Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Masahiro Sakurai would love to see a port/remaster of Kid Icarus Uprising on Switch

Sounds like a tease to me.

@Atomic77
I think that's true for games where graphics are a major selling point (like 8th gen games based in realism) or where Switch version requires major sub-HD resolution cuts. Hence why a lot of the bigger, realism-focused AAA ports don't do as well on Switch.

But for games where the difference is negligible, the Switch version almost always dominates (at least, more times than not). I think Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core is a good example of a game where the difference is negligible.

@JaxonH I had forgotten that this game existed, and I am utterly disappointed in myself that I did. After Uprising, Kid Icarus deserves to be a Nintendo mainstay and it's honestly baffling that we never got a follow-up (I suppose Sakurai has been busy with Smash, but...)

My main concern with a port would be the controls. As controversial as they were, the game was built around them, and I really can't imagine the Switch capturing the shooting precision afforded by the touch-screen, even combining analogue and gyro controls. Dual-analog seems like a no-brainer for the on-foot sections, but I do wonder if the on-rails sections will suffer.

I also hope they would do something nice with the graphics. The only 3DS ports I can think of at the moment have very simplistic art styles that it makes sense to simply upscale. However, Uprising really pushed the boundaries of the 3DS, and flying in 3D was a huge part of the spectacle of the game for me. I think for them to recapture that they're going to have to do a lot more than simply upscale the game to HD - maybe update the models, textures and lighting as well?

@Buizel everyone trough it was impossible to bring Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword on Switch, but Nintendo found a way to adapt it controls to Handheld Mode, i surely believe Nintendo will find a way to adapt Kid Icarus Uprising controls if they bring the game to Switch, and @JaxonH remember that rumor that Bandai Namco could be doing a remaster of a 3D action game for Nintendo(maybe this 3D action game remaster is Kid Icarus Uprising).

@Buizel
I would hope they would, but even in a bare minimum scenario where it's just an HD version with dual analog, that's still such an improvement over playing on 3DS I'll take it in a heartbeat.

Even if the controls aren't as accurate as stylus, I'd rather have slightly less accuracy and actually play in comfort than have full accuracy while on a fast track to arthritis.

English Fire Emblem Engage trailer is live. And it's very good.

@JaxonH My god, this game looks gorgeous. Maybe a contender for best-looking anime-styled game on the Switch? At least when it comes to character models and the pure vibrancy of everything.

@Buizel
It's the best looking Fire Emblem game to date. A notable step up from Three Houses. Which, Three Houses wasn't a bad looking game, but it wasn't great. The top down map views were excellent, but zoomed in and exploration in the monastery were eh.

But Engage just exudes style and brilliance. The art style is different than any game in the series before it- kind of has an element of Rennesaince flare. But it works. The animations are extremely fluid too, which helps tie everything together.

Gust wouldn't have been my first choice for designing Fire Emblem, but after seeing the end result, I gotta say... I'm impressed.

check out the techinal/graphical analysis of Pokémon Scarlet e Violet.

HOLY S***

10 million in three days!

That has to be one of the biggest launches of all time.

I think it's the 2nd biggest launch of the year, 1st is MW2 (judging by a Push Square article) which further showcases Sony and Microsoft's constant battle over Microsoft trying to acquire Activision.

Can see why Nintendo felt comfortable with only Pokémon for the holiday release this year. When you have 114 million units in the wild and a brand as huge as Pokémon, it’s an easy win for them. But I still think a December release even a Zelda port would have been good.

My Switch fan is really loud and I'm just on the eshop!!! After the error i'm worried!!! Is my Switch faulty??

it stopped doing it right after I wrote this post. I restarted the system and now it's fine. I'm getting weirded out.

It could have been dust but idk.

"It's the publisher/developer being lazy not users rewarding quantity over quality. Just you watch, people will vote with their wallets...."

Eh.

Assume worst case. Pokemon breaks records, Gamefreak learns absolutely nothing, and they continue with status quo indefinitely.

I really don't feel like that's much of a loss. But then again I'm not a big Pokemon fan, so.

Monster Hunter Rise Title Update 3 is out, btw! And. It's. Glorious.

@JaxonH
I'm a pretty big fan so that's probably why it bugs me. I also felt like Splatoon 3 was a bit of a cash in and skipped it also despite being super into Splatoon. So was also annoyed when it also broke records.... although at least Splatoon 3 wasn't broken, so there's that

@FragRed I think December was going to be Advance Wars but Nintendo felt it was still unsuitable timing to release so they made do with DLC/updates being the December lineup meanwhile Advance Wars gets rescheduled for March (March 2023 is still in the same fiscal year as April 2022).

@JaxonH Pokémon sell records, no matter the quality of the game, gen 10 could be a trainwreck, but is gonna sell records, at this point, is brand loyalty/nostalgia and copium that is making Pokémon sell so well.

It’s interesting that so many people who were die hard defending Pokemon games in the past and now on the attack for it for the bugs and choppy performance. The biggest issue with the game for me is it’s just abit boring to play as rather than having a well crafted world to explore it’s just spaces with junk thrown into them which is being overlooked because of the bugs.

I’ve played it for a good bit now and it’s feels like I’m going into that blank space like when people spend hours and hours on social media/YouTube looking at any old rubbish but triggering the part of the brain that makes you think you’ve done something. I’m gonna give this game a rest for a bit to see if I ever gather the enthusiasm to play it again and give Bayonetta 3 a whirl. I hear there’s a blasphemous nudey witch in it which will make a nice change from the dog fighting simulator.