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Must say even though it's not a Camelot developed game I'm still excited by the prospect of a shining game making its way over here again. If there's no chance of seeing a Camelot developed game perhaps Sega could hand development duties over to Atlus, I think they could do the classic shining style justice.

I'd really like to see a return to the vandal/innovators storyline of STHA and SF3 as I think there was a lot of mileage in that story. Heck I'd even take a a SF3 remaster with all 3 scenarios and the premium disc.

I always find it boring when people complain about games being ports or whatever. It's a decent port, runs just as well if not better than the original releases and isn't overpriced in my view. I got the pair for £38 and I already own the first print edition on Wii U but I like the idea of being able to play them handheld now. If the game isn't for you then don't buy it, what's the big deal?

I'd like to see:

Kingdom Hearts Collection
Tomb Raider

Then left field a Legacy of Kain reboot

Perhaps a Mana or Chrono game as well

I don't really see the special edition as that much of a treat for £70 to be honest and I normally very much like special editions. I'll be getting the standard edition for £38 on Friday, are a steel book and some cards and stickers really worth an extra £32 on top of that?

@Moroboshi876 I don't see how hardware revisions will p*** off early adopters. You buy a console, it plays the games it doesn't stop playing the games when new hardware comes out.

It's a shame Sega didn't get involved a bit earlier and maybe it would have been Wonder Boy instead of Monster Boy.

It's not a big deal but it would have been nice to continue the franchise in name as well as spirit.

I'll be picking this up none the less

Switch will be a slow burner in the UK, it's starting to gather pace from what I've seen personally

A pretty solid 60fps, makes it the ultimate handheld experience. 900 or 1080p would have been nice for docked mode but it was probably not worth the resources it would have taken.

I'm fine with this, would have liked a LE with a Bayonetta amiibo re-release though

Really tough choice this one because there are so many I will pick up.

I'd say Metroid 4, Bayonetta 3 and wolfenstein based on the ones I envisage getting the most play time from.

But I will still pick up Labo, Street Fighter, Mario Tennis, TWEWY, Travis, Dark Souls, Fire Emblem

It's going to be a good year

Anyone who thinks this won't sell well is completely out of touch. I think this is the thing that could really see Switch move some units in the UK

What a cracking idea this is, totally unique and will resonate with the makey makey types (myself included) and kids alike.

It shouldn't be a huge cost to nintendo or the consumer given that its cardboard.

Very clever

Genius!

This could be very interesting and the thing that propellant Switch into a completely different market. I might not buy whatever it is but I'm certainly interested.

While I enjoy these Nintendo Directs and the rapid fire reveals they bring, I think they just pander to this entitled attitude of many of today's gamers, particularly when reading some of the comments on here.

I remember the days when maybe we would hear about a game reveal in a magazine, or we would wait a few weeks to get the coverage of shows like E3 or TGS, how did we cope!

Games will arrive when they arrive no matter whether they are revealed in a direct mini, full direct, live game show, Twitter, magazine etc.

I don't see why there has to be this unending demand for Nintendo to release information just to placate the 'fans'. I'm quite happy to wait for Nintendo to reveal what they want when they want

I was probably expecting one more blockbuster announcement, however I'm quite happy with what was announced. I doubt I will double dip one hyrule warriors or Tropical Freeze unless there are significant performance/content upgrades. However I think I will get the rest, particularly TWEWY and Dark Souls. Mario Tennis could be a surprise hit if it has more content than the Wii U instalment

To whoever said 2017 can't top 2018, look at it this way

We've no idea what Nintendo EPD are working on and it could be in the region of 5/6 games
No idea what NST are working on
No idea what Retro are working on
No idea what 1UP are working on
No idea what ND Cube are working on
No idea what Next Level are working on
Monolithsoft could potentially have another smaller game in the works
Creatures could be working on a non main line pokemon game
NERD are probably working on Virtual Console

Pokémon company are working on Pokemon
Intelligent systems are working on Fire Emblem
Good Feel are working on Yoshi
HAL are working on Kirby

Let's see what Nintendo announces, there's certainly the possibility of some big games

That's without even mentioning Metroid 4 and Bayonetta 3

I enjoyed my Wii U but Nintendo got it all wrong for all the reasons that have been pointed out before.

What I think people forget is the point at which Nintendo got all their gaming divisions in the one space. It is clearly too difficult for a company like Nintendo to sustain a quality and steady flow of games for two consoles on their own (handheld and home). Put that all under one roof and put the efforts into one console that can do both portable and home gaming and you have a got a real chance then.

People are already questioning Nintendo's ability to have a steady slew of games in 2018 to match 2017. I think its silly to think Nintendo havent already planned for this. I think we we will get a number of big hitters this year.

Only got this over Christmas and must say I've been really enjoying it, I look forward to the DLC hitting the west

KOF would be great!

