Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

speculating/predicting how Pikmin 4 is gonna play

I checked the coming soon section but I feel like it's not showing all the major stuff. Post direct, what are we looking at for releases through the rest of 2022?

@NintendoByNature here is the rest of the month:

September 13: Little Orpheus (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 13: Nobody Saves the World: Frozen Hearth (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 13: Radiant Silvergun (Switch)
September 13: Sacred Valley (Switch)
September 13: Svoboda 1945: Liberation (Switch)
September 13: Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden (PS4, Switch, PC)
September 13: XIII (Switch)
September 14: Family Man (Xbox One, Switch)
September 14: Maggie the Magnet (Switch)
September 14: Reknum DX (Switch)
September 15: Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy (Switch)
September 15: Ankora: Lost Days (Switch)
September 15: Arcade Archives: Rompers (PS4, Switch)
September 15: Bear and Breakfast (Switch)
September 15: Blind Fate: Edo No Yami (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 15: Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
September 15: Dragon Quest X Offline (Japan)
September 15: Dungeons 3 - Nintendo Switch Edition (Switch)
September 15: fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE (Switch)
September 15: Foretales (Switch, PC)
September 15: Gold Crusader (Switch)
September 15: Gunslingers & Zombies (Switch)
September 15: Innocence Island (Switch, PC)
September 15: Japanese Escape Games The Mansion of Tricks (Switch)
September 15: Kao the Kangaroo: Top of the Class (Switch)
September 15: Last Beat Enhanced (Xbox One, Switch)
September 15: Paddles (Switch)
September 15: Poly Link - Origins (Switch)
September 15: Queen's Garden Sakura Season (Switch)
September 15: SAOMI (Switch)
September 15: Silent Sector (Switch)
September 15: Wayward Strand (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 16: Accident (Switch)
September 16: Brutal Chase Turbo (Switch)
September 16: The Dark Prophecy (Switch)
September 16: Devoured by Darkness (XBO, Switch)
September 16: Kitten's Head Football (Switch)
September 16: Melatonin (Switch, PC)
September 16: Plunder Panic (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 16: Trash Sailors (PS4, Switch)
September 16: Unichrome: A 1-Bit Unicorn Adventure (Switch)
September 19: Return to Monkey Island (Switch, PC)
September 20: Accident (Switch)
September 20: Amnesia: Later x Crowd (Switch)
September 20: Amnesia: Memories (Switch)
September 20: Jack Move (PS4, XBO, Switch)
September 20: Midnight Fight Express (Switch)
September 20: Wylde Flowers (Switch, PC)
September 21: Scrap Riders (Switch)
September 22: Beacon Pines (XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 22: Birfia (Switch)
September 22: Camped Out! (Switch)
September 22: Puzzle Battler! Mirai (Switch)
September 22: The DioField Chronicle (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 22: No Place for Bravery (Switch, PC)
September 22: OneShot: World Machine Edition (PS4, XBO, Switch)
September 22: Piofiore: Episodio 1926 (Switch)
September 22: Potion Permit (PS5, PS4, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 22: Serial Cleaners (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 22: SongPop Party (Switch)
September 22: SpiderHeck (XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 23: Car Mechanic Pinball (Switch)
September 23: DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms (PS4, XBX/S, Switch, PC)
September 23: Shovel Knight Dig (Switch)
September 23: Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Switch)
September 26: The Spirit and the Mouse (Switch, PC)
September 27: Hokko Life (PS4, XBO, Switch)
September 27: The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (PS4, Switch, PC)
September 27: Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures (Switch, PC)
September 27: The Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection (Switch)
September 27: Moonscars (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 28: Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (Switch)
September 29: Brewmaster (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 29: Bullet Soul (Switch)
September 29: Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst (Switch)
September 29: Crossroads Inn: A Fantasy Tavern Sim (Switch)
September 29: Dorfromantik (Switch)
September 29: From Space (Switch, PC)
September 29: Funtasia (Switch)
September 29: Hexceed: Rimor (Switch)
September 29: Let’s Build a Zoo (Switch)
September 29: Martian Panic (Switch)
September 29: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (PS4, XBO, Switch)
September 29: Post Void (PS5, PS4, Switch)
September 29: Railgrade (Switch, PC)
September 29: Voodoo Detective (Switch)
September 30: Airoheart (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 30: Blade Assault (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 30: Bunny Park (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
September 30: FIFA 23: Legacy Edition (Switch)
September 30: Lemon Cake (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
September 30: Let's Build a Zoo (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, Switch)
September 30: PAW Patrol: Grand Prix (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
September 30: Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Switch)

October:

