Feels like they're finally winding down on the number of games
>Fire Emblem Engage
>Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
>Bayonetta Origins
>Pikmin 4
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Feels like they're finally winding down on the number of games
>Fire Emblem Engage
>Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
>Bayonetta Origins
>Pikmin 4
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There's more stuff coming, just wait for the usual start of year Direct. Next year will be the last.
This. Next console probably in late 24 or 25.
If development was espscially dire and Switch keeps strong sales, maybe even 26.
>There's more stuff coming, just wait for the usual start of year Direct. Next year will be the last.
They always announce the big games the previous year. If we haven't heard about anything big by now it's not coming this year. The biggest game I'm expecting is another NSMB game to coincide with the movie, but you're nuts if you think we're getting 3D Mario or Mario Kart 9 or whatever in 2023 with no announcement yet.
They've been announcing most games close to release. Xenoblade 3 was announced in February 2022 and released in July, Fire Emblem Engage in September and released in January. Though of course they won't put stuff like Mario Kart 9 on Switch, it would make no sense.
Hi Eric
Probably, yeah, but I wouldn't base it on the games we know so far.
Usually they announce what's coming that year on the year's first direct.
They're still planning to support Splatoon 3 until late 2024.
Unless Switch's successor has backwards compatibility that may be signs of an early 2025 launch.
I hope they would make the next console backwards compatible.
if they keep using cartridges they better make it backwards compatible, or else I'm sending a box full of my shit to their HQ
If we're lucky it'll be the last year for all of us.
It will be, if putler continues his war of aggression in Ukraine
stop consuming propaganda
Moved from Poland yet?
No. Switch never had any games.
>No. Switch never had any games.
Nintendo Switch 2023 so far
January:
>Fire Emblem Engage
February:
>Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe
March:
>Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
>You Are Already Thin! Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star
May:
>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Announced for 2023:
>Front Mission 2: Remake
>Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE
>Pikmin 4
>Rune Factory 3 Special
>Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Beyond:
>Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
>Front Mission 3: Remake
>Metroid Prime 4
>Resident Evil Outrage aka Revelations 3
Feels good lads
that is a tiny library of games compared to something like ps4/ps5
I don't think even you believe in your own bullshit
If that's true, what does their library look like?
*Also available on PC
>inb4 Nintendo cope
I thought it was understood years ago that Nintendo isn't competing directly with PS5/Xbox for the CAWADOOTIE XVII ULTRA GRAPHICS crowd
Indeed. But it's starting to bite them back again.
>cloud releases
>multiplats with poor Switch versions
>Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (not entirely the Switch's fault but it didn't hep)
>Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (not entirely the Switch's fault but it didn't hep)
If you think any part of that shitshow was down to the hardware then there's no helping you
>cloud releases
Only the RE games were justified, Squeenix had no excuse releasing KH as a cloud game other than being lazy fricks.
>multiplats with poor Switch versions
No one buys the Switch to play multiplats
>Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (not entirely the Switch's fault but it didn't hep)
Don't excuse GF's utter incompetence when bigger and more detailed games exist and run better, such as Xenoblade 3 and SMTV.
Fair enough, but the booming indie dev market is fairly wide open for people to hawk their shovelware on it, and it seems to be doing well enough there to make it worthwhile to keep supporting the Switch
>Has to combine 2 generations of consoles to even begin to compete
Lol. Lmao even.
Doesn't the Switch even beat PS4/PS5 exclusive count if they were combined?
Not as good as previous years. Amazing system but successor clearly planned for 2024.
Then why didn't they delay Breath of the Wild 2 to launch alongside the new switch?
Tears of the Kingdom launching now should be more than enough proof that the Switch sucessor is not coming until 2025
>Mario shit
opinion discarded
>Those don't count sweaty
>any pokemon game
>not in the shit tier
lame list
>Resident Evil Outrage aka Revelations 3
Do we have recent news about this one?
Outrage was supposedly cancelled, there are no news on Revelations 3.
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/resident-evil-outrage-cancelled-capcom-rumor-playstation-xbox/
frick.
Switch exclusives:
>Mario Odyssey
>Smash Ultimate
>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
>Splatoon 2 + Octo Expansion
>Xenoblade Chronicles 2
>Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country
>Snipperclips Plus
>1 2 Switch
>Fast RMX
>Arms
>Golf Story
>Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle + Donkey Kong Adventure
>Gal Metal
>Kirby Star Allies
>Mario Tennis Aces
>TWEWY ~Final Remix~
>Super Mario Party
>Pokémon Let's Go
>Fitness Boxing
>Yoshi's Crafted World
>Pokémon Sword & Shield
>Animal Crossing: New Horizons
>Fire Emblem Three Houses
>Luigi's Mansion 3
>Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
>Super Mario Maker 2
>The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
>Astral Chain
>Box Boy! + Box Girl!
