Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@TheBigBlue I can see it going either way and will be happy regardless, but yeah the internet will be peeved if its just HD. Guess it might depend on when MP4 might be coming out but I would like to have 2/3 before 4 lol.

Hope all the rumors of Gamecube ports coming turns out to be true.

@old-dad I wouldn’t expect every single GC rumor to come true, there is far too many of them. So far we’ve had folks say Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, F-Zero GX, Thousand Year Door, and Metroid Prime 2 are coming to switch. Yeah right. I would expect only one of these to be true. Realistically, Prime 2 HD soon or a remaster in a couple years is most likely at this point after Metroid Prime Remastered’s huge success, but it’s still a critically low chance of happening. The first three games I mentioned make zero sense. F-Zero is a dead franchise, why waste money and resources on a remaster of a game that most of Nintendo’s target audience wouldn’t care for? And during the hype train for Tears Of The Kingdom, I damn sure would not expect either WW or TP. Thousand Year Door is a bit of a wildcard pick. A remaster of all things? For TYD? That’s sketchy. I honestly think people are just making stuff up at this point because Prime Remastered was such a hit, it’s a good way to earn stupid internet points. Maybe none of these games are coming to switch, who knows? No one. Maybe they are all fake reports like that Switch 2 one weeks prior. I sure as hell wouldn’t trust 4chan, Nintendo Prime, or Grubb as reputable sources cause 4chan is 4chan, Nintendo prime isn’t an insider, he’s a clickbait loser, and Grubb has been wrong on his most recent “leak.” Yeah, more along the lines of “rough guess”. These unconfirmed reports have created occasions which lead to people getting wound up with too high expectations. It’s such a wild situation, and I honestly can’t stand all these reports being falsified as big deals. What happens, happens. People really need to understand.

@TheBigBlue Tyd doesnt need much of anything tbh, it's near perfect besides a simple upscale, widescreen and maybe a few QOL features. That is the one that to me has the biggest chance besides the Prime games.

Zelda, WW and TP has zero shot with TOTK this year. Would love to have them again but guess its not likely.

F-zero is so niche that it would take a miracle but it would literally need nothing lol.

Where is some Starfox love ? Adventures was a great game and Assault looks gorgeous still to this day.

Wishful thinking ? Luigis Mansion. Would love to have this ported over.

I don't put much stock in any of these youboobers. Can't just wish something into existence. Switch 2/pro or MS game studios being competent 😛 comes to mind.

That Nintendo rep mentioned how NOA was surprised how well MP remaster sold. Hopefully that means we will see more of them or how badly we missed Metroid Prime

@old-dad Luigi’s mansion got a rerelease on the 3DS or all things, so I doubt that game will return. Again, star fox is also considered niche. It’s last game failed horrifically, probably because it was on the Wii U. A port of Star Fox Adventures might be the case like Star Fox 64 on 3DS, but those chances are also quite slim. I would play both games, but it’s just realistic that they probably won’t appear this generation anyway.

@TheBigBlue I know it very unlikely but I would love to see a remake of Oot over Ww or TP. Again very unlikely but of all the games from the N64 era that is the one that would benefit the most. Love to see it redone in BOTW art style. Just dreams at this point lol

@old-dad this makes sense. GameCube games like Wind Waker have actually aged quite well, hence why people still want to play these games. They aren’t in need of remakes. Games on the N64 haven’t aged terribly well, but with today’s power, they can be remade to look just as good as they were supposed to look back then. Although, I think Ocarina Of Time specifically got a 3D remake on the 3DS. It still looks quite good today. If I were to choose viable N64 games for proper remakes like the Star Fox 64 3D and Ocarina 3D, I would go with Super Mario 64. It would look stunning in today’s technology and presentation. Some people have made fan projects which demonstrate what a specific N64 game would look like if it was released today. They are quite interesting.

@TheBigBlue Yeah Im not a 3d mario fan and I hate/loathe the N64 controller but understand the importance to the genre. Imagine it would sale like gang busters. I would play a remake for sure !

