Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Magician I think we've already reached the end of Partner Showcases with the one in October being the last. Nintendo's probably returned back to the old model of:

• 3 general Directs (1 in January - March, 1 in June, 1 in September)
• 3 Indie World (1 around March which this time was April, 1 around August, 1 around December)
• Franchise or specific game Directs where it fits

@Magician I can still see legit great games that aren't on that ist like Spec Ops The Line, 13 Sentinels, Tales of Berseria etc off the top of my head come over. It's just Coivd has delayed stuff and it's all quiet because of E3 coming innit.

@Magician Not too familiar with Opencritic but a quick skim is missing some of my favourites from PC, and even going 20 pages in I'm still seeing some great titles.

Personally I think Switch has barely scratched the surface of worthwhile back-catalogue to be rereleased. I'd love to see some 6th and 7th gen classics go portable for the first time (Beyond Good and Evil? Tomb Raider reboot? Tales of Symphonia? Kingdom Hearts? GTAV?). And there are still some, albeit fewer, 8th gen games that I think could work (anything on Vita, Yakuza series, etc.)

@Magician
I want The Sims 1 got ported to Nintendo Switch. The Sims ONE.

There's a massive reservoir of older games that could be brought to Switch.

Whether the publishers of said games decide they're worth the trouble of porting over is another issue entirely.

It's unfortunate Bandai-Namco has been so hesitant on this front. We could've had stuff like the .hack G.U. trilogy, tons of Tales of... games, and so on if they really wanted to plumb their back-catalogue.

industry Insider Nate Drake hint what games we can expect for Nintendo in 2021/2022.

A new 3D DK, 2D Metroid, and a Zelda 35th double pack for the second half of 2021?

I'd be fine with that.

I'm not waiting for Donkey Kong games, Metroid games, Zelda games from any Direct or upcoming trailer.
I'm waiting for another casual 3rd party games on Nintendo machines from the Direct.

@Magician Yeah that'd be great! I wonder if there is gonna be a 2D Metroid, it would be either a remake of Metroid Fusion or a totally original one. In terms of upcoming first-party Switch games, it's looking rather barren throughout the year. Yeah, there's Skyward Sword HD and Mario Golf, but I kinda want more than that.

@MarioLover92

I'm so needy to have anything Metroid related on Switch that I'd even take a port of Other M at this point. Nintendo's continued insistence on holding and not release MP Trilogy until MP4 is close to being ready feels like corporal punishment with each passing Direct where it isn't officially announced. And it's beginning to sting a bit.

I'm not waiting for Donkey Kong games, Metroid games, Zelda games from any Direct or upcoming trailer.
I'm waiting for Shovelware games and kiddie babyish games. Games like race with Ryan, hello kitty and Barbie games

@Magician Well they haven't even announced MPT for the Switch, but yeah that would be cool to have. They could just upscale the graphics, like in SM3DAS, and call it a day.

@MarioLover92 problaby a sequel to Metroid Fusion, it would be quite wrong if Nintendo release two remake of Metroid, istead of a original 2D Metroid game, this 2D Metroid game, must be the game Mercury Steam is developing since 2017, Nintendo is problaby saving a potencial HD version of Metroid Prime Trilogy when Metroid Prime 4 is close to conpletion, like supose Metroid Prime 4 release in 2022/2023, so Nintendo release a potencial HD version of Metroid Prime Trilogy 6 months/1 year for the release of Metroid Prime 4.

@Giancarlothomaz

That depends on how much it took for Mercury Steam to port Spacelords to PS5, XS S,and X.

They could possibly have nothing in development for Switch.

@Giancarlothomaz Yeah that sounds plausible, they could have Metroid Prime Trilogy planned that way behind the scenes. We have no clue what Nintendo's up to, of course...they like to be secretive when it comes to future game releases, before their inevitable direct videos. I would prefer an original 2D Metroid as well. Though I enjoyed Zero Mission and Samus Returns, I feel that Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion are still great in their original releases.

No, not just upscale the graphics.

MPT needs the controls reworked to be dual analog with gyro, with ZL still locking on as it did in MP3 on Wii.

That and HD graphics, and call it a day.

@Magician i don't believe Mercury Steam took so long to port this game for this consoles, E3 2021 or in the septembre Direct we gonna know, if Mercury Steam is developing a brand new 2D Metroid game.

I'm not paying $35 for a game that goes as cheap as this does in sales, but I thought the LRG cover for this one was particularly snazzy. The art from the original Castlevania cartridge still looks AMAZING.

@Northwind Pokemon S/S and LGPE as the best Nintendo-published games on Switch is certainly a hot take.

Not a Mario fan, I take it?

@Ralizah considering I was a day 1 buyer, its been long enough that I may buy it and keep it sealed.

@Northwind That tier list 😠😠😠 ..(reports Northwind.)

I'm kidding<3 And, there's no Mario Odyssey in your list because no tier goes low enough for that dumpster fire.😁

edit: I'm kinda tempted to ask if the site would be interested in adding a tier list sort/filter to the game's page of our profiles. It makes it easier to digest someone's favorites. Oh, they already have a sort by user score function. Nevermind.

(if anyone can't tell, Northwind is ok with me, and am just being silly.)