@tamantayoshi it'll be interesting to see how close they can get to those figures by March then. It also suggests that the typical Japanese hanheld userbase hasn't quite adopted it fully yet. Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing would likely see to that

What were the ds and 3ds first year sales in japan?

Ive shown switch fifa to quite a lot of people now and every one of them has been surprised by how well it runs and how good it looks. I think word of mouth and will be what gets people to consider buying it.

Also if EA have already put in the hard work on the custom engine for this years edition I could easily see them building on and perfecting it for fifa 19. I think at the very least we'll continue seeing Fifa games from EA on switch

I did consider getting these on 3DS but the full set in one pack on Switch might finally help me take the plunge, assuming it is realistically priced

@cyrus_zuo Pokemon would easily be as big as Zelda and Mario.

How is it arrogant to predict 20m in the next 12 months, zelda and mario will still be out its not like they won't sell any more of either of those titles. We dont know what's coming this year so how can you possibly say 20m is arrogant

In terms of 1st party system sellers that could maybe come next year:

Pokemon
Smash Bros
Metroid
Some sort of wii sports type game
Animal Crossing
Fire Emblem
Donkey Kong
2D Mario/Mario Maker

Would probably be the big ones

In terms of 3rd party games:

Monster Hunter
Dragon Quest
Resident Evil
Kingdom Hearts
GTA

Would be my picks

It is a shame for the Japanese release but I always thought that the western versions of the names actually suited the character models better

Marvel vs Capcom
Resident Evil
Dead Rising
The resi remasters
Street Fighter 4 or 5

Any of those will do me

This is an example if why Switch is such an exciting concept. I fully planned on playing this main in docked mode so while the drop in quality to portable is dissapointing, it wont affect me at all but the option is still there to play in portable if need be.

Has a console ever had such a stellar first 12 months, I cant wait to see whats coming in the next 12 months.

Zelda won for me overall 3-2, although I think Odyssey and Galaxy were better in their respective generations. However realistically BOTW belongs to the WiiU gen rather than Switch so thats why I sided with Odyssey as it was built with Switch in mind

Im out, capcom half a$$ing it again

@erv so Campcom can save money, its really annoying on a system like switch that doesnt have a ton of onboard storage

Like many others im sure, I cancelled my pre-order after seeing the issues about performance. It really isnt an acceptable excuse when you look at Zelda, Doom or Mario Odyssey which all deal with the switches hardware in unique ways. A game like this really shouldnt have any issues

I dont think we are anywhere near seeing the next console generation I think it'll be 2021 before we get there

I think gameboy or GBA will be next

@SLIGEACH_EIRE congratulations mate

@dres ok let me re-word, Nintendo should find more affordable options for the larger cartridges to encourage publishers to use them rather than putting the cost back on the consumer

I think its been a good first 7 months and to be honest im not surprised all these various features are rolling out over the first year, I don't mind at all to be honest.

My only complaints really are:

Games that don't fit on one cartridge, they really need to increase the size options available to publishers.

That they didnt include a big chunk of flash memory on the system, they could have at least put 128gb on it or even given two options at retail.

The very slow roll out of the e-shop and online services, I still find it quite basic even when compared to the wii u offering. They could have even kept the same store front for switch really.

Other than that I think they've done a great job especially courting potential 3rd parties like EA, 2K games and Bethesda. Now if Ubi, Capcom, Squenix and Activision could step up their offerings we could be on to something really special with this one.

Who cares what the number given to it at the end of the review is?

Just read the review and make your mind up from that

Funny video but the game looks a bit rubbish

The split for how people use their switch is very interesting.

Currently:

32% docked
32% undocked
28% split between the two

Thise figures suggest it really is being viewed by the masses as true hybrid console. In the sense that the split in how people choose to use it is almost dead even.

Why dont they just use a bigger game cartridge instead?

@Karlos88 im pretty sure you could just swap them over, without it being a big problem

Framerate wins in this one i think, have try both out of course though

I think this will sell well, looks great and I've already pre-ordered. If it sells well then Fifa 19 might have full parity with other consoles

I really liked the wii u version but as has been mentioned I think they tweaked the AI difficulty up a bit too much for the switch release, I lost interest with it after a while

I think its a necessity if you want to play the likes of street fighter on the go, it'll all come down to your gaming tastes really. For me I bought a pro controller specifically for Street Fighter because I knew I would a d-pad for it. What it does mean though is that I really only play when its hooked up to the tv.

I think a dpad controller is a necessity for the system but not a necessity for everyone. It does need to happen asap though, I can only assume Nintendo is at max production capacity at the minute, which is why we are where we are currently

I didnt realise the wii still had games getting made for it. Wii doesn't even have shelf space in stores anymore appart from those that deal in second hand games, how strange

@riChchestM it really didn't

@riChchestM who said its a technical marvel?

What it is however is the best 2d sonic sonic in over 20 years which is what people are more excited about

Who is that ticaaalll person? They aren't from screaming villains are they?