Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Is it possible to buy these 3rd party accessories in stores, or do they need to be ordered online? I'm definitely interested in one of the car chargers.

So the presentation is live in Japanese with English voiceover as expected. That could go either one of two ways:

1. The translation is smooth and easy to understand, but dry and mundane for viewers.

or

2. The translators are like Sony's TGS conference and really bad, but entertainingly so.

@IceClimbers I hope it's the latter.

@Octane Same here. The NoE and NoA Twitter accounts will live tweet all of the relevant info anyways.

@IceClimbers It's not that it was difficult to follow, but the ''Is it already 5PM? I'm bored and want to go home'' voice over in broken English was pretty funny in combination with the excited devs. Not sure how Nintendo will handle this, but there's a chance that Bill or someone else from Nintendo will do to translation, I'm fine with that too. Still, live translations are always a bit dull and boring to follow.

My predictions for switch
1.Launch 3/20/17
2.Luanch titles:Zelda;breath of the wild,Mario Kart 8(port),I am going with the rumors here but I Think they will be something eles
3.Theory pikmin 3ds and pikmin 4 have same release date I think that be great
4.price 199.99-299.99

And I'm asking why you're questioning the game's existence. Frankly it doesn't make much sense at all for the game not to exist. This isn't a typical announcement cycle, we're far too close to launch for Nintendo not to have content to show. Nintendo have already been clearly pulling resources for Switch game development for more than a year. There's no reason for them to put non-real games in that trailer.

There's a lot of reason to believe that this Mario game is real. There's no evidence at all to suggest otherwise. I'd go as far as saying that if it's not real or if its misleading in some way? Then the Switch is totally screwed. The only reason they'd do that is if they didn't have anything else to show. This close to launch? If that's what has happened here then they're in a worse position with the Switch than they were with the Wii U at launch.

To me that seems very unlikely. Especially given how polished the games they showed in the trailer were. If anything there's reason to believe that Nintendo has more to show not less.

Nintendo is stupid sometimes, but they're not stupid enough to show off a 3D Mario game, then say "Ha! Fooled ya!" and not release it. If it were the Mario/Rabbids RPG, or something else entirely, they would have made that very clear. It is a 3D Mario, and if it's not released in the first 6 months, or at least in the first year, they have truly lost their minds.

To further drive the point home, here's a list of games for the Wii and Wii U that came out in the 12 months after launch. In bold are the games they showed footage of at the E3 as games for that platform prior to release. And then the same with the Switch but with the list of currently rumoured games Nintendo are likely to publish and the Switch reveal trailer.

Wii:
Wii Sports, Excite Truck, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Wii Play, Super Paper Mario, Mario Party 8, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Pokémon Battle Revolution, Mario Strikers Charged, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Battalion Wars 2, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Super Mario Galaxy, Link's Crossbow Training

Wii U:
New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Lego City Undercover, Game & Wario, Pikmin 3, New Super Luigi U, The Wonderful 101, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Wii Party U, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Super Mario 3D World

Switch:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart, Splatoon, 3D Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Maker, Xenoblade X, Pokemon Stars, Pikmin 4, Mario Rabbids RPG

I think it's pretty fair minded to say that:
1. We don't know much about the Switch's software lineup yet, that list isn't extensive
2. What Nintendo has told us has been picked to make the Switch look good. There's no filler.
3. If the Switch has LESS content than what has been said thus far? It's in real trouble

I'd like the second option.

I'll make my predictions too because why not!

It will launch as previously rumoured on the 17th March,possibly the 11th.It's a Friday and Friday seems like a good day to launch a new console.Can play it all weekend too.

Launch titles will be Zelda BOTW,MK8 ,Splatoon,Pikmin 4,a smaller Eshop title or 2 and a surprise new game which will either be a new IP or a revival of an old IP.I am not sure if they would risk a new IP though with only a few weeks to promote it before launch.It could also work in it's favour though being one of only a handful of 1st party games available.I am siding with it being an old IP revival though,something for the fans,something like F-Zero or Waverace.

There will be 2 units ,but not like with Wii U,both will have the same amount of storage but the cheapest option will just be the console itself with no game and will cost 199 pounds/$249 .The second SKU will be the console,game and possibly Pro controller or 3 months VC subscription.This will cost 249 pounds / $299.

Kimishima will be presenting (or at least one of the presenters)

http://nintendoeverything.com/kimishima-will-be-presenting-at...

Hmm, it said on that page that there will be M rated games. Does Nintendo always say that before they reveal a system? If not, that could be good news. Means there won't just be "kiddy" games, which would appeal to non-Nintendo fans..

@KirbyTheVampire Skyrim is rated Cero Z in Japan, which is their equivalent of rated M on ESRB. So it could just be that.

Kimishima is gonna have some big shoes to fill.

Here's my prediction. I predict that the Switch will be the best selling console of 2017 and have a larger install base than the Wii U by the end of 2017. Which isn't as bold a prediction as it sounds when you think about it. So I'll go a bit bolder and say that it'll overtake the XBOne by the end of 2018.

Quite a bold prediction indeed. I hope it comes to pass!

@skywake It's possible. I can't really see how it couldn't sell well just based on the fact that it's probably the most powerful handheld ever. People focus too much on the console side of the Switch. The fact that it could even be in the same ballpark as the Xbone and PS4 is super impressive for a handheld device, and I honestly can't see it failing just based on that. It's a little less portable than the 3DS, but we'll be getting much larger games to compensate, plus potentially some of the best Nintendo games ever, assuming Breath of the Wild lives up to the hype. Nintendo always does great with their handhelds, and they really don't have any competition in that area, so I'm expecting it to sell well.

Basically I'm making four predictions here:
1. The Wii U doesn't really sell many more units at all (a given)
2. The Switch sells marginally better in 2017 than the 3DS did in 2011, 2012 and 2013 (>14mill, very probable)
3. The Switch also has a good second year building on its first (possible but not at all certain)
4. Despite Scorpio the XBOne won't do much better in 2017/18 than it did in 2016 (huge gamble)

I honestly wouldn't be surprised at all to see the Switch surpass the XBox One - we're talking about the successor to the Wii U and the 3DS here. By 2018 is a pretty bold claim but still possible.