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It's just stupid that the Switch is 299 Dollars in the US, yet here in Europe I'm supposed to pay 329 Euros, which amounts to about 350 US Dollars. :/ Also, stock is sold out everywhere, and even though I've pre-ordered it in several stores, none can give a definitive assurance that they'll be able to deliver come launch day.

They'd better get a mainline Pokémon game out ASAP, whether it be Stars, a remake of older titles like Diamond/Pearl, or an entirely new endeavor, just get it out there. They must have a ton of 1st party games coming out anyway, they haven't been working on 3DS/Wii U titles at all for a long time (save for Zelda)... I just have no clue why they won't just announce as much as possible, even if they're a ways off yet - this is no time to hold back.

Well this is a game that wasn't built for Switch. I'm confident ground-up Switch titles can and will look fabulous. Then again, 3rd parties don't and won't ever care much about that, apart from casual party titles and other small-time indie-like games, so... Meh. :/ Pokémon Stars can't come soon enough.

Well this is a game that wasn't built for Switch. I'm confident ground-up Switch titles can and will look fabulous. Then again, 3rd parties don't and won't ever care much about that, apart from casual party titles and other small-time indie-like games, so... Meh. :/ Pokémon Stars can't come soon enough.

@The-Chosen-one I know right? And it only enhances the Studio Ghibli vibe the game has (which is a good thing, as that's what the devs intended).

As long as we get to pick the original Japanese voices, I'm fine. ^^ They're easily the best.

@ULTRA-64 Eh really? No idea, but I'm guessing the wired pro controller would be a 3rd party accessory, as opposed to an official Nintendo one? This is the first I've heard of it. XD

Hm. The amount of plastic peripherals for the Switch is already quite silly right now, and the system isn't even out yet... :/

Doesn't matter, I have a 500 GB harddrive hooked up to my Wii U, which I bought in its early days to prepare for the flood of great games that sadly never materialized.

I'll probably get both switch and U versions anyway, like I did with TP for both Wii and GameCube. Then I can do my own comparison as well.

Unexpected, but I'm fine with it. Also 99% of Switch users (those that aren't hardcore gamers and don't read gaming news and message boards) won't find this a problem at all as they won't even be aware it's a thing.

Doesn't 3DS have an airplane mode as well? Doesn't indicate mobile data or anything, just an option to turn off all wireless communications.

I just don't understand where the games are. What have Nintendo's numerous and very large software teams been working in for the past few years? No Wii U or 3DS games, and besides Zelda the only noteworthy 1st party release is MK8 Deluxe, which is a port and wouldn't have required much effort/investment. Things like 1, 2 Switch and Snipperclips or whatever it's called can't have been resource-heavy to develop, and the next major game were getting will be Splatoon 2, which, again, can't have required massive investments of resources because it's basically an upgraded port of the original with new content added.

Also, whatever happened to the literally dozens of confirmed 3rd party devs? Did they not do anything? I'm extremely disappointed, even though Zelda seems like it will be the best game ever.

So the docked version is NATIVE 1080p? Not 720p upscaled to 1080p like the Wii U original? That would be great.

Skyrim is an autumn game? Wow I figured that was a launch title. No one will care anymore by then. :/ Seems like a perfect setup for a convenient excuse not to support Nintendo anymore after that title bombs.

What the heck have all those hundreds of Nintendo devs been working on for all these years? It sure wasn't Wii U or 3DS games, so I figured they must've been hard at work on dozens of AAA Switch titles. What the heck, like seriously. :/

2017 will be to 3DS what 2016 was to Wii U. By year's end, it will be dead. And a good thing too, because Nintendo cannot support 2 separate platforms, however much they say they can or wish to.

But obviously for PR reasons, they can't just say they'll stop supporting 3DS. It's just a nice little money maker that'll add additional funds to their coffers while Switch is gearing up to full speed.

Who cares. ZELDA!

Game boom of the late 1800's?

Who is this guy exactly and what games had he made?

Sounds too good to be true. If this ends up being real (which I very much doubt), then I can't see them including a game as well.

But I'd expect a 299 dollars/euros price point for a standard Switch unit, and maybe a 349/399 premium bundle with increased storage, a pack-in game and maybe one or several accessories.

A 250 dollars/euros price point would leave little to no wiggle room for Nintendo in case the market reacts poorly (like what happened with the 3DS launch, where it was an initial succes, but sales dropped off a cliff soon and Nintendo were forced to cut the price as well as introduce the ambassador program).

Geez, I'd love to get it, and even though I could easily afford it, I think double the price just for gilded paper edges and a alternate cover + plastic sleeve isn't worth it.

Also... I like the cover art of the original much better. :/

Very nice and refreshing! I like it a lot. Although as far as the website's content is concerned... All I see is Mario, Mario and more Mario, with the exception of a tiny bit of Pokémon Sun/Moon. You have to scroll quite a way down to come across anything that's not Mario. Hopefully that'll change in a few days, after the Switch news blowout! ^^

If that Beyond Good & Evil rumour turns out to be true, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if they delayed the Switch version so it can 'be released simultaneously on all platforms', and then delay it some more to release 6 months after the PS4/XOne versions.

