Nintendo Switch - Official Thread

Awesome thread Wolven!!! FIRST!!!

Smash Bros is also rumored.
If you need me to grab some screens for Super Mario/Kart to put in it can be done.

I want to go through that 3rd party list and see what each can offer, be it past or future games.

Do that would be interesting to know what these devs could offer.

I edited a countdown image in the OP.

OHHHHHHHH SNAPPPP!!!!

consider also the (at this point credible) rumor that the console is region-free.

I'm also getting region free vibes. Not confirmed, but I got the vibes for sure. I really believe Nintendo is not gonna turn down anyway to make money while Switch is out.

Regarding #2, wasn't the statement that the other spokesperson made that there was no further comment and to look forward for future announcements? In other words, they're sticking to their guns and not confirming anything yet. Or is this MundaneMatt guy talking about a different spokesperson that somehow did confirm Skyrim on NS?

Here's my take on the 3rd Party Publisher/Developer Partner list, barring middleware. The farther I got in, the harder it got to say "I'm confident in this 3rd party support" lol, but we can hope:
[UPDATED: removed middleware, and I found ParityBit]

• 505 Games: A publishing house, they have supported Wii U with stuff like Terraria and um Funky Barn, but not much else. They have some pretty good stuff under their belt though, I would like to see Abzu and Rocket League make it over to the Switch. They also are handling Bloodstained, and I bet thats the reason they are on the list.
• Activision: Tough to say what they could bring. Looking at their games, they rarely published anything these past few years. Kinda hoping this means that we'll get something from their upcoming list. So really just CoD: Infinite Warfare and a version of Destiny with all the DLC in it.
• Arc System Works: This could be pretty fucking awesome. Blazblue and Guilty Gear are all I really want, worried it might just be 3DS Dragonball Z tier stuff though.
• Atlus: While I would love to see Persona 5 come over, I would be ok with just getting the stuff Atlus has been known to drop on Nintendo, mainly Shin Megami Tensei and its various spinoffs, Etrian Odyssey, maybe hopefully a return of Trauma Center (unlikely considering no Wiimote/Touchscreen though ). I would love a sequel to Tokyo Mirage Sessions that continues taking inspiration from Fire Emblem or maybe some other franchise. As a publishing force they offer a lot more JRPG goodness, nothing really recent pops into my mind. They handle a good percentage of Vanillaware games though. Oh, @juegosmajicos might like this, King of Fighters? At least in NA, Atlus is who published that. With Switch likely being region-free, it also means I can avoid having to get dub-only versions of games. I kind of really need to start learning Japanese.
• Bandai Namco: Its tough to say if their representation in this list is due to their involvement with the development of Smash Bros and Pokken Tournament (2 games I'd like to see on NS too), but lets put that aside. They develop and publish a lot of properties I enjoy. The Tales series, the Tekken series, God Eater, more Dragonball, Ni No Kuni, Pac-Man, various licensed anime fighters (could really use some JoJo here) and uhh oh yeah Dark Souls! With From Software also being on the list, idk guys, sounds like a safe assumption that we could be getting some Souls games in this bitch.
• Bethesda: A lot of stuff I'm not personally interested in, but nonetheless good. So we saw Skyrim Remastered, would like to see more Elder Scrolls on there. Fallout. Doom. Quake. Wolfenstein. Dishonored. If we go back a bit further, The Evil Within. I have a feeling we won't see much iD games on Switch though.
• Capcom: Monster Hunter
• Capcom: ok. They also have Street Fighter I guess but that sounds like its being kept hard on PS4 (and PC). So how about Nintendo loosen up and create a real partnership, because just saying Nintendo vs Capcom causes gold coins to flow out of my mouth. Resident Evil even though I'm not confident that series will ever be good again. Ace Attorney. Devil May Cry (lol). Mega Man. Dragons Dogma. Dead Rising.
• Codemasters: Racing game people, they are behind various F1 games, Grid, and Dirt. Oh and Overlord, which is pretty alright. No real excitement here, but it does make me believe that the Joy-cons have analog triggers.
• DeNA: I'm gonna backtrack a bit here, as I originally thought that their name being here meant we could see Nintendo's mobile apps on the console (that means everything but Pokemon Go). I still think thats likely, but whats probably more likely is that they're here to handle Nintendo's online and account infrastructure like originally planned.
• EA: The unprecedented partnership rises from the grave! Sports and Battlefield and Titanfall, with the occasional original IP like Dead Space. But mostly sports.
• From Software: Oooh baby. Dark Souls. That's about all I know or care to know. I wonder if there is a Nintendo franchise that they could collaborate on.
• Frozenbyte: Indie devs, they're the Trine people. Expect that
• Gametrust: This is real interesting. Gametrust is a really new publishing house created by Gamestop! They cover Frozenbyte, so its likely just that they're listed because of that. The only other devs under them that I would be interested in is Insomniac.
