Nintendo Switch: Thread 10

[Junko]

Looks like a doozy , not at all impressed . Potentially the first Pokemon I’ve no interest in playing

[fishbowlhead]

That’s running at like 20fps, and that’s the announcement trailer. Just no, i can’t do it anymore. It’s 60fps or no sale for me. Not that Nintendo will care, it will still sell a cool 20m 🤷♂️.

[egparadigm]

Looks like a doozy , not at all impressed . Potentially the first Pokemon I’ve no interest in playing

Wow, you played the rest. How many have there been st this point, 100!?

I haven’t played any since Blue. Have been thinking it’s about time. Probably the most fun I’ve had with an RPG (if it counts).

[Neon Ignition]

When it comes to Pokemon, I don't mind them but they're the kind of game that slots into Nintendo's 'once per generation' cycle for me. Whichever one I play each gen is enjoyable but I then have absolutely zero need for another entry releasing. Fair play to Game Freak though, they all look archaic and the Switch can easily run better looking stuff but the franchises ability to print money has been nothing short of legendary so the schedule is king I guess

[Asura]

That’s running at like 20fps, and that’s the announcement trailer. Just no, i can’t do it anymore. It’s 60fps or no sale for me. Not that Nintendo will care, it will still sell a cool 20m 🤷♂️.

Yeah I kinda despair. They can just shovel out whatever.

[wakka]

God the streets in that are so incredibly empty. It looks half finished. Needs more STUFF.

[importaku]

Pokemon fans will literally buy any Pokemon game no matter how badly they are made so gamefreak keep getting away with it time & time again. Not much incentive when they can shift millions of copies regardless, For once love to see Nintendo be allowed to take over to see how a Pokemon game would look in competent hands.

[briareos_kerensky]

To me it's alwas surprising how hands-off Nintedo are to co-owned properties where the main developer is a third party or when they give their own property to another developer (see Princess Peach Showtime). You'd expect more support from Nintendo, but instead outside developers are pretty much left to their own devices, if not for QA. It's weird.

[Neon Ignition]

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2025/02/2025-02-26-nintendo.md

Nintendo issues a takedown notice against the Ryujinx emulator

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendos-latest-legal-win-against-piracy-significant-for-the-entire-games-industry

And has won its legal battle against the company that owns filesharing site 1fichier. The site must now remove files when asked which seems to suggest Nintendo will need to constantly monitor the site to identify uploads to notify them of.

[fishbowlhead]

If Nintendo actually kept everything playable i wouldn’t mind, and reasonably priced, but they don’t, almost ever, so emu is essential for playing any of the old stuff. 99% of the time.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Rumours of a Direct presentation for Switch 1 later this week.

If true, I'd be surprised if it were anything more than an Indie showcase or a short/sweet affair devoted to one upcoming game.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/03/rumour-a-switch-1-direct-presentation-may-take-place-this-week

[Neon Ignition]

Purely speculation going round still but it seems increasingly likely that Thursday will be the day for it and that it's a Direct. It would kind of make sense, there's undoubtedly stuff coming that isn't cross-gen and it would be clearer to get the info out before the focus shifts to Switch 2 fully, like laying out the Switch 1 roadmap for much of the rest of the summer/year (especially as it'll likely be made up mostly of ports/remasters)

[Nu-Eclipse]

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The final Direct for the OG Switch?

7am PDT / 10am EDT / 2pm UK BST / 3pm CET

[Neon Ignition]

Noice - hoping for a:

[Neon Ignition]

Pooling together the speculation read online the titles being mooted for the Direct are currently pointing to:


Either Kid Icarus: Uprising HD or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe

Kirby: Planet Robotron HD

Trails into Horizon