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@Palico82
Know what you mean, but nope, 5 is releasing first.
Looks like the other 2 will be releasing next year.

@premko1
Agree. Time moves way too fast!
I normally have to do a blind run and then restart after planning out what I'm doing for the day.
It's not chill
I also understand not wanting to abuse the system by just eating food to replenish energy while having time frozen.
But maybe there can be a compromise by significantly slowing down that timer.
People who think it's too slow can just go to sleep early.

Recommend:
INSIDE 90%
Death Square 87%
Ni No Kuni Wrath 80%
*Ape Out 75% (Has demo)
Castlevania Anniversary 75%
Gris 75%
Invisible 75%
Katamari 75%
Mark of the Ninja 75%
Naruto Ninja Storm Trilogy 75%
Rayman Legends 75%
Torchlight 2 75%
Donut County 71%
*Bossgard 70%
*Cat Quest 2 70%
Gorogoa 70%
What Remains Edith 70%
Florence 67%
*Mega Man 11 67%
Fell Seal Arbiter 66%
When the Past was Around 65%
Forager 60%
*Heave Ho 60%
Steins;Gate Elite 60%
The Messenger 60%
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is 50% Physical as well
Blue Fire 50%
Carrion 50%
Diagaea 5 Complete 50%
Dead Cells 50%
*New Super Lucky 50%
Okami 50%

Holy cow!!! AI: The Somnium Files for $7.99
There is demo if you are on the fence.
Greatly recommend it!

@Pjira
Was about to comment about Disgaea 2 & 3. I would eat those up in a flash!
Then the Switch would only be missing D2

Mini Motorways... is a tad expensive!

@majinx07
Hopefully, standard, but most likely the expansion pack to increase subscriptions as many people currently do not believe it offers enough value.

The "narrative" fits the cool aesthetics, but the puzzles, and by extension, the gameplay, are nothing that special.
It's more "fun" to witness the creative/gruesome ways the game kills the main character.
A 6/10 for me and definitely at the $1.99 sale price.

I understand the pixel remasters are ongoing so not touching any FF 1-6 makes sense, but not Chrono Trigger?

Don't see any mention of Bank or the Legend Arceus DLC everyone is talking about

Sounds like a Nintendo Selects line is starting to look good for the near future!

I wonder if NL will talk about the Odin...

I can't see the current Switch(es) doing well after this holiday. I think the scheduled games and the current shortages will work in Nintendo's favor this whole year.
Despite splitting the user base, I think a revision makes sense more than ever. They can't release a Switch 2 among shortages. Just look at how the other 2 are struggling. However, they can release a "pro" and if they momentarily run out of chips, they can fall back on the other models.
Maybe by 2024 conditions will be better and they can start thinking about releasing that Switch 2. But the pro would boost sales in the meantime. People would double dip with Switch 2 after the release window.

@RandomNerds
You forgot Square Enix, Capcom, Konami, etc
I think Japan is just fine w/o having to turn into a Monopoly. Competition brings out the best in the industry.
If MS gets EA, that would be huge!
UbiSoft is strong too and neutral (Europe)

@fafonio
1.5 + 2.5 + 2.8 = 1 64GB cart = $60 (if optimized and with visual downgrade probably won't even need movies to be downloads. Original = 75GB)
3 = 64 GB cart = $60

@fafonio
Those "bloated" GB were never going to make it into the Switch version. Considering the graphics need to be tone down and optimize the redundant code they can definitely fit it in a cart. Worse case scenario the cinematic "games" could be downloads while the gameplay ones are in the cart. In addition, I expected KH3 sold separate or if their lazy behinds thought it was too much work then release that 1 alone as a cloud. There are no excuses for this trash they are putting out. The Switch is more than able to handle KH1 & 2 and let's be real with the amount of sales they would have gotten a 64 GB makes sense for them to "invest" in.
Edit: I see you actually considered this option in a comment further down
You can't please everyone of course, but the option of the cloud is almost as bad as no game whatsoever. If this bombs, as it should, watch them blame it on the "customer" not supporting them instead of them making such terrible choices.

I hope this bombs so bad!!!
Maybe then they will move their behinds and release both physically and digitally, not this cloud BS.

@Axecon
Weren't they Eeveelutions before they died?
Edit: OHh article said it was just a theory

@nitrolink
I think that is exactly what is going to happen.
Innovation drove sales on those examples! Then it wore off.
Which is a shame because a more powerful Switch would be great! I don't even need fancy graphics just more power so more developers can release more games without compromises.

@Grail_Quest
I'm going to assume you ate talking about 7R, because original 7 is ugly

@Ralizah
With the pixel remaster of 6 releasing on February and everyone expecting it on consoles, I don't think so.