• Grasshopper Manufacture: Oh god sweet jesus let fucking Suda be done with Let it Die so we can get a No More Heroes 3. I dont know if I exactly want anything ported over, their last game is 3 years old, Killer is Dead, so I hope this listing means that we should expect some future announcements.
• Gungho Online Entertainment: I don't know why they're here other than Puzzle and Dragons. They are also publishing Let It Die, but I'm pretty sure that's a PS4 exclusive. Dunno, they mostly handle MMO servers and mobile puzzle stuff, nothing very exciting imo. Maybe they're handling Switch server haha no.
• Hamster Corporation: Nothing of great note either. They do something called Arcade Archives for PS4's online shop, and that's something that could be cool to see on Switch as well.
• Inti Creates: Azure Striker Gunvolt, Gal Gun, and Bloodstained. I'm expecting Gal Gun and Bloodstained
• Koei Tecmo: The Musou publishers, and I'll take all the relevant ones. They also handle Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden. I'll just take the boobies version of those games. OH, would be cool to have Nioh, but I think that's also a PS4 exclusive
• Konami: LMAO
• Level 5: Professor Layton, Yokai Watch, Fantasy Life. All of their games are very much handheld and mobile only, so it will be interesting to see what they can offer.
• Marvelous Inc: I'm still pretty confused if they are related to Marvelous Entertainment. A worthy company to watch. They also have mostly only dealt with the handheld space. Notable franchises, many of which were on Nintendo systems, include Senran Kagura, Rune Factory, and Harvest Moon.
• Maximum Games: I've never heard of this publisher before. They publish Farming Simulator, which I have heard of. Nothing else really of note imo.
• Nippon Ichi Software: I really only know them for Disgaea, which is good, so thats fine. If this includes NIS America, that could lead to much more interesting software gets like Danganronpa, which btw Spike Chunsoft is also listed so that could very well be.
• Parity Bit: FOUND THEM. They've been around for 20 years, mostly handheld stuff these days. They do what seems like sports management games. They have something called Derby Stallion which is about horse racing management and this kooky cute soccer management/simulator thing I remember seeing in an old JP Direct. It was even published and got its own Direct as well. Very Japanese company, another sign of possible region-free nature of the console.
• Platinum Games: Motherfucker, just give us everything and then a Bayonetta 3 and Wonderful 102 and a slick remake of The Mysterious Murasame Castle (Kamiya has stated interest). And Madworld 2. They seem pretty busy with exclusive work at the moment, although Nier Automata doesnt sound as exclusive as once thought. Wonder if there's some wiggle room there. Either way, them being listed could mean cool things in the future or ports of Wii U stuff.
• RecoChoku Ltd: It's a very Japanese thing, sounds like its just a streaming and downloading music service for Japanese music. Why is it listed here? Dont know, they have a 3DS app that only came out in Japan. I think this does give further credence to the region-free rumor.
• Sega: We know we're getting Sonic, so thats set for the future. I suppose Mario and Sonic Olympics wont be ending anytime soon either. They got Yakuza and Hatsune Miku too, which I would prefer over Sonic.
• Silicon Studio: Bravely Default devs. They also handle some middleware. A Bravely Default sequel on Switch would great, an enhanced port of the other games could be pretty good too, those games look very nice.
• Spike Chunsoft: Danganronpa would be cool. They've done some Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games for 3DS, as well as 999/Virtues Last Reward/Zero Time Dilemma, they are a really solid dev team. Games are a bit visual novelish, like a Phoenix Wright.
• Square Enix: Big ass development and publishing company. Switch is getting a pair of Dragon Quest games, so there's that. I dont think it will get these unless sales instill confidence, but they have Hitman, Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy under their hat.
• Starbreeze Studios: Devs behind The Darkness, Syndicate and Brothers. Dead by Daylight and Overkill's The Walking Dead are current projects that would be cool to have in the Switch library.
• Take Two: We already have seen 2K17 in the trailer, expect more sports. Hard to say if anything else beyond that happens. XCOM, GTA, Mafia, Civilization and Bioshock are all relatively recent projects that I dont think will happen. RDR 2 is a probable nope.
• Telltale Games: I hate almost all these games. But I can see most of the projects being easily ported or developed over. Who knows, maybe there's room for a collab.
• THQ Nordic: Probably Darksiders 3, considering the Darksiders remaster for Wii U
• Tokyo RPG Factory: I think they only have I Am Setsuna, and its also a Square game, so that's confirmed tentatively.
• TT Games: Lego trash. I think Dimensions will probably come over. I would rather have an Undercover 2.
• Ubisoft: Just Dance and the rumored Beyond Good and Evil remake/sequel/thing. Of course you know they have Rayman, Rabbids, Ass Creed and Watch Dogs as well as other new and interesting if not always broken projects.
• Warner Bros: They also handle the Lego stuff. Injustice, Batman, Mortal Kombat and that rumored Mordor sequel would be better, but as above I dont think its likely at the beginning.

