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Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
I could of told anyone this, even before the Switch came out. All I needed to see is if the system was portable or not and history shows all of Nintendo devices on handheld always had great support. It may not have all the Western top 3rd party games, but it had everything else and this is why all of Nintendo past handhelds did well. Look at it from this point of view, Nintendo handheld got a Grand Theft Auto game before Nintendo home console, and this is just one example. There was an article few weeks back showing the 3ds have over 800 exclusive games that you do not find anywhere else, and the PS4 with 400. When that article came out, I told people, over and over, even though the 3DS did not have the big western 3rd party games, it still had so many games, that it was not needed, and if Nintendo can have half of those developers move to the Switch, then the Switch will be okay, no matter what happen.
But if the Switch do start to get more western 3rd party, and still maintain the ones the 3ds have, then it will be game over, there will be way too many games for people to ignore, and the main reason they will ignore is because they will choose the Switch games because of its portable nature over picking same game for their PS4.
Here is a line from DualShockers article, a known sony website
"In a lot of ways, the Switch also has me reconsidering purchasing titles that I’d normally play at home on PC (such as Sonic Mania and the upcoming ports of Stardew Valley and Rime) to instead bring them with me on the go. While I skipped out on the Wii and the Wii U previously, the Nintendo Switch during its first six months has been a system I’ve loved to bring around with me."
http://www.dualshockers.com...
This person is not the only person who said they will pick Switch version over PS4, if you scroll back a couple articles, Eurogamer/Digital Foundry said the same thing. Do not get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with wanting to play on your beautiful 4K screen at home, but being able to play those same main console games anywhere is too good to not take advantage especially if you busy all the time.
These developers know Nintendo hybrid system will do well, so I expect to see way more games in 2018 and the future, even Fifa developers promote the new FIFA as a handheld experience more then it being docked. This will only continue, and since Nintendo main developers mostly move to the Switch, for example Fire Emblem team and Pokemon team, they have no more mainline games for the 3ds. The reason I bring them up is because with Nintendo main teams on the Switch, more people will pick up the Switch, and with more consumers, there will be more 3rd party games. Everyone loves portable, even Vita when it came out.
That's great to hear...now if only more western developers would get on board and more AAA titles appeared we would be on to something here !!
Blastingnews.com...
Looks like another nameless website to fluff Nintendos lack of 3rd party support, most likely by a pro nintendo fan... No bias whatsoever /s
Nintendo said the same thing with the wiiu "where're committed to bringing 3rd party support." The sad thing is the wiiu actually had AAA 3rd party support the first year on the shelf where its looking like the switch will have not 1 single game... Great way to support 3rd partys Nintendo.
Go read 3rd party big games on the wii u in the first year and then compare
"Nintendo Switch Third-Party Support Beginning to Grow"
Not really. So far the Switch has mostly a handful of first party Nintendo games and some indies that are already on the other platforms. Ultimately the Switch won't be getting strong 3rd party support due to its much weaker specs than the real consoles on the market. They traded off power for portability, and in so doing sacrificed a large portion of 3rd party games, which won't adequately run on the Switch.
It's nice to dream, but the reality is that this handheld won't be getting much 3rd party support, outside of some indies which don't push hardware.