Game Originally Planned For Wii U, Then Switch, Winds Up As A PS5 Timed-Exclusive

This game was one of my favourites in the PS5 showcase. Looks fantastic, and I hope that it will come to Switch whenever the exclusivity ends.

Are these the same guys that had to apologize for having enemies with dreads?
Yeah no thanks, won't be getting my money.

Hard pass for me. They lied to their own supporters. And sure, if Wii U was no longer feasible then at least carry it over to Switch. Instead they’re taking a bag of money from Sony for a timed exclusive and laughing in everyone’s face. Plenty of other games out there to spend my money on — ones that don’t rip off their own fans.

@Arkay I'd love a source on that, that just sounds absurd, like chuckle fish not having black people voice a black person and apologizing.

I guess dreadlocks are a protected hairstyle now.

I am going with Xbox for next gen, I can just stream any of these exclusives on PSnow If I really want to play them.

@Kalmaro They did and they are changing them because of it, was a bunch of articles on it yesterday,

Wii U? Really? And they keep breaking their promises to people? Sounds like a leader or person in charge problem. This is the same game that's having to change an enemy in the game because it's racist looking.

@Kalmaro It isn’t because they ‘had ‘
dreads’, it’s because they are racist caricatures.

Also black voice actors should voice black characters, as Indian voice actors should voice Indian characters etc etc. Don’t see how this is controversial.

@BeefyDeedz I'm glad we live in a time where someone of any color that looks slightly off or portrayed in a way is automatically "racist"

If you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic, I hate this current PC BullS***

With other platforms already targeted before, this case needs no tinfoil hat to safely assume Sony helping fund the troubled development to completion as part of the "partnership" in question.

But it still targeted Wii U and was considered for Switch... and you bet you'll still read autopilot "port begging" snaps over in Sony fandom if anyone dares to wish for it eventually landing on the hybrid.

Or maybe not. PS4 owners are currently finding themselves in an oddly familiar situation about Persona 4 now, so maybe at least a portion of them will human up and learn something.😅

It reminds me of Porject Cars 1. Same story and abandoned any Nintendo console (Wii U or Switch). Is there any penalty from kickstarter head officers to this kind of treatment? I mean people cannot do whatever they want with other people's money!

@Kalmaro People are so petty, who honestly gives a heck. It's not like they're painting their face black while voicing characters, or being blatantly "racist" about anything. Then again the "race card" is pulled pretty frequently in this day and age, just because.

@BeefyDeedz

Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman.

Now you don't know what to think 🤔

You mean a Kickstarter game isn't following through with their stated intentions?! I'm shocked. SHOCKED!

I'll be picking this up on PS5, for sure.
Looks fantastic

Hey its Yooka Laylee again.

Got shafted out of money by those guys.

@KillerBOB And I’m offended, obviously Bart should be voiced by a transsexual person.

@BeefyDeedz I don't see why it's controversial either.

@KillerBOB Same with Ash Ketchum, and Naruto, and etc, etc, etc....

@Kalmaro https://youtu.be/UPIfU0N9SaY
This is the world we live in, everything is offensive and racist. Gone is artistic freedom and freedom of thought.
Edit: Typo.

This game is still looking pretty cool and all these years, and I totally understand the choice to bunk with Sony for a bit, if it helps them get this mammoth of a project finished.

Let's hope it eventually comes to Switch, and doesn't end up being a hassle to port. We don't get very many artsy, ambitious indie games from South Korea.

I can see why people are upset about this, as it was intended for other consoles during Kickstarter. Now, that might still be the case after the PS5 exclusivity ends (I sure hope it is), but I can understand how people might feel like the developer broke their promises.

However, it's hard for me to get mad at the studio. Game development is not an easy task, and approximating your budget is similarly difficult. It has been years since the Kickstarter ended, so I imagine they're running out of budget. In my books, it's a better thing for Sony to be funding the project than for it to never be finished at all. If this was the decision needed to save a game (and improve it), I don't mind it.

That said, they definitely should've communicated with the backers a lot better. This shouldn't have been a surprise to the backers, in my opinion.

I’m so glad the developers are good people. It was pointed out to them that they had accidentally included harmful tribal African stereotypes for the enemies. The developers went on to be amazed at how subtly deep this racism thing can get. It’s fascinating stuff. Hopefully in generations to come that kind of subtle built in racism stuff (like not defaulting Africans to ancient and amplified stereotypes, and then having them as the villains of all people) will no longer be there.

