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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: January 19, 2017, 08:25:40 AM »

OK, so I came out and (let's be honest, probably correctly) predicted the Nintendo Switch would not be a success. Many of you were quick to suggest I was wrong. Serious question, since the January 13th reveal and subsequent reaction, how many of you have now reevaluated your opinion and are starting to see sense?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 1st Party Switch Games: What will you realistically buy?

« on: January 19, 2017, 04:49:51 AM »

I still say that they blew a BIG chance for a Donkey Kong Warriors game...

Dude, I'd love to play that game.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 1st Party Switch Games: What will you realistically buy?

« on: January 17, 2017, 05:17:36 AM »

Still not sure if I will keep my preorder or wait for a price drop

I briefly considered cancelling my pre-order when it occurred to me that I'm spending well over £300 to essentially play a £40 game on a console I already own. Decided to keep my pre-order as I'll end up getting anyways and I've bought Nintendo consoles on day 1 since the GameCube. I just hope I don't get burnt if/when this thing sells poorly and they drastically slash the price after only a few months. Hopefully, if they do this, we'll get some sort of compensation like we did with the 3DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 1st Party Switch Games: What will you realistically buy?

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:36:05 PM »

Realistically, I'll buy every 1st party game as I sort of have a bad habit of purchasing everything Nintendo puts out (you will hear no argument from me if you think that's sad or pathetic). Which games am I interested in playing? Actually all of them. I was a bit tentative about Arms, but the more I read/hear/see the more excited I am for it. Everything else is more or less a known quantity. My only regret is that there isn't more and that the pricing isn't more competitive.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Let's talk about Nintendo Switch's online service...

« on: January 13, 2017, 03:49:39 PM »

I seem to flip-flop between being absolutely furious and then being beyond caring about how shambolic Nintendo can so often be when it comes to utilising their back catalogue. Their whole library (or as much as possible) should be readily available at the Switch launch and should also be extremely aggressively priced. This would counter-balance the lacklustre 2017 release schedule and drive console sales which would in turn encourage further third party support. However, Nintendo seems perfectly happy to either hide their catalogue behind unrealistic prices or simply not make it available at all. It would appear that Nintendo continue to make poor decisions and require radical changes from the top down before they can begin to compete once more.


 

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TalkBack / Re: The Nintendo Switch North America Launch Lineup So Far

« on: January 13, 2017, 01:36:29 AM »

I really hoped we might see Dragon Quest X in the west, but it's never going to happen, is it?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: January 13, 2017, 01:01:14 AM »

Walmart sold out of pre-orders.

Walmart sold 2000 Switch units? Rejoice! I was wrong!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: January 13, 2017, 12:53:00 AM »

With very few exceptions, anytime someone starts a sentence with "I'm not a *blank*, but..." that person is most definitely a *blank*.

Ya, I'm one of those haters that literally owns a copy of every game Nintendo has published in Europe, a 64DD, a Satellaview and a whole bunch of other random Nintendo stuff. I just don't feel like I can really hate something unless I contribute thousands towards it.


Wake up! This isn't about "hating", it's about being able to decipher the obvious information in front of you.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: January 13, 2017, 12:49:23 AM »

For what it's worth, I really didn't want to be right on this one, but let's face it, baring some radical changes, this thing is dead on arrival. I'll still be pre-ordering one, but so far, everything is right on track as I predicted...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 08, 2016, 06:05:09 PM »

To be fair, the same people who play games on their cell phone are NOT the same people who would buy a DS or a GBA anyways. I mean they just aren't.

The people who play games on their cell phones WERE the same people who would buy a DS or GBA. I remember how it would be common place to see a DS or a GBA on the tube, now dedicated consoles have been 99% replaced by phones.
This is quite a weird place to discuss this because it's such a pro-Nintendo echo chamber. It reminds of when Kimishima was interviewed by the Wall Street journal shortly after the Switch announcement. They asked him why he thought Nintendo's shares had dropped 8% following the reveal and he had no answer. He was genuinely baffled. These people really can't see the problems ahead and are doomed to make similar mistakes that they did with the Wii U. The future of mobile gaming IS mobile phones. If Nintendo wanted to do well in the mobile market they should release a bluetooth controller for $20 that holds the phone and distribute games that way. Yes they have to give a slice of the profits to Apple/Android but at least there's profits to share. This will not be a widely used portable gaming console, so what does that leave? An underpowered home console with added manufacturing costs and weak third party support. Wake up people! The breadcrumbs are so close together on this one, how can you not see the way this is going to go?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 07, 2016, 07:52:27 AM »

It suggests the thing constantly needs charging, which is an added hassle. Here's the Switch on the go, remember to charge it, put it in its protective case so it doesn't get scratched put the case in a bag because it's too big to go in a pocket. OK, now on the bus, unzip your bag, reach in and take your Switch case out, now take out the Switch and boot it up, great, now I can sit and play on this thing that's the size of a box of chocolates for 15 minutes until it's my stop, then put it back in its case, put that back in my bag and off I go, simple! ... OR, OR, check this out, I just reach into my pocket pull out my phone, [tap, tap], i'm playing a game, here's my stop? [tap], it's back in my pocket.