>Tetris 99
>Cadence of Hyrule
>Mario & Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
>Bayonetta 3
>Metroid Prime 4
>Shin Megami Tensei V
>Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
>Ring Fit Adventure
>Famicon Detective Club remakes
>Brain Training Switch
>Sports Story
>Taiko no Tatsujin Drum & Fun
>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
>Ninjala
>Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party
>Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
>Good Job!
>Paper Mario: The Origami King
>New Pokémon Snap
>Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia
>Picross S Series
>Vitamin Connection
>Working Zombies
>Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
>Fitness Boxing 2
>Kirby Fighters 2
>Rolling Gunner
>Buddy Mission BOND
>Mario Golf: Super Rush
>Splatoon 3
>Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
>Pokémon Legends Arceus
>Monyuu
>Pacman 99
>Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
>Game Builder Garage
>Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
>Mario Party Superstars
>Metroid Dread
>WarioWare: Get It Together!
>Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
>Kirby and the Forgotten Land
>Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Too many games to fit in 1 post, to be continued
>Mario Strikers: Battle League
>Nintendo Switch Sports
>Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
>Front Mission 1st: Remake, Front Mission 2: Remake & Front Mission 3: Remake
>LIVE A LIVE HD-2D
>Xenoblade Chronicles 3
>Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
>Dragon Quest Treasurers
>Kirby's Dream Buffet
>Pikmin 4
>Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE
>new Rune Factory series
>Fire Emblem Engage
>Fae Farm
>Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star
>Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
Nintendo exclusive multiplats/ports:
>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
>Pokken Tournament DX
>Fire Emblem Warriors
>Bayonetta 2
>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
>Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
>Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
>New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe
>Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
>Pikmin 3 Deluxe
>Super Mario 3D All Stars
>Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
>Miitopia
>Skyward Sword HD
>Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe
>Rune Factory 3 Special
And more to be announced
All shit
Wtf are these games? There are couple of good ones but I keep looking up the rest and they all look like some kiddy mobile shit. No wonder Nintendo is able to release so much games when the development bar is this low.
That's just whst Nintendogays play.
>Nintendo fans actually have games to play
Last time I turned on my switch was around 5 months ago when I finished XC3 and it will collect dust until... well they haven't announced anything good yet so I'd wager for at least half a year more.
>Last time I turned on my switch was around 5 months ago
Same, and I hadn't bothered turning its wifi on. My yearly Switch in review was missing two whole games the 15 hours spent between them. Less than 100 hours played in 2022, a new low for me and my Switch. 3DS hit its lowest of alltime too, yet it still passed 100.
I own a PS5 and an Xbox Series X. I still play my Switch more than any of them. Quite often when I games comes out I'll buy the Switch version. Of course this depends on the game as some games just run like shit.
But many games jusy suit the Switch. When Ocotpath Traveller 2 comes out I'll be buying the Switch verison over the PS5 version. The storybook design just suits the Switch better and will make for a far more comfy and enjoyable experience on Nintendo's System. The portability just makes everything better for me.
My Switch remains my most played gaming device of the past 6 years and ots not even close.
Get a PC already
>Get a PC already
Too much autistism. I have no time for that.
Buy a game box.
Game goes in game box.
Everything werks.
>But many games jusy suit the Switch.
How so?
>jrpg
Not a chance in hell. Those have always best suited the big screen, as have most games. Hard to get immersed staring down at a tiny screen and my fat fricking fingers.
>comfy
All opinions instantly & permanently ignored.
Why did you dump money into high end ass consoles (with no games btw) that you aren't utilizing? I'm poor as shit and hang onto my old systems & games. I put more time into PSP, 3DS, PS4 and my toaster last year than I did my Switch even though the Switch is the newest of them.
>Yeah now we have pokemon games barely running on the fricking console
What are you on about? For the whole 5~ hours I spent playing Scarlet the game seemed to be running fine to me? This was unpatched, offline-only, and handheld-only (cause I got a Lite) btw. What made me drop the game was how goddamn confusing it was. I literally made negative progress towards the second city because I got lost going in circles on the way there. I've been playing Pokemon since 1998, always bought and played through all mainline versions to completion but Sc/Sv's "open world" design utterly defeated me.
Not hard to wrap your head around the idea.
