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@DEZn00ts Only 3 to 5 games good enough for you on a console that's 3-5 months old depending on when you picked it up. What a failure..

Troll Nintendo hater starter pak:

>>>>* "_____ was a Wii U game (I don't own a Wii U)"

>>>>* "When will Nintendo finally get Overwatch and... .... ...."

>>>>* "Switch is Xbox 360/PS3 level hardware."

>>>>* "Too many ports and not enough 3rd party support."

>>>>* "Other than FIFA, Minecraft, Skyrim, Rocket League, Stardew Valley, a bunch more indies, and Xenoblade, there are NO GAMES (I am Not Interested In Mario)."

>>>>* "When will Nintendo stop milking these 2D platformers?"

>>>>* "Nintendo needs new IPs because even though I've never played ARMS, Splatoon, Mario+Rabbids, Xenoblade, or Metroid, they don't count."

@MrGawain Their big Christmas game is Xenoblade 2 and Pokemon Ultra, and Mario Odyssey! Mario is going to be the number one selling game on Switch this holiday, and also everyone getting the Switch for the first time this Christmas still has Mario Kart and Zelda to buy!

@JohnBlackstar What 3rd party game were you hoping for that would not count as a port?

@Marshi its portable

@GoatWrench There IS no difference between the Switch and Wii U. There is nothing to announce. They will talk about the online system closer to the Beta in spring. The Switch is NOT backward compatible. There will be NO FREE GAMES for your Switch.

@westman98 NNID accounts were started in 2012 with the launch of the Wii U. This is not new info just a confirmation that Switch has the same thing

A year or two is a long time. It makes sense for them, at the start of 2017, to make this statement, even if everyone really knows the 3DS will be done by Holiday 2018. That's a ways off and they want to sell systems. I also never believed in the Pokemon Stars rumour. Any 3rd game in that generation would be on 3DS. They will save the Switch Pokemon game for much later, after the other big nintendo guns are already out and the 3DS is really done. Then the Switch game won't look like an upscaled 3DS port, it'll be a new generation.

@DanteSolablood Plus, who cares what PHONE games look like. It's not like there's huge open world epics at 1440p on a PHONE. I really couldn't give a crap if Puzzle Quest and Angry Birds are in super high res....

@NewAdvent Indeed, the joycons seem to be built with a VR-ready Switch 2 in mind

@yomanation It'll be 720p on the handheld and 1080p when docked. I'm expecting 4K output for Netflix too.

@kobashi100 DQXI on Switch is it's own version, built only for Switch.

@yomanation We haven't heard anything because no one is allowed to say anything.

@BLP_Software That spike was Pokemon GO

@yomanation All NVidia said was that it was a custom version of some kind of Tegra. We really don't know what it is, because what it is really only exists in the Switch. Everything else is a brother or sister or cousin of the Switch chip.

@Ralizah This is more a case of "Do we want to gimp the game and use years-old dev tools just to reach an ever-shrinking audience while missing out on the excitement of a Switch launch window with most of our target market on it and brand new shiny dev tools and more power to play the game as intended?"

its a long question.

@yomanation This one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDFZIUdo764

I know it's the Internet, and people are naturally divisive. What I am hoping is that those who treat Switch as a primary home console don't have to deal with portable-people giving them a hard time about that decision, and vice-versa. People who see Switch as a home console that can sometimes leave the house, and people who see it as a portable that can plug into the TV for a Game Boy Player experience, should try and all get along and enjoy that it's BOTH, all the time.

@CB85 It missed last years game awards being released after the deadline, qualifying it for this year.

@yomanation The trailer is in 1080p, the Switch can run 1080p games, and this is a Wii U game that doesn't even use the full power of the Switch. It's common sense.

@yomanation It's obviously going to be 1080p when plugged into the TV. If you don't believe this you are delusional.

