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Yeah I'm confused as to why some of the comments are talking about tobacco. I didn't know Miyamoto used to Cheech & Chong it up! Bad ass

One of my previous accounts was banned shortly after I suggested this game was never actually going to come out for switch.

But stories like this are exactly why I stopped being a Nintendo only gamer.

@zool "Having never owned a PS or Xbox I am now thinking of getting one."

Do it, man. The day I stopped being a Nintendo only gamer was the greatest day. So many new experiences to enjoy.

@Nemesis666 "while the development team are developing new games. "

If this is indeed the case.... where are all the games? Why is Prime 4 still just a logo on a screen?

Eh. This "it's a good thing" line is somewhat true. But the flip side of it is, Nintendo is using all the ports almost as an excuse for not actually having new games releasing at an even remotely regular clip.

Honestly, more than the ports, Nintendo should be thankful for the 3rd party support this time around. But even that seems to be hit or miss.

lol where's those HD mario remasters lolol where's doom eternal lol

"You see that mountain?..."

On the One X version I can lol

Digital Foundry breaks down why the switch version runs so poorly

@westman98 so, if you read my comment, the word i actually used was the same word from the OP: fantastic. That's a ways off from "good".

Sure, they've had more than 1 "good" year. But fantastic? No, there hasn't been an Odyssey / BOTW year since, well, 2017. A fantastic year.

@MS7000 "Where are the games Nintendo?!"

People have been asking this since the N64 days sadly enough. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

@KBuckley27 tbh it hasn't looked "fantastic" since 2017 ended.

What's fascinating to me is that Nintendo appears to be repeating their mistakes with Wii all over again. Sure, sales wise it's a big success and that shouldn't be discounted. But the fall out around sales numbers was detrimental. It got to the point where the wii brand itself was a mockery.

Switch is selling well, but just like with wii, nintendo again appears to be resting on its laurels of success(to borrow a line from the late Iwata). Hopefully another Wii U situation isn't on the horizon again as well.

@GrailUK opinions.

IMO SM3dWorld was better than Odyssey. It's a little apples to oranges but 3D World was more of a "true" mario experience for me.

And with BOTW also being on Wii U, that one's a wash. Same with Color Splash and Origami King.

The better yoshi game is on Wii U as well.

So uh. How many of those Switch games were actually just ports of Wii U/3DS games?

How satisfied am I with switch's library of games? Well, this is the first Nintendo generation I went and bought a non-nintendo console. Finally got tired of them repeating the same problems generation after generation tbh

And don't even get me started on their "online" fumbles.

Just picked up the Castlevania collection on xbox for $9. The work that went into it, with the Japanese versions also being available, is amazing.

@COVIDberry my question was to say, these games are (mainly) shovelware.

Also, prove me wrong that people don't play the games in their backlog, hence why they have a backlog of them.

@Zanzox it's only bad on switch.

looks and plays incredible on my One X, free on Game Pass too!

@sketchturner i hear ya, but IMO breath of the wild is pretty much video game perfection to me. Maybe a bit more voice acting/less text and less rain but other than that.... gold.

What even are any of these games? Welp, looks like the switch lite will remain untouched for another week.

Love the commenters that are acting as if this is a good thing because of "backlogs" and whatnot. Like c'mon. You haven't played those games up to this point, you aren't playing them going forward.

Looking like Wii all over again with the shovelware.

@Ambassador_Kong it took me up until Wii U to finally figure it out. Up until Wii U i was a nintendo only gamer. Man, do i ever regret it. I missed out on so many good games.

My switch lite, which was a gift at that, hasn't been powered on in weeks. I haven't played a game on it since I downloaded Doom II.

@Zeldafan79 no. no, I'm pretty sure the switch hardware is what sucks. Why compromise the game to the point they would have to just to get it running?

At least they say no, unlike Bethesda who keeps stringing along switch owners as if doom eternal is actually ever going to release.

I know all consoles get ports of older games from time to time but what is the deal with switch and all these old games? It's gotta be at an unprecedented rate at this point.

@NEStalgia well stated reply.

I still find it hard to believe Miyamoto was truly instrumental to the modern day open world game that became BOTW. I'm sure ideas were bounced off him and he gave his usual candid feedback and suggestions. But his last real heavy influence on a Zelda title came with the divisive decision to map sword fighting to motion-plus in skyward sword. Let's not even get into his dual screened approach to Star Fox Zero, a derivative of his tech demo from a few years prior.

I think his role nowadays of Creative Fellow is more so a title than anything else (not saying he isn't doing anything) and that a lot of his love and appreciation from others comes from a nostalgic standpoint.

@GrailUK *half decade

@GrailUK "Nurtured the next generation of Nintendo I would say. I'm sure his thinking is very much still inspirational. The man is an asset and a key component of taking Nintendo forward for when he retires."

The problem with these claims is that they are not quantifiable. One could argue they are even speculative in nature.

@NEStalgia while some of that may be true, to properly gauge what sort of impact his involvement truly had in those examples is anyone's guess outside of Nintendo itself.

So then, to my greater point, what has he does in the past half decade? Some early development influence on BOTW? Ok. Let's not kid ourselves and pretend BOTW is what it is as a game and to gaming culture because of Miyamoto. That would be disingenuous to the tens and tens of developers that spent countless hours, days, weeks and months on that thing.

Plain and simple, Miyamoto is riding on the coattails of previous successes. And honestly, rightfully so. But in relation to his recent approval rating from investors, it really doesn't make much sense.

@bubby444 yep, and they all go on to create amazing titles only fully realized on other hardware. That's on Nintendo.

@Dirty0814 the Directs are virtual. The format is probably one of the most pandemic friendly approaches going.

The truth is they have nothing to talk about/don't know how to effectively talk about what they have.

@Bolt_Strike right now? Heck, Nintendo has rarely ever effectively promoted their products.

@gcunit oh, please believe dude is simply reaping the benefits of the switch success and that's it. Nintendo the company is one rife with timely game development problems and draconian business practices.

@rockodoodle what has Miyamoto done in, i dunno, the last half decade easily if not longer? It's not a popularity contest based on nostalgia.

I know it's just for the Lite but the official Nintendo case is so elegant. And if you own a gray colored Lite it is color matched perfectly.

@TG16_IS_BAE haha thanks!

Yeah, i would be all about consumption of said data if it were obtainable. I don't know how it could be though.

For the switch version, that's about all it's worth. Sadly, that tends to be the case for most switch versions of multiplats.

Are people still playing this game? I wish there was an decently easy way to find out en masse how many people are playing a certain game every day since it released.

I have a hunch AC, unlike say a Mario Kart or Fortnite title, has a steep drop off in player activity a few months after release.

@Nego heh, touche. That'd be something if it were the case.

@nessisonett unfortunately, this was the line toted back in the Wii era, and the same fact remains true today. That being "presumably because it continues to believe that Switch owners only buy Nintendo games".

People buy Nintendo consoles to play Nintendo games. Especially not AAA 3rd party games.

Cool story. Regarding the reason it's only going to be out in Europe on Wii, that is some classic Nintendo tomfoolery right there.

@C-Daddy yeah, it's important to remember if there's literally any other version of the game available, it undoubtedly runs better than the switch version.

I'm good on the portability, especially considering the current worldwide pandemic. Give me the competent version on a big screen with surround sound any day.