Octopath Traveller is the perfect example of the Switch effect. Playing this gorgeous little retro themed rpg feel far in your hands than sitting at a desk to play on PC. I can't even begin to imagine how shit that experience must be.
And given the storybook chaperised design its perfect for being snuggled up in bed. If you can't wrap your head around the idea of "comfy" then thats a YOU problem.
Some games are just BETTER on Switch because they suit the hardware better.
Sounds like a you problem. There is no reason to even own a PS5 at all, because they're aren't any games to play. Xbox x/s have some games, but not nearly asany as Switch. If you aren't playing the Switch because you aren't interested in the games, then you probably just aren't very interested in playing video games right now at all. Which is fine. There are plenty of other things to do.
I am, I just play everything that's multiplat on PC and only use my switch for exclusives because I'm not gonna deal with silky smooth 25fps if I don't have to. I'm not interested in Mario games so my switch just ended up being a Xenoblade/Platinum machine.
Odyssey
Ultimate
>>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2 + Octo Expansion
Chronicles 2
Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country
Plus
>>1 2 Switch
>>Fast RMX
>>Arms
>>Golf Story
+Rabbids Kingdom Battle + Donkey Kong Adventure
>>Gal Metal
Star Allies
Tennis Aces
~Final Remix~
Mario Party
>>Pokémon Let's Go
Boxing
's Crafted World
>>Pokémon Sword & Shield
Crossing: New Horizons
>>Fire Emblem Three Houses
's Mansion 3
Ultimate Alliance 3
Mario Maker 2
>>The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Chain
>>Box Boy! + Box Girl!
99
of Hyrule
& Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
3
Prime 4
>>Shin Megami Tensei V
Chronicles: Definitive Edition
>>Ring Fit Adventure
Detective Club remakes
Training Switch
Story
no Tatsujin Drum & Fun
>>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Coaster Wai Wai Party
Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
>>Good Job!
Mario: The Origami King
>>New Pokémon Snap
: Champions of Vestroia
S Series
Connection
Zombies
Warriors: Age of Calamity
Boxing 2
Fighters 2
Gunner
Mission BOND
Golf: Super Rush
3
>>Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
>>Pokémon Legends Arceus
99
Hunter Generations Ultimate
>>Game Builder Garage
+ Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Party Superstars
Dread
: Get It Together!
Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
and the Forgotten Land
>>Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
All shit. Filter your fricking list by good versus bad games, moron.
Dilate more
What you're trying to deny is documented history, nice try.
>just caved in and bought another switch to play splat3
nintendo will announce switch 2 next week just to spite me
Forgetting something?
Never ever.
2024 title
Wouldn't be a half-bad launch title if it ends up decent.
I'm thinking (and hoping) this fricker is a launch title for their next console
im putting my money on it being even worse than 3. frick you
They're increasing production to meet demand this year, they have no reason to release a new console other than pleasing graphicgays.
Was there a reason to release a new console 6 years into the Wii's life? It was stilling selling a shit ton.
>Was there a reason to release a new console 6 years into the Wii's life? It was stilling selling a shit ton.
The Wii peaked in its third year, sales started dropping off hard after than point and by its sixth year it sold less than 10m units. It was a very frontloaded system.
No, the Wii's novelty died halfway through it's lifecycle and this also hurt both MS and Sony, mostly the former, because they tried to get some of that casual market too with the Kinect and Eye Toy which no one gave a shit about after less than a year. At the end of its life the Wii was barely selling because nothing but shovelware was being released at that point.
Eye Toy was PS2 era, PS3 had Move which was that torchlight-looking Wii Remote ripoff with a ball on top.
Skyward Sword didn't sell like shit because people agreed with you that it was linear and gimmicky. It sold like shit because people were not buying Wii games at that point.
You now remember that Nintendo dropped the Wii like a hot potato a whole year before the Wii U released and that Nintendo of America in particular even resisted/refused to bring over the last batch of 2011/2012 first and third-party exclusives like Xenoblade, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower and Fatal Frame 2. At least the Wii U still got some crappy leftovers in 2016 like Mario and Sonic, Paper Mario Color Splash, Star Fox Zero and Zelda TPHD and was sent off with BotW in 2017.
lmao no it was not
DS however sold 20 million the year before the 3DS which is a million over what the Switch sold this year. 3DS should have been released a year later.
Wii actually needed an alternative for more hardcore gamers, switch is good enough
>It was stilling selling a shit ton.
Bull-fricking-shit.
