Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah Given even games like Wonderful 101 and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE were given a second life after Wii U, if Fatal Frame truly isn't on hiatus I could see Koei Tecmo giving Maiden of Black Water a second chance.

@damien33ad Immortals' price is dropping quicker than normal, but this "juice the day one buyers and then rapidly crater the price in successive sales" strategy is pretty normal in the industry.

Nintendo is a massive exception to this rule, and it's why I generally don't mind buying their games day one. Most Nintendo games retain the majority of their value for years after release, so there's no incentive to wait before buying them.

@JaxonH man I wonder if I had any part in that Amazon price drop. I'm only half kidding. On Christmas GS had immortals for $29.99 and I already had it ordered thru Amazon for $39.99 so I tried canceling and ordered it on GS. Amazon wouldn't let me cancel so I asked if they could price match which they declined. They asked for the link to the sale of GS and I sent it over. They prob had intentions of selling it at $29.99 bur either way, ill take credit lol.

Oh and eventually I was able to stop Amazon shipment. So I got the game at GS for $29.99.

@damien33ad It makes sense as the game, while smaller in scope at first glance is a typical ubisoft open world game and it is currently competing with two other major ubisoft open world games (new watch dogs and assassin’s creed) plus cyberpunk. ( and technically zelda for new Switch owners)

It just doesn’t feel that way on Switch since Immortals is all we got. Granted, that should be good for Switch sales but not so much everywhere else.

Does anyone else ever use the Switch controllers here with PC? I had no difficulty connecting mine wirelessly the first time. But I can't get it to reconnect. It seems like I have to go through the whole Bluetooth connection process every time. But that can't be right, can it?

@Heavyarms55
So, ya, I had that whole riggamarole happen to me the first time. I'd given up using my Switch Pro on PC. Exact same thing happened.

It took a lot of fiddling to get to work, but once it did, its worked ever since. I believe you need to

1 unpair from PC. (I think it detects incorrectly)
2 pair with a Nintendo Switch
3 update if possible while paired on Switch
4 delete pairing on Switch afterwards (this is important)
5 re-pair on PC

The first time I followed these steps it still didnt work (these were steps posted on forums from others with same issue). Tried several times and then kept pairing and unpairing on PC. But eventually I got it. And its paired properly ever since.

Good luck.

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Here's another solution from someone on reddit to try:

It finally worked. The problem definitely comes from not disconnecting the controllers properly. Had the two joy-cons connected, activated airplane mode for a moment, and once the bluetooth was back on, the Right started having the problem.

Fixed it by manually checking for Windows Update and restarting the PC. Connected and disconnected (carefully by removing device from bluetooth settings) the ProController a few times and it is working properly.

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FYI, I quit using any controller over Bluetooth on PC due to its higher latency and having to deal with pairing issues. Even PS4 controller gave me issues initially. I bought the [now discontinued but still available on eBay] official wireless dongle for the DualShock 4, and oh my gosh, best money ever spent. Low latency, connects every time, doesn’t depend on Bluetooth... it was the perfect solution. Highly recommend if you have a DS4 (which is the controller I recommend on PC anyways since the gyro is higher quality imo. It’s too early to make the jump to Dualsense- too many bugs and issues even with official Steam Support, and it has to use Bluetooth since there is no dongle as of yet. Once a dongle releases I’ll likely make the switch.

trying to predict how Nintendo can be in 2021.

Ha! Trying to predict Nintendo is a fool’s errand. We should all know that much by now.

Pikmin 3. That game leaked way back at the turn of 2018-2019, but then nothing came of it, and eventually people wrote it off as not happening. Then once everyone had lost hope, they announced it. The same will be true for Metroid Prime Trilogy. Once the very last person has given up hope, that’s when they’ll finally announce it. As long as it gets predicted to come though, it won’t come lol.

Bayonetta 3 is said to be progressing well from a recent Kamiya update. Said to put your minds at ease while waiting. Maybe 2021 will be the year. And Zelda BotW 2 will likely come holiday 2021.

