Nintendo Direct, Feb 8th 2023 10pm UK! METROID PHWOAR.

[ZOK]

28 minutes ago, meatbin said:

Happy to pay £70 for this considering how much time I got out of the first.  

Let’s face it, they could charge a ton and no-one would blink.

[Keyboard Koala]

56 minutes ago, Majora said:

There's a fair bit of smoke that Tears of the Kingdom is going to be Nintendo's first £70/$70 game without even having the next-gen tax excuse to hide behind.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-might-be-nintendos-first-70-game-retail-pre-order-pages-being-removed.684361/

 

3D Zelda is one of the very few games I'm willing to pay that for but I pre-ordered it with Shopto ages ago for £50, hopefully they won't cancel it if this is indeed true.

 

Might be worth getting a preorder in at somewhere it's still listed at £50 in case it's true.

 

I wonder if it's got anything to do with this:

 

https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-increasing-employee-wage-by-10-in-japan/

[Rex Grossman]

I've seen the leaked run through.

Spoiler

New Zelda with release date and price (£1,500)

Cool looking Japanese farming game

Preview of the film

Mario Baseball and a look at the farming you do to keep the grass in good condition

A role-playing game about touching kids but it's Nintendo so it's fine

Average looking Japanese farming game

Clay Fighters 63 1/3 coming to N64 NSO

Shit looking Japanese farming game

Reminder of the Mario film

 

[Oh Danny Boy]

1 hour ago, Majora said:

There's a fair bit of smoke that Tears of the Kingdom is going to be Nintendo's first £70/$70 game without even having the next-gen tax excuse to hide behind.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-might-be-nintendos-first-70-game-retail-pre-order-pages-being-removed.684361/

 

3D Zelda is one of the very few games I'm willing to pay that for but I pre-ordered it with Shopto ages ago for £50, hopefully they won't cancel it if this is indeed true.

 

Might be worth getting a preorder in at somewhere it's still listed at £50 in case it's true.

Now that’s a piss take. Not paying £70 for any Switch game.

[DarhkFox]

31 minutes ago, fat flatulent git said:

My predictions:

More Smash characters

Pokemon and Splatoon dlc

Long look at Zelda

Mario game of some sort

Look at Pikmin which is still far away

Couple of unexpected JRPGs

Farming /life sim

New N64 games on Switch Expansion Pack

 

I expect a lot of that will show, besides smash characters since they are done with making any new ones.

 

[rgraves]

5 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

Now that’s a piss take. Not paying £70 for any Switch game.

 

£70 is too much for *any* game IMO - but why is it a problem for a Switch game more than a PS5 or XBX game.....you're not going to try and argue that something like Zelda is less of a worthwhile game than GOW or something are you?

[ZOK]

The sequel to the greatest game of all time? They can name their price.

[Jackson]

Switch games are the only games I'd ever pay full price for, they never lose value! Breath of the wild still fetches £35 second hand. Your investment in xb or ps games is halved within a month usually!

[Rex Grossman]

1 minute ago, Jackson said:

Switch games are the only games I'd ever pay full price for, they never lose value! Breath of the wild still fetches £35 second hand. Your investment in xb or ps games is halved within a month usually!

 

First-party physical Nintendo games are probably the safest financial investment in gaming.

[Oh Danny Boy]

5 minutes ago, ZOK said:

The sequel to the greatest game of all time? They can name their price.

That’s bull. Peeps are complaining about Sony and MS setting their software at £70 and yet think it’s okay for Nintendo to do the same for games on 6yr old hardware. I don’t know why maybe because it’s Nintendo and people think they are lovely despite being as much a company of cut throat capitalists as MS/Sony. Neither will this be a one off it will be to test if they can sell all their future software at that price. Considering Nintendo aim their products firmly at families and children it would be a dick money grabbing move. They can firmly fuck off with that. 

[Mike S]

Zelda is £44.99 at Electric Games:

 

https://electricgames.co.uk/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom?variant=43953288184031

 

Never used them so at own peril etc...

 

 

[Stanley]

BoTW RRP was £59.99, six years ago, which is the most expensive a Switch game has ever been priced AKAIK - be a bit strange if they up it to £69.99 given that all their other AAA first party games are still £49.99. 
 

But let’s be honest, as if anyone isn’t buying this. 

[ZOK]

1 minute ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

That’s bull. Peeps are complaining about Sony and MS setting their software at £70 and yet think it’s okay for Nintendo to do the same for games on 6yr old hardware. I don’t know why maybe because it’s Nintendo and people think they are lovely despite being as much a company of cut throat capitalists as MS/Sony. Neither will this be a one off it will be to test if they can sell all their future software at that price. Considering Nintendo aim their products firmly at families and children it would be a dick money grabbing move. They can firmly fuck off with that. 

 

Of course it would be a money grabbing move - why do you think they sell games?

[moosegrinder]

2 minutes ago, Rex Grossman said:

 

First-party physical Nintendo games are probably the safest financial investment in gaming.