The Wii got a heart attack in late 2009/early 2010, with the only noteable hurrah saleswise being Galaxy 2. It was dead in the water after barely under/over 4 years, depending on who you asked.
The Switch peaked between year 4/5 with something only below the DS itself, with the dive during year 6 being average among consoles at worse. We're barely a month off entering year 7 with its last proper year on the market with shit like Zelda for the majority, FE, Pikmin and a Kirby remaster for the more dedicated, plus shit like Bayo Origins for the more niche.
Year 8 (2024) will be its literal last, but the last hurrah is now, nothing close to what the Wii was. People saw waggle as a gimmick good for a select few games they can count on one, maybe two hands, while people relish in both modern Nintendo games as well as the Hybrid being beyond the perception of a gimmick to where besides graphicsgays most would want them to stick to the form factor (why many want specifically a Switch 2). Wii was dried up AGES before the Wii U, which doesn't even consider its own slew of problems. They'll be fine.
You're so fricking moronic.
Possibly. If they don't announce a successor by October than surprisingly Switch may keep going till Mid to Late 2024
At least wait for the next Direct to see how things are looking
It obviously will be
7 year life for the console, longest since the original gameboy
Fits with their release schedule so they can start rotating their big games again (Mario, Mario Kart, etc.)
It's when the DLC ends for Mario Kart
The leaked Switch 2 GPU uses 2022 hardware, and they're not gonna use 3 year old hardware in their next console
And yeah there's a notable absence of major games announced.
>> they're not gonna use 3 year old hardware in their next console
Is this a joke.
I know "Nintendo" but you are not comprehending how ridiculously old 3 year old tech is. The switch used 1.5 year old tech and it was supposed to be 1 year old since we know from internal documents that the switch was delayed from late 2016 to early 2017 (likely to finish BotW). Even Nintendo isn't gonna go that cheap. If they're using 2022 tech then I would assume their target release date was at least at some point late 2023 but may have been delayed to early 2024.
>The leaked Switch 2 GPU uses 2022 hardware, and they're not gonna use 3 year old hardware in their next console
People always say "just wait for the February direct to show the games for the year"
Here are previous february directs and any important reveals releasing in the same year.
>2022
Xenoblade 3 and Switch sports (shovelware)
>2021
Skyward Sword HD (port), Mario Golf (shovelware) and Miitopia (port)
>2020
Clubhouse games
>2019
Mario Maker 2, Link's Awakening (remake)
>2018
Mario Tennis (shovelware), Smash
So looking back, we usually get one medium sized games and a few ports announced in the February direct. I would imagine the medium sized game will be a new 2D Mario to go with the movie and the ports could be anything. But don't expect them to suddenly reveal a bunch of huge games.
>conveniently omits FE Three Hopes and Mario Strikers last year to uphold le narrative
Not expecting anything massive but there will be a couple of new games shown for sure. Something to keep in mind is that two of the later 2022 releases had already been announced way back: Splatoon 3 and Bayonetta 3.
Pokemon was also revealed in February albeit in a separate event.
I actually did forget Mario Strikers, my mistake. However, the fire emblem musou is not an important release and I left that one out intentionally.
List of Switch games I care about:
>BotW 2
That's it. Release new hardware already, I cannot take this sub 30FPS garbage any longer.
moron
I can't imagine that Nintendo would bother making a Switch 2 that is all that much more powerful.
Or it will be a dumb upgrade like taking away the OLED screen.
>I can't imagine that Nintendo would bother making a Switch 2 that is all that much more powerful.
It may be hard to imagine, but that's because Iwata has designed all their consoles since 2004. They have a new president now so his philosophy on hardware will probably be a bit different.
>They have a new president now so his philosophy on hardware will probably be a bit different.
Any idea what this philosophy may be?
>Any idea what this philosophy may be?
It's a good question, and I think to answer it you have to look at early switch games vs late ones. Games take years to make so most early switch games were designed under Iwata while late ones were designed under Furukawa.
From what we've seen Furukawa has no interest in the casual market which was Iwata's bread and butter. Under Furukawa the switch has become more expensive both in hardware (OLED), and in software (no discounts ever, as well as a $50 version of NSO). The games have also become more core audience focused with for example Mario Party Superstars compare to Super Mario Party.
With Furukawa I expect the next console to be more like a typical playstation upgrade, where it's a lot stronger and that's it. He'll probably try harder to court third parties as well and I expect him to get rid of the $20 NSO subscription on the next console, while adding gamecube games to the $50 version to justify it.
