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No?
Because it should be.
True, but I was going to bring up how annual sports games have it worse: Unlike CoD, they are still only developed for one year despite the game industry having strayed away with that, and as a result they're messes of bugs and poorly implemented features. It's getting to the point where NCAA Football is starting to get better reviews than Madden, because the NCAA devs take last year's Madden and fix as much of the code as they can rather than trying to implement the new Madden's features.
Um, I thought it was released a bit after the GameCube’s launch. Same year, but still.
Based on the usual release schedules, I think we're due for a new Kirby and Fire Emblem, especially since both series have been growing quite a bit during the Switch era. Metroid Prime 4 and Legends Z-A are almost certainly crossplat releases. Usually we also get a big Mario game and some quirky new IPs in the launch years.
Here’s a question, do you count it if you’ve only played the game for less than an hour or would it only count if you’ve put a substantial amount of time into it? There’s a few games here I’ve played around with for a tiny bit but I’m not sure whether to put myself down for having played it with such a short session.
It came out less than a month after launch. That's launch-window.
In Japan, the GameCube launched in September, and Melee released in November. Two months after launch is not a launch title, and “close enough to launch” isn’t a launch title either.
Yeah, I know, but I don’t think launch window is necessarily the same as being at launch, but I am willing to listen if there is something I am missing.
Louie G.
that Smash is not needed for a first year release, let alone as a launch release. In fact, I also agree with
Noipoi
that Nintendo should make some good games before the next Smash Bros. comes out on the new system. Some things are best saved for last, or in this very case, saved for later.
Miitopia 2
Those barrel rolls are gonna give me motion sickness
If that is bad, wait until you “try a somersault!”!Those barrel rolls are gonna give me motion sickness
The GEX Bot is now ready for your rescue in Astro Bot! pic.twitter.com/roterZVXxS
— Square Enix (@SquareEnix) December 14, 2024
I'm not against new IPs, but I would like to see some old IPs without any new games in a while come back more. Like Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Rhythm Heaven, Golden Sun, Custom Robo and whatnot.
Nintendo games tend to lean more mid-budget than AAA, Smash is its only exception due to all the stuff that needs to be licensed for it.
Throughout the next system’s lifespan there will be at least one dormant franchise that sees a revival. I guarantee it.
Yeah. I think that to avoid another SV situation and to better optimize the game for the Switch 2 I myself am not expecting Gen 10 to come until 2027.
A new Golden Sun could be cool. I might play that.
I dunno, they really like dropping new generations on anniversary years. Kinda ties the whole celebration together, and it makes for great marketing.
They're already avoiding that by delaying ZA until next year, with all signs pointing to it being the lone release of the year vs. what happened with LA and SV. As long as we don't get Gen 10 next year that shows GF/TCPi is giving their game enough time to be developed, 2027 is not necessary.
well someone's allergic to fun
There’s such a thing as too much funwell someone's allergic to fun
I think it will come out unpolished and buggy purely due to the Switch 2's much more powerful hardware. They'll need even more development time to get it to run properly. Releasing it in 2027 is the best possible option. I think that the 2026 game is instead going to be a much smaller game developed by ILCA.
Source: Nintendo to reveal Nintendo Switch 2 in January. This is coming from a Major Third Party developer contact I have. Here’s what they say about the console:
— NintenTalk (@NintenTalk) December 16, 2024
“Get ready to play modern AAA offerings on your Nintendo system in 2025”
3D Mario for the big holiday title.
I know they ain’t hyping up AAA title ports like they ain’t gonna have the graphical quality of a potato camera
Odd. I read that several times in the recent past and today. It looks like January is the best bet for a Switch 2 reveal, unless anyone has better ideas as to when and thus, any objections.
