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@westman98 Pre-orders don't really tell how well the games will impact system sales. The number of pre-orders is likely from people who already own a Switch.

@faint Regarding Splatoon 2, Because it's not going to be that big an enhancement from the first one. Not any more different than MK8D is from MK8.

I don't know what the 3DS has to do with MK and Splatoon not selling Wii U systems. MK7 didn't really impact 3DS systems significantly either though.

@faint I don't know that MK8D or Splatoon 2 will help sell a significant number of systems over what Zelda has already done... but we will see. The problem I see is that the first really "serious" title for Switch from Nintendo themselves that isn't essentially on the Wii U will be Mario Odyssey.

Yes there are the little games like 1-2 Switch and Arms but those aren't big hit titles (what I mean by "serious").

But again, it still could survive against all odds. It's just if they didn't sell Wii U systems, I don't see MK and Splatoon selling Switch systems either.

There isn't going to be any meaningful information about the Switch sales. It's still too soon unfortunately. It will be good to hear that it has started strong (which we know already) but then so did the Wii U.

@LordGeovanni There are no Epona colored horses in the game other than Epona. She is red and white, there are brown and cream colored ones, but none red and white.

I don't understand why this is the second video and yet they still didn't go kill the guardians in advance. I'd clear the path first, then go get the chicken before the next bloodmoon.

@Spiders Thanks, I guess.

@PlywoodStick In most cases it's not always idiots, just not tech savy. Of course the "Switch emulator" is pretty specific so that really is idiots, but the Nigerian prince scam dates back to a time when people weren't tech savy or skeptical enough over internet e-mails.

@JaxonH You're right, I can tell you're angry, and I'm sitting laughing about it.

@JaxonH There is a Wii U emulator. But please, don't let your lack of intelligence get in the way of your sarcasm.

There is really nothing worthwhile to emulate on the Switch. It has Zelda, but that's on Wii U, and that's about it.

Own it already, been playing it for years.

@MadAdam81 I'd rather not throw my money away. I'm not buying a handheld for $300 with 6 year old technology so it can sit on the shelf attached to my TV 24/7. Not now, not ever.

If you take away all the stuff that makes it a handheld you have roughly $150 worth of technology in the Switch. That is what I will pay for the Switch, with acceptable markup of course.

Or more simply.... Nintendo needs to learn lessons from its mistakes, any mistakes. That's their companies biggest fault, they make the same mistakes over and over again.

@roadrunner343 You don't have to tell me lol. That's what I've been trying to tell them. I honestly think people (including Nintendo) are afraid it won't succeed against the 3DS so they try to justify it against the consoles, but that isn't going to work either.

This should have been in the original.

@MadAdam81 Great idea! Show me where I can buy Mario, and Zelda, and Metroid and all the great Nintendo titles I love on my PC. I certainly prefer PC, so this will be great! Just let me know where I can buy them.

In all seriousness I am really to the point I would like to see Nintendo go the way Sega did... only better. Their greatest assets are their games, their systems suck.

@Kirgo That's what I'm telling you though.. because it's a handheld. That is the answer. That's like asking "why is cold not hot" or "why is white not black". They are opposites. It can't be both. If it is a handheld, even one that has a neat ability to connect to a TV, it's still a handheld and cannot be a console.

There is a different market. That's why I don't want a switch, because I am in the other market. I want a console. The Switch is a handheld and because of that it makes and inadequate console. The problem is they can't make a console and a handheld at the same time because it would be $2000. Handhelds have historically sacrificed power for portability to keep them all around the same price and the Switch is no different. However, to a console market, that portability has no use to them and they are effectively paying an excessive price for an overly weak system. That's why they are in a different market. The Switch is incredibly expensive for it's power if you just use it as a console and never use it as a handheld. That is because of the expensive components it has, a screen, a battery, speakers. The Wii U had all that but actually added a home console feature which depending on your opinion may or may not have justified the price for a weaker console. However the switch as a console only has no special features over competing consoles and yet costs more. It doesn't fit in the console market... it's not a console.

@Kirgo Because it isn't both. Being docked to the TV doesn't magically remove the ability it has as a handheld device, so it is a handheld, it's just a handheld that can be docked to the TV.

The reason they don't make good successors is because they are a different market, a different target audience. They can claim it is a successor, but that doesn't make it so.

