Nintendo First Shared Switch Launch Details Four Years Ago Today

So Nintendo Direct confirmed for today yeah? /s

I have really missed the full blown Directs and the Mario news releasing yesterday puts the chance of one happening further back. Is this really how they do things now?

AKA how long I've been waiting for SMT V lol

When there is so little nintendo news, you have to report that there was nintendo news 4 years ago... We need a new Direct..

Another click bate article on a slow news day, the picture made to indicate big news coming, when in fact there is none, well at least they are consistent.

Is Yoshiaki Koizumi still around at Nintendo? He was cool and had a street cred vibe about him in a very low key Japanese way. I liked the energy.

PS these consistent snarky comments about the articles that get posted need to stop. Are you going to pay a yearly subscription to your favourite game sites? No, I didn’t think so. Writers, editors web hosting and IT doesn’t pay for itself.

@tabris95 it be like that

If they stop doing general directs, they at least need to announce that a new game is coming. This way you can watch the trailer and still be surprised. I am glad they did announce this with SM3W. In this case it was also better to say wich game.
I just miss the feeling of surprise and not knowing what to get with their approach last year. I definitely miss the ''one last thing''.

Remember when people were saying how this was essentially Wii U 2? Oh how wrong they were

No way! That’s insane

I count Switch revelations from the gloriously illustrative first trailer in 2016, but the presentation left me with a lot to look forward to. Ironic how those expectations have played out - SMT5 is only coming out this year, Steep port got shelved, DQH dilogy has yet to come west, and I still haven't invested in the presentation-wishlisted titles like I Am Setsuna or Octopath Traveler whereas the first year of Switch's life saw me end up with BotW and Fire Emblem Warriors, two games whose respective franchise binge placement once left me not picturing them in my library anytime soon. And while I had already invested in Xenoblade 3D back then, I had barely started it, so XC2 felt like a similarly distant prospect... fast forward to 2020, I found myself not only getting it and pouring countless hours into it before I ever finished the first game, but also buying and restarting the latter's own enhanced Switch version! These have been crazy four years.

And my all-time favourite console will soon be four years old itself. :3

@johnvboy it’s brilliant how you’ve made yourself look not only rude but also stupid in one single comment. Bravo!

I remember nipping to the loo at work and hiding in trap one so I could catch up on the launch.
I was worried that the Switch was too bitty and just wouldn't work, I thought it was a great idea but not many people would 'get' it.

Obviously I got that wrong...

Won tickets to the launch event in London too, which was brilliant and really sold it to me (my avatar is the pin badge and lanyard from that event.)

@Damo,

Come on Damo, you guys know exactly what you are doing, many people will look at the visual image before the headline, it's the way the brain works.

@E1000,

What being informed about something you had already been told about four years ago.

@Kiz3000 we saw it before that they release a lot of info and than a week late drop a big direct
Let’s hope

@antdickens,

In my opinion it does, as people will always look at the image first before the headline, I realized it was old news as soon as I read the headline, but on initially loading up the page I saw a key figure from Nintendo and thought there was a new announcement.

Perhaps I can get some cheese to go with your whine, people.

Honestly...... It's not like NL should just keep quiet until there's a spit of game or console news to talk about.

They want you to engage, and it's working

@antdickens,

It's called an opinion fella, you don't have to agree with it. And who are we?

I never saw this presentation. I buy switch after watch zelda botw and the device commercial, then join nlife forum

@Damo,

Have no issue with the content of the article, as you say it was a monumental day in the history of Nintendo, I for one remember getting very excited for it, even after the Eurogamer leak had pretty much spoiled the reveal a bit.

I just saw a key figure from Nintendo and it was labeled as news, not seen the image in a while, so that was my initial reaction.

@Barbara001,

Or some actual news, you would think Nintendo would want to get out of the gate quickly in 2021, after the rather slow 2020.

@johnvboy not jumping down your throat, it’s just you’ve gone from A-Z in 2 steps assuming the image meant something else.
Of course it’s news, albeit a small article but these guys have to produce pages to get paid, that’s how websites work in general

@Entrr_username Yeah, remember it well. The majority of posters were predicting another underpowered Nintendo failure. But I suspected it would be a hit purely on the size of the handheld market. And here we are!...

