Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH
Samus hunter guessing a direct would happen in February is not some amazing thing. Anyone could see it coming based on the last ten years.

@blindsquarel
It wasn't just guessing the month. It was specifying the exact day.

Or rather, I think it was the Kirby release date. Ya. She nailed the exact release date of Kirby Forgotten Land long before the Direct told us. And, she nailed a previous prediction spot on as well.

So that's not something that can be hand waved away as lucky guessing, unless there was incredibly lightning in a bottle lottery ticket luck involved.

I'm neither gullible nor a skeptic. I assess fairly and rationally based on evidence. Up until recently, I categorized her as a fake.

But recent events have brought me to re-assess, specifically because it wasn't something that could easily be guessed. Certainly not twice in a row, that multiplies probabilities to become incredibly minute by random chance.

But as I said, I'm keeping a close eye so that I can acquire the information necessary to make a proper determination

@blindsquarel ah thanks, I had assumed it was just a regional name for it. Like how the USA says Soccer when talking about the other football.

@Eel
Rugby is different than USA football.
Rugby players wear no metal body armor and helmet, they wear horizontal stripe short sleeves uniform. They have genuine muscular body.
USA football player wear metal body armor to make their body bigger and helmet, they don't necessary have muscular body, the USA football have different ball model than Rugby.
Too bad, I'm not a fan of both Rugby and USA Football.

Ah so they’re further apart than I imagined then.

The main difference is in Rugby you can ony pass backwards whilst American Football you can pass either way. Rugby is also a more physical game as it goes on longer and requires alot moe running so you need better cardio and generally has more tackling since it doesn't stop the game.

Really America just took Rugby and changed enough of the rules so they would never have to compete with a national team in the world cup and get shown American exceptionalism isn't real. ;p

I did read an interesting article a few years ago about how American Football has led to the down trend of the American action movies and why so many comic book movies bring in so many non-Americans to fill roles like Thor and Superman. They did in alot more detail but basically in high schools the big and muscular kids are driven away from acting into American Football so more of the drama club kids end up being smaller. As the actor pool becomes made up of smaller actors they are less suitable for the he-man roles of the past resulting in less movies being made and the major action roles of today like comic book movies get filled up with British, Aussie etc actors who's school system are less driven by sports.

@JaxonH Wasn't Kirby's release date announced when they dropped the trailer last month?

And AFL, a game which American's confuse with Rugby, is an anarchic, heavy contact combination of basketball, Gaelic football and involves dudes jumping on each others heads. Clearly the superior sport

Oh, is that Aussie rules football, @skywake ....? I've heard about that from people there, lols

@IceClimbers
Yes. And that's what confirmed she was correct.

I don't know if I'm missing something but, is there actually a relevant game announced for May?
I've got the feeling there's should be at least something. 😅

Hmm, can't immediately think of any, @Budda .... Plenty of games with 2022 release that could end up in that month, though

@Budda Not yet and to be honest with 2 in April and 2 in June combined with TPC doing things their own way separate from general Directs nowadays, I feel there'll be something Pokemon in May. There's usually a Pokemon Presents around Pokemon Day (February 27th) so given that day is a Sunday, I'd guess there's one on February 25th.

Pokemon makes sense. A spinoff I guess.
I initially thought maybe Splatoon 3. But they announced it for summer. I thought about that because Xenoblade got at last a release month September, which is obviously after Splatoon 3? Why didn't Splatoon get a concrete release day then? There's something fishy about that(no pun intended ).

Here’s what the current lineup looks like, that we know of

January 2022
Yu-Gi Oh! Master Duel (1/18)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (1/28)
Windjammers 2 (1/20)
Luminous Avenger X2 (1/27)
February 2022
Ollie Ollie World (2/8)
GTA Trilogy (2/11) retail
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires (2/15)
Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden (2/17)
Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection (2/17)
Sol Cresta (2/22)
Monarch (2/22)
Atelier Sophie 2 (2/25)
Life Is Strange True Colors (2/25) retail
March 2022
Triangle Strategy (3/4)
.hack//G.U. Last Recode (3/10)
Chocobo GP (3/10)
Disco Elysium (3/15) retail
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (3/17)
Gal Gun Double Peace (3/17)
Mario Kart 8 Booster Pack: Wave 1 (3/18)
Rune Factory (3/25)
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (3/25)
April 2022
MLB The Show 22 (4/5)
LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga (4/5)
Chrono Cross (4/7)
Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp (4/8)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (4/12)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (4/20)
Zombie Army 4 (4/26)
Nintendo Switch Sports (4/29)
May 2022
The Evil Dead (5/13)
Two Point Campus (5/17)
Touken Ranbu Musou (5/24)
June 2022
Demon Slayer (6/10)
Mario Strikers Battle League (6/10)
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (6/24)
A.I Somnium Files: nirvanA Initiative (6/24)
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course (6/30)
July 2022
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (7/8)
Live A Live (7/22)
August 2022
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September 2022
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
October 2022
-
November 2022
-
December 2022
-
2022 - TBA
Disney Speedstorm
No Man’s Sky
Portal Companion Collection
Redout 2
Kingdom of Amalur Fate-sworn
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Hollow Knight Silksong
Life Is Strange Remastered Collection
Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Splatoon 3
Bayonetta 3
Zelda Breath of the Wild 2
Digimon Survive
Overwatch 2
Sports Story
Death Come True
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Blood Bowl 3
Binding of Isaac Repentance
TMNT Shredder’s Revenge
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Braid
Solomon Program
LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga
Metal Slug Tactics
Marvel Midnight Sun
SD Gundam Battle Alliance
Front Mission 1st
Front Mission 2
Sonic Frontiers
Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythm Festival
RWBY Arrowfell
2023 - Beyond
Metroid Prime 4
Detective Pikachu
Pillars of Eternity 2
Genshin Impact
Trails From Zero
Trails to Azure
Trails into Reverie
Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails

There's actually an AFL game on the Switch although I'm not entirely sure how good it is, haven't dug into it that much. Also there's apparently another AFL game in the works by a studio who has a bit of a better track record with AFL games. So that might be promising. None of these games really get the attention they deserve but, small market.....

With that said, with the exception of the soccer goals and the lack of marking? The tackle aggression and fast(ish) scoring of Mario Strikers does kinda make the game feel a bit closer to AFL than soccer. It's certainly closer to AFL than Rugby. Basically Mario Strikers is soccer with the aggression of Ice Hockey. AFL is soccer if you could pick up the ball, had a more open goal, a rugby ball, basketball like centres at each stop, and the aggression of Ice Hockey

I don’t know why I thought March was going to be light for me. I may have to limit myself to two games and put the rest on my BF list. Finally getting my stuff out of storage and I am not looking forward to seeing what needs to be replaced.

Looks like at least Rune Factory, MK8DX DLC, Kirby and Triangle Strategy are day one (yeah I know that is more than two but I had Rune Factory and Triangle Strategy preordered already).

The whole battle pass style structure for Chocobo GP combined with the announcement of MK8 Deluxe DLC made me decide to hold off getting Chocobo GP so March is now a bit less heavy.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/02/final-fantasys-clou...

So I was just looking through Direct-related tweets on Nintendo UK's Twitter account and uh.... try and spot what's off about this one:

I feel really bad for Chocobo GP. Not only is it coming out shortly before this newly announced first wave of Mario Kart DLC, they also announced a f2p Disney kart racer coming out later in the year. I feel like Chocobo GP is gonna be largely ignored now.