rant:
I pre-ordered one with Zelda and am really excited, I can't get over how much I love the Mario. But I'm also a Nintendo fanboy and with that said, I have concerns.
This is feeling very much like the Wii U to me(disclaimer: I love Wii U but it was obviously not the greatest). Nintendo didn't show me anything that makes me think they've changed much of their approach or that third parties are on board as much as people are saying they are. A lot of what's being said about the Switch was also said about the Wii U. There's still no solid news on specs and the fact that Nintendo hasn't officially announced the Wii U's specs means we might not know until launch when Digital Foundry rip one open. The gimmicks are in full force as well. No one will care about that motion control **** 5 mins after they play with it. I like how they left that aspect out of the initial trailer like it was some big reveal. Zelda, Splatoon and Mario looked cool but we knew that we were getting them already. At least give us some idea that you're working on something other than the expected titles. Even if they had just showed a picture of Samus or Captain Falcon and said "hey we're making something" it would have been enough to get some confidence up.
The biggest concern is that the Wii U launch actually had more third party support and they were all current gen ports since the PS4 and XBO hadn't launched yet. EA had FIFA, Madden and Mass Effect 3. 2K had NBA. Sega had Sonic racing. WB had an exclusive version of Arkham City and an exclusive Scribblenauts game. Activison had BLOPS 2, Skylanders and an exclusive Transformers game. Ubisoft had AC3, an exclusive AAA game and some shovelware. Namco had Tekken Tag 2 with exclusive content and another exclusive game. Koei had an updated Ninja Gaiden 3 which was exclusive at the time as well as a Warriors game. Even THQ managed to pump out Darksiders 2 before they died.
That's a decent show of support from a lot of devs compared to any console launch but when you compare it to what's been anounced for the Switch, it's a bit worrying -
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Launch
1-2-Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Skylanders Imaginators
Just Dance 2017
Launch window
Has Been Heroes (March 2017)
I am Setsuna (March 2017)
Sonic Mania (Spring 2017)
Lego City Undercover (Spring 2017)
Arms (spring 2017)
Super Bomberman R (March 2017)
Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together! (March 2017)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (April 28, 2017)
Splatoon 2 (Summer 2017)
NBA 2K18 (September 2017)
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Fall 2017)
Super Mario Odyssey (Holiday 2017)
It's obviously early but with a game from 2011 being the only major third party game announced it doesn't give me much hope that the Switch will be a different story to the Wii U. It looks like the majority of it's third party titles will be similar to what the 3DS gets when they kill that and push Switch as their only hardware. I hope you like RPGs and Monster Hunter. I love Nintendo and I'm still excited for this console but ****.