Furukawa came from The Pokémon Company so I'm sure he understand there's no need to change things up wildly when a formula is successful. I feel like we can expect another hybrid console with specs close to PS4 and any additional gimmick such as VR integration only in the background. Speaking of OLED, I think they might make separate models at launch to have a cheaper LCD option.
>Furukawa came from The Pokémon Company
he's been at nintendo since 1994. his role at TPC was being an outside director representing nintendo
He didn't have a role as an important executive until he became TPC's external director. I'm mentioning that as it's the previous experience most likely to influence his tenure as CEO of Nintendo.
I hope so, this hardware is running on fumes and it was already struggling at the start of the race anyway.
I agree, I'm not a big graphics guy but I at least want my games to not run like shit
Bayonetta 3 was the one that turned me off the switch completely and now im just waiting for zelda.
I hope the next console has a way to run these games better without having to buy everything again.
>made virtual boy
>Turbo flops
>made N64 stronger
>flops
>made gamecube stronger
>flops
>made wii-u stronger
>flops
>made cheaper weak devices with focus on games.
>never flopped once.
>they should totally listen to our graficgay opinions!
The $200 version of the switch sells like shit while the $350 version of the switch sells like crack. It's not accurate to say price is the primary thing selling switches, in fact it's one of the least important elements of the console. What's selling it is games and the hybrid nature, mostly the games.
At no point in gaming history has power ever meant anything.
NES
GameBoy
PlayStation
DS
PlayStation 2
Wii
3DS
Switch
All of them completely underpowered compared to their rivals but still curbstomped them though the Earth's crust.
I mean if you ignore all the moronic-ass design decisions that no-one asked for nor wanted, yeah you can say power has no affect or even was the cause of those hardware flopping. It's not like they decided to stick with cartridges with the N64, causing third party to not be happy about space and moving to Sony who weren't morons. Not to mention them also being buttholes to devs at the time. It's not like GameCube had mini-discs for absolutely no fricking reason whatsoever, also limiting storage space like their previous console and turning away most third party devs again. Didn't even have the excuse of faster loading times like the N64. Actually just pointless and an example of Nintendo really trying to be "unique" at all costs. As for the Wii U, I don't even know why you brought up power.
With the WII, Nintendo already stopped making hardware that were good in any way. It was practically 2 GameCubes taped together which was old tech at that point. The WII U being better 7 years later was just an expected evolution.
And yet everyone had a chipped PS2 with 200 pirated games, while nobody was pirating for Gamecube. Nintendo made more money that generation, same goes for the one before
>Gamecube
>Nintendo made more money that generation
lmaooooo
>GameCube didn't make money
moron doesn't understand how reality works.
1) Nintendo sold the hardware at a profit
2) they made a killing on proprietary media, memory cards, controllers compared to their CD based competitors
By comparison Microsoft lost $10 BILLION trying to brute force the Xbox to success. Just because the GameCube didn't sell as well as previous systems doesn't mean Nintendo weren't laughing all the way to the bank.
Also consider that NIntendo had the GBA going during that generation as well. Pretty much the only time Nintendo has been in the red was at the start of the Wii U era where bother it and the 3DS scuffled.
>Just because the GameCube didn't sell as well as previous systems doesn't mean Nintendo weren't laughing all the way to the bank
They sure bowed down from going toe to toe in console warring ever again.
>They sure bowed down from going toe to toe in console warring ever again.
And thats a good thing. Whats the point in having 3 IDENTICAL systems with the EXACT same games apart from a few exclusives? How is that healthy in any way?
Now here in 2023, all 3 companies are doing their own thing and we are better for it.
>And thats a good thing
Yeah now we have pokemon games barely running on the fricking console
>hurr durr pokemon being shit is the hardware's fault
nice rebuttal
Why are you obsessed with kids games?
A product being primarily aimed at children does not excuse it's shitty quality what a disingenuous argument.
Mario games are also aimed at kids and strive to be mechanically sound
1) the poor optimisation of Pokemon games is neither Nintendo's fault or the fault of the hardware
2) regardless the game's are generally fun and well-received.
Go find an actual fricking argument.
I'm not the guy he's replying to I'm just pointing out that Pokemon being a kids game does not excuse it being shitty.
I know it's 100% Gamefreak's fault read the second line of the post.
This isn't even the fricking argument. His original argument got BTFO so he invented a new nonsense argument to screech about.
never stops being hilarious.
No one is excusing GA's for their mediocre programming. Take away the technical complaints and you are left with a pleasing to look at game that is fun. Do you people even remember what it was like to game in the last 30 years?