My wife used to teach at a school for (mostly) refugee children from Iraq Iran etc. She used to say the kids would “draw the bad guy” as a white man with a gun - due to their recent traumas with the war there. I know here in the 70’s people would make Irish out to be bad guys due to their bombings.

So basically this is non-news. We have seen this many times before, Too Human being a very prevalent example.

The only thing to be upset over is the fact they promised things on KS that aren't met. Surprising no one.

EDIT: Oh, and being angry as thematics that portray cultural influence, that's apparently a thing too. It's RE6 all over again.

@Jokerwolf That is just absurd... Guess the next time I see a white dude with dreads I'll try to arrest him for cultural appropriation or something.

@BeefyDeedz I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Saying that someone should match the race of their fictional character makes very little since. They are there to provide a voice, that's it.

PlayStation do this often during big events the last notable time was No Mans Sky, they take a crowd funded game and lock it to the platform. I really dont understand why people love them for it, for some reason its fine for PlayStation 3rd party exclusives but not Nintendo (Astral Chain etc...) or Xbox (Recore, Sunset Overdrive). For me this was one of the best looking games shown but I was burnt on PS3 so no chance I'm going back to PlayStation for pretty graphics with gameplay as deep as a puddle.

@HXLXIII I know it’s a tech site full of teenage boys. I get that. When I was a teen too I used to be the same. Full of edgy-wannabe try-hard energy. I guess it’s something most kids go through.

However. Regardless of what you want to think it was a racist caricature. It was pointed out by black people too, so I imagine they know more about racism than you do. Even the (it turns out very good) devs acknowledged it and addressed it.

You ^seriously^ don’t need to be that upset at the devs doing their due diligence. You don’t have to put an act on. You don’t need to be seen as being a tough guy! You’ll learn that eventually. Problem is these days your old adolescent splurges are burned into the internet for all to see. It’s kinda embarrassing.

@Kalmaro - Women voice many adolescent children characters, Bart, Ash Ketchum and even some anime. A black dude voices Kratos and another voices the most prominent space villain of all time: Darth Vader.

But nope, indies is where we drew the line. More control over them that way.

@KillerBOB I, for one, am very upset that bugs bunny was not voice by an actual rabbit and that Superman's voice actor isn't kryptonian

@Paraka what is it with this site and people wanting to act like big tough guys? It’s not a “no news” story. It’s a bit from an interview that’s relevant and interesting. I for one had no idea about the games development. After this revelation and then showing they’re actually really top people has made me now follow them on social media channels. Their game looks really good. The reaction to it (racism issues aside - that have since been resolved, thankfully) was positive from most people. It seems you might not like the game. And that’s fine too! You just don’t have to be all bitter about it?

@Paraka @Kalmaro yeah, exactly. Where do we draw the line? Animals, aliens and monsters are all voiced by people who aren’t any of those species.

It should be based on the best voice for the character they are creating, that’s all.

Sorry, @BeefyDeedz not all of us are trying to find problems/offence in everything.

@Mynameishello You're finding racism where there is no real racism. The few people who claimed to be offended don't speak for all of us black people. I, personally, don't see a problem. Just like I never saw a problem with Resident Evil 5 having me shoot a bunch of black zombies. Heck, I was actually kinda impressed, you almost never get to see black people get to be zombies in games.

I mean, it's bad enough that we have protected groups that we can't even criticize, now we have protected hairstyles?

Think of it the other way, imagine how tiring it has to be to play a game, see an a old white dude and immediately know, "yep, that's the bad guy."

I wish more games would shake things up.

@QueenKittenWrite Just remember, you can be anti-PC and still advocate for things like black people voicing black characters. Just my two cents, hope your day is swell.

@arekdougy No one here has said that anyone can't advocate that black people voice characters. What has been said though is that the idea that a black person has to voice a black character is absurd.

This game is another example of how NOT to announce video games. Unless the game is ready, don't announce it.

I had actually never heard of this before the PS5 reveal. Pretty terrible way to treat your backers, though.

