Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@Octane For real though I think any game that comes out that year is copyrighted to THAT year even if they announce a new character or something they can say new game.

Probably missed something, but seems like a pretty good direct. Here's the rundown:

-Super Smash Bros. is coming to Switch in 2018
-Dark Souls Amiibo
-Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U port), July 13th
-South Park The Fractured But Whole, April 24th
-Splatoon 2 Expansion
-Mario Tennis Aces, June 22nd
-Okami HD is coming sometime this year
-Sushi Striker; The Way of Sushido, June 8th
-Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, July 10th
-Little Nightmares Complete, May 18th
-Undertale on Switch eventually
-Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, May 18th
-Octopath Traveler, July 13th (!!!!!!!!!)

Just Octopath Traveler for me. I always thought Smash was this year, so that doesn't come as a surprise.

@belmont And they're selling these ports full-priced.

@PS_Nation
New Mario platformer, new 3D Zelda game, sequels for Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles, a brand new IP in ARMS, all in the first year. This year sees a new Kirby one week from now, Mario Tennis Aces and Project Octopath Traveller. Would new IPs be welcome? Sure, always down for that, but Nintendo also has star power in many of its existing IPs that Sony and MS frankly do not. As for the port argument, there's a lot of them, just like the PS4's entire putrid first year was full of them, only difference it didn't have anywhere near the number of high quality new entries in exclusive franchises to offset the ridiculous number of PS3 ports from a platform that had over an 80 million userbase. And that's the most hilarious part, none of y'all had a problem with PS3 ports but ports from Wii U, the biggest home console failure in Nintendo's history with maybe 15 million sold is an issue? I'm PlayStation above all else but the hypocrisy around here is strong sometimes. Really strong.

@Gamer83 to be fair people moaned like hell about ports and indies in the first year or two of PS4s life, too. I quite liked it though.

@Gamer83 People constantly moaned about the PS4 being a port machine in the first year. I didn't though, just like I'm not moaning about Switch being a port machine. More games is never bad. I never understood the backlash.

The biggest problem with Switch for me at the minute is finding any reason to turn it on. It's not that it has no games - it actually has a lot, especially for a Nintendo console - but that I've already played so many of them (ports) and any of them that are released on PS4 as well as Switch I'll play on PS4 instead. So the only time I'll break mine out is for the exclusives. Switch being a port machine is no good for me right now, but in general, I think they should port as much stuff as they can to it.

The direct was a snorefest. The best bit was that scientist making an 8 with his body. At least that was original.

@Gamer83 "PS4 has no games", "Indiestation 4". Yeah, let's pretend that never existed. At least, Sony always had third-party support, the major games were coming on PS4, can't forget that Sony released new ips during the two first years. Then the amazing exclusives came, surprise! And by the way, I have a Wii U and now a Switch with only one game and that's Super Mario Odyssey, I played Zelda on Wii U.
It's interesting how you're trying to compare the ports released on PS4 with the ones released on Switch, you're ignoring the fact that Nintendo is releasing these games on FULL-PRICE. Anyway, keep defending this practice, whatever...
Sigh, Nintendo recently basically showed only one game on E3 and that was Breath of the Wild, imagine all the backslash if Sony did the same thing by showing only one game even if it's a big one, lol, Nintendo always gets the free pass.
Sony is delievering new ips regularly, it has way more series than Nintendo, but if you still think that Nintendo is way ahead with their ips, go ahead. I'm also not mentioning the third-party support, because, you know...
But hey, what do i know, right?

@Kidfried Same here. The Switch is totally not my type of console. I've got one so I can play Nintendo games because I love Nintendo games. But I didn't like the switcheroo gimmick when it was announced and I still don't. I'm never going to play it in handheld because I don't really care for handhelds generally, and I'm never going to play indie games on it that I can play on PS4 because the PS4 is just a better home console. Plus, trophies. I have a Vita too, and I know people love(d) that thing, but whenever it was a choice between playing a game on PS4 or Vita I'd always play it on my TV.

