RamrodDestroyer

NSO as a whole is pretty lackluster. Paying for P2P is pretty much a joke, but at least that's only $20. Asking people to pay the same amount as playstation or Xbox for the expansion pack is ridiculous. With the others, you get online servers which greatly improves the quality of online. You also get free current-gen games as opposed to some 20-25 year old games

I haven't had a chance to read all of the comments, but after reading a few, here are some of my thoughts. This is not made for everybody obviously. This is for people who want a pure portable experience. If this was able to be used in a dock, what would differentiate it from the regular switch. I guarantee there are many out there that will never use the dock and that $199 price tag will be much more tempting for them. I bet having the controls built in, instead of removable will also make this much more durable as well.

I gotta say, travelator is now my favorite word. I had to look it up to see if it was real.

I wonder what percent of Switch owners bought their's digitally, and where that number stands in terms of overall sales. Since the Switch is a portable system, and like people have said, sports games don't have really any resale value, i bet the majority of the people that bought it on Switch bought it digitally. From what the article says, these numbers are only physical sales.

Also, I personally thought that FIFA 18 on Switch was pretty great. It's probably my most played game on the system. Sure, it doesn't have everything the other systems have, but being able to play a true FIFA game on the go is truly magical.

I remember there was a game on the 360s Xbox Live Arcade called "I made a game with zombies in it". It also had a song in the demo that went a long with that and also said that you should buy it because "It's only a dollar"

Not sure how many people here actually bought FIFA 18 for the Switch, but I've put many, many hours into it. Ya, it sucks that we don't get everything the PS4/XBONE versions have, but I still think it's a pretty great game. I don't think they have any right selling it for full price, but I'm more than happy with the $30 i spent on it.

One of the goals:

"$9,000 - Mature content

While the base game will allow you to engage in scandalous activities with your idols, we still have to leave a lot to your imagination. Hitting this stretch goal will let us expand this part of the game with significantly more content and art. "

Oh boy. Is this gonna be one of them Sakura games that I definitely did not pay $1 for in a humble bundle?

Is stunk bike racing exclusive to the switch as well? Joking aside, this does look pretty good.

@SBandy My point is that if they made people believe that it was going to come out on Wii U, then they should have the understanding that if it doesn't, people will be upset/badger them. They can't get upset over it, because they accepted that possibility when they said "Rest assured that we'll do everything to get on the Wii U!" I know it's not a definitive "It's gonna be on Wii U", but it sure was meant to get peoples hopes up.

@SBandy I'm sorry, but your comment is pretty ignorant. I'm lucky enough to have a switch and a PS4, but obviously not every person can own every console. Yes, if you want to be able to buy every single game, you'll have to buy every console, but some people just can't afford that.

I'm a programmer and I understand that it's not as simple as copy and paste, but one of the big issues here is that they mentioned a Wii U port multiple times during the Kickstarter. If they weren't sure about being able to port it to the Wii U, then they shouldn't have even mentioned it. Since they did, they should have expected a lot of people to be upset when it didn't make it. Also, it's a game heavily inspired by retro Nintendo games, so naturally people are going to want it on a Nintendo console.

Lastly, you coming in here and telling people that they aren't real fans because they're not able to afford a console that it's on just makes you look like a jerk. Just an FYI.

@Octane I've had a couple of 13% beers. They tasted mostly like alcohol, but I've had them haha. I think in North Carolina, beers can be up to 16% alcohol, though I've never seen one that high.

@AlexOlney @Rayquaza2510 @QwertyQwerty Just to clear some stuff up. You may know it already, but you may not. Read/Write speed is measured in MB(megabytes) per second. Internet speed is measured in Mb(megabits) per second. 1 MB = 8Mb, so 10MB = 80Mb. So for the read speed to even matter, you'd have to at least get a consistent 80Mb/s download. Even if you get more than that, I can guarentee that the Eshop has a bandwith cap on it, and I would be surprised if it was more than 80-100 Mb. Writing saves is such a small amount of data that it shouldn't even be brought into the conversation. So to summarize, getting an SD card with a write speed more than 10Mb/s really isn't helping you at all on the switch.

