Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Don’t know what Nintendo has planned beyond March, nor do I care.

Because once I get Monster Hunter Rise in my hands, I won’t be playing anything else anyways for a good, long while. And of course, Pikmin 3 and Hyrule Warriors will hold it down for December and January, Bravely Default 2 and Mario 3D World will hold it down for February and March, and then it’s hunting season.

Knowing Shin Megami Tensei V and Monster Hunter Stories 2 is also coming sometime after MH Rise is enough for me. Along with YS IX and Trails of Cold Steel IV. I could probably last through 2021 on those games alone. Of course, there will be plenty others.

Honestly same. Right now my priorities are both with uni work and getting a PS5, so I really haven't been using my Switch that often

I literally only care about SMTIII HD and SMTV right now in regards to Switch. I probably won't be picking up Hyrule Warriors until after I get my PS5 and finish both Spider-Man Miles Morales and Demon's Souls

Given Age of Calamity appears to be on the shorter side and no DLC, I'd guess I'll need to delve back into my backlog in December/January.

• Up to Age of Calamity = Pikmin 3 and Gears Tactics
• Age of Calamity to Shadow Dragon = Age of Calamity, Galaxy and Gears Tactics (From progress so far I'd guess I'll finish Pikmin 3 before Age of Calamity launches)
• Shadow Dragon to 3D World = Shadow Dragon but don't know what else outside of finishing DQXIS and Ori (I'd guess I'd finish Age of Calamity and Gears Tactics before Shadow Dragon launches)

Could do with either a general Direct in November revealing something for January or a decent Game Awards showing.

Well this is a bold prediction considering the previous game.

It's funny because you could say this about most of Grumble's posts.

Hah. Not trying to be snarky or anything, I just happen to see them trying to predict the future most of the time.

@kkslider5552000 Everything is tied into the map so at best there'll be some stuff appearing on the map once you've finished the final story mission. What made the first Hyrule Warriors so lengthy was Adventure mode and DLC.

@Grumblevolcano Adventure mode was patched into the first game after launch though, wasn't it? I don't think challenge mode was there at launch either.

@link3710 Adventure mode was available at launch (Adventure map and Rewards map) and the rest came as DLC. Challenge mode was DLC (the 4th DLC pack).

Capcom details the impact the coronovirus have in the development of Monster Hunter Rise and the sales expectation for the game(is gonna sell very poorly on Switch, give it meansly install base and people hatred of Capcom not releasing this game on PS5 e Xbox Series X).

https://gonintendo.com/stories/372611-capcom-details-the-pand...

Agreed. Thankfully there are plenty of other indie and third party games, which Age of Calamity sort of is. As far as Nintendo originals, this is a pretty long drought. Paper Mario and ACNH are the only memorable releases in a year that weren’t ports/remakes.

Take it like you want but a friend works for a company that translate games and there’s an unannounced English localization that people will be happy.

@Giancarlothomaz MH Rise being Switch exclusive won't affect its sales negatively whatsoever lol

World was literally the outlier in regards to modern installments in the series. It was actually better that specific game was multiplatform due to the very social nature of the game itself and how it encouraged online play, for which the Switch's infrastructure is not suited for long term

MH has literally moved sales of consoles like the 3DS all on its own, so a Switch exclusive installment in a similar fashion will be fine without PlayStation, Xbox or PC versions.

I expect Rise to become the best selling entry in the portable series, 5m conservatively. But if Capcom are expecting Rise to sell 20m+ like World did? Whoo boy, are they in for disappointment. World is on five platforms versus Rise being on one platform.

Lets dial back those expectations a tad, Capcom.

Provided Nintendo doesn't overshadow its release, I think MH Rise will sell a bit more than MH4U (around the same as MH4U + the Switch factor which puts it over) but Capcom expecting sales to be around the same as MH World is Square Enix levels of ridiculous expectations (particularly Tomb Raider 2013 comes to mind).

I wish Airu Cat have their games on Nintendo Switch.
There were Airu de Puzzle and Poka Poka Airu Mura DX / G on PSP.

@Magician @Grumblevolcano
They don’t expect it to sell as well as World. That was a mistranslation which Gaijin Hunter promptly pointed out.

They said they expect it to increase sales of previous games in the franchise just as MH World did.

This is further clarified when considering their last statement, which was, “we expect MH Rise to sell over 1 million copies” (referring to Japan, obviously) and they just said preorders are on par with expectations. Clearly, if they were expecting it to sell 15 million pre-orders would not be meeting expectations.

But it’s also important to keep in mind that MH World Iceborne sold 6 million, which is more or less in line with historical trends. And Rise has a shot at 6 million (though it may take a few years for sales to accumulate). So in a sense, MH Rise very well may outsell the last version of MH World that released, and on a single platform instead of 3.

I know I’m preaching to the choir here but anyone who thinks MH Rise is going to do horrible is living in their own, make believe reality.

Ugh down to 100GB. May have to get a second 1TB.

Edit: buying a second 1TB.

@Ryu_Niiyama You have a 1TB card!?

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Yep, bought it last BF. Sadly, it seems to have only bought me a year of space lol! Granted I was at 509GB when I bought it.

Keep in mind I’m only about 60% digital so this is with a hundred and some change physical games. Just bought a case for the ones that aren’t in my travel/playing now case ( 38 games plus the one physically in the Switch).

That also doesn’t count buyer’s remorse purchases that I have deleted.

@Ryu_Niiyama Bruh.... that's immense. Personally I only have one 128GB card, and that's close to getting full after three years... the coronavirus made me buy more digital games but man! That's insane.