KWKBOX He flew halfway across the world to play a glorified tech demo, on an underpowered video game console, and suddenly you think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
1-2 Switch should have been a pack-in game, not a stand-alone $50 title. Zelda is the only "must have" game available at launch. Think about this logically, you're paying $300 for the Switch (plus tax), are you really going to spend an extra $50 on a glorified tech demo? No, you're going to buy Zelda because it's the only game at launch worth that kind of money.
millieman76 I'm actually pretty well off. I'm not going to be buying this though. Little pro tip from a dude that has money. You don't blow your money on stupid shit. That helps you amass more money. Sucks to have no money management skills...
This looks like one of those things that could be fun for about 15 mins. Then you'll stop playing completely out of boredom. "Play 1 2 Switch, the tech demo we are calling a full fledged game."
I like how the Switch's launch is basically equal to the Wii's launch. The Wii had an epic Zelda game (Twilight Princess) and a more casual party game (Wii Sports). The Switch will have an epic Zelda game (Breath of the Wild) and a more casual party game (1-2 Switch). People are critizing the mere existence of 1-2 Switch, but I'm glad that Nintendo's still making the Switch open to both casual gamers and hardcore gamers.
One thing they didn't mention is how the switch is supposedly a really easy console to develop for, so it may still be profitable to port over games for many companies.
Their Dev kit is under $1000 it's like $500-600 they are making this as easy to develop for as possible if you are an indie dev looking to put your games on a console the switch will be the cheapest to port the games onto it supports most engines overall it looks like Indie games will thrive and if it gets enough support and it sells enough 3rd party devs will develop remember there where quite a few Call Of Duty games on the Wii if it sells they will find a way
Yeah, I think it's affecting view count too--many won't watch something that's 57 sec. long 'cause they just think it's a preview or something useless...
Darin Gainey Yes it may actually be okay when you try them. just said what I saw, Ryan looks possesed ( maybe he had a bad night ) and Mike looks perplexed with his feedback.
I played 1-2 Switch a couple days ago and it was so much fun. I played the Quick Draw and Samurai games and it got so competitive so quick. It was awesome and I agree with the statement of how good the screen looks in person. It's beautiful
Is anyone here excited by milking? Baby Sim? Shaving? Ping-pong? Sounds like carnival tricks or games...not F-Zero or something. Am I crazy for wanting fun games? A new incarnation of NES/SNES/N64? Is that so crazy to ask?
So wanting a shaving, ping-pong, milking game system is "non-psychopath?" Seriously? The #NintendoSwitch becomes a bigger Troll than anyone on the web daily.
Look each other in the eyes while you play... wtf? Sounds like you're just intimately swinging plastic objects around staring at your... friends? Sounds creepy.
That's because it's not true. :P It actually works by listening to the audio of the Switch, HD rumble and instructions of the minigame. As far as I've seen. Never tried it out but I doubt it works like Nintendo says it would.
Daniel Lado Metroid? Federation Force FZero? There's that one racer for the WiiU Youre mentioning two dead IPs that no one except second party will bother. Plus, they're system sellers, so replay it on your SNES or Poorman Emulator
There's a game called Redout that plays very close to F-Zero. We're getting an F-Zero style game just not in name. I'm sure we'll get a Metroid game since the franchise is still alive.
Yeah, it's not as if Zelda is coming out the same day, with an amazing third party RPG coming the same day with I Am Setsuna. It's also not as if Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is coming, or Splatoon too, or a Mario and Xenoblade Chronicles coming.
Nothing to do with F-Zero anymore? How about online multiplayer? That's a really big thing that they can do with it, not to mention that there's no way of actually playing F-Zero GX anymore without having to buy old hardware or emulate it, so fans have to settle for the SNES or N64 game to get their fix. F-Zero GX trounces the entire Wipeout franchise by an astronomical margin. Better controls, more craft and track variety, and far more depth. There's a reason Wipeout doesn't have anywhere near the speedrunning community that F-Zero GX has.
The motion control fad has already passed, this game should've been packed in. Their novelty wore off, it's like selling a game that was suppose to be made for the Wii and they decided to make it for the Switch.
How do you even play the table tennis game if your not supposed to look at the screen? Do you just imagine where the ball is and how fast it's moving, does the game keep track of location, or is it just timing based? This all just seems really gimmicky...focus on the core gamers Nintendo!!!!
