Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@rallydefault It is such a bizarre thing to do in this day and age.

If the N64 app is playable with foreign acconts like the SNES app for example, then just use the American app I guess?

"Final Fantasy - Chocobo GP
Is this a PS1 remake? Looks very Mario Kart 64 "inspired"." It seems like a sequel, although I'd never heard of the original. As a big FF fan, I'll probably end up getting it, @SKTTR
"Shadowrun Trilogy
Loved the SNES game. Don't know much about this, but seems like another huge collection of great western RPGs."
Well, I never played either the SNES or Genesis ones but those were arpgs, while this trilogy are trpgs. If I didn't have them on Steam, I'd definitely get these
Ditto with KotoR & I'll obviously be getting it's remake, too. Brought the Castlevanias on Steam & will play soon.
"Bayonetta 3
I really should start Bayonetta 2 soon. I liked the first game, but I thought it was very grindy to unlock/buy everything."
You don't have to buy everything? I certainly didn't, lol. If that is an issue, though, 2 isn't much better in that regard

Those buggers know I'm gonna have to shell out for that N64 controller lol

Chocobo GP is definitely something I'm considering given Mario Kart is pretty much on hiatus nowadays.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Bayonetta 3 and Splatoon 3 have me hyped for next year. A perfect set of games to follow Metroid Dread and Shin Megami Tensei V.

I love Bayonetta’s new look- the Cereza hairstyle and the revised facial model, and the fact you can control summons is glorious. That giant spider was so rad. The game also looks more graphically impressive than Bayonetta 2. They’ve done a really good job. Can’t wait to play it!

And Splatoon 3 looks to be adding some very interesting mechanics. That little robot ball and stretch armstrong ninja squid ability are too cool. Story mode sounds interesting. Probably will iterate and be even better than Splatoon 2 with Octo expansion.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak… what is there to say. It’s the Master Rank Ultimate edition we knew was coming. But my goodness does it look good. It’s a completely different setting than the Japanese flavor of the base game. I’m fairly confident this expansion takes place in Rhondine’s home country, where the hunters serve a king and are called “knights”. Rhondine’s older sister is a knight hunter. That new flagship looks boss.

Even Kirby and the Forgotten Lands is hype. You know how long we’ve been waiting to get a proper 3D Kirby? You guys know. I’ve never been the biggest Kirby fan, but Planet Robobot on 3DS was an exceptional Kirby game. That’s the one that made me realize Kirby can actually be really fun if done right. This new 3D entry is exactly what Kirby needed. I like 2D platformers, but Nintendo needs more 3D games. And Kirby is the perfect candidate. It’s coming out relatively soon, too!

We’re absolutely spoiled.

Now - Christmas

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
• Metroid Dread
• Fatal Frame
• Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
• Advance Wars
• Knights of the Old Republic
• Chocobo GP
• Mario Party Superstars
• Shin Megami Tensei V

2022

• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Triangle Strategy
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Rune Factory 5
• Mario Rabbids: Spark of Hope
• Splatoon 3
• Zelda Breath of the Wild 2
• Bayonetta 3
• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

The majority of these are games I’m insanely hyped for. And even the few that aren’t are still interesting enough to be games I’m buying. Even Mario Superstars looks hype. And I’m not usually into Mario Party. But the boards on this one just look so fun and interesting.

We also just got Cruis’n Blast, WarioWare, Diablo 2, Ni No Kuni 2, Castlevania Collection, DragonBall Z Kakarot, Deltarune ch. 1+2, etc. It feels like overload.

I’m just trying to play more Voice of Cards here. I love the feeling of drowning in Switch games 😁

Fudge Chocobo GP, people need to be talking about Hot Wheels Unleashed as that looks legit amazing.

Yeah with Pokemon Legends Arceus, Triangle Strategy, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land the first half of 2022 is already looking really solid. If they can lock in a June release for Splatoon 3? Ohhhh boy will that be one excellent first half.

@jump
Tbh I’m not that excited for either Chocobo GP or Hotwheels Unleashed. I will be keeping an eye on video reviews just in case, but Chocobo GP, to me at least, just makes me want to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe instead. And Hot Wheels just makes me want to play Cruis’n Blast. It seems so bland and lifeless. The tracks are just… Idk. Barren. The environments boring.

Good gameplay could save it though. And that’s why I’ll be keeping an eye on reviews, because if the gameplay is on point, it could be a lot of fun, especially with a track editor. But it’ll need to really impress in the gameplay department.

That may sound a bit harsh. I don’t think it looks bad by any means, there’s just so many good games that it needs to look better than “good” to stand out. But maybe I’ve misjudged it. I will await video reviews.

