Nintendo Partner Showcase - October 2020

[Gram]

Nintendo released a mini direct today, showcasing some first-party and third-party titles coming up.

Highlights:

• No More Heroes 1 & 2 surprise released today. No More Heroes 3 gets some gameplay footage and a release date.
• A new Story of Seasons game was announced for release next year.
• Immortals Fenyx Rising is open for preorders.
• Control comes to Switch as a cloud-streamed game, opening the door for more games to come to Switch via cloud streaming in the future.
• Bravely Default 2 gets a release date and some gameplay footage.
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gets a demo on the eshop ahead of its release next month.

 

[ShyGuy64]

I'm honestly a little mixed about control. I haven't seen a game streaming service that was that good. I mean all the one's I've tried are playable, but I would see no point in streaming games on a console built for playing games directly on it.

 

[Gram]

I would see no point in streaming games on a console built for playing games directly on it.

I’m not sure what that means. All consoles are built to play games on the console. PS4 has a streaming service, as does Xbox One.

The difference I see would be that many people like to play Switch on the go, when wi-fi is not always an option, and when it is it might not be the most stable. This would definitely be something that could only be played while at home or somewhere with a very good internet connection.

 

[ShyGuy64]

I’m not sure what that means. All consoles are built to play games on the console. PS4 has a streaming service, as does Xbox One.

The difference I see would be that many people like to play Switch on the go, when wi-fi is not always an option, and when it is it might not be the most stable. This would definitely be something that could only be played while at home or somewhere with a very good internet connection.

I know about xcloud and ps plus. I don't like ps plus that much, but I get xcloud because it's mainly for playing xbox games on phones and tablets. PS plus is just a lame excuse to not add backwards compatibility to the ps4. What I meant by streaming on a console meant to play games is that I understand game streaming to a chromebook, or a phone or tablet, but not to a console. I'm sure they could have found a way to get the game to run on switch, since they've gotten the witcher 3 and a couple other demanding games on it. It just seems like a bit of a low effort thing to do.

 

[Jisenku]

I know about xcloud and ps plus. I don't like ps plus that much, but I get xcloud because it's mainly for playing xbox games on phones and tablets. PS plus is just a lame excuse to not add backwards compatibility to the ps4. What I meant by streaming on a console meant to play games is that I understand game streaming to a chromebook, or a phone or tablet, but not to a console. I'm sure they could have found a way to get the game to run on switch, since they've gotten the witcher 3 and a couple other demanding games on it. It just seems like a bit of a low effort thing to do.

Could just be a way to get a PS Now like service to the Switch

BTW, the reason why that you can't play PS3 on the PS4 is that the PS3 is massively different from the rest, and as a result, emulation is almost impossibly for the PS4. Also, your point about streaming games to a console makes good sense, because what's the point in streaming a game when you can just outright download it (That's why I like PS Now's ability to download games), but the Switch has extremely limited storage, and doesn't have the best processing, so Control might be something that people might want to see maybe because they just want to play games without filling up their system space, while not having to fiddle around with cartridges.

 

[Sunny_Meows]

Nintendo released a mini direct today, showcasing some first-party and third-party titles coming up.

Highlights:

• No More Heroes 1 & 2 surprise released today. No More Heroes 3 gets some gameplay footage and a release date.
• A new Story of Seasons game was announced for release next year.
• Immortals Fenyx Rising is open for preorders.
• Control comes to Switch as a cloud-streamed game, opening the door for more games to come to Switch via cloud streaming in the future.
• Bravely Default 2 gets a release date and some gameplay footage.
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gets a demo on the eshop ahead of its release next month.

Let's go through what I think about the highlights!

No More Heroes 1 and 2 on the eshop and 3 now has a release date. I haven't played the game, sounds cool, great if you're a fan.

Story of Season - yay farming

Immortals Fenyx Rising now has preorders - cool! I'm not gonna buy it, but cool!

Control comes to the Switch... as a cloud-streamed game. Kinda ruins the "on-the-go" thing but ok. This reminds mo of a certain console where you could play games out of the TV, but you can't go too far from your house, hmmmm. Looks cool! I hard it's a good game

Bravely Default 2 - Looks cool! Not my style though :/

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gets a demo! Cool! I haven't played through it, but right after I finish schoolwork, I'm gonna, well, do more schoolwork :/