There Are Now Over 100 Games from 70+ Developers in the Works for Nintendo Switch

100++ games ?!
Please HD Cute games for Everyone...

Hope none of those get cancelled. Plus how many are working on 2 or more games. Of those 70+ I doubt everyone is actually working on a game.

I'm happy to hear that but how many of those games are AAA and how many are last gen ports like Fifa?

For people complaining about the lack of third party support, just look at all those developers. Sure, so far we've seen a lot of ports, but that's only because the developers are being cautious after the failure that was the Wii U. If the Switch manages to have a good year in terms of sales I would expect to see more big name games coming to the system in 2018.

Hmm does publishers include self publishing indie games? If so then thats nowhere near as impressive as Nintendo struts it to be :/

Sounds good, though will withhold overall judgement a Second I remember similar info / infographics for the 3DS and Wii U. One went well, one not so well. Though am hoping for a positive outcome.

It's pretty well known that AAA publishers / franchises are taking a "wait and see" approach which makes it all the more important that's Nintendo does its best to craft as big a market as possible to entice them to jump onto their ship.

Although I would say people should give up seeing exact ports of games that will be released on PC/PS4/X1 and instead I hope we will see unique 3rd party games. Of course those are the hardest sells and rely even more on Nintendo carving a good market as well as help market these 3rd party offerings.

This ought to shut Switch-doomers down for a while

Are the 3 ports from Tomorrow Corp part of the new 20 or the old 80?

Those extra games are most likely eShop games. 20 new games from 20 new publishers point to indie studios.

Sadly eShop games don't sell systems, but it's good news for those picking up a Switch regardless.

@Spoony_Tech they are likely multiplats

I'll guess at least 10 of them are from RCMADIAX.

@ningeek185 A list of names mean absolutely nothing till the games are on store shelves let's just take Wii U as an example of this very fact.

@ieatdragonz never discount a talented indie studio, after all the greatest were once a Solo man job.

@JHDK even with new games like the new dragon quest heroes ii, there is a chance that devs will base the switch version on the vita version of the game instead of the ps4. i guess this will be the case until the middleware catches up.

Only AAA company that is actually throwing any sort of weight behind its words is of course again the much slandered Ubisoft.

Any other colossi of the Video Gaming world are merely doing what they did with WiiU. They are dipping their toes in the water and then quickly getting away.

Of these 100+ games I will bet anyone for an amiibo or other such neat little thing that at least 50+ are games that are already out on other devices and at least 25+ small indie titles that are not exclusive.

And even that 25+ original games for Switch is A MASSIVE reach.

Nintendo isn't doomed. But they sure as hell ain't flying the rainbow road either.

I'm sure it'll pick up even more after launch. I know I am eager to develop for it.

Well of course there are more than 100, now that they included the ones originally supposed to come out for Wii U.

@Kosmo we all know that won't happen... they still post the Wii u list yet don't grasp a new scenario. Hence why the switch is rocketing off to a stellar start.

@Jamotello nothing wrong with Vita ports,

@Jazzer94 You're comparing a list of 21 partners with a list of more than 100?

Now how many of them are simply ports?

we still need to know more about the eshop! come on Nintendo ! not long till launch now....

Epic Games? I hope they're actually working on something and aren't just listed due to licensing of the Unreal 4 engine. Some of my earliest games were made by (then) Epic MegaGames. I have no interest in their FPS efforts, which is pretty much the only type of game that they've produced since the dawn of the millennium. Nevertheless, I'll keep my eye out for them.

Bethesda? I hope this means that iD Software is somewhat involved as I would LOVE to see the Wolfenstein and DOOM games on Switch, even if they're ports of older titles. The last iD Software game on a Nintendo system (that I know of) was Orcs and Elves for the original DS back in 2007 (LOVED it!!!). Sadly, the sequel was only ever released for mobile phones (and sadly, not the "smart" variety). Still yearning for Commander Keen 7 that we were promised some 26 years ago.

And I'm curious to see what Take Two have in store. I would kill for GTA Switch.

@HSuzumiyaVI Let me dream of a world without trolls. XD

They'll have to shut up if the Switch does succeed anyway, which it is pretty much doing right now.

Keep it coming!! The complainers above will probably never be happy but I for one think that more games added to a gaming system is a good thing!

It's highly unlikely any of these new partners are working on any AAA games, as otherwise they would've started production much earlier, or never at all.

@OorWullie lol, only 10?!

His slogan will be own all 10 of my games for less then 20$

@Spoony_Tech Only 10 so far but that's just for March.

cool story i bet all those games are just HD remakes of old games...

@HSuzumiyaVI Oh no, you misunderstood. Indie games are essential to the library and without them the console still may be successful but in my eyes it would be worse than the Wii U.

