lol

I'll be super disappointed if people are spending time/money on bringing the game to Switch. Effort that could've gone to much more deserving games.

I'm more baffled by the fact that Japanese devs still don't know what an Xbox is.

@Octane
Some Japanese people don't like Xbox due to spelling of X or the meaning of X = Cross shape
Cross in Japan means Batsu or Wrong
While Circle means Maru or Right.
On Japanese Kanji letter, there is a letter with X symbol in the middle means Bad Luck.

Also, Microsoft still don't like Japanese style games (Anime style character, JRPG, quirky games, Chibi style, Kawaii games, etc) and Xbox games will NOT selling to Kawaii / Cute games lover.

Aw it's even an x in a little box, am Xbox symbol.

@Eel
And that's why Japanese people don't like that Kanji letter when they saw X symbol in the middle of square symbol. 🤣

@Octane Dualshock 4 has a touchpad and gyro meanwhile Switch has a touch screen (handheld), pointer aiming (docked/tabletop) and gyro (all modes). XB1 and Series X controllers have the exact same functionality as the 360 controllers (it's just a Xbox controller, nothing special) so it could partially be a controller thing.

Even Xbox Elite Series 2 doesn't have gyro.

@Grumblevolcano Xbox not having gyro is weird.

But still, you can play W101 without gyro, no?

@Anti-Matter If Japan doesn't like the X, they would never have released DDR X.

Also the number 4 is unlucky in Japan since it is pronounced similar to death. Didn’t seem to stop Sony.

@NotTelevision That's why we're not getting Pikmin 4.

@Octane LOL

Where do I find my switch friend code

@Ninfan open your Switch profile. The friend code is there where you select your avatar & username.
"Friend Code: SW-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

I just got a revised version of the OG Switch. What is the battery life likeon it compared to the original? Like a game like Bayonetta?

I believe it's like twice the battery life compared to the original model.

@DannyBoi
And the revised version cannot be jailbroken as the previous model, so your machine is safe. 😉

@Eel Any other improvements to it?

How long does it take to download games from eshop