Switch 2022 is a better sequel to switch 2017

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Ezquimacore

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This is what we know so far, this is the best Nintendo Switch year in terms of exclusives games, add to that 1 or 2 exclusives that we don't know about and a lot of ports and indie games that 2017 didn't have.
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At this point it's the best handheld ever made and people saying Nintendo is slow releasing games are just hating.

Edit: well, not hating. But it's definitely not a Wii u or wii situation
 
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This is certainly Nintendo's and Sonys year this year! Hopefully PC and Xbox has some surprises.

Just on your "hating" point OP. There were some ridiculous slow years in the switches life. But last year and this year are and should be great.
 
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Yeah I think this is the year where it finally beats the 3DS and takes the throne for handhelds. There was a bit of a drought last year but it looks over now.

The picture is also missing plenty of things, particularly the Monster Hunter Rise expansion.
 
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That's a pretty good line up and maybe the best out of any 2022 lineup currently. Love that we are getting a new XBC game and Triangle Strategy looks very interesting.
 
The third party support with MH Rise: Sunbreak, Portal 1&2 and Klonoa 1&2 too. I'm not in to JRPGs either but it's the main console for Japanese games too.

Oh and Silk Song.
 
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mcjmetroid said:
This is certainly Nintendo's and Sonys year this year! Hopefully PC and Xbox has some surprises.

Just on your "hating" point OP. There were some ridiculous slow years in the switches life. But last year and this year are and should be great.
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Yeah I agree, but looks like they were cooking
 
Considering they merged their handheld and console divisions I kind of expected to see this type of lineup in year 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

I didn't expect a 5 year ramp up, but I guess I'll take what I can get.
 
Yeah, I remember saying this even before the recent Nintendo Direct. Nintendo's 2022 lineup is just insane at this point. Going to be a packed year!
 
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Xenoblade 2 was my favourite Nintendo game in 2017 and super hyped for Xenoblade 3 but we also getting Triangles Strategy, Mario + Rabbits 2, Advance War, Bayonetta 3, MHRise Sunbreak, and BotW2.

2022 is gonna be fucking amazing for Switch!
 
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jigglet said:
Considering they merged their handheld and console divisions I kind of expected to see this type of lineup in year 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

I didn't expect a 5 year ramp up, but I guess I'll take what I can get.
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While I understand and I expected the same, you gotta take into account that a Kirby game on a 3ds compared to forgotten land is insanely different, same with almost every other game on that list like botw vs a link between worlds, Xenoblade. Even smt v and Pokemon had big upgrades compared to the 3ds games.

Plus they merged the teams but it's not like they have thousands of developers per studio like Ubisoft, The Zelda team barely has 300 developers for botw and that's one of their biggest games. And even like that we already have a remake, a remaster, botw, two warriors spin offs and botw 2 this year.
 
Botw2 confirmed this year? I don't see much else there that I would buy, maybe Kirby?
 
Switch's 2022 went from "there's nothing to look forward to except Kirby (which I'm not entirely sold on yet) and maybe Zelda in the holidays" to "oh shit my wallet" in the span of an hour a couple days ago.

If Zelda really comes out this year,, this could possibly be the system's best year since the impossibly abundant launch year. But Zelda isn't coming out in '22 because come on, they're not sending it out in November to cannibalize Xenoblade 3 sales.
 
yes so many games and classics coming to switch. i like that they are bringing games that never got released outside Japan and i hope they revive some old IPs as they are doing already( Golden Sun, Kid Icarus, 1080, Wave Race, F- Zero and many more.
 
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Ezquimacore said:
This is what we know so far, this is the best Nintendo Switch year in terms of exclusives games, add to that 1 or 2 exclusives that we don't know about and a lot of ports and indie games that 2017 didn't have.
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At this point it's the best handheld ever made and people saying Nintendo is slow releasing games are just hating.