Aside from that, frankly... I don’t really care what Nintendo does in 2021. My focus is almost entirely on third party games. Usually I care what Nintendo’s lineup will be, but this time, I just don’t. I’m gonna be so busy with Monster Hunter Rise, Bravely Default 2, Persona 5 Strikers, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Shin Megami Tensei V, Neo: The World Ends With You, Rune Factory 5, Mario 3D World, I honestly couldn’t care less if Nintendo didn’t announce a single new game for all of next year. Obviously they will announce games and I will play many of them. I’m just saying, I would genuinely be OK with them not announcing anything else for all of next year and I would still think it’s the best year on Switch.

This is why having a solid 3rd party lineup is so important.

@JaxonH To start off, it’s more like a... pipe dream! But yes, predicting Nintendo is as draconian as it is foolhardy. I really did think Metroid Prime Trilogy was a thing until it didn’t arrive. My belief in these rumours ended after two months.

Masahiro Sakurai reveal several development details in Super Smash Bros Ultimate regarding Sephirot.

@JaxonH Kideki Kamiya/Platinum Games have been saying the devopment of Bayonetta 3 is progressing well since the game was anounced back at TGA 2017, 4 years after it anouncment and not a single screenshot/gameplay trailer of the game we have, if we don't have a single screenshot/gameplay trailer of Bayonetta 3 at the end of 2021, it only means the game is sadly cancelled, i tend to prefer more first party games then third party games, but i have some past third party games in my consoles, sadly here in Brazil, games are too pricey and i can't have all the first and third party games i whished, i have to choose only a few select first or third or both games in my birthday or i bought this games for me.

@Giancarlothomaz You need to remember it's a Nintendo published game. Chances are we won't see any content until about 3 months before launch.

@JaxonH When Directs would happen was rather predictable before this year (though Indie World is still very predictable as it still happened in March, August and December this year) and if a 1st party game's on Wii U there's a very high chance it'll come to Switch in some form eventually. Apart from that, Nintendo is unpredictable.

The wait for February 12th is rough, at least the MH Rise demo in January will help though I do prefer the old approach of an actual demo rather than a limited time beta.

@Giancarlothomaz
That’s not what it means, actually.

Games aren’t magically “cancelled” just because they don’t show gameplay by some arbitrary date you specify. You’d think people would have learned with Dragon Quest XI S, or again with Shin Megami Tensei V. Not showing gameplay simply means they’re still working on it. Games take time. It just feels long because they announced it earlier than most games get announced.

Yes, Kamiya did say it was progressing well before. Because it was. And he’s saying it again now, because it is. Because you have too many people like you who think if they don’t hear anything about a game it means it’s canceled. So every year he has to come out and remind people that nooooo, it’s not “cancelled”, it’s still being worked on. It’s barely been 3 years since announcement, and they clearly announced right when development started. Given many big games can take 4, 5, even 6+ years, I would expect news in 2021. But nothing is guaranteed.

First off, many people are worried about Bayonetta 3 considering there hasn’t been any new information since its announcement, but verifications of new systems have been going great and development is going very well, so please wait with peace of mind.

-Kamiya

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@JaxonH The fact we haven't seen anything for so long, to me, suggests the game is going to be quite large. I wonder if it will be more open world than we are used to.

@GrailUK
Hard to say. I’m not expecting anything “open” as it’s just not typical for the genre. But I do expect good graphics, high quality animations and cutscenes and impressive set piece environments. I think Kamiya saw DMC5 win action GotY last year and wants to see his company one-up Capcom, given he created that series in the first place.

Y'know, both this and Overwatch are games I've refused to buy because of the company behind them. So its funny how Nintendo is here making it so I'm not even missing out by not giving them money. I guess I'll take it lol.

@JaxonH Thanks for the info dude!

@JaxonH i see, i worried the game is taking so long to release on Switch and wonder why is taking so long to release on Switch?is Kideki Kamiya trying to top Devil May Cry 5?make Bayonetta 3 the best game of the franchise and best hack and slash that why is taking so long to release on Switch?