Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH Looks like it may well be a 720p/900p at 30fps deal with reduced detail. If so, great. Its an open world after all. That'd be damn fine.

Plus, all DLC included? Cool. No download required for a physical version? We shall see, because this is a lot of game.

@Haruki_NLI

As long as the base game for Dying Light is all on cartridge, I can live with DLC being an optional download. I can only hope that the $50 msrp is proof positive a 16 GB cartridge is being used and Techland aren't cheapening out by asking customers to download a significant chunk of the base game.

New Danganronpa Decadence trailer. No real new information, though. Love the cover art.

@Magician for 50$ the whole Platinum edition should be on the cartridge If it is 16GB and the whole compression of the assets to fit the Switch power it is possible.

And they could go the route of The Outer Worlds. Fitting the whole game on the cartridge and adding the HD graphics as a patch.

New copies of Catherine: Full Body are on sale at Gamestop for $15. Pretty amazing deal.

$15 for Catherine is a steal and a half, especially given unlike the PS4 version the DLC content is on the game card from the start

That's possible but I think it's unlikely bearing in mind the only other cross-gen releases Nintendo has done in recent memory have been on GameCube/Wii and Wii U/Switch, and in both of those cases the new hardware was not a huge jump in power, so the game's performance was more or less the same on both platforms. I'm guessing Switch 2, or whatever they do next, will be significantly more powerful than the current Switch, so if MP4 were cross-gen it would either struggle to run on Switch or fail to show off the capabilities of the new console.

I can't imagine Prime 4 taking that long (even with the restart) nor a Metroid game being the selling point for a brand new system (unless Metroid Dread somehow sells 10 million or something).

I’m not convinced it’ll be cross gen.

But I also don’t buy the notion that if it is, that means it has to be the sole system selling software the next generation hinges upon. New systems have a launch window with a number of games, all of which help contribute to the system’s appeal among the core fanbase. For which Metroid Prime 4 would be, well… a prime candidate. Especially after Dread, which I expect to land in the 5 million range, easily. It’s still in the top 100 on Amazon even today.

@Wavey84
I don’t think we’re getting any more Zelda in 2021. I do think Twilight Princess and Windwaker exist and will come at some point… but not soon. Spring if we’re lucky, but after that it’s too close to BotW 2, so it’d be 2023.

Ocarina and MM may never come. I don’t think there’s been any evidence indicating those games are in the works. Not to say it couldn’t happen- Nintendo is the master of surprise after all, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

I have played halfways through Ocarina 3D, and it’s really good. I think those games are best played on 3DS, for the 3D, but also because their lower fidelity matches the hardware better. If those games were ever to come to console they would need some serious rework to interest me in playing on the TV. Maybe on the OLED in handheld or on the Lite would look better. Idk. But ya, the 3DS versions are chef’s kiss.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 has broken the 1 million shipped milestone roughly 1 week after release.

@Dogorilla There's also Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team Red & Blue on GBA/DS which definitely didn't show off the DS power, same with Captain Toad (3DS/Switch), and Sushi Strikers (3DS/Switch) for Switch.

@Wavey84 I think at best there'd be a setup of WWHD/TPHD in early 2022 (around February), OoT/MM in summer 2022 (around June/July) and then BotW 2 in November though could see OoT/MM come in 2023 or later. Definitely don't see anymore Zelda happening this year apart from the already announced Game & Watch and Age of Calamity story DLC in November to maximize Skyward Sword HD potential (the original Wii release not only has a rocky legacy but also released at a time after Wii momentum completely plummeted).

I do think OoT/MM on Switch will happen eventually though as Nintendo seems to be one step closer to shutting down 3DS and Wii U:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/07/nintendo_removing_c...

@Grumblevolcano that is a lot of Zelda lol!

I could see OoT and MM coming to Switch later on (like late 2023 or even later). If we take it for granted that the next Switch will be backwards compatible then why not release a those games - even after “Switch 2” becomes a thing. After all - even with a major renovation they’re not going to be games that can’t run on the existing Switch.

Nintendo did experiment with previous gen ports (like Luigis mansion and Kirbys Epic Yarn) in the extended half life of the 3DS. That was a complete failure but I think there’s plenty of people who would download those games on Switch right now if they were on the eShop.

Backwards compatibility would give that - it makes sense to release every old game you can tarted up into HD onto the Switch eShop if that store is going to be completely compatible with the “Switch 2”

@link3710 That's true. Those games were smaller releases though and not launch games, so I don't think they can really be compared to a potential cross-gen release of Metroid Prime 4 alongside the next console launch.

Nintendo UK is doing a reward for your platinum points.... Zelda large postcard set, just pay p&p. Anyone in UK likes that, get on it ASAP

@BruceCM they are actually doing it all across europe!

Oh, cool, @Balta666 .... Didn't know if it was elsewhere

@BruceCM yah, I received notification both from UK and Portugal. Have not seen anything on social media regarding US though (but it is still early there)