https://mynintendonews.com/2016/12/ 14/junichi-masuda-cautio

Woo more shitty Masuda!

>>30782742
Thank god. I don't want to buy a Switch yet.

>>30782763
Just fuck off already please

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>>30782742

Of course they'd be cautious, they've never developed games for home consoles before.

Game Freak has always been a handheld-exclusive developer, at least for Pokemon.

>>30782742
Basically GF wants to see if the switch will be used as a portable console by most its users, makes sense

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>>30782824
Switch is a damn handheld.

>>30782742
Why does anyone actually listen to this guy anymore? Fucking anyone can see S&M pushed the 3DS to its limits. Unless Nintendo makes a true sequel to the 3DS, with seriously beefed up hardware, gen 8 will either look exactly the same as gen 7, or else it will chug like fucking ass in 1v1 battles. Pokemon can't stay on the 3DS if it wants to move forewards.

>>30782742
Based Masuda.

Only fags want main series Pokemon on the Switch.

>>30782742
Good guy Masuda

>>30782763
___ _______

>>30782835
Okay, and what if they don't?
Are they going to release it on iOS?

>>30782851
>only fags want Pokemon on a device that doesn't shit the bed in performance and doesn't have a shit tier resolution

Yeah, how dare they! The 3DS is perfect!

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>>30782843
Switch is a damn home console

>>30782843

It's both, but it's primarily a home console.

>>30782850
>gen 8 will either look exactly the same as gen 7

No problem with that. It's not like SM is a huge step up from XY, the only difference is that even the over world lags now.

I am not acting like Stars is anywhere near confirmed but, if Stars was real and for the Switch, it would make perfect sense for him to say that they have no intention of making a Switch Pokémon game. They want to increase sales of the current game instead of having people wait for the next game, they know about the rumours that are out there.

>>30782919
It is both, but primarily a handheld. You are a complete moron for thinking the opposite.

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>>30782913
>>30782919
And? 3DS isn't going to be around forever. Switch is replacing Wii U AND 3DS.

They will have no choice but to release Pokemon on Switch eventually.

In truth, this asshole wants the Switch to have a solid userbase before releasing Pokemon on it. He's just sugarcoating his reasoning.

>>30782742

Pokemon fans are Nintendo fans, so they're going to buy it no matter what system it's on.

If it's on 3DS, they'll buy it.

If it's on Switch, they'll buy a Switch and the game.

>>30782978
>Switch is replacing Wii U AND 3DS.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-29-nintendo-isnt-replacing-3ds-with-switch

>>30783027
>DS is just a third pillar. It's not going to replace the GBA. We will have two portable devices on the market without problem

:^)

>>30783027
They said the same thing about the DS replacing the GBA.

>>30783027
Because the Gameboy Advance has had so many releases in the past ten years, right?

>>30783027
Why the fuck would Nintendo have TWO handheld devices in the market?

And they also said Switch wasn't going to replace Wii U.

>>30782850
>anyone can see S&M pushed the 3DS to its limits.
Games like MH can maintain a stable framerate despite being on 3D. Gamefreak is just shit at optimization, remember how Iwata HAD to bail them out during the development of GS?

>>30783058
Because the ds killed gba sales. Switch won't kill the 3ds but the Wii u sales. Wii u is already done.

>>30783094
Mobile gaming market merged with whats left of the nintendo console market. Consoles are doing poorly in Japan.

Giving a console and making it look like a portable tablet with tablet graphics is the gimmick.

>>30783098
Yeah, but do you really think GF will ever get their shit together? I mean, I sincerely hope they do, since then we could get something that looks nicer than SM, but also runs perfectly on the same console, I just don't think it'll happen.

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>Reggie's face when

STOP FUCKING US OVER MASUDA

WE NEED THIS THING TO SELL REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm pretty sure Stars is coming to Switch since it'll be an easy port, but that doesn't mean Gen 8 will be on the Switch for sure.

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Leave Masuda to me

>>30783049
>>30783058
>>30783081

This.

Nintendo can say whatever the fuck they want. But no parent is gonna buy their kid a Switch AND a handheld when the Switch can function as a fucking handheld.

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I can't stand not having a home console game to pop in every once in a while for big-screen battles with friends like the earlier years. It can only be good.

