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LurkerJ on 30 October 2016
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KungKras said:
LurkerJ said:

"Unreal Engine 4 requires certain technology to be supported as such only UE3 was available on WiiU."
Like the technologies found on the underpowered smartphones that UE4 has supported since 2014 or even earlier. You can't draw conclusions about power based on that.


And that's a nice partner list, yet, Nintendo chose a 5 year old game to put in their an important video reveal that everyone was waiting for. If a game like Final Fantasy 15 was included, it would've broken the internet. But Nintendo simply didn't choose a better example that shows third-party support because they couldn't.

Final Fantasy is a dying series. Noone in the mainstream would have been excited for Final Fantasy Switch. 

Skyrim is the most popular RPG out there. It being portable is huge. Nintendo did the right thing to show it.

No one would have been excited for FF15/FF7r ? That's rich. While I am not a fan of the series, it is too early to write it off just because the last generation installments didn't do well, critically. Not to mention, FF14 is very much alive and kicking, and FF15 has been receiving very positive feedback recently. More importantly, showing FF15 means an AAA third-party developer has scaled down current generation assets and engine to fit the NS, signaling serious commitment and support. 

Skyrim is huge, but it's 5 years old, and by the time NS releases it would've been available on 5 other platforms. Even if we assume the game is a launch title, it will be an old port by any metric you choose to go by. It also doesn't signal any serious efforts. Fallout 4 would've been a much better title to show, but there is is no FO4 for the NS so here we are.