So for as much as it's got a really good library of games so far for a Nintendo console, most of them are kinda irrelevant to me since I've either played them ages ago, been able to play them for ages and wasn't bothered, or can play them on another console. Hence, I haven't even turned mine on since November. I'll get back on it to play Xenoblade 2 once I've finished playing the games I got at Christmas, and then maybe check out some of the other things I can't play elsewhere but that's about it. It's a Nintendo machine for me, and that's fine. Zelda already made it worth it.

If they're porting everything from Wii U, I really hope they port Super Mario 3D World because that game was awesome and really didn't deserve to be manacled to that console. I think it's way better than Odyssey and would totally play it again.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Octopath: Traveler looks great, i will definitely buy it. I hope Super Smash Bros. is a new version and not just another full-priced port.

@YummyHappyPills ''fine''

I guess you've been living under a rock then!

@Kidfried I would include Infamous: Second Son, i really love this game. Even Rockstar North praised Sucker Punch.

@johncalmc I bought one because of Super Mario Odyssey, now i'm waiting for the next games.

@PS_Nation I actually bought one because of Super Mario Odyssey, too. I was super disappointed with it, though. It's probably the most overrated game of the generation, for me. And I say that knowing that Metal Gear Solid V and Arkham Knight exist. Fortunately, I also got Zelda with it and I loved it, which I wasn't expecting because a) I'm so over open world games, and b) I've always been more a Mario guy than a Zelda guy. But it was a nice surprise.

@Kidfried 3D World is fantastic. It's got so much variety packed into it that it's incredible. There's so many amazing ideas, some of which are only used in one level. It's really special. And it's multiplayer which is ace, too.

I don't have a problem with the Wii U ports.
I never owned a Wii U, so it's a good chance to finally play the games I missed out on (Bayonetta 2).
My problem is pricing.
I'd be more inclined to try these games out if they came out a budget price. That's what Sony does with its Remakes/Remasters.
I've heard nothing, but good things about DK Tropical Freeze- would like to play it, but for £50 for a 4 year old game with no notable additional features that's a hard-pass.

I got OkamiHD, PS4 at launch for £13 (Amazon Prime). Anyone want to take a guess at what the Switch version will launch at?

@Fight_Teza_Fight I was going to say that Tropical Freeze already got a budget Nintendo Selects release (€20) on Wii U. But seeing you don't own a Wii U, there's no use in that.

Ōkami is probably going to be €30+ on Switch.

Only just caught up on the Direct announcements. Still too poorly to stay up late watching things and stuff with my eyes.

I have zero problems with ports but to be honest, as someone lucky enough to have several platforms, the pricing is the issue for me. South Park looks cool and would quite like that on Switch but if that launches at £50 and keeps its price, it is hard to justify it when the price dropped so quick on other platforms.

@johncalmc Interesting, I really liked Super Mario Odyssey, but i'm also crazy for 3D platformers. Breath of the Wild is great, but it's not my favorite game of the series, the combat and the repetitive side-quests were the main reasons of that. I would say that Super Mario Odyssey is one of my favorite games of this generation and Breath of the Wild was great, but still a disappointment overall.

@Kidfried Infamous 2 is my favorite of the series.

@PS_Nation I had similar issues with Zelda, like the notable quality dips in dungeons, and the awful weapon degradation system, but I had enough fun with the rest of it that it outweighed the problems. Mario I just thought was far too easy, and for most of it, totally uninspired. The New Donk City level is amazing and the finale of that section is one of the best things I played all year, but in so many other areas it just seemed like busy work to me.

@PS_Nation
Full price but some of those ports have new content or in the case of Bayonetta, is a collection. I don't have to defend the practice of Nintendo bringing ports to its console because this is something every company does. The difference is, whether you or anybody want to acknowledge it or not, Nintendo has brought more high quality new games and sequels along with those ports than Sony did to PS4 in year one.

@johncalmc Agreed on Super Mario Odyssey. Busywork is the right description.

Yeah Im unsure where I stand on full priced rereleases. If they are £10-£30 cheaper on ps4 why would any numbskull pay for the switch version?

I havent played Tropical freeze, I know @octane really rates it but is it worth £50 this time around?