@Kalmaro the problem is the world has Institutional Racism built in they will deny it til they turn blue in the face. Racism exists finding it's something white privilege would say. Game is a game that isn't real life that is for Politics to play with. Since the vast majority are developed by men without inclusion/diversity what would you expect as a natural outcome. But as anything you go with the people whom they can find/locate to do the voice narration. But that also is time/money and not everyone is big budgeted to have that opportunity to do so. As to dumping Wii KS supporters that they should REFUND those backers money back since they Failed to HONOR their KS mission. That's the least they can do. Not doing so guarantee any other KS supporters won't help them from here on out because of this. Burning your Supporter will get burned in return.

@KoopaTheGamer Very well said man. I like your sober analysis and understanding a lot, just wanted to say that i appreciated reading that and 100% agree. I was actually leaning more towards the "that's kinda *****" side but you reminded me of the aspects that were not immediately visible to me.

@NathanTheAsian

With a username like that, you better not be a white male!

@Mynameishello - Abrasive response over something more observable than anything. This is actually pretty commonplace, so it's not really news. Especially when you consider the "interview" parts are predominantly PS5 centric, which doubles down on not being Nintendo related news. It's par for the course of development, get used to it.

And the subtle implication I am being racist in doing so... Not a good look, friend. But it does bring a question (an honest one) to mind: What cultural influences are not considered racist to you? Cause you don't seem to be reactive when western people appropriate Japanese and Asian culture with anime characteristics that are seemingly over the top.

@SwitchForce I'm going to have to disagree with just about everything you said apart from them maybe refunding the backers who feel let down and that racism exists.

Institutionalize racism is a word I hear get thrown around without ever being backed up. What do you mean by it?

Luckily this is one of the few Playstation games that do come to Switch over time, seeing as it is a indie. But of course we never see New horizon, Resi 8 or Ratchet and Clank on Switch. The Ps5 video showed pretty strong stuff (and I also like the futuristic design). Meanwhile Nintendo shows...nothing!!

@Kalmaro amen. I myself am part black( I hate to bring it up but nowadays it seems to be a must to have your opinion validated), and I have no issue with these portrayals. Like you I was not affected by the black zombies in RE5, hell I thought it was cool as well.
What we are seeing is people finding racism everywhere where there isn't any. Keen to play race card and play the victim all the time. "Oh woe is me, look at me, pity me". It's all disgusting and sad.
For a group that wants equality, they sure as heck want special treatment. Hypocrites.

@Kienda - I think it's plausible power than anything. It's ideally easier to influence an indie, or small company, with your posse of 20 people on the internet bombarding someone over an aspect you don't find appealing. It why you don't take on something bigger without some kind of leverage for the spotlight.

It's not quite a middle finger. More like a palm-inward V-sign, which apparently is a rude gesture only for Brits.

Doesn't make it that much less of a backstab though.

This really frustrates me, because I backed this Kickstarter and selected Wii U as my platform. After it dragged on for years I eventually assumed that the game would never get released and I was just out the money. But to hear that it's coming to PS5, which I don't intend to purchase, as a timed exclusive is frustrating. They better at least hold to their word and release it on Switch in the somewhat near future.

@Arkay This is how I feel sometimes when I see people saying what I should be offended by

@Kalmaro it's almost as if we are not allowed to have different opinions and only have to follow one way of thinking. Sounds pretty tyrannical but what do I know, I'm just brainwashed. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@Arkay If you're upset about it then, perhaps support the devs who've beared the brunt of what you deem unnecessary criticism instead of boycotting them?

@TheDavyStar not really boycotting if I wasn't going to get the game to begin with.

@Arkay Whoa, that sounds like racism but... Nah, they say they support us so it couldn't be 🤔

Curse my internalized hatred of myself.

Once again we have a thread full of people who have gotten it into their heads that other people are offended by something and then react with even more offense. I'd make popcorn but coffee will suffice.

As frustrating as it must be for the game's original backers, I'm relieved it's only a timed exclusive as it implies that this game will eventually make the jump to Switch.

In regards to the removing of stereotypes in the enemy characters from the game's trailer, I'm very impressed that the developer was mature enough to listen, learn and in doing so make better informed creative choices and improve their game.

SQWs (Status quo warriors) lack creative vision, that's why they arent interested in learning and lean so heavily on boring overused stereotypes.

