@IceClimbers@JaxonH Splatoon 3 going the Battle Royale route would explain why the focus of promo currently is on the content you'd expect from a new Splatoon (single player campaign, PvE, traditional PvP). Battle Royale is infamous for being seen as the cause of traditional stuff either being heavily reduced or completely removed (e.g. Titanfall 3 cancelled, Fortnite Save the World shut down, CoD getting less content outside of Warzone, Halo Infinite getting only 1 Arena map and 1 BTB map in the space of a year) so Nintendo would need to get across to players that the traditional Splatoon experience is not going to be compromised.
I don't doubt that Splatoon 3 will have enough new content to justify buying it, I'm just a bit confused about why they're taking so long to show it. It's been over a year since that initial trailer that seemed to show a new story mode, and Nintendo hasn't mentioned that again since, so we still don't know what that will be like and how expansive it will be.
My guess is it’s related to release schedule. It may have been planned to launch earlier so they revealed it when they did, but changes/unforeseen circumstances led to it and other game releases being moved around. With it being several months until release and other big titles in between, I would imagine they’re just planning to keep details closer to their chest until later. Giving more attention to nearer titles and to give a more focused advertising blitz for S3 when it’s closer to launch.
@Giancarlothomaz
I take it you're finally playing Metroid Dread? I definitely agree that it's the best of the 2D entries. It really is a masterpiece.
@Grumblevolcano
That's a fair point. I'm still not convinced they're going to attempt a battle royale mode, as I struggle to see how it would work for Splatoon, but if anyone can figure it out, it's Nintendo.
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@JaxonH yes i started playing this masterpiece yesterday, already defeated Corpius e Kraid, in Burenia now to get the Flash Shift, i play to do a 100%playtrough on the game and also buy Kirby and the Forgotten Land(also doing a 100% playtrough).
Zombie Army 4 releases Tuesday, and the first review has dropped from SwitchCorner.
They say it's an immaculate port- very impressive graphics, good resolution, no framerate issues, gyro aiming, almost no load times outside of chapter selection, and season 1 DLC included.
And, the game only takes up a measly 6GB of storage in total!
Amazon had a price error where the physical version was up for preorder for $19.99 instead of the MSRP $39.99 so of course I was all over that.
But I'm still buying digitally. This looks like another must have from Rebellion. Side by side with Sniper Elite 4- two of the best Switch ports ever made.
Rebellion has put other developers to shame. Absolute utter shame.
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
Solo play is great. I do think the game is more fun if you have a friend who co-ops with you, but it's totally playable solo. Similar to Monster Hunter, it's great either way.
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
Been playing more daily challenges in Rayman Legends lately. I'll never understand why we didn't get a follow-up to it. Origins and Legends are two of my all-time favorite platformers. I'd only put them under DKC: Tropical Freeze in terms of overall quality.
Currently Playing: Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PC); Unicorn Overlord (NS)
@Ralizah
Not only that, but why didn't Rayman Origins ever come to Switch? The engine is there, the audience is there... Ubisoft is out of their mind. Low hanging fruit and they're like nah, we're good.
And, what about Far Cry? Mind you, I'm not the biggest FC fan. I enjoyed the series for a bit. But why didn't they release FC3 when they did the remaster, like they did for Assassin's Creed? They were working on Far Cry for Wii. But Switch actually has the audience, yet still nothing. Mega publishers are sooooo slooooow to adapt to changing times. Even Wii U saw more diversity in Ubisoft AAA support- Splinter Cell, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed, Rayman...
It's 2022, not 2014. They should have ported Splinter Cell Blacklist to Switch, Rayman Origins, Far Cry 3 Remastered, and released a new, exclusive Rayman for the system.
Idk what's going on there. Complete dysfunction. At least we have a Mario Rabbids sequel on the way.
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
@Ralizah I think the reason we never got a follow up to Rayman was because of the controversy surrounding its creator and his abrupt retirement from the gaming industry.
RetiredPush Square Moderator and all around retro gamer.
@Ralizah Well the nature of its release destroyed its sales potential and so didn't sell well enough to justify a new game. Started off a Wii U exclusive but got delayed purposely to launch multiplatform (Microsoft had a rule at the time where games couldn't release at all on XB1 if they launched as an exclusive for PS4 or Wii U). By the time it launched multiplatform, PS4/XB1 owners didn't care about it meanwhile Wii U had started to get a decent number of games made by Nintendo so Wii U version sales suffered there as well.
@JaxonH Rayman Legends. Child of Light. Two really fantastic and exclusive tactical RPGs. The South Park games.
Their support hasn't been perfect, but it does feel like they've been giving us the majority of their very best games.
But yeah, bit of a waste to not have at least the older Far Cry games. I'd happily snag FC3 and Blood Dragon, if nothing else.
And yeah, it's a bit absurd that Origins is on the Vita, but not on Switch.
Speaking of, I'd love to play Legends on an OLED model one day. The Vita version really showed off how good the game could look on that sort of screen.
@Grumblevolcano I mean, it sold 4.5 million copies. Might be peanuts compared to what their AAA games pull in, but it still outsold Origins really quickly. And still sold really well on Wii U for a third-party game.
@Tasuki You're probably right. I forgot he left. That sucks. Probably also explains why we'll never see BG&E2 again. Although, based on that teaser trailer, that might not be a terrible thing.
@Grumblevolcano I think that's much less the case in many respects than it was in the seventh gen, where it felt like everything was either a AAA blockbuster or a zero-budget indie someone programmed in their mother's basement. Many smaller and niche genres are selling very well these days, and are showing that it can be profitable to invest in smaller-scale projects.
Currently Playing: Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PC); Unicorn Overlord (NS)
@Ralizah It's less in some ways and more in others. Nowadays a lot of studios seem to mostly be focused on a mixture of the normal approach to AAA and attempting to chase Fortnite riches but there are some big studios like Capcom that are avoiding that approach.
On a different note, Switch Sports is at #1 on the UK eshop charts with 3 days to go until launch.
The SwitchUp review is out for Zombie Army 4- the one and only review that matters imo.
81% is a very good score from them.
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
Everything's seeming weird recently. Nintendo's made loads of updates that could've been part of a general Direct or Direct Mini meanwhile has had no indie event, Xbox is pretty much silent outside of the content light Halo Infinite Season 2 and PS has been silent outside of the PS+ revamp coming in June.
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