>>30782742
FUCK YOU

>2017 - "Stars" for the 3DS
>2018 - Break or Sun/Moon/"Stars" port for the Switch
>2019 - Gen 8 on the Switch
>2020 - DP remakes

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>>30783246
Do you really think you can usurp me? This is my kingdom. MINE.

God fucking dammit.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY POKEMON IN HD WITH A REASONABLE FRAME RATE

>>30783327
Oh man, I really miss duking it out with my friends on Stadium/Colosseum/PBR. it was the best.

I don't care what it is. A S/M port, a game like Colisseum/XD or whatever. As long as I can battle my friends on the telly.

That's all I am asking for,

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>>30783381
Haha, no. Ohmura must fail. I will sabotage him, then Pokemon will be given back to me to own and love.

>>30783473
>>30783373
Your time is limited. SM is on track to outsell every Masuda game to date.

>>30782843
literally a home console first

>>30783523
I might sell better than RS but that's it. It's not going to outsell DP

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>>30783523
NO! IT IS ME THEY LOVE!

>>30783553
it's going to outsell

RS
FRLG
Platinum
BW
XY

DP is the last hurdle, which it may surpass with lifetime sales assuming OP is right and they don't announce a 3rd version in January.

>>30783246
How does he keep doing it?

>>30783246
ORAS was shit while SM was good.

1-1, we'll see how your next game breaks the tie.

>>30782913

Is this thing going to be another 8 ounce box with underpowered hardware from 15 years ago? Come on, Nintendo

>>30783415
I miss PBR in general.

>>30783614
ORAS wasn't his fault, they were basically sacrificed at the alter after Gamefreak decided that Gen 6 couldn't be saved

>>30783614
the only reason I didn't think ORAS was great was because it lacked the Battle Frontier, which later we learned was most likely Masuda's fault anyways

>>30783591
>announce a 3rd version in January
>when the game is probably going to be released in October/November
They never announce mid-gen games so early. They only did for BW2 because it was released in June for some reason.

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>>30783702
>patterns

You even admit yourself that GF doesn't follow their own patterns.

>>30783614
>ORAS
>Ohmura directed, Masuda meddled incessantly
>SM
>Ohmura had full creative control
Things aren't looking good for False King Masuda.

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>>30782742
>In Japan, portable consoles are far from dying
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*breathes in*
*shuffles nuts*
*takes off jacket*
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

Switchfags BTFO
>captcha: salt

Knowing GF, the Switch game will still look and perform like a 3DS game.

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>>30783675
I still have those Electivire, Magmortar, and Pikachu with the PKTOPIA OTs. Will never let those go. I never evolved that Pikachu, but once Bank opens it's going to be a Alolan Raichu. That Pikachu knows Surf. It's perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbSFgZdCKA

Waterfall Colosseum. Best Colosseum.

>>30783727
It's not a pattern. It's just how fucking marketing works.

Announcing a new game 3 months after the latest one was released would make them lose literally millions.

BW2 was only released earlier in the year because there was no new game in 2011.

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>>30783887
>content lacking
>defends ORAS

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>>30783887
Fuck off Masuda

>>30783887
This post looks as though False King Masuda is behind it.

>>30783913
You seem to confuse "overall content" and "postgame content". That, or you are just stupid.
SM removed Triple, Rotation, Inverse battles, Battle Institute, DexNav, Soaring, Diving, the National Dex, etc, etc, etc and you want to compare it to a game that is full of content like ORAS?
>>30783940
>>30783967
But ORAS was Ohmori, not Masuda, you idiots.

>>30783897
>millions
lmfao

>>30784043
>SM removed gimmick shit

Good.

>>30784043
>dexnav
>soaring
only good things you listed

>>30784043
>But ORAS was Ohmori, not Masuda, you idiots.
With considerable executive input from Masuda. Ohmori was leashed.

>>30784071
>ORAS removed the 6 gimmick- based copies of the Battle Tower. BAD.
>SM removed literally ALL the minigames from Gen VI, the National Pokedex, and 2 fucking battle styles. GOOD

/vp/ is so deluded it´s not even a joke

>>30784107
No. Masuda confirmed he didn´t look much at ORAS until the later part of production. Only thing he advised for ORAS was Soaring, and that is one of the best things about the game, so yeah.

