Random: Did PlatinumGames Just Tease Bayonetta For Switch?

May it be a third game or just a port of Bayo 1+2, I'd be excited beyond words.

As much as I would like it, I doubt this is anything but fan hype leading to unlikely conclusions.

I hope it's the third entry

I doubt it, but a part of me will remain forever hopeful.

Please please be hd collection 1&2 and a 3rd game both coming to switch!!!!!

While I could certainly see Platinum porting these games to Switch, I'm certain this was not intended to be a teaser announcement. As already pointed out, Bayonetta sports red and blue coloration in her games. It's just a coincidence.

I'd very much welcome a new game, not a port of 1&2 from Wii U though. There's enough of them as is. If people wanted those games bad enough, they should have bought a Wii U like I and 13 million+ other people did.

I missed out on these games so would pick a switch version up without hesitation.

A new Bayonetta game for the Switch would certainly help convince me to buy the console.

A bayonetta 1+2 collection on the switch would be incredible!!!!

A port of both is JUST what Switch needs!!! That way Switch owners will already have it when B3 comes out. I hope it's exclusive again.

Also how could this not be a Switch tease?? Bayonetta upside down on the two colors is such a "Switch" thing.

Whatever it turns out to be, I will buy Bayonetta a THIRD time if it comes to switch. I really don't care - Bayonetta was one of my favorite titles in the past few years. Having it on Switch would be a true dream!

Now all I'll need is Smash bros brought to Switch in some form and my Wii U will truly become obsolete.

I can finally sell my WiiU if this is true !

It's not port of the first two.

It's not third part.

It was JUST A TWEET!

Port incoming.....

Whatever it is, I'll buy it.

Bayonetta on the go.
Just when I thought playing as Bayonetta on Sm4sh for 3DS was the closest we could ever get to that.

Fingers crossed they release Bayonetta 1 & 2 on Switch. Then E3 2018 brings with it an announcement of Bayonetta 3 as a Switch exclusive... Hopefully!

You're assuming the blue & red is for a Switch version.

Wrong!
It's for a Virtual Boy version!

Seems like a 1& 2 port to me judging from the two different looks of our favorite umbra witch. Not sure I'll double dip since my Switch is a family machine, but if you missed it on the Wii U, make it a Day One. Absolutely great games.

Definitely a teaser and it's killing me! I love Bayonettas!

Full price on day 1 for bayo 3 :3

@tonyp1987
Technically the first 2 were already in HD :v

It would be nice if true. I'm pretty much of the view that given the Switch is basically a portable Wii U, port a lot of those games over the first few years to help prevent game droughts caused by poor 3rd party support.

So like this for example.

2017: BotW, LCU, MK8, Rayman Legends, Pokken, Smash
2018: Super Mario Maker, Bayonetta 1+2, Pikmin 3, Hyrule Warriors, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
2019: Tropical Freeze, Wonderful 101, SM3DW + Treasure Tracker, XCX

Obviously take anything like this with a pinch of salt but a port of 1/2 wouldn't be too unrealistic, I'd definitely be interested in 2 especially as I never bought a WiiU. Very much doubt a third game would be Switch exclusive after the re-release of the original on PC did well.

If they are favoriting all the Switch mentions related to the post that seems to be a pretty heavy hint. I never got around to playing the games on the Wii U, but would love to get a chance now. Plus porting anything from the Wii U really makes sense, since the Wii U sold so poorly.

@Grumblevolcano I'm already more into the new stuff even though I'd probably buy a port of 2 of they release it.

This year has me buying at least 4 full retail releases I day one, probably more.

The porting strategy does sound logical for Nintendo though. And as long as there's enough new stuff for me to pick up I'm not complaining:)

Bayonetta 1+2 port. Not a third one.

I have given up hoping for big new titles like the good old days.

I am a little skeptical of an announcement of a new Bayonetta game coming out but I would certainly love to see it happen! We could always use more wacky Bayonetta adventures!

