esar Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I'm getting one because i'm a Nintendo fanboy but the launch lineup looks sparse. To be fair launch lineups on new release consoles always are a bit barren as the thinking is get the diehards to buy it first then allow the software lineup to grow and hit the marketing hard at Christmas to grab everyone else, the problem is after the WiiU I don't think Nintendo have the goodwill among developers and consumers to hang on and wait, they really should have shown more games, even ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangle Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Neo Geo games coming to Virtual Console says Famitsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRyall Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I dread to think what they're going to charge for the online service if the cost of the peripherals is anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capwn Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I wouldn't get one but I'm a Zelda fanboy. I have a WiiU but am worried it will clearly be the poorer version. So I need specs to come out and find out if it's more powerful or not as a console compared to WiiU. So I have to pre-order asap, then hold off on this info before deciding if to cancel or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiggy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I am torn. Seems like launch lineup is not stellar, and the price is about 20% more than expected. On the other hand I just watched both the MARIO and Zelda trailers and I have to say they were possibly 2 of the very best looking games I have ever seen. One at launch and one in year 1. If they are as good as they look then I am probably in. My son will love Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 is going to definitive. Christmas purchase for me. 3rd party support is worrying. The worst bit was EA saying it was a very specific version of FIFA. I am prepared to be wrong but that does not bode well to me. Hopefully more will trickle out in the treehouse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangle Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Dat screen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothjan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 13 minutes ago, King A said: I think we'll see slight price cuts accross the board by Xmas if this doesn't sell too well. I only got a Wii U for Christmas 2015 but did that ever see a significant price cut? I remember trying to find a decent deal for it but there really wasn't much to choose from. In comparison to the various bundles for the PS4/XB1 there wasn't a massive choice. I just wonder if the same thing will happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revlob Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Shopto have updated their £9,999.99 price to £279.85. Save 14p over Amazon! http://www.shopto.net/electronics/nintendo/NINTSW01-nintendo-switch-console They also have a 'Switch Store' up today, but it only features with a couple of shitey accessories so far. I'd expect more over time: http://www.shopto.net/video-games/nintendo-switch/store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hideous Kojima Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, Stuart said: I'm probably in a negative mood, but Mario looked worse graphically than 3D World. And Zelda BotW has a fantastic art style but the graphical fidelity of textures/effects/etc is similar to late-generation 360 open-world games, if not slightly worse. Do they look fun to play? Yes. Pre-ordered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRyall Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 9 minutes ago, Stuart said: I still am uncertain how the Switch will replace the 3DS in Japan. Anecdotally I don't see people with tablets outside their house/on public transport, they're too large. This is my worry. I keep reading posts suggesting that it's a perfectly viable successor to the 3DS, but I really don't see how it can be. You can't get on a bus or train during the morning school rush in Japan without seeing half a dozen kids playing on a 3DS - they're Nintendo's main market and the reason the 3DS has sold so well. And I just can't see said kids' parents suddenly buying them an expensive tablet as a replacement to the 3DS. Sony struggled to market the Vita as a portable. The fact that Nintendo are still supporting 3DS into next year makes me think that the Switch is really only supposed to be a successor to the Wii U. Whether we see a new console in the DS line or a stripped down version of the Switch I don't know, but they've got to release a dedicated portable of some kind in the next two years or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Trying to catch up with this news (after sleeping through my alarm this morning and instead dreaming I was at a village fair fashion show), but is it correct that neither Analogue Triggers or the GameCube were mentioned? And its fucking pricey? But Zelda at launch and new Mario game looks HAMAZE!!11 Have gone from DAY ONE to falling back in love with my WiiU with a Switch purchase around Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberJohnny Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The more I think about this the more fucked it seems - why would anyone get their kids the Switch over a PS4? The latter is better value in every way - £100 cheaper, comes with a pack in game, has a better value online service, a much much wider and better selection of games, probably cheaper games due to discs rather than carts, etc. There's no way this is going to hit their targets of Wii-style 100 million success, it's a more expensive Wii U in a new case. Like the only selling point Switch has over PS4 is portability, except smartphones exist and you can already play Nintendo games on them, so why would parents line up to pay £340 to do that same thing better? