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scottslater on 06 May 2021
rapsuperstar31 said:

Looks like a good time to come out with a players choice line of games to boost games that have slowed down quite a bit. Xenoblade 2, Bayonetta 2, Astral Chain, Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong, and Kirby should all be $29.99 players choice games.

Seems about the right time. I know if those titles hit the $19.99-$29.99 price range I would pick up what we don't have, maybe even a couple copies of the same game if the family fights over wanting to play it...



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JSG87 on 06 May 2021
scottslater said:
TruckOSaurus said:

It's weird but I can't help but feel that a forecast of 25.5m for the next fiscal year is low (even though that's a huge number of consoles).

Oh, it's low, laughably low. Switch is on pace to beat last years numbers.

I agree. With the Pokémon Remakes, possible BOTW2, Pokémon Legends Arceus and the very likely Switch Pro, we could be looking at 28-30 million again.



JSG87 on 06 May 2021

The one thing I would say regarding software sales on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo doesn't include Download only software in their list of Software sales totals I don't think?



Zero_Revolution on 06 May 2021
rapsuperstar31 said:

Looks like a good time to come out with a players choice line of games to boost games that have slowed down quite a bit. Xenoblade 2, Bayonetta 2, Astral Chain, Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong, and Kirby should all be $29.99 players choice games.

Agreed, I feel they would likely continue with the Nintendo Selects branding of the last couple generations though. I think it'd also be a good idea to include some games that have or will have sequels coming out. A good starting lineup might be:

ARMS, Mario Tennis Aces, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Tropical Freeze, and Kirby



Wyrdness on 06 May 2021
xl-klaudkil said:
TruckOSaurus said:

Maybe you're thinking of Fitness Boxing: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/fitness-boxing-switch/

Noo the one where you have to do certain body moves to do something in the game.

People do call it a excercise rpg.

But to put it in the same vein as chrono cross ,final fantasy 7, xenoblade etc is kinda  a huge stretch..

How so? Because it uses an unconventional control scheme? That doesn't stop it being a JRPG you've not made any real argument as to why it's not. 



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 06 May 2021
Wyrdness said:
xl-klaudkil said:

Noo the one where you have to do certain body moves to do something in the game.

People do call it a excercise rpg.

But to put it in the same vein as chrono cross ,final fantasy 7, xenoblade etc is kinda  a huge stretch..

How so? Because it uses an unconventional control scheme? That doesn't stop it being a JRPG you've not made any real argument as to why it's not. 

People who care about JRPGs generally care more about a grand story and narrative than gameplay, so at this point he's probably arguing in favor of the narrative ambitions and scope of those games, versus something like Ring Fit Adventure. Notice he didn't mention Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, or Etrian Odyssey, for example, when listing JRPGs. 

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holzi on 06 May 2021
Zero_Revolution said:
rapsuperstar31 said:

Looks like a good time to come out with a players choice line of games to boost games that have slowed down quite a bit. Xenoblade 2, Bayonetta 2, Astral Chain, Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong, and Kirby should all be $29.99 players choice games.

Agreed, I feel they would likely continue with the Nintendo Selects branding of the last couple generations though. I think it'd also be a good idea to include some games that have or will have sequels coming out. A good starting lineup might be:

ARMS, Mario Tennis Aces, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Tropical Freeze, and Kirby

Is there good evidence to support the notion that these kinds of long term price drops significantly boost game sales in the long term? Because I'm not sure if I would buy a lot of additional games if those 'smaller' Nintendo titles had their prices cut in half. It would mostly replace other game sales. 



Otter on 06 May 2021

Ring fit is a RPG but also a fitness game, worth taking that into account for any comparison. I probably wouldn't consider it a JRPG because it doesn't carry enough hallmarks imo. Its carved out a niche deserving of its own category (SportsRPG? FitnessRPG?), but its not something I'd bother debating...



Bofferbrauer2 on 06 May 2021

Another thing I find very interesting is this:

Looks like the Nintendo gamers also increasingly buy digital. And I strongly doubt the pandemic is the only reason for this, though it certainly supported this trend.



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

Wyrdness on 06 May 2021
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Wyrdness said:

How so? Because it uses an unconventional control scheme? That doesn't stop it being a JRPG you've not made any real argument as to why it's not. 

People who care about JRPGs generally care more about a grand story and narrative than gameplay, so at this point he's probably arguing in favor of the narrative ambitions and scope of those games, versus something like Ring Fit Adventure. Notice he didn't mention Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, or Etrian Odyssey, for example, when listing JRPGs. 

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Gameplay is still a core factor in deciding so otherwise you may as well call visual novels JRPG. The same way the are many conventional type of games in a genre the are also unconventional an example in fighting games genre you have your Street Fighters and then you have Smash.