Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I was hoping with all the EA releases for the switch... Haven’t bought an EA game since the Wii..... I’m saving myself... Looks like its going to be a long wait.

The original Shantae is coming to Switch in September!!! Risky's Revenge Directors Cut is also coming this fall!

That's cool, this will make me finally jump into the Shantae series.

@IceClimbers I'm curious if it's emulated or a port. I assume the former but in this case I'm not quite certain.

@IceClimbers So that means the entire franchise will be on Switch, right?

WOAH

That's awesome. Apparently Shantae is also coming to GBC.

I've... got to own it on the original console.

OMG

Gosh dang, so many physical releases coming.

Shantae, Shantae Risky’s Revenge, Return of the Obra Dinn, Katana Zero, Grandia HD Collection, Bug Fables, Mummy Demastered, Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, Bloostained Curse of the Moon 2, Towerfall, Super Meatboy Forever, Megadimension Neptunia VII, and others. But those are the highlights.

Megadimension Neptunia VII is the pot of gold we’ve been waiting for from Idea Factory. At first they brought that terrible, terrible Neptunia RPG (no offense if anyone likes that game, and I hear some do, But for me it just wasn’t it) and mostly C-tier stuff. THIS is the game I wanted. I remember when it released on the PS4 as an exclusive and I bought it day one. Still have my copy in fact (it’s in the bundle of games to sell but I still haven’t mustered up the will power to make 100+ individual listings on eBay, that’s gonna take a full day’s work if not more). This is their big release. The good stuff.

They did bring Fairy Fencer F but it had horrible frame rate issues. From what I’ve seen of this game though it looks like a much higher quality port, it actually looks above average for the system as well. I’ll definitely be grabbing both physically and digitally.

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Suppose I should also mention they made Mary Skelter 2 for Switch as an exclusive in the west (and the only uncensored version in Japan). And soon Mary Skelter Finale. And Mary Skelter 2 included the first game as a bonus you could unlock (they tweeted the code to unlock right away without beating the game first). That deserves recognition. The first was a fairly popular release on Vita (for its niche, anyways).

@JaxonH Waitaminute, when was a physical Switch release for Return of the Obra Dinn announced?! And please tell me it isn't through LRG.

@Tyranexx

A few hours ago. And yes, through LRG.

I love LRG. It’s thanks to them countless digital titles get a physical release at all.

I’ve got so many preorders in right now, Streets of Rage 4, Panzer Dragoon, Star Wars Jedi Knight, Star Wars Jedi Academy, Brigandine, Shantae Seven Sirens, Blaster Master, Blaster Master 2, Samurai Showdown Collection CE with NeoGeo case (to match my Samurai Showdown reboot CE imported from EU that has a NeoGeo case), YS Origin CE, and a lot more preorders on the way as soon as they go live.

@NEStalgia I agree with you. SMT V was announced 3 years ago and as far as I know we haven't heard a word about it since. Atlus hasn't ported over any older titles really either. And I don't, for a moment, believe they are not aware of the demand for their games on Switch.

Yes, it's true what others have said - how Atlus supported the 3DS with several games but that was even longer ago.

I wouldn't be surprised about some kind of disagreement behind the scenes or pressure from Sony - but without any evidence I don't want to just assume that's the case. Based on what I have seen and read - it just seems to me that Atlus really isn't interested in releasing much on the Switch. And until we get more info on SMT V - as far as I'm concerned, it's vaporware.

Bayonetta 3 is the game I have most confidence in actually happening out of Bayonetta 3, SMTV and Metroid Prime 4.

@Grumblevolcano I mean, Bayo 3 I have no doubt is incredibly deep in development. It was announced just as development was beginning, but I don't see any reason to doubt it will show up, and relatively soon.

MP4, I suspect will certainly come out, but late 2021/2022ish. Nintendo is definitely committed to doing it at this point, I don't think it'll get cancelled. In fact, while it'll come out later, I think it's more likely than Bayo 3.

SMTV? Yeah, that's a real who knows. We still don't even know if it's in development at all.

I cannot wait for Pretty Princess Party English version get released in very near time and really hope that game will arrive in my country Indonesia so i can buy it with cheaper price. 😀

SMTV isn’t vaporware. We know exactly what’s going on with the game, it was announced too early and it’s not going to be ready for several more years. They gave us an update just last year telling us they started development in earnest in 2018. So there you have it. If it’s pushing for a bigger budget game like Persona 5 was as a breakout for the series, then we’re looking at 2022 to 2023, so it’s no surprise we aren’t seeing any trailers for it yet. We likely won’t see anything for it next year or even the year after that. I’ll release in the tail end of the Switch lifespan.

But they are not going to cancel a huge game in a long running series for one of the most popular systems out there. This isn’t the Wii U. It may not come when you want it to but it’s definitely coming. Of that you can be certain.

Oof. I don't dislike LRG, and I get why some of these physical releases are...limited, to an extent. I just wish the times that their preorders go up weren't at various points in my work day. I do 8-5 and sometimes get to work early or leave late.

@Magician Surprised the staff here didn't pick up on that yet, unless it was swallowed up deep into the NL news feed when I checked earlier. Thanks.

@Heavyarms55 I wonder if SMT#FE soured the relationship. Sales were dismal, yes, but it also got lost in development hell, changed genres, Nintendo may have made life annoying. And we all know the censorship debacle... And that treehouse pushed those edits into Atlus. I can imagine that maybe soured things. But otoh that was before the smtv presentation. Maybe they just got so hooked on the goldmine that is persona they didn't want to slow it at all. I mean, it IS Sega after all. And all that 3ds work was before they went bankrupt and we're bought by Sega.

@NEStalgia I suppose that's plausible. Sounds petty to me. While I don't agree with the censorship issue, I also don't think it was nearly as big of a deal as some people made it out to be. (Not looking for that debate to happen again, for the millionth time)

That kind of reasoning just doesn't make rational sense to me. There's money to be made from relatively less work (I don't care how you slice it, porting games is not the same amount of work as making them from the ground up) and that they would choose to not make that money because of a disagreement over a handful of censorship issues... Obviously people cared more about it than I do.

@Tyranexx
Their releases typically aren’t limited anymore, though. Once they go up, they’re live for like 2-4 weeks and they take as many preorders as they get, then lock in the orders afterward. So as long as you remember to visit within a few weeks of it going live you’re guaranteed to get a copy. They also advertise “Last Chance” for the final few days.

They may still offer the oddball limited limited release here and there but, I can’t recall any off the top of my head,

I don't think SMT V is out of the ordinary regarding Atlus..Persona 5 was announced in 2013, didn't release till 2017. And yeah, TMS had a long development too. Like Square Enix, Atlus definitely likes to announce their big guns way too early. Also seems like they struggle with HD development. So yeah, I wouldn't worry about SMT V in the slightest. At least when we finally do get it, it'll be worth it. The SMT games on 3DS are some of the best RPGs you can play, imo. Even the strategy spinoffs.