Weird trend for some of them not to be at the moment. Dread is cheaper than seems logical and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Arceus are all sub 30 quid on ebay. But they're probably suffering from the saturation of switch Pokemon games at this point.

 

Also just looked at Mario 3D World and that's doing the same. Still better than Xbox and PS games this far onto their individual lifespans, mind.

[KriessG]

Again, you can order this right now for £45-£50.

[Stanley]

2 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

That’s bull. Peeps are complaining about Sony and MS setting their software at £70 and yet think it’s okay for Nintendo to do the same for games on 6yr old hardware. I don’t know why maybe because it’s Nintendo and people think they are lovely despite being as much a company of cut throat capitalists as MS/Sony. Neither will this be a one off it will be to test if they can sell all their future software at that price. Considering Nintendo aim their products firmly at families and children it would be a dick money grabbing move. They can firmly fuck off with that. 

Yeah whatever, you’ll buy it anyway. 

[moosegrinder]

4 minutes ago, Stanley said:

BoTW RRP was £59.99, six years ago, which is the most expensive a Switch game has ever been priced AKAIK - be a bit strange if they up it to £69.99 given that all their other AAA first party games are still £49.99. 
 

But let’s be honest, as if anyone isn’t buying this. 

 

I'm still on the fence tbh. Looks amazing but I don't have the time for it. And I'm not paying 70 quid for it* because fuck that. Nintendo are the only company that I haven't gone all in on digital because their first party does not discount quick. I'll take the 'inconvenience' of changing a cart to save 20-30 quid.

 

 

 

*Hypothetically 

[Stanley]

Just now, KriessG said:

Again, you can order this right now for £45-£50.

I’m holding out for the LE - that should be fun after the XC3 debacle. 

[Stanley]

Just now, moosegrinder said:

 

Just to be that contrarian I'm not paying 70 quid for it, because fuck that. Nintendo are the only company that I haven't gone all in on digital because their first party does not discount quick. I'll take the 'inconvenience' of changing a cart to save 20-30 quid.

Physical all the way for me so I’ll pay whatever it takes, within reason, for the LE. 

[scottcr]

Can't believe we're going to see Tears of the Kingdom, Metroid, Pikmin 4 and a new F-Zero tongiht.  Truly the greatest of days.

 

PUMPED

[fat flatulent git]

2 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Yeah whatever, you’ll buy it anyway. 

It’s the five stages of grief.

 

Denial:  What?  No way.  They’d never release it at that price.

 

Anger: Fuck you, Nintendo.  I’m selling my Switch.

 

Bargaining: Maybe they’ll release it again later with all the dlc at a better price.

 

Depression: Nintendoomed 

 

Acceptance: I’ve preordered it.

[Rex Grossman]

7 minutes ago, moosegrinder said:

Weird trend for some of them not to be at the moment. Dread is cheaper than seems logical and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Arceus are all sub 30 quid on ebay. But they're probably suffering from the saturation of switch Pokemon games at this point.

 

Also just looked at Mario 3D World and that's doing the same. Still better than Xbox and PS games this far onto their individual lifespans, mind.

 

That's the thing though, they outperform Xbox and PS games massively on this score. It's all relative.

[Oh Danny Boy]

6 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Yeah whatever, you’ll buy it anyway. 

Thought BOTW was way over rated. No rush to play this at all. 
 

The fanboys will buy anything Nintendo sell but they need more than just their core fans to make this a success so hopefully this flops hard at the £70 asking price. 

[Stanley]

4 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

Thought BOTW was way over rated. No rush to play this at all. 
 

The fanboys will buy anything Nintendo sell but they need more than just their core fans to make this a success so hopefully this flops hard at the £70 asking price. 

It’s not even confirmed, but it won’t flop. 

[SuperFamiTom]

Why on earth does the age of the hardware matter when it comes to pricing? 

 

No matter what resolution it is or how many frames per second it runs at, if it's even close to as good as BotW then it's worth £70 just as much as any game on any platform and way more than most. 

[Rex Grossman]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

It’s not even confirmed, but it won’t flop. 

 

With the Switch's tiny install base it's totally realistic to imagine this obscure game will flop.

[rgraves]

19 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

That’s bull. Peeps are complaining about Sony and MS setting their software at £70 and yet think it’s okay for Nintendo to do the same for games on 6yr old hardware.

 

Nobody thinks it's OK - but reasonable people think it's an issue across all platforms. Pulling the 'it's a Switch game' and '6yr old hardware' stuff just makes you look like a bellend. Especially pulling it on TOTK which is likely to be, and you can quote me on this, half decent.

[joffocakes]

Hopefully there's an option to pay more if the game turns out to be even better than BotW.

[bear]

1 hour ago, fat flatulent git said:

My predictions:

 

New N64 games on Switch Expansion Pack

I don't think we'll see any new games announced for that service until they have released everything they've already announced which could take months for them to work through at the rate they are going. 

[Strafe]

I’m going to buy the physical version and solder the cartridge into my switch.