October 4: Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
October 4: Let's Sing ABBA (Switch)
October 6: Jewel Diamonds (Switch)
October 6: Josh Journey: Darkness Totems (Switch)
October 6: Nier: Automata - The End of YoRHa Edition (Switch)
October 7: Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack (Switch)
October 7: Endless Memories (Switch)
October 7: Fantasy Blacksmith (Switch)
October 7: L.O.L. Surprise! B.Bs Born to Travel (PS4, XBX/S, Switch, PC)
October 7: Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 7: No Man's Sky (Switch)
October 7: Ultra Mega Xtra Party Challenge (Switch)
October 10: 9 Years of Shadows (Switch, PC)
October 11: In Sound Mind (Switch)
October 11: Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief (PS4, Switch, PC)
October 12: LEGO Bricktales (Switch)
October 13: Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 13: Bus Simulator City Ride (Switch)
October 13: Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Bloody Ties (Switch) – Cloud Version
October 13: Loot Box Simulator - RPG Anime Girls (Switch)
October 13: NAIAD (Switch)
October 13: WRC Generations (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 13: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass DLC Vol. 2 (Switch)
October 14: Dragon Ball: The Breakers (PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 14: NASCAR Rivals (Switch)
October 14: Saint Kotar (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
October 14: Star Trek: Prodigy – Supernova (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, Switch, PC)
October 14: Winter Games 2023 (PS4, XBX/S, PC))
October 18: A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5, XBX/S, Switch, PC) – Cloud Version
October 18: Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (Switch)
October 18: Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality + The Lonely Assassins (PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
October 18: Hidden Objects Collection Volume 4 (Switch)
October 18: Them's Fightin' Herds (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
October 20: Aery - Last Day of Earth (Switch, PC)
October 20: Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Switch)
October 20: Matchpoint: Tennis Championships (Switch)
October 20: Shutter Nyan! Enhanced Edition (Switch)
October 20: Terracotta (Switch)
October 20: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 21: Astronite (PS5, PS4, PC)
October 21: Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony (Switch)
October 21: New Tales from the Borderlands (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 21: Persona 5 Royal (XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 21: Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator (Switch)
October 25: Miraculous: Rise of the Sphinx (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 25: Seed of Life (PS5, PS4, Switch)
October 25: Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (PS4, Switch, PC)
October 27: A Winding Path (Switch)
October 27: Needy Streamer Overdose (Switch)
October 27: Paradigm Paradox (Switch)
October 27: Signalis (PS4, XBO, Switch, PC)
October 28: Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Switch)
October 28: Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
October 28: CoComelon: Play with JJ (Switch)
October 28: Factorio (Switch)
October 28: Horse Club Adventure 2: Hazelwood Stories (PS4, Switch)
October 28: Resident Evil Village (Switch) – Cloud Version
October 31: Midnight Remastered (Switch)

November:

November 1: Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch (Switch)
November 1: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Galactic Edition (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
November 2: Doraemon: Story of Seasons - Friends of the Great Kingdom (PS5, Switch, PC)
November 3: Ghost Song (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
November 4: Aeterna Noctis (Switch)
November 4: Harvestella (Switch, PC)
November 4: It Takes Two (Switch)
November 8: Football Manager 2023 Touch (Switch)
November 8: Sifu (Switch)
November 8: Sonic Frontiers (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
November 10: Advent Calendar (Switch, PC)
November 11: Tactics Ogre: Reborn (PS5, Switch, PC)
November 18: Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent (PS4, Switch)
November 18: Heidelberg 1693 (Switch)
November 18: Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (Switch)
November 22: Just Dance 2023 Edition (PS5, XBX/S, Switch)
November 22: Ship of Fools (PS5, XBX/S, Switch, PC)

December:

