I guess Fallout 4 Switch might be legit too then weirdly enough...
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I guess Fallout 4 Switch might be legit too then weirdly enough...
Have to think we'll see some stuff at TGS that's outside of Q1 18 or multiplatform coming to the system.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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If anything was going to be announced today was the day pretty clear outside of Square and TK major Japanese 3rd party's had no faith in this system.
Its not a disaster. Stop it
Not if we know it will get better. That's the difference between Switch and Vita.
The more you quote, the more it continues you should know this by now. Nintendo abandoned Switch too since even known games didn't show.
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Odyssey gets a bundle in Japan too, that will be a big week.
BrokenJohnCena
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seriously,the whole childish panicking needs to stop,it's pointless and bullshit af tbh
Btw,Kirby launching on Spring is a pretty good strategy,decent direct also
Btw,Kirby launching on Spring is a pretty good strategy,decent direct also
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
And One Piece bombed worse on the PS4.
But third parties don't care if games bomb on the PS4 tho.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
That's true looking at SFV and RE7
The Direct clearly had a Global focus - and the release schedule is pretty much filled for Nintendo with their first party content and what is published world wide. Very good showing.
Obv. their will be more announcements in the future whenever Bamco, Level 5, SE and co. are ready to talk. But unless these games are dropping anytime soon there is no reason to announce or start market them now - this has been the whole Switch software strategy from Day 1.
I agree.
Obv. their will be more announcements in the future whenever Bamco, Level 5, SE and co. are ready to talk. But unless these games are dropping anytime soon there is no reason to announce or start market them now - this has been the whole Switch software strategy from Day 1.
I agree.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
My guess is for the first half of 2018 we will get 3 small games like Kirby and Yoshi and one major(my guess is Abinal Crossing)
My predictions are
Kirby
Yoshi
Animal Crossing
New IP
For first half of 2018
Fill the rest with 3rd parties
My predictions are
Kirby
Yoshi
Animal Crossing
New IP
For first half of 2018
Fill the rest with 3rd parties
Gotdatmoney
Member
Yoshi looked extremely incomplete so not that surprising in hindsight I suppose.
And I def do agree the Japanese support is awful thus far. But looking at the Western support I'm less of the opinion that they dont want to support it and more of the opinion that their porting and development pipelines are way less flexible.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
It's not like a Nintendo Direct is the only place that third parties will announce games. A lot of publishers like to announce their stuff on their own schedule.
As of right now, we can say that Square Enix and Koei Tecmo are all in. Sega is also giving decent support, and Atlus has already announced Shin Megami Tensei for the system. Bandai Namco is the major question mark in terms of their relative lack of support so far, but they are committed to bringing Tales and Taiko, and with the strong performance of Xenoverse 2, I would imagine more Dragon Ball games (and probably more of their anime games in general) would likely to be on the way. I'm still a bit surprised that Hacker's Memory didn't get a Switch version, but I'd be surprised if Digimon doesn't start to move over with the next version.
As of right now, we can say that Square Enix and Koei Tecmo are all in. Sega is also giving decent support, and Atlus has already announced Shin Megami Tensei for the system. Bandai Namco is the major question mark in terms of their relative lack of support so far, but they are committed to bringing Tales and Taiko, and with the strong performance of Xenoverse 2, I would imagine more Dragon Ball games (and probably more of their anime games in general) would likely to be on the way. I'm still a bit surprised that Hacker's Memory didn't get a Switch version, but I'd be surprised if Digimon doesn't start to move over with the next version.
Because Skyrim is bring published by Nintendo, I feel it's more of an initiative from Nintendo rather than Bethesda, and that it didn't really say much about Bethesda's attitude towards the switch. But Doom and Wolfenstein definitely shows they at least have some positive opinions about the switch.
As I said it's great to see it got placed alongside Pokémon, Xenoblade and Mario as a major title for the direct too. I think Nintendo is going to push it hard.
KillerMan91
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Fallout 4 had huge problems to sustain 30fps target on PS4 and Xbox One. Doom runs on toaster PCs well below even Xbox One. They are really not comparable.
Eolz
Member
It looks fantastic, but for some reason, it also feels like a Bravely Second situation to me.
A game with a cheaper budget than it should. Will still be great though, looks way better than Lost Sphear.
Capcom: We will evaluate how to support Switch with a bunch of tests.
Bethesda: Switch is selling like crazy, let's throw everything at it.
No, but that was always a possibility. It appears that since holiday western third party games won't have big impact in Japan Nintendo kept Mario + Rabbids for January.
BrokenJohnCena
Member
still no words anout Minecraft switch retail version?
I'm actually curious as to why it's still tracked. I suppose MC/Famitsu have a hard rule about "active selling platforms"?
True but it's a lot more believable now than it was.
Ōkami;248900159 said:
Nintendo making sure 3DS stays up YoY.
