Technically there is no Smash 4, so Smash for Switch can be anything.
Probably would've been good if it launched in May.Talking about ARMS, the release timing was very strange. It's a new IP that is basically Splatoon for fighting games, and they release it just a month before Splatoon 2. I wonder what the reasoning was, as it seems really misguided.
3DS's killer software didn't arrive till year's end.Switch has the software that 3DS lacked.
I see no reason why sales would plummet anytime soon.
Talking about ARMS, the release timing was very strange. It's a new IP that is basically Splatoon for fighting games, and they release it just a month before Splatoon 2. I wonder what the reasoning was, as it seems really misguided.
Probably would've been good if it launched in May.
The lack of meaningful updates has been a bummer too.
If there's a Smash 5 in the works for Switch, I really doubt it'll be ready in 2019 let alone 2018. Those take a while and I don't think Sakurai would agree to start immediately on a new one after the DLCs for Smash 4 were done.
Smash (enhanced port in Jan to launch alongside online service)
Smash 4 came out in 2014. An enhanced port over a year after launch and 4 years after the game's launch would be a bit disappointing. Seems like they should have enough time to do something substantial
How could you forgot Capcom's awesome Resident Evil Switch announcement?!?
I think some type of Deluxe type port is still in the cards and Sakurai will have free reign on a new pet project like Kid Icarus on 3DS.
Oh, right, is that being sold as two separate products, or a collection?
From what I've read they are separate in Japan.Oh, right, is that being sold as two separate products, or a collection?
I think the big switch games for next year will be:
AC
Kirby
DQ11
Mario Maker
Smash Port
Retro's game (new IP, single player action adventure genre)
FE
And slightly more random guesses
Mario Party 11
Top Down Zelda
LM3
Platinum game with nintendo IP
I have no idea if Pokemon or Metroid will make 2018...
What's LM3?
And everyone forgets Yoshi
I would guess that's Luigi's Mansion.
Luigi's mansion.What's LM3?
And everyone forgets Yoshi
Nobody's thinking Pikmin?
Am I right in saying Nintendo's only officially announced internally developed Switch game beyond 2017 is Metroid 4? ( I think it was said to be internal? )
Oh, right, is that being sold as two separate products, or a collection?
+-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+
| Week | BIC | M-C | FAM | DEN |
+-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+
| May 22 - May 28 | 93 | 27.146 | 27.440 | 24.612 |
| May 29 - Jun 04 | 84 | 23.524 | 25.274 | 24.735 |
| Jun 05 - Jun 11 | 83 | 27.291 | 28.293 | 29.020 |
| Jun 12 - Jun 18 | 99 | 37.709 | 49.440 | 43.850 |
| Jun 19 - Jun 25 | 59 | 22.361 | 26.964 | 22.495 |
| Jun 26 - Jul 02 | 54 | 25.805 | 24.736 | 25.442 |
| Jul 03 - Jul 09 | 120 | 26.256 | 36.143 | 32.769 |
| Jul 10 - Jul 16 | 63 | 31.906 | 25.154 | 24.462 |
| Jul 17 - Jul 23 | 138+| 98.999 | 102.581 | 93.611 |+ preordered Splatoon 2 bundles
