Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@FX102A Pretty sure you can only get them from Fangamer last time I checked. I've always wondered why we haven't seen similar accessories of other brands considering how simple yet useful it is.

here a tweet of a renomed brazilian jornalist/Leaker that predicted something about Splatoon(did you see all he got right Splatoon 3, so Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2, Metroid 2 and Fire Emblem in 2022/2023).

@rallydefault They haven't acknowledged the Zelda anniversary at all while announcing what is likely the biggest title coming out this year. How in the world is it crazy to think they'll continue to not acknowledge it? A company is only going to acknowledge an anniversary if they think it'll make them money to do so.

I do think we'll get WWHD and/or TP HD ports eventually FYI, just not this year. Probably WWHD in 2023, TP HD in 2024/2025, or both in 2023. I'm assuming 2022 will be BOTW2. (Though if BOTW2 is 2021, TP/WW in 2022 is possible.)

@TheFrenchiestFry The big question is when is SMT III coming. Are they really going to release that in June/July/August and SMT V in September? Not impossible but... I'll be curious to see.

@Giancarlothomaz

Metroid 2? That already came out on the 3DS. Is it maybe an HD upgraded port of the 3DS game then? That would make sense given that so few people bought it. It was a really great game too!

@link3710 They already confirmed SMT III is a Spring release here. So anywhere between likely April-June is fair game

That also gives time for Persona 5 Strikers to be out there for a while and by positioning SMT III early in the year it will simultaneously tide people over while waiting for SMT V and will probably give them an ample amount of room for whatever they have planned regarding Persona's 25th anniversary

Why aren’t you guys playing Project Triangle Strategy. Play Project Triangle Strategy.

This game is seriously awesome.

Isnt that Project Triangle Strategy the demo version not the full game?

also is Dragon Quest XI actually that good? Last time I played a Dragon Quest game was Dragon Quest VII for my Nintendo 3DS

@Dezzy Nintendo picked Miitopia out of all the possible 3DS games, doesn't seem that unrealistic anymore for some of the other 3DS games that were completely overshadowed because they weren't on the Switch to reappear like Woolly World (overlooked twice, once as a Wii U game and the 3DS version was overshadowed by Switch), Ever Oasis, Shadows of Valentia, Samus Returns, etc. provided they'd work without 2 screens.

I think Bowser's Inside Story, Persona Q2 and a few Etrian Odyssey games are the main 3DS games from 2017 onwards that couldn't work on the Switch because of heavy usage of the 2 screens on the 3DS.

Alongside Wii games, 3DS games are the next obvious seam to mine for ports. They all require a lot more work to bring up to scratch but they’d definitely go down well as budget “spring-time” titles in the latter days of Switch.

Thinking about the implications of Splatoon 3 in 2022 (& several other big hitters like Botw 2 and Metroid Prime 4 in 2022 and beyond), Switch is going to remain a big presence in the market for at least another 2 years - and on shelves for at least a year after that. If that happens it means that Switch could conceivably have DS scale lifetime sales in its sights.

So I'm wondering if they haven't mentioned the Zelda anniversary simply to avoid having plans in place needing to be chopped up suddenly, like with the Mario anniversary that didn't go too smoothly.

@Haruki_NLI I was thinking perhaps mentioning Zelda anniversary could spoil plans for the end of the Mario anniversary. Like if say for example OoT and MM got N64 standalone digital only releases (or added to NSO) then that would suggest that the games in 3D All Stars aren't limited time after all which would decrease potential sales.

If Nintendo doesn't mention the fate of 64, Sunshine and Galaxy until at least a few weeks after March 31st there'll likely be a large surge of 3D All Stars sales in March as a result of panic buying.

As long as Mario anniversary isn’t finished (I think it will be at the end of March) we probably won’t hear about Zelda.

@Grumblevolcano they picked miitopia because it’s easy and cheap to bring over. I wouldn’t expect other 3ds games to come over.

@Qwertyninty

I wouldn't be too quick to say that.

We've had rumors of the Metroid II: Samus Returns 3DS-to-Switch port for quite some time now.

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It's a shame Level-5 is in dire straits these days.

I'd love a Switch port of Fantasy Life.

The best single player mmo-like that not enough people played.

@Dezzy that image is refeing to the rumored and higly antecipated 2D Metroid game that continues the Metroid Fusion history.

@Qwertyninty I think there are probably many reasons why they picked miitopia over - say - Samus Returns. Certainly from a marketing perspective it's an easier sell to the Animal Crossing crowd - Nintendo will have figures on how many 3DS players bought both.

From a graphical point of view miitopia also has the advantage that it's a deliberately low poly, low texture, style.

Another advantage it has is that it's from a "franchise" that isn't going to be otherwise represented on Switch yet. It won't interfere with the marketing plan for (or market reception of) "Tomodatchi Life 2" for instance in the way that Samus Returns might interfere with Metroid Prime 4.

Other 3DS games are definitely possible and I do expect to see some at some point.

It could just be the simple case that Kouichi Kawamoto (he runs the department that did Labo, Ring Fit, 1-2-Switch etc) was in between in projects so he used some of his team to port it over whilst they are working on their next gimmick game.

@TheFrenchiestFry Oh I missed the spring window, I was thinking it was general 2021.

@StuTwo possibly as filler games I guess it’s possible. I expect low budget easily made games though. Nothing you would consider a major IP.

@Magician like I said it’s possible. Lower budget quick cash grabs to put something out. My main take away from the direct is that Nintendo just wanted to ride 2021 out. Hopefully sales continue. I expect 2022 to be the year some thought 2021 would be. I expect the next switch late this year early next year. It will release with the botw2, Metroid, bayo games. Think about it. The switch really took off because the software it launched with.