| Chrkeller said: I hope the switch 2 gets original 3rd party support moreso than ports. I quite liked octopath, triangle strategy, etc. I really want triangle 2. |
It’ll be interesting to see if Triangle Strategy is in Square’s new plans to build up smaller IPs. They said that they’re planning to develop more big games and less AA type games, in which Triangle Strategy falls more into the latter.
If Square and Capcom are willing to do more with Switch 2 than they did with Switch 1, then I can see more original titles similar to MHR, Octopath 1 and 2, Bravely Default 2, Ghost n’ Goblins Resurrection, MH Stories 2, and Dragon Quest Monsters.
I wish Square would also develop an original Final Fantasy game on Switch 2, but I doubt it’ll happen as they want Final Fantasy to be that high end, realistic graphics type franchise. Dragon Quest, I would be very surprised if they don’t have XII come to Switch 2 alongside III 2DHD (I doubt the latter will NOT come to Switch and/or Switch 2). And hey, the whole Kingdom Hearts series may actually be physical/digital releases on Switch 2 if Square even cares. If the Marvel vs Capcom 4 rumors are true, I also would like to see that on Switch 2, alongside Street Fighter VI (or it’s Ultra equivalent). Then of course, the remaining Resident Evil games that are currently cloud games on Switch.
Koei Tecmo, I can see them develop a good amount of new games on Switch 2. The 2 Fire Emblem Warriors games and the 2 Hyrule Warriors games are among the best selling Warriors games ever (if you count all the warriors series altogether). Plus they have the Atelier series, the Fatal Frame series, and various anime games. Dead or Alive may be on life support after 6, so I don’t know if anything will happen with that franchise anytime soon. KT has worked well with Nintendo on Switch so I don’t doubt their potential contributions.
Sega should be fine as we’ll likely still see Sonic, Persona, Hatsune Miki, and SMT on Switch 2. Everything else, like Sakura Taisen and Like a Dragon, I guess it depends on the attitude of Sega’s leaders.
Bandai Namco is in a bit of a weird spot for me. I can see them commit to Switch 2, but probably one foot in and most of the other foot out. Despite releasing lots of old and new anime games, Pac-Man, Digimon, New Pokémon Snap, Smash Ultimate, etc., it feels like some things are missing from them. At bare minimum, I hope for Takes of Arise on Switch 2, if not an entirely new Tales of game with similar production and gameplay values as Arise (there shouldn’t be any excuse that the flashy combat can’t work on Switch 2 if it’s as powerful as rumored). Tekken, I’m not sure if Harada is much of a Nintendo fan even despite releasingTag Tournament 2 on Wii U and Pokken on Wii U/Switch. The potential for Xenosaga remakes/remasters may or may not be brought up again as Kos Mos was brought back into the spotlight in Xenoblade 2. Elden Ring and the other Souls games would be nice too. But it’s Bandai Namco, so I’m not sure if I can hold my breath when it comes to them..
Sorry that I went on this tangent.. I see lots of potential for old and new big games coming to Switch 2. We’ll just have to wait and see if third parties are even 75% committed to this upcoming platform as they are with any PlayStation console, where they usually get their life savings on those consoles.
