Topic: Switch Discussion Thread (Year 3: But where are the folders??!?!)

[nickmitch]

General question:  Does anyone think this thing will have street pass?

[Kairon]

General question:  Does anyone think this thing will have street pass?

I wish it did, but I don't think it will. That'd be a battery drain, and it'd also be a somewhat strange feature if Nintendo is telling us to pretend this is a "console" first, a "that you can play anywhere" second.

[Lemonade]

I really hope it does have streetpass.
Its not something I ever used on the 3DS until I went to PAX last year, but it was a lot of fun

[oohhboy]

I think they will move street pass to mobile so they can easily have micro transactions to fill in spots at your own leisure.

[Mop it up]

Plus, the NSwitch doesn't look like it would fit into most pockets, so it wouldn't be as easy to carry around for StreetPass purposes.

[ShyGuy]

Miitomo + Street Pass would give you something to actually do in Miitomo.

[rygar]

I think they will move street pass to mobile so they can easily have micro transactions to fill in spots at your own leisure.

Not knowing the underlying tech, I wondered if this was feasible. The other possibility I wondered about was some kind of wearable technology like the Pokémon Plus but that probably wouldn't work since the user base would be small (I have a hard enough time getting street passes on the 3DS).

[Lemonade]

I think streetpass for phones would be too much of a security risk. Phones connecting to eachother like that doesnt seem like something that should happen.

[Khushrenada]

[Adrock]

March 3, 2017, $299.99.

No region lock.

[Soren]

BotW is getting a special edition:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will provide players with a landmark Nintendo Switch experience on the system’s launch day in March, and will be available as a standard edition, Special Edition and Master Edition. The Special Edition includes the game, a Nintendo Switch Sheikah Slate Carrying Case, Sheikah Eye Collectible Coin, Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon Tapestry and Weather-Worn Map, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection CD for a suggested retail price of $99.99. The Master Edition includes all of those items plus a Master Sword of Resurrection figure, and has a suggested retail price of $129.99.

[MagicCow64]

Well, that wasn't so hot, unfortunately. Zelda and Mario look fucking amazing, but Mario ain't out til the end of the year, and none of the other launch window games did anything for me, or anything announced at all really, aside from No Mo Heroes 3, but that isn't even started yet and is maybe some kind of arena fighter?

$299.99 with no extras is also a bummer, and I think that might put me just over the edge of not putting in a pre-order. I want to play Zelda something fierce, but I can wait til Mario's out too, I think, unless they're holding back some big non-multiplayer or port titles for a later reveal.

[oohhboy]

March 3, 2017, $299.99.

No region lock.

That is one bit of good news.

[Soren]

Box Art

[Agent-X-]

There were some really great games showcased.


Still have no idea what is available at launch besides Zelda.


The presentation as a whole suffered for two main reasons. The first 30 minutes were about the controllers--not one interesting game was shown with those controllers. I was clock watching and getting irritated at the amount of time dedicated to the stupid joycons. The second show killer was the totally awful translator who couldn't keep up and was sighing a lot. Pretty well put a negative tone on some of the best parts of the show.


Brutal honesty: This did not sell me on the Switch at all. Where are the games? What games can I buy at launch? Where are the games??? What games? Where are they? What are they?


I don't give a flying **** about motion controllers. I hate Nintendo's gimmicky controllers.

[Adrock]

Nice boxart on both counts. The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe box looks like a rainbow jizzed on it, but it's the exact opposite of Mario Kart 7's boxart. The colors pop.

BotW is getting a special edition:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will provide players with a landmark Nintendo Switch experience on the system’s launch day in March, and will be available as a standard edition, Special Edition and Master Edition. The Special Edition includes the game, a Nintendo Switch Sheikah Slate Carrying Case, Sheikah Eye Collectible Coin, Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon Tapestry and Weather-Worn Map, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection CD for a suggested retail price of $99.99. The Master Edition includes all of those items plus a Master Sword of Resurrection figure, and has a suggested retail price of $129.99.

And not one of them includes an Amiibo.


In any case, that presentation was weak. You had two months, Nintendo. What the **** was the point of all that secrecy? Granted, HD rumble and the updated IR sensor are cool, just hardly worthy of the red-tape. I'm personally okay with the price, but I imagine most people aren't. If Nintendo had better launch titles, the price would be easier to justify.

[Evan_B]

Yeah, I think they needed to be a bit more direct in telling the public what is available at launch- they failed to do this, except in the case of Zelda.

The Joy Con are really interesting and I think they were deserving of the focus they received... just, you know, not THAT much focus. That being said, I see the casual appeal of 1 2 Switch, ARMS on the other hand, I want very badly. It looks cool as hell.

[Khushrenada]

Wait, Mario Kart 8 Port is real? Oh man..... That's highly disappointing.

[Soren]

Japan Launch games:

Nintendo
- Breath of the Wild
- 1 2 Switch
- Snipperclips

Third Parties
- Dragon Quest Heroes 1+2
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power Up Kit
- I am Setsuna
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Disgaea 5
- Super Bomberman R
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 with Power Up Kit

[Evan_B]

I am Setsuna? Really? I hope that's coming to NA, too.

[Ian Sane]

It looks like all the RPG craziness of the 3DS is moving to the Switch so I'm thrilled about that.  And Mario and Zelda look awesome.

But I won't buy it at launch.  The only launch game that interests me is Zelda which is going to come out on a system I already own.  So that leaves that shitty rock-paper-scissor game?  I'm going to drop $300 US (which is probably like $400 in my feeble Canadian money) for that?  My feeling is I might as well enjoy Zelda on the Wii U and get the Switch later in the year when Mario comes out.  Maybe I'll get a 3DS style price cut in there too.

Of course if everyone does that, and I don't see a reason not to if you're a Wii U owner, then the system won't sell strong right away and that could bugger up the whole console's future.  I think there's some cool stuff here but how do they get from March until the end of the year?  The big games are fucking HUGE but between them I don't see much and the lesser first party titles look like crap.

They need to really push Zelda in a way where people aren't really aware that it's also a Wii U game.  Twilight Princess on the Cube didn't hurt the Wii version.  But 1-2 Switch ain't Wii Sports.  In fact it looks more in the Wii Music range.  Or maybe not.  What does the game even LOOK like?  I don't think I've ever been more confused by a videogame trailer.

[Adrock]

I am Setsuna? Really? I hope that's coming to NA, too.

Yeah, I need that in my life. Physical copy, please.

[Soren]

I am Setsuna? Really? I hope that's coming to NA, too.

Yeah, I need that in my life. Physical copy, please.

It is confirmed to come to NA.

[Soren]

North America Launch Games

Nintendo
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- 1,2 Switch
- Snipperclips

Third Parties
- Just Dance 2017
- Has Been Heroes
- Super Bomberman R
- Disgaea 5 Complete
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Rayman Legends Definitive Edition
- Steep
- Skylanders Imaginators
- I am Setsuna

[MagicCow64]

So poking around for details, trying to convince myself that I should take a bus out through snow-ruined Portland tomorrow to a Gamestop, I'm not coming up with much.

Launch window line-up is bad. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is apparently not going to have any new tracks outside of battle mode. So that's a pass. I really feel like that 1-2 Switch game and/or Springy Sproingers should've come with the console.

I don't really care that much about the online, but the fact that they're charging for it isn't going to help anything.

Looks like I'm waiting for Mario, and I'm getting a bad feeling about this, so there might be a price drop, too!

Also unnerving, why no mention of the virtual console at all? And why bury like five game announcements in a rapid-edit montage trailer at the end?