>Take away the parts people had a problem with and the game is fine.
Welllll Sheeeeit Black person I never thought to look at it that way.
None of the game's graphical glitches impact the gameplay in any way whatsoever.
And most have been patched out now anyway.
Game has sold 20 million+ by now made millions of kids Christmas feel magical.
Get fricked.
>Take away the technical complaints and you are left with a pleasing to look at game
I like this new cope of pretending Pokemon is the only thing that looks terrible and generations behind on the Switch. To use a recent example, Bayonetta 3 looks like fricking ass. You can already see it in the intro when the city and npcs are shown if you time-traveled back to 2009 and showed people it, they'd think it was a game that was coming out that year.
The point is that there are plenty of games on the system that both look and run fine, which obviously indicates that games looking or running like ass is on the developers and not the hardware. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
What the fricking frick Nintendo. The fricking Switch can't fricking even fricking fricking run a fricking Pokemon game fricking frickers.
kys
Pokemon should never have attempted 3D, it's been nothing but a disaster for the games.
That's a skill issue on Game Freak's part. Monolith Soft showed what you can put on the system if you are talented.
If a game can't run on the Switch. It is 100% a developer skill issue.
Gamefreak made games for Playstation and all are shit
Funny you bring up pirating because that was one of the rumored reasons Nintendo went with dumb-ass mini-discs. So Nintendo really fricked over third party support again just because they were greedy b***hes.
>Virtual Boy
Technology was nowhere near good enough for virtual reality, that bulky piece of shit "handheld" was never going to be anything other than a flop.
>N64
Everyone else had moved to CDs, cartridges were more expensive and far more limited in storage, meaning third party support was near impossible for the majority of games. Nintendo also did the galaxy brain move of pissing off third-parties like Square, which would continue to haunt them in the GameCube era.
>GameCube
Mini DVDs didn't have enough storage compared to DVDs, the system couldn't double as a DVD player, it was released too late and third-parties were still pissed off with Nintendo.
>Wii U
Nintendo made an Xbox 360 in 2012, complete with outdated PowerPC architecture and added the most moronic gimmick of all time. Also holds the distinction of being one of the only systems Nintendo ever sold at a loss (the other being the 3DS after the price cut), despite being far weaker than the Xbone/PS4, all because it was an over engineered piece of shit.
Also, funny how you omit how well Nintendo does when they release a powerful system and makes the right design decisions, like with the NES, SNES and even the Switch itself.
FRICK YOU ITS JANUARY for now
Only octopath 2, Kirby, coming soon
Probably get an indie direct or a specific current game gets in update just before either the 2 release.
After that, direct for some hot drops and upcoming stuff just before Zelda probably
Years just started
I'd guess direct next week if the shivers are right
>Years just started
The issue is that big games tend to be announced in the previous year. After this point we usually get 1-2 mid tier games (something like a 2D Mario for example) and then several ports, remasters and shovelware like the mario sports games. There will no doubt be more games, but with Pikmin 4 being set up to be the big holiday game it's looking like a weak year for sure.
They could have Prime 4 ready by the year's end, who knows.
They already had Zelda announced so that's their big game for the first half of the year covered. I expect if there's another big title coming it'll be announce after that releases.
You must be a newbie. Nintendo announces most of its games in the same year of release. Just wait until the next direct and E3 and you'll think different
You are correct that they announce most of their games in the current year. However, not all games are treated equally. The bigger games are almost always announced in a previous year, sometimes multiple years in advance. They have not broken this "rule" since Smash in early 2018. If they had some huge game coming this year they would have announced it in the summer or fall of 2022 like Pikmin 4. It's safe to say, they don't. The only other "major" release I'm expecting this year is another NSMB game to go with the movie.
But that doesn't mean we wont get more games. They're just gonna be shovelware and remasters.
>They have not broken this "rule" since Smash in early 2018
Mario Maker 2?
I personally classify Nintendo games into 3 categories
>Major
System sellers/massive sellers
>Medium
5-10 million sellers, but don't really sell consoles
>Minor or Ports/shovelware
Obvious what this means
Nintendo does usually announce 1-2 medium games each year in the year itself. So we probably will get another 2D Mario or something. I just meant there isn't gonna be another 3D Mario, Mario Kart and probably not even a Luigi's Mansion or Metroid Prime 4. Because those bigger more exciting games usually get more marketing.
Metroid dread
Pokemon games
Mario party
I was not really factoring in Pokemon games in my post because for one, there's pretty much something every single year and it's kind of separate from Nintendo. I'm sure we'll get a DLC expansion for Scarlet, no one's doubting that.
