Nintendo: General Discussion

sligeach

Rumour: Nintendo courting 3rd-parties for Switch remasters while Nintendo’s busy with Switch 2

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/23/rumor-nintendo-courting-3rd-parties-for-switch-remasters-while-nintendos-busy-with-switch-2/

That's disappointing, if true. If they're going to remaster yet more games(💤), they should be for Switch 2.

sligeach

Ahem!

Yooka-Laylee dev confirms remaster is coming to “Nintendo platforms”

https://www.vooks.net/yooka-laylee-dev-confirms-remaster-is-coming-to-nintendo-platforms-but-which-one/

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122758746#Comment_122758746

Looks good, still way off the polish of any 3D Mario Nintendo platformer since and including Mario Galaxy. But, built by a much much smaller team and budget.

SuperNinFriendo

I played the original version on Switch. It was OK. I didn’t think it was great.

Mr.Saturn

A Yooka Laylee remaster is almost Sony levels of pointless.

sligeach

Right! Nintendo need to get a move on and announce the Switch 2 this week. I said they would announce it in October, they're making me look bad. 😛

Their next set of financial results are due on 5th November and there's going to be an investor meeting, so I think will want to calm any worries of investors ahead of that.

sligeach

I've said it before, but I think Switch 2 will use the dual screen aspect of the Wii U. Obviously not while docked, but when in portable mode, I think the dock will have more tech inside this time around and will let the TV screen and Switch 2 to be used at the same time.

The timing of this release for Switch could be tied into Switch 2 also getting a port of Xenoblade Chronicles X. The Wii U gamepad was used for the map, fast travel and a couple of other things.

It could also be why Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD haven't gotten Switch ports(yet), because Nintendo knew that Switch 2 would have access to 2 screens and are saving them to get similar dual ports. They both used the Wii U gamepad as well.

CiDeRmAn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122759308#Comment_122759308

I was in on the Kickstarter and, like many games that are fondly remembered on the N64, Yooka Laylee was another collecting game with pain in the bum controls, DK64 all over again.

sligeach

Nintendo Music – Announcement Trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5EeImWYaI

Enjoy Nintendo game music—now on your smart device! Nintendo Music features a variety of tracks from Nintendo franchises, plus curated playlists based on characters, in-game moments, and moods. From recent releases to nostalgic classics, even more music will be added in the future.

Nintendo Music is available today, exclusively to active Nintendo Switch Online members.

Huh? This isn't the Switch 2 reveal.

CastorTroy

They're building up to it. 😀

"The announcement you've all been waiting on…" Alarmo! No? Xenoblade X! No? Nintendo Music! No?

So what will be next? The Investor meeting is next week so may know more in the next week.

SuperNinFriendo

Nintendo Music is actually great! Love this idea.
No additional cost for Switch Online subscribers which is nice.

SuperNinFriendo

The Nintendo Music app is really well designed. Surprisingly well.

Lots of music and I’m sure they’ll continue to add more. Has options to extended certain pieces to 15 min, 30min or 60min loops. Wanna listen to Rainbow Road for an hour? Now you can!!

And it has the banger BOTW Trailer music without the voice over or gameplay sounds!

RobbingBandit

Nothing like finding out a gem from your past is ready to sparkle again soon.

https://www.lunarremastered.com/

Ol' Donie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122781458#Comment_122781458

Wow, this is great. Didn't know anything about it before, cheers!

Gusty Garden FTW.

CiDeRmAn

This is all great stuff.

It's fan service, Nintendo and their creative output forming more that just a business/customer relationship, we have developed a deep affection for characters, worlds and music, the more ways we get to enjoy them the better.

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122781314#Comment_122781314

Its a Bowser airfryer. Or toaster with extra springs that toasts flying fish design into the bread.

johnny_ultimate

While it’s a nice extra, I’d say the Nintendo Music app is Nintendo making their own odd solution to a solved problem.

Most game soundtracks are put on streaming services or available as downloads, not locked behind a custom app.

Again, nice to have the recordings, but just a case of Nintendo unnecessarily doing things their own way.

SuperNinFriendo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122782440#Comment_122782440

Haha I had Gusty Garden on the 1 hour loop last night. Sooooo good.
I hope they also add the Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestrations.

SuperBowserWorld

SMG is a super soundtrack. Kind of like Star Wars and Superman had a baby. Gusty Garden Galaxy of course and then ...

Buoy Base Galaxy

https://youtu.be/xmg2aMQVMQM?feature=shared

Space Junk Galaxy

https://youtu.be/zEmH_usSZUQ?feature=shared

...

CastorTroy

Have Gerudo Valley on loop myself.

While just adding everything to Spotify or elsewhere would be better for mixing their music among other games, the separate app will be good once it's filled up.

