Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Anti-Matter I don't buy in to new year's resolution nonsense, but I challenge you to go the rest of 2023 without mentioning Playstation in a non-Playstation specific thread at NintendoLife. For all our sakes 😜

👍to not buying in to NY resolutions
👍to the cheeky challenge

@gcunit
But, I have a lot of 3rd party multi console games on PS4 / PS5 version instead of Switch version so when I saw the same games on Switch version from the articles, I just said I have the PlayStation version because I played that version. I will not say I played the Switch version when I don't have those games on Switch.
I'm sorry, I felt I back to my PlayStation side during pandemic and became like more from PlayStation version of the same games.

Glad we sorted that one out then.

@gcunit
Nice to see a fellow Fire Emblem fan can appreciate it. I'd been ogling that mythical piece for the last half decade. Now, if only I could procure those gold Monster Hunter Rise amiibo one day!

I was fortunate to nab my sealed copies in the early Wii U era after Awakening dropped, before the 2nd hand market prices spiraled out of control. Couldn't imagine trying to collect them nowadays. Still, having all the games released in the west is more than most have, that's for sure.

@JaxonH In March it'll go from everything except Ike's games being readily available to only the 2 Warriors games, Three Houses and Engage being readily available.

@Grumblevolcano
I mean, you can still easily buy all those games physically, and frankly, if someone hasn't bought a game on an old legacy consoles storefront in the last decade, they were probably never going to. If there was enough ppl still buying they wouldn't shut down the shop, so the fact it's being shut down is evidence that very, very few gamers are buying from it anymore.

can Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom surpass the lagacy of Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild?

aparently Metroid Prime 4 is finished, and Retro Studios began hiring for a AAA game with a 10 milion budget

@Giancarlothomaz I’m sorry but how does this suggest Metroid Prime 4 is finished or near finished? Developers are always recruiting roles for various reasons during development.

@FragRed near finished and now Retro Studios is hiring for a new game with a bugdet with 10 milions dolars

@FragRed @Giancarlothomaz
It could indicate development is nearing the final stretch. When a game gets close to completion more and more staff are done with their specific job and can be pulled away to start on a new project. When enough staff have been pulled away and that new project begins in earnest, they start hiring as needed.

However. This is no guarantee. It could be they always had a separate skeleton crew working on another game. We just don't know.

If I had to guess though, I'm leaning toward it being an indicator development is in the final year stretch.

@Giancarlothomaz @JaxonH Okay so where would this leave that rumoured remaster/remake? They wouldn’t have 2 Metroid Primes release in the same year… right?

@FragRed Nintendo could release the rumored Metroid Prime trilogy remaster/Metroid Prime remake/remaster 6 months apart and then at the end of the year release Metroid Prime 4, ending the Switch generation.@Slashfuture i might add, if Nintendo finaly reveal Metroid Prime 4 in the first Nintendo Direct of this year, Metroid Prime 4 could be the focus of Nintendo for they Nintendo E3 2023 Direct presentation with a Treehouse segment or severals dedicated to the game.

@FragRed Well nothing came of all those rumours about Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD releasing before TotK so maybe the same happens with Prime.

@FragRed
I would guess no.

Obviously we're speculating here, but I would think remaster in 2023 with Prime 4 in 2024. Though it is possible if the remake releases early enough in 2023, Prime 4 could come as an October/November release to capitalize on the holidays. But I'd expext an 8-14 month gap, maybe 6 depending on the timing.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah that’s true though Zelda games are standalone whereas Metroid Prime games aren’t so it would be a harder sell to get people on board with something that has 4 in the title if they haven’t played the first 3 games.

@JaxonH That’s a good point, and if Prime 4 is next year it would line up with the idea it could be a cross platform launch title for the Switch successor, depending when it all releases.

@FragRed I know that but the rumours transitioned to just Prime 1 which doesn't make sense if they were going down the route that the prior games were essential to play beforehand. If they aren't doing anything with Prime 2 and 3, I'd guess they'd cover any essential prior info about the Prime franchise in the intro much like how the intro of Metroid Dread recapped the events of Metroid Fusion (Fusion still isn't on the Switch even now). Hence they could have a situation where if Prime 4 released in Fall/Holiday 2023 then Prime 1 could release in 2024/2025 as part of a "we're still supporting the Switch during some of the Switch 2's lifespan" much like 3DS support in March 2017 - March 2019.

I think Fall/Holiday 2023 for Prime remaster(s) if real and Fall/Holiday 2024 for Prime 4 would be more likely though. Prime 4 not being a launch title for Switch 2 but still a crossgen swansong for Switch.

I tend to think that the Metroid Prime remaster will be just the first game and it'll come in October this year.

Clearly Prime 4 isn't expected this year. That's a game that dual launches with the next Nintendo console. It should be really well suited to that "BoTW" role because it's a game pitched squarely at "core gamers" who will be the early adopters anyway. It's also going to be a graphically impressive game that will be good to contrast the difference between Switch and "Switch 2".

So there's room in the schedule for a Prime remaster. As stupid as it sounds I think they'll aim for October for the remaster because however tenuous the connection they'll feel that they can market a dark moody game around Halloween.