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This is my concern. If the Switch Lite sells much more than expected, developers may want to stop including motion controls or joy con controls in their game as the half of the userbase with the Lite can't buy the game. Look at Super Mario Party. Games like that won't work on Switch Lite and that whole group of customers can't purchase it.

I personally prefer the 4 directional buttons over the traditional control pad, as I have more precision in exactly which direction I am pressing and not relying on one piece of plastic shifting around to press 4 buttons beneath it anyway.

I would love to see darker and more mature themes. Some things like this have been covered in the Pokemon Special (Pokemon Adventures in Eng) manga, with character deaths and parental abuse, most of which was censored out of the English version. A world where anyone can control powerful beasts and have immense power at their control could be very dark indeed, especially when some of them have mind control powers ,etc.. I would love to see a well written story covering more of the darker elements. Also, have you guys read the official Pokedex entries on Mega Evolution?? That's already very dark! The games and show acts like "your friendship with the Pokemon draws out it's full potential!" But no.. many of the entries explain how the Pokemon is in intense pain maintaining this form, and feels betrayed by it's trainer for putting them through such agony, and they lose all sense of self and become frightened killing machines. It's not all joy and rainbows! Read up on it!! Pokemon is more than the show with Ash which has no plot or character development whatsoever. That world has so much potential to explore!!

Come on Zero Escape Trilogy for Switch with touch screen and pointer controls!

Super stoked for Sword and Shield overall, but feel the "Dynamax" feature is just lazy Mega Evolution. At least megas had a new design, these are the same mons as always, just bigger. I think I'll make a point to avoid using this feature and make the game more challenging.

I don't see why people think Pokemon is "copying" Dark Souls. I'm sure both creatures are based on creatures from folktales or other Japanese/Asian mythology, just like nearly all the Pokemon are. These folktales are just not widely known in the West. They are likely all copying from the same source, every single RPG does when designing monsters

Played a few races, thought for sure this game would be able to run in horizontal/landscape mode with tilt controls. Its baffling to me why phone games that have actual gameplay and aren't menu-based would use the vertical orientation. We got widescreens here, come on!

They should add the opening video via a downloadable patch, if the game card size limit was the problem.

This isn't what people want to hear. In general, I think its a good idea that the company keeps fresh with various projects and tries to keep from burning out or losing their passion.. But if they expect to find success by prioritizing a brand new IP when Pokemon is at another peak in popularity, its just going to disappoint themselves and their existing fans. I am sure after 20+ years there is some burnout, but Pokemon as a brand is reaching an enormous audience between GO and the theatrical release, they shouldn't squander this opportunity. Plus the main series games are the height of the franchise, if the quality dips there, there isn't much left for a satisfying game experience..

Wow. This is the reason I was hoping to buy this version. Thanks for pointing this out so I didn't waste my money!

Didn't the Switch versions of Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 have Joy-con aiming options? I thought they'd be in this version for sure!

Finally. Now they need to fix the same bug in FF IX, and patch in an option to disable the horrendous multiplayer music in Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy. Its so obnoxious that the most anticipated feature for me, co op, is not worth playing. The game has beautiful music, but this multiplayer music that takes over whatever song is playing is so obnoxious its aggravating to me. Makes it so you cant enjoy the game's soundtrack because you just hear ONE SONG FOREVER.

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I would assume one player needs internet access to download courses for the four of them to play through. There will likely be ways to save these courses to your system too like in the first Mario Maker.

If this means removing the gimmicky and badly implemented motions controls from Let's Go, I'm all for it. I doubt them optimizing the experience for handheld mode would translate badly to TV-mode, unless they do things like rely on the touch-screen without an equivalent pointer mode for TV.

If Pokemon Go wasn't Pokemon, I would have bailed on the game LONG ago. This game has cause me more frustration than any other, with the constant bugs. The dodge glitch has been in the game since the beginning and still causes problems in raid battles! And as a recent example, they just rolled out the new "Lucky Friends" feature where you are "guaranteed" a Lucky trade with friends who reach this status. Except people are reporting trading their best mons and them not turning Lucky! Every new feature rolls out broken and causes players to waste resources they've been saving up. Not to mention their support always provides incorrect and conflicting information.

We'll have to see if the Harry Potter brand is strong enough for people to put up with the constant issues this game will surely have.

I would love this to be true..! But I thought Microsoft funded the development of this game as an Xbox One exclusive.. I doubt they would allow the results of their investment to be used on a competitor's platform.. Also, the graphics on this game were very impressive, I unfortunately don't think it would have the same visual impact on the Switch. This was the one game I considered buying an Xbox One for!

