Nintendo: General Discussion

sligeach

So, 1st March. We're into the end of days. 

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1549290749992247297

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CnDWqoSzz-o

As of 27th March 2023, it will no longer be possible to make purchases on Nintendo eShop for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

Don't forget to get your affairs in order. ⚰️

sligeach

Call of Duty May Not Run on Switch, Says UK Market Regulator

https://gamerant.com/call-of-duty-switch-problems-cma/

I think the COD games will be on the Switch successor.

sligeach

Rumor: Jeff Grubb’s hearing things about a Switch 2 reveal in late 2023

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/03/01/rumor-jeff-grubbs-hearing-things-about-a-switch-2-reveal-in-late-2023/

There's new hardware coming, it's just a matter of it launching before Christmas or next March, similar to the Switch launch. Either way, the reveal will be later this year, because I don't think Nintendo will want the backlash of people buying the Switch at Christmas, only for them to announce the new hardware in January.

jj880

Switch has been due an upgrade for a while so Id be skeptical how long Nintendo would continue to produce games for it after a new gen release.

CiDeRmAn

Given we have seen both modern Doom titles as well as Wolfenstein running on Switch hardware, I think the only thing stopping the porting of the existing COD titles to the Switch is the will to do it.

They may not run in 1080p, or at 60fps, but they would still be fun, playable and lack little or nothing of their Xbox brethren.

For all we know, the engine is there being populated with the relevant assets and the remastered Modern Warfare trilogy is in the process of being ported over, with newer titles to come on the successor consoles.

Equally, the Crysis titles made the jump and play very well indeed.

Let's wait and see what announcements the summer brings.

Grassey

Sure we might get a super switch adapter for the new 8k home console

evad_lhorg

It's very simple. Fully Backwards compatible out of the box and none of this resetting the online shop/retro games with every new console.

sligeach

Images show new Nintendo Switch bundle with choice of Mario game and movie stickers

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/images-show-new-nintendo-switch-bundle-with-choice-of-mario-game-and-movie-stickers/

March 9th for more Mario Kart goodness.

Brand track with Yoshi’s Island and new Character with Birdo. More characters will be added in future packs.

https://youtu.be/TOgbg9BD_aU

sligeach

Nintendo's vanishing classics

Change in the number of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games available by Nintendo system

https://www.axios.com/2023/03/02/nintendo-switch-3ds-wiiu-classics

sligeach

6 years ago today the Switch launched and so too did a little game called The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1631580176831356931

What a masterpiece! TOTK has a tough task to try and steal its crown. 👑

o1s1n

Crazy to think 6 years ago I was still clinging on to my WiiU, played that version of BOTW on release as I didn't have a Switch yet.

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120309365#Comment_120309365

I wonder if in the future the Wii U version of the game will be considered a bit of a 'rarity' like the GameCube Twilight Princess. A quick Google seems to suggest it can be gotten quite cheaply still though.

SuperBowserWorld

If TOTK genuinely gets 10s across the board like BOTW it would be pretty incredible. It will have none of the novelty that BOTW had, so it's going to have to compete purely on game design and game play. I think that's the most interesting think about TOTK.

JimBurnley

Just got this from GS

SuperBowserWorld

122+ million Switches sold. That's hardly an exclusive. Red controllers and a different box. Edit ... And a download code 😒

CastorTroy

So only Odyssey for here and not a choice like mentioned in the earlier report.

Can't make out the other thing on the side of the box. Something to do with the movie?

jj880

Movie sticker sheet.

Poor enough effort that. Could have at least put something on the stand.

sligeach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120309746#Comment_120309746

It really is a half-assed effort. I seen someone say this is Nintendo trying to shift older stock, and that's what it is. Stickers are worth next to nothing and €20 off Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a digital copy of a game that isn't far off a decade old. The same goes for Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, last gen games. Pfft!

CastorTroy

And not the OLED switch by the look of it.

SuperBowserWorld

Original Switches and dodgy joycons should be heavily discounted, and there should be a Nintendo Selects range for 2017 games at this stage.

sligeach

And the way Nintendo are using old stock for this Mario bundle, instead of a special edition, only further adds to the speculation that there's new hardware on the way. I was thinking it'll launch around next March, but I now think it could be on the market by next Christmas.

Also, Nintendo saying, "this year’s E3 show didn’t fit into our plans" was maybe because it's a little too early for them to do a reveal. I think it could be announced in August/September and on shelves by mid November or December.

Couple that with all the speculation and rumours, and Nintendo's schedule for the second half of the year being fairly barren, it might just happen. Switch sales don't have to die when a successor releases, it can sell alongside it for another couple of years at least. Plus maybe a price drop, making it a cheaper alternative.

Sales of Switch are slowing down, Nintendo won't want to let the Switch brand die a slow death and become irrelevant, like the Wii brand did(we seen what happened there). You have to strike while the iron is hot and it's alive.

Fysh

The main thing I'm wondering is what that "go take another look at Odyssey" email was about. I'm still a bit disappointed there's not been some new DLC or something off the back of that.

In terms of whatever follows the Switch, I'd imagine one concern for Nintendo is that they don't have any other hardware line to fall back on if Switch 2 turns out to be a Wii U 2 in terms of market response...

Grassey

Anyone else just thinking once 3/10 passes and the old stock is cleared there will be a new gen surprise drop for TOTK at a direct in April...

BOTW launched switch, TOTK launches the next... That'd be some nice symmetry

jj880

I do think it's a lot closer than we know. This limited edition Mario Day Switch offer is especially rubbish.

SuperBowserWorld

If Samsung made Switches we'd have about 30 versions of them in 6 years. 😁

sligeach

Rumour: Nintendo Switch's successor might not be backwards compatible

A nightmare for Nintendo fans.

https://www.gamereactor.eu/rumour-nintendo-switchs-successor-might-not-be-backwards-compatible-1247673/

Nintendo's backward compatibility Problem... | MVG

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WH03ht2fVqI

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120325530#Comment_120325530

I'd put the word 'Rumour' in fairly big, red, flashing letters. It's far too early to know yet and that's a huge amount of speculation and click baity stuff.

If the console is cartridge based and has the word 'Switch' in the name then it's going to be backwards compatible. Would be stupid not to be.

Only time will tell though, I wouldn't be giving articles like that the time of day just yet.

Fysh

I'd go further and say "baseless load of pish from some twerp who monetises bored speculation" rather than rumour, myself. Doesn't roll off the tongue, exactly, so I probably need to finesse it a bit.

If the next console is wildly different in architecture or core premise, it'd be entirely reasonable to not have backwards compatibility - it's not like the Switch can play Wii U games. Worst case scenario, you keep your Switch and play the games on it.

(It has occurred to me before that with Nintendo having wound up the handheld-only line they don't have a second hardware income to rely on if they fumble the Switch successor, so I can see there being some temptation to have the next console be different e.g. a relatively-more-powerful home system. But, again, that's just me idly speculating, with no input from an uncle working at Nintendo or anything like that...)

sligeach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120325582#Comment_120325582

Some people, I swear... It couldn't be made more clear that it's a rumour, it's the first word in the headline. Probably not serious, but you can't put font in red on this new version of this site. The person doesn't doesn't claim to know the answer, he goes through the possibilities and the consequences. Your response here was quicker than the video is long. All the major respectable sites have posted the story.