In regards to No More Heroes


https://www.destructoid.com/talking-about-the-future-with-suda51-391418.phtml

He previously said it would be 15-20 years, but this time he told me "It's not going to be 20 years, I'm hoping it'll be 10 years or maybe earlier than that."

Before you get too excited, he admits that if it did get made, "It might be like an indie game." He cites the younger audience, reasoning that "No More Heroes fans' voices are still strong, but young gamers have never heard of it, so I want to create something for them as well." 2018 will be the 20th anniversary of Grasshopper, so Mr. Suda wants to make some news related to No More Heroes, but reiterated "I'm not sure."

Gosh I hope not. Hopefully its just Nintendo being Nintendo, they've said similar things when it came to Gameboy/DS.
For 2017 I can see 3DS being supported throughout, I just hope it drops off and they do consolidate and unify quickly, continuing to split the base is a mistake.

Yes, it seems like it will eventually, if all goes well. It would be missed, but DS feature was more of a quality of life thing than anything these days.
I think DS games will still be on the VC shop, the screen is still rumored to be touch and with that you could play games on it similar to how you could on Wii U.

It was "considered" back in June.
They straight up said "we're developing DQX" for NX in August, the announcement of DQXI was followed shortly after.
http://gonintendo.com/stories/262870-dragon-quest-x-confirmed-for-nx
http://gonintendo.com/stories/263649-dragon-quest-xi-coming-to-nx

IMO I think they have to say that, because if they don't what are they gonna sell this holiday season?

I also see it like this the Switch is the beginning of a different Nintendo. If it takes off I think you see no successor to 3DS. If it Dosent I think you might.

Peronsaly I think they stay with unifiying everything in Switch.

I'll believe region-free when Nintendo says it. They've been too stupid with localization in the past for me to put any stock in them to just drop the charade.

'Ats coo.

I didn't see the 3DS comment, but it wouldn't surprise me that Nintendo would couch their choices here. The DS was also an experiment and meant to be a third pillar, but pillars have a habit of falling if they can support the weight of another pillar easily.

They better put the grip in the box, too, damnit.

That port the red arrow is pointing at looks like a mini-USB port right?
Oh pls pls

I'll take it. So long as its not proprietary

There's rumored to be at least one USB 3.0 port on the dock, so having a Type-C on the bottom of the console kinda makes sense.

It's from a few of Emily Roger's sources. Yeah, she's been pretty wrong in the past, but recently, pertaining to Switch stuff, she's been fairly on point.


I would take these with a grain of salt though, since anyone could have predicted these and it doesnt mention the supposedly enhanced MK8 port. She's been really right really recent though, hence why its listed in rumors.

As for if its impossible, I wouldnt say that.
Mario Maker is a HUGE hit, especially for a console like Wii U, its impressive. Nintendo very much would like to have this on any system they have.
Functionally, it could work one of two ways. They could do it, like you said, where the "making" portion of the game only works when its undocked (assuming the rumors are correct and it has a touchscreen), the playing can go both ways. Seems a bit inelegant though, and could lead to a slippery slope where developers use the touchscreen and effectively create games for the Switch that can only be played in handheld mode. Not too worried about the latter happening as its also been rumored that all Switch games will be required to be playable in home console form.
Which leads me to the alternative. Another rumor (woo, so many these days) states that Joy-Con R has an IR sensor on the bottom of it, so flipping it upside-down essentially gives it a wiimote style ability. This would be used to replicate touchscreen functionality lost when going from handheld to home console.

All rumors though.
Reports on the last two I brought up are here
http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/10/a-deep-dive-on-lpvgs-nintendo-switch-reports-and-info/
http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/...ight-joy-con-offers-ir-pointer-functionality/