Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Whitewatermoose I'm not sure. I thought they said something like that too but all I ever hear about is the one in Japan so who knows.

Have they announced the format? Is it not a Nintendo Direct?

@Buizel
It seems, from the wording in the press release of the Switch, that they will have an event in Japan a la Spaceworld.
We don't know if they will have three separate events (NoJ, NoA and NoE) or only a Japanese event with them talking in English, or with live translators for non japanese speakers.

Nintendo has trademarked Wave Race in Europe. Maybe a Switch title?

@Grumblevolcano

Any listing of cartridges? If so, that's a hint. If not, could just be IP renewal.

There is the trademark

https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/016053175

A bit lower there is a list of stuff it includes, but reading it right now will give me a headache.

And while its has to be taken with a bucket of salt, Emily Rogers commented that Eurogamer may have news tomorrow.... A mere coincidence, or a sign of things to come?

Emily Rogers has also said she won't be sharing anymore rumors between now and January.

@IceClimbers Nintendo have sent their Ninjas

@Luna_110 Ah I see. Hmm that does raise questions considering we've become so accustomed to the Direct approach.

@Grumblevolcano Could it not mean Wave Race for VC instead? Or maybe nothing...remember this? http://arcadesushi.com/diddy-kong-trademark/

@Luna_110 Seems just like a trademark renewal, covers all form of video games and a lot of merch.

A wave race revival would be quite a surprise. I'm sure many people would be happy to hear such news

Wasn't Mario 128 the tech demo that led to pikmin?

@MarcelRguez Laura said she's uncertain as to the truthfulness of that original rumour, referencing the Yoshi/Rabbids part as "outdated". Since it's an Ubisoft game and they're leaking left right and centre then I think we can expect that game in the launch lineup as this system's 'ZombiU' so to speak.

We're also expecting a report from Eurogamer about another Switch project that Laura is aslo confident in. Early rumblings are that it is the non-Pokken Pokemon game.

A crossover like this wouldn't have been possible 5 or 10 years ago, with Iwata's comments on the devaluing of their IPs. But Nintendo's overall approach has changed in the past couple of years. Kimishima now appears to be embracing the leveraging of IPs to increase their exposure and appeal.

How many Mario games there will be on launch day? As far as I am aware, Nintendo has never launched a system with more than 1 Mario game.

Pokemon Sun and Moon also heading to the Switch under the codename Pokemon Stars.
I wonder how much the Switch version will sell compared to the 3DS versions.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-11-18-nintendo-switch-...

Edit: I see she was referring to the Mario crossover from earlier. Removed the tweet to avoid any further confusion.

@Whitewatermoose Maybe the truth is is that there's (currently) very little third party support?

Just a wild guess.

@Whitewatermoose We're in "worse case scenario" territory already? What armour do I need to survive that kind of fallout?

Or maybe Nintendo has terrible NDA on third parties?

I mean, we usually don't get leaks on any third party project for 3DS when they come - we didn't see, for example, SMTIV Final coming. Or TMS#FE on the Wii U.

Hell, nobody said a squeak about Bayonetta 2 coming to the Wii U - for everyone, it was dead!

We're not at a worst scenario yet guys, when we don't even know the official line up launch. It only means Laura's main informants are close to Nintendo, not other devs.

@Whitewatermoose

DQX and DQXI are confirmed to port to the Switch, by Square Enix.
I've heard rumors that both FFXV and FFVII Remake will also be ported.

@Luna_110 well Laura's main sources are from Ubisoft and one of Nintendo's European branches, most likely UK, which is why Eurogamer are also ITK. For EA, Warner Bros, Bethesda and the like the Switch isn't likely to be high on their agenda ATM so any truly surprising leaks from them are unlikely. Ubisoft have been renowned for leaks for years now leading to them including a hacking mission in Watch Dogs 2 that ended up outing one of their projects. Seems they're content to let the leaks happen as they may.

So I don't think the writing is on the wall yet as to what 3rd party games will be on this system. But I doubt that Bethesda have anything other than Skyrim, or that EA are prepping all their upcoming games either. It is still way too early to judge.

@MarcelRguez A lot of those seem too good to be true...

As for Pokemon Stars...I'm having trouble believing that we'd get a cross-generational "third version" when Gamefreak are moving away from third versions in favour of more frequent new releases.

Then again it's probably the easiest way to get a proper Pokemon RPG in your console's first year so maybe there was some pressure from Nintendo.