Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@dmcc0 What are your cheap AliExpress drums like? I've got the official one but it's still sealed and I'm in two minds as to whether to crack it open or keep for megabucks value. Ideally cheap copies do the job just fine and I'll get some I'm happy for the kids to use.

@gcunit Yeah, they seem decent enough. I've never used the official ones so can't really compare them, but I haven't had any issues with the cheap ones. They look a bit cheaply made, and feel quite light - they actually have a cylindrical gap underneath where you're supposed to put a filled water bottle to weigh them down - but I can live with that given how cheap they are compared to the official ones.

@dmcc0 Do you remember which ones you got and how you paid? Bit of a hefty shipping charge for the ones I've looked at just now.

Nintendo is doing a live action Legend of Zelda movie. Wow!

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951339/the-legend-of-zel...
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I don't even care with Zelda movie.
I prefer watching Paw Patrol movies instead.

Honestly not sure if I like the idea of a live-action Zelda. Clearly the cartoony animation style of Mario wouldn't work either, but I was hoping for a darker more artistic animation.

This is probably just wishful thinking on my end but maybe the rumours about Wind Waker/Twilight Princess HD getting Switch ports might actually have some legs to them if an entire Zelda movie is on the horizon? The Switch is thiiiiiiiis close to being a full Zelda machine and putting the last two major entries on it in lieu of the movie's announcement would certainly drum up a ton of hype going into the Switch's presumed final year.

The budget for this Zelda movie has to be through the roof. There is no way Nintendo would do this if the film is going to look mediocre.

@JONOFTHEJONS
Paw Patrol have the second movie last month.
It called Paw Patrol The Mighty Movie.
I have watched that movie at my local cinema XXI for 5 times.

@Fizza Considering how much they seem to be double-downing on Mario-related games and announcements the same year as the Mario Movie (6--sort of 7-- Mario-related games not even counting they added more Mario games to NSO this year!) I would be surprised if there wasn't at least a Zelda port planned for the same year as the movie or as part of overall Zelda hype.

@Fizza I think the generation transition period makes things complicated. From Aonuma's comments about keeping open world, the next Zelda is likely around 2029 and Nintendo wouldn't want a Zelda drought. So the options that come to mind are:

• New 2D Zelda appears like SMB Wonder was for Mario
• More spinoffs like Switch had 2 Hyrule Warriors (1 port, 1 new) and Cadence of Hyrule
• Stockpile missing Zelda games (e.g. WWHD, TPHD, PH, ST, ALBW) for Switch 2's lifespan
• Switch 2 has an upgrade system like PS5 (e.g. GoW Ragnarok is $60 for PS4 and $70 for PS5, if you want to upgrade your PS4 version it's $10)
• Switch 2 has absolutely no backwards compatibility so everything has to be rebought
• Switch 2 gets something like a FFVII Remake Trilogy style remake of OoT and/or MM where the remake coexists with the original game rather than replacing it

I'm leaning towards the first 3 options (2D Zelda, spinoffs, stockpiling missing games) as most likely.

@Fizza
Maybe? There is a rumor that a Zelda game gets anounced soon. But I think they may confused it with the Zelda movie announcement?

If Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson isn't playing as Link in the live action movie I'll be severely disappointed.

@gcunit I think it was this one - they were free shipping when I bought them from this seller (and possibly a different price):

https://tinyurl.com/4chead5v

There seems to be loads of sellers with the same one - or at least using the same pic

Has to be a Goron.

Jack Black as the King of Hyrule.

Samuel L Jackson as the Great Deku Tree:
"Well done, Link... Thou hast verily demonstrated thou is a courageous mother-f..... Now... listen carefully... A bad mother-f..... of the desert cast this dreadful curse upon me...This evil mother-f..... ceaselessly uses his vile, sorcerous powers in his search for the Sacred Realm that is connected to Hyrule."

@gcunit

Sam Jackson: "Takest thou holy sling shot."

Dwayne Johnson: "Which one is it?"

Sam Jackson: "It's the one that sayeth Bad Mother*******."

@Magician 😆

I’m not hyped about the movie but if they get SLJ I will be there day one. He makes a good villain as well. Maybe not ganon but zant or vati?