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@gatorboi352 completely genuine.

I am a Wii U owner but I no longer have as much time as I would like to play games in the front the TV (80 hour a week job, 5 kids to look after). As such, I have many games in my back log that I will likely never to.

I want EVERY good Wii U game ported to Switch. I bought Captain Toad on Wii U, I liked it but never managed to finish all the levels/challenges. If I had this game on Switch I could play it while travelling to/from work on the train. That appeals to me a lot and am happy to give Nintendo £35 to make it a reality.

@Cobalt maybe I misunderstood your point. I don't particular want to debate whether people felt the direct met their expectations or not - there are other threads for that.

Overall I think the reception for Smash Ultimate at E3 has been very positive (the reveal, tournament and Treehouse). I believe that most Twitter traffic (and engagement on YouTube) has been genuine excitement for the game with a little "Where's Waluigi?". I don't buy Smash leading the conversation on Twitter due to the lack of "Yoshi (tentative title)" in the Direct as a likely explanation.

We will see in December how well it performs but I think it has a good chance of becoming the best selling Smash in the series. Although I expect the Pokemon Let's Go titles to lead the sales.

@Cobalt really? I think you are reaching there.

For example, Nintendo's official Smash reveal video has over 3 million views and is running a 98-2 like/dislike ratio.

Not everyone has to agree but the response to Smash has been positive.

I'm certain that this game would have sold very well had they released it on Switch. As a software developer, I know that's it's not super simple to compile your game for a different platform (and that's in the best case scenario of using a supported engine) but I have no doubts that this game could run well on Switch. To me, this just sounds like the team being caught out by the Switch's success mid development (and after the budgets had been finalised). Unfortunately, they launch at a time when indies are thriving on our little hybrid.

Another Wii U port... playable anytime, anywhere, with anyone.

Day 1 buy!

Better no version than what happened last year.

I don't know if there are any global numbers out there but, looking at the Japan sales, I would imagine over 500,000 units of the variety kit have sold. Now, I'm not here to discuss whether Labo is good or bad but I think selling 500k is very respectable.

If we write off sub 500k (or sub million) sellers as having "bombed" and never to be tried again we will be left with a shallow and uninspiring industry.

I'm actually quite impressed by the lineup this year. I don't understand how a game goes from "great 3rd party support for the PS4/XBox" to being dismissed as "old ports" when coming to Switch in less than a year.

The Switch is getting Wolfenstein II, Dragonball FighterZ, Crash, The Fractured But Whole and Dark Souls Remastered pretty close to their PS4 release. I would love Switch releases day-and-date with other systems but a small delay doesn't completely invalidate the game.

@aaronsullivan personally, I'm up for all three major DLCs (Mario+Rabbids, Splatoon, XC2). I will get Wolfenstein, Octopath and Dark Souls in Q3 and Smash, Pokemon and DB FighterZ in Q4.

Thats enough for me given my backlog.

Oh and Mario Tennis too.

@Savino see above. The UK account tweeted. I suspect NoA will do soon.

I saw this. It looks like NoA hasn't yet tweeted it. I suspect it's a timing issue.

Check out @NintendoUK’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1007487866648186881?s=09

@rjejr I've seen a Nintendo produced infographic for 2018. I'm certain it was on their Twitter feed.

I'm pretty sure it's coming.

Holey-moley that's a bucket load of stuff.

I think he should be allowed to move on. Ultimate means ultimate, right?

So, can we all agree this isn't a port?

Nope. Not again.

For a game like this, no Switch version is like waving goodbye to 50% of your sales.

I honestly thought these Devolver Digital games were parodies. Very surprised to see that it's an actual real game.

Given that it's Capcom I had assumed that the options would have been: digital download; or, physical cartridge with 1kB of game data and a mandatory 8GB "update".

Everyone benefits from a monopoly, right?

Third part dock? Hmm... Nothing can go wrong.

Ordered within seconds of receiving the email!

Day 1

On Switch?!?!?

Oh

Excellent idea for multi Switch households.

BTW I am certain that the lack of a charger is very deliberate. This package is clearly a "supplementary" Switch rather than pushing the Switch as a handheld.

I would wager that the Switch's 7% (almost entirely Mario + Rabbids) has been extremely profitable for them.

These have been at Euston for the past week (although they seem to have disappeared today). I was shocked to see Nintendo advertising! (I haven't seen anything since the Switch launch)

Started playing Fire Emblem Warriors about a month back and have sunk 50 hours into it. I will be getting this after I complete history mode.

Strangely, I own Hyrule Warriors on Wii U and simply haven't found time to play it. The Switch changes everything.

@FragRed well if they have previously dealt with Pokemon domains I might be wrong.

Either way, I'm sure there will be news before E3

I doubt Nintendo registered them.

I can finally get one!

That's a great debut for DKC:TP but I can't help but think that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sitting at number 5 a year after release is worthy of highlight.

I think the UK is (slowly) coming round to the Switch.

This simply sounds like a "we have nothing to announce at this stage"

You can already do this. I don't think any of this is new info.

I think this just means that a 2GB Minecraft save data won't be hosted.

I very much appreciate the family plan. With 6 Switch in the house - and everyone playing Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart - this could have got very expensive.

I think this means we should expect a new Switch SKU with no dock for $200 in 2019.

I think it's wrong to consider these Labo kits as traditional games. They are a combination of toys, arts & crafts kit and computer games.

I really doubt there's much cross over with "hardcore gamers" but my kids loved them.

Overall I'm glad Nintendo is still experimenting. I doubt anyone expects/expected this to be a $100 million revenue stream. And that's OK.

Wonderful!

I understand that people will always prefer to pay less for a game but I don't get why we should expect an "old re-release" to be super cheap. Whether you think the price is fair should surely be based on your enjoyment and not on the marginal development/distribution cost of this version.

We pay the same ticket price to watch movies at the cinema (even classic re-releases) despite huge variation in production budgets and it still costs £10 to buy a copy of Dark Side to the Moon (despite being decades old).

Got it on Wii U. Will buy Day 1 on Switch

Probably the best 2D platformer in history.

Picked up the Labo kits with the kids this morning. Most likely will be building and playing them all weekend.

I fully expect to pay for the current level of service. I'm not expecting a leap in functionality.

@ieatdragonz it's a bit of a mystery (and without the third party publishers stating their numbers we may never know).

I think it is Rabbids, Bomberman and Skyrim (in addition to the 9 Nintendo published ones). But maybe FIFA?

That is a fantastic idea

@Tibob it's around 950k in the launch month. You can see this by taking its FY numbers 1.34m from lifetime 2.29m (both are in the full year report)

I am astonished at how well 1-2-Switch is selling.

OK last time - dead on arrival!!!

Roll on E3!

I think people are reading too much into Takahashi's quotes (both Wave Race and the new console). He isn't a fluent English speaker (by a long stretch) and I suspect a lot is lost in translation. I hope I'm wrong.

Quite impressive that Xenoverse 2 is still in the top 20 after FighterZ has dropped out.