Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Northwind I forgot to share my first one, so I'll share it now!

Now here's my second one. Some are based on impression of course.

Nintendo series:
S: Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash Bros
A: Kirby, Rhythm Heaven, Earthbound, Luigi's Mansion, DKC, Xenoblade, Advance Wars
B: Wario, Pikmin, Mario Kart, Mario RPGs (life is unfair if this isn't an A nowadays)
C: Star Fox, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, F Zero (all of these are barely not a B, to be fair)
D: Dr. Mario, the reality in which we live in that Fire Emblem succeeded and Advance Wars vanished
F: Nintendo copyright lawyers

I've ignored everything that I haven't played more than 2 games from (so Splatoon by default)

Ah lemme try making one of these thingies...

Mario Party would normally switch places with Mario Kart, but I feel the Parties have been pretty flat for several years now, while at least MK8 is pretty fun.

I'm not sure how to rank these, it would be too much effort to figure out in general how much I like Yoshi or Kirby since some entries are amazing and others complete pish so I did it based on how excited I'd be for a new game announcement or how likely I am to buy it since some of these like PIkmin, Metroid and Pokemon have thrown curve balls.

I'm next!

@DarthNocturnal Yeah, outside of small info drops like reveal trailers and small teases Smash Ultimate has been contained to its own videos except E3 2018 Direct and September 2019 Direct. Former had Smash take up the 2nd half of the Direct and latter had the Banjo video happen straight after the Direct.

I could see E3 2021 be similar to E3 2018 if the new Switch revision is being announced after E3 2021 because I think multiple reveals including BotW 2 are being saved for that point where the new Switch revision is an officially announced product. If either the new Switch revision is announced before or at E3 then I think it'll be like a digital version of the January 2017 Switch presentation.

I do think Fortnite Guy will be one of the final 2 characters though given Fortnite is pretty much at Minecraft status nowadays if not bigger and it's the reason battle royale exists in addition to the mode featuring in lots of games nowadays. Was thinking Crash would be the other but I have my doubts now given Activision has essentially killed off the franchise in favour of maintaining annual CoD releases.

Not sure why people are concerned that Smash will take up too much of the E3 - this was only the case in 2018, which was understandable as it was our first look at the game. At most I'd expect a trailer each for the last two characters, similar to the Hero and Banjo reveals in 2019.

@Grumblevolcano I'd be very surprised (and also hate...) if we got a Fortnite rep. Minecraft kinda made sense considering Nintendo's growing relationship with Microsoft, and that Minecraft is old enough that it's had a clear, lasting impact on the gaming industry. Fornite, on the other hand, has only been around for a few years - barely longer than Smash Ultimate itself, and only as long as some of the most recent Nintendo games represented by Ultimate (Arms and XC2, although a bit older than FE3H).

@DarthNocturnal Oh yeah, while the 1.0 version of PUBG was released after Fortnite Battle Royale it was in early access before. Fortnite is the cause of gigantic popularity of the genre though.

New Pokemon Snap joins the list of games that sold out just with preorders.

@DarthNocturnal Ah Yes I remember when minecraft showed up with that mode, when BR wasn't a big thing.

I've played at least one game in each of these series so I ranked them all, but pretty much everything I put in C and D tier are ones that I could easily change my mind on once I've played more of them.

S: Zelda, Fire Emblem, Mario Kart
A: super mario (3D), xenoblade, advance wars, any platinum game
B: Animal Crossing, Starfy, kirby, Pikmin, WarioWare, Arms, Pokemon, Paper Mario, mario & luigi, rhythm heaven
C: super mario (2D), spatoon, metroid, punch out, smash, Yoshi , mario party, golden sun, wii series (sports, music, fit), labo.
D: F-zero, mother, super mario (sports), starfox.

IDGAF: Dr. Mario

"the vague tagline led many fans to believe that the "games" will not be unveiled until next year."
says the channel intentionally trying to lead fans to believe something based on as far as I can tell, nothing. "Sonic will have things come out the year after the 30th anniversary" wow such news.

Guess what guys? BREAKING NEWS: Nintendo will release Mario games this year, despite the Mario anniversary being last year! : OOOOOO

@DarthNocturnal
Just being facetious, man. No reason to break out the charts.

@DarthNocturnal To be fair, it's probably less of a "avoiding western reps" and more of a "Samurai doesn't have connections to western game companies" sort of thing. Ubisoft certainly seems possible, and Bethesda (which... Is now Microsoft anyways) has now entered too, but the remaining big names (EA, Activision-Blizzard, Sony, and uh... Who else even is there?) Don't seem likely for the necessary relationships to exist.

That said, I expect a Ubisoft or Bethesda rep at E3, alongside a very japanese rep (Ryu Hayabusa stands out, or maaaaybe an Atelier rep or 2B, or someone from B-N like Lloyd or Agumon)

Sorry, not a tier list post.

Baldo's finally resurfaced! And there's footage!

Strong Zelda and Ni no Kuni vibes from this. Really hope we can get a release date soon.

could we have some information regarding Bayonetta 3 at E3 2021?

I think Bayo 3 is further away than MP 4 honestly.

And MP 4 is years away.

could Nintendo be planning something for the Metroid franchise on E3 2021? and check out 7 itens should be included in Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2.