*** Nintendo Switch ***

[sniperone]

Brexit tax and 20% Vat and the usual Rip off britain retailers will put it close to £300 i should imagine.

 

[steinooo]

I wonder how well it will fare with the EUR conversion

very much against us, and we're in rip off Britain anyway

 

[Phate]

I live in Portugal

 

[Zefan]

My word, that Mario footage. I had somehow missed that. Consider my excitebike fully fuelled.

 

[Begbie]

I am not surprised by this rough price and can't understand why some on this thread seemed to think it was going to be "at least £300"

Going by Wii U release prices, and that they said they weren't going to take a loss on the system. That normally means high release prices.

 

[steinooo]

Going by Wii U release prices, and that they said they weren't going to take a loss on the system. That normally means high release prices.

not necessarily though. The Wii made a profit and was only £140

 

[Junglist]

I'm actually a bit disappointed it seems that cheap. Hope it's not a sign of things to come.

 

[jimferno]

At £250 I'm in at launch. First Nintendo console since the Gamecube.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I just realise i have had a SNES, GC, Wii, Wii U, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, DS Lite, 3DS XL.

Unknowingly, i may be a Nintendo fanboy.....so yes, i am getting a Switch.

 

[Begbie]

I'm actually a bit disappointed it seems that cheap. Hope it's not a sign of things to come.

Yeah I had that feeling too, are we going to end up with a el cheapo console like the Wii?

I kinda wanted more of a premium product. Maybe there hoping for a cheaper success like the Wii? :/

 

[megalomanic]

Going by Wii U release prices, and that they said they weren't going to take a loss on the system. That normally means high release prices.

I think a big factor with the Wii U (and 3DS) when it comes to price is that they both use quite specific chips/technology, i.e. not really used by other popular products. This makes manufacturing costs higher.

The Switch doesn't really have this... problem. NVIDIA has other ongoing and advancing plans for Tegra and similar chips. Nintendo probably got a sweet deal in that regard at least.

Remember when the Gamecube released at £130?. Nintendo had a good partnership with AMD at the time.

Well Zelda is finished

Not quite...

 

[AWatters]

Remember when the Gamecube released at £130?. Nintendo had a good partnership with AMD at the time.

AMD wasn't involved with the Gamecube.

ATi had bought up ArtX who designed the Gamecube GPU. (It wasn't until 2006 that AMD bought ATi)

 

[megalomanic]

True

I meant ATi, my bad.

 

[Kobi]

Looks like Zelda could be delayed.

We just got our first real significant Breath of the Wild rumors since before E3 as we anticipate likely seeing a large chunk of the game yet again at the January 12th Nintendo Switch live event. This time around the rumors come from Emily Rogers, so if you're still wary of her I can't blame you. She did, afte rall, incorrectly state that Breath of the Wild would have gender options (she did state herself it was a rumor, rather than a fact). However, she has also gotten several Nintendo Switch details correct before it was unveiled. It's important to note when interpreting her stuff how she presents things. Some things she states like a fact - showing 100% confidence, while other things are more rumor like in appearance, meaning she knows she might be wrong. These rumors fall into the latter category.

Enough about that though! Let's dive straight into the juicy stuff. For starters, if you were expecting Breath of the Wild to launch alongside the Nintendo Switch, it appears that may not be happening. The game is supposedly having a lot of issues with localization, and part of the issues associated with it is that the game is "too ambitious". That would seem to suggest this is the most text heavy game Nintendo's teams have worked with (plus whatever voice acting is needed) if localization alone is that difficult. Apparently localization is not finished yet and won't be until some point in December. To further the ambition of this project, here is what she claims one of her sources said:

“A very ambitious game, maybe even too much”
Because of these localization delays, the game has not been fully tested for quality yet. Given the sheer ambition of the game, insiders (reportedly) are saying the game will take anywhere from four to six months of quality testing before it can be declared ready for public consumption. If you're keeping track - that means potentially they are still quality testing this game in June 2017, making a summer launch more likely (and it can't be put past them to delay the game to a more favorable holiday 2017 period).

That's it for the "bad news" (Nintendo has never stated anything other than 2017 for the game, so this isn't technically an official delay).

Emily Rogers also claims to have heard whispers that Breath of the Wild runs smoother on the Switch than the Wii U - an expected result when you're working with better hardware. She also claims she heard the E3 2016 demo for the game (the only demo that has been playable publicly anywhere, even to this day) had its difficulty toned down a bit to encourage more exploration. This in theory makes some sense, given the limited time you get to play the game. You certainly wouldn't get very far if you were dealing with more frequent or more difficult encounters. Thus, the final game will be harder than what was at E3, Rogers claims.

As always, take all of this information with a grain of salt. Even if localization isn't finished yet, they could already be doing quality testing on the Japanese version, cutting down on a lot of the post translation testing needed. Reality is that we just don't know. Still, I would not be surprised to see Breath of the Wild not there at launch. I know it feels like the delay was solely for the Switch this time around, but if there is any truth to the pure ambition of the game, I can see how localization could easily be a massive factor in delaying a game's release.

For more on Breath of the Wild, stay tuned right here at Zelda Informer.

http://www.zeldainformer.com/news

This would sorta make sense. As said previously in here, the game itself is finished. Just the text needs to be finished, and we all know their is a power of text in zelda games. It's sounding like this will be a massive game, so we can only expect it'll take time to finish these sorta things - that is if these rumours are true.

One thing we know for sure is Nintendo's quality control is outstanding and it'll be as highly polished as every other Nintendo game.

 

[Bossk128]

Delaying Zelda won't bother ME, but it's pretty bad news in general. They've months to go, get translating in shifts you lazy oiks.

 

[Phate]

It doesn't bother me but it does put into perspective the sheer scale of this game. The localization issue doesn't surprise me either. It's a big launch. Lots to translate. Japanese is not an easy language to translate from, especially so it makes sense to others!

 

[Kobi]

Delaying Zelda won't bother ME, but it's pretty bad news in general. They've months to go, get translating in shifts you lazy oiks.

Nah it wouldn't bother me too much either, as long as we have decent games on launch. Hearing Such little about Mario makes me doubt that'll be a launch game. Although I'll get some feelers out at lunch and see.

 

[Phate]

Nah it wouldn't bother me too much either, as long as we have decent games on launch. Hearing Such little about Mario makes me doubt that'll be a launch game. Although I'll get some feelers out at lunch and see.

Maybe thats the big surprise We'll find out launch titles in Jan I reckon

 

[Kobi]

Maybe thats the big surprise We'll find out launch titles in Jan I reckon

Deffo. I can imagine their will be the GOTY editions of the big popular games from the wii u. Then a couple new ones.

Only 39 days till Christmas, we know how fast that time will fly! January will be here in no time!

 

[Junglist]

Wont lie but I'd be gutted if we don't get Zelda as a launch title.