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Out of 10

10 47 23.27%
 
9 49 24.26%
 
8 36 17.82%
 
7 28 13.86%
 
6 18 8.91%
 
5 6 2.97%
 
4 5 2.48%
 
3 5 2.48%
 
2 3 1.49%
 
1 5 2.48%
 
Total:202
The_Liquid_Laser on 09 March 2018
Flilix said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:
6/10

Not disappointing and not amazing. Other than Smash Bros, the other new games announced were ports. Got some new details on games that we already knew about. Got a tiny little tease of Smash Bros. All of this is decent, but not a lot of "wow" factor either. Really this is exactly what I expected from this direct. (Also I still think Switch will have a disappointing year.)

They barely showed us anything for August and beyond yet. The second half of the year is when most of the big games get released, So far, I think 2018 looks just as good as 2017, which was Nintendo's biggest year in a long time.

Let me be clear that I mean that Switch hardware sales will be disappointing this year.  Kimishima will fall short of his hardware sales goals.  In 2017, Nintendo released 4 games that are selling extremely well: Zelda, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Splatoon 2.  This year the only game we know of that is off similar caliber is Smash Bros.  The first party library of 2018 pales in comparison to 2017.  Unless they have another big game ready, then hardware sales are going to be disappointing.



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Jumpin on 09 March 2018

I rate it 2 out of 10. Now! I know many will disagree with me, but remember, this is my opinion! Here are my 10 reasons for my score:

1. No new game announcements.
2. Only one new Smash Bros game instead of two (which is less than last year).
3. Absolutely nothing announced for Wii U.
4. It was pre-recorded, not live.
5. It was too short.
6. Mother 3, Fire Emblem, and Metroid... apparently canceled!
7. Nintendo did not announce going pure software.

There you have it. Officially 2/10.
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h2ohno on 09 March 2018
Pachofilauri said:
Sunstrider said:

Okay now I'm confused XD. @ bold, so, the wii u one is not a port?

That was the reason of my original question.  Most people see ports as a bad thing, plus labeling for example the fracture but whole a game that came 5 months ago the same way you label Tropical freeze which is a 4 year old game doesn't seems fair to me.

Ports are never a bad thing, and the hybrid nature of the Switch justifies pretty much every one, but they can't replace original titles.  The lack of new announcements that haven't already been on other systems is disappointing no matter how good Okami and Captain Toad are.  after Zelda, Mario, Xenoblade, Splattoon, Arms, Mario + Rabbids, and Fire Emblem Warriors 2018 looks kind of barren when it comes to big exclusives.  Right now there's Kirby, Mario Tennis, and Yoshi from Nintendo, with not a peep from Fire Emblem.  Even Smash could still be just an enhanced port, which would make the 2018 lineup look worse.  Obviously there will be more announced at E3, but to go the first half of the year with no original games bigger than Kirby and Mario Tennis is disappointing after having Zelda and an exciting new IP in the first half of 2017.



Flilix on 09 March 2018
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Flilix said:

They barely showed us anything for August and beyond yet. The second half of the year is when most of the big games get released, So far, I think 2018 looks just as good as 2017, which was Nintendo's biggest year in a long time.

Let me be clear that I mean that Switch hardware sales will be disappointing this year.  Kimishima will fall short of his hardware sales goals.  In 2017, Nintendo released 4 games that are selling extremely well: Zelda, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Splatoon 2.  This year the only game we know of that is off similar caliber is Smash Bros.  The first party library of 2018 pales in comparison to 2017.  Unless they have another big game ready, then hardware sales are going to be disappointing.

They didn't just make these sales goals up with no reason, though. They know how well their games sell approximately, so they did the math and came to the conclusion that they could sell about 20 million. They know the full line up, so their prediction would probably be better than ours.

Remember, we don't know a single release date yet for August and beyond, and these are by far the biggest months of the year.



Nautilus on 09 March 2018
Ganoncrotch said:
Nautilus said:
6 out of 10

Smash, release date for Octopath and Mario Tennis basically carried this direct.The third party games were certainly surprises, but they are ports, not new games.And man, I really wanted to hear about FE.

Is "no more heroes, Travis strikes again" a port or have Nintendo purchased Marvelous / Grasshopper Manufacture?

It was a generalization.Most were ports, but there were games like No More Heroes, though that was already announced before



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h2ohno on 09 March 2018
Flilix said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Let me be clear that I mean that Switch hardware sales will be disappointing this year.  Kimishima will fall short of his hardware sales goals.  In 2017, Nintendo released 4 games that are selling extremely well: Zelda, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Splatoon 2.  This year the only game we know of that is off similar caliber is Smash Bros.  The first party library of 2018 pales in comparison to 2017.  Unless they have another big game ready, then hardware sales are going to be disappointing.

They didn't just make these sales goals up with no reason, though. They know how well their games sell approximately, so they did the math and came to the conclusion that they could sell about 20 million. They know the full line up, so their prediction would probably be better than ours.

Remember, we don't know a single release date yet for August and beyond, and these are by far the biggest months of the year.

Is it 20 million lifetime by the end of 2018?  Because sales would have to fall off a cliff at this point to not reach that level.  They'd have to sell less than 5 million units for the rest of the year.



Nautilus on 09 March 2018
Jumpin said:
I rate it 2 out of 10. Now! I know many will disagree with me, but remember, this is my opinion! Here are my 10 reasons for my score:

1. No new game announcements.
2. Only one new Smash Bros game instead of two (which is less than last year).
3. Absolutely nothing announced for Wii U.
4. It was pre-recorded, not live.
5. It was too short.
6. Mother 3, Fire Emblem, and Metroid... apparently canceled!
7. Nintendo did not announce going pure software.

There you have it. Officially 2/10.
Super Metal Dave shall hear of this disaster!

Yeah, burn those haters.They certainly have no right to be dissapointed.

 

 

 

Yeah....



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Flilix on 09 March 2018
h2ohno said:
Flilix said:

They didn't just make these sales goals up with no reason, though. They know how well their games sell approximately, so they did the math and came to the conclusion that they could sell about 20 million. They know the full line up, so their prediction would probably be better than ours.

Remember, we don't know a single release date yet for August and beyond, and these are by far the biggest months of the year.

Is it 20 million lifetime by the end of 2018?  Because sales would have to fall off a cliff at this point to not reach that level.  They'd have to sell less than 5 million units for the rest of the year.

No, Kimishima said they wanted to sell 20 million in 2018 alone.



h2ohno on 09 March 2018
Flilix said:
h2ohno said:

Is it 20 million lifetime by the end of 2018?  Because sales would have to fall off a cliff at this point to not reach that level.  They'd have to sell less than 5 million units for the rest of the year.

No, Kimishima said they wanted to sell 20 million in 2018 alone.

Ah.  That's different.  They'd need a new Smash and a new Pokemon to make that feasible.



zorg1000 on 09 March 2018
Flilix said:
h2ohno said:

Is it 20 million lifetime by the end of 2018?  Because sales would have to fall off a cliff at this point to not reach that level.  They'd have to sell less than 5 million units for the rest of the year.

No, Kimishima said they wanted to sell 20 million in 2018 alone.

Im pretty sure that was referring to fiscal year shipments so April 2018-March 2019.

But even so we should wait until the next financial briefing when they give the official forcast.



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