I'll stick with the Definitive Version of Bayonetta. The PC version.

@GoldenGamer88 Why noth both?

NintendoLife didn't translate the Japanese as usual. I don't know how feasible it is, but they really should consider finding someone to translate Japanese since so much news pops up in Japanese like this that English speaking fans want access to badly. Either way one of the hashtags says "if you like Bayonetta, you can follow us" so it kind of hints that more Bayonetta is to come. That being said, this is the first tweet on their new account so they want to get followers and attention. Posting something like this is a very smart way to get that soooo... let's not get too excited yet.

Also, as the Switch is only marginally more powerful than the WiiU, I wonder if it'd be enough to keep a locked 60fps, something which is absolutely crucial to action games as it severely affects gameplay, which the WiiU couldn't do on the 2nd game.

@erv Well I'm looking at Nintendo's want to have a steadier lineup. This year if the Switch didn't exist would've been something like this for Wii U:
January - Nothing
February - Nothing
March - BotW
April - Nothing
May - Splatoon 2
June - Project Giant Robot
July - Nothing
August - Nothing
September - Fire Emblem Warriors
October - Pikmin 4
November - Super Mario Odyssey
December - Xenoblade 2 or Nothing

One can always hope.

The artwork looks reminiscent of the all-out attack cut ins from Persona 5. Considering both Atlus and Platinum are owned by Sega, could it have been the same artist?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I kind of feel the same way about the Wii U ports as we have a big Wii U library at home already (and go back to Wii games — my kids are playing that Excitebike remake right now), except I know people that skipped Wii U, bought a Switch and would LOVE those games on Switch. Plus, what would it matter if ALL Wii U games were ported to Switch? Who would it hurt? It sure would benefit the platform and the millions of people that will likely have a Switch and were never interested in Wii U.

@AlphaJaguar You wanna give me a heart attack?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Please realise that you're in the minority.

Friends of Platinum.
If you are really working on a new Bayonetta game, PLEASE, do NOT make this using cel shading or any other anime style.
Just keep the same existing style. Don't repeat the same mistake of Xenoblade developers.

I love bayonetta to pieces, but quite frankly unless they are working on 3 I'm not interested. My wiiu copies work just fine. Platinum needs to work on a new game not port old ones (bayonetta 3, scalebound, I don't care).

I'd be happy with a port. I'd be happy with a new game. I'd be thrilled with both.

@chriiiiiiiiiis "NintendoLife didn't translate the Japanese as usual."

^ This.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I would appreciate seeing both games at a full 1080p and without the framerate drops. Bayo 2 had some fairly noticable drops when things got particularly crazy.

Oh yes please!
Love Bayonetta 1+2

I think it will probably be a port of bayonetta 1 and 2 from the wii u, but bayonetta 3 would be great

More than red/blue being a coincidence...the mirroriing that puts her on the top-left, bottom-right, where the sticks placement is echoes the "Yin-Yang" logo scheme of the Switch as well (seriously, has nobody figured out the Switch Logo and jocyons themselves are very obvious version of the Yin-Yang, which symbolizes a union of opposites....while switch is a hybrid that does exactly that? And it's targeted toward an age demographic that remembers when Yin-Yang was all the rage?

And the Japanese LOVE to have symbolistic relationships between objects and their naming/logos.

I think this is as good a confirmation as any that we're getting Bayonetta on Switch, HOWEVER, given the recent port of Bayo1 on PC, my bet is this is going to be 1&2 ported to Switch rather than being 3. Not that I'd complain....

Please be true and bring Bayonetta to Switch! Bayonetta 3 would be amazing (but so would a 1-3 collection too )

@chriiiiiiiiiis @Reignmaker The last time NL tried to translate Japanese we get "Fight in the exoskeleton of the homebrew" as a headline.

All our base is not belong to them. I have fury!