@BulbasaurusRex I don't know about 'generally', but I really had a good time seeing the Warcraft movie. There are lots of fans of thr Resident Evil movies despite their story having very few similarities to the games. The upcoming Assassins Creed movie looks like it might do well. Oh and I heard good things about The Last Of Us - they took a big risk releasing it on the PS4 instead of theatres but everyone I know that watched it really enjoyed it.

Wreck-It Ralph was great too as a tribute to arcade games, and Bowser and Sonic are in it.

Oh and I think my kid enjoyed the Angry Birds movie.

@yomanation You are really mad at Nintendo for doing something you just made up. You have no evidence at all that the Switch will be 720p-only.

@Blastcorp64 Localization is much much more than translating text. There are graphics changes, story flow changes, sense of humor changes, UI changes, voice acting...

Oh hey another fan film that only shows Ocarina of Time.

@6ch6ris6 So you can use a 7 as a T? Alright, I look forward to Spla7oon!

@moomoo If the NX sells enough units, there will be a certain amount of NX owners who would buy a Bethesda game, depending on the game. So, if the cost of porting that game to NX is low enough that the NX owners will make Bethesda money, then it makes good business sense to port it.

@KIREEK Bethesda clearly said they are only developing for NX if it can support the games "as they are designed". So it has no interest in making changes to the game to suit the NX platform, only if a PS4/XboxOne version can be straight ported.

@ironside1911 30 OF the best, not the 30 best....

@Alundra-1998 There is ZERO chance that the NX can do gaming in 4K. Not even the PS4 Neo can do that. The NX will be comparable to original model Xbox One and PS4, but Nintendo has no interest in 4K gaming (mainly because very few people have 4K TVs, and the NX would have to cost like $1200 to be as small as they are trying to get it with the power of a Xbox One Scorpio).

@ironside1911 Maybe you should look up what Novelty means. It's for impulse buying a 'retro' toy at your local music/blu-ray mall store. Next to the Star Trek bobbleheads and Rick and Morty T-Shirts. This is NOT a home console. This is 30 NES games in a little toy box and it's cute and looks like a little NES.

@Yorumi "if people love NES so much why not get a real NES"

Because they DON'T love NES so much. They barely think about Nintendo at all. But they are browsing Wal-Mart at gift-giving season and say "Oh wow I remember some of these games from my childhood. Little Jimmy would love this, he's always playing games on his iPad. I can show him what games were like when I was his age." Badaboom, $60 at Wal-Mart, and Little Jimmy has a new toy on Christmas. That's ALL THIS IS.

Christ, people, this isn't meant for hardcore Nintendo fans who still have 30 year old NES cartridges in their original packaging. How thick are you? 99% of people in the world do not own NES cartridges. And 99% of the games that aren't included in this bundle are by 3rd party developers and that's a lot of contract negotiations for what this is: A cheap, novelty toy for everyone who wishes they had a little NES in their lives. Nothing fancy, no internet, just 30 of the best games for NES, in a little box that looks like a tiny NES. For Wal-Mart shoppers. NOT for YOU, Mr. I Already Own All These Games On Virtual Console And Still Have A Working NES At Home.

@A01 Controllers aren't wireless because they use the same tech as the Classic Controllers, meaning you can use these NES controllers to play NES VC games on Wii and Wii U.

Sure for most people this will be a fad like Flappy Bird and Farmville, but even those games lasted over a year of popularity, let alone permanent top sellers Angry Birds and Candy Crush. Once a game hits viral/fad status like these games, it is more likely they stick around for at least long enough to make the developers and publishers a HELL OF A LOT of money.

@zool Never will that happen. More likely we will see Sony and MS go third party and make games for PC, Android, iOS. Hell, it's more likely to see MS develop for Nintendo systems than the other way around, since they have actually DONE it.

Don't need a dedicated marketing manager when the only advertising you do is twice a year Nintendo Directs made in Japan, and previously-signed contracts with distributors and licensing that just gets renewed with little change.

I would like to be the first to officially congratulate the PS4 for finally overtaking the PS3 in weekly sales for the first time since launch! Way to go PS4!