Hmm, Professor Layton looking like it'll be the last second party Switch exclusive then. Hopefully it'll selling enough copies to turn a profit even though it's arriving somewhere between six to twelve months after NG Switch arrives? Half a million copies...maybe. Seems Azran Legacy didn't reach 1m and Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy sold even less.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,555 games (as of March 31st, 2026)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 4 games (as of December 8th, 2025)
Not been on here much this year as there because there hasn't been a lot on Switch this year that really grabbed me. The Switch has had some massive releases for sure, but in this quieter moments between, I don't have much reason to use my Switch. Especially for multiplat games, now I have Steam Deck I really have no reason to pick the Switch over other platforms.
However, I saw a tweet saying there was a demo for a new Dragon Quest Monsters game exclusive to the Switch, which happens to come out on my Birthday, so I checked it out and man I think my Switch is gonna be getting a workout again. Perfect timing as I tend to go away with my folks around this time for Christmas and I usually take my Switch. This year I was thinking about taking my Deck, but if this Monsters game lands, I might take my Switch instead.
I just had so much fun with the demo immediately. Although not sure what is says about me that I took that quiz to decide your starter Monster and I got the Mud Mannequin. 😂
@Grumblevolcano Cheers for the tip-off, been waiting to see what the actual price of the digital version would be (I was seeing conflicting info suggesting it would be anywhere from €50 to €70) so I'm very happy to see it be what I predicted it would end up being.
Don't know whether I'll actually bite the bullet on a pre-order immediately though as, unlike stuff like TGAA or Ghost Trick, there doesn't appear to be any exclusive early-purchase bonuses this time round. Will still be grabbing it Day 1 though
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My win/loss is pretty bad and i need some damn wins for once but aholes online are total psychos where they keep doing bunch of nonstop stuff
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GTA VI is slated for release on Xbox Series S.
NG Switch won't be on par with XSS, but if the port is pared back enough, it could possibly happen.
Never say "never".
It would kind of depress me if one of the first things we got on Switch 2 was a sub-par port of GTA 6, thus going right back into the 'Nintendo hardware is too wimpy to run things' cycle.
I would rather Switch 2 have a good port of BG3 and maybe just skip GTA if it's not going to run well.
GTA VI is slated for release on Xbox Series S.
NG Switch won't be on par with XSS, but if the port is pared back enough, it could possibly happen.
Never say "never".
It would kind of depress me if one of the first things we got on Switch 2 was a sub-par port of GTA 6, thus going right back into the 'Nintendo hardware is too wimpy to run things' cycle.
I would rather Switch 2 have a good port of BG3 and maybe just skip GTA if it's not going to run well.
100% agree. I think a defining moment of the Switch's life cycle was the announcement that near-perfect ports of both DOOM 2016 and Wolfenstein: The New Order would be coming to it within the console's first year on the market. The Switch being a port machine is pretty much something we all take for granted these days but you have to keep in mind that from around the middle of the Wii era all the way to the end of the Wii U era, major 3rd Party support all but vanished from Nintendo's home consoles (unless you were Ubisoft), so having extremely recent (at the time) games that released to mass critical acclaim be available in a portable manner? It was pretty much the exact moment the Switch escaped the stigma of people believing it would flounder from a lack of 3rd Party support just like the system before it.
And all of this was brought about because of how damn good the ports of DOOM and Wolfenstein were, running near-flawlessly on a much weaker system despite being just over a year old at the time of their release on Switch. I'd imagine Nintendo are definitely going to yoink a massive title from the past 1-2 years for the Switch 2's launch window (similar to how they flaunted Skyrim in the very first trailer for the Switch) and, while I personally don't think it'll be anything from this year like Baldur's Gate 3 (or anything from the next couple years like GTA6), I could definitely see another title with a similar level of pedigree being a big 'yep, you can play this on Switch 2' moment in the same vein as DOOM/Wolfenstein from all those years ago (my personal guess would be Elden Ring).
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Huh? My Switch just downloaded the trial version of the Watemellon game automatically?! What the heck?
Edit: After reading my post a third time I think I wasn't clear enough. 😅
What I mean is that I was not on the E-Shop. I was playing a game and a message on the top left said it was ready to play. Now it's on my homescreen..
I'm asking because it's a little concerning. Like maybe someone has access to my account?
RE: GTA6 and Switch 2. The game is coming to Series S so will need to scale down to that degree. But I think Switch 2 is going to fall a fair bit short of Series S. It's certainly possible. If it does it's probably going to be rendered at sub 720p, possibly with DLSS pushing it to 1080p-ish at with a 30fps target. And they'd want to be turning a lot of the RT stuff off. It'd be a very different looking game
I'm not holding my breath. Also let's get the new hardware announced before we start cashing in on third party title speculation. We need the hardware first, this discussion is worthless without it. Because while it's probably not happening on Switch 2 it's definitely not happening on Switch
I keep banging on about the need for new hardware. This is why. Not for 2023 or 2024. For 2025, 2026 etc. The industry is just going to keep rocketing past the Switch spec. As fans of Nintendo's stuff we might be all about "gameplay not graphics" but.... you've still gotta keep within spitting distance
@skywake I think the lack of Switch announcements last night/early this morning at TGA is a good reason why Nintendo needs new software. Not saying most those games would run on it, but the fact almost nothing of note was announced says a lot.
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@FragRed To be fair, Nintendo barely exists at this show anyway unless they're nominated for something. Been that way for a while. Never forget one year they were top of the industry and all they had was an ad spot showing off games they had. One year they turned up and announced Cranky Kong for Donkey Kong Country. Sure there was the times they had Smash reveals but even then....Nintendo just does not turn up for this show and I kinda understand why.
Plus, it's the same every year. Games get announced, most don't come to Nintendo hardware, rinse, repeat.
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