Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@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.

So folks at uni were rolling their eyes at me being optimistic about Switch for development (Granted im the only one who cares, gotta be at the forefront of new tech as they tell us).

Something tells me they, either based on what they were taught there (Sony partnered) or just on looking at Wii and Wii U, they dont think they can get stuff running well. But they cant get stuff thats basic in UE4 going well on gaming pcs in the labs so...not much reference.

I expect some custom engines will have issues because they are custom, and thats fine, itd be expensive and a fair chunk of work, but I am very optimistic if a game is made in middleware, we will get far less of the "technical difficulties" rhetoric.

Also, as a note, I saw a guy yesterday mention the perceived stock issues ofSwitch and how the numbers are still huge, but the artificial demand as a problem or cause is only ever routed at Nintendo. PS4, PS2, PS2 Memory cards (I remember that one...ugh), and hell PSVR, and Xbox One all ate up preorders fast. No one complained then, it was simply very high demand not very low stock.

I think Switch will do fine. Its already on track to get at least 1million out of preorders, if GameStop really did get 500k, so why cant the world congratulate them on making a product people want that is right now moving orders?

The gaming world baffles me bit.

Jim Sterling is spot on about the online service but I feel he really gets nitpicky about the presentation. Mario Odyssey looking like Sonic 06? Come on...

Ah well. It's an idea for another game, either way. I've been wanting Nintendo to put sports front and centre in another game like Wii Sports Resort with an hub and interaction with others online for years. Maybe now's the time?

As for comparing Mario Odyssey to Sonic, I've got nothing, except I'd say the concept it more Unleashed than 06. Then again, I have no idea why people are comparing it 06 anyway.

Will Zelda BotW still use the WiiU pad to display maps and inventory? I mean...I will probably get the WiiU version for that feature.

@GrailUK No.

I'll admit the juxtaposition of Mario and a city reminded me of Sonic, moreso Sonic Adventure than Sonic '06, so I can see why a comparison would be made. But it's not really a bad thing. Of all the things wrong with Sonic 06, it wasn't its city setting. And I very much doubt Nintendo would give us a Mario game even close to quality of Sonic 06.

I'm sure Jim just said it for a laugh. It just seemed particularly nitpicky as, of all reveals in the presentation, Mario Odyssey was perhaps the most universally praised.

I'd probably also call him out for Mario Kart - it's still a fairly recent game, will be packaged with all DLC, will include new content and new functionality in the sense that it's portable. Together that easily justifies the price tag. And I don't think rereleasing the best of the Wii U is reminding anyone how bad it was...

Am i missing something, but i vaguely remember last year a comment about Smash Bros deluxe being released for switch?

@Buizel, Yeah, I agree that Jimquisiton is a little more cynical than anyone should be; that's just his character. For example, he laughed at the idea of an account-based user system, but I think that if they're charging for online, they'll have to. If they didn't, I wouldn't pay for online even if I had just won the lottery.
@Octane @Operative2-0, I was just taking the Switch Release Schedule infographic at face value. People have said it makes the first year look bad, but for fans of big exploration games, they've got a lot to choose from.

I've expressed quite a bit of my own words on this site already, and there's nothing wrong with looking for other opinions to build upon my own. And I'm not about to present those ideas as my own without due credit.

Plus, I thought the blue pill/red pill shtick was kinda funny >.>

@scubydo, probably just a rumor. There definitely isn't anything confirmed.

@GrailUK You will probably be getting the Switch version, just like Octane.

@Spanjard Sure, when it hits a bargain bin price for a second play-through.

It seems that Gamestop are already cancelling Switch preorders.

@Spanjard I want a Switch, really I do. I am sold on the concept. It's just, Street Fighter 2, BombermanR amd TetrisPutopuyo sound like they are gonna cost me $150!!! THAT IS CRAZY!!! (Ofc, the prices may be place holders.)