@Kirgo No, it can't. If you are streaming to the TV, you can not use the iPad for anything else, unless you stop it. Just like the Switch. Be able to connect to a TV does not make it a console device. Having the ability to be carried with you wherever you go makes it a handheld. The Switch has this, so it's handheld. In order to be a console it would have to be the opposite of that. It would have to not be able to be played while carrying it with you.

@Kirgo Well in that case, I can stream my iPhone/iPad to my Vizio TV, which is designed to be used at home, so it's not a handheld device either.

Just because a handheld device can broadcast to a TV does not make it a console, it's still a handheld.

@ThanosReXXX But that isn't true either. The Switch can use it's full power when undocked, just not on some games where they have chosen not to for other reasons. It's not that it can't, it's that they opted not to.

But anyway, as I said earlier that doesn't change its classification as a handheld device. Wikipedia has the line "A handheld game console is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls, and speakers". I know, Wikipedia ugh.. but it is actually cited from NIST, which is a highly respected standards organization. So, again.. the switch is most appropriately a handheld. You can call it a hybrid, but the one thing it is absolutely NOT is a console. So that makes it a 3DS successor, or a successor to nothing, but not a Wii U successor.

@ThanosReXXX By "almost always" you mean Zelda. It's a per-game setting, not a permanent lock. The more powerful games will do that, I think MK8D is supposed to do that in the future, but that doesn't mean the console has more power when docked (unless you mean like, more electrical power, but in this context I'm assuming you mean CPU power). That is the absolute fact.

Also, Why do you keep making these strange quips about yourself and your own comments? "There isn't any alternative truth available"... you are right, but every comment you make is changing your stance just a little to make your argument work. You went from "there IS more power that has been proven" to "I'm not saying the dock adds more power" rather quickly. Sounds like alternative facts to me. You also tried to deflect my calling me aggressive and "Donald Trump", but the only one that seems to be aggressive here is you. You know we can have a conversation without that kind of belittling right? We don't have to agree, the debate is still interesting in itself without name calling.

@ThanosReXXX The facts are there is no more power when docked than when undocked. That has been proven because there is no circuitry in the dock to give it more power. So who's not sticking to facts?

They just lower the framerate to conserve battery, but it still has that power, it's just not used.

None of that is relevant to it being a handheld, which is by definition a device you can take with you and still play, away from the TV.

@ThanosReXXX It goes mobile, therefore it is a handheld... period. Power when docked is irrelevant, that just makes it a powerful handheld, and that's untrue anyway. It has exactly the same power when docked as it does when mobile. They only down scaled Zelda so the battery in this terrible system would last more than 2 minutes.

The measure to go by as to whether it is a handheld or console is if it can leave the TV. That has always been the measure. This can leave the TV, so it's a handheld.

Being more powerful than the Wii U is irrelevant too. They could make a console more powerful than the Switch and still be the same price as the Switch. I doubt they could make a handheld more powerful than the Switch without it being more ridiculously price than it is.

@ThanosReXXX The Switch is really a replacement for the 3DS, it's a handheld. They are attempting to market it as a Wii U replacement because the Wii U is such a failure in sales, while they don't want to give off the appearance of abandoning the only device they have that has been successful. That's just a marketing trick, but it's still a handheld and still not a Wii U replacement. They haven't made a new console, so it doesn't really replace the Wii U. Make no mistake, the Switch is a 3DS successor regardless of what Nintendo claims.

So, what you are expecting is exactly what you are saying would be bad. A console based on the Switch architecture. That's what we have been talking about this whole time and you keep saying it would be a poor console.

@ThanosReXXX But this wouldn't be the switch. It would be something similar but different to the switch.

It's either that or they need to make an entirely new console to replace the Wii U.

Still too early to tell. The initial purchases are good, but can it maintain that momentum. That will indicate it's future.

@ThanosReXXX How exactly are all of those "key features" when you can just play with the pro controller?

I don't think the Switch Mini will happen. The thing has too many parts to be duplicated in order for that to happen. You can't just shrink the console, you have to shrink the joycons, the wriststrap adapters, the dock, the joycon gamepad thingy... that's a very large duplication of parts which have to be stocked on store shelves. I seriously think we are more likely to see a TV-only version before we see a mini version. Though I don't think we are likely to see either.

Arms looks like a silly game. It will be forgotten faster than Wii Play.

What were you expecting? 30% off Breath of the Wild? Lets be realistic here.

You guys are expecting way too much. There is nothing for Switch because... well there are no games for Switch, and certainly none of the age to start having sales. For those who say "Stop the Wii U stuff", those of us that own the Wii U would say different. Certainly having Switch stuff available too is fine, if it can be... but its still way too early. New AAA games are not going to have massive discounts, ever! That's not Nintendo, that's everyone.

