Nintendo to Live Stream Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid: Samus Returns and More from Gamescom

Must watch!

...but I'm at work.

I can't believe they're showing off Wii U games

I think you meant to put 'Switch' instead of 'Wii U' because those games are on the Nintendo switch not the Nintendo Wii U

A pity they aren't showing Wii U games.

At first I thought the picture was a Target Logo and I read the caption and thought, "why would Nintendo live stream from a Target or Target's website?"

@MiraiMoon
Yeah, I reckon the BOTW discussion on here yesterday must have panicked Nintendo into action

Pity I am working then. Hope it a good show regardless

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Why would Nintendo show off games on a discontinued and irrelevant console??

Sounds like a great event to avoid. I certainly don't want to see any more of Odyssey. At this rate, we'll have seen the entire game before we've actually played it.

@westman98
He was kidding, I hope. Actually made me laugh too!

Nice release of games incoming for both Switch and 3DS.

Can't wait to see more of Super Mario Odyssey.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Time to move on, dude.

You had me at Odyssey.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Troll.

Glad to see XC2, really quiet on that front, and Ni No Kuni 2 has been delayed until January and DQ11 is only 2018, so I need XC2 this holiday as they've said.

Will be here for the live Mario stream, my main reason for buying a Switch. Still holding out hope for a holiday bundle. Though I'll settle for holiday stock.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE made a funny, chill out guys. Maybe there's a touch of bitterness but yeah, I'm pretty sure he has a sense of humour and is simply being funny.

Looks like there won't be any surprises... Guess I'll stick with what I have for now.

I love how they are actually marketing Metroid

Wanted to go to Gamescom this year but I'm still a bit too young to go alone and nobody could come with me. If I'm lucky I might get the chance to go next year but we'll see.

@Captain_Gonru I think it'll be a while until we see that game properly, since it's clear that Square Enix announced that game too early without enough progress to allow for regular updates - and this isn't the first time they've done it either. It looked unfinished and doesn't even have a proper name. All we know is that it'll have 8 distinct paths (thus the name "Octopath Traveller").

Which sucks, because that game had a really neat art-style, with the whole "3D 32-bit" look; given that it was an RPG too, a genre Square Enix rarely ever mess up, I had high hopes. I am still intrigued by the game but the hype is gone, for the time being.

@rjejr
An orange Switch with red and yellow joycons and Super Mario Odyssey bundled in (card or installed) would make a nice bundle, but yeah, Nintendo is having a hard enough time getting that system into stores. You'd think with the Samus themed New 3DS, the Switch and the SNES Class that Nintendo would make a killing during the holidays, only thing that could possibly slow it down is if it can't create enough units for retailers.

@Captain_Gonru I don't think Square Enix will mess the game up. I'd be a little annoyed if it didn't have multiplayer, but, asides from that, as long as the game looks, sounds and plays well, I'll be happy.

Oh, and assuming it stays an exclusive. Switch needs more big third-party exclusives. If Square Enix jump ship then I'll get mad. Assuming the game launches next year, Project Octopath Traveller will be one of the major third-party releases in 2018 for the Switch.

@Gamer83 My brain is having a very hard time reconciling your PS persona (PS4 port machine) and your new avatar. Like, maybe its an impostor hard time. I think you must be mellowing with age, Glad you're enjoying your Switch, looking forward to mine but Splatoon brings out the worst in me, and it's barely below the surface as it is. I will play the single player when my kid gets the game.

@Captain_Gonru Project Octopath? How about the Switch version of DQ11, or any news on FF7R? Squenix might be worse than Nintnedo when it comes to game news. I was looking forward to an FF7 remaster for so long, but I'm really afraid I'll be too old to enjoy videogames by the time all its parts release.

@rjejr
Haha, I've mellowed out a little but not that much. The Switch is awesome though, unlike the Wii U I actually have fun playing games on it (the U was just a mess as far as design and was slower than the PS3). Splatoon 2 is a great game. Not the type I'd expect to get into but I'm glad I gave it a shot. The single player is short but very creative but the highlight is definitely the online. I don't do online multiplayer that much but there's just something wildly entertaining about this game. I love the craziness of trying to cover the entire map in ink while also trying to take out players on the other team who are getting in the way.

@Gamer83 That was pretty much my reaction to the first Spaltoon. It's the only online game, or shooter, I've ever played but it was just so much fun and easy to get sucked into. They I made the stupid decision to make it to rank A. Rising thru the B ranks was easy and fun, at A- I just kept losing over and over and over again and it became more frustrating than fun, having 3 on my team, having that one person who just wanders off in the corner painting while you are playing in ranked mode. Disconnects costing me points. I lost 12 matches in a row 1 night and that was that, went from A- to B-. I think I played 1 splatfest after that but I had already soured on the game. Of course I had played over 150 hours at that point, and this game seems so similar I dont' feel like I'm missing out.

And honestly, what little time I've spent hands on w/ my nephews Switch, I really hate the Joycon, so tiny, I much prefer the Gamepad size and weight. I'll get a Pro controller for Mario and XC2 but I'll probably pass on Switch games like 1 2 Switch and ARMS.

@rjejr
The Pro controller is better than the Joy Con, but I actually don't mind the latter. I don't have the biggest hands though, maybe that's why I'm not bothered by it.

I'd say at least rent ARMS if you have the chance. I don't use the motion controls at all. Pro controller exclusively and it's still an absolute blast.

@Gamer83 ARMS

Well it's on my kids list, so I'll play it, but I'm not looking forward to it. I'll probably never play it online, just let my kids beat on me a bit. I pretty much only play story driven games, not pick up and play, unless it comes w/ PS+ and I give it a shot.

My hands are also small, but I think the problem for me is the placement of the buttons, my fingers just don't like moving like that. I feel like even the grip should be on a slant w/ the bottoms out more than the top. So I'll use them when need be, but I'm nto looking forward to that either. I'm really really hoping they get a button press for the round circle Mario hat toss in Odyssey so I can play w/ the Pro. Hopefully they don't force that motion in like they did w/ Donkey Kong back on the Wii.