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I think people are wholly negative on this as they don't expect it to happen.

To be honest, the prospect of playing an online game anywhere in the world anytime I want is an utterly ridiculously amazing concept and EVERY multiplayer game made from now a n should be in Switch.

All multiplayer games I play are hindered by the fact I have to sit in my lounge to play them.

Death match on lunch break? Bus travel? Particularly long toilet trip?

YES!!!! How can anyone say no to being able to log straight and play your favourites anytime anywhere? It's stupid.

The Switch is THE first true innovation in gaming since the dreamcast. (Actualised global online console gaming outside of Japan)

@Henmii no, but hitting it with a Netflix cgi animated series would be awesome and raise tiits profile even more. My son watches the cartoon from the eighties, which was crap, but he loves it just cause it's Zelda. Release something contemporary and I imagine now is when it could do very well and get more interest in Nintendo

@Dezzy hahahahahaha

@jenkje except that it can and regularly does

Street fighter II is still the best street fighter Capcom have made and this looks the best version.

@XenoShaun I've still got the Gamecube version 😁

Just want my backer code for my Switch version now 😁

@neufel exactly what I meant, you can't shrink it as it is already small as it can get.

An XL version would be a better option if they were going to do anything?

You couldn't make a mini version without losing something from the console that is critical

I also think people have generally missed the point of the NES mini.

It was there to fill the gap between a died out Wii U and the incoming Switch, to drum up interest and profits during the lull period. They don't want you to buy a NES mini when they are about to announce the virtual console role out.

It was here to fill a temporary void, it served its job and it served it well. If you really wanted one, you would have gotten one at launch. If you ermm'ed and ahhh'ed about it after launch day, that's why you have t got one right now,

I would rather see the ENTIRE NES back catalogue released on the Switch.

Having a limited 30 games in the nes mini saw me prefer to sell mine for a handsome profit.

The cables were too short and there was no future potential to it.

NOW

having ALL the NES added as a virtual console, using the joy con as a NES controller, or even seeing Nintendo release Bluetooth replicas of the original formats (mr preferred choice) then I would invest heavily as the Switch started to cement itself as THE centre of your Nintendo collection and indeed all retro gameing collection.

Bring back mega drive as well
Add game cube
Chuck in Saturn and dreamcast and then..... multiple SDXC cards would be needed in my house

Announce the virtual console already!!!!!!!!!!!

This should get released anyway, but on modern consoles.

Looks a brilliant idea for a beat em up roster and by a talented team. Would just rather see it running smooth and better graphics using modern hardware instead of the SNES that appears to be struggling to run that tech demo of it.

@Falkor it could handle IV fine, IV was a SNES game

Port the PC version of Final Fantasy VII, VIII then IX.

Would nice to see final fantasy finally released in the format it was originally started out in development for as a fan gesture. Then virtual console all Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI.

One Nintendo console with ALL 1-9 would be awesome.

I backed this BECAUSE I wanted a Rareware style platformer and it sounds like that's what Playtonic have delivered. I'll be ignoring the ignorant modern day gamers reviewers an dmaking my own decision when my Switch code gets delivered thanks.

@Agent721 yes, because it was primarily Nintendo gamers that backed and wanted this game to be made exactly because it promised to be like an N64 game. The majority of the sales for this title will be on Switch.

Will day one buy this, I love Samurai Shodown series.

PLEASE Hamster can you be the first company to port and bring us Windjammers!!!! I've wanted this game since seeing it played on GamesMaster in the 90's and nobody has ever brought it to digital stores on home consoles.

Any chance the user has their lovely switch stood next to a PS4????

The heat coming out of that thing has seen my PS4 being relocated to the other side of the TV from my beloved Switch.

The G-force, and noise vibration coming from my PS4 was also a potential risk to other consoles in it's local vicinity.

@impurekind I'm not questioning the lack of software.

But this console should be the first home of every new game coming to market. With a Sony and Microsoft spending billions to dominate the market and retail presence, Nintendo are On a constant uphill battle that may see the general consumer denied the single greatest piece of video game hardware ever made.