>>30784135
most people don't give a shit about gay ass minigames or the national dex, stop acting like people care about the same content you do

also the triple and rotation battles were cut because of perfomance due to adding trainers (VERY worthy sacrifice imo) and there's evidence that they were intended to be in the game (the 3 scientists in the AF lab and the 5 grunts you battle at the AF probably meant to be a horde)

the thing is the switch is makes sense for everywhere but Japan

the 3DS still does good while consoles are shitting the bed, so ditching the handheld market for a "hybrid" console that isn't proven yet is risky

>>30784135
No one played the gimmick battle styles

>>30784201
I agree, but that´s not a reason to remove them, without providing 2 new (better) battle styles as a replacement.

>>30783246
Bring Tajiri back, out with you and your shitmaster Masuda.

>>30783614
It is 1-1 indeed, but the other way around.

>>30784444
>gen 6
>good

AHAAHAHAHAHA

only on /vp/

>>30784315
this. kill them both.

>>30784315
>Tajiri
>Ever coming back

He's left us and doesn't want back in. Ohmori is the only other option unless some third party comes and perfects Pokemon like every previous generation's third version director does

I can't believe we went over 10 years with Masuda at the head of this series

>>30784575
Gen VI isn´t good per se. However, ORAS is definitely the saving grace of Gen VI, and it it is a content oacked game, by virtue of combining almost all of XY´s features, plus all of RS´s features, plus new features of it´s own.

However, even comparing SM to XY, I would say probably even freaking XY has more content (aka things to do after finishing the story) than SM.

SM is a surprisingly content lacking game.

>>30782791
You must feel like the funniest motherfucker in the planet, don't you?

>>30784444
I find it tough to argue with quad 4's, but it is pretty much established that Gen 6 was a mistake. It had its good points, but overall was the worst gen.

>>30782742
I'm fine with that, I spend enough money every weekend cause I'm an alcoholic, if I won't be forced to buy the Switch at the launch is only good for me.

>>30784315
Tajiri would likely move Pokemon towards a more open world, sandbox-y, MMO-y direction than Masuda an Ohmori, which are more interested in moving towards a cinematic JRPG.

ITT: poorfags

>>30784726
ORAS is the only saving grace of Gen VI. I am defending ORAS here, not Gen VI.

>>30784826
Ohmori wants to make Pokemon a cinematic RPG to tell his fanfiction

Masuda wants to butcher the series into being a shitty, autistic battle simulator

>>30782843
What part of hybrid don't you understand? It's both.

>>30782824

I mean, there were some home console Pokemon games, but there was never a actual real Xth gen main pokemon game.

And I know Game Freak has its capabilities and limitations, it clearly shows in the end product in every gen almost always having a issue of some sort.

>>30782919
it's a handleld with an gdmi output, you fucking tard

>>30784899
>Masuda wants to butcher the series into being a shitty, autistic battle simulator

Why not just release a new Stadium then?

No one plays Pokemon anymore to "catch them all"
It's all about the battle autism.

>>30784726
How can it be the worst gen when it was objectively better than gen 4 or 5, and was the first game since gen 3 to actually innovate and drive the franchise forward?

>>30784899
Yep, I think this sums it up.

They both forgot what made Pokemon popular.

>>30783027
They said the same thing about the Wii U, and the Wii U is already being discontinued.

>>30783027
>However, Masuda has agreed that the Switch is the future.

>>30784973
MODS

>>30784973
Most play because of story mode, cuteness. Most don't care about smogon or vgc.

>>30784973
He's also pretty bad at wanting to keep things the exact same as they always were, Black and White were an outlier, I don't know what happened there to be so different

RS, DP and XY are all cases of generic, boring Pokemon games that don't change the formula up much other than tweaking the battle system to his pleasure and two of those received updates from others that would become some of the better games in the whole series

Also I'm having fun trying to catch them all again, but that's more because I like the feel of Alola's design over Kalos or Hoenn. It's a little on the small side though

>>30782843
>>30782742
I kinda feel bad for Masuda. Nintendo basically fucked them in the ass by ditching everything for a single home console. Nintendo of course, insists it is a hybrid, but a single-screen tablet-tier gamepad is going to be a pretty crude supporter of pokemon games the way gamefreak has become accustomed to designing them. It's also debatable wether to call the new system a simple upgrade of the previous platform as well, the way the DS was for te GBA. Sure, it's an upgrade of the WiiU, but of the 3DS?

ie. rather than allowing for more features, like the dual screen did, this potentially proves limiting.

