Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, it's probably just a mistake on their part. Honestly, I'm not expecting any more courses after wave 6. They'll probably work on the next game in the series if the "Switch 2 in 2024" rumor turns out to be true.

@MarioLover92 Agree with you about the BCP ending after wave 6. The more courses they add to 8 Deluxe, the harder it becomes for the next installment to eclipse it (it also makes a MK ultimate with all the series' courses more redundant). And sooner or later, Nintendo will start running out of "good" courses to add, as well as ones remade in Tour (and thus easier to pass over).

@chapuH @MarioLover92 I think retro tracks would be complicated for a new game at this point. Like MK8 Deluxe already has over half the MKWii nitro tracks and there's a high chance wave 6 has Wii Rainbow Road (they ended wave 3 with a Rainbow Road and Wii is the only one in Tour now that's not in MK8 Deluxe). My best attempt at a varied retro track list with nothing that was a retro track in MK8 Deluxe is something like:

Shell Cup

• DS Figure-8 Circuit
• Wii U Water Park
• Wii Toad's Factory
• 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar

Banana Cup

• 3DS Wuhu Island Loop
• Wii U Twisted Mansion
• SNES Vanilla Lake 1
• GBA Cheep Cheep Island

Leaf Cup

• N64 Wario Stadium
• GCN Mushroom City
• Wii U Electrodrome
• Wii Dry Dry Ruins

Lightning Cup

• Wii U Cloudtop Cruise
• GCN Wario Colosseum
• DS Bowser Castle
• GBA Rainbow Road

It doesn't have that "Wow, look at all these fan favourites!" factor that the DS to 8 retro tracks had.

RDR is coming to Switch in August on eshop and October for physical:

@Grumblevolcano Holy mother forking shirtballs.

So Red Dead is a cowboy game? I was hoping to kill commies though, pre-order cancelled!

port of Red Dead Redemption is anounced for Switch, coming in August 17th

I hope this runs well. So I can buy the physical copy.

@jump Wait what? I thought this was a game about political espionage. That sucks.

@Rambler Oh crap. I thought Mario Kart was a tactical Role-playing 16th century deeds writing game. I’m so upset!

Andy Robison sugest Metroid Prime 4 could be Nintendo Switch final exclusive

WHO?

@chapuH Yeah... agreed for sure. If I were the head of Nintendo, I'd just start work on the next Mario Kart game sometime after wave 6 releases. We gotta move forward at some point after all, lol.

@FishyS I probably should've told you this earlier, but I like your Toadette profile picture.

How Red Dead Redemption - a game that still refuses to come to PC - has made it to the Switch, but not GTAV - probably one of the most ported games of the last decade - is beyond me. Still, absolutely welcome in my eyes.

If it performs well enough, AND has a low file size, I'll grab it digital. Can't go into October and grab it then with the slough of games releasing around then. If anything, I'd hold off until December after Star ocean and Mario RPG.

How’s The Witcher 3 on Switch? I played it on both PS4 and enjoyed it. But I’m wondering how well it translates to the Switch?

Next month im planing on preordering/buying Mortal Kombat 12 aka Mortal Kombat 1 for my Nintendo Switch Lite. ordering the game from walmart online.

Three thoughts on this:
1. It'd make a bigger splash if they were to do it with new hardware
2. GTA6 probably isn't too far off at this point
3. Given how the GTA Trilogy went I'm struggling to be disappointed about GTA5 not being on Switch....

..... but also yes, you're 100% right. And I'd argue the same was true when the game originally launched and skipped the Wii U. A decision which obviously we can justify in hindsight but one which at the time was kinda strange

I remember when Switch was revealed and the 1-2 Switch demo aired and ppl were saying, "is this Red Dead 2?!!!" then mocked the system when they found out it was 1-2 Switch. "Of course Switch would never get a game like Red Dead lol".

It may have taken all generation, and to be fair it's not RDR2 (obviously that would be asking way too much), but still. We're getting Red Dead Redemption on Switch. That's pretty freaking rad!

And it looks good from what we've seen.

I heard some people complaining and trashing Rockstar for it not being fully remade/remastered, and I guess if you're a PS gamer there's disappointment in that, but if you're a Switch gamer the reaction is the complete opposite. Game looks notably improved over the 360 version on Switch. Usually I just expect Switch versions of 7th gen AAA to be 1:1 ports since they're roughly the same power. So anytime they go above and beyond and increase resolution, improve the lighting, etc, it'd great to see.

I honestly think Red Dead Redemption was originally pitched as a Switch release... and only as a Switch release. But Rockstar was like eh, if we're gonna release on Switch, may as well cash in with a PS4 port also. Just crank up the resolution and framerate and slap that box on store shelves for some supplementary income.

Hence the "PS4 players disappointed" because it's essentially an up-specced clone of the Switch release, while "Switch players hyped" because it's a hybrid handheld version of Red Dead that actually looks improved over the 360 version.

@ZeldaFan83
I'd recommend avoiding Witcher 3 on Switch.

I had a blast playing it on Switch but I was using cross save to bounce between PC and Switch. It does run fine most of the time, but it's not that visually appealing and in the cities the framerate tanks. With Steamdeck on the market now, that would be my recommendation. If you don't have one, then maybe. Just know the framerate can be annoying in cities with tons of ppl walking around.

Wonderful game and totally playable on Switch. It's just a little too demanding to be a perfectly swish experience on the hybrid is all.

There are many other AAA games that are jawdropping on Switch though. I'm hoping Batman Arkham Trilogy will be another one of those. And I think it will, at least for Arkham Asylum and Arkham City (the two I care about most).

Hope this is not totally wrong thread...

New sale started on the Nintendo eShop US with over 500 discounted games. I have spotted deals on SnipperClips, BioShock, Mario Tenis Aces and more