Hero-of-Time Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) Details from that online playtest thingy have been leaked. Seems like some social online game/experiment. Certainly not up my alley of interest. Edited October 21 by Hero-of-Time 1
Ashley Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 Well I guess that hopefully means that the Switchatwo will have improved online services. Maybe even, heaven forbid, voice chat!
MindFreak Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) Seems like a new Miiverse / Miitopia with simulation elements. But yeah, not my kind of thing. Edited October 21 by MindFreak
Dcubed Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) Well... I can't get in right now. Says that the number of current online players exceeds the maximum supported by the game. Not quite sure how they managed to have more players than expected, considering that they artificially capped the number of participants at 10,000, but there ya go! BTW, something worth noting. I took a cheeky look at the Intellectual Property Notices tab on the Home Menu and I reckon that this is an internally developed first party EPD game. It has all the same tech notices as what the games made on EPD's own in-house engine tend to have (Immersion, Havok, FSR 1.0 etc), so it seems to be running on the same engine as the likes of BOTW, TOTK and Splatoon 3... So whatever this is, it seems to be a proper EPD game! Edited October 21 by Dcubed 2 1
Ashley Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 4 minutes ago, Dcubed said: Not quite sure how they managed to have more players than expected, considering that they artificially capped the number of participants at 10,000, but there ya go! It's a Nintendo online thing. Are you really that surprised. 2
RedShell Posted October 21 Posted October 21 Looks/sounds really cool. I see most people aren't too fussed about missing out on the test now that it's been revealed, but I'm actually slightly more annoyed that I didn't get in now. 1
killthenet Posted October 21 Posted October 21 The test period doesn't start until Thursday at 2am so that's why we can't get on at the moment Definitely not what I was expecting, and probably not my kind of thing, but I'm looking forward to trying it out. It looks quite bare bones visually, I wonder if it will be a new IP or if the final version will be tied to one of their established franchises when it is formally revealed Either way I think it will be core to the Switch 2's online and social features, like a central social hub
Dcubed Posted October 21 Posted October 21 Oh wait, I’m dumb. I didn’t even notice that it doesn’t start until the 24th… 1
Dcubed Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) The final Sakurai on Creating Games video is now up! Edit: Sakurai confirmed that he started working on a new game in April 2022! That's insane that he was working on both the channel and his new game at the same time for two whole years! Edited October 22 by Dcubed 1
Hero-of-Time Posted October 23 Posted October 23 Just realised my copy of Mario Party Jamboree came with a code for 7 days trial for NSO. If anyone wants it let me know.
killthenet Posted November 4 Posted November 4 If Nintendo are going to even mention the Switch successor before 2025 it will have to come tomorrow morning in their financial briefing. If there is any kind of statement it will obviously be light on the details but we could feasibly get a release window out of them like we did when they first mentioned the NX. Otherwise I'm interested to see the figures for Echoes of Wisdom and what the current total of Switch's sold is - will it be high enough for a good Holiday season to push it beyond the DS? 1
Hero-of-Time Posted November 5 Posted November 5 (edited) Results for the last quarter are in. Quote Updated sales numbers as of September 30, 2024 (+sales in the last quarter): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 64.27M (+1.37M) Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 46.45M (+600K) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 35.14M (+480K) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 32.29M (+240K) Super Mario Odyssey - 28.50M (+290K) Pokémon Sword and Shield - 26.44M (+90K) Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - 25.69M (+400K) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 21.04M (+240K) Super Mario Party - 20.98M (+140K) New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 17.77M (+160K) Nintendo Switch Sports - 14.37M (+1.26M since March 2024) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - 2.58M Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 1.94M (+180K) Luigi's Mansion 2 HD - 1.57M (+380K) Edited November 5 by Hero-of-Time
BowserBasher Posted November 5 Posted November 5 Hey Mario Kart, don’t you think you’ve sold enough, time to give others a chance. It’s insane that it’s still selling those numbers. 1
bob Posted November 5 Posted November 5 34 minutes ago, Ike said: Compare the fact it "only" sold 8.46 million on the Wii U. Considering they only sold like 30 Wii Us, I think that pretty impressive.
Dcubed Posted November 5 Posted November 5 (edited) If they reach their revised forecast (which seems pretty reasonable), they'll be at approx 153m units by the end of March... Beating that bloody woman's record the PS2's record is all but assured at this point. Edited November 5 by Dcubed
Ashley Posted November 5 Author Posted November 5 If I'm doing the maths right that's 44% of Switch consoles sold also have Mario Kart 8. That's a hell of an attachment rate. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted November 22 Posted November 22 The 2024 Nintendo Winter catalogue is now available to look at in English. https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2024winter/sp/index_en.html?page=1&device=sp 1 1
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