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@redd214 Gonna say, I put out a tweet acknowledging that they'll change it, complete with receipts

But yes, congrats to Sony. Now about what happened to Shawn Layden….

@AlexSora89 They are having a field day with this.

Namely how NintendoLife reported this more accurately than they did. Here its the 2nd best selling home console, 4th overall.

There its just the second best selling console ever. Apparently the GameBoy and DS dont exist, as "It only has to pass the PS2"

Maybe they should sue Apple for leaking the key art and name.

That's how we knew about Chapter 2 at all.

@Trajan But did you buy the game upfront?

As the in game messages stated, no one could have theorised the formation of the Island, how interdimensional activity could form such a thing instead of break. But the Bridge must be saved, the Seven must complete their mission from within the Loop, and the Zero Point must be contained once again.

They are watching, and if They are correct, it will be the end.

So to fix the erroneous error here.

Jun Senoue was lead composer for TSR, not Tee. Tee has as many credits for the game as Hyper Potions and S.A.M.E, but Jun worked on almost all the music.

@blecch For them, as has been stated numerous times, the opportunity of these IP appearing on mobile in the hands of millions of players isn't for the money, but for the marketing.

Much like with the theme parks and upcoming movie, they want their brands to be more recognised. This is just one form of marketing for the Switch. Introduce these IP, and then people will see the Switch and their games, and some will move over. Not all, but some.

And if the mobile games make money, well some of that can be funnelled into making more mobile games, advertising more IP, more people into Switch games, rinse and repeat.

@Incoherent1 Unfortunately it IS what the public wants. They did want the £7.99 Super Mario Run. Core gamers did, the audience the game was made for, didn't.

But THIS is what they want.

That has to be some kind of record for Nintendo in Europe. Probably held up by the main continent mind.

I mean, if you try a monetisation model that core gamers like on mobile only far, far cheaper, and the mobile market rejects it, what's the next step?

Do what that market responds to.

Remember at this point Nintendo has never had a game you buy upfront with microtransactions.

This is what that ecosystem demands. They tried the traditional method, I mean it was £7.99, and mobile players said no.

But they'll spend £40 in one go for a character.

That's just how it is. Can't blame them for appealing to the market they want to reach.

"Doesn't justify the price"

Y'all know price is determined by demand right? If the market is willing and able to pay a price, said price will be set.

If not, the price falls.

Hell look at the pre owned market, Nintendo games there still cost loads? Why? People are willing to buy at that price. And that's a market Nintendo has no involvement in.

You'll want to update that the original case has been confirmed as a defective launch unit and not drift as we know it.

Y'all jumping the gun

It's NOT what we think?

Dammit.

@frabbit Nope. I remember when...I think it was MK8D got number 1, it was noted it was the first for Nintendo since Pokemon White.

Also, Link's Awakening is only the third ever UK number 1 for Zelda, the others being Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker.

@ShaiHulud Ni No Kuni Remastered charted lower than the Switch version. I havent seen much if any marketing outside of Nintendo DIrects so that may be why.

But god on Zelda! When do we get to the point where Switch has more UK #1s than all other Nintendo systems combined? Especially the 3DS and Wii U didn't manage any, and the last one before Switch was a DS game in 2011.

@Kalmaro E3 for the UK shilled for by this site because their parent company runs it

@clvr You raise an excellent point. This is unusual and unique for a Pokemon to completely change type in a single evolution.

But then again once upon a time form changes like Deoxys didn't exist. Then they gave normal non-legendary Pokemon form changes.

Then we also never had a Fairy type. We never had a legendary that could evolve before, but Cosmog happened. Ultra Beasts we're thought to be unable to evolve. Then Poipole happened.

Adding Pokemon mid-generation? Unheard of. Then it happened. A mythical Pokemon that can evolve? Surely not right? Meltan exists now.

A move that has two types? It exists. A pure Flying type exists.

Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't. Ever since Gen 3 the impossible has been happening. And now it seems evolutions to totally different types are possible. Just like evolving legendaries and mid generation additions.

@RupeeClock I feel like stuff like Obstagoon is a one off. Like they wanted to do an evolution for Linoone and tied it specifically to a regional variant.

Whereas this...yeah Farfetch'd just evolves now. Now HOW it evolves remains to be seen but it's implied to be level up

@RupeeClock I dont think its right stating that Sirfetch'd is a Galarian evolution.

Yes, Obstagoon is, but its specifically stated to only evolve from Galarian Linoone, thats why.

This evolves from any Farfetch'd. Much like how previous generations would introduce evolutions to old Pokemon such as Eevee, Tangela, Magmar, Yanma, Lickitung….

Those weren't "Insert region here" exclusive. They were just introduced then. Unless stated that Sirfetch'd can evolve from Farfetch'd found in Galar exclusively, then this is just a normal evolution.

No additional downloads probably just means that in addition to a cart there is now download.

Or it could mean you get a download code for a game, with no additional downloads after.

Still this doesn't apply to Europe.

@GrailUK Yeah that's true.

To imply Xbox isn't getting anything from this is insane though.

They get more Xbox Live users, which they live touting

All developers on a platform get majority revenue split of game sales, so Nintendo isn't even making that much compared to Xbox on the games they port.

And remember Nintendo would have had to pay MICROSOFT for Banjo. Not the other way around.

