BanjoPickles

Yeah, because it’s not like Switch could handle a port of an eight year old game. Am I supposed to be excited by what will probably be poorly-optimised ports of twenty year old games? I can applaud ports like The Witcher III, which take genuine effort.

Instead of asking for two impossible licensed games, why not ask for the Goemon games that never made it to the west?

What I wouldn’t give for a point and click in the same SCUMM style as Thimbleweed Park.

Is it me or are newer Switch games not selling nearly as well?

This is such a cynical approach. Of course they’re going to release them on console! They also know that the series has fans who will download the games on their phones/tablets, only to double dip when they make it to consoles. Sorry, but I’ll stick to my GBA/Super NÉS Mini. Anytime a company does this, I make it a point to be one less customer.

A few things:

1). The people who, month after month, beg for licensed games like TMNT—are you high? How do you not understand how licensing works?

2). The big guns such as Capcom, Konami, and the like have already released many of their biggest games, for purchase. You can have basically the entire 8/16 bit Contra and Castlevania libraries; every mainline Mega Man and X game is available to purchase. Every pre-Street Fighter IV entry is available for purchase. Square Enix has rereleased pretty much every Mana game, and I promise that Final Fantasy I-6 will make it to the Switch eventually.

I’ll admit that these games do kind of suck (there’s usually at least one game worth defending). However, try to be realistic. You’re not getting Ninja Turtles, or X-Men, or the Simpsons Arcade. They rereleased them on PS3/360, but they must not have sold all that well because no further attempt has been made to make them more widely available.

I want Ninja Baseball Batman!

Holy Teenage Mutant Ninja Hulk Hogan, I want this!

*sigh

And a few months ago, you posted an article about how somebody who once worked for Retro said it most likely wouldn’t happen. File this under the same Stupid category as Switch Pro.

@countzero

I felt that way about the entire Bioshock trilogy. It has a great story, has atmosphere for miles, but the gameplay always felt off to me.

@frabbit

Exactly! I love almost every Zelda, save for the DS games, and Skyward Sword. I remember buying it, after reading all of the perfect scores, and scratching my head.

Breath of the Wild felt like a 10/10 game. It felt fresh, and it sucked me in like few other games have. Honestly, it felt like the closest thing to the first Zelda since.....the first Zelda. Here’s a big open world. Go explore it! It gave me those same vibes.

Skyward Sword is a well-made game, but nothing about it felt inspired. Honestly, though, I was okay with it because Nintendo’s track record with the franchise has been nothing short of amazing, considering how long it has been around. Has there really been a bad mainline Zelda game? People will say Zelda II, but I personally love it. It’s also a well-designed game.

Honestly, this was always my least favorite Zelda. The one review I had to tip my hat to was Gamespot’s. They basically said “if this didn’t have the name Zelda attached to it, it’d be seen as just an average, run-of-the-mill adventure game” before giving it a 7.5.

It isn’t a bad game, at all, but it certainly isn’t on the same level as Wind Waker, Ocarina, or Breath of the Wild.

@Paulo

Coming to an Unseen64 video, sometime in the distant future.

@Tandy255

Unfortunately, I think you’re right. It’s a shame, because it looked soooo good!

@NinChocolate

I hope you’re right. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen an arcade racer that I’ve been a big fan of. I’ll wait for the reviews before taking the plunge. I keep reminding myself that Nintendo wouldn’t have given it a significant showing in their E3 Direct if it was awful.

@HotGoomba

I hope so. I could sure go for an old-school arcade racer!

Sorry, but this looks like a budget title to me.

It’s a shame that 90’s Arcade Racer was cancelled, during the Wii U era. Now, THAT looked like it had potential!

As cold as this may sound, Nintendo fans, as a collective, have nobody to blame but themselves. When a game like Breath of the Wild sells 20 million copies, Nintendo responds, in kind, by delivering a sequel within the same generation. When a franchise like Metroid, or F-Zero, or Punch Out fizzles, they’ll put it to sleep for years, if not decades.

I saw so many modern Nintendo fans whining about Metroid Dread because they wanted info on Bayonetta 3 and more info on the new Zelda. Many of these people would prefer to be spoonfed the same franchises, over and over again. Unfortunately, franchises like F-Zero end up paying the price.

It’s kind of like Shenmue. So many gamers begged for an HD remaster. It only took about twenty years, but it finally saw the light of day, aaaaand......it tanked.

I hope this eventually leads to DS Collection, which would require Konami to get rid of the gratuitous, almost game-breaking touch screen aspects of Dawn of Sorry. Sorry, but having to seal the bosses with pinpoint accuracy was infuriating, especially during later boss fights.

Omg, yes! Aria is, in my opinion, the best Castlevania game of all time! Well, it’s a three way tie between Super Castlevania IV, SotN, and Aria.

I would love to see Dracula Unleashed and Tomcat Alley released on Switch. I feel that the time is right to open the floodgates. Throw Sewer Shark in there too!

Let’s be realistic about this:

Chances are, this is going to be a 2024 release and, if that’s the case, I see this being released as a next gen title. If the next console releases in ‘23, I’d personally be okay with MP4 being one of the big games released for it. This sort of thing happens all the time, and at least Switch received its own exclusive Metroid.

