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Impressive for a portable! Or wait, it's a portable so... not impressive?

Am I doing this right?

@NinjaWaddleDee unless you value portability over literally every other metric on the scale of "should I buy this game for X system?" you're going to severely regret that move.

30fps vs. 60? No thanks.

Also, by the time this version comes out, at $60, the PS4 one will undoubtably cost half.

@wiggleronacid absolutely respectfully could not disagree more. Going back to play Twilight Princess HD after BotW was like... I dunno, horse and carriage after driving a car?

The next Zelda most definitely needs to follow in line with the BotW approach. There's so much to expand on, or tweak, or alter, or flesh out. The ability to climb anything anywhere coupled with paragliding singlehandedly made that game the best thing to come out in a decade.

@Grawlog so, not only do you not provide a complete figures breakdown (opting instead for pure speculation) but you resort to "troll" name calling towards someone looking to provoke a legit conversation.

@JamesR but what I'm saying is why give one a score and one no score? It seems odd and inconsistent.

@DEZn00ts the market simply isn't there. Just like it wasn't for DOOM. In fact, how well are any mature rated titles selling on Switch? I'd like to see a complete figures breakdown.

Regardless, Nintendo needs day one AAA 3rd party support before we can truly assess.

@thesilverbrick I think the real story here is that they gave NBA2K a pass, but not this. Why the inconsistencies in your Reviews process, @nintendolife?

@ThanosReXXX yeah man, it's a shame that people just rage reply to me around here all the time literally just based on who I am. Usually it's the NDFer-types.

They will find whoever has replied to me as well and blindly upvote them too. It's pretty sad.

"The cereal is similar to Lucky Charms"

Hard pass.

@Anti-Matter I've told you before, if you don't like what I say, click the Ignore option for my posts.

@Nintendoforlife it's a slick littel console, and I love the OS speed, albeit a bit bare on features.

My XB1 is still getting just as much love however. COD WWII and Wolfenstein.

@thesilverbrick No, I think at this time it's clearly evident it will surpass GCN lifetime sales.

Look, I get that you NDFers are on edge around here, but people can have level headed views that don't necessarily align with your own and change those views over time as well. Not every detractor here is sleigh...whatever his name is.

@SlimeKnight Odyssey is a fun entry in the Mario series, but nowhere near the stratosphere of BotW.

BotW is easily the best game I've played in the last half decade.

If history is anything to go by, all Sony needs to do is literally wait for Nintendo's successor to the Switch, possibly called Switch U, to go back to continuing to ignore Nintendo.

Nintendo will mess this up, they always mishandle success. Nintendo's best ideas come when their back is against the wall and they're in full on survival mode (Wii after GCN, Switch after Wii U).

Glad Nintendo's brand is relevant again, even if it's in a capacity that doesn't necessarily resonate with me. Have been in (temporary) possession of a Switch the last month or so and it's pretty cool I guess. Odyssey is nice, even if it's made me want to revisit 3D World and Galaxy 2 instead. Still have no desire to go out and buy one for myself though.

"Speaking of PS4, Sony's console has hit the 5.5 million unit marker in Japan. The system has been available since February 2014, while the Switch doesn't even have a full year under its belt yet. At this rate, Switch's Japanese install base could overtake PS4's in 2018."

I find this kind of stuff just silly. You can't compare Switch to PS4/XB1 when things are in favor for Switch, yet turn around and say "well, Switch is just a portable" when things are not in favor of Switch. It's either a direct competitor to those consoles or it's not.

@Devlind "and clearly boi in yours indicate boy." I'm sorry what?

Anyways, even DOOM runs at half the frames on Switch. Unforgivable if you've played literally any other version.

I enjoyed motion aiming on Wii and i enjoy dual analog aiming on Xbox one.

Why is this an either or discussion with you guys?

@Devlind clearly the dev part of your name does not indicate developer.

Nintendo develops software for their own Hardware. This intimate knowledge between the two affords them the ability to have such compression techniques.

On the other hand, third-party developers are making a single game that can work across multiple Hardware.

Why is this so difficult for people to comprehend?

@Heavyarms55 COD is amazing year in and year out, WWII no different.

Also, it's called "Mute all players" and it takes 2 seconds to enable.

@OorWullie here's the saddest part: they won't ever sort it out.

@Nintendoforlife please provide even a single example of what you're claiming.

@gortsi "Also, not every household has two or three TV's laying around"

In the west, finding this argument hard to believe in 2017. In Japan perhaps.

Yeah, this does not read like a 9/10. Interesting score after reading through the review.

Sounds like a bit of a rush job to meet that 2017 deadline.

@kobashi100 "Playing resident evil on the train to work is just perfect!"

I'll buy this. Anyone that commutes via train, bus, cab, uber, etc.. on a daily basis could use any form of entertainment they can get.