Since Nintendo's strategy for Switch games is to have them be produced as cheap as possible; it will be a port of 2, or 1 + 2, only. To be referred to as: 'Bayonetta XD' or 'Bayonetta Delux".

Don't be worried though, there will be plenty of new content - including new costumes. And the graphics will be in "Full HD". So all in all, definitely worth paying the full retail price for again.

I would be ok with a port of Bayo1+2 and an announcement of Bayonetta 3 for Switch.

Whatever it is, it needs to take advantage of the Bayonetta amiibo.

I’m done with ports of wiiu games I already own. It would be nice to get new material.

@NEStalgia A long article and 50+ comments, you were my last hope for somebody mentioning the red&blue amiibo releasing this month. (Unless I missed it, 1 person did at least mention SSB so it could be a tease for THAT on Switch.)

Yes they did

Yes yes yes. I support it again for PGs because they just don't disappoint. Hopefully Bayonetta 3 is in the works.

Confirmation by inference is an ancient curse of humanity. I would have thought the information age would temper such thoughts, yet it has instead exacerbated them... At least make the inference based on something more than social media likes, lol...

@aaronsullivan Ehm.. You do realize that, Nintendo being a company like any other, there are budgets for everything right? And when the money gets divided over several projects, ports also take up part of the budget... Budget that could have been spent on actual NEW games. THAT's who is hurt by this - people who actually want to play something new.

I'd certainly buy any Bayonetta game on Switch. Here. Here's my money.

Anyone in need of some context/translation should read these two tweets from the (other) official account:

https://mobile.twitter.com/platinumgames/status/881713714507898880

https://mobile.twitter.com/platinumgames/status/881714090506190850

There doesn't seem much point in providing a 'fan-translation' when Platinum have translated the tweet themselves.

Judging from the timeline, it seems that all of Platinum's Twitter presence - both Japanese and English - was previously handled by a single account. Today marks the launch of a fully Japanese language account for the domestic market, leaving the previous official account to become a dedicated English language account for the overseas market. To mark the Japanese account launch, Mr. Yusuke Hashimoto gone done drawn a pretty picture or two of Ms. Bayo.

There's nothing more mysterious or revealing held within the text itself. Whether the picture or the following 'likes' tell a greater story remains to be seen.

That picture definitely means Bayonetta 1+2 port.

I'd say port first and foremost. Gotta keep them could-have-sold-more-but-didn't-because-it-was-on-the-nonselling-Wii U games coming to the Switch. THEN, MAYBE, by E3 2018, we'll hear about a Bayo 3.

The fact it's red and blue and mirrored upside down exactly like the staple Joycon layout, and then liking tweets making the connection... I think it's pretty much spelled out.

Question is, will it be a port of the first 2 or Bayo3. Honestly, I'd be happy with either.

It would be day one buy for me if it's Bayonetta 3 but a port of Bayonetta 1+2 would be nice also.

I can see this being a port of 2. It was a Wii U exclusive, so a lot of people would have missed out.

@Indielink +1 here

If there is to be a Bayonetta 3, she will will need a funky new haircut to go with it!

@rjejr Interesting point, I didn't even know about the red/blue, I thought it was a single Bayo amiibo coming out. Maybe you're right. BUT the positioning of her does match the Joycon sticks/logo along with the color scheme. And given their big hype for the brand before announcing the Steam port of 1, this just feels like their style for a port coming up. "Bay 1, Bay 2, Switch red/blue/left/right" It kind of ties in nicely. I don't think it's Bayo 3 though.

@NEStalgia I think a port is likely b/c 80% of Wii U games are getting ports - which I'm fine w/, I just won't buy any of them again, saves me money - but it's 3 weeks until the red & blue Bayo amiibo release, so it could be that. Just thought it was enough of a connection that it was worth mentioning, in the main article or elsewhere.