Although don't forget that some of these games and publishers could be untested or be a RCMADIX or maybe a letter.

@Yorumi That's a valid fear. But I really don't see a way to compare Wii U with Switch. When the latter is on a different league before launch. In game lineup, people perception of the concept, development enviroment and general hype.

How about we just wait until people actually have the Switch in hand, play it, and THEN we can decide if it's going to be successful? This generation of jumping the gun (positively/negatively) on everything is frightening to me. Yikes.

The hesitating 3rd parties started rushing in AFTER the official reveal. I don't know if it's the pre-orders or the general reaction, but they seem more enthusiastic now.

This doesn't prove anything, Kimishima. I'll wait until these 100 games are actually on store shelves. Which they probably won't be, because I'm guessing a large portion of these are indie games.

@HSuzumiyaVI nothing wrong with vita ports at all if the switch were only a mobile platform. they coulda done better.

Wow. So it's not all about counting marbles then

@Timppis what about square? Don't they have 6 or seven games coming to the switch?

So many of these games are old, overpriced ports. I've seen a lot of indie devs crawling out of the woodwork getting ready to dump their back catalogue on the eShop.

Oh... that's really nice to see them and those and that one supporting...

...BUT THE ONLY 3RD PARTY I CARE ABOUT IS PLATINUM!!! WHAT ARE THEY DEVELOPING?!?!?! AND HOW MUCH WITCHTIME WILL THEY TAKE?!?!?!?!

If you're expecting western 3rd party support than don't put your hopes up. I'm pretty sure that developers will rerelease ports at full price no one buy and then 3rd parties will say well Nintendo fans only play Nintendo games bla bla bla. Just keep mind when pick this system anything 3rd party is just bonus. I've learned lesson with wiiu

Am not sure why people always knock indie games, as some indie games are brilliant. Over 100 games is very good, and i'm sure we'll see some of these at E3.

@banacheck indie games are great but sometimes it's nice to play something with high production values. Large, good quality TVs are cheaper than ever and it's nice to play games with impressive and detailed graphics. Look at games like Star Wars Battlefront (which I doubt we'll get on Switch), that game has beautiful visuals that bring the world to life. Would be nice to play things like that on Switch but unfortunately it's not powerful enough.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Good god, I don't think I've seen you say a positive word about Switch in well over a month

I do believe they have more third party games in development that they have announced, but all this secretism isn't helping them at all. They may have AAA games that just have started development after all.

Why not have a direct announcing them? It would certainly help shut up some doomsayers.

One has to take this "made for shareholder presentation"-ready stat with a grain of salt. The bundling of a zillion indies with major publishers and referring to them all as "publishers" is almost a flat out falsehood (self publishing does not count as a publisher.)

However all the major players are on the chart, and there aren't really any others out there. You could fill the "Western AAA publisher" list out on a Post-It note.

@Luna_110 All true, and I think EVERYONE wants to avoid the WiiU situation with 8 month old ports at $60 at launch on a console. That was publisher's cynicism assuming all the Wii owners would be coming in contact with PS3 games for the first time on upgrading to a WiiU and they could recycle old content at low cost. I would think nobody's going to port a game from November to a March launch console other than Bethesda that does long-tail sales like Nintendo 1P. What happens at E3 will be more telling, specifically at the publisher's own conference. If Activision does COD and says "PC, PS4, XBox One, and Switch" it's back on track for now.
It's telling that the Mass Effect devs said there's no intent for Switch but if there was huge fan outcry for it they'd do it. Of course they're not going to, but it's telling that they didn't dismiss it as "not possible" but only that it's a business thing.

@Untempered-Link I'm happy that you're excited but you're missing the point that "the complainers above" are trying to make. By the way, those "complainers above" are the majority of the people posting under this article. Anyways, they are merely trying to point out that they fear that a large chunk of 100+ games are either ports, definitive editions of games we already own, or indie titles. Indie titles can be great games, but some are also very simple games that are not to get excited about. Gamers are fearful of investing their hard-earned money on another Wii U; and IMO, that is a valid concern for some.

@Kosmo They'll find a way...........they'll ALWAYS find a way.

@Jazzer94 Well, let's post a list with ACTUAL confirmed titles for the first year, then, instead of just developer/studio names...

Direct link for a bigger, more easily viewable version:
https://s30.postimg.org/n49ifw2bl/Switch_releases_2017.jpg

Why do people keep posting this? It means nothing if the devs haven't announced or made anything for the Switch!

@Mogster Thats why i own other console's, Nintendo make some very good looking games Zelda BOTW. It amazing that game is on the Wii U, but i agree with some of what your saying.

@ThanosReXXX
Thanks for the link.
I will waiting for Animal Crossing Switch, Story of Seasons Switch, LEGO CITY Undercover, Puyo Puyo Tetris, etc.