That's one thing that looked a good possibility for December. Since it wasn't announced today it likely goes for next year.
Maybe we must say good bye to Mario & Sonic series, at least for these Olympics.
Ōkami;248901218 said:
Switch owners have Splatoon 2 updates to look forward to, frankly it didn't really need another major 1st party game to continue selling extremely well - it just needs Nintendo to sort out stock.
3DS is getting it's last major seller in Ultra Sun/Moon with a Pokemon themed 2DSXL in November.
I'm still awaiting the announcement of physical Minecraft - it's September already and the game has been out dominating eShop Charts for four months now. Also when is Rocket League releasing in Japan?
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
The demo being put out today, as well as the spotlight focus, makes it very clear that this is being positioned as a major title from Square. It also seems like they're pretty intent on building up a word of mouth campaign pre-release.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Oh sure I understand that. But the biggest supporters for the Switch were suppose to be Japanese publishers and the biggest Switch games this year outside of Nintendo's are all Western games. Fifa, NBA, Skyrim, Doom, Minecraft.
It's honestly pretty weird. It tells me Japanese publishers
A) Lack faith
B) Really have shitty development pipelines.
Square Enix are the best Japanese Switch supporter thus far. Weird.
the larger pubs are showing support and it will get better. sega (outside of the yakuza fest), SE, TK, namco will show up with the usual's and surprises eventually.
im only concerned about two publishers/devs,
capcom, but who really knows where they plan on going...
i find level 5 the biggest oddity and probably a missing link to be worried about. the DS legacy left them looking very tight with nintendo and they added a ton of value to the DS. theyve been acting very differently as of late and recent releases.
we've seen some burnt feelings from developers who made successful IP based on the hardware of the DS complaining on how they can transfer to a one screen system. which feels insanely lazy and most of the games in such case could use a retooling (etrian/level 5 in general lol).
im only concerned about two publishers/devs,
capcom, but who really knows where they plan on going...
i find level 5 the biggest oddity and probably a missing link to be worried about. the DS legacy left them looking very tight with nintendo and they added a ton of value to the DS. theyve been acting very differently as of late and recent releases.
we've seen some burnt feelings from developers who made successful IP based on the hardware of the DS complaining on how they can transfer to a one screen system. which feels insanely lazy and most of the games in such case could use a retooling (etrian/level 5 in general lol).
I'd say the Western lineup is stronger than Japan.
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That said, it won't matter this year- Switch will sell what it ships in Japan.
Style Savvy 4 was a nice surprise, has been long enough since 3, but with everything declining on 3DS.
Its Pokémon vs. Yo-kai Watch again, fight is very different this year though, who will drop the hardest!?
Biggest November release for Switch is the DQX expansion, and in a weird twist of fate, it might sell the most on Wii U, either way far from a big release.
Its Pokémon vs. Yo-kai Watch again, fight is very different this year though, who will drop the hardest!?
Biggest November release for Switch is the DQX expansion, and in a weird twist of fate, it might sell the most on Wii U, either way far from a big release.
Sammy Samusu
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Japanese third-parties can't port their games fast enough, lol.
To be honest even Square Enix seems to be a bit confused. What is that DQB port and why is it coming so late? LMAO
To be honest even Square Enix seems to be a bit confused. What is that DQB port and why is it coming so late? LMAO
Yeah, given how barren Famitsu was this week, I'm not too surprised that Japanese developers don't seem ready. Still maintaining the Fall 2018 estimate for widespread support.
Bethesda is giving it a real go though. If we assume the Fallout 4 retail listing is real, that's all their major studios sans Arkane and Tango. Well, the MMO isn't there either, but I don't think anyone is expecting that.
Bethesda is giving it a real go though. If we assume the Fallout 4 retail listing is real, that's all their major studios sans Arkane and Tango. Well, the MMO isn't there either, but I don't think anyone is expecting that.
I'd also add that switch has seen a decent amount of ports, etc. announced last 3 weeks that could have been unveiled in the Direct and all of a sudden its "flood of Japanese titles announced".
That said, still looks like an underwhelming holiday for 3rd parties. Not that it will matter.
So (I think it was) OrbitalBeard was half-right, Hamster is bringing Arcade Archives to Switch but surprisingly it is Nintendo's arcade games rather than what Hamster already put on PS4.
Went to check the list just to make sure that Donkey Kong (Arcade) obviously wouldn't be appearing.
Went to check the list just to make sure that Donkey Kong (Arcade) obviously wouldn't be appearing.
For me the only missing thing was Minecraft retail version.
They said they will open them today.
They said they will open them today.
I suspect the retail version of Minecraft will come with (or after) the Better Together update. That's why I'm not surprised that there's no new information on it just yet.
frankie_baby
Member
Ōkami;248900159 said:
No there are more new 3ds than vita