Guess I should start looking on eBay for the amiibo, Cereza may not be huge but those old school Cloud ones are sure to disappear. Advent Children was good, but they should have just made that other Cloud version Sephiroth, then I would have purchased them both.

I think this is reaching personally. That being said, I'd love a port of Bayo 1+2 and a Bayonetta 3.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE there has been no port for the second game.lol

@Slim1999 I mean there's enough Wii U ports.

As usual in my whimsical archive-binging mindset, I'd actually prefer 1&2 bundle first - if forced to choose, that is. Syberia remains a stellar example with all three games coming to Switch consecutively.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE not until TMS port happens. X^)

And I may want some games bad enough to pay a sizeable extra in mobile data spendings to play them on a home console, but I'm not sure what games I want bad enough to invest in the "beggars aren't choosers" kind of ability to play them once a month at best. Bioshock and FFXIII trilogies were such games, but I'd rather replay them offline and at the pace I fully control, too. It's all just a fan whim and thus insignificant, yes, but I'm replying to the topic of fan whims as well.

For the love of God! PLEASE!!!!

I wouldn't might it being a port of that 1 and 2... really good games. Now with that being said if it is a new one I would be happy. Either case I am happy with both outcomes.

Instant buy....

Edit; I'm so happy right now, words can't describe

I don't really care, I bought Bayonetta 2 for Wii U and found it utterly boring. I really don't get what all the excitement is all about...

considering they used the bayonetta from 1 and 2 it's probably a port of both games.

@shani You can say many things about Bayonetta, boring is not one of them.

I'll take anything at this point

@Indielink Maybe I just don't 'get' the game, but it felt extremely repetitive after a short while. You basically do the same all the time, in my opinion it lacks variety (and that quickly bores me to death with basically anything, not just games).
That's not to say that others can't like and enjoy it. It's just that it was boring for me, I really regret buying it.

@tonyp1987 HD collection? They're already in HD lol. But I hope we see it happen.

GOD PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. Please tell me my girl is back!

Tweet tweet, nothing here yet

@Dakt It definitely is! Bayo in 1 was accented with red. In 2 she was accented in blue. It may go over the heads of some, but as an artist myself I see these things. Blue was also used extremely heavily in Bayo 2 for that matter. Even the little combo practice while waiting for the next scene to load up had respective red/blue backgrounds. I don't like putting much stock into rumors, but this looks like a deliberate hint to me. Red/blue Joy-con turned sideways, indeed.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a tease for Bayonetta 1+2 on the Switch. This is how Platinum teased Bayonetta and Vanquish for PC.

To be fair, if Platinum was going to tease Bayonetta 3, this is probably how they would have done it as well. No way are they going to reveal a brand new Bayonetta design in a Tweet.

Bayonetta 2 Deluxe?

It would be a cruel joke for Platinum to like that Tweet of the Joycon comparison if it wasn't a port of the first two games. Never got to play them on Wii U so I really hope this is the case!

@NEStalgia The very first thing I thought when I saw the Switch logo was "cool, Yin-Yang logo"!

Why yes, my parents WERE hippies, why do you ask?

Am I the only one hoping it's a teaser for them adding her amiibo functions to Mario Kart 8? Mii racer having helmets with her hair styles on top.

@NEStalgia @JasmineDragon Woah. WOOOOOAH. Braaaaaah. What if... The Nintendo Switch is... A metaphor for... Celestial Alignment?

Just like opening the boundary between portable and home consoles can bring new revelations, maybe there's a portable dimension to Earth, and we just think of it as a home planet! What if we can hybridize the planet and have access to it on a whole new level!? We could just... Bring it with us as we travel the far out ocean of stars! Far out, man...... Leave luck to heaven..... It all makes sense now. NINTENDO'S MASTER PLAN IS TO make us realize we don't have to be confined in our old ways of thought. It's all right.

Eh, wasn't thrilled by the first on the PS3...didn't care about the Wii U's sequel...could care less about this one. Glad for the people that will want it, glad that the switch is getting 3rd party titles, but this is not the one that I'd hope for.

