Nintendo Outlines Switch Booth and Plans for PAX South

I hope one of the "creative environments" is a bathroom.

You know, I allowed myself to hope, after the Switch presentation last week, that Nintendo will continue to announce other titles for the Switch, week by week, until launch. That PAX games lineup is reminding me that they haven't fulfilled my hope.

@Ignatius I just hope the cow milking game isn't in the bathroom creative environment. Wouldn't want people getting any ideas.

The same games again. I wanna see something new.

Not all these games are even launch games

@gcunit Or, bear with me here, OR - they are concentrating on the titles it will launch with, and more stuff will be announced in the months afterwards and at E3. It's just still too early for all the pant-crapping, and they aren't going to show their entire hand so soon.

I really like how they're doing the demo booths.

I have a feeling they're only showing half their 2017 hand before launch, and are sacrificing a strong launch for a steady flow of games post launch.

I've got high expectations for e3 this year, yes I do.

@JaxonH I really hope your right

They need to announce when they will announce VC info, if any.

@Ignatius Horror games would be rather effective in that environment.

@ThomasBW84
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I hope they announce super Mario allstars 3D edition.
Mario 64
Sunshine
Galaxy 1+2

@UK-Nintendo How about a Sunshine or Galaxy remaster

@hieveryone if I were to choose. I'd choose sunshine. 64 is asking too much for them

@Iggy-Koopa Actually some of us were hoping for some more launch games being announced prior to the launch, it would have been a clever move to hold some games back & drip-feed them every few days until launch... really work up that hype.

I think we all know (though some people are deliberately ignoring it) that there are a big stack of games that are going to be announced at some point... likely E3. The problem is how much stress they put fans through until we get there.

@hieveryone @UK-Nintendo Wasn't a Sunshine VC game rumoured? Or has that been quashed/denied already?

@DanteSolablood I know the stress is real. I won't buy day 1 as im only interested in Mario and FIFA so far. But more info and a little push could persuade me

@Ignatius As long as you're not doing anything with your valve, I'm fine with this image ...

@UK-Nintendo
So do I!

But, if I'm not, the worst case scenario is we end up with those 8 1st party games Nintendo showed for this year, which compared to Wii U is still miles beyond what it offered in the first 9 months of its life. And, even in worst case I'd eat my pants if they didn't at least show one new surprise game at e3, which when added to that list makes it even more impressive above Wii U when it started out.

We know Pikmin exists, Nintendo told us as much, then it was leaked, then that retailer listed Pikmin World for Switch along with Smash and that Rabbids crossover and Assassin's Creed... so ya Im I'm thinking we may actually end up with like 10 or 11 1st party titles in this 9 month post-launch window... which, if you think about it, ain't shabby at all. It helps that alot of them are big entries (like Zelda, Splatoon, Mario, Xenoblade and Mario Kart- possiby Smash too if those listings prove true- it's good to see so many big games right away- that leaves a long 5 years of other franchises to be explored like Fire Emblem, Metroid, Kid Icarus, stuff like that)

I'm hyped for Zelda, Skyrim, Xenoblade and Fire Emblem (the real Fire Emblem) though! Don't get me wrong, there's a long list of games I'm hyped for, certainly Splatoon 2 and this non-linear Mario, and playing Mario Kart anywhere on the spot with 2 controllers at the ready is what we've always needed, but those 4 there stand above all else

@JaxonH the launch is just over a month. I just hope they give us more info. Be it games. Online. Mynintendo eshop. Just give us something.

This is great marketing, really like it

@UK-Nintendo
Oh they've got to. There's accounts (said more info coming), technical information, user interface, VC service (if not info, at least an announcement of its status and when to expect games releasing on it).

I suspect they didn't want to bog down the first impression with anything people would use as ammo to discredit them, like saying the system is officially this powerful, alot of people would say "see its inferior" and dismiss it right away. While by holding that info back, pepole judge based on what they see rather than numbers on paper.

Which I can understand. Not sure how close to launch they'll wait before disclosing the rest of the info, but, one way or another we're due more info sometime between now and launch.

Well we know what games got the most reaction in New York and Japan!

..phew..and good luck getting past these guys at the Ultra Street Fighter booth..

@gcunit You haven't been paying attention.

They need to do more PAX events. PAX South is the closest event to me, and that's still a very long drive. PAX Midwest would be nice.

@KirbyTheVampire I'm happy someone finally said it

@gcunit Third parties definitely have. Besides, who said they were going to state information on a weekly basis?

I'd place my expectations on a Direct sometime mid-February.

Nintendo is doing an excellent job by demoing the Switch before launch, with some brilliant games. I can imagine the demo stations are very busy, especially around Zelda BOTW & Splatoon 2.

I'm so excited for this! It's not every day that Nintendo decides to demo a brand new console in my home town!

I wonder what VC will be for Switch.
If NDS / 3DS, I wonder if it will be fit with Switch monitor. Will the display splited into 2 ?
If Wii U, how to display the 2nd screen ?
If Wii, I think Joy Con can be used as Wii mote.
If older VC like Gamecube / GBA / N64 / SNES /NES, will they have touch screen command ?
But for all VC, I hope for more 3rd party VC, not just only 1st party.

Im going to Pax South on Saturday!!! I am over from Ireland to visit Austin Texas for 2 weeks so going to get to Pax South and see the Switch in person. Chuffed. Lovely the themed booths

@gcunit
And they most likely won't. I want to know what they've been working on all this time. Zelda didn't make it in the wii u's lifetime. What else have they been up to these last two years. I can't imagine 1,2 switch took more than a few months to develop. ARMS doesn't seem all that complicated either. So what the heck nintendo? What happened to that learned lesson? I figured we would have gotten at least 7 or 8 games from them, but it wasn't meant to be.

@1Ignatius well, that might be need for all the PS4 and Xbox fans who feel dirty for wanting to own a Switch.