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@construx Not buying a Switch for the Nintendo exclusives?

Switch may be a decent platform for playing indie games, mobile ports, and last-gen cross-platform games on the go, but Nintendo exclusives are the games that bring most people to the Switch party.

Though it's still nice to have occasional timed third-party exclusives like Octopath and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 - third party exclusives being pretty unusual in general these days.

Wow, it looks kind of amazing on PC!

However, I'll still be playing it on the Switch and probably enjoying it just fine.

Considering there is a version of P5 for the PS3, a Switch port should be technically possible, even if they have no plans for it now.

Joka.... Joka? Jo-kaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Poor PSVita actually did well in Japan during its lifetime and is still selling in spite of being discontinued.

@60frames-please

Ah, the PS2 co-op ARPGs, were great fun: Dark Alliance 1/2, Champions of/Return to Norrath, Justice League Heroes, X-Men Legends 1/2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1/2 ...

And unlike Diablo 3's otherwise excellent couch co-op, they featured SPLIT SCREEN INVENTORY so two players could do their loot and skill management simultaneously. I'm kind of shocked that Blizzard ignored this obvious issue.

But MUA3 is coming out first on Switch!

Physical release! That's kind of exciting.

Though I hope the eShop versions match the $10 price on iPad.

The fixed transaction fee of Mario Run was actually something I liked about it.

I greatly prefer to have a free "demo" base game and then pay for the full game or for more levels.

Limiting how much players can spend on a "free to play" game is an excellent idea that should be adopted across the board.

The limits should also be listed on the app download page.

It's the "unsavoury" monetization aspects which have caused me to avoid most of Nintendo's mobile efforts.

Except Miitomo.

Agreed 100% – physical rewards were what made Club Nintendo worthwhile!

512MB and a better price and I'm there.

What is more interesting is that 7 of those are Switch exclusives!

Well and that the #1 game was originally a PSVita exclusive.

It's an excellent game, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a Switch port eventually.

@RadioHedgeFund PS2 is an excellent system (original home of Final Fantasy X for example) but it doesn't fit in your pocket or run forever on AA batteries like the GBC!! Also doesn't play Mario/Zelda/Pokémon/etc..

Glad some other people like Final Fantasy Adventure! Though it is misnamed since it's more like a Mana game.

My favorite feature of the DualShock 4 is the headphone jack.
Least favorite feature is the poor battery life.
Doesn't the Switch support BlueTooth? Why don't BlueTooth headsets work with it?

@Kurtastrophe420 "Tested thru rigorous testing to not brick your switch"

Yes, that's the risk isn't it, that some future firmware update will result in it bricking your console. ;-/

I ordered one as soon as it came out via amazon.co.jp.

Ended up being quicker and cheaper than buying it locally, and it also came in a nifty box. The power supply works fine in the US but you need a plug adapter or alternate USB C power supply for the UK.

Oddly enough I eventually saw a bunch of them on shelves even when the Switch itself wasn't available, and I also saw returns apparently from people who bought the dock thinking it was a great deal on the full console! ;-(

@Dellybelly "Play your games you enjoy on platform you enjoy, no need to make it into a war"
^This – everyone's on Team Video Games, and game lovers everywhere win!

I'm really glad to see the Switch succeed as it means that:
1) Nintendo will continue to make interesting, quirky hardware consoles after the Wii U
2) Handheld consoles will continue to be made even in the face of competition from smartphones and the end of the PSVita
3) Nintendo will continue making great AAA console games (even when they are making some smartphone games) and
4) There is real competition so that Sony can't become lazy and complacent
5) Physical game releases aren't dead yet
6) Maybe we'll get Netflix on it someday

@locky-mavo The list is ranked by the user ratings on this site's 3DS game section, so take it with a grain of salt.

@Lespzzli Tomodachi Life was highly entertaining, surprised it's not on the list!

Great system, and excellent games. Personally I rank Bravely Default as one of my all-time favorites, basically a Final Fantasy for 3DS in all but name. Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem deserve their high placement, ruled my life for months, and are my most anticipated new games on Switch.

