Don't Worry, Switch WWE Fans - 2K Hasn't Forgotten About You

Take your time until my wallet recovers.

That Nintendo Life team member is me. Absolutely gutted! But @janfritz raises a very good point

At least my already dying wallet gets some much needed cool down. Will still wait for a price drop or I'll drop the game. Can't buy much with the Switch :/

Funny how I had the opposite problem with the U. Had money but no games to buy

@Lizuka Rly? How about the PC version (if there is one)?

This is the type of game I would consider buying, that is if the full game was on the cart. Otherwise not a chance.

I read on some retailers website, I think it was either Argos or John Lewis, that they had the release date written down as the 31/12/17 (which is a Sunday, hmmmmm)

Could just be that they put that there to still show it's a 2017 release, I don't know.

But Argos also seem to have the artwork with the "Micro SD Card Required" warning thingy like NBA 2K18 on the front too.

Oh wells, hardly like the Switch is short on games this Christmas

How can it still be in development, yet still come out in one month? Fall ends on December 21st, I believe. They can finish development AND have it out within 1 month? Meh!

Will be the first 2k18 game to actually be released in 2018 the way this is going !

@GuruOfGreatness "Could just be that they put that there to still show it's a 2017 release, I don't know." Yeah, that's it. Amazon and Gamestop do the same thing when there's no real release day squared away.

@Ooyah Fall ends December 21st...prtty much like it does most years.

@JudgeMethos

That'll be it then. I reckon it will still come out in 2017, but I think it will be late December, after Christmas maybe, a bit like Captain Toad Treasure Tracker for the Wii U; wasn't that supposed to come out just before Christmas, then got delayed to the 2nd of January, and then had a quiet release on the 28th of December which no one knew about unless you went out into the shops and saw it there as they brought it forward, leading to a hell of a lot of confusion (here in the UK at least).

Don't worry 2K games, nobody noticed

I have been waiting for it. Luckily there are many other games to spend my money on.

I've slightly cooled on this. It seems very glitchy on other platforms. If it lands in a good (or comparable) state I'll probably still buy.

@Lizuka Of course, hell it's already confirmed to be able to have less wrestlers at once.

@GuruOfGreatness A youtuber found it listed on Gamestop Ireland for 30th November, which is a very strange if it was a placeholder date, a week or two ago.

If this is a supply issue I get it.

If this is a bug squashing for stability unlike another game I get it.

If this is a delay and ends up with problems rhyming with RIME they're asking for it.

Meh. Where's Payday 2. That and Xenoblade are my next pickups. At least until 9 Parchments drops.

Call me when the new Fire Pro port gets a release date.

@Menchi187

30th of November would be good with me if that's true. Plenty of time for it to come down to £25-£30 over Christmas and New Year

Of course they haven't. Switch sells so they will adjust themself. It's money we're talking about

I’ve loved pro wrestling all my life, but I haven’t really enjoyed a wrestling game since THQ on the N64. I still play those games to this day. I have multiple copies of Mania and No Mercy so that I can have era specific stables of CAWs. A couple memory packs alleviate the terror of the save glitches. I have no use for 2K. They suck the fun right out of wrestling games.

I pre-ordered the deluxe edition on PS4, so I won't be double-dipping.

I checked a Best Buy weekly ad, and it says released November 21st, which is next week, and perhaps very false.
https://deals.bestbuy.com/?category=&filter=&brand=2K

You say this like it's a good thing.

2k games are bugged out, their constant stream of games are always a mess and not just on switch. I won't bother with a 2k game again, had enough of grubby bugged out games or mega slow down, shameful

@WhistleFish This is true, but when I think about it the same is true of most of the big Western pubs.
*Bethesda games are bugged out
*Ubisoft games are bugged out
*EA games are bugged out.

Seems to be universal. Which makes me wonder how they even have customers..... The stereotype of gamers being idiots may have a lot of truth to it....

2k and EA need to disappear from the Switch.., and take their microtransactions with them!

Nice.

@DizzyDee81 One of your two dreams is a near certain reality, at minimum

@DizzyDee81
There are no microtransactions in WWE 2K18 afaIk.

And for what it's worth, NBA 2K18 was a phenomenal release, one of the best ports on Switch (it was buggy and broken as heck at launch but they fixed it up and now it's a gem). But ya, the microtransactions suck. No question. Thankfully it really only affected one mode.

It’s been a month… No longer interested. Tired of sporadic/unknown release dates.

Good news I guess

My brother has been waiting for more info about the Switch version.

I thought this game already launched to be honest. Still not going to buy though. I live in the past with my N64 when wrestling games were fun.

I am a patient person. I can wait. besides I have a lot of switch games to play.

i would hope all the DLC is free as they wait to fix all the bugs found in the Xbox/Ps4 versions

@tanookisuit I feel like the Rime guys agreed to a switch port without even getting the game running and mid way through the porting process the developers were like "guys I think we screwed up" and just released it in the best form that it could be without looking absolutely dreadful

@BravelyDavid That may be somewhat true. But I also think that isn't just the Switch but all versions. It's a known thing about the game engine that it isn't well made. The crappiest problems to least messed up go - Switch, XB1, PS4, PC. The XB version has quite a few problems matching Switch but it just gets less pauses/stuck but still is all over the board. PS4 has it but isn't a consistent problem. PC has it too, but if you temper your settings (say like 720p/1080p level) it will be your best bet. It's a great idea for a game with a good layout but incredibly rotten design that even the porting company for them on Switch couldn't do anything with. It explains the delay, they tried to make it suck less and in turn got nowhere or made it worse.

I've just resolved to buy quite a few third party Switch games, when they're done right. But if I have another option if it's fouled up I will seek my revenge of sorts. Games like RIME, Sine Mora, Yooka Laylee, and looking like Battle Chasers they are all on GOG.com which means an actual download full install you can own, make your media out of whatever - same controls as Switch. Buy it there, just wait out at least a 50% off sale. NO need to reward people who are screw ups with full price.

@NEStalgia part of the reason they have buyers is all three for one reason or another are often the sole providers of the experiences they produce. EA has most sports games on lockdown, bethesda is queen of the mmo for people who play single player, Ubisoft has its unique franchises. Plus many don’t play games with regard for technical integrity beyond polygon count and framerate. That is more than enough to line their war chests. I wish everything I played was as polished as Nintendo games. But to go Nintendo only means I miss a lot of games. My backlog would be ok.

Also sometimes fun is reason enough.