Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah Wouldn't be surprised if $70 priced games simply aren't included in the voucher program.

In the UK/Europe Smash and BOTW are already a tenner extra than standard and both are part of the 2 game voucher thingamajigger.

Any predictions for today's Direct?

Will we finally see Metroid Prime announced? Or F-Zero?

If even one of those things happens I'll be extremely happy. But I dare not hope.

@JaxonH My conservative predictions:

Almost guaranteed:

• Tears of the Kingdom news
• Mario Kart DLC wave
• Something about the Mario Movie

Highly likely:

• Fire Emblem Engage DLC
• Advance Wars release date
• More info on Pikmin 4
• New NSO games (less likely: something interesting like Diddy Kong Racing, Super Mario RPG or Gameboy/Advance games)

Somewhat likely:

• First look at Metroid Prime 4

I also don't know why, but my gut tells me we're randomly going to get something Animal Crossing related.

@JaxonH The predictions I gave in the Direct thread were:

Adding to this, I also think they'll announce Odyssey DLC and save the next new Mario platformer for the Switch's successor.

Odyssey DLC would kind of stink if you ask me. I'd take a new 2d outing over DLC for a 6yr old game. Unless it's pretty substantial of course.

I’m not sure music works as a comparison myself since music is generational and a lot to do with vibe.

Like the 80s metalhead teens have not moved onto listening to contemporary metal like Bring Me The Horizon or Parkway Drive since they want their metal of Slayer and Metallica, oddly though younger metal fans have not got a problem listening to the old stuff. Then vibe is a massive deal too since they gravitate to their thing rather than the biggest act going, it’s why a lot of angsty teens getting into an artist will say something specific like artist x speaks to me personally which I’ve seen Gaga fans do alot of whilst people into AAA games generally speak in terms of the game being the bestest experience ever, its a 10/10 game, GOTY etc.

I find music snobbery seems to go the other way of liking the old stuff and writing off newer acts or preferring the unknown cool acts before they are big and then writing off everything else as sell out music as opposed to liking the big acts.

Speaking of Lady Gaga I actually had a chance to see her last summer for free. A mate offered me a VIP box at her London gig. I was tempted by the offer since she apparently has a great live show but I was getting knackered last year seeing so many live acts constantly due to everyone taking a few years off for covid resulted in everyone touring at the same timer. Bloody great though, I saw so many cool acts yet rather annoying my most anticipated gig was Rage Against The Machine. I had 2 years of build up and their free Finsbury Park gig to celebrate their song getting to number 1 in protest of X-Factor remains one my most cherished experiences however their 2022 UK gigs never happened as the frontman hurt himself before the European leg of the tour.

I try not to do into Directs with expectations, although all of the smoke around Advance Wars and now TotK makes that impossible. Aside from the expected (DLC wave updates, reminders of upcoming games that were already previous announced like Kirby/Octopath/Theatrhythm/Fatal Frame/etc.), I'll be shocked if we don't get a proper trailer for Tears of the Kingdom (alongside with the eshop listing going live, which will confirm the pricing confusion one way or the other) and some sort of release date news about Advance Wars.

I do think Square-Enix will have a significant presence as well. There's a decent amount of stuff coming up for Switch which should theoretically already be done or close to done (Front Mission II remaster; Dragon Quest III HD-2D; Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters; etc.)

And, this one is less likely, but I do think we'll see something Mario-related to accompany the release of the film in a couple of months. Odyssey DLC is possible, but my hope is a 2D side-scroller styled after the movie.

Rumored remasters/ports that may show:

Baiten Kaitos remaster
Kid Icarus Uprising remaster
Metroid Prime 1 remaster
Batman Arkham Collection
Bravely Default Collection
Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered
F-Zero GX remastered

I'm guessing at least one of them makes an appearance. Maybe two.

@NintendoByNature : Paid DLC is aggravating enough at the best of times, but for a game approaching its sixth anniversary? Sa-crew that! (And I really resented Mario Kart 8 having even more DLC after all these years, though I finally gave in and bought it a couple of weeks ago) sigh I'm never going to own a complete copy of Mario Kart 8.

And re: Odyssey, I'd rather have a whole new game, even if it uses the same engine a la Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo can throw the digital downloaders a bone by issuing them a discount so that the game costs as much as it would have had it been paid DLC, but I'm happy to pay to have it all on a cart.

@JaxonH Oh man I've been waiting on that rumoured Batman Arkham collection for so long. I recently (well, in 2021...) played through Asylum on PC and have been holding off on City with the hope that it comes to Switch.

@Buizel
Same. I think it'll come. Most games get rumored a year or more before announcement (Okami HD for Switch, Assassin's Creed Rebel Collection, etc). Ppl forget about it and then... bam! It gets announced.

We'll see though.

@Budda i live in Brazil, the problem is that the mininum wage here is $270, plus we have one of the worst tax policy of the world, making everyting you buy it, extremely expensive., half of you buy in Brazil is taxes around 50%/70% on the product price, is a madness here.

@Sisilly_G same thoughts over here. I'm also very close to buying the booster pass or whatever it's called. But yeah, give me a new game in the same engine or a 2d outing and I'm golden. Why has it been this long since we've had a new mario title aside from BF? Hoping the direct solves that issue.

@JaxonH oh boy a Bravely Default collection has me licking my chops. I've thought about getting the first 2 but they're still up there in price.

@JaxonH Apparently the Bravely Default DLC pack is the only 3DS Theatrhythm DLC not yet confirmed to be coming to Final Bar Line which is a bit suspicious.

@Grumblevolcano @NintendoByNature
Indeed.

Square Enix likes easy money. Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see a collection announced

inb4 we get a presentation filled with dope new games, but people talk about how awful it was because some Gamecube collections weren't announced.

@JaxonH My prediction is that we'll see Disney Illusion Island again. It's a 3rd party exclusive that's supposed to be launching this year, so it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see it here. Fully believe it's a Spring or Summer title.

Honestly for me I just want TotK info. Everything else is gravy. That being said if we get remasters of Prime and Uprising I will be absolutely ecstatic.

The only things I'm really expecting are release schedules for some of the September Direct's N64 games, and some TotK info. Beyond that, I'm taking my usual precautions of keeping my expectations low.