Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Grumblevolcano the revision i could imagine Nintendo could release this year is a OLED version of Switch Lite and some themed Switch OLED for some games like that rumored Switch OLED for Tears of The Kingdom

The odd part is that Odyssey is 5 years old and there are more recent Mario games to promote like 3D All Stars and 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Promoting Odyssey specifically is strange if there is no further content planned.

I do suspect it's more likely late DLC than a sequel. This seems like it might be a similar situation to MK8D, Nintendo doesn't seem to have been interested in a sequel, but the game was popular and the fanbase still is, so they'll go back and throw in some extra content while they work on the next big thing for Mario on the next gen console.

@Bolt_Strike Ninty definitely seems to be warming up to expanding the life of their older games by infusing them with DLC. Personally, if they do that, I hope it's an actual new campaign like Bowser's Fury and not just "BTW if you pay [x amount of money] you'll have access to three new worlds!"

@Ralizah The fact collecting every unique moon doesn’t give you enough moons to get the 999 moon ending bothered me. I’d be really happy with content added to the current campaign such that you can get 999 unique moons. A XC2 type outcome where that’s the earlier waves and the final wave is a new campaign would be preferable though.

@JaxonH I honestly prefer those Analogs over Nintendo's. I have a Zen Pro Controller that uses them and they just feel better then Nintendo's sticks. I am seriously considering buying a pair to swap the ones in my Joycons with.

It's kind of hard for me to envision a new campaign or side mode separate from the main adventure. They could do another Bowser's Fury open world mode, but then they'd have to explain why these kingdoms are connected to each other and the original ones were separate. Most likely I think it'll be closer to the latter, possibly even divided into waves like Smash Ultimate and the Booster Course pack with one new kingdom every few months. And really I'd be fine with that, for the most part all I want from an Odyssey 2 is more kingdoms and captures and DLC can satisfy that just fine. It would be nice to see some other things too, such as making Peach and Tiara playable and/or an extra Bowser battle where Bowser captures Peach (this was originally planned and scrapped, but with Bowsette's popularity they could circle back to this), but IDK if we'll get that.

@Bolt_Strike it would not be strange if in 6 years after the release of Super Mario Odyssey, the game got a DLC, considering in late 2024/early 2025 the Switch sucessor could release and one of it launch games could be a 3D Mario game.

@Giancarlothomaz The same could be said for MK8D, and that got DLC too.

Does anyone have any proof of the Mario odyssey email? I keep seeing it mentioned, but haven’t heard of it up to this point.

@blindsquarel This was from one person that I follow on Twitter:

It's pretty much a screen cap of the SMO email, going over the stuff you can do in the game.

@MarioLover92 i received a similar e-mail as that in the news section of my Switch(i got so confused, why Nintendo is advertising Super Mario Odyssey now, the game will be 6 years old this octobre, are they doing this because of the Mario movie? problaby yes)

@MarioLover92
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I know right now everyone is playing Fire Emblem as that's where the hype is (and rightfully so), but it is of note that Persona 4 Golden is now out on Switch.

This is one of the best JRPGs of all time. And only $20. Just... don't neglect it. Can go ahead and skip Persona 3 though. It's too dated and word is there's a remake coming anyways.

What's the source on this? I had assumed the re-release of P3P after all this time would mean no remake or "definitive edition" for the foreseeable future.

As much as I'd love to play P3 or P4 right now... I'm two palaces in to P5R. I wish they had sieved these games out a bit more!

@Buizel It's coming from a respected Resetera user, they say both Persona 3 remake and Persona 6 are nearly done with an announcement due this year.

I'm playing Persona 3 at the moment, I've had it on my to play list for years so regardless of a remake coming this was a good opportunity to finally play it.

@JaxonH no, i still trying find to final 4 figure box in Bayonetta 3 and beat Rodin(he is hard as hell)

I think the ship has sailed on a definitive edition of P3. At least any time soon.

@Buizel It's OK. P5R is a dramatically better game than what came before it anyway.

@Ralizah @jump Personally, I've played both P4 and P5 before (finished once and twice, respectively) - I even consider the latter to be my favourite non-Nintendo game of all time. I've got maybe 5-10 hours into P3FES before and...it's okay? But if a remake were to come I'd probably sooner replay P5 (as I am doing) and even P4 for now before touching P3P, and just wait it out.

P3 is a bit of a cult classic (which some, perhaps niche, online spaces heralding it as better than even P4), but as someone who came a bit late to the Persona party I've struggled to get into it. The gameplay just feels so outdated to even P4, let alone P5. If I were to play it would be almost entirely for the characters and story events. It's just a shame that they missed the opportunity to at least give us a definitive edition that unifies the benefits of both FES and Portable.

A remake could go a long way for me though. Revamp the battle system and social links (having the latter use the Persona 5 confidant model of all social links providing new unique features and bonuses to the game mechanics) and we're golden (no, not Golden). I'm even willing to look past the repetitive design of Tartarus if these things are vastly improved.

So, I think we can safely assume Switch 2 is releasing March 2025.

With recent reports Nintendo plans to increase sales projections for FY7 (they're hitting 21 million for FY6 which ends March 2023), there's no way a Switch 2 is releasing in March 2024, as that would likely involve a fall teaser announcement, and there's no way they can hit 21+ million units if they sabotage the Switch with an announcement for a successor before the holidays.

This means fall 2024 would be the absolute soonest, and I don't believe they will release during the holidays. The Switch launched in March, as did 3DS, and that's worked well for them. So March 2025 is where the chips seem to be falling.

Obviously this is speculation, but it is evidence based reasoning. So if anyone was "holding off" or anything like that, I think you're safe. Though it is possible we could see one final revision in fall 2023 to push sales those final 2 years, it's hard to say what form that will take. With Switch Lite sales having dropped off, I expect a Lite OLED. But that's just my prediction.

Also, Persona 4 Golden SwitchUp Review

@JaxonH Lol, this is another one of those times the internet insisted on reading between the lines at Nintendo, when they stated they see an unusual lifespan of 10 years. If you ignore all the rumour mongering, they are surprisingly transparent. The Switch has brought romanticism back to the hobby and that is a very powerful thing.