@ComradeThom I would argue that not using dreads and sticking with the same designs as always is an example of leaning on "boring overused stereotypes"

I backed this years ago with the hope of getting it on PC or a Nintendo console and now they tell me this. Wow. Just wow.

Edit: At least they're working to release it on PC at the same time. Hopefully they follow through with that at least.

Damnit. This looks very promising. Wish it was on a Switch calendar somewhere!

@JimmySpades

Wait a minute...did you just culturally appropriate the coffee bean??

@Kalmaro Can’t you see how much better your life would be if you could be offended by anything and everything, regardless of intent?

God forbid black villains have dreadlocks, they should have pink hair and 3 arms to ensure they don’t represent real people. Soon villains in games will not be anything other than white males in case someone is offended on someone else’s behalf, imagine how tedious that would be.

Hard pass for me, they should at least brought the game to switch. Now i will pass.

@Alaninho I feel enlightened already.

not buying it because of the bending of the developer.

Sucks that they double dipped on Kickstarter and Sony....

@Kalmaro Why are you so awesome?

@Alaninho Would make sense if they were only black villains. These are indigenous stereotypes, a long standing stereotype used in media to push the white savior trope. It’s always been rather lazy actually. In order to make the main character the hero, the rest have to be unintelligible savages.

@brandonbwii What games are you thinking of where this happens often? I'm drawing a blank, then again, I may just play different games. These kinds of things tend not to come up in MarioKart.

@Spanjard Thanks, I'm pretty humble too 👍

@BeefyDeedz are you crazy? Actors are just that, ACTORS! You don't have to be gay to play a gay person. You don't have to be black to voice a black character. Now if you used black face and tried to do it in live video that would be racist. Get over yourself. Stop being offended by everything. GET A LIFE, then you won't be so worried about a Rastafarian video game character!

As for the game dev, you had people who gave you money predicated on the fact that it was coming to the Wii u and then when it failed understandably the Switch. But now you grab the big money on top of Sony's money and expect us to buy your game? Shove off!

I had no idea this existed until the PS5 reveal.

If anything the Sony partnership already payed off by giving them better marketing than they ever had.

Looked great - hopefully it does make it to Switch. But not playing the Switch waiting game. PC/PS4/PS5 is good enough.

Exclusivity should always be told at the outset, at first reveal. Promising the game for multiple platforms and THEN pulling off a timed exclusivity is just a dishonest bait and switch tactic.

@BeefyDeedz I'm not white yet I never lose any sleep over white people voicing my race as long as the product is good

And people complain about Epic Game Store exclusives lmfao.

@Agramonte It could be argued that this was a great business decision. That still doesn't change the fact that they shafted everyone who supported them because they promised something and went back on it.

@Mynameishello Well first off, i am well past adolescence friend. So that assumption was pretty off. Point of the matter is, something like that is not racist, nor was it created to be racist. Making a fictional character look a certain way, is not necessarily racist, "Blacks", "Africans", "Negros", etc, whatever you wanna call them, look a certain way, and the majority, believe it or not, act a certain way as well, just as Whites, Asians, Indians, etc, etc, do. It is not attacking those people, it is a fictional character, in a fiction world, you'll find much worse stereotyping in the "entertainment" those people actually produce in the real world! People need to stop being so butt hurt about the littlest things, and stretching things to make it seem like they are victimized. Stereotypes exist, always have, always will, get over it and move on with your life. It's way too short to be butthurt over something so petty.

"The design intention was to create characters who are protectors/guardians of a particular mystic region in the world of Little Devil Inside," Neostream continued. "We were not producing character designs referenced on any real African and/or Afro-American human tribes."

@Kalmaro If I were running a company, they'd have to. Not sure why that's a big deal.

@brandonbwii you could argue it’s lazy, yes. The creator has said that it wasn’t their intention. Are you offended by stereotypes of French people riding bicycles carrying cheese and wine? A lot of these game “stereotypes” are there to celebrate different cultures in a fun way, but some people will always see the negative. I’m not offended that the majority of villains in Hollywood movies seem to be British 😂

@Kalmaro Moreso movies then games. Temple of Doom springs to mind.

@Alaninho I’m not offended at all. If this game is good I’d buy it regardless. I just look at big picture. Just because I’m not personally offended doesn’t mean it’s not offensive. Certain things need to change so future generations look at all of us in the same light. Black people can be portrayed as villains just as anyone else can. People should just be more aware of the message they may be sending subconsciously.