>>30785102
dual screens can fuck off.
They're not needed at all

>>30782742
The one good thing Masuda has done in years.

>>30784711
former tripfag detected

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>>30785102
I'd say they are already getting used to not having a bottom screen.

>>30782780
>>30782791
>>30782863
>>30783917
You autists just need to learn to use the filter and stop giving him (You)s.

>>30783058
>>30783049
Maybe because the Switch ISN'T A FUCKING HANDHELD

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>>30785205
>They managed to outdo the C-Gear as the worst use of the bottom screen in the series

>>30785283
see >>30782843

I think the 3DS has another year in it.

DP remakes at the end of next year on 3DS seems possible.

But Sun/Moon port on the Switch makes a lot of sense, or maybe SunMoon2 in 2018 on Switch.

>>30783614
He had one year, and even then Masuda was all up his ass because Hoenn is "his region". All the cool features just barely squeezed in, like dexnav, were all on Ohmori

>>30784043
inverse battles were shit, rotation battles were the WORST shit ever, and triple battles sucked ass. noone liked battle institute because they wanted the fucking battle frontier, diving slowed down the game, and who gives a shit about the national dex? just wait till fucking january and see what they do when bank support is available.

>>30785205
>>30785312
>They still haven't made the bottom screen where you see your pokemon in your party.

Guys. That's the same interview from some days ago. The same that confirmed Pokémon Is coming to Switch. MNN just misunderstood it.

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>>30785475
>They sort of had it right and never did it again

>>30785535
RIP in pieces

>>30784071
>not liking inverse
faggot

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>>30784973

Because there's no fucking point

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/no-new-pokemon-stadium

>Masua said, "It kind of goes back to the core philosophy of Pokémon as a brand: We really want to excite people and surprise them with new things they weren't expecting. The original games, of course, were 2D and in black and white, and seeing them in 3D was a stark contrast... it was kind of a huge surprise for players. Nowadays, the Pokémon are already in 3D, and I'm not sure that better graphics would be quite as impactful or impressive. So in order to come back to the Stadium series, I think we'd need to have some sort of new invention to justify it."

>>30784973
>everyone with a slight interest in pokemon is a smogonfag

>>30785360
Accept gamefreak said dp remakes havent been considered yet. Im expecting stars in 2017 and gen 8 in 2018

>>30785595
These fucking Nintendo gooks are all retarded with their "innovation" shit.
Miyamoto said he doesn't want a new F-Zero because there'd be no innovation in how the game controls, so there'd be no point, despite everyone loving F-Zero GX and wanting more, then he goes and does Star Fox Zero which don't even get me started on how "innovative" that was.

Who the FUCK cares about how the game controls, do we really need to have some kind of retarded gimmicky dildo controller to justify making a new, solid sci-fi racing game? Or anything really.

>>30785661
If there's no innovation, then there's no point in making a new game. Go play the existing one. It'll be the same.

>>30785732

Innovation is good, when it's necessary.

Innovation for innovation for the sake of innovation is not.

>>30785732
>what is content

>>30785661
Most Nip developers are like that. Capcom only cranked out as many Mega Man sequels as they did because Inafune was inspired by Western game development

Nintendo got put up on a pedestal for revolutionizing the game market nearly 30 to 40 years ago and now they feel like they have to justify making certain games instead of just pumping out a million half-assed sequels

>>30785732
This mentality kind of sucks too. There needs to strike a balance that makes a certain game unique as well as not have to rely so hard on gimmicks and other unnecessary additions that fuck up the gameplay

Anybody with a brain can tell you how poorly Skyward Sword is going to age

You're all fucking stupid.

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/nov/19/capcom-confirms-nothing-happening-marvel-vs-capcom-4-front-niitsuma-no-longer-division/

>>30785732
That's why NSMB2 exists.

>>30785765
Just adding more of something isn't going to make a game fun. If all they did with each new region was make new Pokemon, new moves and a new region, and left it at their, it would get boring as fuck. Hidden Abilities, Megas, Z-moves are the things that keep things fresh.