@shani Honestly man, give it another shot and really try digging into the mechanics. It's so much more than a simple button masher, there is A LOT of depth to that combat system. There are also a ton of new moves and weapons to purchase from Rodin that change up how you play and all of your combos.

Can I ask how far you got into the game? Cause it doesn't sound like you made significant headway.

If it were Bayonetta 3, I'd be totally down for it, but if it's 'just' a port, I might have to pass. I own several versions of Bayonetta 1 already, and while I liked Bayonetta 2 even more, I think I would be good with the WiiU version for the forseeable future.

Again though, Bayonetta 3 would be amazing, but I seriously doubt it'll happen any time soon, if at all.

@Grumblevolcano 2019 Smash

That’ll be Bayonetta 2 rerelease then

@JLPick Dude. Those hips don't lie.

Even Luigi knows what's up. Oh yeah. He knows. 😎

Okay so it says, in black and white, bottom right corner - Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2.

It'll be brilliant playing these on Switch. First time for me. So, how long to wait, and how much to pay? Choo chooooooo

@PlywoodStick Whoa, that theory is radical, man. I mean that is so righteous! It's like you've opened my other eye to like a whole new cosmic reality, man. This is what The Man hasn't wanted us to know all along, isn't it man?

Now if you'll excuse me I have to head over to Whole Foods for my organic, gluten free, fair trade, avocado toast before Amazon, like, totally takes it away from us, man.

@NEStalgia The yin-yang analogy just blew my mind!
And @PlywoodStick your elaborated version of that made my day. 👍

@Indielink Hm I actually gave it another shot in June 2016 (after I had abandoned it in January 2016) because everyone was talking about how great it is and how much depth it has, but I just couldn't see it.
It also didn't help that the overworld lacks proper signposting, a UX nightmare basically. I often didn't know where to go next - or the places just looked very similar so I repeatedly went into the same level that I had already cleared. Now this is a sentiment I already knew from some Zelda games (which I love), but at least in LoZ there was stuff to do in the overworld too so it didn't feel like a waste of time.

I didn't make it far though, that's true. According to my save game, I'm at chapter 1, 2nd Climax (Noatun, The City of Genesis). And I played it 1:55 hours in total according to my Wii U's log.

The combo system was actually pretty decent, but having a good combo system isn't enough (for me) to carry a whole game. The story, the dialogue, the vibrancy (or rather the lack thereof) of the world, in all those departments the game just fails in my opinion.

But again, that's only me, I don't mean to bad-mouth/spoil the game for others in any way, obviously many people had fun with it and that's totally fine.

Given the picture (both long and short hair) I would say if anything it's a reissue of 1&2 which I would still buy even tho I brought them on wiiu . But I would go mad for a 3rd entry. I adored bayonetta 2.

@rjejr that's the first thing that sprang to mind for me, player 1&2 Amiibos.
The colours don't feel like the joycon colours to me but the mirrored image does seem very joycon like....
Looking like ports of 1&2 which I would still buy, man I want a third so bad.

@shani shame you didn't get into it, Bayonetta is the kinda combat system you can fall in to a rhythm playing and me and the misses you can see very different play styles coming to the fore. I love it for that it has the box of toys and you play it the way you want. I'd say give it another go if it wouldn't frustrate you too much you played less than 2 hours there's loads to unlock and discover.

Bayonetta collection and Bayonetta 3 on switch.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You can dislike ports to the end of time but in this situation it would be moronic for them not to port over the Boyonetta 1&2 collection to Switch or ANY other more successful console than the Wii U. Trust me, I love the Wii U just as much as you do, but it makes no sense to not port a game over to have it reach a larger audience or even just a different group of buyers. These ports are not for us.