Third parties should take a leap, Nintendo should take a loss on their licensing, get everyone involved. Get the volume up and then sit back and let the Switch speak for itself

@getyourak what!?

What is that even based on? I play it in handheld mode more than any other form and it is an amazing piece of hardware with zero failures.

You can knock the Switch on its software currently available, but the hardware? The hardware is the single greatest dedicated video game console ever made. Period.

Best hardware ever. Period.

Whether the market gets it and the games start to come is another thing all together.

Before Switch:
I'm at work, looking forward to being home in the evening and carrying on playing Zelda (potentially NHL 18, Battlefield 5, Black Ops 4 etc etc etc)

Now, with But Switch:
I plant my Switch on my desk, feet up with joycons in hand.... I am straight into where I left off playing the exact same HD home console game, but in my dinner break. (Potentially, I can manage my EA sports HUT card trades during the day from anywhere, or get an extra online league game in, I could play some deathmatches and unlock more weapons at a faster raw than before when I HAD to play at home only... now I can play my games literally anywhere.)

But this console

I thought it was using that to imitate the sound of the fly passing overhead as I collected the item haha

@ThePoochyKid

I did

I backed this on Wii U

Switch got announced and I wanted them to develop for that instead, then they did. I switched my back kit to switch instantly

Win win

This better be overflowing with AAA titles, especially third party amid this train is knackered before it even gets going

Liked it but found the restricted 1 hour slots made it impossible for me to play except for one match on Saturday evening.
Would have been better if it was just open for 24 hours at the weekend.

Played and looked VERY close to playing Splatoon, which I got bored of on Wii U.
I'll undoubtedly end up buying it thiughbfor the same reason I bought the original on Wii i. Total software drought.

Splatoon is not a system seller neither does it add volume to an insanely small launch library.

COME ON NINTENDO. They need games out..... NOW

@8itmap_k1d same thing. People aren't gonna buy a console for a few digital only titles, its AAA prominent retail shelf games that get attention.

I've got 5 games for Switch. Only 1 retail though. And they really need to stop showing 1 2 Switch. It's appalling and instantly gives a bad image that this is ANOTHER Wii.

This is because it is the only game worth buying.

Come on Nintendo!!! Get some games out for gods sake

Unfortunately I returned my copy of Bomberman for a full refund as the online was just unplayable.

First price drop and confirmations that it has been properly fixed, I'll re buy it

Surely this will be confirmed on Switch in next week or two? seems mental if this isn't on there.

Factor 5 were an awesome quality developer, really hope they bring something to the Switch.

Genuinely good news that these guys are back.

@River3636 talking about online mode only. Konami have confirmed there is an issue with the online mode.

@Iggy-Koopa @Iggy-Koopa seems konami have announced there is a global issue.
I was talking specifically about the online mode only (as confirmed by konami) the rest of the game is fine.

A relaunch of the SNES super Bomberman. This just isn't as good. Which is ridiculous as it is so basic in concept

!!!???? Was this reviewed during online multiplayer? Almost the whole point of this game!???

The controls are laggy as hell! And it is entirely unplayable. Bomberman needs to be fast and responsive to cope the intentsity of the type of game it is.
You go online:
Lay a bomb,
Try to turn corner away from bomb before explore? A literal 3 to 4 yenthsbof a second before he moved. On a bomb that has a 3 second fuse that also may have been planed by someone else? That is a massive deal and a huge fail.

The movement controls have too catastrophic a delay for this to be playable online. It needs fixing and it needs fixing fast

What I want to see is a full transfer of all existing virtual console titles already owned on my Nintendo network account in Wii U.

I then want to see the N64 and Wii catalogue expanded.

I then definitely want to see the addition of the Gamecube back catalogue steadily.

I then want to see the re-introduction of Sega to the virtual console and would sincerely LOVE to see the addition of any Saturn and Dreamcast titles. Particularly Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Sega Rally, Vjrtua Fighter 2, Shenmue I and II, souls calibur, marvel capcom 1 and 2,

There is no reason for Nintendo to allow you to use your software downloads on more than one machine. Your home console is now 100% portable. The thing comes with you, why would you only take the game?

Being only two weeks away there should be a literal avalanche of information, buzz and a launch line up with at least several games that EVERYONE wants to play.

