Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Being the sucker I am, I do vaguely hope for something new & unexpected .... I don't particularly expect anything & it won't matter if there's nothing I want but that would be a surprise

@JaxonH I think it'll be saved for the Game Awards, feels like a better fit.

@Grumblevolcano
Could be.

Then again, one could have said the same for Monster Hunter Rise, and yet they announced it beforehand and simply followed up with a new trailer at the Game Awards. So... maybe, maybe not.

I just want Bayonetta 3

That's literally the only thing that will get me over the moon hyped at the Direct tomorrow if the new Smash fighter isn't someone crazy like DOOM Slayer

At least an image of Bayonetta's new hairdo. Anything

Somebody tell Nintendo that I am on a budget. I’m afraid for my bank account.

As always no expectations and I think I avoided the rumor pile on so I just wanna kick back and enjoy.

By just looking at the push that Nintendo is doing for Metroid Dread, I've got the feeling that the last Smash DLC character will be a Metroid character. A Chozo maybe?
But really, I have no idea. It's just a feeling.

Hey, Nintendo, @Ryu_Niiyama is on a budget.... Perhaps she'd like to say what games she'd have to buy if you announced them so you know which ones not to?

@BruceCM snicker you got jokes I see… I’m sorta doomed anyway. My Best Buy cart has been full since the last direct and I’m just waiting on BF so I don’t have to drop over a grand in games. I would like to keep it under 6 hundo if possible. I’ll be in the purchases thread crying in two months anyway.

That being said so long as BOTW 2 doesn’t suddenly have a super smooth dev cycle and launch in the next six months, I am good.

A Switch-focused Resident Evil game would be pretty exciting.

As would a new Monolith Soft game, new 3D Mario, new Donkey Kong, new Pikmin, new Atlus JRPG, Zelda remake, etc.

If they're feeling really wild, they could show us that mevieval action rpg Monolith has supposedly been developing for years.

But I'm not expecting any of that.

I AM expecting an N64 Classic console, though. And my interest in that would be heavily contingent on whether they could convince Microsoft to play ball with certain Rare games on the system, because Mario 64, OoT, Majora's Mask, and Star Fox 64 are all better on other devices.

I am actually somewhat expecting Xenoblade Chronicles 3. That game has been heavily rumored for a while so I wouldn’t be surprised if they revealed it. At the same time, I’m not going to be disappointed or anything if it’s not shown. I don’t think their new fantasy IP is going to debut before XC3. But, who knows.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if Bayonetta 3 was shown. Then again, I feel like that’s a game that would be revealed next year at E3 with an October release.

Resident Evil Switch, decent probability. I’d give it at least a 30% chance.

N64 games, like 85%. The stick calibration being changed from clicking to moving sideways also makes sense given the N64 controller analogs couldn’t click.

Kirby game… 40%. It’s been 3+ years. We’re overdue.

Wii port or Wii U port. We’re also overdue for one of those. No idea which one, but they’ve gotta have something.

Maybe a few 3rd party game surprises? Perhaps Alan Wake? Provided it’s not going to release quite a bit later, in which case the announcement likely wouldn’t come until after the initial release.

Unfortunately, with Dread just weeks away, I think we can safely scratch Metroid Prime Trilogy off the list of probables. They are not going to do anything that interferes with the hype leading up to October 8th.

Alan Wake and that Castlevania Advance Collection are totally gonna be there.

You just described exactly one of the main reasons I'm not expecting it (lack of Star Wars is also inevitable and a huge omission). Also because the Classic console thing was years ago, it'd just be random to bring it back now.

I'm honestly not even expecting N64 on NSO. Like have any of you seen how few 3rd party N64 games they had on VC? They had four! FOUR WHOLE GAMES! Two on Wii, two on Wii U.

Regarding mario party superstars, do we know all the mini games available yet? The one mini game that springs to mind is the boo bicycle mini game with the joy stick where you rotate it insanely fast. If your joycon hasn't drifted by now, it sure will after lol

Come to think of it, an NSO update is probably more likely. N64 games have been heavily rumored to be hitting the system in the past, an FCC filing seems to be pointing to a new controller being revealed this month, and it would explain why Nintendo changed the way you test stick calibration.

Nintendo ignoring the system previously when it comes to VC doesn't mean they're necessarily going to continue doing that. And the scant first party line-up would work well with Nintendo's tendency to rarely update the service.

3rd parties being more interested in NSO than they were on VC on the Wii does not seem to be the trend, and in fact the opposite seems to be true.

@NintendoByNature Mario Wiki's MPS article actually has the list of all the confirmed minigames, which is right here. The one you mentioned hasn't been confirmed.

@MarioLover92 that's good. Its really only meant to be played on a robust joystick honestly. I had so many blisters playing that mini game back in the day 😅

The N64 NSO and Controller is almost a given at this point, if this is not a giant hoax. I expected Game Boy to come first, but I'm not complaining. I might though, if N64 comes at the rumoured premium price.

I played and have almost every great N64 game I want, except Snowboard Kids 2, StarCraft 64, Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O, Doubutsu Banchou / Cubivore, Bomberman 64 (JP), and Wonder Project J2. If none of these are released I'm not gonna borrowing them for 10+$ more than the current NSO price. But it would be a great deal for those that haven't played many of the N64 classics.
(The N64 games we already got on Wii VC and Wii U VC are most likely to appear again.)

However, with NES NSO and SNES NSO, Nintendo surprised us with brandnew retro titles that never appeared on Wii, Wii U, or 3DS Virtual Console, so I'm hopeful for N64 NSO to surprise us longtime fans as well with a bunch of new N64 games.

Other than that I'd love to see the 1st party Donkey Kong game or the next Xenoblade and any nice surprises (GTA Collection) they might throw in our greedy gamer throats.

That’s because 3rd parties want to sell their games in $40-60 collections.

Not that I care. The fact they do release their games in collections, combined with the fact most retro games I’m interested in are Nintendo games anyways, means their decision to join or not has little impact.

Oh, gosh...

This butt face detective game will get physical release according to playasia. 😂