Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Whitewatermoose Fates was released in 2015 in Japan so maybe IS didn't have such a busy 2016. I do wonder if we'll get something different from Fire Emblem or Paper Mario.

I wonder if Camelot and Monolith Soft are working on anything.

Good new with Monolith.

Camelot...ah, I forgot about Sports Megamix. Seems like something that could get a Switch port as well. My hope (and probably that of many!) is that we some day get another RPG from them.

Time flies fast, people. Remember when Nintendo announced the timing of the Switch event, which was about a month ago? Now we're getting closer: 8 days left! I'm pretty much hyped!

If the 3D mario game from the trailer is anything but a 3d Mario game, its a tech demo. They might show it off on Jan 12, saying "this is what Mario will look like on Switch" similar to the E3 2011 Zelda tech demo.

On the one hand, the Switch isn't wholely dependent on a Mario game close to launch (but boy would it help) because BotW is plenty enough to drive sales. On the other hand, the key difference between this footage and the 2011 Zelda tech demo is that the last 3D Mario game was over 3 years ago, when the Zelda demo was shown 6 months before Skyward Sword (which makes you think: what were they thinking releasing a demo that (subjectively) looks better than Skyward Sword before it even comes out?)
They've got to be far enough along in a Mario game to be able to show second-long clips of it in a trailer.

The Monolith team helping with BotW was the Kyoto team, if I remember right, who also helps EAD from time to time.
The Tokyo team should be right in the middle of pre-production or development of their next game, considering Xenoblade launched on 2015. Maybe we'll hear a little whisper of them at the Switch event?

@Whitewatermoose Monster Games is a super small studio and that NASCAR deal is a multiyear deal, so they won't be working with Nintendo anytime soon. I'm fairly confident that Tantalus is working on that rumored Xenoblade X port for Switch.

Maybe Tantalus is working on Twilight Princess HD for Switch

@MarcelRguez Well 3DS is arguably the system for JRPGs these days, and the Japanese really like their handheld systems so I'd be really surprised if the Switch was starved of RPGs.

@Nicolai Looks like what would be a very well-polished, high-effort, and completely playable tech demo to me (so probably not one). If that's not a close-to-finished game, I'd have thought it's at least a glimpse of what will eventually be the Switch's 3D Mario. Contrast with the Gamecube and Wii U Zelda tech demos, which as @MarcelRguez said, looked very superficial and graphics-heavy - not really like something you could play.

@Nicolai That's not the purpose of a tech demo though. They never meant "this is what Zelda will look like on Wii U" when they showed that tech demo, they were simply showing off what the Wii U is capable of rendering in real time. It's the same when they showed the Zelda tech demo for the GameCube, those were never meant to be games, or examples of what their next Zelda game will look like, they were meant to show of the system's computing capabilities. That won't be necessary with the Switch, so I doubt it's a tech demo. They're not going to show concept stuff in a Switch trailer when the release is only a couple of months away, they would've used a different game instead, for example Pikmin 4 or whatever else they're working on.

TL;DR, The Mario game from the trailer is a real game.

We have our first fake list leak! It's that time people!

Just got an email from Eventbrite for the Toronto Switch Event! Does anyone know how long you get to play, and/or t-shirts prizes given out? So for the people who signed up is it worth it?

Super Mario Frost Land...

Man, they're not even trying anymore, are they?

@IceClimbers Have these event schedules ever been real?

@Shinion Oh I plan to. Even though I don't plan on buying one anytime soon, I am always interested in what Nintendo brings to the game (no pun intended). Plus if they handle support right especially when it comes to third parties, then I might pick it up sooner then later.

@Buizel Not that I'm aware of.

@Octane It most likely got the name of the Smash port right. It being called "Super Smash Bros for Nintendo Switch" isn't exactly difficult to guess though lol.

Well it's at least fun to see what fakeness people can create these days

@Octane reminds me of those fake Zelda titles people would "leak" like Valley of the flood. Frost land sounds like a single level name at best and even then Nintendo come up with much more clever names for their themed worlds

I feel so frustrated now, I just decided to go to the Nintendo Switch event...then it hit me. Should have claimed the tickets early as soon as I got the e-mail! They are sold out! Don't make the same mistake as me if you get one. I wanted to make plans before I registered, and it backfired on me!

@Furealz Wait, they're sending out invitations, but they're limited? Seems fitting for Nintendo's business these days...

@StuTwo
Why wouldn't it be the 3D Mario game? It's Mario, it's 3D and there's platforming. I think you're grasping at straws here. What you're saying just doesn't make any sense. And even if it did Nintendo would be setting themselves up for huge amounts of negative press. If they didn't have a 3D Mario ready for the first year? They wouldn't have shown that footage.

In terms of Metroid Prime Hunters on the DS. For a start I think it's interesting that you had to go back that far to find a game that promoted a console and came out more than a year after launch. Just barely but still. You're also ignoring the fact that for the DS having a game like Metroid at the reveal was important. It was as much about showing what the DS was capable of as it was showing that a Metroid game was in the works. It was shown early for a reason. Not unlike having the Zelda tech demo for the Wii U reveal. I think its fair to say that the 3D Mario is not there for that given that they already have a Zelda game to show.

And the third and probably biggest counter argument to this theory of yours? The rate that Nintendo publishes games. Based on the rate Nintendo has published content in the past it's almost like clockwork. Every year Nintendo will publish around 16 portable releases and 12 home console releases. This is just retail releases. In 2016 they published 18 portable releases and 6 home console releases. Which means that Nintendo has about 6 home console games that have been sitting on a shelf waiting. Then there's 2017 where their currently announced releases (9) are about 18 short of their average.

Based on what Nintendo typically publishes per year? They're a bit more than a bit over 20 games short of their average for 2016/17. I think it's fair to say that some of that might be soaked up by the 3DS (it already has 7). The Wii U probably won't take much at all, I think Zelda is all its getting. But in any case, that Laura Kate Dale list of games on the way for the Switch? I count 10 games that would be published by Nintendo. So far from being optimistic I think based purely on the numbers that list is pretty conservative. I can understand people being sceptical but IMO doubting something that seems reasonable despite the evidence? That's just as bad as being overly hyped when there's no reason to be.