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@Anti-Matter But the retail release of Overcooked! doesn't release until February 2018? And the Street Fighter 30th collection arrives in May?

@MrGawain Steamworld Dig 2 isn't that short. It's around 10-15 hours if you 100% (which IMO is the one of the main points of that game).

@readyletsgo If "nearly everyone in Japan just has a PS4 at this point" at 5.6M units sold, how does that relate to the 23.6M 3DS units in Japan? "Nearly everyone in Japan has four or five 3DS machines"?

@ricklongo No, the supply issue in Japan still stands. Still sold out. The Switch numbers in Japan is still a supply issue, not a demand issue. However, the supply has increased WW considerably during the past 6 weeks or something. You should expect considerably higher numbers during the December weeks, according to the ResetEra Japan sales thread.

@BanjoPickles The digital purchases are connected to your Nintendo ID (on Wii U and Switch), not to the console.

TIP, if you play portable or using the Joycons: change the deadzone setting in the control settings from the 0.50 default to 0.05.

@BigKing Lots of Switch players are currently double-dipping the game, meaning that the lowest ranks will have skilled players at the moment.

This is a really fantastic game. In terms of the pure gameplay, it's much better than a game like Shantae Half Genie Hero, IMO. However, it's a pity that it doesn't support HD Rumble. That would have worked fantastic when jumping on different kind of colored surfaces.

@BlackenedHalo They hid the best game in the post game in 3D World as well.

I'd like to see Mario+Rabbids in the actual list as well. After all, 25% of the game is in a brilliant spooky world.

@Tiefseemiez Bulb Boy has been patched since the release. It might work better for you now.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE SM3DW is designed in the same way as Odyssey: easy to get to the credits, increasingly difficult post game. I bet you will not be able to finish the very last level of 3D World, due to its platforming difficulty.

The challenges (so far) in the post game of Odyssey is how to reach some the moons, or to be able to even find them. I doubt most people have found all the 836 moon missions of Odyssey at this early point in time.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Is Super Mario World you're playing really an original Wii U game? I thought Virtual Console was a way to port older games over to the Wii U?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE The Switch already has a service equivalent to the Miiverse for game info. It's called "News". IMO, it's superior to the Miiverse since I don't need to log in to a separate app to get the news about a game I'm subscribing to.
Also, Switch currently has a focus on playing actual games instead of providing yet another platform for multimedia.

@BornInNorway81 The Switch has password protection for everything related to the My Nintendo account (such as the eShop), unless you turn it off.

@crimsontadpoles Seems like games will opt in to use the recording feature. I'd expect a couple of the existing indie games to support this through updates in the near future, but wonder if the existing AAA 3rd party games will update to provide this? Even 30 seconds would make lots of sense for games like Mario+Rabbids, FIFA, NBA, etc.

@AshFoxX @Ervex_109 @masterLEON @JaxonH Categories can currently be searched through the Search feature on the eShop.

@Agramonte You don't seem very good with numbers anyway, so why do you care? Using an incorrect statement as "(a 2 man team)", and when that's pointed out, it's not relevant?
And the sales figures can't be 2 units as in your example, since 2 units can't be the result of a sales projection exceeded by a third.

@Reignmaker Absolutely! Steamworld Dig 2 and Stardew Valley are must-have games, that will appeal to almost everyone. The Flame in the Flood is much more niche, but a pretty good one if you like survival games like Don't Starve.

So far this weekend, the family members in our house has played Stardew Valley, Tumblestone, NeuroVoider, Steamworld Dig 2, Mario+Rabbids, Picross S, The Flame in the Flood, Steamworld Dig 2, BotW on the Switch (the Switch is really excellent for small gaming sessions of different games). And Mario Maker on the Wii U.

@electrolite77 But scores would still not reflect if the released game is in "beta state" (=lots of glitches) or if it's a "game as a service" with drip feed content (=Splatoon/ARMS)?

@Anti-Matter Steamworld Dig 2 is way above a "decent" game. FWIW, many players has already stated that they enjoy Steamworld Dig 2 more than Samus Returns. Haven't played Samus Returns myself, though.

Steamworld Dig 2 is sooo good!
I have to remember to get NeuroVoider!

@Agramonte The part where this game really shines is the local versus mode.

@rockodoodle This isn't any different approach than the Axiom Verge review. And there could be other reviewers assigned to those other games?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And another game that makes lots of sense to port to the Switch, since the Switch already has 2 controllers built in. I got this game on the Wii U and double dipped the Switch version, since the Switch snappy portable/tabletop/docked approach just gives me so many more opportunities to play the game (and play it with other people). Brilliant game.

@Reignmaker Based on the review info, it's a game that reviewed differently depending on the platform. So the quality of the Switch version might very well be equal to the quality of the port.