You are living in a fantasy world if you think people are going to choose the Switch over a phone to game on the go.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 07, 2016, 07:13:25 AM »

Who takes 4-5 hours to commute?

Who suggested anyone takes 4-5 hours to commute?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 07, 2016, 04:46:54 AM »

If Switch can deliver a true portable gaming experience (or ends up being able to deliver one with a revision) and becomes the new home for 3DS heavy-hitters like Monster Hunter and Pokemon, it's a reasonably safe bet to hit 15 million units sold in Japan alone. Nintendo lost a lot of gamers with the jump from DS to 3DS in all of its major markets, but they did manage to keep the majority of them in Japan (about 65% based on the lifetime sales numbers of both systems). I think whatever significant damage mobile gaming was going to do to portable gaming on dedicated game systems has already been done in most parts of the world and Japan already saw much less of an impact with this generation.

Anyone who listens to the Famicast will tell you that portable gaming is now dominated by phones in Japan. That is not a trend that is going to be reversed anytime soon. The Switch has two major problems, the battery and the fact it's six times the size of a mobile phone. This console will not replace the mobile phone for the vast majority of commuters. There is, however, huge potential for Nintendo franchises to do very well on phones and that is where the future of Nintendo portable gaming lies. It's just going to take another generation for Nintendo to realise this.


 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: End of an era?

« on: December 06, 2016, 05:42:04 AM »

You could also argue that they owned the market in the mid-to-late 2000's when the Wii and DS were king.

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Nintendo Gaming / I boxed up my Wii U today...

« on: December 06, 2016, 05:04:50 AM »

I've decided there's no point keeping my Wii U out so I've decided to box it away. I'll play Breath of the Wild on the Switch. I kind of had mixed feelings while I was putting it away. In some ways it's a really cool thing that only Nintendo would do, and in a lot of other ways it's a bit of a mess. I'll always remember the first time I saw Pikmin 3 or Mario Kart 8 running on it and being blown away, but I don't really have the same library of memories that I have with every other Nintendo home console. I still have the original receipt as well. Time Stamp 30/11/2012 00:12. Midnight launch naturally, although I don't think I'm going to do that with the Switch. that crazy desire just isn't there anymore. I'll just pre-order it on Amazon and hope it gets here day one (like my NES Classic did!). Oh and by the way, the price for that Wii U? £349.99 (ZombiU edition). Looking back, I'm pretty sure that's the most I've ever spent on a console. I'm pretty sure I didn't spend that much on my PS 3 and even the last PC I built cost less... I think.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Top 10 Nintendo published games (2000 - 2009)

« on: December 05, 2016, 04:09:40 PM »

don't get me wrong, I think it's a great game too, it's just that when it comes up in podcasts and such it usually fails to get the praise it deserves.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Top 10 Nintendo published games (2000 - 2009)

« on: December 05, 2016, 03:30:18 PM »

4. Star Fox Adventures

I don't thnk this game is remembered all that well, but I have very fond memories of playing it. I think it's one of the best looking games of the generation. It really says something about Nintendo's calibre that we can both make a top ten list and have not a single game in common.

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Nintendo Gaming / Top 10 Nintendo published games (2000 - 2009)

« on: December 05, 2016, 02:03:34 PM »

The subject title is pretty self explanatory. I'll probably miss some obvious ones (also, I'm not including direct sequels) but here goes:


1 ) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii 2007)
2 ) WarioWare (Gameboy Advance 2003)
3 ) Pikmin (Gamecube 2001)
4 ) Wind Waker (Gamecube 2003)
5 ) Mario Kart DS (DS 2005)
6 ) Metroid Fusion (Gameboy Advance 2002)
7 ) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Gameboy Advance 2003)
8 ) Luigi's Mansion (Gamecube 2001)
9 ) Mother 3 (Gameboy Advance 2006)
10 ) Wii Sports (Wii 2006)


Hmmm, I'm not 100% happy with this list but it's pretty close. There's a bunch of games that are very close to making the list. By the way, I'm really not much of a Smash Bros fan, and I like the Metroid Prime games but not enough to put them on the list.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 05, 2016, 10:42:15 AM »

third party support sound better at least right now then it was with the Wii U where you had some third parties outright saying they wouldn't support the Wii U and sent it's dev kits back to Nintendo without even looking at them.

