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Good. Now we can start the 24/7 3DS comparisons since the Switch is meant to match, if not surpass, both systems put together.

Striking art style, and all the customization options you can ask for; that’s a Switch gem right there.

I’m confident this could turn into 2019’s Octopath (or bigger) if given the proper push.

PS4 Portable confirmed

(please? @ Sony)

@JasmineDragon I live in Europe so I was checking Amazon UK (it's £8 more expensive on Switch) and some domestic stores here (the price tag is 5€ heavier), which prompted my comment. I'm glad that's not the case over there!

I'd like to think these are exceptions, not the rule, but it's a bummer when I see it on most games I'm interested in [Darkest Dungeon (edit: Banner Saga Trilogy too) is another one].

As great poet of our times, DJ Khaled, would put it: "another one"

We're talking a minimum of $5 extra for the Switch version and that's just launch prices for new console titles (Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Undertale off the top of my head), so yeah I'd say it's real.

Well. Everspace looked alright.

Get that cred, NL!

I got excited for a second... Welp. The Direct I'm expecting should be coming next month anyway.

...girl how? There's no way they're selling 10m Switches over the holidays, let alone 20.

@MsJubilee Finally someone said it. Thank you.

@EightBitMan “no Metroid Prime 4 is gonna help this console” is one thing I can agree with you. It feels like a bubble of Nintendo fanboys that overhype that title as a system seller, the same people who already have a Switch.

However, I disagree that the Switch needs much help in the first place; I view it primarily as a portable machine that plays home console titles VS a main home console system where everything is available. Sometimes I do want to blame Nintendo for the Switch’s limitations but then I remember that was the best they could do with hardware to keep the price point accessible. An upgraded model should rectify its shortcomings once the technology for it gets cheap enough to produce it (and it still won’t be as powerful as a Microsoft/Sony console, it is a handheld system). If Nintendo titles aren’t your thing (they’re not mine either, I’m not judging) and if you exclusively play in docked mode, the Switch is not for you right now and probably never will be.

“Gonna give the weebs everything they want”

Looks like every 3DS game.

I know we've been buying everything with Pikachu's face on it without question but I'm still surprised by how little effort is put into this "first home console entry".

Digimon going Devil Survivor, damn... ok, I’m buying this.

I think it will happen, if they’re not working on it already.

Never tried this series before but I’ll probably buy this. The comments saying this can be played single-player and offline have me sold on the game.

Don't know why either Switch version needs the $5 extra fee but ok.

If the leaks are kicking off, a direct is on the way.

I wish I could appreciate Etrian’s gameplay cause Atlus just can’t stop churning these games out -and this one in particular looks like quite the decent deal. The fact that I needed the automap feature on Persona Q (and Q2 soon) tells me all I needed to know though, so this sadly may not be for me.

@JoakimZ I’ve only played Persona Q but I’ve read plenty of reviews for the games, so you can take or leave this comment. Most reviews claim that Untold 2 and IV are the best places to start with the series, with the former improving on Untold 1 in every way, and the latter being more welcoming to beginners by breaking the dungeon into sections instead of one long dungeon to slog through like V returned to. Again, can’t confirm myself, but yeah, Untold 2 and IV are the most recommended.

I need this game to be great. I do. But it'd be to everyone's best interests if maybe they'd cool it with the hype a bit; they seem too eager with the "best in the genre"/"artstyle unlike any other game" kind of quotes, that's setting them up to disappointing reception.

Yeah, I want it on Switch, I'm definitely sold on the Mad Max-esque gameplay. But I can only imagine the compromises necessary to make it happen and...I'm not sure it's worth it.

I'd rather they waited until the upgraded Switch model rolls out to get the best product possible.

I don't do FPS personally but this is fantastic news!

Can't remember another time a game of this scale released on Switch simultaneously with the other platforms, so I assume there's more riding on this than usual.

It's the one game of this year I felt I'd be missing out on, I'm happy it's been addressed at least.

Maybe the Switch+/pro variant will be luckier with this one.

I'll take Megas over Z Moves any day, I'm cool with this.

@roboshort As someone who asked for a remake, it's because they're already promising new titles anyway. A remake would be a bonus.