This was posted on reddit, and I thought I'd share. It's hard to keep track of everything on deck. This makes it a bit easier.

BRAND NEW Dying Light Switch trailer [footage captured on Nintendo Switch]

Gyro aiming! HD rumble and touch support, with 4 player local wireless too! This game looks way better on Switch than I was expecting. Holy crap. This one's taking Witcher 3 to task. I needed a game like this on Switch.

That image gives me anxiety. I really don’t want to have to work more than I already do to afford most of that.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Also keep in mind, there are several more games not yet announced that are likely to arrive next year.

• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (we know they're working on it and it's close to completion)
• Metroid Prime remaster (new info debunks the Trilogy ever having been planned, but the first game is being worked on)
• New Donkey Kong (3D? Maybe 2D? Either way, Tokyo EAD never disappoints)
• Fire Emblem (we're overdue- be it remake or new entry, one way or another we're getting a new FE, probably next yr)

I didn't realize DDXII was coming to switch. I must have missed that one.

@NintendoByNature
They haven't announced platforms. I think it's assumption based on the fact every mainline Dragon Quest ever made has released on Nintendo hardware.

That said, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Sony paid them to gatekeep it off Switch, which would align with all the other games they've done it for, and with their supposed "new direction" which sounds to me like they're trying to Final Fantasy the series. Guess we'll find out.

@JaxonH ah gotcha. Well I hope it does come to switch. I played a good chunk of 11 on switch and had a great time. Still need to finish it though.

This is what happens when you call your game Triangle Strategy

You get search results like this

Instead of this

@JaxonH
LOL 🤣
Triangle Strategy sounds like a bad name for video game.
It should be called Delta Tactics Chronicles since Delta is shaped like triangle too.

Apparently there's a cosmic trade-off for the HD-2D team at Square-Enix. As their games get better, the names only get dumber.

@JaxonH Realistically, DQXII is probably not coming to Switch. Even XI pretty much had to be heavily altered to run well on the Switch, and I don't know that sales were good enough to justify the amount of effort they put into that port. Considering the developers talked about "fulfilling their promise to Iwata" when it was finished, I get the sense it's not something they would have bothered with after the fact.

Also worth mentioning that XII seems like it's going to be an entry designed to appeal to the Western AAA market, like Monster Hunter World was, so it's probably going to go well beyond the capabilities of the Switch or even a successor system. Like FFXVI, it's probably going to be next-gen only.

As for Triangle Strategy, while the name might confuse search results a bit, I think it'll absolutely stand out among other video games. It's such a weird name. Almost impossible to forget.

@Anti-Matter "Delta Tactics Chronicles" is exactly the sort of generic name that would get lost in the shuffle, IMO.

@Ralizah
I get what you're saying, but the sales were phenomenal considering it released after both PS4 and 3DS, and still broke a million sold (even Japan managed half a million).

They made a bespoke 3DS version and even that matched the PS4 version sales in Japan. If Switch had released in place of the 3DS version day and date, I have no doubt it would be the best selling version by a considerable margin.

That doesn't mean you're wrong though. It may not come to Switch. But if that's the case, it won't be for lack of sales. Even if they had to make a bespoke version like they did with DQXI on 3DS, it would challenge sales on any other platform pound for pound.

I don't think they're going for MH World approach. MH has real time combat with mainstream appeal if done right. Classic turn based RPGs do not. A better comparison would be to say they'll try to Final Fantasy XV it to appeal to the western audience. Which, at that point its not really Dragon Quest anymore. Just another real time action RPG with DQ characters. And that's what I don't understand. If you want to make a big AAA "western focused" game, then do it, but changing a game known for its classic RPG approach just destroys everything the game stood for. MH World iterated on the formula and streamlined. But you can't appeal to the west with turn based battles. We see what happened to Final Fantasy.

I also don't believe any game releasing this generation will be beyond the capabilities of a successor system. Assuming the Orin leak is correct and they land somewhere in Steamdeck ballpark, any game will be able to be ported to that system. Every PS5/XSX game can run on PS4/X1. I haven't seen a PS5 game yet that couldn't run on PS4 if they wanted. Even Horizon and God of War are releasing on PS4. It's just getting to a point of scaling down resolution, framerate and graphical settings. At 720p 30fps, a Switch 2 with equivalent power to SteamDeck would produce even better results, as closed platforms always do. Especially if it has DLSS, though we can't be sure of that yet.

@Ralizah @JaxonH I think the style of game would be why it doesn't come to Nintendo platforms. From what's been announced so far, I think it may be a M rated GaaS game.