Bamboo 竹;224889399 said:
A Mario and Rabbids crossover. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1316739
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Eurogamer: Nintendo Switch to get Pokémon Sun and Moon third version: Pokemon Stars
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A Mario and Rabbids crossover. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1316739
Cow Mengde
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SOLD!
I can't wait for Switch!
I can't wait for Switch!
Leafhopper
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Game Freak is really REALLY weird about saving schemes for Pokemon games and pretty ridged about it so that's why I say that.
Ah my mistake.
Jaded Alyx
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So then you'd have to buy two versions (console and handheld) just to be able to take your game outside? Nobody would bother. Kids would just prefer to just play the handheld version and parents wouldn't see the point.
LordRaptor
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Yeah, but I've seen people clinging for dear life onto that PR statement about the Switch being a home console and believing its a WiiU successor, with a 3DS successor coming sometime down the line.
This report if true basically confirms what most people think, which is that the Switch is both platforms successor, and any future 'handheld only' console would just be a restricted functionality Switch, not a new platform.
DrROBschiz
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Fucking CALLLED IT
Where are the naysayers that said 3DS only
Come at me
My next bold prediction. MHXX cross gen release within release window
Where are the naysayers that said 3DS only
Come at me
My next bold prediction. MHXX cross gen release within release window
Leafhopper
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Well Sun and Moon is 3DS only, yes.
Also MH being on the Switch isn't that bold of a call I think.
Huh, I never knew that. That seems rather strange.
Uh...what? Anyone who only wants to play the handheld version can buy the handheld version. Anyone who wants to play the home console version can just buy the home console version. Anyone who wants both can buy both.
Bamboo 竹
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Leafhopper
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For example, it's been 20 years and you still got 1 save slot.
Is that bold? Was the first thing I thought when seeing the release date.
DragonKnight
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Nintendo is positionijg the Switch to really take the fuck off in its first year.
😂😂😂😂
Possumowner
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Oh boy,just found out about this.If true this will most definitely shift some consoles.
This is Eurogamers rumor so I decided to use the title they chose. But yeah, I'd kinda like "Pokémon Stars" in the title somewhere.
DrROBschiz
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Oh it isnt im just being facetious to kind of rub it in a bit
some people were adamant that Switch wasnt going to get 3DS software or supplant it in 2017
What I am seeing a pattern of the opposite effect. Lots of software crossover from both legacy systems directly into the switch
Which makes all the sense in the world to me
3DS is basically third pillar GBA going forward
I wonder if that would be worth the extra dev costs to GF, since this console only group will probably be rather small, and I doubt many people would double dip.
TheMagician
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Wow,I just realized that that's true. They really need to change that.
Pokemon sells upwards of 10 million copies every time. The dev costs would probably be a drop in the ocean of their profits. Smaller devs have done handheld & console versions. As for the potential audience, they've never tried so we don't really have a baseline. One example I can think of is Monster Hunter. The home console versions generally do several hundred thousand in Japan only. Considering how pokemon is far larger and has a more global audience, a couple million wouldn't be a stretch.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Well, it was too early for me to make any joke about it because it's still a rumor even it may come from reliable source.
Now I'm not going to buy both version to finish the living dex. So I'm going to pick up Sun version now and get Star version later on if there are one.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
Nintendo wants to switch Game Freak focus.
Too bad they'll only manufacture like 87 units for launch day
I don't think you need to worry. They're the same game essentially. Also, I'd imagine they start working on the 3rd version almost immediately after releasing the initial game.
I do think it sucks that the 3rd version is being talked about and Pokémon Sun and Moon hasn't even been out for a day though. Like, can we enjoy this for now without constantly speculating?
TannerDemoz
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Yes this sounds sick
The Hermit
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There were naysayers? It was pretty predictable that there would be a mainline Pokémon game on the Switch because it's a hybrid and where Nintendo was moving forward. (Regardless of NoA marketing it as a home console)
Whether it was going to be a third version of Sun and Moon was another matter. I'm remembering now some people were hoping for a red/blue HD remake.
MHXX being cross gen is also going to be another non-surprise lol
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On topic, I already bought Pokémon Sun because they changed a lot of the game formula compared to X/Y. I won't mind double dipping this depending on how it looks and what's revealed for features.
RecRoulette
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But everyone told me that Nintendo is never going to do this...
This is awesome news, have no time for a Pokemon game right now but I could definitely see myself picking this up on the Switch.
This is awesome news, have no time for a Pokemon game right now but I could definitely see myself picking this up on the Switch.
I tend to agree with you. I wouldn't say just yet that there will be no handheld focus at all anymore, but the 3ds is most likely being phased out. If that means that the Switch is going to be a GOAT system, then I am, selfishly, completely fine with that.
Bamboo 竹;224886471 said:
This. I'm not eating any hats over this bizarro timeline where Gamefreak supports a new system anywhere near launch or in the same generation as the most recent Pokemon games. You could've held out hope for that, sure, but that absolutely was not a sure thing to rely on.
Remember, B2/W2 came out on DS a year after the 3DS was out.
Bedameister
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This somehow killed a little of my hype for Sun/Moon. I will still get it but in the back of my mind I'm thinking that the surperior version will come next year.
LelouchZero
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Damn, this is going to be soo good!
Yeah, it probably will be worth it financially, but it probably won't set the world on fire and combining that with GF being slow to accept change, that's probably why it hasn't happened as of yet.
Highly likely to be the latter if it's coming so soon.
This is Pokémon Sun/Moon with a higher resolution and some added content, most likely.
Okami Haundo
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I FUCKING KNEW IT! There was just no way that Game Freak would let Pokemon Sun/Moon die on the 3DS. Every other Pokemon game was playable on current/next-gen Nintendo hardware by default. I only played Moon for like 10 minutes so far but I can 100% see how this will translate beautifully to the Switch. Assets and animation are top-notch. Can't wait to see how everything looks when it's cleaned up and on a 720p screen.
Yep. Should call it Pokemon Dwarf Planet instead, for scientific accuracy
and to rub it in for people who can't let Pluto go.
Do you think that there some kind of mandate that states other companies can't develop a mainline Pokemon game or something? Nintendo is no stranger to outsourcing.
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