>2D Mario
>mid tier
Anon, a new one will easily sell 15-20+ million copies.
You forgot
>Kid Icarus Uprising remaster
>Baten Kaitos remake
Here's an idea of what we knew heading into 2022 and extra stuff we got, only first party stuff
>Knew about
Bayo 3
Splatoon 3
Kirby and the forgotten Land
Pokemon Arceus
Mario+Rabbids
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak
>got announced and released in 2022
Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
Switch Sports
Mario Strikers
Xenoblade 3
For comparison here's what we know about or has already released now
>Fire Emblem Engage
>Kirby Wii port
>Bayonetta spinoff
>Pikmin 4
>Tears of the Kindom
I think we'll probably see the next mainline Nintendo console in 2024. They'll either do a reveal around October '23 with a release around March '24 like they did with the Switch, or they'll reveal around E3 '24 and release around November '24.
2023 will likely be the last full year for the Switch, but we'll probably still be seeing games for it until at least early-mid 2024.
I really wanted to see a Star Fox game on Switch, since I feel it's the perfect console for it, but Star Fox has a pretty bad rep for releasing too late in the console's life. Zero came out on Wii U less than a full year from the Switch's release. Maybe saving it for a launch title for the next system will be what brings the series back.
New console will likely launch March 2024 like the Switch launched March of 2017 to pad the numbers for the fiscal year.
It's also just a good time in general. The hardware they're using should be pretty cheap at that point, but not so old that it feels outdated on launch (it will a few years in, but by then they've already got your money). The games should be ready by then. It's easy to see it launching with the next 3D Mario for the broader audience and Metroid Prime 4 for the core audience, pound out a bunch of releases and then fill the holidays with Mario Kart 9 and some shitty Pokemon remake.
Really the only good game that came out on this console so far was odyssey. I wonder how people will remember it. Like people used to suck off wii and wii u constantly but no one mentions them now, I think it will be like that.
You're out of your goddamn mind if you actually believe Mario is the only game people will remember for Switch.
You are delusional to imply people were "sucking off" the Wii U. As far as Wii games, they're too old to hold up well in most cases, but not old enough for morons to be obsessively nostalgic about them like the N64 or gamecube games yet. Give it time and you will have a mass of zoomers jerking off about the "soul" of wii sports and brawl.
This is the year Metorid Prime 4 finally materializes in some form, whether or not it gets delayed to Switch 2 is another question but they will definitely reveal something this year.
>This is the year Metorid Prime 4 finally materializes in some form, whether or not it gets delayed to Switch 2 is another question but they will definitely reveal something this year.
Not necessarily. If the switch 2 comes out next year, and it's not cross gen then I wouldn't expect to see it at all.
They need something to tentpole this holiday season with, as of right now they've got fricking nothing. Even if it's just that fabled remaster of the original with a small tease of Prime 4 I expect something this year. Maybe I'm moronic but it's been long enough since development got rebooted, we're due some kind of update.
>They need something to tentpole this holiday season with
Pokemon
it's always Pokemon
>Maybe I'm moronic but it's been long enough since development got rebooted, we're due some kind of update.
Four years, as of five days ago. Definitely long enough that we should finally be getting some info.
>They need something to tentpole this holiday season with
The Mario movie is coming out this year. It will be 4 years since Mario Maker. It's gonna be NSMB. Pikmin 4 in October and NSMB in November.
>they will definitely reveal something this year.
One of my favourite things about Ganker is how delusionally mentally ill everyone is.
You have this laughable notice that anyone who buys a Switch today is only allowed to play new games from that day forth.
Anyone picking up a Switch has an incredible library built up over 6 years to play from. No wonder its still selling so well. It has games people actually want to play.
>You have this laughable notice that anyone who buys a Switch today is only allowed to play new games from that day forth.
I never understood this argument. I got my switch in March 2021 and the amount of games available was massive. I got BotW, Odyssey and then MonHun Rise.
lol no. The Switch will still be on sale for several years yet. Just like the 3DS still sold for several years after the Switch launch.
The Switch will remain there, constantly mocking Gankerbabbies during its many victory laps.
Where the frick is super mario galaxy 2
>Where the frick is super mario galaxy 2
Thinking rationally, as this point any new Mario game would probably be positioned as a launch game for the next system.
