Switch Launches In South Korea In December, And The Software Lineup Is Incredible

Yup, Monster Hunter in Korea but not the west... makes sense Capcom!

Patience is not a virtue with the Switch.
I can't cope with Skyrim and XC2 in a week, then BotW DLC in December. I need 72h days!

Odyssey is a launch game but not BOTW
lol

And Taiwan, with more localized games. the news has been anounced two months before.

I'm gonna predict it right now: Splatoon 2 is gonna be insane in South Korea.

Too bad it'll launch after all of the content updates...

@Rika_Yoshitake Makes sense, Korean localization is already done in Odyssey, but Zelda requires all of that voice-over dubbing work. Plus, that game doesn't really have what you'd call "A small amount of text"

Lol Imagine if this had been the global release library of games. And you thought the Switch was hard to get with BotW as the sole big name. XD

@MrDarkmark How do I delete someone else's comment

Glad I don't life in South Korea then or else my wallet would never survive the month

I'm glad we never had this much choice, as I'd only play a game for 10 minutes before wanting to move on to the the next one lol

No ARMS and no Splatoon 2 until "sometime" 2018?

And why so late to launch in Korea? I wouldn't have expected them to get it any later than the rest of the world.

@Wolfy76700 Too bad they'll have....more content...?

Now, if they would only confirm MHXX for the west already... Come on, it can really only be a matter of time/timing, can't it? Anything else really doesn't make sense (even considering it's Capcom... ).

@MrDarkmark
"But why not North Korea?"

Give em chance to repackage it as
"the glorious leaders switch, personally designed and made by the glorious leader....... And no one else can play with it except him."

It's not out now?

@MrDarkmark

lol at mentioning 1-2-Switch

Holy God that's an amazing launch! Enjoy S. Korea!

nintendo life is a bit late on that news hahaha .... mabee because i live in korea i am a bit more up to date ...
I think it is not only korea but also somehow taiwan (i dont rememeber but definitivelz not onlz korea)
but korean are not so much on console game so i am not sure about its success in korea , but at least it should be good.

and good to avoid me too import and also for korean language support .
also even if they are that many game i think some will not have the korean language according to nintendo korea web page so a bit lame to but it is okay i can play in english

since wii u did launch in south korea also breth of the wild and mario kart are exclusive to the switch and new game

@Bobbycuckoo

imagine the punishment for messing with little kims switch!
though i see him as more of an xbox kinda guy:)
we've probably all met him on a COD map sometime

As I was late buying my Switch I effectively had Odyssey and BotW as my launch games! Surely it can only be downhill from here! lol

If Nintendo gets into China's market, the Switch will likely be the best selling console of all time.

If I wasn't able to play Spa2oon until 2018 I think I might shrivel up in sadnesses like a crisp packet in a microwave.

Splat. Boom. Splash. Pop. Boom. Bang. Splat.

@Wolfy76700 why "too bad", why would they want a less finetuned game? Or am I missing something?

I live in South Korea and I'm a little upset that I bought the UK release on import as it is much cheaper than the UK price, but oh well. The reason that Zelda isn't a launch game is that Zelda isn't that big of an IP here. Mario, Monster Hunter, Disgaea 5 and Xenoblade 2 will be the big hits for sure. I don't know why they are releasing Sonic as a launch title though as he is not a popular character at all. Considering the Wii U never released in SK I'm happily surprised that this is coming out. I might even be able to buy games physically again.

@Bobbycuckoo They can try to sell the Switch in North Korea as "that portable device that the glorious leader uses while sitting at the toilet. But where he only sits, because he never, ever, EVER takes a dump. He's the chosen one and therefore, he cannot relieve himself the way common humans can. Thus why he needs the Switch to pass the time!"

@Pineapple_Mohawk Stuff always comes out in the east before the west for the most part. This isn't new.