As much as I loved and will likely re-buy Rune Factory 4, I really hope Rune Factory 5 will be more of a 3D game like Rune Factory Frontier on Wii. I also prefer the fixed-camera and character artwork displaying during conversations in Frontier compared to the free camera and lack of character artwork in Tides of Destiny.

Was very excited to see this announcement, but then was pretty disappointed with the visual and audio style. Not sure if I am interested in purchasing this one..

Man, Reggie is such a troll. Wearing that Ridley shirt and directly pointing out that he's wearing it while giving no info about Metroid. The Joker in Smash announcement was awesome but why you gotta lead us on, Reggie!?

I have been lukewarm about this game with all the gameplay changes, but I am stoked at seeing Red, Green and Blue appear..! I know some people feel this is spoilery, but this is what I needed to feel interested in this game again I was upset thinking that new friendly rival had retconned Green away, but he still exists! I don't have a reason to be upset with him any more. Also cool to think these new trainers are following in the footsteps of their seniors from pallet!

@Dualmask Sure! I have been reading reviews all day, and I do want to clarify what I've learned. I haven't gotten home to play my own copy just yet.

It looks like you can move Neku on the overworld using the control stick, but in battle, you are still limited to pointer controls. I have read that instead of clicking and dragging Neku to move him, you can point and click with a secondary button to move him to that location. So, you still can't use the control stick to move during battles, but they did make a slight improvement.

I ordered this because I am a huge fan of the game, but severely disappointed by the lack of control options.. Very obviously an iOS port, as you must point and click at the screen, instead of even using the control stick to move your character around. The original DS version allowed this, so the controls are actually even more limited than the original. Not to mention the fun and frantic means of controlling both characters. When this game was announced, I seriously thought one joy-con would be used as pointer controls w/control stick to move Neku and use his Psychs, while the other joy-con would have its directional buttons used to control your partner's actions, similar to the DS original. This could have easily been implemented or been an alternative control scheme, but as usual with Square-Enix ports, they charge full price while doing minimal work, hoping people will buy it on brand alone, and whether or not the game is enjoyable seems irrelevant to them..

@DanteSolablood Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I understand where you're coming from, and would understand if they intentionally keep the graphics simple for this game. But I am worried they will not step it up when Gen 8 launches, and I feel they really need to.. They can keep the overall gameplay the same as previous games, no need to fix what isn't broken, but should really take this chance to improve the graphics and presentation and show how great the series can look!!

Seeing these videos of Professor Willow and Oak interacting just keeps reinforcing how behind the graphics of the mainline Pokemon games are.. Willow is detailed with thorough and expressive animations.. Oak is simple, toony, and just stands still and blinks. Get it together, Game Freak!! Its embarrassing! You have the money and resources to do better!

This is still one of my favorite games on the Switch! I think them making the next F-Zero is a bit of a stretch to assume.. but I would personally love it Same with Ubisoft and the StarLink team making the next Star Fox! If Nintendo wont make them, let's allow talented and proven developers to give it a try!

@nessisonett The move was Sky Attack, called "God Bird" in the Japanese. But the complaint still stands that moves that should cause the Pokemon to move around the field have cheap animations while the Pokemon stands in place. I understand in previous games, with 800 different mons, making all the animations can seem daunting, but they only have the first 151 here. They could have worked on animating these properly and used that work moving forward in the series.

Animations are pretty disappointing to me. We shouldn't be satisfied with it being the same as it ever was but in higher resolution. In the clip with Pidgeot and Gloom, Pidgeots 2-turn fly-style move just had wings appear and fly off the screen, and then they flew back down and attacked gloom as pidgeot just sat in place. Why couldnt it have been pidgeot himself that flew above the field and attacked on the 2nd turn? There are no longer hardware limitations, this is just super lazy animating.. Disappointing.

These modes are what I have been waiting to see since the announcement. Really hoping for either Subspace Emissary port or sequel, or at the very least, Adventure mode from Melee. The co-op from Subspace Emissary is one of my favorite modes in Smash.

I was put-off by the low-quality art and character design at first, but recently played through this with a friend, great Mega Man X-style gameplay with Co-op that works really well!! Will likely pick this up on Switch! Just get a new artist for the sequel!

Why wouldn't they show the shiny coloring in the overworld? It's a simple palette swap. If my partner is Shiny, I want to see that when they follow my trainer.