Which third parties?

When I asked which third parties? I was referring to the supposed third parties that "outright saying they wouldn't support the Wii U and sent it's dev kits back to Nintendo without even looking at them." Which third parties did this? And as an aside, that list of third party support for the Switch really isn't very good. I'm sorry and I know all those logos look good but I really can't see third party support being any better on the Switch than it was on the Wii U. sure, we'll have a launch bump from Ubi, Activision, EA and a few others will port over a few games a piece that have been readily available for years on the other two consoles, then the well will start to dry up and we'll be right back to where we are now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 05, 2016, 10:36:47 AM »

The Switch has already fixed most of the Wii U's biggest problem, (name, design, marketing and first year game lineup)

though some rumors put it near Xbox One in terms of performance

So Nintendo's new console is less powerful than something that's been out for four years. Why does this seem familiar? The Switch lacks the hardware or library to compete with PS 4 /Xbox one in the home, and as for the portable aspect, sure, we all own 3DSs and probably still play them quite regularly (I do, currently play M & L Dream Team) but this is a Nintendo-centric message board. The portable console market is evaporating and is being quickly replaced with mobile phones. The Switch is a niche product and will sell well to a niche audience (us) but niche doesn't sell in the multiples of tens of millions. I honestly think that 15 million might be generous.

That's some pretty egregious selective quoting there. If that's how you're going about this discussion, count me out.

Duly noted. Goodbye.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 05, 2016, 10:35:58 AM »

The Switch has already fixed most of the Wii U's biggest problem, (name, design, marketing and first year game lineup)

though some rumors put it near Xbox One in terms of performance

So Nintendo's new console is less powerful than something that's been out for four years. Why does this seem familiar? The Switch lacks the hardware or library to compete with PS3 /Xbox one in the home, and as for the portable aspect, sure, we all own 3DSs and probably still play them quite regularly (I do, currently play M & L Dream Team) but this is a Nintendo-centric message board. The portable console market is evaporating and is being quickly replaced with mobile phones. The Switch is a niche product and will sell well to a niche audience (us) but niche doesn't sell in the multiples of tens of millions. I honestly think that 15 million might be generous.
 

No, Nintendo has never released specs for the Switch. We don't know if it's weaker or more powerful.

Nintendo hasn't but enough developers have leaked information to make it pretty clear that the Switch is not going to be as powerful as the Xbox One / PS 4 and very far away from PS4 Pro / Scorpio.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 05, 2016, 10:33:28 AM »

If it's as easy to port to as we've heard, the bar of how much those ports need to sell to be worth it is going to be substantially lower than it was on Wii U, and if Nintendo gives it the strong push it needs to sell well early on the higher user base than Wii U had will prompt publishers to give it more chances. That's a lot of ifs, and I'm not totally convinced they'll be able to hit them myself, but I think there are valid reasons to be optimistic that they'll do better this time.

The signs so far are not great. There's a lot of third party games confirmed for 2017 and nothing for the Switch. No "and other next gen consoles" nothing. The Switch will probably get a COD and a FIFA but it needs the full range of games coming to the Xbox One and PS 4 if it wants to compete on that level, which isn't going to happen.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 04, 2016, 04:53:13 PM »

Don't get me wrong, I really want the Switch to be a success, and I'd love to be posting here in a couple of years time about how I got it massively wrong, but I find it really hard to be optimistic. Everything is telling me this isn't going to work out. It's one thing for publishers to be able to easily port games to the Switch but will they do it if games fail to sell on the console?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Not a hater but... (future prediction)

« on: December 04, 2016, 04:27:27 PM »

The Switch has already fixed most of the Wii U's biggest problem, (name, design, marketing and first year game lineup)

though some rumors put it near Xbox One in terms of performance

So Nintendo's new console is less powerful than something that's been out for four years. Why does this seem familiar? The Switch lacks the hardware or library to compete with PS 4 /Xbox one in the home, and as for the portable aspect, sure, we all own 3DSs and probably still play them quite regularly (I do, currently play M & L Dream Team) but this is a Nintendo-centric message board. The portable console market is evaporating and is being quickly replaced with mobile phones. The Switch is a niche product and will sell well to a niche audience (us) but niche doesn't sell in the multiples of tens of millions. I honestly think that 15 million might be generous.
 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Anyone Worried About Dealing With a Short Switch Battery Life?

« on: December 04, 2016, 08:50:06 AM »

Hopefully we'll find out in about forty days. I can't wait for that Switch press conference. So many questions still to be answered and so much still to be revealed. It's like having E3 early (or very late, depending on how you look at it).