>>30784444
>Gen 6
>being better then anything
Not only wasted quads, but also wasted space in that head.

>>30785830
>If all they did with each new region was make new Pokemon, new moves and a new region, and left it at their, it would get boring as fuck.

But that's what made Gen VI suck so much

>>30782928
Play X and Y or ORAS and go back to Sun and Moon.
XY and ORAS are awful

>>30783106
If they didn't want to replace it why add backwards compatibility?

>>30784711
Jimmy pls

>>30785595
All they have to do to make the stadium series stand out is to make it easy as shit to upload your Pokemon, AND include a full rental list like Stadium 1 and 2 did so casuals can get drunk and play some motherfucking pokemon without needing to devote weeks in preparation.

For years, there has been 2 nintendo 64's in my apartment with Pokemon Stadium, and Pokemon stadium 2 welded into them. They are regularly used for rental battles.

>>30785773
Technically they didn't lie.
MvC4 didn't happen.
MvC:I did

>>30782763
How is a tripfag made? Is it FAS? Lack of oxygen during pregnancy? Just the old 'tism at work?

>>30783728
*Ohmori

>>30782913
That thing does nothing but charge it

>>30785732
This is why all of the solid games Nintendo makes rot on shelves alone, because Nintendo refuses to make things people like. There's a balance to be struck between innovation, and actually making worthwhile shit. Nintendo has lost sight of the fucking point.

>>30784826
>Tajiri would likely move Pokemon towards a more open world, sandbox-y, MMO-y direction
I approve this idea so long its not an actual modern MMO.

>>30786002
So you're claiming you would play another Zelda Ocarina of Time clone rather than a new game? Innovation is necessary. Nintendo just fails at being innovative in a good way.

>>30786069
Twilight Princess was better than most of the other console games that came out in the last 15 years

Oh wait, that's only 3

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>>30785732
>If there's no innovation, then there's no point in making a new game.

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Screencap this there's going to be a SM port at launch

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>>30782843
A fugly tablet with unsturdy sides that'll slip out of their grooves if you just shift in your chair. Th-thanks nintendo..

The thing is way too wide to be played comfortable as a handheld. Not to mention the screen is gonna be a scratch and dust magnet like the GBA and PSP before it. I'm not gonna lie and say I won't get, because I would if even half the developers I care about from pic related publish for it. I'm just holding out hope they release an actual portable version that doesn't have gimmicky detachable components.

>>30786094
According to you.
And there's plenty of innovation in that. If you want something without much innovation, see Majora's Mask. And how well that worked out.

>>30786232
>The thing is way too wide to be played comfortable as a handheld.
do you have some sort of t-rex arms?

>>30785931
Duality system that works with both. They wanted to carry on non 3d games and no daulscreens and the gameboy name.

But it dropped in sales when ds came out. The switch will kill any wii u sales left and add it's own with it's gimmick and mobile fans.

The switch can't play ds games or even wii u games. It's now the Wii u killer.

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>>30786222
O-only because you got trips, okay!? I don't care about Megumin!
Hmph!

>people unironically think Pokemon SM was designed for dual screens
https://youtu.be/ZzOYr-wxJ_A?t=950
LOL
Hell, other than the textures they can basically get away with releasing the game on the Switch as it is.

>>30785146
That doesn't answer any of his points. You're just stating your personal opinion on a feature and frankly nobody gives a shit. Consider an escape rope.

>>30785313
>>30782843
Switch is a living room console that can also switch to a portable tablet trash. It's not a handheld and it won't attract the nintendo handheld audience in its majority.

If they truly plan on abandoning handhelds, which they haven't confirmed and using the GBA to DS transition as an argument is retarded because both of them were handhelds and closely comparable, then they better have some truly mind blowing line-up. The Switch thus far looks like nothing more than a better marketed wii follow up.

>>30786069
Judging by how much time I gave the 3DS rerelease? Yeah.

>>30786408
Portables are dying regardless. Kids everywhere have smartphones now.

>>30786408
>Switch is a living room console that can also switch to a portable tablet trash. It's not a handheld and it won't attract the nintendo handheld audience in its majority.

It's a portable handheld you can hook up to your TV. Nintendo's marketing is just a poor excuse to cover up the fact they have dropped from the home console business.