>Where the frick is super mario galaxy 2
Playing Galaxy 2 with gyro instead of pointer controls would be painful. I think eventually they'll want to put Wii on NSO, so hopefully one day they'll let you just attach a USB sensor bar to the switch and use your old wii remotes since it would greatly improve those games.
>hopefully one day they'll let you just attach a USB sensor bar to the switch and use your old wii remotes since it would greatly improve those games.
You know that joycons have IR right?
Where the frick is Odyssey 2
ONE GAME
I DONT KNOW WHY
They ramped up console production
2023 is the end of big first party games. But we won't get a new Switch until 2030. So we have 7 years of shovelware ahead of us.
Yes Nintendo will not release a console this decade.
People will continue saying this for (at least) the next few years until they actually reveal the successor.
>>Fire Emblem Engage
Tears of the Kingdom
Origins
4
And not a single game of interest to me as per usual. Can we go back to the 3DS already?
when is the direct
Wind down has been happening since 2019. It's basically a nogames machine at this point. Animal Crossing one year, Metroid Dread the next, then Splatoon 3.
I mean alright you have Pokemon and Fire Emblem but they just seem so far removed from your typical Nintendo fan at this point. I get you need to make money so you can't just please the smaller fanbase that wants Donkey Kong, F-Zero, and Star Fox, but why can't you drop another 3D Mario when Mario prints money? Zelda is my favorite game series so I'm going to be eating soon, but it's just one game.
Besides Pimkin there hasn't been any hints of first party games after Zelda. Summer to end of 2023 are a mystery.
What a piece of shit. Wow 32 gigabyte game cards! The Nintendo Switch is a piece of shit that can't even run games from Blu-ray disks. Why the frick doesn't the Switch have interchangeable high speed SSDs yet?
You fricking wish
>Wii U still has some games to port
>Nintendo ported some 3DS games to Switch, if they want they can port other ones
>They expanded business this gen with Mario, no investor will ask to upgrade their system
>Nintendo is making a ton of money with online subscriptions alone
>They still haven't released Advance Wars or Metroid Prime 4
>GF is making Pokémon games yearly
>Surprisingly enough, Fortnite is a success on the Switch and there's no sign of Epic abandoning the platform, same for other F2P games
Honestly I don't see Nintendo abandoning the Switch any time soon
All these games are in the first half as usual. You are going to begin coping about the Switch 2 as soon as the february direct hits.
A recent leak confirmed they are planning to release a new console next year, so technically yes
>a recent leak confirmed
Yeah just like all those Switch Pro leaks right
>Another year, another dumbo makes "oh noes there's no games announced for Switch this year!" thread in January
Would you prefer announcements like Elder Scrolls VI, or Wolverine?
I hope so, this system has been inferior to the Wii U.
>this system has been inferior to the Wii U.
lmao I would fall asleep by the time that piece of shit even booted up.
Furukawa said we are only halfway through the Switch's lifespan repeatedly in the past 2 years alone.
Switch unit production has increased massively for this fiscal year.
Their new building won't be open until 2027.
5 more years of Switch. Cope and sneed.
Spring 2024 will be the Switch 2. They're gonna repeat their strategy with the Switch, wherein this E3 will be lackluster and focused almost entirely on Metroid Prime 4 or some other title that will inevitably be the Switch 2 launch title, along with already announced games. Then they'll do a big reveal at the end of this year or early next year that shows most the 2024 lineup and some stuff further down the road.
Switch 2 won't exist because Ninty no longer has any old games it can port, 3rd parties are growing weary of doing the heavy development lifting for Ninty's games, and Ninty continues to marvellously fail at transitioning to hd development. Just think about it: most of the Switches 1st party games were largely made by 3rd parties. Check the credits and realize that Nintendo is finished.
Schizo post.
>even though the Switch and its games have been a massive sccuess Nintendo is still doomed you'll see
Jesus Christ
>doom
You all are the ones citing doom. Financially they're fine. As a creative & development powerhouse? They've all but given up and are simply coasting along.
Nintendo are the market leaders and people still find ways to doompost
>Metroid Prime 4
It's a Switch 1 game.
No project x zone switch or collection frick switch.
I got my Switch out of the closet for the first time since I gave up on it (when Mario Golf Super Rush was released and I bought it without knowing what a disaster it was). Both joycons have the "drift" problem which makes anything that needs analog sticks unplayable. I don't want to buy new ones for something I'm not even using, but at the same time if I don't, the device becomes unusable... How did things get to this point? We are not talking about a $25 Chinese product here, it is a console from a "premium" brand.
Anyway, waiting for the Easy Come Easy Golf to go on sale.