Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Link-Hero There actually was a playable demo for Spaceworld in 1997 - it does/did exist in a playable form albeit clearly not one that was anywhere near actual release. It would of course be a huge stretch to imagine it will ever see the light of day again.

@Link-Hero I think that 30% is probably accurate. Shigeru Miyomoto did say in one interview something like it was 60-70% but the consensus is that this clearly didn't equate to 60-70% of the game being ready or playable. Still - the existence of the public demo and the in-engine cut-scenes suggests that there's something that could in theory be "played". It's clearly no "Star Fox 2" though or anything close.

We do know that the script for Mother 3 on the GBA seems to have come almost word for word from the 64DD version. I'd guess that this part of the game was fairly complete.

I'd actually be fairly convinced that the demo still exists. It was made for Spaceworld so there were plenty of copies, 64 DD discs were (by design) easy to duplicate. Nintendo has also always been pretty good at keeping records. I remember many years ago when I was a regular visitor to Starmen.net that someone claimed to have come into a shady copy and was willing to sell it to the community. I don't believe that anything ever came from that though.

Speaking of HD2D, I wonder how far along Dragon Quest III is?

I assume we'll hear something early next year.

While I don't need another game in this universe, I really want more tactical RPGs that focus on actual tactics! Triangle Strategy is nearly Advance Wars-tier in that respect.

I know people are accustomed to TRPGs where you extensively customize your characters in order to build unstoppable killing machines, but I really like TS's focus on having every character essentially be their own class, giving them an invaluable role on the battlefield while also balancing gameplay.

The map design is just fantastic, too. On par with the best maps in Fire Emblem games. You really have to think about how you're going to move and position your units.

@Magician I have to imagine. I really thought it was going to be one of the next major showcases of the art style.

Since then, they've released Triangle Strategy and Live-A-Live, and Octopath 2 is coming in a little less than four months.

Just a veritable flood of HD-2D games.

How about Advance Wars 1+2? I was totally wrong in thinking it wouldn't be delayed, and here we are months later. Not to be insensitive to the severity of real-world conflict, but if thats really the only reason it's being held up then we may be in for an indefinite delay.

@Losermagnet Heck COD continues to get new games and that's more "controversial" than Advance Wars 1+2.

@JaxonH @Giancarlothomaz I'd guess it's a situation like Three Hopes where certain tech things don't make sense unless you assume new hardware is coming in the near future but for the general Switch owner that just wants to play a fun action game, it's not a big deal.

@Grumblevolcano
New hardware is coming eventually, that much we do know. And BC is almost certainly a safe bet. I imagine any game with unlocked framerate will jump to 60 locked.

@Grumblevolcano Nintendo need urgently to launch the Switch sucessor, the later they wait to launch the Switch sucessor, ambitous games such as Bayonetta 3 e problaby Metroid Prime 4 will suffer under Switch limited hardware, Switch sucessor need to have a graphical capacity equivalent of a PS4, use a chipset of 2017/2020, Switch use hardware of 2015, some games such as Xenoblade Chonicles 3 e now Bayonetta 3 is now showing the isseus of Switch aging hardware.

The current Switch reminds me of the GBA and all it's crazy ports.

Its been a few years since Yoshi's Craft World released.

Are we going to hear about Good-Feel's samurai game this year?

https://www.good-feel.co.jp/en/

@Giancarlothomaz
There's nothing "urgent" about it. Xenoblade 3 and Bayonetta 3 are just fine on Switch. Yes, a successor would run games even better, but that's always been the case since the dawn of time.

Contrary to claims from fans like yourself freaking out as if the sky is going to fall if Nintendo doesn't release a successor ASAP, there is no urgency needed.

In fact, I almost hope they take another 3 years just so ppl making such claims can see how wrong they are. Not that I think that's gonna happen. I do expect new hardware next year. But not because it's "urgently needed". There's a vast gulf between "want" and "need".

I'd even say it's never been less needed than right now. Devs are finally hitting their stride optimizing games for the system- we're seeing consistently higher quality ports and games overall than we have all generation.

I was thinking next year but with supply for xbox and ps5 still being hit or miss I feel like Nintendo might wait another year. Or do an announcement like next summer that is a year from release.

Yeah, I'm with JaxonH on the timing for the release of the Switch successor, I agree that it's years away.

Nintendo are going to run the current Switch's lifecycle into the ground.

@Ryu_Niiyama @Magician
I think it's either May 2023 to launch alongside Zelda, since they'll want a big launch title to push a new system and Tears of the Kingdom is one of the few games big enough to sell new hardware to the masses...

Or they'll hold off until March 2025, and simply release one final revision next year in the fall, with a price cut in 2024 to drive sales the final year.

Its one or the other. And if it is next year, they'll at least give a 60 day lead time like they did with their January presser in 2017. So if we don't get an announcement by March for Switch 2, then we can safely assume it's going to be early 2025, with a fall revision next year to push at the tape.

Bayonetta 3 physical preorder for $48.40 at Super Saver

Ships across US for free.

Lowest price I've seen.

https://www.livesuper.com/shop/products/bayonetta-3-nintendo-...

@Losermagnet It's no use. The series is cursed. It's an amazing property that's doomed to obscurity. The world twists itself into knots to prevent its every success.

Nintendo must feel awful. The universe conspired to sacrifice poor Ukraine to prevent the release of these remakes. Perhaps Nintendo's indefinite delay is all that stands between us and nuclear armageddon.

@JaxonH I'd also add that if it is next year, they'll re-reveal Prime 4 before the hardware announcement to calm any fears of Prime 4 being only for the new hardware.

@JaxonH @Magician agreed that something is coming out with Zelda. I’m banking on a OLED Zelda edition so I’m already sitting on 500 just in case. But I can’t personally see another revision unless the OLED needs some work I don’t know about.

@Ryu_Niiyama
I think it'll be a Lite OLED. The current OLED is already final form, so it's either a Lite OLED or an actual OLED Pro model with a juiced up X1 processor to iron out some framerates. Of the two, my money is on a Lite OLED though.

That could come in at a $250 price which means they'd have a $199, $249, $299 and $349 model. And then after Christmas 2023, they could drop everything by $50 for the final push. $149 Lite. $199 Lite OLED. $249 v2 Switch. $299 OLED.