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Nintendo Switch Discussion Thread (Question of the Day, Countdown, etc)
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Quoting for the new page because it is awesome
jack_package_200
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I felt bad when I suddenly realized Iwata wasn't with us anymore :-(
Iwata was a great man. You are not alone in missing him.
Ultimately, because of the JoyCons, I don't see a base model being under 249$.
This and every other Switch thread are testaments to the fact that we don't actually know shit.
ArchedThunder
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I felt bad when I suddenly realized Iwata wasn't with us anymore :-(
Iwata will always be with us.
This is what I'm expecting.
Nintendo Switch: Basic Bundle - $249.99 USD, including...
Nintendo Switch: Deluxe Bundle - $299.99 USD, including...
Nintendo Switch: Basic Bundle - $249.99 USD, including...
- Nintendo Switch Console (32GB of internal storage)
- Joy-Con (L) & Joy-Con (R)
- Joy-Con Grip
- Nintendo Switch Dock
Nintendo Switch: Deluxe Bundle - $299.99 USD, including...
- Nintendo Switch Console (64GB of internal storage)
- Joy-Con (L) & Joy-Con (R)
- Joy-Con Grip
- Nintendo Switch Dock
- Splatoon Switch
I personally expect one or the other but not both.
I don't think it will be under $250 either; however, I think they should sell it as low as they can and make most of their profit off of extra joycons. Give people a reason to buy different attachments and make most of your profit there.
You don't think they'll have a bundle with Mario or Zelda? I know Splatoon Switch bundle would move units and invest people in MP. But I just can't see them NOT bundling Mario or Zelda
This is what I'm thinking/hoping, but I'm not so sure the Joy-Con Grip will be packed in. That might be a deluxe only thing, if at all. I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to skimp on something like that.
DecoReturns
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Mario and Zelda sells by itself. They don't need to be bundled.
Mario & Zelda (whichever launches with the Switch) are basically guaranteed to sell on their own. There's no real need to bundle either of them with the Switch, as it would basically be Nintendo taking their own money.
Diprosalic
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you don't bundle games that everybody buys anyway.
what makes you say that? i mean appart from common sense and logic.
The Joy-Con Grip is kinda needed for the console experience while at home, especially since there's no way of keeping the Joy-Cons charged while the Switch itself is docked.
I doubt it; it's literally the second part of the console we see in the trailer and it's in all of the promotional material (whereas the pro controller isn't). Having to sell those seperately would also further confuse/anger customers as it would, along with the Pro controller and new/possibly differently designed Joy-Cons, but another accessory to buy.
HackTheSlash
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Im not a big Splatoon guy. Hoping for a second pack-in option. But i know its probably unlikely.
There's barely any electronic components in that thing. It should included in every Switch SKUs.
And this.
It won't for long-term sales, but it definitely will for short-term launch sales, which would decrease the sales potential for both as a whole. That plus Mario & Zelda both being Day 1 would completely overshadow the third party games at launch, which is bad for the Switch's potential third party support going forward.
Zelda is a Wii U port as well.
Technically speaking, Zelda is a cross-gen release as both versions were developed simultaneously. Plus it's likely that the Switch version will be released first.
ultrazilla
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Are we really back to the system being super weak and under powered again? No way I believe Nintendo would repeat that mess after the Wii U being "under powered".
Just bring on the conference. I think we'll be just fine.
Just bring on the conference. I think we'll be just fine.
Considering that it's Eurogamer who reported on it, there's little reason to doubt them in terms of the clock speeds. Either way, it's still a decent step up from the Wii U.
I just feel if Zelda is out on launch, Nintendo might want to space it out.
The low clock speed reported by EG are useless without more info about the architecture of the system.
WiiRevolution1
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Yep. I'm so sick of people calling Splatoon 2 a port. Its a sequel! It has new stuff which makes it a sequel, not a enhanced port. Literally everything in the footage was new. ITS A FUCKING SEQUEL!!
AquaWateria
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To be honest I don't care about graphics like I use to. I just mainly care about seeing games at the conference. Like Nintendo ips as well as Japanese third party games. Everything else is a bonus.
Bring on the Switch.
I don't see it as being much different than the premium/basic SKU system we've been seeing for almost 10 years now. PS4s have the PS4 500gb, PS4 1tb and then the PS4 Pro; for the Xbox One S it'll be the same come Scorpio's release. With the 3DS even you've got 5 different models (not including colours) and that hasn't caused much confusion. £50 for more storage capacity, a pack-in game and probably some other random extras won't confuse the consumer that much.
...though I hope they don't make them a different colour like they did the Wii U.
Diprosalic
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agreed, if you actually look at the footage they're very different. not like MK where it's literally the same track. i think they'll slap a 2 on it.
new stages
new modes
new designs
reworked 'launch feature' due to no gamepad
new clothes
new weapons
maybe new SP?
that's a sequel.
I think it's gonna be a sequel for the most part. Like SMG2, where Nintendo sells it as a "90 percent new, 10 percent old" kind of deal.
I certainly think people are going to have to redefine what they consider a port with these Switch titles if they continue to use that term to describe them, including Mario Kart Switch.
Diprosalic
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basically the late 80s.
SwordStruck
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I believe he's talking about at first launch of the hardware. Nintendo is the only one this gen that had more than one SKU to choose from (8 or 32GB). Microsoft and Sony both launched with just the 500GB models.
AquaWateria
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Splatoon on Switch will probably have more new content than the average Madden or Fifa yearly update.
ShadowFox08
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I'm looking online and I see 32GB SSDs for $25, with 64GB at $35, and 120GB at $10 more. It really should be Nintendo's best interest for consumers to have the 120GB SSD for the $300 bundle. $50 for an extra 32GB of storage + an old port(particularly about a game I could care about like splatoon), is bleh.
Man, I've been asleep for a long time...
lol it's Nintendo. 64GB is the best I think we can hope for.
Agreed. Just stick to the one lowest priced bundle. You don't want people to feel they have a choice between the gimped version and a version that costs more than they want to spend (see Wii U). Keep things simple.
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