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Grumblevolcano

I miss when Nintendo's lineup was so strong that you didn't really need a non-Nintendo system. Last 3 years I felt that was the case were 2008, 2013 and 2014.

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BenAV

@Grumblevolcano For me, the Switch has been the first time ever that I've felt like I can actually get all my gaming from just one system. I play several hours per day yet haven't felt the need to touch another system at all since it launched.

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Buizel

@Grumblevolcano Honestly surprised that you quote years from the Wii U / 3DS era. IMO Nintendo hasn't had third party support this good since at least the Gamecube. And they've never had a console more versatile and with as expansive a library as the Switch IMO.

At least 2'8".

Anti-Matter

@Grumblevolcano
You know, PS2 was my BEST Sony games ever with huge library of Konami Rhythm games from Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Guitar Freaks & Drummania, Para Para Paradise, Keyboardmania. Arcade at home games on PS2 with their peripheral to play.
1st party PS2 games from Sony that i played on their Trilogy remaster on PS3 (Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, soon will be Jak & Daxter) were really great too as Action Adventure games.

3rd party games was really great during PS2 era and i didn't even grow with Gamecube 1st party games, so yeah... My gaming references was completely different.

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rallydefault

link3710 wrote:

rallydefault wrote:

I'm salivating to hear what they have in store for Zelda's anniversary year.

@rallydefault A port of a remaster, what else?

...seriously though, with AoC out last year and BotW2 likely being 2022, I wouldn't expect much of anything for Zelda's 35th. They might not even acknowledge it.

Lol

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Grumblevolcano

@timleon Well it's the combination of both systems in those years like Wii U in 2013 was bad until September but 3DS was insanely strong for the whole of 2013 so both combined was a lot. Wii U in 2014 was strong and it was ok for 3DS overall creating a lot.

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jump

On the topic of Zelda's anniversary, Pokemon has already called dibs on this year being a big Ninty anniversary with multiple things planned. Nintendo may just numb people with all the talk of anniversarys if they keep hammering home it's Zelda's too. I expect there will be a Zelda release with a mention of Happy Birthday Zelda during a Direct though.

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Giancarlothomaz

how would you react if Nintendo give Link voiced dialogue in Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2?(i for sure would complain with Nintendo until a lose my voice).

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@IceClimbers i expect and hope for the Legend of Zelda 35th anniversary, Nintendo is gonna do a collection with Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, Legend of Zelda Majora Mask 3D, Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD and Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD, a remake of Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 release on Holiday 2021, and a Cross over with Animal Crossing New Horizons.

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Cynas

So the Atelier Mysterious trilogy is getting a physical release in Asia which includes English support. Pre-orders are open now on Playasia.
https://www.play-asia.com/atelier-mysterious-trilogy-deluxe-p...

Wonder if we'll get a physical release of the Arland games to complete the physical set.
We now have English physical copies for:
Atelier Ryza
Atelier Ryza 2
Atelier Dusk Trilogy
Atelier Lulua
Atelier Mysterious Trilogy
Atelier Lydia & Suelle (A bit pointless to have now with the Mysterious trilogy getting a physical release)
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists

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rallydefault

You're crazy if you don't think we're gonna see Zelda stuff this year, culminating in BotW2 for the holidays. And frankly, I'd pay 60 bucks no questions asked for a quick and dirty port collection of Ocarina, WW, and TP. I love those games so much and just want to have them on my Switch; busting out my 3DS for Ocarina isn't a big deal, but hooking up my Wii U again to play the other stuff... nah lol

If we see a remaster of Skyword Sword or maybe a surprise remaster of another 2D Zelda, then holy cow I will be the happiest guy. But I don't know... I'm not 100% sold on those ideas. I feel like if the SS remake really was happening it would have been in development for a bit now, and there would have been some more substantial leaks just like the Mario collection (I don't really keep up with leaks so maybe there have been). Also, IF Skyword Sword would get the remaster, I could see them using that as the big Zelda game this year and BotW2 being March/Spring of 2022.

