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@SilverEdge92 NoA is really bad about updating the coming soon section on the US eShop. Or at least with the stuff people actually care about. South Park and Naruto not being listed on the coming soon section despite both of them launching next week is ridiculous.

South Park for me, though I'm grabbing it physically this time.

Might use my gold points towards Outlast or RE Revelations 2 at some point.

Honestly don't think there'll be anything Switch related outside of Starlink and this year's Just Dance. Maybe a new UbiArt game.

Can't see them spending time on old ports in their E3 conference. I think they'd rather announce those on Twitter or let Nintendo announce them in a Direct.

Sounds like either a cart manufacturing issue or a networking issue

Awesome. Was hoping for that. Now let's hope it comes west.

As for VC4 that delay is for Japan. It's a fall 2018 release on all platforms in the west.

Sega Genesis Classic Edition. Book it.

Evil Within 2 please!

As far as new titles go, a sequel to Doom is the only one I can see happening on Switch.

Splatoon 2 for me! #TeamBaseball

Might play a little bit of Rocket League

@AlexSora89 Xbox One is only omitted in the trailer uploaded by PlayStation. The one on the official Spyro Twitter lists both platforms.

@Wolfgabe Yup. I suspect we'll see that happen a lot going forward

The release schedule picks up considerably after Labo. There's a strong lineup heading into summer, where Switch should have pretty much all of the attention to itself outside of E3 week.

@dimi Calling it Wii U weak is laughable, and not even remotely close to being true. Do you even remember the Wii U droughts? That system would go weeks on end without anything launching.

Ya missed Ys VIII again.

Not only that, but you somehow left out BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Sushi Striker, and Lego Incredibles, which are three completely new titles - not ports, completely new games, and they all launch in the first half of June.

Also, if you're gonna include Wolfenstein like that then you should include SNK Heroines too, which is also a completely new game.

That's FOUR completely new titles that got left off this list that should be on this list.

My list:

1. Spring Man/Ribbon Girl
2. Hades
3. King K Rool
4. Decidueye, Zeraora, or some Gen 8 Pokemon
5. Isaac
6. Shantae
7. Rex
8. Chibi Robo
9. Crash Bandicoot
10. Bomberman

Honorable mentions:

-Shovel Knight
-Banjo Kazooie
-Waluigi
-Simon Belmont

@impurekind Splatoon 2 has new weapons, new subweapons, new specials, new gear, a new hub, new maps, a new ranked mode, a new mode, a new campaign, improved graphics, etc.

You know, just like every other sequel. How exactly is that not a new game?

The trailer was a teaser trailer. Surely a port would've gone straight into gameplay since we've already seen it before. Nothing about that trailer suggests a port.

Oh boy, the dev time argument. Smash 4 entered full development in 2012 and released in 2014, giving it a dev time of about 2 years. That was on two platforms, by the way.

We know Sakurai started on his next project shortly after Smash 4 DLC wrapped up in early 2016, which would make Smash Switch's dev time.... about 2 years. Plenty of time for a new game, especially since there's already HD assets ready to use.

Smash Switch is a new game. Period. And no, reusing assets does not make it a port.

South Park is a definite purchase for me. The release schedule definitely picks up after Labo. May is absolutely stacked, while June and July look solid as well.

Got started on Golf Story, so I'll be playing that. Maybe a bit of Rocket League or Splatoon 2 as well.

Finally finished Doom this morning (incredible game!) so I'll probably play some Splatoon 2 or Rocket League for the remainder of the weekend.

@bluedogrulez EA had nothing to do with that game

Looked at the US discounts. Kamiko, Rocket League, Blossom Tales, LA Noire, Thumper, Jackbox Party Pack 2, and the Steamworld games are on sale in the US, among others.

By the way, buying Jackbox Party Pack 2 gets you a 20% discount on the first and third games.

Wonder if this means we'll see Smash before E3 then

@belmont You don't. All you have to do is deactivate your account on the first Switch in the eShop and then log in on the second Switch. You can then download your games again.

The only case where you'd have to call Nintendo is if the currently active Switch is broken or stolen.

I think it's fine for the most part, just needs some more categories to improve discoverability.

A "Recommended for You" category that actually works as intended (based on your purchase history) would be nice, for example.

The search function already allows you to search by genre and sort the results by price, release date, etc.

As much as I love Dragon Ball, it should be kept to video game characters only.

Then again, I'd personally rather see Goku than some of the absolute bottom of the barrel characters that people keep suggesting.

Determined to finish Doom, so I'll be playing that. Otherwise I'll be playing Enter the Gungeon, which is incredibly addicting.

Hollow Knight and King of Cards release dates please. Looking forward to this!

Also I'm surprised @rjejr isn't going nuts over the fact that they announced this 4 days in advance, but only announced the Direct 1 day in advance.