Nintendo have got this very very wrong again (albeit not as wrong as the Wii U) and they need to step it up big time and FAST.
Back this up with big announcements an overwhelming incoming third party library and convince people this is a format they need to invest in.

I know numbers of people that are bored of Same old same old on Playstation and XBox and were very tempted by the new experiences offered by Switch just off the back of the hardware presentation.

It was the lack lustre launch period line up that made them take a step back and reassess any potential investment

YES!!!!! About ******* time

WHAT!? How have they done that!?

Honestly don't care. If I was I'd have bought it on my PS4 already. Same stand point most consumers would be in so why waste money bringing it to Switch? If you wanted it you'd have it already. Whether final fantasy xvi comes to Switch or not is an actual talking point

Local 8 player is pretty awesome

Don't care at all

DO NHL 18 or nothing!!!!!

@Anti-Matter football is lame. The worst sport to play and watch ever. Main reason I hate EA always open with FIFA to test the water when all I want them to release is NHL.

HOWEVER. Mario Strikers is actually a great game

At the moment I have Zelda limited edition pre ordered for day one and that is it. THAT is not good for a new Nintendo console.

I really want Bomberman but a full £50 is too high for a game like Bomberman.

I don't think Nintendos line up and schedule is too bad. The third party line up however is thin, worryingly so. The worst launch line up ever was the N64 with only 3 games! But all were AAA .An ok launch was gamecube with 20 ish titles and 5 AAA. The Switch is nearer the N64.

If this is how thin the line up is there needs to be more hype and news around the virtual console and digital offerings.

There's loads of genres and games not offered on day one that maybe covered virtually.

Example, my cousin hasn't had a Nintendo since Wii and that didn't last long. We both play PS4 and both grown wise to the lame, unoriginal and uninspired software durge it brings. He does however see something new and fresh in the Switch and really wants one, but backed out after seeing the launch line up.

Had it been announced with NHL/F-Zero/1080/Wave Race or several huge third party titles then he would have bought one. The fact the launch line up is more like Wii U 1.5 to the point their biggest title is a delayed Wii U game is really disappointing and they are missing the opportunity to really shift some hardware.

Announcing their intent with the virtual console could serve to gain more interest and fill in some huge holes till their library fills out over the next 9 months.

The gamecube library could help massively in this respect. Just announce more already Nintendo. Right now you need volume and it just isn't there.

Is this similar to Windjammers on Neo-Geo?

@G-Boy Graphically..... no it wasn't. it was basically a gamecube in terms of graphical output.
However, in terms of what it did actually bring to the table over the gamecube far outweighs what pathetic offering the PS4 presents. The Wii brought a full online experience, downloadable games, the virtual console, full online gaming, full motion controls and a level of interaction with your games that had never been seen before, hence the ridiculous sales numbers.

By comparison, the PS4 from the PS3 is the same jump as the Wii from the Gamecube except the Wii brought s tonne load more than slightly better graphics, a share button and the full removal of backwards compatibility.

More evidence that the PS4 was not really needed over the PS3.

I'm impressed the Switch is that close to the PS4 if I'm honest.

PS4 has been the worst evolution in a generation in the history of video games.

More hair, nicer light effects and a share button. That's it.
When I play NHL or metal gear v on PS3 and then on PS4 do I notice a difference? No.
Do I notice a difference if I purposely look for the graphical enhancements? Of course I do. Is the game any better on PS4? Not at all and it's more expensive.

SNES to N64/PsOne was a generational leap.
N64/PsOne to GameCube/PS2 was a Huge leap
GameCube/PS2 to Wii U/PS3 was a huge leap.
PS3 to PS4 was so subtle it is not worth the entry price at all.

The Switch however is offering something that gives you unrestricted access to every game you play throughout its lifespan. The fact it's. It running "cutting edge" graphics is irrelevant. The fact it looks amazing and it is running full home console video games whether your on a bus, on a plane, at college, at work is utterly astounding and worth every penny. The fact it looks raphically that close to PS4 and further from PS3 is amazing and a bonus

Excellent.
Now do wonder boy in monster land like you should have done first