But for them to do like one port and just a "happy birthday" to their biggest franchise after Mario and Pokemon stuff... I just don't see that. (I think the Wii Sports series is technically above Zelda but we all know about that lol)

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teo_o

@RR529 woah i totally forgot thanks!
And Kudos to a Minish cap remaster!!
Actually, since dreaming is cost free, I would like a proper Wind Waker sequel.
Nintendo can of course keep the DS ones as canon, I'm not picky.
Announce it in march. Thank you.

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jedgamesguy

@rallydefault Agreed. I love the Zelda series, and would buy Skyward Sword in a heartbeat. And as lazy as a collection sounds (and it sounds like we're both the perfect Nintendo customers), I'd buy it for sure.

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link3710

@Dezzy Simple, I think that there almost certainly WAS stuff planned, but I also think all of Nintendo's internal development is no less than 8 months behind thanks to COVID, so I don't think they'll have BotW2 ready. Typically, there are concerts for Zelda anniversaries (which can't happen), games (likely delayed to 2022), a book (that might still happen), and some merchandise (which merch has been far less commonly appearing due to COVID). I'd wager their plans have probably fallen apart to such an extent that they'll just release a Tantalus / Grezzo port and MAAAAYBE have NERD release some more emulation and call it a day. And that's not enough to do a celebration.

EDIT: Also, all the blowback and negative press from the Mario celebration might make them more enclined to not even mention Zelda's.

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gcunit

link3710 wrote:

EDIT: Also, all the blowback and negative press from the Mario celebration might make them more incline to not even mention Zelda's.

I can think of 8.3 million reasons why that's not going to be much of a factor.

Personally I think anniversaries are just used when it suits them. It suited their plans/schedule to throw out some Mario ports last year, but whether it suits them to throw out a Zelda collection this year remains to be seen. I'm gonna keep my money on a Skyward Sword or Minish Cap release for now.

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Magician

@Giancarlothomaz

Forget the Wii, the Switch is on pace to surpass the PS2 and DS lifetime sales of 150m+ in a few years. Actually it'll probably take four years; I doubt the Switch will continue to sell 25m+ consoles each and every year going forward. I imagine 2021 will be the Switch's peak year for hardware sales and then it'll begin to tapper off as PS5 and XSX become more readily available this summer. Regardless, its been an exciting turnaround from the days of the Wii U.

I believe the Switch is on pace to become the first Nintendo platform to sell 1 billion pieces of software as well? The PS4 crossed that milestone early last year. By comparison the PS2 topped out at 1.53 billion pieces of software sold. I'm not sure the Switch will reach that.

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TheFrenchiestFry

I can definitely see Switch outpacing the Wii and possibly the DS depending on how much the momentum is kept up but I still think it's a pretty tall order for it to dethrone the PS2, especially with the current climate of first party output and how that's been affected by the pandemic. We're nearing the halfway point of the Switch's lifespan with it just about to near the PS4's worldwide lifetime sales of about 115 million and as a result I'm definitely more doubtful of it reaching the 155M sold of the PS2 during its lifetime, let alone before the next Nintendo system which we'll likely start hearing about some time next year

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Haruki_NLI

@TheFrenchiestFry You say it's possible for the DS to be reached but not the PS2, which is odd given the DS is 154 million and PS2 is 155 million.

The Wii is a cake walk now. GBA, PSP, 360 and PS3 are all going by summer it seems. Wii and PS1 are close together. That just leaves Game Boy, PS4 and then the big two at the top.

I can see it probably passing PS4. The question used to be 50m, then 3DS, then Wii was a pipe dream. Now PS4 is the new "Well maybe if we're lucky" target.

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TheFrenchiestFry

@Haruki_NLI Well when I say possibly the DS that means I can barely see it go past the 150 million mark but I don't see it topping the PS2

I do expect it to at least beat PS4 narrowly though

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