Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Nicolai

...by giving us next gen (Wii Remote) motion controllers!?

They can 'brand' it however the hell they like, but they shouldn't be cutting off such a strong potential source of income in order to do so.

Someone will make a tennis game for Switch, surely. I just want it to be someone who knows what they're doing. I really enjoyed EA's Grand Slam Tennis on Wii - maybe we can get a next-gen version of that.

@Nicolai I doubt it's because of that otherwise 1 2 Switch and Arms wouldn't be Switch games.

@gcunit
Maybe it will come down the road? I remember reading somewhere that for EA to release sports games apart from FIFA in a console, they wanted almost no competition from anything related that could steal its thunder.
If EA abandons ship, I see getting a compilation of sports games (even if their minigames) to take full advantage of the joy cons.

@Grumblevolcano @gcunit I can hear Nintendo saying now: "No, the joy-cons are completely different! Look how different they look! Arms uses two controllers, not one!" Moving away from the Wii brand is still their goal, even if they're not doing a very good job of it.

You gotta admit it is really funny of them to insist they're moving away from the wii and then spend a good chunk of the presentation showing us these new wii remotes. Er, I mean, joycons. Totally different.

@Operative2-0 Except they don't require sensor bar to be used or navigating through the system UI.

@Azooooz pretty sure the switch itself acts as the sensor bar. Similar to the one built into the top of the gamepad.

To be fair, the joy cons are as similar to the Wii remote as a pro controller is to a n64 controller. They're a lot more than updated wii remotes.

Take the red pill if you want to watch a video that best reflects my biggest concerns about the Nintendo Switch, with so much of that cynical and colorful language only Jimquisition can bring that I shouldn't actually post an actual link of it on this forums. (trigger warning)

Take the blue pull if you want Arlo to help you feel much, much better about the situation. While Jimquisition will have you feeling like Nintendo hasn't changed, Arlo brings up many fine points that show just how Nintendo has really changed.

Even though they're so different in tone, both of these videos speak to me. I'm hurt by Nintendo's nick-&-diming, and trial NES games don't really justify a subscription service if that is really all they're throwing into the pot. And yes, there are not many games announced quite yet. But Arlo makes a critical observation that there are four big exploration-heavy adventure games coming in the first year! Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Skyrim, and Super Mario Odyssey. That's just what's announced too, because there's a possibility that Yooka-Laylee could be coming this year, too. Yeah, Skyrim is an old game, but we've got a lot of options as far as big open-world adventure games go.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like I'll be able to charge this thing with my phone cord? And anyone else's for that matter, if I ask for one? What other things can we connect to this thing? Yeah, it's unfortunate that a bigger spotlight was given to 1 2 Switch than they should have, but the presentation was focused to a Japanese audience.

In conclusion, I'm conflicted, and I have no idea how well the Switch is going to do at this point. But I'm still excited

I keep seeing people post that Jimquisition vid.

There's a famous quote about how using someone else's words to express you own isn't really expression which I'm not gonna quote.

@Nicolai they have sort of the same message, arlo concentrates on the positive,. Jim on the negative.

So talking of motion controlled sports, can we get a GTA with motion-controlled minigames, or is that asking too much?

@Operative2-0 Nope, there's no sensor bar. In fact, the IR/pointer controls from the Wii are completely gone. The Joy-Cons work similar to the Wii Motion Plus tech, remember Skyward Sword? You don't need the sensor bar to play that game, there are no IR/pointer controls, it's all done through complicated gyro controls.

@Nicolai Do you actually believe that Xenoblade 2 is coming this year? Not on a million years.

Yeah like I said before, I highly highly doubt xenoblade is coming this year. Or even next year. Seems more like a giant robot situation.

I don't think Rockstar and Nintendo will ever get along, I know they've done the odd game here and there on Nintendo consoles but they are never gonna be a happy couple. The odd thing though is Nintendo gave them the experience and skills to create GTA3 by hiring them to create Body Harvest & Space Station Silicon Valley for the N64 all those years ago.

I think Xenoblade may come this year... to Japan. They don't have to build a new engine for HD development, since they have the one from Wii, and they released Xenoblade Chronicles X in the first half of 2015.
And I don't think they'll have the problem of having to implement an online mode if they're focusing more on story this time.

@Nicolai How about taking the yellow pil and just enjoy what you like. You will always be able to find good arguments on both sides. But what's the point really and why are we bothered by any of this?

Freaking Zelda is coming out in a couple of weeks, that's all that's on my mind really.

@Spanjard I would not want to release close to Zelda with my game. All of us will be playing that for months before we look up to see what's in the summer sale.

i like how NES/SNES games well have an online support.

Subscribers will get to download and play a Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ (Super NES) game (with newly-added online play) for free for a month.

@Aozz101x Probably just online leader boards.