TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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See thats just not true. 3DS had more games, but nothing worth playing, no Zelda, even if its not exclusive.
I still think they've got more to say and the virtual console/some indies will take up the slack.
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See thats just not true. 3DS had more games, but nothing worth playing, no Zelda, even if its not exclusive.
I still think they've got more to say and the virtual console/some indies will take up the slack.
People said on wiiu launch "where is zelda?"
People say on switch launch "why is there only zelda?"
Let´s be honest guys, at this price and it doesn´t even matter which game will come out on launch. 90% who buy switch at launch will only buy zelda for it.
I really want to buy it in the launch month, if zelda on the wiiu is really worse with LoD,fps and graphic quality than the switch version. Launch year also is very good for me, but something in me says, that I just should wait for e3.
People say on switch launch "why is there only zelda?"
Let´s be honest guys, at this price and it doesn´t even matter which game will come out on launch. 90% who buy switch at launch will only buy zelda for it.
I really want to buy it in the launch month, if zelda on the wiiu is really worse with LoD,fps and graphic quality than the switch version. Launch year also is very good for me, but something in me says, that I just should wait for e3.
Yeah 3DS was awful. I waited until OoT came out before picking one up.
I honestly don't understand people crying about the first year of releases for the Switch.
Within 9-10 months from launch, you will have:
- New Zelda
- New 3D Mario (64 style)
- New Splatoon
- New Xenoblade Chronicles
- Mario Kart 8 re-release
- Smash Bros re-release (very likely)
- Pokemon Stars (very likely)
- Pikmin 4 (again, very likely)
Seriously, how much more can you want from a new console in it's first year?? I mean, fuck, throw in a Metroid / Donkey Kong that are likely in development also and you have the full suite of main franchises expected in a Nintendo system's entire lifecycle.
I'd argue this is one of the best launch years of all-time, assumptions and unannounced titles notwithstanding.
Within 9-10 months from launch, you will have:
- New Zelda
- New 3D Mario (64 style)
- New Splatoon
- New Xenoblade Chronicles
- Mario Kart 8 re-release
- Smash Bros re-release (very likely)
- Pokemon Stars (very likely)
- Pikmin 4 (again, very likely)
Seriously, how much more can you want from a new console in it's first year?? I mean, fuck, throw in a Metroid / Donkey Kong that are likely in development also and you have the full suite of main franchises expected in a Nintendo system's entire lifecycle.
I'd argue this is one of the best launch years of all-time, assumptions and unannounced titles notwithstanding.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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There's sales figures around for the Wii version of twilight princess that apparently had low sales. The Wii had a much bigger launch line up though.
Remove those three very likely games as they haven't been announced and then xenoblade as it has a good chance of not actually being 2017 and then what are you left with?
2 likely amazing games, 1 port and one enhanced port/sequel. Over ten months that's nothing. At present things don't look good but there's time to change that for Nintendo
I understand it even if I don't necessarily agree with it.
The launch games (not the first year) are a bit uninspiring aside from Zelda, Xenoblade is highly likely to be delayed, Splatoon 2 doesn't look that different from the first one. That means a bit of a drought over the spring and summer if you have already played the WiiU ports to death.
I think they are holding back some announcements for later this year, and will be keeping quiet about Pokemon Stars to let the 3DS games keep selling seeing as they haven't even been out for two months yet.
Personally I can't wait to see what it's library looks like in a year or twos time. I realise it's totally a niche game but I can't believe there is actually going to be a Fire Emblem Warriors after years of people suggesting it, I can't wait for that!
Yeah, also I think more people were inspired by the Wii itself than TP. With the Switch I see more people dearly wanting to play the new Zelda that looks amazing than being interested in the console concept.
For the sake of this discussion, let's remove all the very likely options. I expect them too, but plans change all the time, and we can't say for sure when or if they will come out.
What they showed at the presentation was appealing to me. However, I do think the slow rollout of games is a big problem. Zelda is day one, which is fantastic, but what do we have after that? Mario Kart comes out on April 28 - that's almost two months later. Splatoon 2 doesn't hit until summer, which is a huge shame in my opinion. We get Arms in between, but it's still too early to say how that will do.
I fully expect this thing to have a slow first couple of months.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Hope the console cuts prices when Odyssey releases.
This launch is fucking laughable for europe, 330 euros for this. lol
I only hope that Zelda WiiU is not a fps mess.