Edit: well, not hating. But it's definitely not a Wii u or wii situation
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2017 had Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey... so for that alone I disagree. none of these games even has the chance to compete with those 2
 
Why such a small selection? Even the direct focusing on the first half had more games. There are more indie stuff, multiplatform games and more. Front Mission & 2 are big. I guess 2 might not be this year but it should be awesome. Originally it's the precursor to 3 that everyone in the West was introduced to the series with, it was also on PlayStation and very similar in many ways, some say with deeper strategy options and even story but also with some flaws in comparison to 3 in presentation, loading times, attack sequences that take too long because they show the mechs dodging and moving about and all that stuff the remake will likely fix and make it resemble the snappier style of the first so both remakes fit in. Maybe they won't be exclusive forever but that goes for other stuff you included so, it's almost like a de-hype thread pretending it will only have a dozen games.
 
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2017 had Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey... so for that alone I disagree. none of these games even has the chance to compete with those 2
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i think new Donkey kong will be Mario Odyssey and BOTW 2 will release this yrs. i hope Metroid Prime 1 remake also comes this yr and also rumored new Fire emblem.
 
Even if we are only looking at exclusives that list is not complete. After the very slow year in 2020, last year and this year are looking a lot better.

The hope is that this year is not an exception but the standard going forward. This is seemingly the first year where:

1. All Nintendo's teams and partners are focused on Switch, with none either working on or just having finished 3DS projects
2. Nintendo's pipeline is not being affected by COVID
3. Almost all Japanese publishers are fully onboard with Switch.

These three factors should all continue into the future. Plus we'll see the results of Nintendo's investments in first party and Microsoft improving support from Activision.

The next step is for Nintendo to improve support from other Western third parties.
 
Xeno 3 and BOTW 2 is all I needed. If bayo 3 releases, it's icing on the cake. If Kirby is good then it's the cherry on the cake.

Peoples thinking that switch sales will drop off a cliff because it it >100M are out of their minds, Nintendo is pushing out amazing games this late in the generation. Comparatively, Wii felt like some of the worst game droughts in their entire publishing history.
 
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mcjmetroid said:
This is certainly Nintendo's and Sonys year this year! Hopefully PC and Xbox has some surprises.

Just on your "hating" point OP. There were some ridiculous slow years in the switches life. But last year and this year are and should be great.
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Starfield alone makes me more hyped then sonys.
 
Absolutely! There were like 6 day 1's for me just in the Direct. Between the exclusives and the Japanese 3th parties, Switch has one hell of a year.

And if there's nothing here that peeks your interest than I guess the Switch just isn't for you? And I don't mean that as an insult, I really mean that. Switch has a better output than any Nintendo console since the SNES. The only thing it doesn't have is the Western heavy hitters that Nintendo has never had, and some genres that just stopped existing (God, I miss Wave Race, 1080 Snowboarding and F-Zero).
 
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But Zelda isn't coming out in '22 because come on, they're not sending it out in November to cannibalize Xenoblade 3 sales.
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I don't see why Nintendo would push the sequel to a game that sold 25 million units out of the lucrative holiday release period to protect the sequel to a game that sold 2 million units.

Nintendo isn't going to show Xenoblade any more deference than it does the many other games they're stacking right on top of each other this year.

Plus, Nintendo wouldn't cram games like Switch Sports, Pokemon Arceus, and Splatoon, that could carry the holiday season in a pinch, into the early part of the year and then be like, "Our Christmas game is a niche JRPG!"

If BotW2 doesn't make this year, it'll be because it's not ready and if it's not ready, Nintendo will have something (Donkey Kong?) to slot into November.

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2017 had Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey... so for that alone I disagree. none of these games even has the chance to compete with those 2
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You don't think BotW2 has a chance to compete with the original?
 
jigglet said:
Considering they merged their handheld and console divisions I kind of expected to see this type of lineup in year 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

I didn't expect a 5 year ramp up, but I guess I'll take what I can get.
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It's almost as if Nintendo knew this system was going to be around a while.
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After they announced 4 more new exclusives, I don't think Zelda a 2022 title. And I actually prefer it to be 2023 game. Let other games get a chance to shine

Zelda in 2023 will prolong Switch's life cycle
 
A swan song year for Switch, in my humble opinion. Lots of games to be excited about, but I do think a lot of what they were showing looked rough to me. Switch really needs a successor, hopefully one that these newer releases can find a home on as well.
 
jigglet said:
Considering they merged their handheld and console divisions I kind of expected to see this type of lineup in year 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

I didn't expect a 5 year ramp up, but I guess I'll take what I can get.
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Pretty much and of course it doesn't help that the quality of games has been very spotty so far.
 
