Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@DarthNocturnal nice profile pic. Also, the switch is very successful for Nintendo, so they should make a port

@Grumblevolcano
Perhaps, but Pokemon is a bit of an exception I'd say (and even then it sold far less than Sun Moon). I'm talking about WarioWare Gold, Luigi's Mansion, Mario & Luigi, Metroid Samus Returns, Persona Q2, etc.

Contextually speaking, Metroid Samus Returns seems to have, at the very least, outperformed its contemporaries.

@JaxonH do you think we will get a gen 8 pokemon inn smash ultimate?

@JaxonH "third versions" (i.e. Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Ultra Sun/Moon) always sell far less than their respective original (i.e. Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire, Diamond/Pearl, Sun/Moon), honestly it'll be interesting to see whether Sword/Shield expansion pass does well enough for Game Freak to do DLC for more Pokemon games.

@Grumblevolcano I agree

@Marbio_King_YT
No idea. My guess would be no, though.

@JaxonH how come? Pokemon is 2nd to super mario for nintendo

It's really sad how many great 3DS games probably sold terribly in those last few years of the system's life.

I understand why Nintendo didn't go all in on Switch at first, but, in retrospect, it probably would have been better for everyone involved if they had.

@Ralizah I don't understand. Could you explain it to me pls?

@DarthNocturnal sadly the game sold very poorly even by the franchise standard.

@Marbio_King_YT he/she is pointing up the fact that many 3DS games sold very poorly because, this games was released on 2017, the year Switch was released and because of that this 3DS games sufferd very heavily because of that, since everyone was focusing to buy a Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild or a Super Mario Odyssey istead of buying Metroid Samus Return and others games for they 3DS.

@Giancarlothomaz oh ok thanks. Although i was asking @Ralizah.

@Marbio_King_YT
I dont think they're picking characters based on how big they are as Nintendo characters. We havent seen Mario characters added. Instead weve seen more niche characters or 3rd party.

And I think that pattern is what they'll continue to follow. Asking me what I want to happen and asking me what I think they'll actually do are two different things. I don't think they're going to add Pokemon.

But hey, I could be wrong.

@jump imcopetent because when Nintendo anounced Metroid Prime 4 back in the E3 2017, they should have choose Retro Studios first to develop the game, istead of giving it development to a unknow developer, forcing them to reboot the development of the game now in the hands of Retro Studios, i saw on VGC that all the peoples that worked on the development of Metroid Prime 3 is still working on Retro Studios, imcopetence yes for not choosing Retro Studios first to develop the game, if Nintendo have done this we could have playing Metroid Prime 4 since fall/Holiday 2019.

Metroid Prime 4 need to be a masterpice like Super Mario Odyssey/Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and the original Metroid Prime, or all the hiring of professional of the higest calibre seen to indicate would be in vain and the franchise would be in severe danger of not having no more games released like F-Zero.

@Giancarlothomaz
I seriously doubt we'd have been playing Metroid in 2019. Theres no possible way theyd have that game done in 2 years.

And you don't know what was going on behind the scenes. They cant just "choose Retro" if Retro is working on something else at the time. Developers arent just twiddling their thumbs waiting for Nintendo to ask them to make Metroid. They're working on other games.

For all we know, Retro was busy so they hired someone else, got concerned about quality, then offered to Retro AFTER Retro was available and pitched them to make the game.

That's not incompetence. That's business. And with all the rumored issues Retro is having with their cancelled game, maybe they didn't trust Retro either. Incompetence would be handing over one of the most beloved titles to a studio they dont believe can deliver.

@Giancarlothomaz Nope, the key people that worked on Metroid Prime 1-3 left Retro and formed Armature Studio. Their work since forming the company has either been ports or meh like ReCore and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. Sure there are some people who were at Retro that are still there but not Prime 1-3 Director and few other key positions.

Its not a coincidence they have gone on a hiring spree since they were tasked to do Prime 4 as they aren't a big studio.

@Marbio_King_YT Basically what the other person said. When Switch released, Nintendo gamers dropped previous platforms HARD. So games like Samus Returns, Ever Oasis, etc. that would have sold respectably well on Switch sold poorly on Nintendo's previous handheld. Meanwhile, early adopters like NIS who had games ready to go early in the system's life enjoyed pretty strong support (Disgaea 5 Complete was practically a launch title and moved a TON of units on Switch as a result).

Pretty bummed to hear about the Level 5 situation. Was never a Professor Layton guy but I love Ni No Kuni and really liked Ni No Kuni II. Wonder if this has to do with financial difficulties in regards to Western sales since Yo-Kai Watch isn't NEARLY as big in North America as it was in the early 2010s and its popularity has been waning HARD in Japan too

Level-5 abandoning western releases for their games closes the door on my hopes for a Fantasy Life sequel on Switch.