Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Magician
I wouldn't say I'm hopeful for it. Well... I take that back. I am. But my desire isn't impacting my reasoning. My conclusion is entirely logic-based and has nothing to do with emotion or desire whatsoever.

I absolutely agree they'll milk it. But they'll milk it while also selling Switch 2. PS4 sold 20 million units it's final year. Switch is going to struggle to hit 15. Waiting any longer is just repeating the exact same mistakes they've made in the past, and Nintendo have made it abundantly clear they intend to not repeat those mistakes.

Of course they're gonna talk the talk like Switch will be around forever. That's their job. They have to convince consumers to buy. You gotta read deeper if you want to find out what's really going on in their minds.

@Grumblevolcano
Don't think Zelda is the only option. They could have learned from their past mistakes going out with a whimper and this time tried to replicate PS4-PS5 transition with a banger year. There are other launch titles just as good as Zelda, such as 3D Mario or Mario Kart, and with a TotK complete edition with new season pass, it can still muster quite a bit of pull on the side.

Only reason Zelda had a 100% success rate is they only did it twice, and just so happened to do it with their smash hit systems. Guarantee you launching Zelda with Wii U or GameCube would have done nothing to change their fates. Launching Zelda is a great strategy, but it is far from the only one. And the strategy I see them taking requires not just a massive launch title, but a massive final year to build momentum and interest as much as possible going into the transition, just like PS did. And that will certainly be their template next time.

@JaxonH, @Magician e @Grumblevolcano Nintendo will milk this fortune cow that is Switch until is dry, and then it anouce it sucessor, but let hope Nintendo has learned, and anounce Switch sucessor when Switch hype is still hot

@Owl1 oh my goodness this is horrible, i gonna have nightmare with this horse

@Professor_Plumber what are you talking about, this looks like GOTY material.

@Giancarlothomaz the horse is a bit 2016 ngl

@Professor_Plumber it do be pretty cheesy

@Professor_Plumber Remember

@Professor_Plumber us Nintendo fans are both smart and dumb, they have trained us well.

I can't wait for Everybody 1-2 Switch to tank on a Biblical level.

Early in Switch generation, we were starved coming off the back of Wii U. We ate anything we could get our hands on. Hot new system everyone loves with a more casual launch game? Sure! Why not.

Even then its barely managed to sell 2-3 million copies all generation. Which is still too much imo.

But if this sequel comes out and gets absolutely Rekt with a capital R, struggles to sell 250k globally... I think the message will be sent loud and clear. "Stop wasting your time and ours with this garbage. We're not raccoons dumpster diving like we were in 2017. CORE GAMES OR BUST".

I hope and pray this game is such an epic fail Nintendo discusses reassigning the entire EAD number to other departments. It's not 2007 anymore. This is not the Wii. Nobody cares about this shovelware horse manner anymore. You wanna sell hogwash, take it to mobile phone swine trough. But here on Switch, we want whisky served.

I'm pretty hype for today's Direct. I took off work because I figured my anticipation before and excitement and desire to discuss after would ruin any attempt at productivity. I did the responsible thing.

Not always this hyped for Directs. Not sure why I'm feeling more anticipation than usual. There's nothing I feel specifically "needs" to be there (though I would be particularly beside myself if we get F-Zero, Fire Emblem Holy War or Paper Mario TTYD). So it's kind of a blank slate. Just show us the goods, whatever they may be.

@Professor_Plumber
The trailer they dropped yesterday was embarrassing. A group of like 40 people with smartphones and joycon pretending to be samurai...

I don't even wanna talk about it. It's killing my Direct hype.

So anyways! Happy Direct Day 😀

I don't put any expectation for the games that will never happened so my scenario when I didn't get a lot of interesting games for me from Nintendo Direct, I will continue my agenda by looking for another 3rd party kids games that I can find from play-asia.
Sometimes I found more games announced outside the Direct.

check out the Nintendo Direct focused on the games releasing on the Switch on the second half of the year.

OMG, Super Mario RPG remake and Super Princess sequel?

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS that direct was killer! PIKMIN 1 AND 2 SHADOWDROP ARE YOU KIDDING ME

@JaxonH Actually, the MGS collection said "Volume 1" in the Playstation Showcase where it was announced as well.

@JaxonH The wave 5 character picks makes me think Nintendo's going to announce a DK game in September. Considering what's been added with the Booster Course Pass so far, there's 2 really obvious character omissions (Diddy Kong and Funky Kong) and wave 6 would very likely have a teaser in a September general Direct.

4/10 Direct for me.

That was a very solid Direct overall! TONS of Mario-related stuff, which is great. We got a Mario RPG Remake which looks spectacular, a new Peach game, and a Dark Moon Remaster. Then, MK8 Wave 5 with Petey Piranha (YES), Wiggler, and Kamek (YES!!!). And THEN, a completely new mainline Super Mario game, free from the shackles of the "New" branding and art style. This looks fantastic. Incredibly creative ideas and levels right off the bat, with new powers, playable characters, and lots of new enemies. That will probably be a day one for me, as I love pretty much all of the 2D Marios and I can't wait to see how they innovate on the formula.

Other than that, the new Warioware game looks awesome. A sort of return to form after the slightly weaker Get it Together. Pikmin 4 actually looks amazing as well, with nighttime exploration, caves, and really fun treasures. Visually, it looks stellar too. And the fact that Pikmin 1 and 2 are coming today in HD is great too! The announcement of the TOTK amiibo is exciting, too. I was hoping for maybe some sort of teaser for DLC, but I'm not too disappointed.

In terms of what I am disappointed in them not showing, I was COMPLETELY banking on Splatoon 3 Side Order showing up. Like, I would have bet really good money on that. So I'm kind of disappointed in the lack of any info for that. Also, I was hoping we would have maybe gotten some Metroid Prime 2/ 3 news. But if they are planning on porting those over at all, it'll likely be announced and shadow-dropped this September. That would probably allow them the development time they need.

As a whole, though, that was a pretty nice Direct! There was a lot of stuff I didn't care for in this one, though, more than the typical one for me. But the things that I cared about were REALLY good. Mario RPG, Princess Peach, Dark Moon, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Pikmin 1, 2, and 4, MK8 Wave 5, and WarioWare... all amazing stuff. I kind of wish we knew of more games coming out in August/ early September since those are looking pretty dry in terms of first party at least, but this Direct did show us that this October/ Holiday season is already looking stacked. Very interested to see what the September Direct will bring to the table because it appears that Nintendo has no plans of slowing down for now.

@JaxonH For MGS vol 2, there's still Peace Walker, 4, 5:GZ, 5:TPP, Ghost Babel, Acid 1&2, Portable Ops (and Plus), and Revengence as possibilities.

I'd expect 4+5+Peace Walker, Ghost Babel (because it's easy to emulate a GB game), and hopefully Portable Ops + Plus to make it in. I'd assume Acid 1&2 and Revengence will likely just remain in the ether.