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I won't be getting the system. For me to get the system, the price will have to drop because it's too expensive, needs more games then just Zelda and Wii U ports, and I need to see more commitment from third party before I care about this thing.

@Baker1000 with the 3ds, you can buy a replacement battery and put it in the system yourself. With the Switch, if the battery dies, you need to phone support line, send it to Nintendo, they replace it themselves, and send the system back. Truly a big pain in the butt.

yea, you ever heard of rage when playing games? if I was a kid and in the middle of a mario kart race, then I was blocked off, I would chuck that controller in hand across the room -_- I personally don't think this would be any different than confronting a kid and telling them to turn it off

@ROBLOGNICK really? ok, I didn't know, I just heard something. Kind of fair that the game needs to install on the older console. Still surprised Wii U is even getting the game.

@Spoony_Tech they already comfirmed that even if you get physical copies, you will need to install a certain amount onto the systems memory. I think even with Breath of the Wild getting it physical you will need around 4gb to install from what I've heard. So you will be needing a memory card probably pretty quick.

when I see a haul like that, all I can think of is how I can made some good cash off it selling that stuff to collectors on ebay

I still say after the launch hype, this system will definitely drop big time with sales. It's just not getting the really big third party games, and the only one it has, Skyrim, is a game you can get on consoles from 2005/6! And the third party games the Switch is getting are just downloadable unheard of games, and games like Steep and that no one gives a crap about. I thought I would never say this in my life, but even though Nintendo makes good money, their hardware sucks, their third party relations suck, they way they do business is WAY out dated, and Miyamoto hasn't had a good idea in freakin' years.

out of all of that, only a downloadable Sonic game is the thing that interests me. Definitely need to start showing off better third party games for this system, because beyond the initial release hype, I see this system only slightly doing better then the Gamecube.

Good: Zelda, Mario, portable/ console hybrid, joy cons are neat

Bad: launch window games are poor and few, prices on everything is ridiculous, barely any western developer support

This is a no brainer, since the Switch is basically combining their handheld and console business into one I'm not impressed with the Switch as of yet, but I have a feeling by late 2018, it will be a system to definitely have.

@Slim1999 bad language is one thing, Borderlands had bad language, stock sense of humour etc. Yes house of the dead overkill is very bad like that too, but that was back in the Wii days. Really seems like Nintendo has a lot stronger focus on the Switch, and wants to capture the dominantly Japanese games that they lost to Playstation, cause those are the games Nintendo fans seem to be more interested in. Honestly, you could see the odd western game, maybe even Borderlands 3 eventually, but don't expect them as much.

Should be pack in, but Nintendo just loves to take as much money from its fans as possible. At best, this is something to show off what the console can do, shouldn't be a stand alone game.

@alasdair91 no, I'm pretty sure this time around its "Nintendo isn't interested in these kind of games on their systems"

Nintendo seems to be focused on making their system a eastern developer system. Also, Nintendo is strict, so I couldn't see a game like Borderlands coming to one of their systems. Face it, you want games like this, go with one of the other platforms.

I can see went the investors are acting negative to the news, because as a long time Nintendo fan that has been interested in every Nintendo system to date, I really thought what the showed for games, and the pricing for this system is really unimpressive. I do expect great sales near launch, those are the ppl most interested in the system, but gradually I think the sales will drop big time and will sell very poorly unless Nintendo can secure a great third party game exclusive.

So stupid to release a updated version of a almost 30 year old game when you can be giving them Street Fighter V

So, yet another step back from them. Good job Nintendo claps sarcastically

Very lackluster, happy I sold my Wii U and went Xbox One instead.

Super Mario Odyssey looks absolutely weird, Mario looks out of place in that modern city setting, and the other levels didn't look much better! And the other games announced where not exactly hype worthy.

The price of the systems basic bundle is going to be $300, which is way too much considering you can get a ps4 and xbox one s that have higher graphics, tons of great games on them already, and a good amount of hdd space for just a tiny bit more cash!

Nope, not impressed Nintendo. This presentation showed me Nintendo hasn't learned anything from its mistakes, and that third party developers are still very much wary of making games for your system.

Good luck to you Nintendo, but I'm personally done with you.

@Hikingguy Nintendo will never learn from there mistakes, they will just make all new ones.