I'm sorry you're too retarded to realize this.

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>>30786301
My first handheld was a GBC. I kinda got used to having a very compact handheld, and that "tightness" always made the portable gaming experience feel all the more intense to me. It's why I couldn't ever get an XL 3DS and waited patiently for the release of the smaller standard N3DS in North America. I just like my portables to be, well, portable. The Switch just looks unwieldy AF and uncomfortable. It's not a portable at all IMO,

I don't get why people think Masuda has a choice on where Pokemon games call home. On top of there almost certainly being some for of exclusivity contract, Nintendo produces them and very likely controls the majority of ownership in the Pokemon franchise. So if Nintendo tells them the next one is on the Switch, which would bolster Switch sales, then Game Freak doesn't really have anyway to keep that from being the case.

>>30783027
The reason articles and statements like that get written is because Nintendo wants you to keep buying 3DS games when the Switch comes out. The plan is for the Switch to replace the 3DS but not right away, it'll be when they stop making new 3DS games.

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>>30786507
It looks perfectly portable.

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>>30786512
Gamefreak's sole directive is to make Nintendo money, full-stop. They have typically done this with bumper software sales on mature systems. They have proven in 2001, 2005, and 2012 that they WILL disregard the long-term health of a new console in order to drive short-term software sales to a larger install-base. If they were to release another game on the gen 7 engine for 3DS in 2017/2018, it would only be in line with their past behavior, and IMO they'd be stupid NOT to considering they already have an engine to use and 60 million+ potential customers.

>>30786587
It needs a fucking fan lmao. It's not portable at all. That girl can barely even support it with one hand, and it's obviously uncomfortable for her. How are you people this deluded?

>>30786746
it weights less than a Wii U gamepad

>>30782843
it isn't a handheld. it is literally hand-held, yes. it's portable. why can't idiots grasp this. it isn't a handheld in that it will not be receiving the same third-party following the handheld department has held for an incredible number of years now nor will it have the games that have been exclusive to it.

>>30786507
Size for playability =/= size for portability.
The main issue I have for its portability is the screen doesn't have the built in protection of GBA SP and DSs and modern screens seem more fragile than GBA SP and older. I still will bring it everywhere but in a backpack or man purse instead of my pocket.

>>30782742
If you thought the next game was going to be on Switch then you're an idiot.

>>30786486
Portables are the top systems used in japan. Nintendo's console market shrinks every next system (exceot the wii).

They're quiting the traditonal console system, no cds, and you can take it with you.

Tablets are the ones growing. While pc sales are 10 percent down and cosoles aren't doing so good.

>>30786803
>why can't idiots grasp this
Because they don't understand what a handheld is.

>>30786803
You're the fucking idiot who doesn't understand that Switch is replacing Wii U and 3DS.

It's all just ONE piece of hardware now. Nintendo isn't going to announce a new "handheld" because the Switch is already a fucking handheld.

>>30786898
They said they won't. They already said they going to make something to replace the ds.

>>30786921
No, they didn't. The fucking 3DS is on its way out. It will be 6 years old when the Switch comes out and it has stopped selling.
Stop deluding yourself. Nintendo isn't going to have two portable devices on the market at the same time.

>>30786921
That was one random rep at an event and not officially announced. And they said the exact same thing about the DS back in 2005; that it wasn't a Gameboy Advance successor and a new Gameboy would release later on. It's just marketing talk in case it doesn't sell and they need something else to recoup losses. If the Switch sells decently then it's going to replace their handheld and console markets together.

>>30786921
Source?

>Masuda agrees the Switch is the future

All you fags needed to read to confirm mainline will eventually be on Switch.

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>>30786946
Calm your shit, anon, jesus.

>>30786587
That shit will barely fit in pockets on cargo pants.

>>30786996
It's all PR shit to fool costumers that they will still support their consoles.
Of course they aren't going to say "lol no our next system isn't replacing anything. Pls buy our old hardware, we promise we will still support it"

They're doing the same for the Switch. "lol guys it's not replacing anything. Pls buy 3DS and Wii U while you can"

>>30785832
>he is a tasteless anti Gen VI idiot
>he is proud of it

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>>30787068
>pants pockets are the only places people are allowed to carry their handhelds on

Why the fuck would I put the Switch in my pants and get the screen all scratched? Shit will probably come with a carrying case like this

>>30787007
He's clearly bullshitting but [citation needed] goes both ways and every time anyone asks for a source on this
>Switch is replacing Wii U and 3DS
they're only met with shitposts and mocking replies by 12 year olds and armchair retards that clearly have figured out every single one of Nintendo's moves, despite the Nintendo audience being the most famous for buying into their own narrative so much that they're blown the fuck out over and over and over and over again.

