Official Nintendo Switch Discussion

[TenFour]

Wasn't expecting these new controller features. Could be put to great use. Optical recognition camera in the place where the Wiimote sensor was could be very interesting. But this also the kind of stuff that doesn't excite third party devs

[SubCog]

1 2 Switch looks stupid. There, I said it.

[Cyko]

1 2 Switch looks stupid. There, I said it.

As does ARMS.

REALLY not impressing with this presentation.

[Sasquach]

Wasn't expecting these new controller features. Could be put to great use. Optical recognition camera in the place where the Wiimote sensor was could be very interesting. But this also the kind of stuff that doesn't excite third party devs

Loads of crappy shovelware confirmed!

[ElBerryKM13]

Battery life is low. 2.5 - 6 hours, depending on game.

Translation: 2 hours average of battery life.

[SubCog]

Splatoon is not a launch game, nor a pack-in (as some rumors were suggesting).

[SubCog]

Mario Odyssey also not a launch game. And it's open world... I'm skeptical about this one... reminds me a bit of Mario Sunshine.

New Mario art style... I'm thinkin' I don't like it so much. Maybe I'll get used to it? But his mustache looks dumb.

[Cyko]

So the game I want (mario) doesn't come out till xmas 2017?

Guess I know when I'm picking the system up...on sale.

[TenFour]

Only way 1 2 Switch is going to sell is if it's a pack-in or comes with a free controller like Wii Play.

[TenFour]

Mario Odyssey also not a launch game. And it's open world... I'm skeptical about this one... reminds me a bit of Mario Sunshine.

New Mario art style... I'm thinkin' I don't like it so much. Maybe I'll get used to it? But his mustache looks dumb.

So weird to mix him with people that are of more realistic proportions. I otherwise kind of dig the graphics though.

[|MaguS|]

Lol, it's dead on arrival. 2.5-6 hour battery at 720p for $300. ****ing get out Nintendo.

[night]

Mario Odyssey also not a launch game. And it's open world... I'm skeptical about this one... reminds me a bit of Mario Sunshine.

New Mario art style... I'm thinkin' I don't like it so much. Maybe I'll get used to it? But his mustache looks dumb.

Sadly, my first thought was also Sunshine....

[Cyko]

So WTF is out at launch? What is the draw to buy it day one??? Have they mentioned the launch lineup yet???

[SubCog]

Wow the Sega non-announcement was dumb. At least we get Skyrim.

[Grannus]

that was disappointing....

[night]

I don't understand the right side control with the analog stick so far into the middle. I expect a nightmare for using it as a single control/2nd player and can't figure out how you don't hit the stick while trying to push the buttons when its connected as a single control.

[SubCog]

Mario Kart with battlemode!

[lazyx]

Seems like its catering to the Japanese market a little bit too much.I have no doubt it will be the number selling console\handheld in japan.

[Sasquach]

Its got my attention, but I don't see myself picking this thing up anytime soon.

[SubCog]

Sounds like they're about to announce that they'll launch with Zelda.

edit: Confirmed.

[nutcrackr]

did they really call it joycon, so sad lol

does anybody have footage of skyrim on the switch?

[night]

I would assume they have to for the $$. That initial uptake in consoles is everything to 3rd parties and there is frankly no reason the game shouldn't be ready by now.....

[Cyko]

K...so preorders start in Japan on the 21st....no mention of when the rest of the world can pre-order.

[lazyx]

Games that interest me is Zelda, Xenoblade 2, Mario. that old school looking 2d\3d RPG.

Zelda is going sell a ton of system.

[Cyko]

So no mention of USA preorder eh? Awesome.

[TenFour]

Splatoon IMO justified purchasing a Wii U all on its own. So that and Zelda got me for a pre-order. You just know they are going to under-produce this thing.

But yeah, the line-up as a whole didn't get me all that hyped. If that new Squeenix game is anything like Final Fantasy Tactics (and it does have similar visuals) I'm up for that.

Lame that no new Metroid has been announced for so long. I hope that's what Retro Studios has been working on.

They showed glimpses of a bunch of games that I assume will not be launch titles. But almost the only interesting one in that bunch was a glimpse of a Mario Kart that has battle mode, which has been basically absent since MK64, and was my favorite game mode.

[Grannus]

I just pre-ordered Zelda at Amazon for 47.99 (prime price). I wish we'll get word about pre-orders soon. I don't want to wait in line for hours again.