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetchy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As one of 'THE FAITHFUL'TM I'm feeling a bit glum really, while Mario Odyssey looked interesting it reeked of Sonic Adventure 2 (and look how that 'helped' Sega's console business out ), plus Splatoon 2, MK8.2 and BoTW (which I'll get on my Wii-U, unless it's cancelled then I just won't bother with it) just don't have enough pull to make it worth the frankly high price-point at launch. Maybe once some more Nintendo exclusives are revealed it'll make it a bit more enticing (fingers crossed for new instalments of Metroid Prime or 2D, Kid Icarus, Wave Race, Advance Wars, Kirby 2D, F-Zero, 1080, Starfox, Sin & Punishment, Luigi's Mansion or even StarTropics) plus they need to really get on with getting third-party support and their titles made aware to the public. EA is a good start but realistically Activision and Ubisoft need to be fully on-board to help buoy sales, which given how they both got burned with the poor reception of their Wii & Wii-U ports isn't that likely IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRyall Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Pinched from Neogaf, the first year lineup for Japan doesn't look quite so bad: Quote March 3 (Launch Titles) 1-2-Switch Disgaea 5 Complete Dragon Quest Heroes I & II I Am Setsuna Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power Up Kit Puyo Puyo Tetris S Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII with Power Up Kit Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together! Super Bomberman R The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild April 28 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Spring 2017 ARMS Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker Summer 2017 Splatoon 2 Winter 2017 Super Mario Odyssey 2017 Xenoblade 2 TBD Arcade Archives BlazBlue Derby Stallion Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI FIFA Fire Emblem Warriors Minecraft: Switch Edition NBA 2k18 New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers Project Octopath Traveler Project Sonic 2017 Shin Megami Tensei Sonic Mania Story of Seasons Taiko no Tatsujin “Tales of” series The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Lots of ports of course, but I'd be happy if Dragon Quest Heroes and the Koei strategy games arrive over here (and no reason why they shouldn't given that all have been localised on PS4). They'd be a good fit for a handheld like the Switch. A western release of Dragon Quest X is fanciful at this stage but I'd forgive Nintendo for every cock-up in this morning's reveal if they decided to pick that up and localise it as they did VII and VIII on the 3DS. I'm guessing SMT will come to PS4 as well - they'd have announced it as an exclusive otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulando Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Guy, I've just checked my launch PS Vita order... £259.99, pre-Brexit. My 3DS was about £200 and PS4 was £430. This is the best handheld console ever and a home console in one, and we have added Brexit tax. The price is fine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberJohnny Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 1 minute ago, Paulando said: Guy, I've just checked my launch PS Vita order... £259.99, pre-Brexit. The price is fine. Yeah Vita did great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Pot Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, Paulando said: Guy, I've just checked my launch PS Vita order... £259.99, pre-Brexit. My 3DS was about £200 and PS4 was £430. This is the best handheld console ever and a home console in one, and we have added Brexit tax. The price is fine. Launch day price of the 3DS was about £260 irrc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luseth Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 21 minutes ago, JohnnyRyall said: This is my worry. I keep reading posts suggesting that it's a perfectly viable successor to the 3DS, but I really don't see how it can be. You can't get on a bus or train during the morning school rush in Japan without seeing half a dozen kids playing on a 3DS - they're Nintendo's main market and the reason the 3DS has sold so well. And I just can't see said kids' parents suddenly buying them an expensive tablet as a replacement to the 3DS. Sony struggled to market the Vita as a portable. The fact that Nintendo are still supporting 3DS into next year makes me think that the Switch is really only supposed to be a successor to the Wii U. Whether we see a new console in the DS line or a stripped down version of the Switch I don't know, but they've got to release a dedicated portable of some kind in the next two years or so. If it is genuinely the successor. There's always the chance Sony will bring out a successor to the PS Vita as they could nick a lot of the 3ds sales? You never know. My guess is they have something designed just in case it doesn't take off in that regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 OK. Have not read anything on the forum yet today. Have watched the stream. Some comments: