Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Grumblevolcano yes all this options seens likely to happen, but when Bayonetta 3 could release on Switch? Halloween of 2021? summer 2022? Pikmin 4 cancelled or is gonna be released on Switch sucessor?

@Grumblevolcano I'm a little bummed at the timing of the release date. Wanted to do day 1 but it's releasing at a pretty Jam packed time. I'll probably wait til August.

@jump I suppose it could've been put on hold for years on end, but could a game that began life before the Switch was even a codename not require serious reworks by the time it was unshelved?

Anyways, with Pikmin 3 releasing with serious upgrades, (probably to test for Pikmin 4), my guess is that development only recently resumed, as in this or last year. So we're looking at about a 2024-5 release.

So ready for Tony Hawk! June 25th release is great- I thought for sure it'd be a fall release.

Having this game on Switch is another dream realized. Keep checking em off the bucket list.

OlliOlli 1 & 2 are about as far as I'll ever venture down the skateboarding game rabbit hole.

I'm happy for the fans, of course.

I still wish it was a remake of Undeground but hey-ho, if I've cleared enough of my backlog and I see it cheap I may get it.

My teenage years, at least, what I can remember of them that wasn't a substance-induced blur, consisted of Tony Hawk and EA Sports Hocky on the PS2.

I spent many a day baked out of my mind playing Tony Hawk. It was just so much fun. Everyone was playing it. It was THE game to have back then.

I've always wanted a proper handheld version. Obviously a Switch version is even better.

@JaxonH you posted twice btw.

@Snatcher Probably a browser error or something. I've had times where posts showed up 3 times back to back. Doesn't happen often though.

Excited for TH1+2 but I wish these publishers would do day and date with other systems or at least an announcement. I have to double dip now.

However I am mostly buying switch exclusives or games I wouldn’t buy anywhere else (jrpgs for instance) first now so I am getting less burned by this. It is still annoying though.

Also clearing my backlog is saving me money.

Microsoft really believed Metroid Prime 4 and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 would release in the last 3 month of 2020(Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 maybe, but Metroid Prime 4 i doubt ).

Perhaps....

check out the anouncement trailer of Game Builder Garage, a game that allow you to be a game designer and release worldwide on Nintendo Switch june 11th

It looks like Nintendo are really ramping up development of something hardware related, and if it’s true this is more they’ve ever spent on R&D in a single year, I’m curious to know what it is they are investing in. I assume software comes under R&D to some degree too?

@FragRed R&D doesn’t automatically mean hardware. It can include games and gimmick toys like LABO and Mario Kart Live.

I use to work for a restaurant chain and their R&D department was two guys in a kitchen and lots of all expenses paid trips to taste food in other countries.

@jump Ohhh thanks, that makes sense. There goes all my planned insider leak rumours I was going to post about the Switch Pro

Not sure what Nintendo's specific definition is but wouldn't just about everything Nintendo makes be R&D? I mean other than the physical hardware itself, marketing and things like property what are Nintendo's expenses? Salaries for software developers and hardware engineers. Which would be R&D.

If you actually look at their report under the section where they outline their expenses they list four items. Capital investments, depreciation of property/plant/equipment, R&D and Advertising. The people working on the next Zelda game? They fall under R&D. So do the people working on their next piece of hardware, and the people working on that Pikmin mobile app, and that one guy in the corner they haven't checked on for years who's working on updating the Switch UI

With that said, they did spend a good 30% more than they did a couple of years ago on R&D. And they decided to do that rather than just building an even larger cash buffer, which Nintendo definitely likes to do. So I think it's fair to say they're ramping up their R&D spend for some reason. New hardware? Maybe. More content? Probably. More content to push new hardware? .....

with 84 milions consoles, Switch surpass GBA and Animal Crossing New Horizon pass the 30 milion units mark sold.

As a side note, if you look at that same graph their previous R&D spend spikes were in 2013/14, 2010/11, 2005/6 and to a lesser extent 2015/16. Which if you put on your conspiracy theory hats does seem to generally line up with just before a major hardware launch.

The exception being 2013/14 which was also one of the biggest spikes.... which doesn't fit that narrative so I'm just going to ignore. Kinda does line up with when Splatoon, 3D World, Mario Kart 8 & Smash Bros WiiU/3DS were starting development but. Probably was part of the money sink that was transitioning to HD game development and "what can we do to turn Wii U around" era Nintendo

@Slowdive i see so developing games for Switch is becoming more expensive for Nintendo?, they must have severals high profile softwares that require a lot of resouces,Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2, Bayonetta 3 and Nintendo EPD tokyo new game?