Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

chrislad · 13-01-2017 05:08PM

It would have been so easy for Nintendo to hit this out of the park. The complete lack of VC mentions is concerning. While I don't want it to be used for that primarily, the console is powerful enough to play their entire back catalog, and the lack of any real news regarding the VC is very disappointing.

Star Lord · 13-01-2017 05:10PM

DukeOfTheSharp wrote: »

...only to die out and be a massive waste of time for those who bought the console as nothing will release on it, like the WiiU/3DS.

Seriously? The 3DS is well supported, and is home to some of the best games I've played.

pasta-solo · 13-01-2017 05:12PM

Virtual Console news is coming,just because we havent heard yet doesn't mean they're not doing it. I'm not confident about them restoring our older purchases though, based on their cash grabbing on every other aspect of the Switch so far.

MilesMorales1 · 13-01-2017 05:12PM

DukeOfTheSharp wrote: »

Far too pricey a console for what they're offering out the gate. Cheapest I can find is about €333.50 online, but Zelda is going for nearly €70 so that barely offsets the price.

Arms looks like a terrible tech-demo they're charging money for. Given Nintendo's history, this will either sell incredibly well (and judging by their artificial limitation of stock, they'll use the 'sold out' excuse to fabricate hype, as they're the kings of undersupply) and then fade over time given the total lack of support, like the Wii, or it'll sell poorly out the gate and over time will gain some form of support, only to die out and be a massive waste of time for those who bought the console as nothing will release on it, like the WiiU/3DS.

The online subscription is crap too, NES and SNES games? For a fixed monthly fee? Nonsense. No new Metroid title? Ridiculous.

I honestly think the best thing they could have done is release it as a €200-250 pricepoint, reduce games down to €45 a pop, and have a bunch of games at release to choose from. No online subs, redesign and refine their online storefront, and emphasise on constant reductions to their digital games over time, something they'd failed to do prior to this. I can't see myself, or a lot of people I know, buying it out the gate. Other consoles have larger libraries from first to third parties and the Switch is starting out limping. They needed to come out swinging but they're doing the classic Nintendo thing of half-assing it, assuming their past failures won't effect them now.

But it's 330 in GameStop and Symths. Not looking very hard.

sligeach · 13-01-2017 05:16PM

chrislad wrote: »

It would have been so easy for Nintendo to hit this out of the park. The complete lack of VC mentions is concerning. While I don't want it to be used for that primarily, the console is powerful enough to play their entire back catalog, and the lack of any real news regarding the VC is very disappointing.

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought they said last night that the Switch can play VC games from every previous system.

TheIrishGrover · 13-01-2017 05:17PM

Wow, that's a lot of empty in the room now

Riesen_Meal · 13-01-2017 05:17PM

sligeach wrote: »

Ya those large memory cards are crazy expensive. Buying a 32GB memory card is no good.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01EAKAUUK/ref=mp_s_a_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1484324105&sr=8-18&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=micro+sd+card

31 UK for 128GB, that's will do...

Rob2D · 13-01-2017 05:18PM

I pre-ordered on Amazon at €330 at lunch time. Best place to do it since they don't charge you. And they're shipping to Ireland now unlike this morning.

chrislad · 13-01-2017 05:23PM

sligeach wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought they said last night that the Switch can play VC games from every previous system.

I've not watched it yet, just read stories, but we should be hearing that GameCube games are now on the VC with this generation of console, and we should be able to get a Wii U game on the Switch (game depending, as some will rely on the gamepad) the way Wii games ran on the Wii U. I'm still pre-ordered, but I'm just expecting more than what I'm seeing.

MilesMorales1 · 13-01-2017 05:23PM

sligeach wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought they said last night that the Switch can play VC games from every previous system.

I must have missed that, I didn't hear anything about the VC.

rob808 · 13-01-2017 05:24PM

Rob2D wrote: »

I pre-ordered on Amazon at €330 at lunch time. Best place to do it since they don't charge you. And they're shipping to Ireland now unlike this morning.

They were just couldn't order the original which I found strange could only order the colour joy con one.

DukeOfTheSharp · 13-01-2017 05:25PM

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

But it's 330 in GameStop and Symths. Not looking very hard.

And the chances of getting one from either won't be great if the undersupplying holds up (given that some stores report 35 consoles maximum, and Amazon are already sold out) - so less well known, but trustworthy online storefronts are the next best bet. The price is still an issue, 330 is far too much as a baseline.

super_furry · 13-01-2017 05:28PM

Bomberman looks pretty rough. An angled camera that doesn't show the whole map all at once is not what Bomberman needs.

sligeach · 13-01-2017 05:28PM

Fieldog wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01EAKAUUK/ref=mp_s_a_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1484324105&sr=8-18&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=micro+sd+card

31 UK for 128GB, that's will do...

That's the minimum you'd need. I've used 120GB on my 500GB Wii U hard drive and I don't buy retail games digitally. 256GB Micro SD cards take a big jump in price.

johnpatrick81 · 13-01-2017 05:30PM

super_furry wrote: »

Bomberman looks pretty rough. An angled camera that doesn't show the whole map all at once is not what Bomberman needs.