@buffaloballet ya, I absolutely hate Gamestop too. They definitely rip people off in trade ins, and I hate how they will sell a un-shrinkwrapped game that was sitting on the shelf as new...that isn't freakin' new!!! ><

Already sold my Wii U for a Xbox One S, and I couldn't be happier.

I'm hoping the Nintendo Switch presentation is what all Nintendo fans are hoping for and then some, and that the Switch does better than the Wii U. Personally with me though, I can't go back to Nintendo, not again...the under powered systems that are too expensive and barely have any third party support, and almost no games for the mature audience has really killed it for me

For a powerful portable, that is a decent price, but I expect that is only for just the system, not the bundle.

@letsplay yes, exactly! Specs don't matter, wth...

Specs don't matter?!? Yea, actually they do of you want the games. Sick of Nintendo fans saying they don't matter, yea they freakin do! The system can be easy to port to, that is good start, but if the game looks completely like poo and makes there product look horrible, why would they consider putting the game on the system? Seriously, I think the only reason this system might do good is because it's a powerful for a portable system, but with the way ppl game now a days, portables aren't very popular anymore, it's all about mobile gaming now.

Again fans made something way cooler than what Nintendo offers! I would get one of these, they look pretty cool.

I went from really hyped for this system, to not hyped at all. I do hope Nintendo the best, and I do hope the ppl that still support them get a system that what they are going for, but I just can't do another underpowered Nintendo console that might get third party, but barely get any games. I will be reading articles to find out what they reveal, but I've already moved on to one of the other consoles, and I couldn't be happier.

@JaxonH yea, I would like to see some of the older style Zelda games continue too, but I think this open world approach is something that Zelda has been needing for awhile. The games where feeling too linear, and Zelda BoTW gives a more "go where you want, play however you want" feel, which will add a lot to the replayabiliy of the game. Again, really hope it makes Nintendo take more chances with their series, because the last time they took a new approach to a series was Metroid Prime, and that worked out great.

Umm, open world rpgs like this have been around for a long time now, it's about time Nintendo left the Zelda design from 1998 behind and caught up to other rpgs like it that have been doing it since like Elder Scrolls Morrowind back in 2002 on consoles like Xbox

I really hope this Zelda game sells well, because I would get back into Nintendo if they made there games a little more bigger, and modern feeling.

Looks like crap, glad they changed the design.

I love these kind or articles, they basically say "we have nothing to really talk about, because Nintendo is doing nothing" Didn't you guys already have a article like this not that long ago?

Just play your 3DS till March, and enjoy what good games dogs come to the system, or sell it for PS4, X1, or for the Switch.

@A01 lmao! If Switch can handle it, PS4 Pro could do it easily. The PS4 and X1 could easily do this as well, the Switch isn't going the be as powerful as those consoles if it only has a Tegra X1 in it

The game is good, but it's not really any better than other games like it on mobile, and most those games are free, basically they're asking too much for this game, is what the big complaint seems to be.

Also, the drop in shares could be because Nintendo doesn't have anything big to offer other than Dragon Quest until March, and even then ppl are concerned the Switch is just another underpowered, gimmicky system.

Honestly, the share drop can be a number is reasons, but hopefully things start looking better for Nintendo.

Well du'h, it's obvious the system isn't going to be as powerful as a xbox one or ps4, if it was, the Switch would be very expensive considering it's mainly a tablet portable At this point, x1 and ps4 costs around $379 CAD for the low model one, and that's selling at a loss. If Nintendo's Switch was as powerful of a system as those, while being a portable, that would make it easily over $400 CAD, and it will be even more cause Nintendo doesn't sell things at a loss. Obviously making a system as powerful that is a portable would not be good for the Nintendo fans who expect a good, decently priced system.

Unfortunately, the Wii U will only be loved by die hard Nintendo fans, now and in the future. It had very good Nintendo games, but that was it. Hopefully the Switch will have a bigger user base than the Wii U, but I still don't think it will be anywhere near the level of the other systems.