Putting Nintendo games on Xbox would benefit Nintendo more than Microsoft, not the other way around.

@Razer Xbox us already getting stuff back though.

Users for Xbox Live via Minecraft.
As publisher of Ori, Minecraft, and Cuphead they get the Lions share of sales revenue as does any developer. Nintendo takes their minority cut, Xbox gets the rest as publisher. Its believed to be around 70%.
They also get the likely large lump sum for licensing of Banjo in Smash, as Nintendo will have had to pay them for that, and it could even extend to a cut of the DLC Revenue too equivalent to what Banjo is worth as a stand alone download.

Xbox is getting stuff back. They are getting a boatload of cash.

All Nintendo is getting is a little extra cash and a handful of games.

Switch Lite will be an excellent portable option for many, but some of us here at Nintendo Life already need special aids to use the system comfortably on-the-go - anything smaller would send us into spasms of digital discomfort.

How the hell did you people manage with the 3DS or Gameboy?

@LetsGoSwitch Part of the same company so.....

I'll just call it UNIX

I mean, of course they play the games like Mass Effect, PvZ, Command and Conquer, Need for Speed, Burnout....on other platforms.

Because they aint on Switch to give people the option.

That's even more half-assed than giving people Mass Effect 3 for full price with the Trilogy just out for less elsewhere and saying "Why didn't you buy it?"

Well, I DID want to try 5.

Mario Maker 2, Team Sonic Racing, maybe some other things I picked up retro and otherwise...

That headline is so wonderfully written it sounds like "DEMO THE GAME OR YOU WILL BUY IT LATER THIS MONTH"

Which means that the game is a modest success in the UK.

@Arnold-Kage The Platinum Games blog states that Astral Chain is copyright to Nintendo.

I also believe an interview with the team a while ago said the same thing. This is the same situation as Bayonetta being a SEGA IP or Wonderful 101 being a Nintendo one.

I mean, Nintendo owns the IP so...

@Damo That's not what I said.

""All of the major publishers and developers have shifted their attention to the Switch""

Atlus HAS dropped the 3DS, but they HAVENT done the second part of your claim, move to the Switch in any meaningful way, certainly not in line with the other previous 3DS publishers.

@Damo No, but they aren't exactly releasing anything on Switch either. Persona 5 Scramble is a Koei Tecmo game, and SMTV is....er….2020? If we are being lucky?

So yes, all the major publishers HAVE dropped the 3DS. No it's not for the Switch.

"All of the major publishers and developers have shifted their attention to the Switch"

Lol, no they aint. Atlus is still clinging on for dear life.

Month late lads.

I recall EA said Frostbite wouldn't work on Switch, and then a developer said they hadn't even tried.

Then again after hearing about how Frostbite was made by DICE to do ONE THING and it got spread out to do more than that with multiple studios that it wasn't designed to do, perhaps it really wont work.

Point is, no one seems interested to even try. More shocking, is new engines like IdTech 7 are designed FOR Switch, so evidently someone in some companies knows whats up.

But then look at Activision. They didn't know or even consider Crash until ONE GUY did it himself.

@apoqalypse It's not free speech, its revealing trade secrets, and there is no need for a contract. Free speech covers opinion and freedom of expression, not spurting out imminent information.

Plus, you can bet this same order will be or has been applied to the people giving these mouthoieces info.

I mean it's the same game, but they are weirdly dismissive of the Switch version in this.

Also talking like that version came later, as it is "Downgraded" rather than PC being "Upgraded".

And how about that upcoming Yoshi game?

So EA went from:

"FIFA 18 on Switch is its own version."
"We will base future games on the sales of FIFA 18"
"We will base future games on the demand for the Switch after one full year"
"We will base demand on how FIFA 19 sells"
"FIFA 19 is an updated game that runs better and is feature complete"
"It's not feature complete, sorry"
"We expect Switch to have sold X amount by the end of the year"
"FIFA 20 is FIFA 19 with up to date team listings."

If we EVER pretend EA gives a rats rear about Nintendo platforms again, we are delusional.

Tom also knew about a Star Fox game and a Pokemon game.

So no, probably not.

I can't see this happening, just on resources alone.

@BlueOcean Projecting from experience are we? ,

Given its a UE4 game that size seems small for the volume of content...

EDIT: I've been informed by a colleague that this is a fork of the proprietary Alchemy SDK. So any knowledge I have on UE4 is irrelevant XD

Neeeever gonna happen. The only Western support Switch gets is mid tier titles from the larger publishers and and everything from mid tier ones.

And sometimes not even that...

@Jack_Goetz Sonic Mania didn't get reviews on Switch until post-launch either.

@Krambo42 They revealed the games a few weeks ago. This isn't the first of us seeing the full list.

"Sonic the Hedgehog has struggled to live up to expectations for a long time now"

I give you the start of every article about Sonic.

Inb4 £30 amirite

@Agramonte NPD hardware sales were diwn due to PS4 and Xbox One.

Regarding your statement, the sell through was up, but shipments to retailers were down.

Which means retailers ordered enough over Q4 to civer a lot of Q1 stock.

It'd be cool to stand out from the competition by giving MyNintendo points as rewards for achievements instead of meaningless fluff.

I had to redownload most of my 75 game library. Thankfully it was only 60 or so.