My #1 3DS game though? Streetpass Mii Plaza. I've collected thousands of Miis (not to mention the Spotpass Miis like Iwata ;_; Aonuma and Reggie) and played the minigames for probably hundreds of hours. I miss Streetpass on the Switch.

Every Saturday night at 8pm I still think of K.K. Slider.

And I am sad when I think of the "dear john" letters my favorite villagers sent me when they moved away - why?? ;-(

Ah, MiiVerse and StreetPass... still waiting for those on Switch.

I worry about the idea of an online hub city– or any online functionality – though... what happens to the game when they shut the servers down in a year or two? It dies like MiiVerse...

3DS is a great system, although I am not entirely opposed to Nintendo going all-in on Switch as a handheld platform.

Some of the cool features that the 3DS had that I miss on the Switch: Lenticular 3D. 3D screenshots (and low-res photos.) Dual Screens. Stylus. Streetpass support in games. Streetpass Mii Plaza (and all of the surprisingly fun Streetpass minigames.) Gold-pants Mii characters from Nintendo (like Iwata, Aonuma, and Reggie.) Miiverse. Swapnote/Letter Box. 3D notes. Flipnote Studio 3D. Virtual Console. DSi backward compatibility. Web browser. Netflix. Nintendo Video. Hardware Wi-Fi switch and LED. Nintendo Zones (and Streetpass Relay.) Download kiosks. Download Play (local multiplayer from a single game cartridge.) Hardware volume slider. Clamshell design.Themes. 3DS Sound recorder/player. AR cards in the box. Physical rewards from Club Nintendo.

Regarding lifetime hardware sales the 3DS may yet beat the PSP.

Handheld systems are great and I greatly prefer them to smartphones for gaming simply because they have physical buttons and controls and are designed with gaming as the primary application.

I was bummed I missed out on the physical version on PSVita. I kind of dislike the idea of extremely limited physical versions that you have to rush to get before they rapidly sell out and get scalped on ebay.

I get the feeling that he is sincere about actually liking video games, which is a good quality for a video game exec!

I also own a PS4 and have enjoyed playing games like Dragon Quest XI and Persona 5, which I wouldn't mind having on a handheld system!

So I say: Go Team Video Games!!

@Desrever I am also unenthusiastic about p2w, and that sort of thing has kept me away from FEH.

Non-mobile Animal Crossing games really got play-and-wait right, precisely because you cannot accelerate time with microtransactions - you have to either wait or adjust the system clock, which could incur the wrath of Mr. Resetti! (Of course I have never done so, so I cannot say for sure.)

The only Nintendo mobile title that I ever played on a regular basis was Miitomo, and they shut it down. That was kind of a shame, because it had a clever question and answer feature that reminded me a bit of the Everybody Votes Channel on the Wii. Nintendo has come up with some interesting online interaction models. I miss MiiVerse and StreetPass. And PictoChat. And I never get Swapnote letters from Nikki anymore. ;-(

I have mixed feelings about Nintendo focusing on mobile games, as I have minimal interest in "free to play" games with annoying mobile-style monetization schemes.

Plugging a headset into the controller for voice chat (and general game audio) is a really useful feature that I miss on the Switch's Pro Controller.

@Gavin Do you enjoy/prefer traditional fighting games like Street Fighter?

Kind of like those NES games that look nothing like the box art.

@Sinton FFIX is also kind of ruined with new character models superimposed over blurry, pixelated backgrounds. I don't know why Square Enix messes up its games like this. I think I prefer the PS1 version running on a PS3 connected to a CRT monitor (it's also OK on the PSP/Vita though the tiny screen probably helps.)

Personally I miss Final Fantasy VIII.

Though I am looking forward to the full Final Fantasy VII remake, if they ever finish it.

May not look as great as the PS4 version but it's nice to have a "real" port of the full 3D version rather than a "mobile" version (ahem, FFXV).

Though I'm actually looking forward to rejoining Sylvando and company in 2D, since the 3DS version was never localized in English!!

@Dijita Oh yeah I also wish we could transfer saves from PS4!

@Alex If you own a PS2, you have a console that can run Final Fantasy VIII. And Tactics. And Persona 3 and 4. P4 was one of the last great games on the PS2 and should be fairly playable today.

