The Nintendo Switch

Wonder why Dark Souls got a generic "summer 2018?" If they can't be more specific than that, doesn't that imply it could be delayed again?

nintendo might just not know yet, its not their game

Just a little strange that it went from a specific date, to Summer 2018, and weeks later the latter hasn't been updated.

i can't believe mario is fucking dead

That's-a the end-a!

December 7 dang I was hoping September

Seriously.

So the only real surprise thing was that intro giant aggro robot fighter battle thing?

Bill Trinen showing off

wait weren't you just complaining about Hollow Knight being delayed and they announced it is out now

I'm psyched for that! Not in the shop yet though.

Oh that map of the blast zone is neat

Crazy recovery on Ridley

i didn't know Fortnight was free to play. might as well check that out...

so pumped for fire emblem now after that trailer, the battle playout scenes looked real pretty

Wonder what the mechanics of the mooks are

probably just there for decoration to make it look like an epic battle

Anyway I’m glad I made it through waiting for E3 and now I can focus on waiting for Tennis and Octopath and whatever.

Trinen hosting the Treehouse in two languages is pretty charming tbqh

Tedious game-likers ads going to hate this Pokémon

*are

this looks fine idk if i care enough to play a pokemon game these days though

heh it looks kinda fun like just a colorful lite RPG.

Yeah it’s gonna sell 20 million copies

Like Pokemon GO, you have to throw the pokeball just right so that it gives them a concussion or whatever and you capture it right?
I think the classic system of fighting them until they're weak enough to capture was way more rewarding and immersive.

Or maybe I'm completely misinformed on multiple levels here.

I don’t mind revisiting Kanto or the different wild Pokémon experience but opposing trainers with one level 3 Metapod or whatever are just…

Oh wait fuck Onix is huge.

xp yeah it’s the Pokémon Go capture system. 2019 will get more traditional Pokémon games.

Just started Hollow Knight, it kicks ass. Definitely seems like the same sort of thing as Steamworld Dig 2.

Should also say I played a quick round of fortnite, but I literally had no idea what I was doing.

I tried fortnite on the XBox, but it's too hard. I think it works better with mouse/keyboard.

it seemed okay honestly, I just literally had no idea how to play it, like what button does what, or what I'm supposed to do with everything I kept finding. I asked a whole bunch of kids in the back seat during a carpool this afternoon and they set me straight.

trying to decide whether i want to play the new octopath demo that has every character's first chapter or whether that's just going to make me stir-crazy for the full game

splatoon 2 expansion out tomorrow

Get Hollow Knight y'all, trust me. It is similar to Steamworld Dig 2 (which I also love), but has at least 3x more hours of play in it, maybe more like 5x. Also lots of Dark Souls-like "lore" if you go in for that sort of thing. And just secrets upon secrets upon secrets.

I’m faintly bummed by the lack of an out-there new announcement for a game due this year. I don’t really see tentpole Nintendo releases dated for August/September/October still and with Smash slipping to December you’d think they’d want a fresh multiplayer game in September to help sell paid online, rather than just starting to charge people to play what they were already playing.

On the other hand, I don’t think I’ll run out of stuff to do this year between Octopath, Tennis, Hyrule Warriors, Captain Toad, finishing Rabbids, playing my Master Mode file on Zelda…and if I really want, Rabbids and Xenoblade DLC…

Oh I guess Super Mario Party is October

played my first match in Fortnight. had no idea what was going on but still had a blast. the game has a really nice colorful art design, i can see why it's so huge. fwiw it runs pretty well on Switch.

Yeah, my daughter had a ton of fun watching me play, which was somewhat limited until I learned how to run (!). Or what direction to run. Or who was on my team. Or why I need to hit things with an axe. Or how to build. Or why to build. Or how to heal. Or what everything does. Several matches in and I even finally made it to a point where I was actually shooting at people.

They're showing off a "challenge battle" mode for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 rn. The post-launch support for this game has been pretty incredible for an offline single-player game; I don't think I'll experience any of it though because I'm not sure I need to spend any more time with that game.

the dlc story campaign looks like an entire new game. I wasn't gonna bother with the dlc but now I'm tempted

still hoping for some more physical package compilations to come out, like XC2 with all DLC or Rabbids with all DLC on disc

I want to play the Smash

so excited for smashee

have no interest in Smash or Pokemon so this E3 has been a bit of a bust for me :/
oh well just downloaded Hollow Knight, it's so pretty. plus Octo tonight!

don't think fortnite is for me. don't get on with the building aspect. I'm a stone cold killer don't want to be faffing around with bricks and mortar

Going to try sexy brutale at 50% off

building was the reason i stopped playing fortnite.

E3 sale incoming tomorrow. hoping for a decent amount off splatoon

xpost let me know what you think of sexy brutale, everything I read says it plays like shit on a switch.

I wonder if Nintendo had been hoping to have something else ready for E3, which is why they went so long on Smash and its more quotidian features, like a redesigned Wii Fit trainer face or whatever. Because apparently the stock got hammered today, with Smash the only big title before the end of the year - and all the way at the end of the year, no less - and no clear showoff-y sort of thing for the company's pay online venture. And Reggie did a sort of quiet damage control, promising ports faster in the near future. But I dunno.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17460528/nintendo-switch-multiplatform-games-delay-fortnite

smash isn't even their biggest title before the end of the year