Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/bayonetta-3-switch/

I don't know if the minor plot details were already there, but it did get its ESRB rating (M, as expected).

You know, I'm starting to think my faith in those Pokemon rumours, shock of all shocks, may have been misplaced.

@Fizza Pretty much everything Riddler Khu says have come true

I can't wait for Bayonetta 3 to finally be released after hearing for years the moaning about where is it, how dare Nintendo make me wait etc only for it to come out and it's a very minor hit! ;p

@Fizza Given we've got 2 clashing rumours (both are about trailers today), I think Bayonetta 3 is the more believable one given the Youtube playlist update. You've also got that Pokemon gives a day warning for trailers which didn't happen yesterday.

As for MK8 Deluxe 7-Eleven speculation, I think what may happen is wave 2 being a shadow dropped "out now" trailer at like 1am (UK time) on Friday. As you can't buy wave 2 separately, advance warning isn't really needed so I could see the waves that don't get announced in Directs being shadow drops.

Bayonetta 3 will release in octobre 28th.

Bayonetta 1 is getting a physical version!

Well, SyluxHunter was right again.

They're officially gospel to me now.

Wow. Not one but TWO Platinum Games titles for Switch in October! And what a month it's going to be!

In a single 30 day span we're getting:

• Nier Automata
• Bayonetta 3
• Persona 5 Royal
• Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Harvestella

That's packing some serious punch.

@Grumblevolcano
Oh snap.

I imported the Climax Edition of Bayo2 which came with a physical release of Bayo 1. But I definitely want that collector edition. Which seems, yet again, to not be releasing in NA. Another import, it seems.

Dang. I guess it's a good problem to have but there will seriously be no time in October for all of these!

I've just realised this Bayo 3 comes out 3 days before Halloween.... that's some pretty good timing if I do say so myself. Reminds me of when they released Luigi's Mansion 3 literally on Halloween.

Halloween release is definitely planned. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy ATM

@Fizza Whilst the gimmicky release window is nice I'm surprised they went with it. Despite Bayonetta's accolades and rabid fanbase it's far from a strong selling series, I'm pretty sure there's yet to be a single version of any of those games to hit the fabled 1m copies sold milestone, so putting it up in direct competition with another action game where players like to perv over the main character and the juggernaut of Persona I can see it struggling.

@jump
Bayonetta 1 broke 1 million sold, iirc.

This was 12 yrs ago and Bayo already cracked 1.1 mil.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/sega-sees-profits-on-declini...

Bayonetta 2 didn't fare as well, but it was on Wii U which was a dismal platform as only diehard Nintendo fans who like Mario and Zelda, and casuals, owned the system. Switch port got overlooked too it seems.

We don't have sales figures but there is this from Wikipedia:

While sales have not been fully disclosed, by March 2018, Nintendo confirmed the Switch version had sold 400,000 copies during its first nine weeks, compared to the 300,000 copies the Wii U version sold during the same period

It may be around 1m if looking at lifetime sales across Wii U and Switch. Which to be fair, is pretty poor as you said.

Hopefully Bayonetta 3 does at least as well as Astral Chain. The games are incredible- Bayo 2 is my favorite action game of all time, and both Wii U and Switch versions sit at 91/92 on MC. The games are way too good to be doing as poor as they have.

@jump I'm not sure if any individual console version has crossed that threshold, but the original multiplatform release of Bayonetta did, in fact, sell over one million units.

https://www.destructoid.com/bayonetta-breaks-one-million-sales/

RE: NieR and P5R, it's hard to say. On one hand, those games are both significantly more popular if you look at sales numbers: 5+ mil for P5 if you include Royal, and over 6+ mil for NieR. On the other hand, most people who want to play those games have already done so, I imagine, whereas Bayonetta 3 is a new game. The ports will still sell to Nintendo-only people and people who want portable versions of the games, but I do think that factor will even out the playing field somewhat.

So ya. Support Bayonetta 3 my people

Support Bayonetta 3. It needs it. If this game can't crack a mil, I'd wager it'll be the death of the entire series. Switch owners are sitting on a masterpiece franchise. Don't let it slip away

I think Sparks of Hope will be Bayonetta 3's biggest competition, kind of comparable to when Fire Emblem Warriors and Mario Odyssey released a week apart.

@Ralizah @JaxonH I'm aware, hence why I phrased it specifically as a single version.

The overall point was more that this is a game that needs all the help it can get so releasing it at a time with games going after the same audience seems silly to me.

Oct. 2022 is the new Sept. 2019.

Never understood the philosophy of grouping a bunch of releases together instead of spreading them out more across the calendar.