With respect to Alex's video, I was reminded of one of my favorite Nintendo controllers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Controller#/media/File:Black_classic_controller_pro.jpg
I liked this controller on the Wii/Wii U and wish there were a Switch version!

@Expa0 Well, if you play with your friends they should be forgiving of your mistakes... and if you mess up with random players in a random instance, you'll probably never run into them again anyway!

@16bitSwitch Usually teaming up with other players is one of the things that makes MMOs interesting. It's a bummer if you have to leave in the middle of an instance, but FFXIV's Duty Finder at least can automatically replace people who leave. It's also not uncommon for people to go AFK for a minute to answer the door, use the restroom, etc.. Also people get disconnected from the game for various reasons and have to log in again.

Version 5.0 will include the Trust system to allow NPCs to help you, which may allow you to play the whole game as a solo experience if you want to. Why might you want to? Because it's actually actually a pretty good Final Fantasy game even without the MMO part.

Final Fantasy XIV is an excellent game, but remember that Square Enix discontinued the PS3 version of FFXIV after Patch 4.0, citing technical limitations of the PS3 as a reason for doing so.

On the other hand, check out FFXIV on the PSVita via Remote Play:
https://www.siliconera.com/postgallery/?p_gal=376592|28
(Note: the UI is adjustable so you can make it much larger and more legible than in these pictures.)

Move is largely useless as far as I can tell - except for Dreams!

It's easy to forget that the PlayStation 2 did actually support motion control gaming via the PS Eye, which was cool!! Though Microsoft's Kinect improved on the PS Eye by adding depth sensing. PS Eye (and EyeToy on the PSP) also did AR. I still think games like Just Dance (etc.) are vastly superior on Kinect vs. WiiMote.

Instead of Move I would have preferred that Sony keep working on motion controls and AR with the PS Eye.

@jobvd What was that about Persona Q again?
P5 ran on the PS3, so Switch seems like it could be technically possible.
It's an excellent game and also is like 115+ hours to finish.

"Google is the only company with the infrastructure to do this."
Well, besides Sony (PlayStation Now) and Microsoft (xCloud). And Amazon, of course.

The speed of light thing is a problem though with interactive games that are latency sensitive (such as fighting games.) The usual way to fix it is to move closer to the player, and it's hard to beat being in the same room or at arm's length.

@Phle For some stupid reason Apple banned Steam Link for iOS, even though it is a remote screen app that works just like Sony's Remote Play app, which Apple approved. It makes no sense.

Exclusives are a big deal for platforms; but PS Now has God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. and still hasn't seen much uptake as far as I can tell.

@Rhaoulos Regarding the controller, I actually prefer symmetrical analog sticks, as seen on Nintendo's Classic Controller Pro and the Wii U Pro controller. For PlayStation controllers... I think the DualShock 3 may be my favorite, since it is reasonably comfortable for me to hold and has good battery life (vs. the abysmal battery life on the DS4. I also rarely use the DS4 touchpad, and when I do it's usually by mistake.) I note the shock-less version of the DS3, aka the "we took out rumble due to a lawsuit" SixAxis had amazing battery life and was also lighter and interestingly translucent, so you could see where the missing rumble mechanism was supposed to go.

Game streaming seems to be a perpetual "future technology" but now that phones and tablets are nearly as powerful as some consoles (or is it the other way around?) and network service is better maybe it is a better time for it.

Also given that Google is behind it maybe it will be more successful than OnLive, Gaikai, and PlayStation Now. PlayStation Now isn't terrible but I think it should be a cheaper all-you-can-eat service. Still I'd rather play the real game on a real console rather than streaming it on PS Now - the latency is annoying.

I can wait - I still owe Tom Nook money on the 3DS.

@AshFoxX I still SPvsTW on my PS3 - who knew that it would be lost to the sands of time?

Used to enjoy playing this on PS3 and Steam (even ran on macOS which is nice!) Good fit for the Switch/Nintendo because of local multiplayer.

I wonder how playable it is in tabletop? Does it support couch co-op as well as LAN play?

@Rect_Pola Nintendo actually installed a somewhat different – but still giant and impressive –Smash mural at their various convention booths from E3 onward