| Jul 24 - Jul 30 | 500 | 89.314 | 105.697 | 90.522 |
| Jul 31 - Aug 06 | 300 | | | |
+-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+
300 Switches at Bic Camera Yuurakuchou lottery today, over 2000 participated again.
Code:+-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+ | Week | BIC | M-C | FAM | DEN | +-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+ | May 22 - May 28 | 93 | 27.146 | 27.440 | 24.612 | | May 29 - Jun 04 | 84 | 23.524 | 25.274 | 24.735 | | Jun 05 - Jun 11 | 83 | 27.291 | 28.293 | 29.020 | | Jun 12 - Jun 18 | 99 | 37.709 | 49.440 | 43.850 | | Jun 19 - Jun 25 | 59 | 22.361 | 26.964 | 22.495 | | Jun 26 - Jul 02 | 54 | 25.805 | 24.736 | 25.442 | | Jul 03 - Jul 09 | 120 | 26.256 | 36.143 | 32.769 | | Jul 10 - Jul 16 | 63 | 31.906 | 25.154 | 24.462 | | Jul 17 - Jul 23 | 138+| 98.999 | 102.581 | 93.611 |+ preordered Splatoon 2 bundles | Jul 24 - Jul 30 | 500 | 89.314 | 105.697 | 90.522 | | Jul 31 - Aug 06 | 300| | | | +-----------------+-----+---------+---------+---------+
ARMS was a stop gap and hole filler.
Thankfully it sold well and it's on people's radar. I'll buy it eventually, and I'm sure others will too.
Nintendo knew what they were doing and I think they did well. People needed something to play at that time.
I'd call the game's performance in Japan so far very disappointing, but maybe it was meant to appeal more to Western gamers.
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That's a reach. Its over 200K on an install base of 1.3M. Should at the very least make it past 300K.
For a new IP I think that's pretty solid. Not great- its not Splatoon. But "very disappointing"? Nah
Again, it's the Mario Kart team. "Past 300k" LTD would be a pathetic result. Do you really think they expected that little out of this venture?
Again, it's the Mario Kart team. "Past 300k" LTD would be a pathetic result. Do you really think they expected that little out of this venture?
Luigi's mansion.
I didn't forget Yoshi, I just don't think it will sell huge in japan
I guess I can tho.
What does it matter that its the Mario kart team? This game has already sold a million worldwide with it being a new ip that's also a fighter, in Japan its already in the higher echelon of fighters that came out in the part like 10 years, why in gods name would they be disappointed?Again, it's the Mario Kart team. "Past 300k" LTD would be a pathetic result. Do you really think they expected that little out of this venture?
New IP in different genre with no established brand sells less than a landmark entry in a 25 year franchise. Holy crap I can't believe Codename Steam sold less than Zelda Breath of the Wild!Again, it's the Mario Kart team. "Past 300k" LTD would be a pathetic result. Do you really think they expected that little out of this venture?
Again, it's the Mario Kart team. "Past 300k" LTD would be a pathetic result. Do you really think they expected that little out of this venture?
2017 will be so good for a Nintendo that 2018 so always pale in comparison to it. Here is what i see happening next year
Smash (enhanced port in Jan to launch alongside online service)
Kirby
Yoshi (one of these two will release in April, the other later in the year)
Fire Emblem (June?)
Animal Crossing (Late Sept early Oct to allow for all the big fall/winter holidays to be in game asap)
Retro New IP (Big November title)
1 or 2 Wii U ports (#FE is something i definitely see a future port of)
Xenoblade constantly navigating between c and b tiersARMS' 1 million plus in sales so far already puts it into the B-tier of Nintendo franchises in terms of not selling gangbusters but selling well and consistently being good games like the Pikmin series.
You don't put the Mario Kart team on a new IP for it to be "a stop gap and hole filler." They intended for it to do very well. I'd call the game's performance in Japan so far very disappointing, but maybe it was meant to appeal more to Western gamers.
Xenoblade constantly navigating between c and b tiers
Did they ever announce an actual release date for DQ X Switch? (and PS4 for that matter) Is it releasing at the same time as 4.0 or earlier?
Xenoblade constantly navigating between c and b tiers
I didn't mean it in a mean way, I love their games and love monolithsoft, but their games are high profile but don't have the huge sales that their reputation proceeds, like metroid, but their sales always teeter the line between just reaching a million. But they also budget their games to seem like they cost more than they do but still make a profit for NintendoThat's mean (but true).
I can't believe they still let Takahashi make big games (although with not that big of a budget, as he has said) with those sales. Maybe he is given free reign as long as Monolith Kyoto remains enslaved or something.
However, keep they coming! I'd love a Xenosaga or Xenogears remaster too, but that's almost impossible.