It's a new game. It's listed as a working title on the Switch news section and they'd have said up front if it was a port like they did with literally all of their other ports.

The only reason @SLIGEACH_EIRE is so insistent on it being a port is so that he can complain about more ports.

Tell me, is Fire Emblem a port? Is Planet Robobot the same game as Triple Deluxe because it reuses assets?

Kirby games have always been pretty easy, so no surprise there. That being said, it seems like if you're playing alone the AI controlled allies basically play the game for you. This would be best played with others.

Games being 30 fps doesn't usually doesn't bother me that much, but on the demo it was incredibly jarring.

Pass for me. Shame considering how great Robobot is.

Splatoon 2 for me

@rjejr You don't have to cut all of those characters to make it a new game and not a port. Is Smash 4 an HD port of Brawl because it has all of it's characters minus a couple that were cut either due to the 3DS, time constraints, or in Snake's case, not renegotiating the licensing?

They're not gonna cut characters just because they can.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE That "original game" is referring to Smash 64.

The article in the Switch's news section specifically refers to it as "Super Smash Bros. (working title)".

It's pretty clearly a new game. It will probably reuse quite a few assets from Smash 4, but it's a new game nonetheless.

They'd have said if it was a port.

I thought it was a solid Direct even without the Smash Bros mic drop announcement.

Crash and South Park were the two ports I was hoping for, so I was really happy about that. Little Nightmares and Okami HD were nice surprises. Undertale coming is great news, with the doorway finally open to more Game Maker games.

Mario Tennis actually looks really solid - from what they've shown it looks like the most effort that's been put in a Mario sports game in over a decade.

Captain Toad was a nice announcement. Think it's clear all the major Wii U titles will make their way over at some point. Sushi Striker coming to Switch was leaked beforehand, but I'm glad it's coming. Also just yes at the Solaire amiibo. Just yes.

The 3DS stuff was surprising. Wish Luigi's Mansion was on Switch. I didn't see the Bowser's Inside Story remake coming, and the fact that the 3DS is getting something in 2019 is quite mind boggling (I'm not complaining though).

The Splatoon 2 content update is great, looking forward to that. The Octo Expansion was a really hype announcement, and that trailer (and that music!) was awesome.

The biggest announcement, of course, was Smash. I'm beyond hyped. Inkling was the obvious inclusion. 100% positive that it will be a new Smash game, though it'll probably reuse assets from Smash 4.

Overall a solid 9/10 Direct for me!

May is absolutely stacked.

@thesilverbrick I don't think it'd be more ambitious. If Smash 4 took two years to develop (not counting DLC) while developing for two platforms and trying to get things to match as much as possible as far the core gameplay/balancing goes while making a lot of things from scratch, then a Smash 5 on only one platform that can reuse assets from Smash 4 (including a modified engine) shouldn't be quite as demanding (not to say that it isn't demanding, just that the work done on Smash 4 and only having one platform to develop for should speed up the process)

They wouldn't have to rebuild veteran characters from scratch again unless they're updating their designs or changing their movesets (Link, possibly Mario).

Looks like this game is $40, which makes sense considering it's on 3DS too. Gut feeling says it would be $60 if it wasn't coming to 3DS.

Sushi Striker on Switch is also $40 by the way.

About time we got playable Octolings. I like that 80s font in that logo.

That music in the trailer was absolutely off the hook

This and Crash were my most hoped for ports (well, and Dragon Ball FighterZ which I'm 100% confident will come to Switch either late this year or early next year) so I'm beyond excited!!!!

Day 1 purchase for me!

They made this look really good. I'm a lot more interested than I was before.

@JaxonH Yup. Fully expecting a ton of ports to come over the couple years in addition to new third party games. For what it's worth, there are more new third party multiplats confirmed for 2018 than there were in 2017. There's gonna be a lot of games coming!!!!

@JaxonH Don't forget Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection 1+2!

Downside to this is that April won't have anything first party outside of Labo. Thank god for South Park!

May is gonna be packed though!

HYPED!!!

Anyways, I think this will be a Smash 5 that's HEAVILY based on Smash 4. Essentially Smash 4 Deluxe: Deluxier Edition. There's just no way they're a building a completely new Smash from scratch.

Obviously he's joking. Kamiya's a known s***poster.

@Alikan Not necessarily. Splatoon 2 didn't have anything more than a passing mention in their E3 presentation last year despite launching in July.

Yes!!!

The Spring Directs are always a "clear the decks" thing for stuff to make way for their E3 presentation. Mostly expecting a more solid look at the summer months

Booo.

Seems likely. It wouldn't surprise me if this is the "big" game for August

It's fake but UMvC3 seems likely to come anyways

Doom still lol. Taking way longer than I thought it would to finish it.

"Nintendo Switch Learned a Lot..."

Switch is sentient confirmed