I'm good for 4... maybe 5 of those. Would be an excellent year. I have this feeling Zelda isn't going to make it though....hope I'm wrong.
 
Silvawuff said:
A swan song year for Switch, in my humble opinion. Lots of games to be excited about, but I do think a lot of what they were showing looked rough to me. Switch really needs a successor, hopefully one that these newer releases can find a home on as well.
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2022 is far from Swith's swan song year. With chip shortage and supply chain issue, Switch 2 won't be announced at least until 2024
 
Honestly I'm pretty happy with the longevity of consoles these days.

The GameCube only came out in May 2002 in Europe and most major stores got rid of inventory by the end of 2004/early 2005, leaving the system on life support until the Wii launched years later. The GameCube was only relevant for 2,5 to 3 years here, which was always sad to see. I mean, i got dozens of WaveBirds, RGB cables and games for cheap at the time, so there's that, but still... Xbox launched 2 months earlier and barely lasted 3 years as well, as did the GBA. Feels like such a waste.

Starting with the Xbox 360, suddenly gens lasted twice as long and I love it. Graphical improvements aren't important to the gaming experience anymore (for me at least, feel free to disagree and get a PC :p ) and I like being able to keep using my trusty old stuff. I still use my 15 year old X360 controllers for Steam. Feels good.
 
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Only care about 2 of those game, maybe 3, but haven't played the prior titles. A good list of games, just not a lot there I'm interested in.

Also, are these just fan-edited box art? Lots of those are terrible.
 
I see the parallels but there's nothing on the level of Mario Odyssey to sync up with 2017 the way Xenoblade 3 mirrors Xenoblade 2 and BotW2 mirrors BotW.

Strikers is very promising, Mario Kart tracks are awesome, and Rabbids is another Mario thing, but it's just not the same.

Still, looking like a great year. I'm getting like, 10 of those games lol
 
Silvawuff said:
A swan song year for Switch, in my humble opinion. Lots of games to be excited about, but I do think a lot of what they were showing looked rough to me. Switch really needs a successor, hopefully one that these newer releases can find a home on as well.
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I don't think so. Nintendo is in full developer mode. And I think the switch 2 will have compatible games with switch from day one, at least for 1 or 2 years.
 
BoTW isn't launching this year, no mario and Xenoblade 3 is good but won't carry this year, it's gonna be a good year but not 2017 levels of greatness.
 
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay said:
I see the parallels but there's nothing on the level of Mario Odyssey to sync up with 2017 the way Xenoblade 3 mirrors Xenoblade 2 and BotW2 mirrors BotW.

Strikers is very promising, Mario Kart tracks are awesome, and Rabbids is another Mario thing, but it's just not the same.

Still, looking like a great year. I'm getting like, 10 of those games lol
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Watch the Kirby trailer, the game even looks visually better than odyssey.
 
Wunray said:
BoTW isn't launching this year, no mario and Xenoblade 3 is good but won't carry this year, it's gonna be a good year but not 2017 levels of greatness.
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Botw is so launching this year is actually funny how obvious it is. They're going to market the shit of Botw2 in June. As a matter of fact, Bayonetta 3 is the October game (by Halloween) and botw 2 is the big holiday game with another casual/party game. Pin this comment.
 
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Ezquimacore said:
Watch the Kirby trailer, the game even looks visually better than odyssey.
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Danjin44 said:
That would Kirby, like Odyssey he turn to different things that can be used for combat and platforming.
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Obviously I saw it already. Looks very promising, the highest production Kirby game and hopefully the best kirby game.

None of that would ever cause it to enter my mind that it could be as good as a major Mario game, that would be shocking
 
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay said:
Obviously I saw it already. Looks very promising, the highest production Kirby game and hopefully the best kirby game.

None of that would ever cause it to enter my mind that it could be as good as a major Mario game, that would be shocking
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Maybe not better we don't know that yet, but very similar. Now that I think about it it's the only Nintendo 3D platformer apart from Mario Odyssey.
 
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