Topic: Nintendo Switch 2

Don't want to keep using the Switch 2 Direct Thread for general Switch 2 discussion, and since nobody else has created a general Switch 2 discussion thread, I am.

The leaker who told us about Metroid Dread, Mario & Luigi and a number of other accurate predictions just posted that Indiana Jones, Ninja Gaiden 4, DOOM The Dark Ages and Hellblade 2 are coming to Switch 2. Listed quite a few others too, I just can't remember which ones.

Yeah, I do expect the Switch 2 will receive a lot of recent 3rd party games. So I can see stuff like Indiana Jones, Ninja Gaiden 4, etc showing up.

Kind of a bit pessimistic that the pricing and economy stuff may take the wind out of their sails. Which would be unfortunate since they built so much momentum from the Switch 1

I would be down for some portable Dr. Jones.

Im down for Indiana Jones too. And DOOM The Dark Ages.

Oh! Call of Duty 6. That was another they listed. I'm definitely down for that. At least now if devs don't include gyro I can still count on them including mouse aiming. The console FPS will be best played on Switch 2. Gyro aiming. Mouse aiming. Handheld play. Tabletop play. TV play. What more could you possibly want?

Think we're gonna see the majority of 3rd party games hitting Switch 2. Strap in and prepare your wallets. They're about to get ravaged over the next decade lol

Yeah, anything that was made available on PS4, PS5, XBone, XSS / XSX now has a good chance of coming to Switch 2. And the list isn't a short one. The only game I would doubt forever and always would be The Last of Us Part II. Because uh...video game characters get hot and sweaty in that one. Nintendo game submission guideline no bueno.

Gravity Rush though? Sure why not. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if Gravity Rush sold better on Switch 2, lol.

Yeah there's several 3rd party ports that I think are incredibly likely to get announced soon:

• Dragon Ball Sparking Zero (was surprised this one wasn't in the Direct!)
• Fatal Fury City of the Wolves
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
• Sea of Thieves
• Doom The Dark Ages
• Indiana Jones
• Assassin's Creed (either Shadows or Mirage, with Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla eventually making their way over)
• Metaphor ReFantazio
• Persona 3 Reload
• RE4 Remake

Among others

@-Green-
Splatoon with mouse aiming is going to be revolutionary. Gyro is fantastic, dont get me wrong. But mouse aiming is gonna take it to a whole new level.

Practically everyone who's tried mouse mode has come away impressed with how well it works and how accurate it is. And while I do prefer the convenience of gyro working anywhere, mouse mode will be compatible for virtually every game with aiming. So even if devs don't include gyro in CoD or Halo, we at least have mouse mode to fall back on. And by including mouse mode, it only increases the chance they'll go ahead and add gyro aiming too.

@Magician
I'm not expecting any of Sony's big AAA games but their older, smaller ones... possibly. Gravity Rush would do well though.

Hah, I wondered who would eventually either make a new thread like this or rename an old one. Let's see of it sticks.

We pretty much have known Microsoft is going to have a bunch of ports coming to Switch 2. Heck, they're legally obligated to bring Call of Duty. I suspect the third party flood which started during the direct will continue very strong for the next couple years as lots of major ports mix in with new games.

@FishyS
Its actually bordering on too many 3rd party games.

I see now why Nintendo is holding off on sending dev kits to smaller indies until launch. A carefully curated lineup of top shelf core games doesn't get diluted by shovelware. And if there were any more big 3rd party games they'd start cannabilizing each other. Heck they may already have crossed that threshold. Even I can't afford everything day one and I'm a chronic spender.

How bout that Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion though? That game looks 🔥 🔥 🔥 They really upped the budget. Cutscenes are fantastic, voice acting is actually respectable and gameplay, oh my gosh the gameplay. Muchos awesome!

Thats actually my most anticipated game. More than Mario Kart. More than Donkey Kong. More than... well, not more than Metroid Prime 4. So ok. It's my 2nd most anticipated game. But still.

@JaxonH Out of the third-party options we've seen so far, which would you say you're looking forward to the most?

I think games cannibalizing from each other is definitely a big risk. I assume the devs like Square Enix and Microsoft who have multiple big games to port will purposefully string them out somewhat slowly. The problem fundamentally is that Switch 2 has an entire generation of major games which could be ported to it comparatively easily now and/or could get improved versions to a sub-par Switch port. Once all the devs have had kits for awhile, it's going to get crazy.

I realize that question wasn't for me, but now that we are in a general Switch 2 thread we are allowed to talk about whatever we want so I will answer anyways 😆
Personally I'm looking forward most to FF7 Remake of what has been announced. Balder's Gate 3 hasn't been announced yet but I'm expecting it and interested in that one. I'm also hoping Switch 2 gets some of the big F2P RPGs that Switch didn't because of storage or power issues (perhaps Genshin though Infinity Nikki is the one I really want).

How about yourself?

@FishyS For what's been announced, I'd say it's a tie between Elden Ring and Cyberpunk. I've been holding off on Eldin Ring just in case it ever came to Switch 2. Looks like I made the right call. On the other hand, in spite of all the jank I've seen over the years, I'm always down for games like Cyberpunk. Sometimes when I'm not feeling like committing to a 50 hour game, I like hopping into games where I can just romp around the city and just vibe. Maybe that means going for a chill drive while listening to a podcast or music, maybe that just means causing a ruckus. For all it's faults, there's always been a part of me morbidly curious to try out Cyberpunk for myself.

