Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah Nintendo literally only ever has a chance of winning something if it's related to Mario, Zelda, Smash or Animal Crossing

I'm honestly surprised Fire Emblem actually walked away with an award last year

Sony has always been the company everyone on that awards show has a bias for, but that's not to say it isn't deserved because frankly I thought it was criminal Yuri Lowenthal didn't get best Male Performance in 2018 for Spider-Man.

My predictions:
GotY - Animal Crossing New Horizons
Best Game Direction - TLoU2
Best Ongoing Game - Destiny 2
Best Narrative - TLoU2
Best Art Direction - Ghost of Tsushima
Best Score/Music - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Audio Design - CoD Black Ops Cold War
Best Performance - Something to do with TLoU2
Games For Impact - Tell Me Why
Best Independent Game - Bugsnax
Best Mobile Game - Genshin Impact
Best VR/AR Game - Half-Life Alyx
Best Action Game - Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Best Action/Adventure Game - Ghost of Tsushima
Best RPG - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Fighting Game - ?
Best Family Game - Animal Crossing New Horizons
Best Strategy Game - Gears Tactics
Best Sports/Racing Game - Dirt 5
Best Multiplayer Game - Super Mario Bros. 35
Fresh Indie Game - Nodding Heads Games for Raji An Ancient Epic
Best Community Support - Destiny 2
Player's Voice - Ori and the Will of the Wisps

@Grumblevolcano There is absolutely no way in hell Animal Crossing will win anything other than Best Family Game. GOTY almost always goes to the big AAA narrative-driven single player stuff like God of War in 2018 and Sekiro last year. If not those, then definitely some big trendy title like Overwatch.

My predictions

GOTY: Either Last of Us Part II or Ghost of Tsushima
Best Action Game: DOOM Eternal
Best RPG: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Family Game: Animal Crossing New Horizons
Best Indie title: Ori & The Will of the Wisps
Best Game Direction: The Last of Us Part II
Best Male Performance: Nadji Jeter for Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Games for Impact: Either Fall Guys or Among Us
Best Action-Adventure: The Last of Us Part II
Best Multiplayer Game: Fall Guys
Best Fighting Game: Either Granblue Fantasy Vs. or UNICLR
Best Score/Soundtrack: Last of Us Part II
Best Narrative: Last of Us Part II
Audio Design: COD Black Ops Cold War
Best VR Game: Half Life Alyx
Best Art Direction: Either Last of Us Part II, Demon's Souls Remake (because next gen bias) or Ori & The Will of the Wisps

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Silent Hill "Project 0" reveal for PS5
Something Switch exclusive
MGS1 Remake
Kojima Productions' next game
New Capcom fighting game
A tease for FFVII-2 (2nd Remake game)
New Xbox Game Studios title for Series X
Final Fantasy XVI teaser with date for the next info dump like VII Remake State of Play trailer
Persona 5 Arena
Bayonetta 3 or BotW 2 re-reveal

It was all the rage during August, then we stopped caring. It's a really good game, but it got boring after I realized that I needed a college degree to win a Fall Guys Game.

Oh boy, Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory launches today in Japan

It's totally just a harmless spinoff game that doesn't have any implications for the next 13 entries I swear

It being on a platform with none of the numbered entries totally means it's non-canon...it's not like the main story campaign takes place directly after KH3's ReMIND DLC....

could Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 don't feature Sheikah tecnology in the game?,and check out severals aspect of Hyrule Warriors:Age of Calamity that could divide the Zelda fanbase(Nintendo where is the tragic and darker ending we expected for this game?)

@TheFrenchiestFry Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 or Bayonetta 3 is almost garanteed to apear at the Game Awards, if both games or one(Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 release next year), what Switch exclusive do you believe is gonna be anounced at TGA?, is a first party Nintendo game or a third party game like Monster Hunter Rise?

did Nintendo just leaked Metroid:Samus Return, remake of Metroid 2:Return of Samus coming to Switch?
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/rumour_has_nintendo...

@Giancarlothomaz

Announcements for TGA?

Its been a couple years since Mario Tennis Aces released.

I think an announcement for Mario Golf from Camelot is beginning to feel overdue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_Software_Planning

@Giancarlothomaz
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@Magician Don't count on it. Mario Golf definitely isn't an announcement that's worthy of The Game Awards. It's not something that's going to actively hype up the people who don't already game on Nintendo systems hardcore. It lacks the oomph that an announcement like Joker joining Smash Bros, Bayonetta 3 or the Hellblade 2 teaser have.

That's more of a thing you'd stick into a Nintendo Direct. Mario Golf just isn't on the level of those other announcements.

@TheFrenchiestFry

I disagree.

A Mario Golf announcement at this year's TGA would be bigger than the Bravely Default II announcement Nintendo fans got during last year's TGA.

I dunno, a Mario Golf announcement amidst the announcements for what's coming on next gen would be pretty disappointing. Right now is when Nintendo needs to pull out some of the big guns.

@Magician Yeah exactly, NINTENDO fans. It still appeals to Square fans regardless, and there are a lot more familiar with Square and that branding than people who strictly only care about Nintendo consoles. Joker worked very much in the same way because while Persona isn't necessarily a game that will resonate with the Nintendo audience for obvious reasons, Persona 5 is a game that has the draw from the mainstream audience to instantly elicit hype when you put Joker in a game as massive as Smash.

The only people Mario Golf would really appeal to, are people who are hardcore Nintendo fans, and The Game Awards doesn't make such announcements that cater to one specific crowd. They're too mainstream for that.

Mario Golf as the big Nintendo TGA reveal would be cripplingly disappointing, lol. That's the sort of thing you pad out the middle of a Nintendo Direct with.

I imagine we'll see more from one of their 'big' exclusives that we haven't heard about in a while, like Bayonetta 3, BotW2, etc. Or maybe something new entirely!

Honestly announcements at the Game Awards that would help Nintendo the most would be something like first look at BotW 2 gameplay, first look at Bayonetta 3 gameplay or debut Metroid Prime 4 trailer (latter has pretty much 0 chance of happening this year) regarding 1st party stuff. On the 3rd party side, stuff like more Monster Hunter Rise info or big multiplatform games coming to Switch.

Thinking about it more, it may make more sense to have a general Direct in November and take a "whatever" approach to the Game Awards.

@Grumblevolcano A big BotW2 infodump would win the night for a lot of people, I reckon. Zelda has a lot of star power. ESPECIALLY after the wild success of BotW reinvigorated the franchise.

I don't expect an info dump. Another teaser would be more likely, but Nintendo would probably share explicit details on their own terms. I can absolutely see Bayonetta 3 though. A teaser that showed brief snippets of gameplay or in engine footage revealing her new design would be more than enough for Nintendo's presence at the event, and would draw in both Switch owners and action game enthusiasts.

I assume Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 are 2022 (or later) games. I wouldn't expect either to show gameplay at TGA this year. BotW 2? Sure, maybe. But would Nintendo want to show alpha footage at TGA, roughly a year before it's expected to arrive in November next year? I'd say SMT V is closer to going gold than BotW 2 is and we probably won't get gameplay footage of that either.