Thank you Mike for not pretending to be hyped for extremely cheap minigames. Like who the fuck would spend more than a minute moving around his controller to hear marbles inside of it?
One thing that always bothers me: SNES wasn't more powerful than the Genesis, even though Genesis came out years earlier. Nintendo was never state of the art. Without 32x, Genesis had less colors and no mode 7, for example, true. On the other hand it had more processing power, higher and not stretched resolution in mostly all of the games, a beautiful set of characteristic soundchips, that produce awesome tunes and are used by enthusiasts up to today, inbuilt backwards compatibility to Master System. SNES had to use the fx chip in its cartridges to compete. Games with many sprites like Gunstar Heroes are not possible on SNES. Starwing used the FX chip - compare it to Virtua Racing on Genesis, the only game that used an additional chip on vanilla Genesis. Yes, as you can imagine, Genesis wins by far.
mitvoid Yeah, Mike has always been a Nintendo fanboy and doesn't know much about Sega stuff, otherwise he would know that the majority of multiplatform games were better on Mega Drive for a reason. Super Nespresso had more colors and good sound chip, but far from being "more powerful"
Yeah what made Nintendo special back then was the gameplay. I was more of a Sega guy but owned every console through the 80's and 90's at some point. The end result of programming on any hardware is really all that matters IMO fun is fun :-)
***** I only say that because that was an issue with the wii u. I'm pretty sure Mario kart 8 deluxe is done but they don't want to release it with Zelda so that neither one canibalizes sales.
*Well, the thing is that Wii Sports is a videogame. This is hardly considered a videogame since most of the time, you don`t even need to look at the screen*
The reason it's not a pack in game is because they don't want people to think this is a Wii 2, which it isn't. Case in point: Mike and people in the comments are already complaining about motion controls even though this is just one game and the main game the system is launching with is Zelda, a totally hardcore game you play with regular controls. The joycons can also be used in hardcore games, such as in using the gyroscopes to aim a lot better than with just the analog sticks, but even that is optional. The Switch is all about choices. You wanna play on a TV? You can. Wanna play on the go? You can. Wanna play a casual game? a party game? hardcore games? classic games? indies? You totally can.
Just wanted to make a small correction for you guys there are actually 28 different mini games not 50 was confirmed by there newest 1-2 Switch commercial
I'm on board with Mike. I think the game will be a pack in by Christmas. By that point, those of us who have got through some of our backlog will be itching to play. Zelda and Mario are the reasons to buy a Nintendo console so I think the Switch will do just fine.
Yeah that's, exactly what I can't support. I am absolutely 100% biased in my opinion as I don't use portable gaming because if I have to leave my house, it's usually because I have to do something. So anything that interferes with the capabilities of a home console to me is counterproductive.
How about instead of promoting glorified tech demos for the switch, you actually be real with these people, and tell them the Switch's launch lineup is pure garbage.
Nintendo said since the beginning of the switch's development they made it easy to develop games for it. 3rd party support should be great. I am excited for the potential of the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo please make it happen.
Well sometimes you have to realize that Nintendo isn't for you anymore. Thats nice, no need to get angry or sad. I am not into gaming like waggle controls, minigames or gimmicks and i can live with that. Other japanese publishers release their games on other platforms as well. Ain't buying a console for Zelda or Mario alone.
I still feel that for this system to come out with a bang, it needs DS/3DS backwards compatibility, and it needs every multi platform 3rd party game to also come out on Switch.
Switch is getting me so hyped with this "innovative" ways to play. I just hoping this kind of gameplay keeps coming throughout the time, and not just the release window :\
The thing with the windows that Mike was talking about, was Dragon Quest Heroes 2, which was already in development for PS4 and PS Vita. For the Switch version they used the Vita version as a basis to work on, that's why there was such a big difference. The Switch is many times more powerful than the Vita
Hey James, Mike, Ryan. Great video, as always. I'm just curious- where did you, or James, rather, get those awesome figures of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster? Huge fan of horror movies, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and collectible figure, so these seem perfect. Thanks, and if you remember, please let me know, if you can!