@OmegaDestroyer Japan is eating the Switch up, Square has no reason not to be serious about [the Switch].

I'm so glad this game was a success, SE seems to have got the right message.

PS: How about a FFVI remake in Octopath style? Just throwing it out there.

Horizon Zero Dawn is a fantastic game, and I'll just leave it at that.

If it's a challenge they're looking for, maybe they should try the full FFXV. SE is struggling even with the new Dragon Quest, I have no faith they'd manage the former.

Hope one of them knows how to draw a female character lol

Don't see how that would be necessary. I'm sure every Switch owner, current or prospective, has already decided whether they'll buy this game or not.

3 casts in one game...this is gonna be a mess and I can't wait for it.

Bravely Smash? Bravely FFXVI? Hmm

I haven't played the first 2 games so I hope the new project is not a direct sequel of any sorts.

Our girl is back, it's kinda over for the other MCs.

Not a fan of the EO gameplay but I'm still gonna enjoy every second of this. Last 3DS game I buy!

JRPGmachine-Switch is gonna happen y'all

Square Enix start porting over the Final Fantasies challenge

@Silly_G Jigglypuff (or Meowth, let's be honest) would have made so much sense as the second Let's Go mascot; just off the anime it's the most memorable Gen 1 mon besides Pikachu and the 3 starters, enough to also completely eclipse its evolution (like Pikachu). The no-evolution rule is why I'm a bit confused over Eevee.

Oh, and Magikarp should definitely be the contender for a potential 3rd version.

Co-signing the "Tomodachi Life was the surprise here" comments.

Based on overall impressions, I'd say Fire Emblem Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei IV are the absolute must-haves I'd recommend to fellow 3DS owners, I keep going back to them over and over. I'd add Pokemon ORAS as the token 3DS Pokemon to finish off my top 3.

Based on total play time, my top 10 is:
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby
2. Fire Emblem Awakening
3. Persona Q
4. Shin Megami Tensei IV
5. Fire Emblem Fates (PSA: only Conquest is worth it)
6. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
7. Pokemon Sun
8. Pokemon X (half the play time of Sun. Favorite gen design-wise, but god I disliked everything else)
9. Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (Not even close to finishing it, it should rise a lot)
10. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Would probably enjoy but can't be bothered to buy on 3DS/give me a remastered Switch port or sequel:
1.Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology
2.Fire Emblem Echoes
3.Devil Survivor Overclocked/Record Breaker

@Zuljaras I'll be sadder than I should admit if Zelda (and Ni No Kuni 2) is the one giving me the presentation I've always dreamt of for Pokemon but the series I love most would stick to upgraded 3DS assets. Let's Go has me very scared.

We been knew. I'll be brave and say October.

@TheMadPolarBear Ah, gotcha.

@Blizzia I think it was " 20 million Switch systems in the current financial year", that is besides the first year sales.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/04/nintendo_expects_to_sell_another_20_million_switch_consoles_this_financial_year

Poor Bayonetta

I own XC2 and Zelda off this list, with MK8 probably coming next.

Are they expecting Pokemon and Smash to sell 15m Switches these holidays? Cause the goal is still 38m by March, if I recall correctly.

An unannounced Etrian Odyssey X successor got a teaser before Persona Q2, am I the only one laughing? X isn’t even out yet.

And thus Ultra Beasts were born.

And I thought the 330€ here was a lot. Wow.

Hope the batch coming right after interests me a bit more.

We still think Dragon Quest XI is coming this year? Loving the optimism!

Off the remaining titles for 2018, Valkyria Chronicles 1 & 4 are on top of my list. Then, I'm also considering Tales Of Vesperia, The Banner Saga Trilogy, and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

I can't shake this feeling that Xenoblade X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions are getting ported over soon; they're the last WiiU games missing besides 3D World. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, don't know. I'd go ahead and add Persona Q2 to the list while at it, I highly doubt that'll be a 3DS exclusive at this point, if it stays on the system that is; almost August and we still know nothing about it.

Regardless, next year is where it's at. Off the confirmed games, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Daemon X Machina, and Steins;Gate Elite alone have already topped my 2018 game list.

What a dark timeline...