Btw, for older title like KOF '98, Metal Slug, Waku Waku 7, are they considered as VC Eshop games ?

@Anti-Matter You're welcome. As for these older titles: I honestly don't know. Maybe they will be new versions like Street Fighter or maybe VC. I guess you'll have to wait and see or you could always Google it...

It's all about those initial games, and the steady trickle thereafter that will determine if all of those projects come to fruition. I'm glad to hear this number than not, don't get me wrong, but key is the installbase MUST come into being, or many of these projects don't mean much. I'm being patient for now.

@faint I'll give Square the benefit of the doubt.

They do throw Dragon quest bone for us Nintendogs and after that it's the Project Octopath Traveler, which even though it might be good is certainly not Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy in terms of production value.

But yes, I will accept your argument about Square also at least throwing some weight there

Great!

Now, show me all these games that I'm supposed to get excited about. . . . And, how about including a bunch of brand-new AAA third party games in there too. . . .

I'm waiting. . . .

@JHDK The new Fifa isn't a last gen port, Peter Moore says isn't a custom build fifa game for Switch. That doesn't sound like a port of the PS360 versions.
Granted it "could" be based off of those versions, like taking assets and what not. But it could also be a downgraded X1 version.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/01/eas_peter_moore_insists_fifa_switch_is_custom_built_following_last-gen_engine_rumour

have the people still hoping for "unprecedented 3rd party support" been paying attention the last few decades? Nintendo will NVR get the support of PSone or PC. If you want those games, the Switch isnt your system yo, move along.

@dkxcalibur I think it's clear at this point that if you want the latest and greatest third-party content that appears on PS4 and Xbox One the Switch will not be for you. I think it's also clear by this point that the Switch will not be 'another Wii U' in terms of games release schedule.
The complainers are moaning that the games are not games that they want to play, and I can understand that. Sure you're not too fussed that Rayman Legends is rereleasing or maybe RIVE isn't your cup of tea. But does that detract from any of the other great games coming out on the platform?
My point is that more games are never a bad thing, it means more choice, and (perhaps more importantly) more to play between big AAA releases.

@Untempered-Link You're absolutely correct, I'm hoping for Ninjabread Man HD Definitive Edition now! I want it ported directly from the Wii but with slightly better graphics and sold @ $59.99. I'll play that in between Zelda and Splatoon 2.

Then I want Star Fox Zero Deluxe with slightly improved controls, and graphics, but with no Star Fox Guard. I want it also sold @ $59.99 because it's on a Switch cartridge now. I'll play that in between Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey.

More than likely games we've already played... but it's better than nothing, I guess. I wishe Nintendo tendon could get the Telltale games. Borderlands, Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Batman and Game of Thrones. You know, those games!

@Anti-Matter ahahahah lollll yayy!! So many colours!

@dkxcalibur lol calm down.

Well the more games the better. I am hopeful for a positive future for Nintendo games of all interests.

Considering the Wii U had like 1000+ games in development at one point and barely reached 700 games in its library in-total this is a joke...

@Timppis I loved Zombiu and Rayman Legends......so I hope Ubisoft brings in some good titles for the switch.

OMG!! is that picture for real!! did anyone notice that From Software is on there?!?
I hope this means we're getting Dark Souls!!

This really gives me hope the Switch will do well in the long term. An improvement over the Wii U's year launch.

As others have said the list of developer names is completely meaningless unless the Switch is a success. Third parties dropped the Wii U like a hot sack of crap when everyone realized it wasn't taking off.

@Jazzer94 That's actually from the 3DS.

@Flexbro27 I have no doubt about that. I believe the very strong rumors about the Mario rabbids crossover and I believe that it will be good. Ninty has quite high standards (except for Olympic games recently ;_; )

Steep is good multiplatform game and if the Beyond Good and Evil sequel really comes for Switch then my mind will be blown

Ubi gets way too much hate for all the support they've actually shown to WiiU

@Untempered-Link I always love that response. Throw in the LOL to make everything cool too!

@Urameshi Even better reason to get the Switch just to support Nintendo and keep them alive. Although they gave up on the Wii U early on, I am hoping they give fans what they want with the Switch.

@ThanosReXXX my wallet just had a heart attack looking at that list. Sigh I was trying not to work so much this year too...

@Ryu_Niiyama Haha, well, I guess you're just going to have to learn to be a bit more selective in your choice of games. But you can't honestly like ALL of them, or can you?

@Utena-mobile That picture is indeed for real, all titles are confirmed and the Dark Souls games are rumored as well, part three possibly coming to the Switch and the previous two parts heavily rumored, so we'll have to wait and see how that pans out...

@ThanosReXXX there are perhaos 10 or so games that don't at the very least pique my interests. Otherwise, fair game. Sigh. This is my cheap hobby too.