It's pointless at this point to argue one way or the other. The Switch could very well be a financial failure and Nintendo could take a completely different approach. We have no info to go on, this is nothing but shitflinging our own shit around.

>>30787132
>come with
0% chance

>>30787198
Ship with, then?

>>30787132
>Why the fuck would I put the Switch in my pants and get the screen all scratched?
That's the point, genius. You can't. A console that costs much more and requires you to carry it in a fucking case instead of your pocket isn't a handheld.

>>30787232
XL and the Vita are fucking shit to carry in your pants as well. Are they not a handheld too?

>>30782763
Woo more shitty tripfags!

>>30787268
>XL
Maybe if you wear skinny jeans like some queer. I don't even wear baggy pants and they fit fine.
>Vita
lol

So have we figured out how multiplayer is supposed to work if it is a console then?

>>30786946
>>30782938
R>>30786996


Homosexuals in denial.

>>30787298
>lol
Great argument

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>>30787116
>Liking Gen VI
>Taste

>>30787268
The vita is extremely easy to carry, what the fuck are you on? And while I don't know about the XL from a personal experience, you realize the XL is just a bigger version of the 3ds right? Does the Switch also get the Switch DS version which is on the price of the 3ds, fully compatible with all the switch games and is comfortable to casually carry wherever I go on my pocket? If not, then your comparison is retarded.

>>30787320
More like you're the one in denial that Switch is replacing 3DS.

>>30787399
Source?

>>30787320
>Gets proven wrong
>Resorts to calling people gay
wew

>>30787390
>XY´s plot is shit, therefore I will pretend the entire Generation is bad, even though everybody likes Gen VI outside of /vp/

Ok.

>>30787090
But it is replacing the wiiU, that's obvious. The wii U even stopped production. And they're extremely similar any way you slice it. What the switch isn't similar to is the 3ds, and that's where the issue lies.

It might replace it or it might not. It will depend on the sales more than likely.

>>30787514
DS was still in production even after the 3DS came out.

>>30787497
>I have to rely on normies' shit tastes in order to justify my lack of taste

Gen VII blew its sales out of the water too. Also infinitely more popular around the whole net in general while you don't recall many people bringing up anything from Gen VI these days

>>30787497
>everybody likes Gen VI outside of /vp/
Jesus fucking christ, I'm not even him but you're high as fuck. Maybe in your facebook feed everyone liked it.

>>30785034
He kind of works for Nintendo so he has to say it.
But he also contradicts himself saying that GF will wait and see.

>switch is the future
>but let's see what happens

>>30787535
Because it was an extremely popular, successful and still actively supported system. The wiiU isn't. I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make really.

>>30787320
Back to 9gag kiddo

>>30787585
It doesn't matter if 3DS is still in production. Switch will replace it.
The whole point of the damn system is being a handheld and home console. Nintendo isn't even competing in the home console market anymore.

>>30785360
There was a Nintendo Direct this year in wich Nintendo confirmed support, with 1st party game releases and all, for 3ds at least until the end of 2017.

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>mfw some breedfag earlier today was talking about how injectors would get BTFO when stars came out on the switch

APOLOGIZE

>>30787620
What if the switch is a financial failure? What if it doesn't gather support from the handheld audience, the actual handheld audience, the ones that have followed the gba, the ds, the 3ds? The Switch is much more expensive than any of those consoles were. Do you believe that won't have any impact at all? Are you convinced that the Switch will gather enough of an audience that Nintendo won't mind abandoning the chunk of people that aren't willing to buy a hybrid or don't want to spend twice as much on it? And if you are, why? What sources do you have to support your stance?

>>30787684
It was all shovelware and ports

>>30787748
Do I need to remind you 3DS was $250 at launch?

>>30787268
Both of those fit in pants pockets just fine, although skinny jeans and female pants will have trouble.