I feel like a lot of people are underestimating the potential appeal of 1, 2 Switch. Yes it should be a pack in game, but as far as value goes I think this game has a lot of potential as the new best drinking game. I mean its on a portable system with two controllers that you can set up anywhere and play. This is going to be very popular at colleges and bars.
I can see a lot of bars buying these and stocking them next to the karaoke machines and DDR. And why wouldnt you bring it with you? Its a portable system.
We always invite James to film with us. Usually he's not able to though. He has a kid now so he doesn't have as much time as he used to. He was able to join us for the Double Dragon 4 video though and I was very happy about that. Anyway, thanks for watching! -Mike
13:18 James is so wrong actually. The Wii wasn't a gimmick, it was the same Nintendo strategy as always; getting the most fun out of relatively cheap technology. The Wii made use of then relatively cheap gyro sensors. Before that Game and Watch used cheap LCD parts, the NES ran on a 10 year old MOS chip, GameCube didn't support DVDs etc. The SNES was maybe an exception in sprites and colors, though technically speaking the Sega Genesis had a more powerful CPU.
Gamer Extraodernair I mean, same here Buuuuut they won't. The Wii and Wii U never really capitalized on their pre release promises (honestly neither did the 64) and I have no reason to assume they are starting now.
ImperatorNocturne people didn't use the wii u feature because it took alot of work and didn't add much HD rumble seems like something that will become standard in a few years
Someone said (i forgot who) that the reason 1-2-Switch isn't a pack in is because, Wii Sports showed off the Wii's motion controls, Nintendo Land showed the use of the Wii U's gamepad, but the purpose of the Nintendo Switch is a portable home console, not gimmicky motion control games like 1-2-Switch, so in a way it's a bit of false advertising
I still feel like their should be a pack in, but not 1-2-Switch, they need a big game that a 3DS or Tablet can't run, kind of like Breath of the Wild, but that game's been too hyped to be a pack in, but this means the standalone console is cheaper, giving you more of an option on what game you'll play at launch
The SCD is probably going to push the Switch over the PS4 Pro (though below the Scorpio) graphical prowess and that probably launches in Winter. The focus though is 1440p (since the screen appears to be variable resolution and is clearly using a perfect scale of 720p) not 4K so it'll probably look similar graphically.
i think that this set of mini games does a lot to show customers and even potential developers what you can do on the switch system. the more you know the system can do, the more you might want it for all the potential gamepla
Mine will be delivered on launch day from the Nintendo store, together with the Zelda collector edition. I'm quite concerning about the console, but I'm still very excited now.
Ya, I wasn't too sure about 1-2 Switch, but after seeing the treehouse thing and hearing Ryan talk about it, it sounds pretty fun and worth getting. So far, I have Zelda and Bomberman reserved for Switch.
1-2-Switch is the only game on the Switch (from Nintendo) that requires motion control. So, anyone who calls the Switch gimmicky isn't paying attention. It has every control option you could ask for, but that doesn't make it gimmicky, it makes it versatile.
"A few developers and their translators" only the lead designer of the system and bill Trinen the greatest translator and head of marketing of Nintendo xD
Great video guys. I don't think I could get one now if I wanted one anyways (since I never pre-ordered one) but Ryan actually did make 1-2 Switch sound pretty good for what seemed like a tech demo. I think if you don't take yourself so seriously you could have fun with even the milking game though I find it hard to believe I'd want to ever play that more than once haha but good on Nintendo anyway and for people who never grow up in a sense.
1-2 Switch does look like a lot of fun. But like Wii Sports and even non-video games like CatchPhrase and Scene-It, the game's real value is playing it with friends and at parties. There's just not enough depth there to satisfy a solitary gamer for hours on end.
I love how Mike hates anything new yet the switch can theoretically play any old Nintendo game he is a fan of , so really anything more should be appreciated objectively.
Nice recap by both of them, but I have to agree with Mike on this. Nintendo can sell to it's base with Mario and Zelda, but they have to be able to deliver titles that will appeal to the gaming public in general. Coming on mid-April and they have perhaps 1 or 2 title that look intriguing. Not enough to sell consoles this holiday season. It's a shame, because the Switch itself is amazing, but it will live and die by the titles coming out for it.
a joycon Mario party sound be pretty great,i would like an easy way to toggle between swinging and using buttons on Zelda, twilight princess did out pretty well,it was more a flick in a direction than a swing.