I hope this comes to fruition, I own both on Wii U but I never play them as you need that god awful gamepad on with charge EVEN IF YOU'RE USING A PRO CONTROLLER 😡😡😡

I actually buried my gamepad in a cupboard somewhere, went to play Bayo, loaded it up with my Pro in hand and it made me find, charge, turn on and then use the gamepad to confirm I wanted to use the Pro.

So imagine my surprise when the next day it still insisted I have the gamepad on to use the Pro.

@Filth_Element Well I kept it installed on my Wii U (actually bought a bigger USB stick and downloaded all my games from the eshop before the Switch was released) so who knows, I might still revisit it one day.

@PAHTK This exact thing happens to me and is one of the main reasons I'm so glad that the Switch isn't anything like the Wii U or the gamepad.

Yes! It definitely is!!!

@gloom yup, good riddance to yesterdays garbage.

Easily one of the worst designs in console gaming.

Even though it had some truly great games, things like that hurt the system so badly.

Would buy a port just to show support, this franchise needs to live on, but I would prefer a 3rd game, or a lumen spin-off.

@PAHTK It honestly makes me sad because of how beautiful many of it's games were. But now even Nintendoland isn't playable anymore because the gamepad doesn't work properly. Sucks.

@gloom yup. And Nintendoland was a surprise hit with my mates, even got my best buds non gamer fiance into games, she loved Luigi's Mansion.

They need to do a Pac Man VS and bring those amazing multiplayer games back using 2 Switches and adding in a whole bunch of new levels.

I'll take a 1&2 port (which I think that is) as well as a new third entry, thanks.

Shudup and take my money. Love Bayo. Would be happy top pay for them again on the switch.

So a company is making a third title and the blue and red joycons magically indicate that switch users will get that title...how again? How did that particular mental leap get made?

I'm not saying it won't and the title may be multi-plat, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will either.

If Bayonetta 3 gets confirmed for Switch (esp as an exclusive) I'll (insert hype Bayo comment here)

This is another nothing article. Maybe I'll still be interested when Platinum finished porting random games to PC.

I'd buy it. Just-- just sayin' it out loud😏

if they are making number three for the switch i would hope they release a port of the first two while we wait please.

@Maxz "There's nothing more mysterious or revealing held within the text itself. Whether the picture or the following 'likes' tell a greater story remains to be seen."

Sssshhhh...they've all worked themselves up now. Bayonetta 1, 2 and 3 coming to the Switch and if it doesn't happen, why Nintendo? why????

Oh man, no matter what version this would be pretty awesome. Really hope Patinum makes this happen.

@YouSeemFRAZZLED
A browser game can't outdo a proper handheld game, at least IMO. But it might be nice as a way to ease the wait... if there's a real reason to wait, of course.

@Grumblevolcano Yes! Another Tokyo Mirage Sessions believer!!! I missed the game on Wii U and now I really want a port of it on Switch, perhaps even this year or at least until early next year

@Tempestryke there is a little leap there yes and by the way the article reads it is defo not proclaiming Bayonetta is coming to Switch just saying COULD it be hinting at it.
I was going to break down the whole Platinum liking Nintendo posts and the colours etc, but you know what just read it again man... if it still doesn't make sense why people are excited oh well.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE @-DG I understand there is a lot of people who don't have or never tried a WiiU for reasons we all know. But I agree with S_Eire in that I personally don't want too many ports or over reliance on ports as I have a WiiU and the games that'll be ported I have. I may double dip but I want to be very clear in that just ports won't do. Ports of WiiU or PS4 & XBONE, for me not enough. It would be nice to eventually have a library like DS 3DS where there is a whole bunch of stuff you can't experience elswhere. Hell isnt that why we all became Nintendo fanboys as that's been their thing right?

@WiltonRoots Aah yes. On second inspection of the Japanese text, it says:

"Welcome to the launch of our official Japanese language Twitter account. Now we can make all sorts of covert announcements without anyone in the West knowing.