@gortsi " People busy with family, studies or work don't have time to slouch on the couch every evening to play videogames"

Yet being able to take these games on the go and ignore those same obligations is any different? How does the fact that Switch is portable change any of those things? Not buying this argument.

@gortsi I would argue that, unless Switch is your only console, that Mario and Zelda are the only 2 games worth playing. Now ,sure there's some others that may find an audience with some but those two are the heavy hitter system sellers.

@ThanosReXXX i dunno, i always had a soft spot for that worms game on GCN. That, and True Crime LA.

@ThomasBW84 now that RE7 is a thing, all Resident Evils before it aside from 1, 2 and 4 are simply laughable. Revelations series are among the worst.

The way BotW handled its music was masterful. I went back an revisited older 3D Zeldas afterwards and found them amateur in comparison.

Sure it was subtle and somewhat sparse at times but I don't think it was a negative at all. The game was downright magical in every aspect.

Well, it's certainly better than the Wii U at what it's trying to achieve. That's for sure.

The problem with Mario Party, and the like, is that they are a product of a different time in gaming. People no longer gather around one TV to play this stuff. Do gatherings still happen? Sure, but they are forced, themed gatherings for this sole intention whereas in the past people just organically gathered to play and hang out.

It's called the internet, people. Now that we all have it, we do things differently because of it. Like gathering around a single TV to play party games.

@rjejr ironically, my brother just gifted me his Switch for the next couple of months as he's getting back to his studies.

Gonna probably pick up a pro controller and give Odyssey a go.

@rjejr "We'll it's kind of both"

That is a third way of viewing it, yes. But not everyone does. I know far more people that exclusively play Switch as a portable, never docking it, than folks who play it hybrid or docked exclusively.

You just never know. I do know that Switch isn't for me, as I've become increasingly enticed by cutting edge specs and big screen 4K TVs for my down time with video games. But that's just me.

@rjejr DOOM, FIFA and NBA2K, the only relevant current gen AAA releases on Switch, all come with them substantial compromises. If you're of the mindset that Switch is a 3DS replacement and a portable console, your line of thinking is going to be way different than one believing Switch is a Wii U successor and a Home console.

For me, I couldn't care less about portable consoles. Bought a 2DS XL in July and have picked it up less than 20 times.

My XB1 gets about 4 hours of play a day. BTW, DOOM looks light-years better on it and it's the 3rd worst version to boot.

@olrodlegacy are you saying you don't care about Skyrim on Switch?

It's going to be an ugly day (spoiler alert: next spring) when Switch sales fall off a cliff. Once anyone who wants one (around 30 million lifetime) gets a switch, Nintendo will be left scrambling once again.

Why do I say this here, in this article? Well, because as we all know, Nintendo cannot survive off of 1st party content alone. And if this is the level of quality that AAA 3rd party content brings to the NS, just imagine next year and the year after that.

Wii was uber successful due to price and Wii Sports being packed in.

Switch has been successful because of Breath of the Wild being a launch title and a strategic release schedule of Wii U ports mixed with indie offerings.

Gotta see the forest for the trees though. And a forest fire appears on the horizon.

@JimmySpades Comparing NDF to SJW is absurd. I'll leave it at that.

NDF is a real thing around here btw, and a number of the more level headed commenters of this site are quite tired of them.

@Landlord lol wut

"The commercial failure of the Wii U has driven Nintendo to make the Switch a success, says Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé."

And just like the Wii before it, the Switch success will drive Nintendo to become complacent again and rest on their laurels.

@Grogan amen, brother. These NDFers can be tough.

@JimmySpades depends. What's your definition of "best"?

@JaxonH I've always said Switch needed relevant 3rd party support. Meaning day 1 3rd party support. Parity.

This is nothing better than the support Wii U had.

Make no mistake, Switch wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is today without breath of the Wild on day one. Sure, it would still be more appealing than wii u ever was, but nowhere close to the success that it is.

@Nomad this line of thinking always cracks me up. It's 2017. Big deal that DOOM runs on a portable system.

@gcunit to me, owning the Xbox version and a buttery smooth 60 frames, this is an absolute deal breaker IMO. This isn't Zelda, it's twitch shooter DOOM.

@gortsi no thanks, that dude is a bit off his rocker. I just call it like a see it. I state facts.

@JaxonH watered down, year and a half late ports? Yeah I think I'm good.

And yes, I am aware I can play it independent of my TV. Pretty much the last thing I want to do is play a lengthy AAA game on a 6 inch screen with cramped controls.

@JTMnM Wait, am I Debby, Nancy or Patty?

I love it; when these same investment firms and analysts are predicting doom and gloom for Nintendo, all you NDFers are up in arms about what "fools" they are and they don't know anything about what they're predicting.

But now that they have good things to say in regards to Nintendo, you're all in on them.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE sounds like a personal problem to me.

@JTMnM Xenoblade has never been a big seller. At all.