@Luffymcduck How will you play all of those instruments on the go?

The RoboCop theme is definitely one of my favorite video game tracks. Also love Mega Ran's Infinite Lives, which samples it.

@Wayoh2002 My video game habits are kind of weird. I can be very ADHD about video games, so it's rare for me to play 15 or more hours on a single video game or series unless the story is really good. According to my 3DS, I put in 78 hours and 27 minutes into the Ace Attorney Trilogy, if that says anything.

@ralizah I know the original puzzle creator passed away last year. That might have something to do with it. I'm not sure though, I'm only half-way through The Curious Village.

It's everywhere back home near the Wisconsin/Minnesota border. Drank so much of the grape back in college that I couldn't actually taste it anymore....

Overall I thought the direct was good. I guess I don't know what people were expecting. It's not like they were going to have new game after new game. There were a few new games in there and I'm really excited that Doom and Wolfenstein are coming to the switch.

@RainDripp @TheSpeedyMouse Thanks for the link. This game looks like it could be real good. Glad to see an indie game looking so gorgeous. Will definitely look at picking this one up

P.S. @SwitchVogel, could you look at updating the picture? This game looks so much better than it does in that picture. Thank you.

I personally think Shu looks gorgeous, but I'm also a sucker for hand-drawn visuals

P.S. That's the best they could show of State of Mind?? Lol

@DrkBndr It's not exactly the same image. Here's the link to the background image on the page http://d2x7js8mtamps9.cloudfront.net/countdown/img/justanimage.jpg

Cleverly they named the file "justanimage.jpg"

@Senpai_Bruh Unrelated, you're realistic muscle man picture creeps me out.

I also enjoyed that IGN joke hahaha

Part of me hopes that there's a second graphics chip in the docking station so that when you're playing at home, the graphics get upgraded...

Wasn't the music they played during the New Super Mario Bros 2 "trailer" from Kirby's Epic Yarn?

I just came here for the pun in the article description

This is how you release a console outside of the holiday season. Still one of my favorite E3 moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDyy8DTOtw

I agree with what Damien said. Nintendo needs to build some hardcore hype for this thing after the unfortunate failure of the Wii U ( I love my Wii U, but there's no denying it was a failure ). E3 is still the best way to reach the most gamers and build the most hype. With all the excitement at E3, the hype is multiplied by 10. I also believe that releasing it in the spring of 2017 is a mistake, as there really is no way to build hype for it. The Nintendo Directs are great, but they are only watched by the more hardcore Nintendo fans and won't reach the broad audience.

TLDR: Nintendo really needs to build some hardcore NX hype among the mass of gamers, and E3 is really the best way to do that.

EDIT: To be more specific, they need to build hype for the launch. Building hype a couple months after the launch will not have the same effect

Is that sonic movie still coming out? Maybe it'll be a terrible teaser trailer for that....

Edit: Well I see other people had the same idea

To the people saying buying a new 3ds isn't worth it, I don't completely agree with that. If you already have a 3ds, yes it is questionable on whether to upgrade or not, although the new 3D is AMAZING. If you do not currently own a 3DS, then you should totally still buy one. Yes, the life cycle may be coming to an end, but the catalog of older 3DS games is 1) Enormous 2) Totally Amazing. There are enough games in there to keep you occupied for a year or two.

I'm not sure why...but I love this. I think it's the hat lol. Or maybe just the thought of a detective Pikachu.....I think they should have had a member of the squirtle squad as his loose cannon partner.

I think these are pretty dang cool. A little expensive, but I understand it costs a lot to begin mass producing things (and I'm also a bit of a penny pincher). Also, that Link To The Past cart brings back so many memories...

I remember getting a demo disc of this game for the PS2 from either Game Informer or Playstation Magazine way back when. I enjoyed the demo, but I never got around to playing the whole game.

@RyanCraddock @CliveWinston It is actually much harder than it looks. When I first started playing it, it was basically like trying to learn it again. They do some pretty complicated stuff with the two rows of buttons.