@brandonbwii I get your point but I would hope people do not judge the average person in the street based on some movie/game characters they’ve seen of the same race/nationality/whatever, that would be dumb. However, some stereotypes exist due to real world cultures (e.g. witch doctors still exist in Africa, that doesn’t mean people will assume a black person in Germany is of African heritage and therefore a witch doctor because of a video game character). Grouping races like that makes me think the person complaining was more racist than the makers of the game.

Yeah, I didn’t back this game 5 years ago to see it become a PS exclusive, timed or otherwise. As far as I’m concerned, the devs lied. They got Sony’s backing now, so I’m actively asking for a refund from them.
Also, I find that “racist depiction” controversy to be utter nonsense.

@arekdougy You'd have to what exactly?
@Alaninho Someone gets it.

@Alaninho I don’t think the issue has to do with the idea people are dumb and therefore can’t tell fact from fiction. I believe it’s more that the thought is so ingrained in society that it doesn’t help when our entertainment media reinforces it. Entertainment isn’t going to turn people into racists psychopaths or anything but it could still encourage a negative thought process.

There are always thoughts I see around the internet that’s like “since so much violence takes place in black neighborhoods therefore all black people are violent”. It may not always seem that way but consciously or not, that message is often sent.

To be fair I don’t think this actually caused much outrage. It seems mostly one guy. It was enough to make the dev realize maybe this isn’t right instead of forcing his hand through “political correctness”.

@Kalmaro A voice actor would have to be black, to voice a black character. If I were running a company. Of course, hypothetically, you'd be free to hire a white actor to voice a black character. Sure, I don't agree with laws being made in some instance like this, but I just see it as common-sense. Why are we talking about this again? lol.

@arekdougy Were talking about it largely because you're making the assumption that we have to be the same race of the fictional character we are playing, which is just odd. Who said we should do that? You're just providing a voice, I don't remember people getting up in arms about Samurai Jack being played by a black dude, or Darth Vader.

@brandonbwii "It was enough to make the dev realize maybe this isn’t right instead of forcing his hand through “political correctness”.

He realized something might not be right? So he went through all of that because of a possibility that someone might be offended? That seems like an overreactionon their part.

@Kalmaro All of what? Maybe it was an overreaction on the developer’s part but it was their choice.

@brandonbwii Because of people who think like this, Mexican Mariachi hat Mario was removed from the cover of the Super Mario Odyssey game!

I was really happy to see Mario wearing a traditional outfit from my country. I hated all the comments online talking about how they were offending Mexican people. They were not. A lot of friends I have thought the same as me.

All the people whining about it were from USA and other countries.

@brandonbwii That's my point, they overreacted. No one was really complaining.

@Olmectron Remins me of when they also removed the feather from Mr game and watch on smash bros. I don't remember any native Americans actually saying they were offended.

Ehh, the depiction of the character WAS a bit more than the dreadlocks. The lips were big too - albeit not at all similar to depictions of blackface. More of a huge wide pointy-tooth grin. And apparently the blow dart looked like a joint - OK now people are SERIOUSLY stretching.

The funniest/worst thing about this is that apparently they'll be changing the character's skin tone too. I doubt they're going to make their skin any darker, so congrats on erasing more 'diverse' culture from our video games, I guess?

I don't exactly blame the devs though - they're South Korean, right? They don't have the context to know if they seriously did something wrong or not. I feel like if I'm right about the direction the new skin tone is going in, though, the dev's takeaway from this is going to be "Can't make any more black characters without risking another controversy..."

@RPGamer You heard wrong but don't worry, there's other reasons not to support the dev.

@Kalmaro Oh for sure.

At a minimum. Should do what they did for Shenmue 3 after they did time exclusive with the Epic store. People who thought they were funding it for Steam got their money back.

But coming in at the tail end. I just want it to get made. And they giving me 3 options

@RPGamer Mostly what the article said, originally promised for WiiU, then they changed it to the Switch a few years later, and then a few years later it's a Sony timed exclusive.

@Kalmaro Your very own reply is what and why they call those using such in the camp of "White Privileged".

I've been following this game for about 4 years now...and while I do understand where people come from with the anger of the devs making this deal with SONY, they also need to understand that SONY not only got exclusivity deal, they are also helping with development now.

