regmcfly wrote:

Fast RMX, Has Been Heroes and Snipperclips are all confirmed for March.

I think I've got one foot on the hype train again. Snipperclipperu looks like perfect fodder for me and the boy, didn't realise it was out so soon. I'm hoping for some day one eshop goodness for both of us to enjoy, along with the majesty of Zelda for me.

The disappointment of the reveal is washing away, and I'm starting to wonder why some things ever registered as disappointing in the first place. A shit FIFA port doesn't matter when I don't buy FIFA games. 1-2 Switch being wavy bollocks when I was hoping for something to co-op with the boy doesn't matter because Snipperclips is there. The meagre third party support doesn't matter when I'm only buying it for the first party and eshop back catalogue. The online shenanigans doesn't matter when I'm not really planning on taking it online (Monster Hunter might tempt me though). The price of the console is £80 higher than I hoped, but only £30 more than I expected, and the way the Wii U has held its value makes me wonder if it'll even be worth waiting until Christmas as a drop might not even happen, especially if Mario is making it fly off the shelves. The expensive controllers shouldn't matter as I'll only need the pro pad.

I think I've talked myself into a day one purchase, just looking for the best deal now.

mistercrayon wrote:

WorKid wrote:

I disagree since it's just getting tarted up ports of three of those titles you've listed. This launch is amongst the worst line-up in console history. Ever.

Is it a port if it is released day 1?

Unless it was written for the Switch, which it wasn't, then yes it's a port. It was designed for WiiU then shovelled across to the Switch.

No idea. Is that a Sony game?

Oh nice

retroking1981 wrote:

I wonder how close Nintendo came to scrapping Zelda for Wii U. As an exclusive it could have ranked the launch up there with SNES and N64 for Nintards. Would it have burned the Wii U loyalists, who are also Nintards to much? Don't Nintards just buy blindly? A Switch exclusive would have made more sense if so.

I'm buying it on Wii U, don't intend to get a Switch for a while, and Switch exclusive would have turned me off more.

retroking1981 wrote:

I wonder how close Nintendo came to scrapping Zelda for Wii U. As an exclusive it could have ranked the launch up there with SNES and N64 for Nintards. Would it have burned the Wii U loyalists, who are also Nintards to much? Don't Nintards just buy blindly? A Switch exclusive would have made more sense if so.

I would have been incredibly pissed off if they cancelled the Wii U version. It would have been a massive middle finger to those that have waited the past couple of years to play it, only to find that you would need to buy a overpriced new console. I would have said fuck off to it... i'm still slightly pissed off that they are releasing another console so soon! Having said that, I really don't think they were going to scrap it on the Wii U, unless it wasn't going to be possible. I'm still a little staggered they are able to get a game of this size running on Wii U hardware?!

Biggest surprise for me was the Wii U version being released the same day. I would have bet money on it being a Switch exclusive for at least 3 months...

Paul the sparky wrote:

Kernowgaz wrote:

The best deal I imagine you'll get is it being instock somewhere

Argos for the console and Zeldarino, The Hut for the pro controller. £390 all in. I'm pretty fucking concerned about it all arriving on time now though.

The Hut is dodgy. Even though I wasn't interested in one I pre ordered from Amazon , for some reason I always when a new console is available . Still haven't cancelled but I will I think .


I thought the blue and red joy cons looked rank to begin with , now I think they look great .

Just buy both

RedDave2 wrote:

So soon? Wii u was 2012. Its been 4 and a half years. Id understand if they were runaway succesful but they arent. The first wii got 6 years

Yeh yeh... I get that. I've been irked about it since the rumours started...I bought the console Sept 2014 with Mario Kart 8, rumours of the NX began around March 2015. I think its a great console, I still have plenty I want to play. 

I have little interest in the Switch as a handheld, but no doubt I will be suckered in again if the new Mario is of Galaxy quality come the New Year.

Yeah I feel the same as Dante there.
I'm glad they stuck with it on WiiU, I think they owed the owners that, as much as a global megacorp owes anyone anything.

Different games with different dev periods.

My understanding is they simply couldn't do TLG on PS3.

Also TLG was probably delayed so much while the play testing staff were stuck with a catdog that wouldn't follow instructions.

But seriously it is a sensible decision to move it to ps4. Annoying for some but it was the right call. It wasn't a whimsical cancellation like scalebound, true fantasy live online or phantom dust.

Andy wrote:

mistercrayon wrote:

Good editing: is then the last guardian a port?

If Nintendo had failed to release BotW on WiiU, it would have been a massive fuck you to their fans. When Sony failed to release TLG on PS3, it was B&B GotY.

I should have said colonial marines or duke nukem forever.

Yossarian wrote:

The other point is that it didn't come out until almost four years into the PS4's lifespan and was widely considered vapourware. Cancelling Zelda on Wii U and then making it a launch title on Switch would have been a very different move.

Indeed. Nintendo had form with the dual GC and wii release of TP so it's good that it has continued here.