Mind you, I also predicted the WiiU would be a hit. So what do I know?

@HamatoYoshi,

I see you have deleted your initial comment which was a little rude, although I must admit I have done the same many times on here, I will now adjust or delete my reply to it.

My comment was based on my initial reaction to the article, that had a prominent figure from Nintendo and labelled "News", I thought initially there was some sort of announcement, after reading the headline i realized there wasn't, but my comment was based on my initial reaction.

@Yas,

The "Betting time, do you think the Switch will be a success" thread on NeoGaf is pure comedy gold, love bumping it when the Switch passes each sales milestone.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/betting-time-do-you-think-the-switch-will-be-a-success.1333545/page-98#post-261900272

@johnvboy I haven’t deleted it? It’s still there!

@HamatoYoshi,

O.k, I deleted my reply to it anyway.

@antdickens I find the content of this article to be perfectly fair. It lends a bit of perspective.

My profile page tells me that I chose to Ignore johnvboy a very, very long time ago, but your tag team with Damo almost makes me want to reinstate him for the laughs. The responses of other users are so useful in reinforcing my original decisions to ignore, though...

And yet, we’re still waiting for
Proper voice chat party chat messaging system
Folders & themes
N64 classics
Proper club rewards
Metroid 4
A console without joy con drift
Some old Ips resurrected

@Barbara001 Dear Red,

If you think that we lack Nintendo news and that we are suffering for choice at the moment, perhaps you should consider the significance of the article. 5 years ago, when the Wii U's rotting corpse had already begun to stink, people would have been very grateful to see everything that has happened.

Of course, that is what people think they would have felt with foreknowledge of the future, but the lack of perspective, and the endless complaints here, say otherwise.

This is click bait. I saw the image of the article thinking the national lockdown is over and clicked on it. You got me.

@COVIDberry,

Thanks for that.

@COVIDberry,

Ah so it's not just me that has been signaled out for suggesting this article only exists because there is no actual news.

@Damo the switch wasn't shown of 4 years ago though. The details of pricing, release date and launchtitles were revealed, the switch itself was revealed before that. They also changed the headline, the original headline was "4 years ago the switch launch titles were revealed" or something in that notion. The switch reveal "after so many years" I get, "We learned price details 4 years ago"... Noooo, that's not news worthy (in my opinion)

@COVIDberry did you just call me Red? Really? 4 years ago called, they want their slurs back (get it, 4 yeara ago, because of the articl... Aah never mind). And I now all about the wii u era, trust me, i have MEMberries (get it, south park, and your name is COVIDbe... Aaah, never mind). Point is, remembering the day we learned the price of the switch launch is... Well, I don't think its worth MEMbering (get, it, with the berries agai... Aaah, never mind)

@johnvboy right? But I guess with Covid and Animal Crossing selling as it does, Nintendo could just sit back and relax and see their stocks go up. But I hope they don't. But I get that development is really difficult in this period. We're all struggling.

@Barbara001 If you can read my comment and think that I am trying to insult you, or that Red is a slur, feel free to Ignore me.

@antdickens I thought it said launch titled instead of launch details when I first read it. Could be I'm wrong though.

@Barbara001,

I do not think it matters all that much, but these articles only exist because there is little to no actual news.

@COVIDberry,

Can I ignore you?, oh hang on you have me on ignore for a very very very, long time, so you may not get this comment.