[lazyx]

Also the price seems about right. Keep in mind Nintendo 3DS was $250. Would it be better if it was closer to $250? Yes, but you get more than what you got with the 3DS.

[SirBaron]

Machine looks good, games look good, but launch lineup is major lacking in titles.

[dmanna]

2-3 hours of battery life is pathetic. My original Surface pro thats alot more power hungry can manage 2-3 hours of watching movies and games. And thats old.

For an arm/tegra system should net you atleast 4 hours of straight gaming. I wonder why the Battery life sucks so bad.

[Drunken Janitor]

So... 2 launch titles? That is all. That is not nearly good enough. Does not matter if one is Zelda. Also, $400 Canadian. Oi.

[GravY]

Thought Zelda looked amazing. Mario looked interesting. Octopath looked cool visually.

250.00 is what I was hoping for. Accessories are pretty steep in price.

Not a day one buy for me unfortunately.

[Drunken Janitor]

Thought Zelda looked amazing. Mario looked interesting. Octopath looked cool visually.

250.00 is what I was hoping for. Accessories are pretty steep in price.

Not a day one buy for me unfortunately.

Yeah. I dunno man. I was interested, but it does not look like anything is bundled. I passed on Boxing Day sale of the PS4 packaged with NHL 17 for 299.97 because I wanted to see what the Switch would do for launch. Too much money, not enough games. Steep price of what I see as needed accessories. Pretty meh.

Also, I am not interested in wagging a controller around any more, even if that is not the main focus.

[SubCog]

Toward the end, they show a montage that has some great looking games in it, including minecraft, rayman, mario kart, and lots of other great stuff. Why did they focus so much on 12Switch and that Boxing game? They literally took the 2 worst games and focused on them.

I just can't believe how bad the entire presentation was. Such low energy, such poor decisions about what to focus on. The conference makes it feel like there's hardly any games coming out this year, and that there will be very little 3rd party support, and that Nintendo is simply unable to build and nurture a console platform anymore.

Honestly I think the Switch will be fine, much more successful than the WiiU. But it's pretty clear that it's not going to have a ton of 3rd party support. And for anyone hoping that Nintendo has fixed its internal problems and is going to become a modern healthy company, I think we're seeing that Nintendo is still the same old Nintendo, doing everything in their weird japanese way, and would rather commit ritual suicide than do anything that's clearly right.

[SirBaron]

2-3 hours of battery life is pathetic. My original Surface pro thats alot more power hungry can manage 2-3 hours of watching movies and games. And thats old.

For an arm/tegra system should net you atleast 4 hours of straight gaming. I wonder why the Battery life sucks so bad.

2.5 to 6 hours.

Also I think sales will be moderate at first but dead in arrival is just hyperbole. One pokemon release and holiday bundle will make this system fly. Off The shelves.

Now their online stuff, that so far looks dodgy.

[SirBaron]

Also to note this will be primarily a handheld machine, it will have some console titles, but those expecting proper console titles often when the machine has 32GB of storage which would last. Maybe one or 2 day one patches are on crack.

It will get a lot of Japanese 3rd party, and maybe the occasional western release, but most will not be big aaa titles.

I'll get it anyway, because my 3ds is getting old.

[Sasquach]

Splatoon and Mario Kart will be system sellers as well as Zelda. Mario Odyssey should be one as well.

As long as an influx of quality games and not the constant droughts that the Wii-U had I think it'll do fine. Plus the third parties will be watching. And the fact that UE4 works on it will be a big plus since most of the big name devs use that engine (even if it is a cut down version of it on the switch)

[night]

when the machine has 32GB of storage which would last maybe one or 2 day one patches are on crack.

Or 1 Skyrim install.

Although there are cartridges, so I doubt they will go the route of downloading full AAA size games like modern pc/console

[GravY]

Yeah. I dunno man. I was interested, but it does not look like anything is bundled. I passed on Boxing Day sale of the PS4 packaged with NHL 17 for 299.97 because I wanted to see what the Switch would do for launch. Too much money, not enough games. Steep price of what I see as needed accessories. Pretty meh.

Also, I am not interested in wagging a controller around any more, even if that is not the main focus.

Seems like all the money is in everything but the tablet. Fairly disappointing.

[SirBaron]

The controllers seem amazing though, interested in trying HD rumble. I'm torn between getting at launch or at Xmas, though I love gadgets so I doubt I'll last.