So is Zelda! (Absolutely 100% OT) (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, July 04, 2017, 09:35 (2700 days ago) @ Korny

And Zelda is truly incredible. I'm just now getting off the Plateau, and I can't wait to explore this game! If Zelda is the only thing I ever play on my Switch, it'll have been worth the purchase.

I wish I could get into Zelda games. They're just incredibly boring to me, and the new one looked no better (collection quests and grinding galore). I always play a few hours, but they never really add much to them. They never feel like more than a kid's entry-level RPG, which I guess they really are... Though the new one seems to have Kojima levels of small touches, which is always nice.

I've always been a Zelda fan, so I'm biased for sure. But BotW really seems like something special. It doesn't hold your hand at all. It's a stupid, cliche comparison to make, but it really feels very Dark Souls in that regard. Link wakes up, and you spend a brief amount of time in one area to get the powers you use for the rest of the game, and then you're just set free. Rather than gating progress with items from certain dungeons, you're given everything you'll need right up front and let go. It's fantastic.

Hopefully Nintendo will actually support this thing and that won't be the case. If they let this thing truly replace the 3DS and consolidate development efforts onto the Switch, it could truly turn into one of the greatest platforms. I loved my 3DS, and there are some absolute gems on that platform, but I'm eager to see those sorts of games on the Switch with higher fidelity.

I'd tone down those expectations. Nintendo will fully support the 3DS for at least another two years, keeping the two markets separate. According to this actual article that I link to:

"We say that it’s a home console that you take with you and play with anyone, anywhere, anytime. It really is meant to deliver that great home console performance, you just happen to be able to undock it and take it with you, which is a key innovation," Fils-Aime said. "But look, in the end, what we want is we want the consumer to call it their device, right? Their preferred gaming device that they can play fantastic Zelda, Mario, third-party content, all of their favorite franchises brought to life on the platform. That’s what we want. And we’re greedy and we want Nintendo 3DS right alongside it."

That said, Gamefreak is reportedly developing a core Pokemon game for the Switch, so who knows? By the time Nintendo starts seeing it as a successor to the 3DS, they'll likely have a price drop or something to make it worthwhile, especially since simple stuff like voice chat is a mess right now...

You're right, but I'm still holding on to hope that it's just Nintendo's blind PR. It may not be immediate, but this thing has to be a 3DS replacement eventually, right? The 3DS was a wonderful device, but it was showing it's age a few years ago, and now it just feels ancient. Gamefreak making a real Pokemon game for the Switch shows the direction things are headed, I think (and hope!).