December 1: Donut Dodo (Switch)
December 1: Inscryption (Switch)
December 1: JellyCar Worlds (Switch)
December 1: LoverPretend (Switch)
December 1: Papetura (Switch)
December 1: Railbound (Switch)
December 1: River City Girls 1 & 2 (PS5, PS4, Switch)
December 1: Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC)
December 1: Sword of the Vagrant (PS5, PS4, XBO, Switch)
December 1: Tomomi (Switch)
December 1: Warp Drive (XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
December 1: Work from Home (Switch)
December 2: Intrepid Izzy (Switch)
December 2: The Outbound Ghost (PS5, PS4, Switch)
December 2: Resident Evil Village: Winters' Expansion (Switch) – Cloud Version
December 2: Siralim Ultimate (Switch)
December 2: Super Kiwi 64 (Switch, PC)
December 3: Cyborg Invasion Shooter 3: Savior Of The World (Switch)
December 4: Goonya Monster (PS5, Switch, PC)
December 5: Paper Cut Mansion (PS4, Switch)
December 5: Swordship (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 6: Kukoos - Lost Pets (PS5, PS4, Switch)
December 6: Terror of Hemasaurus (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
December 7: Bot Gaiden (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch)
December 7: Togges (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 8: Chained Echoes (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 8: Coloring Pixels: Collection 2 (Switch)
December 8: Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator (Switch)
December 8: Mech Armada (Switch)
December 8: The Rumble Fish 2 (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 8: Samurai Maiden (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC)
December 8: Simona's Requiem (Switch)
December 8: Witch on the Holy Night (PS4, Switch)
December 9: Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent (PS4, Switch)
December 9: Dragon Quest Treasures (Switch)
December 9: Jitsu Squad (Switch)
December 9: Petite Adventure (Switch)
December 12: Wavetale (PS5, XBX/S, Switch, PC)
December 13: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 13: Infinite Guitars (XBO, Switch, PC)
December 13: My Universe: My Baby Dragon (Switch)
December 13: Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission (PS5, PS4, Switch)
December 14: Formula Retro Racing: World Tour (Switch)
December 14: Lil Gator Game (Switch, PC)
December 14: Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance (Switch)
December 15: Aery - Path of Corruption (XBO, Switch, PC)
December 15: Aka (Switch, PC)
December 15: Cassiodora (PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XBO, Switch, PC)
December 15: The Crackpet Show (Switch)
December 15: NAIAD (Switch)
December 16: Napoleon in the Third World ~A Maiden Without the Word Impossible~ (Switch
December 16: Resident Evil 7 (Switch) – Cloud Version
December 19: Aero Striker - World Invasion (Switch)
December 22: Drone Race Simulator Pilot Flight School Airplane Games Jet 2023 (Switch)
December 22: Grappling Dash (Switch)
December 22: Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival (Switch)
December 26: Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition (Switch)
December 29: Monster Impossible Truck No Limit Adventure Drive Simulator Sport 3D (Switch)
December 30: Concordia: Digital Edition - Venus (Switch)

And there is a ton of stuff with no date yet.

@Ryu_Niiyama "Looks at wallet"

@Kermit1 that’s why I find it funny when folks say there are no games on switch. You may not like all of them but there is plenty to play.

Also why I wait until Black Friday to buy most of my games. Would have to sell a kidney otherwise.

Condensing the lineup to just my personal highlights...

Mega Hype Preorder List

• Radiant Silvergun
• Ikai Katana [JP exclusive] CAVE shmup
• Tunic
• Bayonetta 3
• Nier Automata
• Persona 5 Royal
• Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Trails From Zero
• Harvestella
• Tactics Ogre Reborn
• Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
• Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
• Dragon Quest Treasures
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Octopath Traveler II
• Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
• Atelier Ryza 3
• Fatal Frame 4
• Rain Code
• Tales of Symphonia Remastered
• Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe
• Pikmin 4
• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
• Persona 4 Golden
• Trails to Azure

Honorable Mentions

• Persona 3 Portable
• The Diofield Chronicle
• It Takes Two
• SIFU
• No Man's Sky
• New Tales From the Borderlands
• Rune Factory 3
• Faeville

There's so many amazing games on the way it's mind boggling. Switch truly is the greatest platform of all time. Not just due to its dizzying catalog of top shelf games, but the fact all of them are console versions, handheld versions, portable console tabletop versions, and many offer local splitscreen and/or local wireless.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Goodness, how long did it take you to type that up?!! That's quite the definitive list!

@JaxonH lol I am still updating because I am trying to make sure i didn’t miss any japan only games. Since I know others import as well. But the roofer was working on my ceiling so I needed to be in the area and not working.

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core: Reunion has a launch version which includes a steelbook.

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core: Reunion

Persona 5 Royal also has a launch version which comes in a steelbook case.

Persona 5 Royal

@Ryu_Niiyama woah! That's quite the list. Forget about money, where will I find the time!?

@NeonPizza
Plays fine for me. I've found 95% of ppl can't even notice the complaints of frames of lag and stuff. I played it and it felt flawless. Absolute top notch.

ESP ra.de, that's exactly what I did. The conversion rate of USD to Yen is favorable. So a 5,000¥ card can be bought for $40, even despite Play-Asia taxing a bit. Grabbed it digitally with my JP account along with the other 3 M2 Shot Triggers releases- Aleste Collection, Tiger Heli and Fire Shark. They're expensive but so good with extensive options. They're shmups so translation isn't that necessary. I used Google translate app "Instant Translation" AR feature to see what's what in the menu, so I could rotate into TATE mode and get scanlines, smoothing and difficulty set to my liking.