This launch is fucking laughable for europe, 330 euros for this. lol
I only hope that Zelda WiiU is not a fps mess.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I expect a price drop by the time Mario comes out. 3DS's price drop and ambassador programme came around the time of Ocarina Of Time 3D, so maybe with splatoon and or Mario.
Digital foundry reports favourably on the FPS for BOTW switch
Digital foundry reports favourably on the FPS for BOTW switch
How long did we wait for the first Wii U price drop?
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Google says September 2013 for an official price drop.
Stairouais
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And Pikmin 4 is still some people interpretation of "that 3DS Pikmin clearly isn't the next Pikmin Miyamoto talked about".
Listing games as 'very likely' is absurd. If your happy with the line up cool have at it. A lot of people aren't are understandably worried and shocked by this thin line up. I wouldn't assume athything is 'likely' in development especially metriod given its recent track record.
That MARIO game had pimp bowser. If you want to be irrationally hyped for anything...
That MARIO game had pimp bowser. If you want to be irrationally hyped for anything...
ShadowFox08
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Europe really gets BotW on launch day too? Good for them!
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Well most of what LKD said about software turned out to be untrue. Thankfully for Zelda at launch anyway. Don't think I'd make the plunge without Zelda.
ShadowFox08
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I almost guarantee you that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Pikmin 4 won't be out this year if everything else does. Its way too much. Everybody seriously thought we'd get three AAA 1st party games in March(Botw, splatoon, and mario... lol?) before the presentation, and they were dead wrong. That's not how Nintendo does business. They almost never release more than one AAA 1st party game per month. I can assure you they know the problems with droughts from the wii u.
For holidays, Pokemon Stars, Mario Oddysey, and 3rd party titles will be more than enough. And if/when we get smash confirmed for this year, smash will likely be out late summer to october. Games like Xenoblade and Pikmin are better reserved for 1st and 2nd quarter 2018.
So if we go for one Nintendo game a month to keep things ticking over we have the following
March -Zelda and 1 2 switch
April - Mario kart
May - ARMS
June - ?
July - Splatoon 2
August - ?
September - ?
October - ?
November - ?
December - Super Mario Odyssey
I could imagine June not having a game and instead being a big gamecube virtual console push with E3 stuff like "available right now"
October would likely be Pokémon Stars if it exists so august, September and November.... 3ds/Wii u ports?
March -Zelda and 1 2 switch
April - Mario kart
May - ARMS
June - ?
July - Splatoon 2
August - ?
September - ?
October - ?
November - ?
December - Super Mario Odyssey
I could imagine June not having a game and instead being a big gamecube virtual console push with E3 stuff like "available right now"
October would likely be Pokémon Stars if it exists so august, September and November.... 3ds/Wii u ports?
Yeah this doesn't sound right.
Should be a bit more than 3100.
I converted dollar to NOK and then added VAT.
We will know after E3 (yes, I Know) if it is. Ubisoft confirmed that the have further announcements to make and smash Bros is so logical that I cant imagine it not coming...
TheMagician
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You know what would have been the perfect launch game to complement Zelda?
Yooka Laylee.
Yooka Laylee.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
I'll believe the leakers when I see it at this point
I think rayman should be a launch game. Make it cheap, its super fun, has a great co-op focus, etc.
Mildudon
Member
That's pretty high of a price for NO/SEK. In DK the cheapest i've seen it is 2999DK.(404).
That would be what I expected. But just look at CDON and set yiur region to Swe/Nor. As I said, they'll lower the price when they have confirmed with Bergsala (?), but until then I won't pre order. And by then, it might be too late to pre order to guarantee a launch unit.
For reference; 5000 NOK is 1000 more than a PS4 Pro!
Everything should be digital day one worldwide. Simple as that.
FTFY - You can't state that games that haven't even been announced are very likely to come out within the next 12 months.
3 of 4 are re-releases, and 3 of 4 haven't even been announced + "in a year, the launch will be good" >.>?
For Nintendo hyper fanboys, it is. Apparently.
Cozmogramma
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Spelbutiken has it listed at 3600 kr (380) and it doesn't say anything about it being a preliminary price.
CrazedProfessional
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Its highly likely that yearly scedule is incomplete. It doesn't factor in Digital games and given Nintendo like surprises; 1st and 3rd party games worth hiding.
BengaBenga
Member
Pathetic. Really. I have all Nintendo consoles and will buy Switch as well simply to play Zelda and hopefully Fire Emblem, but this really is a disastrous launch (window) line up.
With merging the two development streams and hardly any Wii U games the last two years Nintendo should have had much more ready than Zelda, a couple of ports and a Mario game 10 months away.
