Zelda looks really good. I want it a lot but, alas, I have no switch nor want to pay for one. Botw is very much a game I’d prefer on a portable platform (which honestly is the only way I’d ever use the switch). I guess I’ll get it in a few years when the inevitable nintendo price drop happens.
I feel ripped off for buying a N3ds though, we got one game, which was a port. While it was amazing it really didn’t constitute the extra cost of a new console (which, granted, I needed because my last 3ds had broken. Still an older model would’ve been much cheaper) and I’ve seen the Wii version in a few gamestops around where I live in the used section. I don’t even play the 3ds ver anymore because I can just run the game with stupid high texture filering and upscaling on my PC.
The current lineup of games doesn’t seem great either, we have Zelda, that’s about it.
Skyrim is already really old and is just a port.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 I could write an essay on all the issues I have with it from what it’s shown. (At least they didn’t butcher world design)
Splatoon is a weird shooter that got a lot of hype but came out after the ship had sailed, I have little interest.
Mario is Mario, I have next to no interest in playing it.
In all, the switch is neat, but lacks a substantial game library that interests me and buying a console for a single game is never worth it. In that case, honestly just buy the game and emulate it.
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The hype. People were quite excited and interested by it’s E3 unveiling, however the game itself didn’t receive as much attention on launch; which I’d argue is likely due to it coming out much much later. That and the Wii U’s poor sales.
I don’t expect splatoon 2 to be any different.
Splatoon still has an active player base, I still play it occasionally and I never spend more than a minute in the lobby,
despite the poor sales of the wiiu it managed to be incredibly successful, relatively speaking given the wiiu,
so far the switch has been very successful, and splatoon2 is looking to be more successful than the first.
Both of the reasons you have for splatoon not getting the attention it deserves aren’t applicable to the sequel, the system is selling and the wait is minimal.
Splatoon was literally the one game that was able to boost Wii U purchases significantly. That game is still being played by many to this day.
Anyway, Nintendo also likes to save major revals for E3. If there were a Pokemon title in the works, you’d most likely see it revealed there. Skyrim may be old, but taking it on the go is great. If it has mod support? Even better. Super Mario Odyssey is a return to the sandbox Mario format. You know, classic games like Super Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy? It’s a return to that. XC2 is also looking to be a very solid RPG like its predecessor, and most likely fixes previous criticisms people had with XCX.
Other games on my radar are Shovel Knight, Yooka-Laylee (when it comes out for Switch, no physical copy tho ), and, in the future, Arms, Splatoon 2, and Mario Oddysey.
No they won’t, I checked a little bit after the Switch launched. And no, I cannot use multiplayer on my PS4. You need PS plus to use multiplayer on PS4. Only Free to play games can be played online.
And even if I was okay with paying for multiplayer, I don’t have the money to do so right now.
BotW is a no-brainer. If you’re getting a Switch, get it. You will not regret it. Apart from that, there really isn’t a huge lineup of games for the Switch. Shovel Knight is cool if you’ve never played it before. Snipperclips is a nice casual game.
I participated in the Splatoon 2 Testfire recently, and having never played Splat before, I can safely say my interest is peaked. I’m also excited about MK8D coming out in a few weeks. I’ll probably pick them both up when they come out.
Ever play Pokemon Colosseum or Gale of Darkness? Probably similar to those. Lively battle animations for a Pokemon getting knocked down and getting back up, things like that. Probably more ambitious texturing/lighting as well.
I think it would look like the sun/moon engine but with high res textures as Slime suggested. I wouldn’t get my hopes up for a drastically new engine like Colosseum or gale of darkness, at least not yet.