It's bomberman for chriiiiiist sake. How is this even a feature of a new hardware release in 2017?!?!:D

sligeach · 13-01-2017 05:32PM

We're getting a new Tales Of game from Namco Bandai. No other details yet.

Joy-cons are synced simply by sliding them onto the screen.

super_furry · 13-01-2017 05:33PM

Hahaha. Looks like Bomberman might have pay to play micro-transactions.

magnumbud · 13-01-2017 05:33PM

super_furry wrote: »

Bomberman looks pretty rough. An angled camera that doesn't show the whole map all at once is not what Bomberman needs.

thats for the single/co-op mode. multiplayer is top down

Atari Jaguar · 13-01-2017 05:35PM

€160 for a switch with GameStop if you trade a 500GB PS4 Slim or Xbox One S

DukeOfTheSharp · 13-01-2017 05:38PM

Star Lord wrote: »

Seriously? The 3DS is well supported, and is home to some of the best games I've played.

The 3DS had a handful of good titles, but they diminished in quality, only really spiking for Pokemon. Fire Emblem Awakening was fantastic, but then they muddied the series by making Fates a two-game release. Bravely Default? Great, but Bravely Second was poorly received and from what I understand, didn't sell well. But honestly, the library of games they released wasn't good for a console that struggled from the get-go. But in terms of long-term support, the console hasn't really received that much attention (the New 3DS is to blame for that, with games like Xenoblade Chronicles being an exclusive to that console and Hyrule Warriors being a total mess on the older version of the 3DS). The Zelda remakes sold well, but they Ocarina of time didn't sell the console initially. It's not the worst offending Nintendo console, but it really wasn't all that well supported when you consider the DS had a huge library and was consistently supported.

Riesen_Meal · 13-01-2017 05:39PM

5 launch games is fairly cack tbh....

From Eurogamer :

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-13-nintendo-confirms-switch-launch-lineup-of-games

The Switch has just five games available when it launches on 3rd March, Nintendo confirmed. These are:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1-2 Switch
Super Bomberman R
Skylanders Imaginators
Just Dance 2017
Another three games come out in March:

SnipperClippers
Fast RMX
Has-Been Heroes
On 28th April:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Pegged for spring 2017 are:

Arms
Disgaea 5 Complete
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Rime
Down for summer 2017 is:

Splatoon 2
During autumn 2017:

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Holiday 2017 gets:

Super Mario Odyssey
And there are 10 games with a vague 2017 release window:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Ultra Street Fighter 2 The Final Challenge
Minecraft
EA Sports FIFA
Sonic Mania
I Am Setsuna
Steep
Syberia 3
NBA 2K
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Mr E · 13-01-2017 05:40PM

From Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-13-nintendo-confirms-switch-launch-lineup-of-games)

Nintendo has confirmed the games coming out for the Switch throughout 2017 in the UK.

The Nintendo UK Twitter account published this image, confirming a number of Switch games coming out in 2017.
The Switch has just five games available when it launches on 3rd March, Nintendo confirmed. These are:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1-2 Switch
Super Bomberman R
Skylanders Imaginators
Just Dance 2017

Another three games come out in March:

SnipperClippers
Fast RMX
Has-Been Heroes

On 28th April:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Pegged for spring 2017 are:

Arms
Disgaea 5 Complete
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Rime

Down for summer 2017 is:

Splatoon 2

During autumn 2017:

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Holiday 2017 gets:

Super Mario Odyssey

And there are 10 games with a vague 2017 release window:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Ultra Street Fighter 2 The Final Challenge
Minecraft
EA Sports FIFA
Sonic Mania
I Am Setsuna
Steep
Syberia 3
NBA 2K
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

There are a number of games announced for Switch that aren't on this Nintendo-released list, including Redout, Fire Emblem Warriors, a new Square RPG from the Bravely Default team, Dragon Quest 10 and 11, along with Dragon Quest Heroes 1 and 2, the new Shin Megami Tensei, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Rayman Legends Definitive Edition and Farming Simulator.

Atari Jaguar · 13-01-2017 05:41PM

The 3DS didn't sell 60 million units (as of Dec 2015) by having a bad games library.

johnpatrick81 · 13-01-2017 05:42PM

holy sh!!!!t that's a god awful lineup.

MilesMorales1 · 13-01-2017 05:43PM

I really hope that's not all we get this year. Pokemon stars would be nice.

super_furry · 13-01-2017 05:43PM

Christ. So it could be almost two months after launch until there's another decent game released, in Mario Kart?

Today has been such a downer for Switch news.

Riesen_Meal · 13-01-2017 05:44PM

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

holy sh!!!!t that's a god awful lineup.

It's fairly disappointing, I was expecting a lot more than that, I might hold off until Mario comes out...

nairy hipples · 13-01-2017 05:48PM

This time yesterday I was so excited at what was to come.
Now I'm just deflated by what has transpired.

I was excited about getting a new console and had pegged on Switch. Now that Switch has disappointed I still want a new console... I might look at PS4/XB1, something I'd never considered before.

super_furry · 13-01-2017 05:49PM

Really, really disappointing line-up. Nintendo are repeating all their mistakes of the past.

MilesMorales1 · 13-01-2017 05:51PM

3DS had a worse start and that console is fabulous. So I'll be happy with Zelda for launch.

Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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