I think unfortunately the reality is that Nintendo internally has very serious issues that stop it from having a cear strategic focus or from delivering the games required for a game system to succeed.
With merging the two development streams and hardly any Wii U games the last two years Nintendo should have had much more ready than Zelda, a couple of ports and a Mario game 10 months away.
I think unfortunately the reality is that Nintendo internally has very serious issues that stop it from having a cear strategic focus or from delivering the games required for a game system to succeed.
Spieler Eins
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Now remove ports and things you just assume. Then also consider that other platforms usually offer much more insight into the future. Is it supposed to be promising that the best 3rd party deal for the next Nintendo handheld is some Suda title that doesn't even exist yet? Because it constitutes the complete opposite image.
Considering that this was supposed to combined both handheld- and console devisions, this lineup is beyond petty. It's actually worse than your typical WiiU lineup and that shouldn't have been possible in any kind of reality. Reveals like Wii and 3DS had announcement after announcement. Switch has like 2 new big productions.
yurinka
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So this year I'll get Zelda, MK8, Splatoon 2 and Mario for Switch.
It's ok for me to don't have more appealing Switch games this year because I'll get a lot of PS4 games during 2017.
It would be nice to see Bayonetta 1+2, Captain Toad & Tropical Freeze ported to Switch next year, I'd get them.
It's ok for me to don't have more appealing Switch games this year because I'll get a lot of PS4 games during 2017.
It would be nice to see Bayonetta 1+2, Captain Toad & Tropical Freeze ported to Switch next year, I'd get them.
Milly Osworth
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Its just mindblowing this is how Nintendo hopes to turn their fortune around.
It would have made sense for Nintendo to announce a Wii U classics line up with titles like that throughout the first year.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I'm sure it is, that's just what we've heard.
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Ennosuke
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I have a PS4 and a PC, so I will be busy anyway. But for me the lineup is good, including 2 goty candidates.
I will be busy with BoW until MK8, when I get bored I can buy Arms or Splatoon 2. I think some stuff for Fall has not been annouced yet, but in the last quarter Mario gonna be amazing and probably we have the pleasure to play XC2.
I had the WiiU and the 3DS as well on launch day and it took a lot of time until I had a great game on those platforms.
Not so bad as people are pretending.
I will be busy with BoW until MK8, when I get bored I can buy Arms or Splatoon 2. I think some stuff for Fall has not been annouced yet, but in the last quarter Mario gonna be amazing and probably we have the pleasure to play XC2.
I had the WiiU and the 3DS as well on launch day and it took a lot of time until I had a great game on those platforms.
Not so bad as people are pretending.
TannerDemoz
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Everyone acting like the entire release calendar for the year has already been announced...
It's not a terrible launch line-up. I don't get the amount of beef the console is getting when you compare it to the PS4 and XB1 Euro releases.
It's not a terrible launch line-up. I don't get the amount of beef the console is getting when you compare it to the PS4 and XB1 Euro releases.
I was hesitating if I buy the Neo Fast DLC on Wii U but I'll wait the RMX on switch.
Puyo Puyo Tetris and Disgaea : day one for me.
I don't know if I'll take wii u or switch version of Zelda.
Glad to not have bought Splatoon on Wii u, the second one will be mine..
I Love 3D World and SMG games but I'm not hyped at all at Odyssey. don't know why..
Puyo Puyo Tetris and Disgaea : day one for me.
I don't know if I'll take wii u or switch version of Zelda.
Glad to not have bought Splatoon on Wii u, the second one will be mine..
I Love 3D World and SMG games but I'm not hyped at all at Odyssey. don't know why..
I got hospitalised with appendicitis a day after buying my 3ds and took me weeks before i actually played it!
That's better, but still too much. But whatever. I need a Norwegian store to update the price though! I wish Norway was part of the EU. I can drive to Sweden in one hour, but purchasing anything over than 200KR add a bunch of customs expenses... sometimes I wish I still lived there.
It's a bit odd but I love that Nintendo surprised me with Odyssey. I remember the first trailer of 3D World and that really was "this is just a bigger and better 3D Land" which isn't bad at all but not really surprising.
Plus, there's a lot of Mario Galaxy in the Odyssey reveal trailer. Traditional Mario platforming will be there and it might be Nintendo's first "real" Switch only game.
Jonneh3003
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https://twitter.com/2K_UK/status/821314849963581440
edit: misread the Tweet, thought NBA was a launch title
edit: misread the Tweet, thought NBA was a launch title