@Jessica286
STORY SPOILER WARNING:
It can't be that early. There are story line elements that make reference to the OOT sages. After defeating the divine beasts, some of the spirits mention that they are specifically named after the sages of old. (Urbosa not only mentions Nabooru, but also mentions that Ganon was once a Gerudo). One of the Zora stone tablets mentions Ruto. So simply put, we KNOW it comes after OOT, it's not entirely clear which timeline though (I still haven't finished the game though, I have all 4 beasts, unless the final battle reveals something that makes it more clear where in the timeline it is... please don't spoil it for me).

@NintendoVideoGa I'm aware of that, but it's a reference to the character, Tingle, who first appeared in Majora's Mask, so his island would be a reference to MM.

Wouldn't Tingle be from Majora's Mask, since that was his first appearance?

Also Seres Scablands - A Link Between Worlds

I would also like to express my disappointment that there is no small little area named Grooseland anywhere in the game. Total missed opportunity there.

@RadioHedgeFund Ruto, not Rito. The Rito are the bird people. Ruto was the princess of the Zora.

So basically they designed what the Switch should have been in the box if Nintendo had actually put a little thought into the damn thing.

@RupeeClock @Phantom_R Actually all of those except Daisy and Yoshi are from 3D World.
Toad and Luigi are from this image

http://tinyurl.com/mfellxz

EDIT: Actually not sure where that Peach came from either.

@RadioShadow For you maybe. Having never played it, I might give it a go on PC. So it's good news.

I'm not really big on fighter games, so I wasn't willing to pay $50 on Wii U for it, even if it was a 2-in-one pack.

Funny thing about bubbles... they pop.

@invictus4000 Only the helmet. If you don't care about the set bonus you can always substitute the Diamond Circlet, but my opinion is you don't need guardian resist at all.

@ShadJV Well, that can be said about everything in the game. Every enemy has a predictable pattern... it has to or the game would be insanely difficult both to play and to program. After enough battles, Silver Lynels are easy too and they are just about the most difficult thing in the game.

@gatorboi352 Don't bother, just practice the shield deflection and don't waste your money on arrows and armor.

Guardian Shield Parry is incredibly easy. Hit A the instant you see blue light begin to form around the head.

Alternative to fire, you can also jump off a horse to get your bow shot with an ancient arrow (This was shown in animated form in the first teaser video we ever saw of 'Zelda Wii U') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFFVATu9Lg

@Crono1973 I still don't have that one, I saw it went on Nintendo Selects. Is it unique or is it pretty much little different from other Lego titles (I have the Star Wars and HP collection, but by the time I finished them I was so sick of Lego)

@Crono1973 That's exactly what I don't understand. People didn't buy a Wii U for 5 years and now that the Switch is out they suddenly want to play Wii U games.

Frankly, it needs NEW first party games to keep selling. Ports are fine in between but the only two serious Nintendo titles that aren't ports (or effectively ports... Splatoon 2) are BotW and Mario Odyssey as far as I've seen.

That said if they are going to port, they should instead do HD remasters of games that haven't received the HD or 3D treatment yet from the Wii and GC era. Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine/Galaxy, etc. I understand gaining the top multiplayer titles, but there isn't much point in porting a lot of the games on this list when you can just play them on Wii U or make sequels.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yeah, while wandering around and exploring are fun, I don't recommend beginning that until after the whole Hateno village quests. Once you have your final rune, that's a good time for it.

@Blizzia That's fine, but remember if we are 'cheapskates' in your view, that makes you a spendthrift in our view. Personally, between the two, I'd rather be a cheapskate.

SquareEnix still exists?

(That was sarcasm btw)

@Blizzia Actually it very much does matter. People who live in areas where the cost of living is lower get paid less (because general living things just don't cost as much in their area). However items like electronics that are flat rates across at a national will be effectively more expensive to them. Money exchange rates don't take that into account. So they simply don't work at the consumer level. Internationally there is the same effect, presumably you live in an nation with a high average cost of living, which is why Nintendo adjusted the price up. In addition to high cost of living, pay rates are higher to compensate. So the US price isn't really less expensive to the consumer.

It's just not so black and white. Economies never are. So you say they are cheapskates but in actuality, it really is more expensive than the simplistic currency exchanges suggest. So don't be so quick to judge.