Round-up for those who missed it :
There are definately surprises left for the Jan 12th event. There's a lot of third party stuff not touched on, some hardware details, UI system level info and other info not yet spoiled. There's a pretty beefy presentation planned and, like some of Nintendo's better directs, it's going to be very info heavy.
Yep, stuff you're not expecting. At least one unexpected new IP.
[Concerning Zelda] I really hope it's launch, and the marketting seems to regularly suggest it'll be launch, but I'm still hearing it's going to miss launch. If I were just making educated guesses on public info I'd have said launch, but I keep on hearing it'll miss launch. As a Zelda fan I am as dissapointed by that as anyone.
[Concerning battery power and processing power] I initially heard 3 hours max battery, no clue if that's full clock or "portable" clock speed. I've heard longer estimates since which would lead me to suspect 3 hours is if you play a game fully clocked but not connected to power, which is doable at the very least with dev kits.
I suspect we will see similar levels of graphical sacrifices as going from ultra to high to medium on PC. A little less of everything, but the same core experience.
I have heard about two third party exclusives, Rabbids RPG being one. I suspect 3 at least but that's no guarentee they are good exclusives
Initial VC library is 100% going to dissapoint folk in terms of raw volume of titles.
[Concerning Wii U ports] Everything I have heard is enhanced ports, to varying degrees.
Mario KArt seems extensive. Smash seems minimal. Varying levels of addition.
[Concerning BGE2] I have heard a CGI teaser for BGE2 is in the works, less than a minute long (double sourced). No word if it'll be ready for Jan. I suspect not Jan event but equally I don't know when else a 1 min teaser being worked on now would be for. Can't place any other events they would be prepping it for.
RE: Mother 3, I've heard that rumour just like Emily. It seems to be a project that continuously comes to me from reputable sources with a strong track record, but never materialises. I am genuinely fascinated by why I keep hearing it but it never happens. It's the eternal phantom rumour.
[Concerning Monolith Soft's new project]I have heard it's something new, it's not the Xenoblade X Switch port, and it's in the same vain as Xenoblade and X in terms of combat style.
Don't expect anything from Platinum in Jan.
I have heard achievements, but I can't seem to clarify if they are separate or not from the new My Nintendo ones folk are earning for playing Smartphone games.
I hear same week NA and JP. Region free I am still being told.
[Concerning Pokémon] So I talked to Tom Phillips a lot before he ran his Stars story, as I was also working on the same leak, via different sources. He had a few bits of info I did not so I stepped back and let him handle it.
He was unsure about names Stars and Eclipse, I had only heard Stars.
I have heard 20+ new monsters being saved for Stars. Tom doesn't think that's likely. I honestly do not know if folk would be happy with that or not.
[Concerning Dark Souls 3] Still confident they have it running on Switch. I do not know if the system was in docked or undocked mode when they were happy with performance.
Dev kits have ethernet. PRess event and public hands on demo units do not. Not sure if that matches retail. If the press event units are anything to go on you'll need a usb to ethernet dongle again.
Like pretty much every games console, the switch has gone through multiple dev kit iterations. There was one floating around in July a LOT of info on specs has been based on. Another went out to bigger devs in October. Some bigger indies are still working from the July dev kits. The Oct kit is more powerful overall than the July dev kit.
Neither is the one from this picture. https://i1.wp.com/cartridgegames.net...1/img_1029.jpg
I have seen this image debunked by numerous folk from several different developers.
Don't expect Monster Hunter to be in the Jan event.