"The Wii U is only just over four years old, but is almost last-gen", umm...the system has felt like a last gen console basically a couple months after it was released, when x1 and ps4 where revealed, then eventually released a year after the Wii U. Nintendo finally went into that generation in its last year, while the other two where doing it for like 6 years before Nintendo bothered to make a system to compete

Best Christmas gifts for Nintendo fans this year:
1/ NES classic edition (good luck finding)
2/ money for Zelda and Nintendo Switch next year

The controller cord is short because it is the same length as any other Wii peripheral attachment (classic controller, nunchuck) and you can connect it to the Wii remote to play virtual console games, so basically it's that way for virtual console use and you don't need a ton of cord for that use. Not exactly rocket science why it's like that

That or Nintendo is cheap, both are very plausible...

@KirbyTheVampire yea, it won't, but I don't know a lot of people interested in a underpowered home game console. Now if you look at it as more of a portable more than anything, I can see this being a big hit, and it is very powerful as a portable. I think the big deciding factor will be if third party delivers the games Nintendo fans want, and if Nintendo fans actually care enough to buy the games, making it worth it for third party to put the games on the Switch.

@blinder2 it's underpowered compared to Xbox one and ps4 with the things that have said, and with ps4 pro out now, and Scorpio coming next year, it will be very underpowered system.

If companies are willing to still support the Switch though, that obviously won't matter much, cause games are what matter most, but I can see it being like the Wii U's beginning where they had the third party games, then the new systems came and the Wii U was way too underpowered to get the games.

One big thing Switch has going for it at this point is its a very powerful portable.

I can see that maybe being the price for a barebones package, but not for the bundle one. Nintendo never sells at a loss, so their underpowered systems are always pretty needlessly expensive.

I'll guess the system alone bundle will come with dock, system, and joy con controllers for £200, a bundle with dock, system, joy con controllers and grip, and splatoon for around £250. Ppl need to remember that Nintendo stuff is always more expensive than we expect

So there will be a Mario game, tons of ports, more Mario with Rabbids in it (sounds dumb...), and a very late port of Skyrim, than eventually when hell has finally frozen over the new Zelda game will come. Sorry to say, but without Zelda, the launch sounds very lackluster to me. I went from wanting this day one, to we'll see if I get it later...kind of sad, Nintendo.

Bad Things: Third party support, no real point to the gamepad, systems name, no original Zelda game (hyrule warriors is a spin off, and BoTW is coming...sometime), only good games where from Nintendo themselves, online store wasn't organized well, the system was a slightly more powerful last gen console that came out 6 years after the two it compares too, smaller selection of virtual console games than on Wii, online multiplayer.

Good things: Nintendo games, the pro controller, great couch co-op games.

It will be seen as a massive failure with great Nintendo games, so there is a great positive to the system, even with a lot of negative the system receives

They probably will do one for snes and n64 in due time.

@Grumblevolcano if the Switch does the same thing, I won't be supporting it

Paying over $200 for something that is $60 and will be seeing restock soon.. Yup, some ppl have more money than brains

That is a pretty impressive fake, and if anything, it really asked off may how stylish and great looking the Switch is!

People actually use the miitomo app?!?

Basically what I get from every third party that says this kind of thing is, "we think the Nintendo system is very neat, but instead of supporting this awesome idea, we will of course play it safe and release our game on the more traditional, boring, more powerful systems. Yes, we like Nintendo's system, but we are afraid to put anything on the system, and give the system a chance". This seems to be the story of every single third party developer of there

If you want these games, it's best to go xbox one or ps4 where you know the game will show up on them, if your wanting them to show up on Nintendo console, good luck with that -_-

The game is OK, but when your playing it and the further you get in the campaign the more you feel as though they didn't know what the heck to do with the game, and it feels like a sloppy game. Also, it really feels like a game that should have been released 8 years ago, when they started making the game.

I do have to admit that the online multiplayer was a fun part of the game, but had barely anyone on it, so something potentially good was indeed held back by a crappy online community on the platform.

I would say it is more Itagaki's fault this game is bad overall, but definitely the online multiplayer, one of the actual good things about the game, was really held back by inferior online from Nintendo. If the game released 8 years ago on 360 and ps3, it would have found at least audience.

They definitely deserve this. If you want it, buy the game, stop stealing games!

@electrolite77 ohh, right on! That's cool of them to do that for their direct competition. I didn't realize this only because I don't have Twitter