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Bloodstained for Wii U cancelled in favor of Switch
- Thread starter LordKano
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Astral Dog
Member
Do it
Colonel Mustard
Banned
At this point, any decent-sized publisher should be doing physical releases. If a dumpster fire like Nicalis is able to (and doing surprisingly adequately) other guys have no excuse.
Yeah I also think the hate towards the joycon directional buttons is overblown. I played Blaster Master Zero and Metal Slug 3 with them, and they worked just fine, felt just as responsive as using a real d-pad.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Emailed about my refund.
The joy con d pad buttons are totally fine. The shallowness of the buttons helps. I honestly think the complaints towards it are overblown.
Like the Yooka-Laylee kickstarter, seemed like it was going after Nintendo nostalgia. Iga's metroidvania games have been been Nintendo-exclusive for two decades after all.
I don't think it was a terrible idea at all, bet it got them a decent amount of pledges they would've otherwise not gotten. People that kickstart shit can fall a bit on the fanatical side so they'll probably see very little pushback from this decision. Win-win for them.
Yeah? And it made three million more after that bit.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
I feel like the d-pad on the pro controller is so far to the inside of the controller that I find it hard to hold down right without slightly letting off of it or hitting up by mistake causing unintentional diagonal movement.
The Joycon's button d-pad is legit and works great so far.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Understandable, but holy crap on dropping the ball at Nintendo's side as an excuse.
cj_iwakura
Member
The Vita is still kicking.
It's win-win, they don't spend hard-earned money on a port that doesn't sell, Nintendo fans (and honestly anyone with a Switch) gets a better version with portability. Even if you think you lost out, they prevented you from buying a version that's stuck to a system that you don't even have hooked up because games dried up months ago.
Yeah, I almost think this might be thread worthy. Maybe if the developers didn't get as much flack as they were getting, but it's a common scenario and it may highlight that the problem is actually lying more with Nintendo as of late rather than the developers.
Not that I could blame them though. Wii U is long in the tooth, and Switch has actual UE4 support. Hell, if Sony had a Vita successor lined up it'd probably be a good idea on that front too.
Dark Cloud
Member
I think lots of us knew this was going to happen.
mobilesworking
Member
Swapped PS4 for Switch and wish I could do so more often.
It requires support from Nintendo as well.
The same goes for the Vita, the moment either party backs down it gets pulled. However I think it's workable considering it still has a fanbase. The Wii U fanbase is gone next year.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Hmm, I would move my PS4 copy over to Switch but I would really like to see some gameplay/performance of the Switch version first...
giancarlo123x
Banned
Good. I have a Wii u but ill probably double dip on the switch now.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I was surprised how usable it was when I used it
frankie_baby
Member
Plugged in on life support maybe
Plus porting UE4 to vita is gonna be a lot harder than it would have been to Wii U
It also hapens quite a lot at the end of a system's lifecycle when it has a successor. It's not unique to WiiU or anything. But if the hardware makers (Nintendo in this case) isn't making it easy, what's the point?
Father_Brain
Banned
I doubt it's really that much harder - sure, it's less powerful, but UE3 was poorly optimized on both platforms even with official support from Epic. I'd be impressed if Armature managed to achieve anything more than "ugly with frequent drops to ~20fps" on either platform.
frankie_baby
Member
I'd be impressed if they bother trying now, porting to just 1 system is probably gonna be relatively more work than if they were doing two
It's more like, why would they bother port a whole engine just for one SKU, one of the least popular in top of that ?
GhostTrick
Banned
It's also because the game is a rather demanding one. I don't see it releasing on Wii U unless they stripped all the visual effects. As for Vita ? I don't see it happening either.
IrishNinja
Member
wait, i forget - we picked our console of choice for the KS, didn't we? kinda wish i could go switch version over PS4
They probably won't port the engine. Instead they'll remake the game from scratch for Vita, porting studio Armature has done this before twice; Mortal Kombat and Injustice games on Vita are not ports, made specifically for the system.
I expect Japan to be more interested on Vita version.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Yep that makes sense. The Wii U version was being done on a different engine wasn't it?
Giolon
Member
I have so many questions about this.
Who will be developing the Switch version? Will it be in-house or will it be outsourced like the Wii U & Vita versions?
Will the Switch version release at the same time as PS4? What sort of differences will there be between the versions?
I'm assuming there aren't answers to these questions yet, but I'll need to know before changing platforms.
Who will be developing the Switch version? Will it be in-house or will it be outsourced like the Wii U & Vita versions?
Will the Switch version release at the same time as PS4? What sort of differences will there be between the versions?
I'm assuming there aren't answers to these questions yet, but I'll need to know before changing platforms.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'll play it on PC anyway, but I don't think this is particularly alarming, or even disappointing. One would have to have seen this coming.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Hard find a problem with this since they're offering transfers and refunds.
Sucks for people with only a Wii U and no plans to buy another platform, but honestly how many people are in that camp? Can't imagine that even the number of people who'd prefer to keep their order on Wii U vs. moving it to Switch or elsewhere is enough to justify continuing developing and releasing that version.
Sucks for people with only a Wii U and no plans to buy another platform, but honestly how many people are in that camp? Can't imagine that even the number of people who'd prefer to keep their order on Wii U vs. moving it to Switch or elsewhere is enough to justify continuing developing and releasing that version.
frankie_baby
Member
No the plan was for armature to port UE4 to Wii U (and vita)
The survey on fangamer you used to fill out which version you want is something you can still go back to. Find that email, and you can use that link in order to change your version. I just did that myself.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Just switched from PS4 to Switch. Coo.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Just changed my reward from physical PS4 to physical Switch, nice surprise!