HHAHAHAHAhahahaHAHAHahahahahazhahhahahahahahahahhahshshh̵̨͎̼̆̏̀͌́ẖ̶̉ͤ̓͐ͮ̈̆̍a̜̜̺̫̮̖̼̥̝͑͛͛ͧ̓̑̃̑ͩh̒͆̍ͣ̓ͧ͏̗̬̭̥̺̙͚͞͡a̔̈́͂ͩ̎ͤ̋̆҉̬̬͖͙̜͟h̴͓̻̠̖̟̺̩͖̞ͦ͆ą̩̪͈̝ͭͬͣ̉̐̌̾͝͝h̸͕̙̻͕̭̳̱̜̃̂ḧ̗̖̫̼ͨ͐̎̍̎ͩͧ̚͜a̸̫͓̓̈̃̅̿̃͝a̮ͪͦ̉ͦ͐̅͊͞h̨͎̰͉̝̾̀ͪͥ͢â̛̜̗̺̥̯͂ͭ̉ͦͧͤ̋̚h̴͍̼̗͓̯ͮ͛̍͗͆ͮͮͭ͟a̸̰͊̇͑ͦ̏ͮ̚͞h̅ͦ̍͘͟҉̬̜̙a̢̛̪͓͚̋̎́̾ͣ̋̀ͪh̊ͯ̆̽̚͏̱̤̙a̷̤͉̎͌̑ͮh̡͚̠̅ͯ͌ä̡̻̞͚̯̆h̶̺͈͈̪̟̯̗̃͋ͮ̋a̸͇͕̰͕̹̩̗͋̃̄̐̑̒̌̚hͫ̍ͨ͋ͤ̃ͬ̑͏̵̗̭̩a͖̮͚̠ͤ̅̂ͩͬͧ͋̅̚h̛̰͎̩͔͉͛̆̓̎̅͡a̸̶̗̳̘ͬ̾̑ͦͤͪ̔h̶̨͕̯͕̝͉͍̗ͬͫͪ͌̂ͩ̇́ͅa̴̧͉̞̝̲̙ͫͯ̀h̷̭ͥ͛͟ͅȁ̪̘̱̬̲̳̰̠̌ͧͯͧ̀͘h̸̖̝͇͕̝͈̩̠̋̃͡a̛̜͚̰̭̙̯̠̩͐̌͐̈́ͬ̑h̻̦̽ͦ̍ͯ͋͗a͔͖̪̟̺͓̘̗ͪ͂͂͌͌̏̊͟h̢̩̞͍̝ͪ̾͝ā̸͍̗̟̎̓̾̿̒͒̚h̋̑̍̀͌̎̋͏͔̠͈͘͜a̵̙̼̰ͤḣ̥̝̫͇̦̟̭̽̆̕a̼̠͓̰̩ͯ̎h͔̩͖̟̬͛̏ͥͭ̌ͫͩ͊̚a͉ͦ̽̈́h̿̓̄ͬͣ̊͏̻͇̻̗a̶̖͓̱͎͖̗̜̯̭ͬa̵̧͖͚̍̅a͈̦̗ͮ̂̏̅̓ą̫͍̻͔̤͎̥̏̇̉̈́̚͡͝ạ̝͕̼̥̖ͩ̽ͮ̕a̸͚̮̿̄̾̐ͯ̇͛ͫ̅͟a̵̰͔̤̿ͣ̓ͨͬ́ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danster Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, RubberJohnny said: The more I think about this the more fucked it seems - why would anyone get their kids the Switch over a PS4? The latter is better value in every way - £100 cheaper, comes with a pack in game, has a better value online service, a much much wider and better selection of games, probably cheaper games due to discs rather than carts, etc. There's no way this is going to hit their targets of Wii-style 100 million success, it's a Wii U in a new case. Like the only selling point Switch has over PS4 is portability, except smartphones exist and you can already play Nintendo games on them, so why would parents line up to pay £340 for that niche user experience? Several reasons. 1) As you said It doesn't need a TV to be played, they can play it in the car, in the living room, in their bedroom, wherever. 2) It has some very firm favourites on it, Mario, Zelda, Pokemon (eventually), Mario Kart and Splatoon are big games that my girls will want to play. 3) My girls don't really have friends on the Playstation, despite having their own accounts. And not all games allow them to play online anyway, as they are sub-accounts of mine and only I have PS+, so we'll have to see what the online offering from Nintendo is yet to compare.4) If I get Minecraft on mine and my daughter gets Minecraft on hers then I'd hope (hope) that we could play together whenever we want, rather than just a couple of hours a week when she is with me. Shared server would be even better, but I'm not going to hold out any hope for that. My 14 year old, would love to have her own PS4, and she has a TV in her room, but there's very little that she'd actually play on it. She gets full use of the PS4 at my house now and rarely plays it, her most played games at the moment are Hyrule Warriors (still) Attack On Titan (PS4) and Pokemon Moon. My kids understand the difference between Nintendo handhelds and mobiles, but then I'm a gamer dad, so i can only speak from my own experiences. Neither of them liked Run Mario because you had to pay for it and they don't have any spare money for things like that. My 14 year old rinsed Pokemon Go for a fortnight then uninstalled it and hasn't been back since. They play ro-blocks (blox?) on their phones when there's nothing else to do. Or they play crappy cheap nothing games and yet my 14 year old still spent £30 of her Christmas money on getting AOT on PS4, so they do appreciate Big Boxed games as well as throwaway ones. If I asked them if they wanted a new phone or a Switch in March, they'd both choose a Switch. In fact i might do that as a test later to see what they say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, Paulando said: Guy, I've just checked my launch PS Vita order... £259.99, pre-Brexit. My 3DS was about £200 and PS4 was £430. This is the best handheld console ever and a home console in one, and we have added Brexit tax. The price is fine. The market changes. What was X then might not be worth X now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 13 hours ago, Paulando said: This time tomorrow we could all have a pre-order for F-Zero 6, Metroid Prime 4, Super Mario Proper 3D 2, and Mario & Luigi 14 BOOM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Kicking off the presentation of your new Videogame Console by showing off a game that isn't a Videogame? Oh Nintendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 12 minutes ago, Paulando said: This is the best handheld console ever [citation needed] 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe bazooka Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, Harsin said: [citation needed] It plays the new Zelda, the new Mario. The new No Nore Heroes and Fire Emblem and Pokemon and things. It's the best handheld ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Ale Crow said: Why is Zelda £80 on Amazon UK, when it's $60 on Amazon US? REGION FREE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF-02 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, Paulando said: Guy, I've just checked my launch PS Vita order... £259.99, pre-Brexit. My 3DS was about £200 and PS4 was £430. This is the best handheld console ever and a home console in one, and we have added Brexit tax. The price is fine. Vita flopped, 3ds too until a big price cut and ps4 was 350 at launch though getting it for a but less not too hard with competition. And it came when the market was desperate for a new console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 26 minutes ago, RubberJohnny said: Yeah Vita did great. And this is more expensive, so will be more great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Version2.0 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Constructor, remember that? Building sim by System 3 is apparently a launch title. Switch saved! Mind you I did play it quite a bit when it was out on PC years and years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3d Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Will WiiU controllers work with Switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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