@chardir I mean the Wii U never launched in South Korea so the Switch is already doing better on that front lol. The Wii was last Nintendo home console there. Also makes those Wii U ports pretty tempting there.

Is Puyo Puyo Tetris the same as the UK version? Wondering what the S stands for.

Too bad Splatoon 2 is not a launch game.

@Trikeboy "The reason that Zelda isn't a launch game is that Zelda isn't that big of an IP here. Not like Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Everybody in South Korea can't stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles 2. That specific game has a very long tradition with South Koreans. Copies of the (unreleased) game get passed from one generation to the next. Unlike Zelda. They don't know what Zelda is in South Korea.... I repeat, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a bigger IP than Zelda in South Korea"

Interesting take.

But seriously tho, South Korea is a PC Master Race nation. That unhealthy love affair begun in the late 80's and early 90's when most South Koreans were too poor to be able to afford anything but a cheap PC's. They stuck with PC's all the way to the present.

Doesn't help that in SK, Nintendo is synonymous with Fisher-Price (a brand that targets chilsren). So most gamers ignore Ninty's games because of that.

Unless Nintendo manages to change their image through some effective PR, not even the Switch will make it big there.

This is awesome news! Only a matter of time before dem Koreans hack the system for us

Nice of Nintendo to offer Skyrim some breathing room for the holidays, and wait a bit with Zelda.

This is the kind of thing they need to be open for doing if they want continued support from the big boys.

I definitely wouldn't call this incredible (Skyrim is a 2011 game, Disgaea 5 is an early 2015 game, 1-2 Switch, Sonic Forces and Fate/Extella aren't good games, we currently don't know if Xenoblade 2 will be any good), but it's still a very solid lineup. Kinda surprised to see NBA in there as well. Didn't know those games actually sell over there?

Having Odyssey as a launch title must be fun though

@NaviAndMii You have won the internet sir XD

This gave me flashbacks of being young and knowing that the rest of the world already has their N64s and their PlayStations... but we gotta wait. My thoughts are with the South Koreans... but at least they're getting it at all!

I was in Beijing last week and saw quite a few people playing Mario Odyssey on the metro 👍

@MrDarkmark you can still easily bring it back into mainland China. I bought one in Macau and just walked it over the border it’s just not marketed really or sold in stores. You can also find it readily on Taobao.

@MrDarkmark You can always import it or buy it locally from local shops that import it. It's likely that many shops in China import the Switch.

Wow can you imagine if the American lineup was like that?? Jeez

This is old news! The Nintendo Switch has been confirmed since September to launch in both South Korea and Taiwan on 1 December 2017.

Remember those rumors from Laura Kate Dale about the Switch's first year lineup, most of which weren't true for the Switch in Japan, America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand.

It sounds like those rumors were reflective of Switch in South Korea.

@MrDarkmark i saw it for sale and heavily advertised (huge mario odyssey posters) in 2 small independent game stores which was nice.

@MrDarkmark Do you live in North Korea?

@grougrou Hi grougrou - Could you tell us a bit more about Monster hunter XX language options? I see on the website it says Japanese only - has it been translated to Korean? or does it have another option?
Thanks

@cfgk24 i link you to the oficial nintendo korean report on nintendo official website , you have there all there released game and the languages options http://www.nintendo.co.kr/PR/press_list.php?cPage1=1&cPage2=1&idx=276&press_div=P . note that some game that dont release in korea have korean language support too (mainly multiplateform games) usually you can check in e shop for language (even though the language you get might depend from which region you download it , i have no idea )

Yeah, old news, but is exciting to see Nintendo reaching out through Asia again. Nintendo disappeared from Taiwan during the Wii U era, and I know a lot of gamers are excited for Switch there. Also good to see more language support options with these launches.

@Trikeboy Can you find out the Language options on Monster Hunter XX- The website says only Japanese....

I heard one of their launch titles is Little rocketman adventures!

@Mr_Horizon Well the conversation was about how Zelda isn't a launch title but Mario is in Korea