This is why I’m glad Nintendo has stopped announcing games that are years away from release (Metroid Prime 4 being the obvious exception).

I think Bayonetta 3 will shift to the next console.

@john_lennon999

Lego City Undercover was a great game that deserves a sequel!

@john_lennon999

It's not like there is nothing to play, between now and then. With all due respect, if you can't find at least a few games out of the following that interest you, then is your disappointment really with the Switch/Nintendo:

-No More Heroes III
-Metroid Dread
-Mario Tennis
-Warioware: Get It Together
-SMTV
-NEO: The World Ends With You
-Mario + Rabbids 2
-Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
-Hollow Knight Silksong

And, of course, it's not like there won't be surprise announcements/releases, along the way. Compared to every other company, Nintendo absolutely killed it this year.

@Robzilla

That would be awesome! Here’s what I would love to see:

-Castlevania Collection 2: a collection containing Symphony of the Night, Castlevania 64, Legends, Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria of Sorrow.

-A new 2D Castlevania that is sprite based and has the same feel as Super IV, or Bloodlines.

-a new 3D entry.

-

This series is basically my childhood dream come true, and it is so much more awesome than it has any right being!

I just hope that Konami capitalized on this with a REAL Castlevania revival! It’s been far too long, and it deserves the Mega Man 9 treatment!

@kupocake

That’s Simpsons Boweling, sir......

@Late

Ah, true.

@Late

And actually the far superior arcade version of Final Fight 1 is also available.

@Late

The far superior arcade port of Sunset Riders is available on the eshop.

No, but I would gladly fork over $50 for a new Punch Out!

@anoyonmus

Same! The Switch has plenty of life left! Let’s just enjoy what we have instead of begging for something that hasn’t even been confirmed!

“Exclusively on software.”

AWESOME! Maybe then we can stop with all of the Switch Pro rumors for a couple of weeks!

How about a collaboration with Konami to give me the crossover I’ve always dreamed of: Goemon X Kunio!

Sega, don’t show a snippet of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 unless you’re planning on doing something with it!

Not surprising. The Switch is still getting great games, at a pretty decent clip, and it’s readily available. The new generation is simply not that exciting, at the moment. I honestly see no reason to drop $500 on either console.

I see no reason why Switch can’t become Nintendo’s best selling console.

Oh, and:

-Doom
-Doom 2
-Doom 3
-Doom 64
-Duke Nukem
-Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance

For the people who spend all their time auto-complaining whenever new titles are announced (“these games are terrible! I’ve never even heard of them.” What an asinine statement), here’s your solution:

The Switch’s unofficial Virtual Console mops the floor with what was offered on Wii and Wii U.

*deep breath

-Castlevania Anniversary Collection
-Contra anniversary
-Atari Flashback Collection
-Blizzard Arcade Collection
-Sega Genesis Collection
-SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
-Kunio Kun/Double Dragon Collection
-Collection of Mana
-Saga Collection
-Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle
-Capcom Arcadium (or whatever it’s called)
-Neo Geo Pocket Collection
-Mario 3D All Stars
-Johnny Turbo Arcade releases
-Sega Ages line
-Arcade Archives
-Hamster arcade rereleases
-oddities like Night Trap, Double Switch, Corpse Killer, Flashback, etc.
-Street Fighter Anniversary Collection

There you have it. Hundreds of old school games that you can actually own.

I always get a kick out of the “I haven’t heard of it, so it must suck” crowd.

I think the New Mario franchise represents Nintendo at their least inspired. I’ve beaten the original, and New Super Mario Wii and, honestly, I cannot remember much about them, level-wise. I can remember entire worlds from Mario 3 and World, but nothing about the New series stuck with me, after I beat them.

Whoever made this mock-up obviously doesn’t realize that the GBA had more than just first party software.

Omg! Please make Secret of Monkey Island the next release!

The rumor mill is every bit as bad as those toxic fans. It’s a big reason why I roll my eyes at all rumors, and believe nothing until it is officially announced. Sites like Nintendo Life spent months, or longer, pushing this narrative that it was pretty much all but guaranteed. It’s ridiculous. File Metroid Prime Trilogy in the same drawer as games like Grand Theft Auto 5. Simply put, they’re not coming to Switch.

@Bolt_Strike

Punch Out Wii sold reasonably well (1.5 million or so, I think). Great game!

@ImBackBB

I agree! Nintendo has so many great franchises that it’s a bit bewildering that people would rather have a steady diet of the same four franchises than have the floodgates open.

@dannym2091

They had majority stake in Rare when they mattered, and sold their share of the company when they didn’t. There are only two games I would like to see released on Switch: Killer Instinct and Rare Replay.

@Nintendo4Sonic

That, and SS is my second least favorite Zelda, behind Spirit Tracks.

I’m actually much more excited for this than Skyward Sword!

I’m really hoping, against hope, that Konami releases a 2nd Collection with Symphony of the Night, and the GBA/DS Castlevanias. I would love to play Aria again!