Also, in their kickstarter main page, the very last lines say that they would eventually strike deals with publishers, for marketing reasons or others.
Do this means they shouldnt honor their promises to backers? Of course not, they have to honor them or they should put a refund for those who want em.

What I want to get is that they did do a heads up 5 years ago and that without this deal...this game might have never seen the light of day.

On the topic of caricature that's supposed to be racist, I personally don't see the problem...but I understand where it comes from. But people need to understand that sometimes...a person's work ain't out there to insult you in any form.

I wonder how my fellow country men feels about the protagonist of "The Ballad of Gay Tony" which depicts what many (unfortunately) people from my country do when they get to New York.
I didnt feel anything back then, cause it was a work of fiction, even if it was based in many realities...those do not represent myself of those of my country.

And as a PoC, that caricature does not represent me or my ancestors. I am not the supposed bad things that NPC is supposed to have and I see it just as what it is, a work of fiction. Even if its based on real things...I bet it doesnt represent the whole lot of it, just parts.

And finally, to the person who argued that black characters should be voiced by blacks...I guess you were damn pissed off that Kratos from God of War was voiced by a black...

This is actually one of the reasons I keep coming back to this site (despite being a moaning git); the calm, considered conversations on race here have been a joy to read, and a million times better than reading the screeching at each other over on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Keep being awesome people!

Pretty shady tactics... Well on the bright side at least the game got a decent boost in popularity. They should really put it on Switch eventually, at least then it would be a lot less shady.

@SwitchForce I don't understand what you mean, I'm having a hard time getting your point.

@Olmectron I never said it couldn’t go too far.

@kalmaro It doesn’t matter at all but the main tweet about the characters was from a black guy. Just FYI.

@RPGamer The “offending” imagery is at 0:42

@BeefyDeedz "black voice actors should voice black characters, as Indian voice actors should voice Indian characters"
That sounds racist to me.

@RPGamer I read the thread, so for you and anyone else:

TLDR - Game announced on kickstarter for Wii U, among others.

PS5 timed-exclusive announce trailer has mask-wearing, dark-skinned mobs with dreadlocks attacking the protagonist with spears and blowguns.

Some on the Internet are offended. Accuse developers of white privilege, racism. Some are not. In this thread, at least 2 people claim to be both of African descent, and unoffended.

South Korean developers apologize. Promise to adjust.

Some people are pissed about the PS5 thing. Some are not. One person is particularly on this thread is upset about white privilege, and characters not being voice-acted by similarly complexioned voice actors.

@RPGamer I’m not personally offended by it myself. I believe the problem lies more with the fact that they represent indigenous people more than the dreads themselves. That old “ooga booga” stereotype associated with minorities.

@brandonbwii Who said this has anything to do about minorities?

Even if it did, what's the problem exactly? They aren't saying that all minorities are like that or even that some of them are. They are fictional characters that they gave dreadlocks.

Are minorities not allowed to be in games anymore? I'm not sure I understand the problem.

@Kalmaro the problem is the developer himself said that he will change it ge could have double down and said we are using unique and will stick to the design but he didn't he saw what the other people saw and agreed to it so now he is going change it to a more unique design if he really didn't care or see it he would have not concern himself or do anything about it

Also the thing with the voice actors is stupid if you are able to perform the character right then it shouldn't matter what you are
But if you are looking for authenticity based on accents instead of people trying copy the accents that's a whole different thing

@Kalmaro Apparently Twitter did.

@Ezus I've heard plenty of people of all races that can mimic accents perfectly fine. I don't think skin color factors in when it comes to any of this.

@brandonbwii like, a few people on Twitter I think. I never looked at the numbers.

Pretty BS how they sold it to us on Kickstarter as multiplatform then sold out for the likely one year exclusivity... Not cool

Saw this in the presentation, had no idea about it's history and thought it looked kinda boring anyway. Pretty poor move on their part! Glad I do'nt care for it anyway.

@KillerBOB
I can very much assure you that I am Asian. Otherwise, I wouldn't be making a username like this.

Well that sucks! I’m not even sure WHAT this game is, but that was one of the more striking, resonant trailers I’ve seen in a while! Should it come to Switch, Year 1 purchase (what? My backlog is mountainous.!) for sure...shady dealings be damned!