Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Magician Persona 3 Remake I think will be Xbox showcase given last year's Xbox showcase revealed P5R/P4G/P3P and Xbox had a timed exclusivity period on the announcement of those ports. The Crash tease definitely feels like more Crash Team Rumble gameplay and to be honest given the current status of the acquisition, I could see any new Activision announcements happen in the Xbox showcase instead.

@Grumblevolcano Perhaps. I only assume because Sega are listed as one of the companies showing something today. So what else would they have? I imagine there'll be more than a reminder for Samba de Amigo: Party Central.

@Magician My guess for Sega would be Sonic stuff, probably the next Frontiers update given part of the update is about Sonic's birthday which occurs on June 23rd but maybe also there being a tease for the story DLC.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/12/sonic-frontiers-rev...

@Grumblevolcano Ho hum. Sonic Frontiers DLC doesn't sound like an E3-level announcement to me. More like a Twitter-drop level of important. But I suppose the game did sell well and perhaps Sega are...overly proud of it?

I know probably not since Armored Core 6 releases this year, they're both published by Bandai Namco, and probably have some audience overlap, but isn't it about time the next Ace Combat should be announced?

The last one released in what, 2018? 2019? Not that this would be likely to be a Switch related announcement, but I enjoyed 7 so hope 8 comes out sooner than later.

That was the most boring and mind numbing game event I’ve seen in a while. Geoff kept hyping up all these “surprises” and it’s literally just Final Fantasy Rebirth. Not saying the game doesn’t look pretty, but it was pretty much a lock for the event with all those developer comments on Twitter. Why hype it up as the “biggest surprise”? I thought it would get better past the pretty solid opening with Prince Of Persia, Mortal Kombat, etc, but after the Sonic and Honkai whatever it’s called, it really trailed off. Optimus Prime in Fortnite that got leaked two weeks ago. Woah. I guess Nicolas Cage showing up was funny too. Also, didn’t Geoff get that stupid Crash Bandicruited box? When does that happen? Man no wonder E3 died. How long will this fare I wonder. How many times did we get a “game industry revolutionized something something” Mr Geoff I can’t spell your last name?

Welcome to the new generation of gaming, everyone, and I can’t believe I’m saying this:

Capcom, save us all. Put on a decent show.

New 2D Sonic looks great. Price of Persia game has potential, too. Of course the Spiderman and FF look great, but those were already announced and frankly, I have no interest playing them on my PS5 so I'm in for the long wait of the Steam releases for Deck.

Things are starting to pick up again on Switch though. We've got Raincode in about 3 more weeks, Trails Into Reverie a week after that, and another 2 weeks after that is Pikmin 4, the GOAT (well, Zelda TotK is the GOAT, but Pikmin 4 will be up there). After that is anyone's guess. But we do know DecaPolice and Fantasy Life i could release in Q3... maybe. Hopefully.

I fully expect the Persona 3 Remake and Persona 5 spinoff to not be announced for Switch right away, but instead will be announced at the next Direct, whenever that ends up being. Assuming we are truly in the final months of Switch, Nintendo will likely rely on whatever announcements they can muster to push through this holiday (though I do expect at least 1 or 2 notable 1st party releases as well to push at the tape).

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Oh, and the final Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak bonus update is out which is super dope. Primordial Malzeno, the authentic Malzeno without corruption from the Qurio. Looks like it was designed after a knight, while the original species was obviously designed after a vampire.

Yea, the Sonic Superstars game looks great. As it stands, I'll definitely be picking it up.

I thought prince of Persia looks great. Almost looks Ubisofts take on metroid dread.

Surely Persona 3 Reload and especially Persona 5 Tactica are coming to Switch. Probably won't hear anything about Switch/PlayStation versions right away though.

Persona 5 Tactica looks like it's right up @JaxonH's alley

Thanks for catching that persona remake trailer, Faz. They took it down shortly after and I’m pretty sure the admin that posted it is either going to be fired or executed

@IceClimbers
Most definitely.

I could see this going one of two ways.

1) Games are announced for Switch separately in the next direct, whenever that is, just like Persona 3, Persona 4 and Persona 5
2) Games are announced as Switch 2 launch titles whenever the next system is revealed, either this fall or next January, since P3R is releasing early 2024, which would make it a perfect candidate for a Switch 2 launch window title

Either way, they'll come to Switch/Switch 2. And while I'm definitely delighted to see Persona 3, I never regarded it on the same level as P4 or P5. It's the tactics game I wanna play.

Atlus/Nintendo and their never-ending quest to keep me from tackling my backlog lol.

P5T looks like it was probably developed with Switch hardware in mind from the beginning. That evolved PQ-esque artstyle is perfect for the platform. No way it's not coming at some point.

@NeonPizza
Rokid Max doesn't project handheld versions. It recognizes as docked so you get 1080p

@NeonPizza
There's no HDR. It's just a micro OLED screen projected off mirrors and lenses. No picture settings. It's literally just mirroring your screen. That's it. No tricks, no gimmicks. Just straight up OLED mirror image.

It does support 3D, but I could never get the adapter to properly work with my Panasonic UB-820. It'll work with 3D files from your phone using VLC media player but you gotta mess with the aspect ratio.

@NeonPizza
Moves when you move. It's literally just a mirror image, nothing else. There's an AR mode with an app that lets you pin windows but that always seemed like a gimmick to me, never bothered to try.

New Switch screenshots for Sonic Superstars are looking pretty good. I despise modern Sonic games- they're trash of the highest order. But this game looks fantastic. I love the original Sonic games on Genesis. And this looks like the modernized take on 2D Sonic I've always wanted:

@JaxonH Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. I love a good Sonic game, so hopefully this will be at least as good as Sonic Mania.

Been playing Prodeus this past week. The game is awesome; how did I miss this gem? And it looks great, to boot.

@MsJubilee
Game looked excellent. Unfortunately, they refused to include gyro aiming so I just wrote it off and never looked back.

@MarioLover92
Three things it needs to do to reach the level. It needs to nail the mechanics so it feels like classic Sonic, it needs to nail the level design with a mix of speed and secrets/exploration, and it needs to have killer music.