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343 Industries has teased that there just might be a "new place and way to play" Halo: The Master Chief Collection in the near future.
— IGN (@IGN) February 7, 2021
Where do you want the collection to go?: https://t.co/KqdIl2tHPj pic.twitter.com/AumWikw0vZ
Isn't it just the Bungie games? Surely the switch must be stronger than an Xbox 360, right?
To me, it's not really about how dead a franchise is or not. Megaman and Castlevania haven't had relevant games for a while. It's more about the timelessness of a character itself. I believe being the protagonist of a cult hit game is better for a character's chances for Smash than being a character from a long running but small franchise. Sometimes a franchise is big enough to carry an non notable character (Steve for example) but for this instance I'd say Crono is a bigger character than anyone from Bubble Bobble or Mana. I'll amend my previous statement though, as I don't actually think Crono is on the same level as Lara. Being a big character with the video game audience, without being widely accessible, is still fine for a character in Smash, otherwise Geno would have never been mentioned and Banjo Kazooie never would have made it in.
Assuming the MCCollection never gets Halo 5, I think the Switch could probably run it fine. We have stuff like Doom Eternal and Witcher III already.
Right, but...Mana and Bubble Bobble are ALSO that, and NOT dead franchises. We're not talking about 1 cult classic characters with a dead franchise and 2 nobodies with active franchises. We're talking about 3 cult classic characters, 2 with active franchises, and 1 without.
I mean, I'd agree with that as well, but not to the extent where I'd say they were on different levels.
I could be wrong, as I'm basing my interpretation on what I've personally seen (not just on these forums, but in general). Ignoring stuff like sales numbers, how recent the newest game of a franchise is, etc. I just have heard Crono's name a lot (not just for Smash Speculation, but in general). I've never even played Crono Trigger, but I'm familiar with the game because of how celebrated it is by its many fans. I have never played a Mana game, but I also don't know anything about them because I don't really see anyone discussing that series. I'm familiar with Bubble Bobble, but again, I don't really see the franchise discussed much (though that might just be because Bubble Bobble doesn't really have a story or anything, so there' just not much to talk about).
Yeah, you're right, Crono is definitely below Lara. It just felt weird putting Lara in her own category, so I stuck Crono with her who was just the 2nd character that came to mind for Square. The purpose was to frame these examples in favor of the possibility of getting a 3rd FF Rep before any of them. Cuz honestly, most of potential FF characters would outdo Crono as a character if you completely ignore the factor of series representation within Smash.
pushes up nerd glasses
Many other FF tracks but I am picky. Stuff like Battle on the Big Bridge, FFIV and VI boss themes, Chocobo theme and Seymour Battle just to name a few.
What the article is ignoring is that that bit of info was in a Halo Insider forum update about flighting future content and updates, you can't test a Switch port on PC or an Xbox. It's clickbait trash.
It has to run both graphic engines (original and remastered) for both Halo CE and Halo 2's campaigns at the same time because you can swap between those visuals at will as well as have the ability to load up one of six different multiplayer suites quickly for faster matchmaking, be able to swap between six different campaigns to account for cross game playlists and have the various Forge modes adjusted to account for what the Switch can handle among numerous other things, all of this at a constant framerate (they'd most likely target 60 fps if possible) on top of the collection being over 130GB worth of content altogether.
If this is your first time playing Halo, I'd personally recommend you don't get the MC Collection for the Switch even if this turns out to be true. Nintendo controllers are...not great for first person shooters. It'll definitely both feel and run better if you just get it on the PC (where it also goes on sale quite often).
Definitely Samus. I could even see them continue the trend of continuing from a previous trailer, and have him show up to beat up Ridley in the aftermath of his trailer.
Halo CEA was still a 360 game so the Switch should still handle that. Halo 2 Anniversary would require some magic.
Doom Eternal played perfectly for me with the Switch Pro controller.
Thanks for the recommendation, But I'm a console gamer and only have a Switch at the moment, Plus my laptop isn't powerful enough to run games as it's just meant for basic usage, Consoles got me covered.
I think most Rare fans (Including me) always kind of had that thought in the back of our heads that it's way too much work to port Rare Replay not so much NES-N64 era, But I would imagine Xbox emulation would prove be too much trouble/challenge to take on.
don't jinx it, we might get brett favre to rep shudder...madden 09
1) This is fair, it has no reason to exist, but without it Hero's smashes need a buff.
This might just be ignorance but...that's a fall event right? I should hope it wouldn't take that long to reveal the next character.
I would buy the MCC on Switch just for the sake of being able to play Halo on a Nintendo console, frankly.
concussion ball is happening as we speak
Such a thing would have massive legal issues, mostly because of Goldeneye.
Goldeneye isn't one of Rare's DK games or Starfox Adventures.
But still, it would be weird if Goldeneye wasn't present, considering how well received and iconic it is.
What's funny is a lot of people don't mention is that how Nintendo is overprotective of their IP's I can see them getting a heart attack at the idea of Donkey Kong on a video game case with a rated "M for Mature" logo.
Goldeneye already isn't present in Rare Replay. It would be unfortunate, but what are you gonna do.
Except there they had the excuse that it was mainly focusing on Rare's unique IPs.
That is plausible, true. I would never count out the stick up Nintendo's butt.
This isn't the problem you're making it out to be, because you've had to pivot after misreading my original post.
Well one thing for sure is it is NOT going to PS4/PS5 lul
Yeah I never understood that either, Luckily I still have my copy of Rare Replay and Killer Instinct when I temporarily had an Xbox One, So if I do plan on getting an Xbox Series X in the future than I'm covered there.
I definitely think we’ll see another surprise character. Buuuut it could be someone that we here on Smashboards have discussed a bit. Like if they went with a Falcom character, your average Smash fan won’t know who that is but we’ve talked about that possibility a lot recently.
Raiden (Metal Gear)
puts on tinfoil hat Microsoft is porting Halo to Switch & negotiated for Master Chief in Smash at the last minute. It’s why this Pass has 6 characters instead of 5; also why they had that special animation when showing this Pass had 6 characters.
Banjo is owned by Microsoft and was revealed at E3
I can't wait to play Clippy from Microsoft Word, one of the most played games of the past few decades.
A devious plan to always detract attention from Microsoft's presentation.
A part of me honestly wonders if Nintendo managed to make a deal with getting all three (Banjo, Steve, and Master Chief).