@NintendoByNature
I'm different.
I will pick games from different consoles (PS3 / PS4 / PS5 / Wii / Wii U / etc) depend on what games should I get before someone pick the games I have been waiting for.

@NintendoByNature I am just gonna build a cryo chamber.

@NeonPizza
Oh OK, never-mind. I got super agitated because Electric Playground on YT is a shmup dedicated channel, who also USED TO do reviews for NintendoLife for shmups (I say used to, because they kicked his clown keaster to the curb not long after giving the Psikyo Shooting Stars collection a 5/10 all because of a few extra lag frames, as if any normal gamer cares about that crap).

Every video he just obsesses about lag. He'll tell his viewers "oh Radiant Silvergun has 1 extra frame of lag compared to the Xbox 360 version, so you should avoid it". But he goes beyond that. He'll insist EVERYONE will notice. Dude lives in a bubble and is so hyper focused on this tiny little thing most ppl can't even tell when playing, and makes it into this massive game breaking ordeal. Would be one thing to say, "hey, it's just my opinion, most of you probably won't be able to tell or care". But instead he insists his opinion is the only right opinion, and if you can't tell the game has 1 extra frame lag there's something wrong with you, and that you DEFINITELY WILL notice. He absolutely trashed the TMNT collection over "insanely unacceptable lag", despite 95% of reviewers praising it and having no issues.

Even did a video with Shmup Junkie who called him out on it and was like dude, the Genesis Mini has 8 frames of lag, but who cares. It's a great buy. You're making this out to be way bigger of a deal than it really is. Ever since, every video he makes he slips in hostile jabs toward any who would dare not share his opinion, going to far as to say what ppl will or won't notice, saying there's something wrong with you if you dont...

My feet don't fit in clown shoes. Dude needs to take that hogwash back to the circus where it belongs.

Anyways, when I heard criticism of DoDonPachi I assumed it was just a regurgitation of his narrative. I never actually saw the original arcade game so I have no frame of reference. But it looked fine to me. Was too busy dodging bullets to really analyze it though

Ok, something odd is going on with my Switch's internet. I was playing ACNH and looking for custom designs when my wifi cut off for my Switch I waited 7mins for the wifi to come back and it never did. I then went to settings and it said not connected so I clicked the re-connect button and after 3mins of loading I got a DNS (I think that was how it was spelt) error. My Switch still has no wifi ye my PC does, is there some kind of maintenance going on or do I need to wait longer.

@NintendoByNature What do I have on preorder at retail through 2022?

Potion Permit, The Diofield Chronicle, Severed Steel, Trails from Zero, Airoheart, F.I.S.T., NieR: Automata, Chaos; Head Noah / Chaos; Child, No Man's Sky, In Sound Mind, Warhammer 40k: Shootas, Blood & Teef, New Tales from the Borderlands, Persona 5 Royal, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Yomawari 3, Bayonetta 3, Harvestella, Atari 50, Tactics Ogre, Art of Rally, and Dragon Quest Treasures.

I'm sure I'm missing a couple or few, and that doesn't include my boutique preorders.

@Magician quite the hall my friend, quite the hall. How's your actual play schedule lookin? I'm sure some of those will be tossed into the ol BL.

I think I'll have to pass on diofield, nier, P5R, and tactics ogre, at least up front. And I'm trying to see which one I should buy first since there's no way I can play both in 1 week, but bayo3 and sparks of hope are too close to eachother. Might be best to play bayo3 and give sparks of hope the pass for a few weeks. Price will probably drop as well anyway.

@NintendoByNature

It is a good idea to wait a little bit before purchasing Sparks of Hope. Ubisoft games become cheaper pretty fast. If you have not played Persona 5 yet, I would say you should at some point, if you like that kind of game. It is pretty great.

Right now I am playing Dark Chronicle on the PS 2. The good thing about JRPG's is, I do not have to fear about paying too much money for games.

@NintendoByNature Yup, my purchase-rate definitely raises hell with my backlog. I play about twenty hours a week. So it's always one step forward, three steps back. It's not so bad if a game is fewer than ten hours long, but all of these 50+ hour-long rpgs are murder on my free time.

@JaxonH you must have a lot of time/money to play all this games, here in Brazil if i plan to buy at least 2/3 of this games it would be a fortune(i planing to buy Bayonetta 3 during Black Friday, Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom as a late birthday present, my birthday is in early april, and i waiting if the rumored 2D Donkey Kong game is real, for me to play).

@Giancarlothomaz
I do play all the games, I just don't finish them all. Oftentimes I'll play a game for a bit then love onto another.

It's expensive, but... not that bad. I probably spend 10% of my net income each year on gaming related purchases. And that's all I really spend for recreation.