If nothing substantial has changed from the Wii U version (other than the lack of Wii U Gamepad functionality and the added portability of the Switch), I can't agree with this score, if Steamworld Dig 2 at the same time gets 9/10.
The scores for SWD2 and Axiom should be reversed, IMO.

@Moon No version has the MP support yet, and it's only going to be online MP. Steam will get it first, Switch first console to get it.
https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-multiplayer-news/

@Brutchie-bear Earth Atlantis is next week. (As well as Axiom Verge, Volgar, Tumblestone, and a lot of other games.)

FIFA 18 retail tomorrow.
Today I got Golf Story, Picross S and Pankapu. Great games!
Might get Binaries later.

Vern also predicted articles like this would turn up:
"Now watch this post get turned into Youtube videos and GoNintendo news articles again, when I said nothing at all of actual substance. For real this is in no way confirming a GTAV port is coming,"

@Rebusmind Continue playing and get all the collectables and do the post-game content?

@BlueOcean There are a few cases now, where a smaller studio or indie developer announces the latest project first as the "main attraction" and then the older projects are added as extra ports afterwards.
The developer of Super Meat Boy Forever also releases Super Meat Boy and The Night is Nigh.
The developer of World of the West also releases Teslagrad.
The developer of VOEZ also releases Deemo.
There might be a few more examples.

So, I shouldn't rule out any future announcement of Limbo at this point.

@NEStalgia The price?

In related news: they have now announced that VOEZ will get an update with TV mode/controller support. It has sold 40,000 units so far.

Have been playing this for the past week. Don't miss out on this game, especially if you want a good 2-player co-op or vs game. The music is fantastic!

Has started playing the game. Fantastic value for the money, if you like environmental puzzle games. Really polished and with an excellent sound/music design. Works with both controllers and touch screen.

@GrailUK Nicalis isn't an indie developer.

@SomeWriter13 That specific tweeter worked on the ports of another Capcom title.

@Scrummer We will not get a release date for Yoshi. Yoshi is 2018, and 1st party Nintendo titles very rarely get release dates earlier than 2-3 months before release.

@SomeWriter13 I think Capcom actually might be present in some form in this Direct:
https://twitter.com/MikeJMika/status/907249438078332928

@westman98 Yes, the Japanese is 5 minutes longer. They will probably cover Mario+Rabbids (not yet released there) and some games that will not be brought to the west.

@PlywoodStick The Switch is a home console if you want to use it that way. The Switch is a portable if you want to use it that way. The Switch is a tabletop machine if you want to use it that way.
The hybrid nature of the Switch really isn't that difficult.

@NabbitFan730 Although the Wii U CPU is similar to the 360, the GPU in the Wii U however is much stronger and more contemporary than the 360. The Wii U has 2GB, where 1 GB can be used for games. The 360 has 512MB RAM, and much slower memory transfer speed.

@BlueOcean FWIW, the "small resolution boost" from 720p to 1080p is going from 0.9 megapixels to 2.1 megapixels.

@Nolan420 Snake Pass is great regarding the controls. But it's a very different 3D platformer, since you move left/right to gain momentum (you have the shoulder buttons to not loose the grip). However, at some places the camera is less than ideal (mainly since the camera is at ground level).

@BlueOcean You said "while Switch has been bought by 4 million people to date", but the date you referred to was the last day of June, and you didn't refer to that date at all in your text. How is your claim not factually wrong?

Of course it's more convenient to not reply to me than to provide claims that are correct. It's called trolling.

@BlueOcean You're factually wrong, again. To date Switch is well above 5 million - perhaps even 6, not 4 as you claim (it had sold 4.7M on the last day on financial Q1 last day of June, adding just the known Japanese figures since then puts the Switch way above 4 M).

And Shovelware ratio is MUCH higher on the Wii U. Shovelware is almost never reviewed enough to get the 4 required reviews to appear on MC. As an example, RCMADIAX only has 3 games with enough reviews of its total 36 Wii U games that appear in the MC listings. And as a comparison, almost all Switch games have more than 4 reviews on MC.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Technically, the docked Switch is around 3-4 times more powerful than the Wii U, depending on what you count. Practically speaking, that the Switch would output 2.1 megapixels 1080p where the Wii U would output 0.9 megapixels 720p, and then some improved shaders and textured detail since the RAM is larger and faster.

The Switch also runs on a more current and more stable (PC-based) CPU architecture, making it much easier and efficient for 3rd party developers to work with. The GPU support current-generation drivers. It supports both Unity and UE4 since day 1.

The main technical drawbacks of the Switch compared to the Wii U are that it doesn't support USB storage and isn't backwards compatible.

What are the many aspects you're referring to as "worse" than the Wii U with the Switch docked hardware design?

@CliffordB You're factually incorrect. If you're a Wii U user, you have currently not played 71 games (if I did my counting correctly) that are currently available on the Switch. Most people don't want to play every of those titles obviously, but also keep in mind that the shovelware ratio on the Switch is MUCH lower than on the Wii U.