As for games that haven't been announced and not necessarily confirmed, my family is super into DND, so having Baldur's Gate 3 would be very exciting. Always wanted to get into that genre/scene. I'd also be very happy with Atlus' recent projects (3 Reload, Metaphor, and the highly-likely remake of 4.) but I've had 4 and Arena Ultimax waiting in my backlog. I should really play those before I start pining for the newer entries. Lastly, while I'm not a big Assassin's Creed guy, I'd love for Origins to come to Switch 2. But only because I'm a super huge nerd when it comes to Ancient Egypt culture and mythology. I'd love to get lost in a game like that, though I can't really see that happening.

Just had a thought: I wonder if Xbox is planning Switch 2 versions of Age of Mythology Retold and AoE II Definitive Edition... with mouse controls. Would be absolutely perfect.

And maybe collaborate with Moon Studios for Switch 2 versions of both Ori games with 4K HDR support and 120 fps support. Might as well bring them to PlayStation too.

@Novamii

1) Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
2) Final Fantasy VII Remake
3) Cyberpunk 2077
4) Elden Ring
5) Fast Fusion
6) Street Fighter 6
7) Hogwarts Legacy
8) Marvel Cosmic Invasion
9) Hades II
10) Wild Hearts S

I would also appreciate AC Origins as the Egyption setting interests me. But we do have

• AC2
• AC Brotherhood
• AC Revelation
• AC3
• AC3 Liberation
• AC4 Black Flag
• AC Rogue

All of which look good and run well. And I really like the older classics. All of them are good. Even AC3 which usually gets dunked on.

@FishyS

Baldur's Gate 3 will be so good on Switch with mouse support (as will DOOM: The Dark Ages). I may scoop Civ 7 too just for the mouse mode. Even with lightning fast storage, the load times will still be hefty late game, but certainly not 2-5 minutes like Civ 6 on Switch.

@FishyS Microsoft doesn't seem to have an issue releasing Age of Empires 2, Forza Horizon 5, Indiana Jones, DOOM The Dark Ages (and potentially also an Oblivion remake) all in the space of a month on PS5. Perhaps Nintendo's 1st party lineup complicates things though like Mario Kart World looks pretty much like Forza Horizon: Mario Edition meanwhile Prime 4 would clash with Halo.

Per Nintendo employee interview:

one important point to note is that people are gonna be able to adjust mouse sensitivity based on what they want to do in the settings on a system level. So it's the type of thing where if you're feeling like, "Oh, I wanna play on my legs, but I'm not getting enough runway on here," you're gonna be able to adjust that sensitivity so that smaller motions could work or that larger motions can work on a system level

It just keeps getting better and better

Anybody here going all Digital with Switch 2? It's funny, when I see boxed NES, SNES, Genesis and even earlier GameBoy collections. I think, "Oh, that's super cool". But when I see somebodies Switch or PS5 Collection... I'm just like, who gives a s***. lol

unofficial Limited Run Game pre-orders that take a million years to arrive in the mail, or part of the game missing from the actual cartridge that requires a download etc. Buying a big case thats' generally slathered in legal text agreement just for for some teeny tiny red little 'logo-only' cartridge inside? I'm interested to see how they look in person, But I think I'm officially out with physical. I'm focused more on the experience these days & convenience rather than having an attachment to vacant half baked packaging.

But at least, with these Switch 2 cases, they don't have those boring bland red spines anymore with basic white text. So that's something worth nothing, but i don't like the boxes at the bottom with writing and that bar code for the NS2 Editions. Nintendo should just give people reversable artwork without that crap at the bottom. After all, they're supposed to be eye catching fun pieces of art, that become a part of your decor.

@WaveBoy
At 600+ physical Switch games, I was hardcore into collecting physical. I also have a full shelf for Wii U, another for GameCube + Wii, another for 3DS and one for DS.

But I'm all digital with Switch 2. I just can't anymore. It's too expensive buying digital + physical, and I'm out of room. And frankly nobody cares anyways. Not like I have a single person to show them to who appreciates it. And they just sit there, so ya. I'm done.

I like my Switch collection but, it's a wrap for me going forward. I buy everything digital anyways so they never even get used. Tbh I see Daemon X Machina and all on cart and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted. I WILL be getting Cyberpunk 2077 physically because the cart slot is free storage that doesn't need to be eating up space on the mSD Express. That's an extra 60gb on top of the 256gb storage and 1tb mSD Express. It'll remain in the slot permanently. But aside from that, eh. It's just that time to make the switch.

3rd party is where my focus (and hope) is gonna be this gen. Series S is going to keep multiplat games more accessible for Switch 2 and that (in my home anyway) means to pull sales away from Sony and MS. This has the potential to pull a GameCube (or better) like support coverage and as a person that prefers Nintendo that excites me more than the switch 2 itself. I am already searching for news on how digital games can be purchases by Switch only owners as I will likely pad my library out with sales and support games from the start. Can’t wait to buy SF6 even though I won’t have an S2 to play it on (I have it on series x already).

Looking forward to call of duty and gta announcements. Third parties that will build momentum.