In that spirit, we'd like to announce Bayonetta 1, 2, 3 and 4 for Nintendo Switch, as well as a brand new crossover game 'Bayonetta X Star Fox' in which you shoot down giant alien space angels with umbral laser beams. We've referenced this by drawing Bayonetta with one eye open and one closed, which looks a tiny bit like Fox's fancy space-visor-HUD-monocle-thing that only covers one of his eyes. I wonder if anyone in the West will pick on this massive hint. Haha. Anyway, remember, don't tell anyone about this.

P.S. Isn't it great how much Japanese you can fit into a single Twitter post? I mean, you can spell the entirety of 'space-time continuum' in few characters than it takes to type out 'space' in English! Look: 時空世界. Amazing, right?! All the more room to squeeze in lots more secret announcements.

Yours sincerely,

Your friends at Platinum.

#Secret #Bayonetta #MassiveAnnouncement"

...Wow. What a revelatory post!

To be honest, I'm not too sure what to make of it. I'll stay cautious of it and just wait for an official announcement.

Why not? All old games are coming to Switch... the console of Ports.

@Nintendian
That's gaming in general nowadays. Games have reached a point where a game from a few years ago can look every bit as good as a game from today (thanks to less and less noticeable visual improvements with each passing generation). That and budgets getting larger and larger... and games live forever now.

But that's a good thing. I was so happy my PS4 basically eliminates the need for a PS3... and Switch will take most of the greats from Wii U and turn them into handheld games... why not indeed. It's actually really convenient having all your favorite games consolidated into one machine (or, 3 if you play on all consoles).

There goes the neighbourhood.

Platinum is trying to drum up hype. Nintendo essentially paid for B2's development, so by Platinum teasing and liking Switch comments they can show Nintendo it may be time to open their wallets again and fund this new entry. I doubt the game is in anything other than preproduction. And Nintendo has money to spare so hopefully they take the hint and I can get my Umbra Witch fix.

@Filth_Element

I'm saying it's ridiculous to make such wild assumptions. That was the point of my entire post. Something you flat out missed.

@Filth_Element Oh yeah, of course just having ports won't do at all, but that's not what they're doing at all. If it were nothing but ports Wii U owners would have no reason to buy the system, but like I said these ports are not for us in any way shape or form. For Wii U owners like us right now the only reason to own a Switch would be... ARMS? But look at what's coming, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids, a new Yoshi, Kirby, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon, Xenoblade 2... I'd much rather they get all the ports out of the way this year to rake people in. We all know the original content is coming next year for the most part. I'm personally waiting to buy a Switch for when Mario Odyssey comes out.

I don't believe at all that we should get ports of EVERYTHING, but it makes a lot of sense right now to port over the best of the best Wii U games to strengthen the Switch's early life lineup. Most new consoles have almost nothing to play. The Switch has Zelda and Mario Kart. That's pretty good if you ask me even if one is a dual launch and the other is an upgraded port.

@JaxonH

ARMS is the only new game on Switch. Zelda BotW is a Wii U game, so it's a Port, same with Mario Kart 8. Splatoon 2 looks the same. Pokken, another port. 3rd parties are all bringing their own port... Skyrim, Binding of Isaac, Puyo puyo, Disgaea 5, Lego undercover, Thumper, Rayman Legends, etc. Even ancient games like World of Goo is joining this circus.

Filtered out all these ports there are very little original games on Switch this year.

@Nintendian
Zelda is both a Switch game and Wii U game. It's no more a port from Wii U than the Wii U version is a port from Switch.

But sure, given the system has only been out a couple months, obviously it's not going to have a spanning library yet. That takes time. But what's great is that not only will it have its own spanning library (And there's a total onslaught of new games that started with Arms and continues with Splatoon 2 and Mario Kingdom Battle and Fire Emblem Warriors and Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 and so on all throughout the rest of the year and into next year), it will also have the greatest hits from other consoles. But compare Switch's new game library in March 2018 vs Wii U's first year library and I think you'll find Switch will have outdone its predecessor in terms of new games, and in ports of great games.