@old-dad another remake of Ocarina of Time? why? you can play the Ocarina of Time remake on 3DS same as the Majora Mask remake @ThrBigBlue Super Mario 64 got a remake for Nintendo DS in 2004 for the it launch

@Giancarlothomaz true, I’m just remembering now. I’m not sure how well that game holds up today because it was a DS game right? It would have had its limitations as well. But yeah, I wonder which N64 games haven’t gotten remakes. Banjo Kazooie I suppose? A few others I guess, but a lot of them were remade for DS and 3DS.

Any second remakes of N64 games I feel would be best to go the FFVII Remake style approach where the story is changed, otherwise just port over the existing remake.

@Grumblevolcano That would actually be really cool for OoT. If Ganondorf tried to break time/his fate using the Triforce of power. Maybe have him try to burn the lost woods to the ground rather than just going after the deku tree.

@Giancarlothomaz Well im old so my days of gaming on a 3.5" screen are long gone lol. Not to mention 3ds/ds controls are just marginally better if at all over N64.

@Ryu_Niiyama I did always find it odd that Ganondorf gets the Tri Force of Power in Ocarina so he can then just spend his time playing the organ. What a lack of ambition!

@jump well he did freeze the zora and turn Hyrule Castle town into a wasteland but yeah I never understand villains that want power for the sake of ruin (unless nihilism is involved) because you would think he went through all that trouble to live well/rule a prosperous place…otherwise what is the point. But I don’t find villains sympathetic at all so perhaps I am missing something. I mean it looks sinister but is silly if you think about it for two seconds. I guess he spent some of that time searching for Zelda as well. Meanwhile she does a lot of the heavy lifting (like freeing Ruto) for Link.

@Ryu_Niiyama Well there's a big debate about whether Hyrule Castle Town was already in decline and whether the ReDead invasion was natural or Gannon-made. It's also inarguable that Gannon's policies allowed for the extensive development of Kakariko Village and it's associated economy.

Likewise we have to take the Zora's word that Gannon is responsible and not - you know - climate change. The Zora were after all a group of people who imprisoned a giant whale in a tiny lake SeaWorld style. They might not be the environmental custodians that everyone has always assumed and it's just typical that they'd want to blame someone else.

Also don't forget that Gannon was also responsible for removing a lazy, failing capitalist ranch owner with a hard working oppressed worker.

All in all Gannon in OoT is better than some of the real world political leaders we've seen in recent years.

@Grumblevolcano If they want to reimagine old N64 games, I think a good candidate would be Yoshi's Story. The original was pretty mediocre, but if Good Feel reimagined it into a Woolly/Crafted World type of experience it could be really good. They could really play around with that game's storybook theme to do some interesting things gameplay wise, such as having platforms/sections of the level "pop up" or using Yoshi's tongue on pull tabs to interact with level elements. They could really make the most of it when it was mainly just flavor for the game's artstyle/lore than something that affected the overall game in its gameplay, level design, etc. That being said, I'm not sure they would go for a FFVII Remake style reimagining for something like this, maybe something more like an ALBW style sequel.

@StuTwo Keep in mind that things didn't go according to plan for Ganondorf. He wanted the full Triforce but only got the Triforce of Power. Also the Sacred Realm is stated to reflect the hearts of those who enter it, so every time Ganon reaches it in the series, monsters start to roam the land. So it's a pretty safe assumption that the ReDeads are there because of Ganondorf, whether he wanted it or not (we do know in ALttP that Ganon did not intend to create the Dark World, it's possible something similar happened here). It'd be nice to expand on this a bit more and Ganondorf's motivations in a potential reimagining though.

He learned how to play the organ to impress Link.

Indie world just got announced. You don’t have to imagine youtubers clickbaiting people and labeling it as a Nintendo direct instead because that’s exactly what they will do.

Switch 2 Pro confirmed !

@old-dad with GameCube games at launch! 🫣