Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I'd like to think Nintendo has delivered all the major IP this platform generation. With the Switch being as wildly successful as it currently is, now would be the opportune time for more experimental spinoffs and fewer mainline entries in familiar franchises. Once we're past BotW 2, Bayo 3, and MP 4 I want to see some out-of-the-ordinary games from Nintendo themselves for a couple years before the Switch's successor platform arrives.

@JaxonH Well that's the thing, consistent 1-2m sales, generally great besides the odd game here and there and are hardcored loved by a small group describes Star Fox, Metroid, F-Zero, Kid Icarus etc all equally yet none of these games have done 20+ million sales of Nintendogs! ;p

Gen 4 remakes release November 19th 2021

Legends Arceus releases January 28th 2022

Doesn't automatically exclude it from Pokémon Presents or even a Nintendo Direct. At least they quelled hype like that.

Pretty strange how close they're releasing to eachother

I’m not sure Legends releasing that soon is a good or bad sign. I’m also surprised it’s releasing in January, that’s the dead slot.

Damn, looks like no Monster Hunter stream hosted on Nintendo Life due to the Pokemon distractions. The stream starts in 15 minutes.

EDIT: Nevermind it is present.

check out the Presentation focused on the 3.0 update of Monster Hunter Rise e Monster Hunter Stories 2:Wing of Ruin. and check out all the profissionals that since 2019 have been hired to work on Metroid Prime 4.

Does anyone have a compiled list of events and showcases for this week? There's been so many flying around I cant keep up. Don't we have one today? And maybe a sonic one tomorrow?

@Octoguy Or Legends was meant to come out this holiday and a certain pandemic stiffled things by...well a few months clearly.

Makes me wonder if the remakes were intended at all or made as a quick response.

New Monster Hunter info is hype!

Crimson Glow Valstrax, Apex Zinogre and a new final boss with story conclusion dropping tomorrow. I'm ready.

And Monster Hunter Stories 2 is looking 🔥

@Slowdive thanks! Isn't there another one? Or is it just DQ, sonic and state of play?

@Haruki_NLI they mentioned Legends is using the entirety of GameFreak so they were never likely capable of developing both at the same time compared to the past where they have had multiple teams working on games.

It is a strange one, this is the first mainline game not made by them.

@Slowdive sounds good. Looking forward to the DQ event and sonics.

1.5 months to go. Pokémon fans looking for a proper game with modern graphics and cooler monsties to collect, where you can inherit skills like SMT fusion and create the ideal monstie, with a far more interesting story and superior battle system...

This is the game you've actually been waiting for.

SMT III HD and Subnautica should be in my hands by the weekend, pretty excited.

SMT III was the series introduction of the press turn system wasn't it?

Probably my favorite jrpg combat system since FF XIII's paradigm system.

@Magician Yup. SMT III's battle system was a revolution for the way Atlus designs combat in their games, and some variant of it has shown up in nearly all of their games since Nocturne.

It's a bit barebones in Nocturne compared to the polished perfection of something like SMT IV: Apocalypse, but the fundamentals are rock-solid. I wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the combat in SMT games has ruined other old turn-based JRPGs for me.

That Pokémon Legends release date is really odd because a lot of people will still be playing BD/SP by the time Legends comes out, especially those who get it for Christmas. I just really hope Legends turns out to be good...

One of the reasons I didn't buy Pokemon B/W is that it had not been too long since I was done with Soulsilver, and not buying B/W largely led to me not buying almost any Pokemon games anymore.

So yeah, releasing the two Sinnoh games within 2 months of each other is certainly a choice. The only reason I'm not saying "bad choice" is that Pokemon games on Switch are probably bulletproof in terms of massive success, but if they wanted to test that theory, this would be how!

I'd guess BDSP sales would decrease as people wait for Legends Arceus given how obsessed the gaming space is with open world and wanting everything to be BotW.