@drewber2635
I don't remember if I read somewhere they were working on the 1st one to port to Switch. The music was nice, the characters were nice, the story was nice, the gameplay was nice, but that "repetition" killed it for me. I understand if they would have done it 1 time, but that was overkill padding.

@GayusGayer
Cough cough, Chrono Trigger

Even though it would make tons of sense, probably not a Final Fantasy V remake.

Considering the 40% off physical sales I have seen, I guess this was to be expected. I am personally very disappointed with this "performance." It is definitely a game deserving of way higher sales. However, I recognize this is a fairly niche series. This clearly demonstrates that Atlus has failed to make it as mainstream as the "spinoff" series Persona. Guess there is still time to increase those numbers. Sucks it was released so close to Pokémon BDSP.

It's not bad, but it's not amazing either.
Kinda plain if you ask me.

My wishlist (in no particular order):
Square Enix: Chrono Trigger,
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6
Kingdom Hearts 1, 2 & Birth by Sleep
Dragon Quest 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Intelligent System: Fire Emblem 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Atlus: Persona 4 & 5
Shin Megami Tensei IV + Apocalypse
Nippon Ichi: Disgaea 2, D2 and 3
Camelot: Golden Sun 1 &2
Nintendo: Tomodachi Life
HAL Lab: Earthbound, Mother 3
Remakes of Yu-Gi-Oh Falsebound Kingdom or Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen

@MontyCircus
In fact, there are some states where you do not even pay taxes in the eShop
You are supposed to declare online purchases that have not been taxed at tax time

@MontyCircus
At least in the US, no you do not.
You buy the gift card at face value and pay taxes in the eShop.

@JokerCK
Probably in January, I believe is called "festive" sale.
To spend that gift card $$$
BTW, there are specials going around of 10% eShop Gift cards too.

@enigmaxtreme
Most likely FF6 will come next year if Pixel Remaster come to consoles.
Earthbound Fandom has been highly vocal about Mother 3, maybe they finally listened
Chrono Trigger is latest "rumor" from "leaks"
Super Mario RPG is mystifying though, it was in SNES classic edition so idk why it's missing

@brunojenso
I enjoyed Gris so much and this does have a little air of similarity. However, like you, I believe is lacking something...

Scratch head
Lots of kiddos have yet to open this game
And Mystery Gift is not unlocked from the get-go
Seems dumb to make it expire on Dec 25th

@Specter_of-the_OLED
That's fine and dandy but it would take "forever" and it would require Square to put in some work. And with the decisions they have taken lately, they don't look like they want to work much.

@OldManHermit
Uhhh, I like the way you think

@Specter_of-the_OLED
I'm still sore over KH
They better reconsider and release 1 & 2 at least digitally.
Maybe for a backward compatible Switch 2?
Finger crossed

Chrono Trigger and FF6 with Octopath graphics would be awesome!
A guy can dream...

@EarthboundBenjy
Additional content is NEVER bad!
You always have the option of ignoring it.

@darkswabber
Considering how the FF 1-6 Pixel Remasters lack extra content from latter versions, I wouldn't hold my breath.

This and Townscaper were on my radar before their Switch release. I'm happy they both made it!

Pass
Happy for those who like it
Was hoping for P3-5

This will mostly feature new games that are long and hurt short games.
eShop is in dire need of a review system. If Nintendo is scared of cursing in the presence of little kids they could apply a filter that keeps users from posting profanity. At the very least a star system, that could be overall or broken down into categories.
But I guess is too much work for them, just like folders in UI and themes.
Sigh

@Silly_G
Told ya

Clamshell form factor was the bomb!
A Switch Lite with the screen on top and controls on bottom would make it the best handheld

@Dragonite89
I'm dreaming of a Dragonite Mega with that typing that I can nickname DragonKnight!

@Dragonite89
Love your profile pic and username

Target had pre-orders for 34.99 a few days ago

@Ulysses
GameStop did it last yr too and there was no prob:
Splatoon 2, NSMBUD, FE3H and I believe 2 others
Blk Fri 2019 Odyssey and BotW were $30
I'm sure Tennis has been that low too

@358dayswaterson
Plenty of games that have partial downloads (ex MK11 has 26GB download aside from cartridge) They could have done that with all of the "movie" games if they wanted to do the Story so Far.
Besides I had realistic expectations and never expected KH3 as part of the package.
They could have also split the games into 1 & 2 so 2 different cartridges.
Plenty of solutions, before having to resort to cloud versions.
Their lost because they do not get my money, along with I'm sure many others.

DQ was not discounted as much as Europe