SleeplessKnight

@Wavey84 I’ll give you the Punch Out vs. Super Punch Out one. One I forgot was Super Metroid which absolutely crushes the NES original.

Everything the Super NES did was better than the NES. These games look so much better with the 16-bit makeover. More and brighter colors, parallax scrolling background layers, better music, no flicker or slowdown. Hands down way better than their 8-bit originals.

Same with Zelda Link to the Past - absolutely blows away Zelda 1 & 2. Contra 3 destroys the NES Contras. Super Castlevania IV beasts the crap out of the NES Castlevania trilogy and on and on. Super Mario All-Stars is an absolute treasure and we’re all damn lucky Nintendo went through the lengths they did to remaster these games for us!

Pretty great Direct. The Game & Watch will be harder to find than the NES and SNES Classics were. Mario 3D All-Stars is great and I’ll be buying it for sure. However like others have stated it’s disappointing Mario 64 is only just higher resolution. I was really hoping Nintendo would give it the full remake treatment with Mario Odyssey’s graphics engine.

Definitely FFVI (or FFIII back on Super NES). Largest cast of unique, memorable characters, amazing story, best villain ever in Kefka, epic end battle with 3 separate parties, awesome soundtrack. If ANY FF game needs the FFVII Remake treatment next its FFVI

@Linux7055 Difference is PS3 wasn’t the market leader heading into the launch of PS4. PS3 was also about 35 million units shy of PS4’s total sales. There will still be lots of people who can’t find a PS5 or can’t afford one, who’ll just buy a PS4 and a bunch of bargain bin games. Believe it or not there are actually STILL tons of gamers who haven’t even upgraded from PS3 or 360 and are more than happy being an entire generation behind. All that being said I also don’t think PS4 will break the 155 million units sold mark either, I just said it has the best chance of any current console.

@TME PS4 is at around 115 million sold as of today. If any console has a chance at beating PS2 it’ll be the PS4. The Switch’s successor will be out before it can reach those numbers.

Different eras. The NES was the first wildly successful, massive selling console. It opened the door and paved the way for every console since. Still amazing accomplishment by Nintendo considering Switch has only been out 3 years and has outsold Xbox One by 15 million units in 4 less years on the market. All that being said the Super NES is still the best Nintendo console of all time. Comparatively the Switch has some glaring holes in terms of 3rd party titles as well as underrepresented genres and licenses.

Impressive for Paper Mario indeed. What's more amazing and truly a testament to the quality of Nintendo's 1st party games is their "evergreen" nature when it comes to sales. Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Smash Bros. Ultimate and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, all older games, all still in the Top 20 bestselling games.

NHL 21 on Switch please?!

Give us NHL 21 on Switch Please! I need my portable Hockey!

Typical Nintendo. Their whole approach to their online service is so lazy and bare bones this doesn't surprise me at all.

More importantly WHY THE F#CK are the wireless Super NES controllers STILL sold out/unavailable! They've been sold out literally hours after first going on sale back when the Super NES games first released on the Switch!?!

I've always loved this design. Not necessarily the controllers but the system itself. Interesting the controller cord plugs look like just phone jacks.

Really you should only buy this version of The Witcher III if:
(a) You ONLY own a Switch and really want to play it
(b) You HAVE TO have the ability to play the game portably

I already own it on the Xbox One X with a 4K TV so I just can't justify buying it again on the Switch.

I tried Fortnite once and that was enough for me...

"Trouser the Snake, who has erected literal paywalls"...

I knew the ring around the Home button was an LED light, but I honestly thought Nintendo just decided for some reason to scrap using it too late into production so it was left there with no use.

A better comparison would've been if you'd have taken shots of the movie characters who have masks or helmets with their masks or helmets on.

I've always known PlayStation's 'X' is known as "cross" - which makes perfect sense considering the other 3 face button icons are also symbols, not letters. Yet I've always called it (ex), simply because on Xbox & Nintendo systems it is the letter X.

Knowing Nintendo, they're not really known for being overly generous giving away too many freebies or extra value content. They didn't get to where they are today by doing this and that's fine as I'm fully aware that unlike Sony & MS who have other divisions to fall on in tough times, Nintendo is a gaming (and merch) company only and thus the majority of their revenues come from sales of gaming software and hardware. So I'd expect a couple games for each platform every 2 or 3 months, with maybe more during special events like E3, Gamescom, TGS etc.

@tatanga Exactly! F-Zero, Pilotwings, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out, StarTropics, 1080 Snowboarding, Golden Sun and Wave Race all say "Hi, remember us?"

Sega's marketing during the 16-Bit "Console Wars" was simply brilliant. Not only the best video game commercials and print ads of all-time but some of the best commercials/print ads EVER PERIOD!

I'm getting this day 1 on Xbox Game Pass already but great that they're porting it to Switch!