>>30787399
>>30787607
>>30787441


Homosexuals in denial. Go find the fucking sources you bitter cucks.

>>30787748
Why would Nintendo release a powerful handheld, just to kill it and then release a crummy piece of garbage to sell for a cheaper price?

It makes no fucking sense. It makes no sense to sell two portable devices at the same time. It makes no sense to say "oh well, Switch didn't work, time to release some shitty dual handheld again for our 3DS audience"

>>30787797
Do you believe the Switch will cost $250? What about the rest of my questions? Can you answer them? Because if you cannot and with sources then sorry, mr. "my uncle works at ninendo" but I do not give a shit if you say the switch will replace the DS.

>>30787842
Why are you using the word homosexuals as an insult? There is nothing wrong with being a homosexual

>>30787842
>Calling other people bitter when you're this assblasted
kek

>>30787842
>Name calling
>"Anybody who doesn't share my stance is in denial"
>Shifting the burden of proof onto others when you were the one to make the accusation that requires proof in the first place.
>More name-calling
You're done. It's time to stop posting.

>>30787875
>but daddy Nintendo said they weren't going to replace it! Just like they said the DS wasn't going to replace the GBA!

Sure, keep lapping up PR bullshit. Don't be surprised when Nintendo cuts all support for 3DS because you foolishly thought the thing was still going to be supported.
Yeah, you're right. The 3DS will be replaced by something else. Something that you can play on the go... like the Switch.

>>30787944
I won't be surprised. It's within my expectations, as I have stated in my previous posts. Are you illiterate? Don't be surprised if it doesn't happen, though.

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>>30787875
A Xbox one currently costs 250$, pricing the switch higher would be a stupid move (but this is Nintendo after all, remember the shitty 3DS launch)

>>30788020
But the Xbox one would be the flop of the decade if not for the wiiU existing. Also Japan wouldn't buy an xbox even if you paid them 50 bucks each to take one, and I can't blame them.

>>30784726
It hasn't been established at all actually. You realize no one outside of this place hates Gen 6, right? Meanwhile, you could erase Gens 3 and 5 and literally nothing of value would be lost to the franchise.

>>30788020
The Xbone is a failure, PS4>Xbone.

>>30786394
>using normal 4chan theme
why

>>30788020
You got a point, but the switch cost would probably be 300$ for the basic model and 350-400$ for the premium

>>30782763
Woo more than two genders!

>>30787768
What is shovelware?
Also, it had some original games too and third party still making games, like capcom and level5.
I'm not saying this to prove the Switch is not going to replace the 3ds. But they definetly will coexist for at least a year, in some sort of transition phase. So, EVERY developer will be checking the consumer's reaction.
We don't know if the 3ds will be replaced because not even Nintendo and GF really know that.
What we can discuss is: Nintendo WANT the Switch to replace the 3ds? I think they want.

>>30787745
>yfw switch is hacked within 3 months of release.
it'd be nice.

while everyone is distracted, aren't we due for another Mystery Dungeon game or Nabunaga sequel?

>>30788171
>mario sports garbage
>Pikmin spinoff garbage

etc.

Not a single noteworthy BIG 3DS title for 2017.

>>30783007
>they're going to buy it
>not pirating

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>>30785373
>because Hoenn is "his region".
And yet it was Morimoto that made Hoenn truly loved.

>>30788374
>Implying most mainstream consumers pirate their games.
Nobody gives a shit what your 4chan 1337 hacker self does. You're not even a statistic to a marketing team.

>>30783007
I'm a pokemon fan. I would buy pokemon on any console. The only reason I buy a nintendo console is because of pokemon. Whether I buy the Swithc or not solely depends on pokemon.

>>30785732
Yet the Pokemon series went 20 years being the same thing.

The lack of self-awareness is amazing in this post.

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>>30788169
fucking kek my sides are hurting

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>>30788205
They should use the Switch for all the pokemon spin-offs; Stadium, Snap, Mystery Dungeon, Go, Pokken etc. Then the main pokemon games they should keep on true portables like the 3DS or the future GBA2 (It's real to me goddammit!).

>>30789111
>he didn't go out of his way to hack each and every one of his friends' 3DSes when it became braindead easy just because he could

You have to teach the normalfags that they can do better than what they currently have.

>>30789862
>having friends