Did make me question again how they got the great DKC music on the SNES. And now want to listen to Killer Cuts as well.

Mr.Saturn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122783322#Comment_122783322

K Rool's theme from the final battle in Diddy's Kong Quest is legitimately one of most metal tracks you're ever going to hear in your life.

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122756130#Comment_122756130

If Switch 2 is backward compatible with Switch games there's that problem solved

Fysh

The music app is better than no legal availability at all of Nintendo game soundtracks, but it is still a supremely Nintendo experience to see them do something like this (put out their own app gated behind NSO sub, rather than either make them commercially available or put them on widely used music platforms) and then have some folks praising them for it 😁

SuperNinFriendo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122783666#Comment_122783666

Artists make so little money from the likes of Spotify or Apple Music though. This adds more value to the subscription service (a subscription where 100% goes to Nintendo) and if it upsells a few more subscribers or retains subscribers then that’s a win for Nintendos accountants.

They’re making the NSO subscription have more value and thus people are less likely to unsubscribe. It’s not a bad business model. Not saying it’s best for the consumer just that it’s an increasingly common model nowadays.

Doodah7

Love the Wii Shopping Channel Main Theme. Just the perfect amount of muzak cheese!!

Fysh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122783849#Comment_122783849

Of course it's good news as far as Nintendo's beancounters are concerned. But... I'm not a Nintendo shareholder, I just like (some of) their games.

Given how impactful some of the specific tracks are, I hope their composers get some kind of royalties or bonus out of this. (It's much easier when you can just buy a game soundtrack to know who the money is probably going to).

In terms of customer-friendliness "sign up to NSO and install a specific app just to listen to music from Nintendo games" is at best neutral. I don't care about tying it to an NSO sub, but I need another app for something like this as much as I need another hole in my arse. But I do get that, if you're on NSO anyway and view this as a freebie, it's kinda neat. A lot of my grumbles would go away if they'd give me a web-based player, but I also know that's almost certainly not going to happen 🙂

sligeach

Nintendo doesn't credit composers on new Nintendo Music app

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/why-doesn-t-nintendo-music-credit-composers-

Nintendo should be crediting the music composers.

Tom Mann Centuria

I'm enjoying the music app so far, nice for a bit of background music and since I never really played Animal Crossing I'm finally getting to hear the musical stylings of KK Slider.

A widget would be a nice thing to add it they get round to it.

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122783666#Comment_122783666

A cynic might be forgiven for thinking they'll start nuking YouTube channels that have these OST's now as a result of this....

Nice to have if you're an existing subscriber, also nice that it's a curated and apparently well put together package, they should be crediting composers though. I'd echo your point about yet another unnecessary app too. Still, they've done worse things...

SuperNinFriendo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122784058#Comment_122784058

Disappointing.

Current day Nintendo really is trying to disassociate the works from the individual creators. They've been coy and even omitted who actually develops some games. There is only "Nintendo". Only "Nintendo" made games and "Nintendo" made music.

Mr.Saturn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122784097#Comment_122784097

The same cynic might also feel this app came into existence partly to nuke channels gaining an audience on the back of Nintendo's IP.

SuperBowserWorld

The kids are playing Animal Crossing as it's Halloween 🎃 time there. It's been played on/off since the start of covid. Good value for money. 😁

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122784271#Comment_122784271

And then lock it all behind a subscription pay wall, rather than just having said channels/videos demonitised? Yeah, sounds pretty Nintendo really....

Its all supposition though, I'm just hopeful that they leave OST channels alone, while offering NSO users this new service at the same time. There's room in this world for both.

Mr.Saturn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122784369#Comment_122784369

Rigourously obliterating fan channels is like Nintendo's second favourite pastime, just behind suing anyone that's so much as googled the word 'emulator.'

OwaynOTT

I for one love it just because my partner got embarrassed when she recognised a Nintendogs track.

Plays washing the dog theme

Partner eating breakfast ignoring me up till now. ‘Wait! I know that one!’

Show her the screen

😄

SuperNinFriendo

Super Mario Wonder music has been added to Nintendo Music

ThePandazorian

September came and went, October came and went, and yet all those sure of a Switch 2 reveal were unsurprisingly wrong.

Instead we got an alarm clock, a XCX remaster and a music app (all of which are wonderful in their own respect). Nintendo masterfully trolling the “insiders” who shockingly never predicted any of that.

CastorTroy

For those doubting Alarmo is Nintendo's latest system, here's the inevitable Doom port

https://twitter.com/GaryOderNichts/status/1852753537001718021

sligeach

Nintendo Cuts Yearly Forecast After Another Weak Switch Quarter

https://wccftech.com/nintendo-cuts-yearly-forecast-after-another-weak-switch-quarter/

This morning, Nintendo reported its latest quarterly financial results to investors. The previous trend of weak Switch sales has continued: the hybrid handheld/home console sold only 2.62 million units this quarter, for a lifetime total of 146.04 million units as of September 30, 2024.