Also, if they're doing a Rabbids/Mario crossover, why in the name of all that is good and holy wouldn't you use the Mario name in the title...? That's beyond insanity.

Saw this on Facebook earlier, I love it. <3

This might be true. It also might very well not be, and this guy might just be making stuff up to make himself look good. Yokoi won't be arguing with him. :/

Nice to see, but all of those have been available pretty much everywhere for ages... I know 'cos I have a ton of them. So weird that an official Nintendo store would only now be getting those products.

Still, it's amazing they're putting out so much quality Zelda merch nowadays!

Obviously he's not going to say they're developing a new Pokémon game for Switch right now, so as not to undermine Sun and Moon's sales.

@Anti-Matter it's not going to be broadcast at 8pm Japanese time, but 8pm US time. The wording in the article is a bit confusing.

As long as this doesn't come to Switch months after it releases on the other systems, although it sounds like it will. :/

I'm excited! I do hope there will be things other than Mario though... That pic along with the logo make me fear it's going to be extremely focused on the Mushroom Kingdom... :/

Yeah what with the out-of-the-ordinary design of the shirt, Miyamoto specifically showing it off on Jimmy Fallon, coupled with Bill Trinen's comments, it's definitely bound to be something regarding the new Switch-bound Mario game. I mean, besides Run, that's the only major Mario game we know of (even though it's very little), and I doubt Nintendo would release a bunch of different Mario games together, nor spread out interest in them. It's all Mario Run right now, but early next year should be all about Mario Switch.

@Tsurii I haven't even watched this on YouTube. I'm a Zelda fan and it's very obvious.

Nice. I totally thought for a sec this article was about Zelda when I saw the pic without reading the title. Moreso because they apparently used Twilight Princess' Ordon Sword in this trailer. XD

Sounds solid and logical.

@Loui Yeah but they didn't. A lot of people and companies could've been a lot smarter by doing things differently in the past, but it's useless to speculate about that. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Smart to do this now with 3DS. Then, if it's successful, they can do the same for the Switch.

It's definitely my favourite game for the past decade or so. Probably my most-played ever, too... Maybe I've played Smash Melee more, but I can't be sure. It's just a gloriously epic, beautiful and totally engrossing game. Monolith created a truly living and breathing world. Astounding, and I can't recommend it enough.

What's Hatchimals? I must be living under a rock if it's a must-have item and I've never heard of it. XD

@Anti-Matter Doesn't stuff like save data etc. just get uploaded, stored and synced in the cloud these days?

Xenoblade Chronicles X was nominated? But that released in 2015...?

@iGen Really...?

Trading in the 2nd screen for faster loading, increased visual fidelity and some other improvements will be well worth it. :] Nice. I never actually completed this game on Wii U, but it's really a gem.

A really relatable American character, and a movie plot that has nothing to do with the games, and the US as a major location.

Yes this definitely sounds like something as far removed from the games as possible, and something Japanese and Chinese people won't care about, at all.

Also, 50 million dollars may sound like a fortune, but for an epic fantasy film it's chump change.

This won't end well. :/

Bethesda working on Nintendo hardware is huge, and Skyrim on Switch would be an equally huge thing, regardless of some people's opinions. They and this game really matter, moreso because of the image it paints to consumers - that Nintendo gets big mature games.

Having them on their side is a tremendous boon for Nintendo, which makes me wonder... What if Nintendo purposefully delayed Zelda so as not to compete with Skyrim at launch? Think about it. If Zelda launched alongside Skyrim on Switch, you can bet Zelda would massively hurt Skyrim's sales, in turn putting Bethesda and likely other publishers and devs off from supporting Switch, because Skyrim, being the giant epic big-budget 3rd party game it is, failed to sell.

Delaying Zelda and giving Skyrim a chance to shine and sell without direct competition from a similar open-world fantasy game would make a lot of sense, both in the short and long term for Nintendo, as it would encourage Bethesda and others.

A Xenoblade Chronicles X port with enhanced features/graphics would destroy my life. XD It's my most-played game ever, I think.

Stars? The sun is a star. Ah well, I get where they're coming from.

Anyway, good news, but it was always a given this game would be made and coming to the Switch, really. :]

Well. That sounds... Intriguing.

TP HD won Nintendo game of the year... Wow.

Also, well deserved Aonuma-san, and classy of him to include everyone who's worked on the series! :]

So how come the Nintendo Premium Pack and the Sparkling Premium Pack boast the same price, yet the Sparkling one has LOTS more stuff in it...? Really much more.

As long as they don't port it months after it releases on PS4/X1...

Incredible.

Surely the inevitable 3rd game will now come to Switch, yeah? It would be utter madness for Nintendo not to make that happen. It would make the system an instant hit, moreso than Zelda and 3D Mario combined imo.

'one person wrote a negative review and NOA didn't do anything to stop or change the review'

... Wait what? What is this, North Korea?
He's unbelievable. It's everyone's fault but his. XD

Very nice indeed. :]

However, why bundle the different PS4s together, but list all 3DS versions separately?