And that's the best kind of library you can have. PS4 is great because in addition to new games, it has a ton of great ports, pooling top games from other consoles. Final Fantasy X, Gravity Rush, Dragon's Dogma, Uncharted 1-3, The Last of Us, God of War III, Wipeout Collection, Valkyria Chronicles, Resident Evil 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, Revelations, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Collection, Dark Souls 2, Diablo 3, Borderlands Collection, Assassins Creed Ezio Collection, Batman Arkham Collection, Dishonored, GTAV, etc

And that's not even the tip of the iceberg. Those are just ones I personally own.

You have to have great ports to offer a compelling library now. Because other consoles do it, and if you don't, then you'll never have enough new games only to compete with having both. At least with Switch, there's far more reason for ports to exist. On PS4, it's simply a matter of convenience of having a consolidated library, whereas on Switch, every single game is a legitimate handheld version in addition to that convenience. I embraced ports on PS4 and X1. I have a shelf full of them. How much more then will I embrace ports on a system that offers them for the first time ever as HD handheld versions? Bayonetta in full console glory, playable anywhere, at work or in a waiting room... yes please.

@JaxonH Come on, Zelda BotW was developed for Wii U a few years ago before they delayed it for business reason because of Switch. The game was practically done, Nintendo delayed the release so they can port it to Switch as a launch title.

What pissed me off is game publishers taking advantage of a new console lacking games to play so they ported their old games over to get sales from desperate Switch owners. By next year most will regret wasting their money on these games.

@Nintendian
I don't see it that way.

If ports only served to "take advantage of the desperate" then why do we continue to see ports on other consoles even to this day, and selling better than ever? PS4 gamers are not desperate, yet they value a good video game, be it a ported video game or not. And the same goes for Switch gamers. Nobody is buying ports because they are desperate, people by ports because they are good video games that people love and want to have on the go.

I don't think anybody is going to regret wasting their money on a good video game they wanted to own. I certainly won't. I've been waiting for a portable version of Skyrim for years, mostly thinking it was a pipe dream. I have tons of friends who have been begging for a portable version of Rocket League, and not just any portable version but one where you can actually play with others without needing multiple consoles. This is stuff people legitimately want. People want a Mario kart game they can play on the go or at home. And had the MK team not ported Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and instead given us MK9, then we would have never gotten Arms. So, one new game vs a new game and a port (both of which are excellent). We're actually coming out ahead.

And ultimately, PS4 is giving up a ton of 3rd party games that were previously exclusive, which is a great thing because now not only can more people play those games (like Disgaea 5 or I Am Setsuna) but PS gamers who wanted them on the go now have an option to do so, and a fantastic one at that. Everyone wins.

The logo of Star Wars is yellow. Which is the color of Pikachu!

Did EA just hint that Star Wars Battlefront II is coming to the Pikachu edition Nintendo 3DS XL?????????????????????

If they are teasing something here, it's probably just a run of the mill port for the Switch. Hardly anything to get excited about.

A Bayonetta 3 would obviously be awesome, though I wouldn't get my hopes up, especially not based on this totally random post.

@Aryx It's true that budget must be shifted around and possibly even internal teams are utilized. That can have an effect. Let's think bigger here, though. These ports are likely getting easier and the monetary cost to Nintendo is likely to be easily paid back in extra sales. After all, the original budgets for these games dwarf the porting costs. But the big picture is that Nintendo must make the Switch as valuable as possible as quickly as possible to establish a home for continued new expensive games.

The Wii U failed for many reasons, but a larger consistently updated library could have made up for them.

Furthermore, if a third party can't risk a full on development of a new game, a port can be a way to prove it's worth it.

Zelda trained some engine programmers how to transition from Wii U to Switch and that time and money investment is already made. The more successful ports that are made with that expertise the more efficient overall that has become to the business.