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jrwagh333 said:
How do you check your wishlist? I can't seem to find it at all even though I've added a handful of games to it
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In the shop at the game selection screen at the top right of the screen is a little icon with your mii/avatar on it. Click on that and the watchlist is on the menu on the left in the next screen.
 
hyperseven said:
what are the best places/sites to get reviews for indie releases? Usually use Opencritic for most mainstream titles but they seem to miss a lot of the ninty store stuff.



thought RE7 was on the switch or was that JPN only?
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It's available for streaming in Japan only. You can't play it directly on the Switch anywhere.
 
Ugh that'll probably mean a couple of years at least. Nice to see Retro Studios brought back though.

Hopefully now they'll definitely give us the trilogy to keep us interested :)
 
Yeah, not good news, but also good news if they've recognised the quality wasn't what it should be, as we've had a few iffy Metroid games and it seems they potentially want to get away from that. Metroid used to be seen as one of the less important titles/properties in their portfolio, and that they're restarting development with Retro suggests they've re-evaluated that and are putting proper money into the project. You don't scrap a project and restart from scratch without significant investment after all.

Hopefully Retro Studios do us proud and give us a great game that mixes western and Asian game development, and produces a really high quality title when it starts. I'm guessing they are trying to avoid another Metroid Federation Force/Another M style disappointment (although I actually enjoyed a lot of Another M)

On the plus side, whilst they are restarting development, you have to wonder if there will be some assets or similar etc they can bring across to try and help speed up elements of the development.

I believe it was Bandai that was originally working on this? Will be interesting to see if they launch a Metroid-a-like property reusing some of the work put in to developing this (albeit scrapping the Metroid elements and anything that could be copyrighted). Can't see Bandai just chucking everything in the bin if there are reusable elements, either!
 
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Wow, thats pretty damn significant for Nintendo to say that upfront to the world.

For those that do not know. The Japanese are INCREDIBLY proud people, and very rarely do Japanese companies outright admin they did wrong and often would rather continue to save face.

For them to stand there and say "you know what, it wasn't what we wanted, so here we start from the beginning" - that is an especially big deal for these people.

I am eagerly anticipating MP4 but I'd rather wait for a well polished AAA title than release something which ultimately disappoints.
 
Like I said above, to me, this represents they have re-evaluated where Metroid sits in their property portfolio and realised it is the sort of property they need to invest in seriously, rather than releasing subpar titles.

The other point to factor in, is that IF and JUST IF, Retro had been working on Metroid Prime 1-3 Remasters/Remixes/Remakes (ala Capcoms RE remakes), then potentially another reason they've shifted it from original studio to Retro, is they've been more impressed with the work they've seen from Retro, and figured they already have assets that can transfer between the projects, so have brought across the producer to benefit all these projects at once.

Why make two HD, high quality models of Samus, when you can use one...for example. Ok that's an oversimplification but you know what I mean; there are certainly visual and sound assets that could be shared between Metroid projects, and reduce the need for duplication, given shared engine and target platform.

Consolidate all your development for the property into one location, so resources, attention and quality isn't split, and you have consistency.

Similar to how GameFreak essentially used Lets Go to figure out the Switch and to get newer developers up to scratch, to theoretically have a better handle on the hardware come the next-gen titles.
 
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Suddenly the 2019 Switch release list makes more sense. I've been thinking for a while that Metroid Prime 4 would be one of the titles to see a delay (though starting from scratch is a surprise).

This is the "2019" list of Switch 1st and 2nd party exclusives:

Wargroove
Yoshi's Crafted World
Luigi's Mansion 3
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Pokémon
Animal Crossing
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Bayonetta 3
Town

Plus any ports they decide to release. It seems too packed even without Metroid. I expect Town will drop to 2020 though, as it seems unrealistic that Gamefreak will get two big games out in the same year...
 
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Plainsong said:
Town is a new one for me. Must've missed that somehow.

Of the list above I am having all of those with the possible exception of Ultimate Alliance 3.
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All for me expect for animal crossing..... infact I've never actually played any animal crossing game! Don't even know what type of game it is
 
Hi guys need some advice

If I were to buy a Switch today, what 2 games you think is a must have?

I know nothing of Nintendo games aside from mario in SNES days and Pokémon.

Thanks
 
kmax86 said:
Hi guys need some advice

If I were to buy a Switch today, what 2 games you think is a must have?

I know nothing of Nintendo games aside from mario in SNES days and Pokémon.

Thanks
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1. Zelda

2. If you want another single player game, Mario Odyssey. Otherwise, Smash Bros.
 
Cheers. I had a play with smash on Game before and it was fun even though I was mashing buttons.

By zelda i assume breath of wild, yea?
 
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