If its not the Remastered version of Sonic 1 by Christian Whitehead its not worth it. Why not release the ultimate version with all the added content and widescreen support for use with proper controllers?? We saw how popular Mania was!

None, those pop figures have freaky dead eyes and unappealing proportions. Will never buy one.

Wow! I never expected them to consider this! I would love another auto-stereoscopic 3D system!! I really hope any 3DS Successor continues the super-stable and glasses-free 3D! Imagine how great it would look on a high-resolution screen!

Warner is probably hoping to slow down court proceedings long enough to rake in that free-to-play mobile money..

Soo.. We're getting these, but still no info on what's included in the Nintendo Switch Online subscription..? These types of games would be perfect for the games collection, but I suppose they think people would still buy them separately..

Like others have said, I doubt it will be the last, but for Sakurai's sake, I hope it's the last one Nintendo asks of him. I hope they are planning a team to replace him for future iterations. Until then I will enjoy Ultimate!

Ugh, I hate how headlines are always written to imply some kind of attack. Reggie gave a respectful answer on Nintendo's policies regarding cross-platform play, they didn't put Sony down at all. Stop trying to start controversies and division, there's enough of that in the world.

Pretty sure its totally random, same mechanic as with Eevee evolutions in Go. There was no way to affect which evolution you'd get in Ruby/Sapphire either. And neither Beautifly nor Dustox is viable to use in Go anyway.. XD

Guh! But we finally were rid of the chibi/deformed style with Sun/Moon. I love manga and anime style, but the overworld being chibi with giant heads has not continued to work as graphics have improved, in my opinion. Hopefully this isn't a sign they are returning to chibi/super-deformed character style.

Good news! Yo-kai Watch has forced Pokemon to improve their presentation. After Yo-Kai watch blew up, when Sun and Moon released, they finally did away with the chibi look in the overworld. If Yo-Kai watch on Switch has good graphics or presentation, Pokemon will be forced to do better. More competition is a good thing!

Killer7 remaster or sequel for Switch!

I just hope we can play Star Fox Adventures HD some day! That's the Rare game I care about!!

As others have said, yes Goku and Dragon Ball have had many many game appearances, but I feel Smash Bros is a culmination of game characters and franchises coming together. Characters that originate from anime, cartoons or other TV shows don't fit the bill for me. What would be next, Batman or Marvel characters? Franchises that are already represented in every type of media and don't originate as a video game shouldn't be celebrated in Smash Bros, in my opinion.

are you guys serious? reporting on the Mario nipple thing and now this? X3 are we all in elementary school?

haha! we all know Kamiya is known for his outlandish comments, but maybe Nintendo will listen to this one! I think we all want to see Virtual Console!!

So excited! Now the question is, will this be a brand new entry, or a 3rd entry of the Smash 4 release?

I hope they release a new entry for Switch that is as innovative and fun as the Wii entry, Smooth Moves, but using the Joy-Cons. The motion is vastly improved from the Wii remote, and could have some seriously unique and exciting control methods. 1-2 switch demonstrated some unique ideas, but adding the wackiness of the Wario brand and including much more content could be a hit, in my opinion. great way to demonstrate the uniqueness of the system.

One of the reasons I enjoyed the original, besides the creepy yet goofy atmosphere, was how they used the dual analog controls to aim the poltergust and capture the ghosts. you'd start to suck them in, and use the c-stick to pull the windstream in different directions to capture the ghosts. I don't see how this will work on 3DS unless it uses the New 3DS nub. I'm not sure this will be as fun as the original, in my opinion. I love the idea of this game in 3D though.

that was one of the reasons I didn't enjoy Dark Moon, the gameplay was simplified too much to keep me interested.

the low return on investment is one thing. the fact that your coins expire is another and is ridiculous. I personally buy tons of Nintendo games, but needing to spend $1200 within a year is insane.

I have been a huge fan of the unique auto-stereoscopic 3D feature of the 3DS and have been extremely disappointed that Nintendo has been dropping support. I also wish more gamers got to experience 3D on the New 3DS model, that is where they finally perfected it, but many users already had a 3DS or had already dismissed the concept (due to poor implementation on previous 3DS models). I am very saddened to see glasses-free 3D support in video games die with this system!! I have had each 3DS model since the beginning and never suffered headaches or the other reasons people list for not wanting to experience 3D. Hopefully when Nintendo fully drops support, homebrew will keep 3D in gaming alive!!

Let's add some music by the way! Go ahead and copy the music from the Wii U or 3DS eShop! Switch eShop is so bland and uninspired.