@jly1987 Well I and many other long-time Nintendo fans would disagree. Nintendo have traditionally always been the more family-friendly console. Their iconic stable of characters and IP is comparable to Disney. If I want gruesome, over the top horror there are better avenues and if I want softcore porn there are also better, more suitable avenues as well. Again though just my opinion as I stated before more choice for those who do want this kind of thing on Switch isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I personally don't find this appealing nor do I feel it belongs on a Nintendo console...However, more variety and choice for those who do is probably not a bad thing.

While I'm not going to buy this as I'm perfectly happy with my fully-featured OG Switch, I can see the appeal of this, especially as a 3DS replacement. This thing is gonna FLY off the shelves in Japan! (R.I.P. Vita).

Phase 1 complete. Sell over 30 million Switches under the guise of a home console/portable hybrid. Phase 2: drop a dedicated handheld-only model officially killing the 3DS. Phase 3: in 2021 (a year after PS5 & Xbox Scarlett) bring out a new, traditional, disc-based home console with a new revolutionary controller (which has been reported they're working on) that's closer to the power of the PS5 & Scarlett, thus giving Nintendo their traditional 2-prong home & portable console approach.

Defeats the entire purpose/concept and name "Switch". Normally once a company starts production of a new, slimmer model, they slow down & eventually stop producing the original not too long after...

@jarvismp https://www.nintendoforcemagazine.com/

This is bad for 2 reasons. Firstly, it will drive up the cost of the hardware to include a 5G antenna/card. Also data is not free so there would be a monthly subscription cost.

My issue with the whole "Switch mini" is that most of the mockups I've seen have non-detachable Joy-Cons, thus defeating the entire concept/purpose of the name "Switch". My feeling is that IF they re-design the Switch, it will still have detachable Joy-Cons, but maybe a more sleek tablet with a more edge-to-edge screen with less bezel.

I just picked this game up on sale for $4 Canadian digitally - can’t go wrong there! Compares quite well to the PS4/XB1 version, at least on the portable screen anyway.

Question: Will this be the first game ever released on a Nintendo console (outside of Japan anyways) with bare boobies? Spoiler Alert - there are bare knockers in The Witcher 3

@kobashi100 Fair enough, makes sense then.

@kobashi100 Planning on going on the road for a long time or what?

Yikes! Unless you ONLY have a Switch or just need to play this game on the go, I'd stick with the XB1, PS4 or PC.

This is great news for those who only own a Switch or I suppose those who have a need to play on the go.

Don't worry. The last time Nintendo announced a direct sequel to Zelda was Majora's Mask which did release on the same hardware generation (N64) as Ocarina of Time. Since this game looks to be using the exact same engine/assets etc from Breath of the Wild, I have full confidence it'll release on the Switch and probably sooner than most think.

IF GamePass comes to Switch it'll be like the PC version where it's more tailored to that platform. For example not all 100 games on the Xbox GamePass are the same as on the PC version. For the Switch it would likely just be mostly indie titles and less graphically-demanding titles. So don't expect Red Dead 2 or Batman Arkham Knight on your Switch anytime soon.

Will the North American version be Genesis branded?

They probably just assumed 98% of the people who would even bother playing StarTropics in 2019 would have their handy-dandy smartphone right beside them and Google search for the code when needed...

@Iacobus That's also why you never take one "official" critic's review as gospel either. The aggregate official media outlet/official critic score is the most reliable as there is FAR less fanboyisim involved since they're paid professionals who get paid the same regardless of their personal platform choice (for the most part anyway).

@Iacobus User scores are too unreliable due to people's personal bias/fanboyisim.

@KryptoniteKrunch God of War, Detroit: Become Human and Spider-Man say it was a great year actually...

The re-mastered MP trilogy is probably a Holiday 2019 release to fill the void as most predicted/assumed that MP4 would've been targeting that time for release had the development gone smoothly.

I get WHY they have to put this disclaimer/warning on the box, but put it on the back for Christ's sake!!!

When you go to https://www.mortalkombat.com/ and try to pre-order the game, the ONLY version without a Premium option is the Switch...

Compare how polished and professional ANYTHING Nintendo of America or Europe does either live or recorded over the last 30 years to THIS!!! The fact this happened on an OFFICIAL Nintendo stream is absolutely reprehensible and unforgivable honestly. If Mr. Yamauchi was still alive this clown shoes would've been fired on the spot!!

Compare how polished and professional ANYTHING Nintendo of America or Europe does either live or recorded over the last 30 years to THIS!!! The fact this happened on an OFFICIAL Nintendo stream is absolutely reprehensible and unforgivable honestly. If Mr. Yamauchi was still alive this clown shoes would've been fired on the spot!

No Switch version anywhere in site during the reveal event...

It was definitely the original gray one he used, you can tell by the areas he missed taping, plus the obvious red trigger.