The quarterly Switch sales decreased by 10.58% year-over-year. A similar result was seen regarding quarterly software sales (39.6 million units), which dropped by 10.66% compared to last year's quarter. Out of the new games, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has sold 2.58 million units, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake sold 1.94 million, and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD reached 1.57 million.

In this underwhelming quarter, Nintendo's operating profit went down by 29.07% year-over-year. Moreover, the company cut its forecast for the full fiscal year from 13.5 million Switch units to 12.5 million units:

Switch is now roughly 9 million units behind the lifetime sales of PS2 and 8 million off the DS.

Furukawa says there's no change to Nintendo's plan to announce the successor in the current financial year, but wouldn't go into specifics.

Shares in Nintendo closed 3.9% down ahead of their earnings announcements, below the Nikkei average of 1.1% gain.

Doodah7

Frankly, Nintendo have no-one to blame but themselves if the market decides to go to town on their share price. All they have to do is announce the new console and give an estimate of when it is coming out. How hard is that? All of this skulking around does not do their brand or investor confidence any good.

Personally I have lost interest in the Switch 2 at this stage and moved on to Playstation 5. Any of the RPG's or sports game that I play are available, in a significantly better format, on other platforms. This would have been unthinkable for me six months ago.

jj880

Yeah its getting a bit played out at this stage. I sold up just before last Christmas expecting to own next gen for this Christmas. Don't regret selling as got a good price right after completing TOTK. Cant understand why they're dragging their asses behind them on Switch 2 for so long...

ThePandazorian

Guess there goes any chance of tangible Switch 2 news this calendar year. On to 2025. Back to playing games in 2024.

sligeach

Nintendo Switch Online dataminer discovers 4K resolution option and support for mesh shaders

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/11/05/nintendo-switch-online-dataminer-discovers-4k-resolution-option-and-support-for-mesh-shaders/

CastorTroy

I find it funny how all these analysts, etc are now saying we shouldn't expect Switch 2 news until 2025. Wonder how they worked that out from Furukawa basically saying there'll be no news this year. Those analysts earning their money as always.

And Sligeach, outta curiosity, why are you behind bars?

sligeach

Nintendo President Furukawa has confirmed that the Switch successor next will be backwards compatible & have Nintendo Switch Online.

https://twitter.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794

SuperNinFriendo

That is great news. Better than the announcement of the new system itself imo. Glad they finally confirmed it. Would have sweetened the news if he also teased that Switch games might run better on the new system.

sligeach

Nintendo Switch 2 OS Menu Allegedly Features A Performance Toggle For Portable Mode

https://twistedvoxel.com/nintendo-switch-2-os-features-performance-toggle/

Twitter/X insider NWeedle has claimed that the Nintendo Switch 2 OS menu features a performance toggle for use in its portable mode. According to their information, users of Nintendo’s next console will be able to prioritize either battery duration or power in its portable mode.

https://twitter.com/NWeedle/status/1856322526705549767

This would be a good option to have.

sligeach

Rumour: Nintendo Preparing to Ship Huge Number of Switch 2 Consoles for Launch

https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-2-console-supply-rumors/

According to a new rumour, Nintendo is potentially preparing up to 7 million Switch 2 units to avoid any shortages at launch and thwart any would be scalpers. This is 2.5x the amount that was available at launch for Switch.

sligeach

Chinese online service for Nintendo Switch to cease operations from March 31, 2026

https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-online-service-nintendo-switch-cease-operations-march-31-2026-2024-11-26/

https://i.imgur.com/SlWZwOZ.gif

Might the service start to close 1 year on from the release of a certain new Nintendo platform? There are recent rumours that Switch 2 will launch at the end of March next year.

Fysh

There are always rumours, because there are always people who - despite the last 15 billion rumours turning out to be arsegravy - remain convinced that the next one will be totally accurate.

Japan's fiscal year runs from April to March, so it's not particularly odd for a B2B contract to be matched to that cycle. If you think Nintendo is going to be able to drop hardware support, much less willing to lose the income from NSO subs, starting 1 year from the launch date of Switch 2, then you must be enjoying some politician-calibre party treats 😜

IMO much more likely is that the original contract (announced sometime in 2019) had a set duration. Whether it's being allowed to lapse because Nintendo decided it's not worth the effort, or because they've got something else i mind, is not the sort of thing we get to find out about ahead of time…

(Also, that's an eyesore of a gif to be embedding in a post for no reason)