@COVIDberry I think you're saying: "You think news is slow now, I know when new was slow, back then, that is when news was slow". Because I said, news is slow now. So I'm saying, I know, I was there, I lived the Star Wars (Wii U era). Hell I lived the Gameboy Era... I'm old... Anyway, my post was not it being slow news perse, it was more a, wow, what a weird thing to remember as "news" now, must mean there's no Breath of the Wild 2 to cover. Cause I think this article wouldn't exist if there was Breath of the Wild 2 news.

sure why not ill boost the comments. how is this clickbait? the title tells it like it is. and whats so polarizing about bringing up when we first learned more switch info? the depressing wii u era was coming to an end, and when nintendo said theyd announce the nx in 2017 we had to wait 10 months just for the trailer, and 2 months to learn new info. i think its fair to bring up nintendos turning point from the wii u era

and this really started cause someone said "i clicked on the article before reading the headline, clickbait" lol

@johnvboy right? If there was news on Prime 4 this article wouldn't exist. Maybe perhaps next week we can remember when the price details of the Super Nintendo were released.

@antdickens in that case I stand corrected 😊

@WiltonRoots We have to do something while in lockdown right??? 🤣🤣🤣 It's a total hoot(hoot). 😄

Though I love a good comment section battle as much as the next, I just want to talk about this video and article.
I remember being in grad school when this presentation happened. I don't think I have ever been so excited about a games console since I was a child. This whole presentation had me actually screaming as I saw Mario, splatoon 2, Arms, and Zelda BoTW. I was working when the preorders went live and having to take a break to preorder the console and BoTW collectors edition.

@Barbara001 I went to load an internet fight gif but it failed and I forgot to repost!

@antdickens @antdickens,

Not sure why my comment should bother you and Damo so much. My comment will not be relevant to everyone and in that case they should just ignore it, but I stand by it 100%.

@WiltonRoots,

Don't you start coming on here with your fighting talk, I may have to put you on ignore for a very very very long time, then in your future comments will only reinforce my initial decision.

@electrolite77,

The Eurogamer leak made me feel underwhelmed for the console, but when Nintendo revealed the console I was blown away.

@WiltonRoots Yes, I responded to the GIF, but once I posted, your GIF was gone. It was a funny GIF! 😊😊😊

@johnvboy im moreso confused by why you consider it clickbait. cause you clicked the article without reading the headline? ok, maybe work on your impulses to click on cool pictures

@johnvboy omg that reply is EPIC!!! You played the reverse card 😄😄😄

@Barbara001,

I have been waiting for ages to play it, now felt like the perfect time.

@boxyguy,

I am confused why you are so confused in the first place, I have explained it was based on my initial reaction to the article, people do not have to agree with this.

On the subject of the way this and other sites are funded, I get it, the need to still post news when there is in fact no actual news on that day will always be there, but there should be a different heading on this one, like "Old News".

The only strong impulses I get on this site is the urge to respond to silly comments.

@antdickens,

Are you still going on about it?, I stated it was a personal opinion which you and others are free to disagree with, what makes little sense is you keep ignoring these facts.

@antdickens,

Without a doubt the message was clearer and more concise, and Nintendo actually put some money and effort in marketing the console, rather than just crossing their fingers and hoping Wii owners would rush out and buy a Wii U.

The Switch's success had taken most people by surprise, but considering the poor performance of the Wii U, that's hardly surprising.

@meeto_1 yes he is the series Producer for Mario and Switch, and problaby worked on Super Mario 3D World+Bowser Fury or is working on the next Mario 3D Mario game(Super Mario Odyssey 2 or a brand new 3D Mario game).

i was so overjoyed i could played a HD Mario, Legend of Zelda, when i went to my country House during holidays, after the confusing makerting of Wii U, Nintendo nailed it the concept of Switch.

I miss that. That was good Nintendo. That's when it was fun and exciting to be a fan of the company.

Since then, Nintendo, and Sony for that matter have retreated into their own silence of being quiet, saying nothing, and relying on the lack of discussion to avoid upsetting the apple cart. Following the PS5 launch felt like Nintendo bought Sony. "Say nothing, leave everything to speculation, contradict yourself on the rare occasion you say something, only let information get out on buried tweets and slips by developers."

Jeez now I feel old! I'm not supposed to feel old!

I was so adamant that I would only use the switch as a home console when I first saw it, up until the second day of owning it. Since then it has come to work with me everyday and I hardly ever play on my TV at home.

But still the controllers are still not properly fixed? After 4 years?? Come on Nintendo.

Remember watching it live and ordering a switch shortly after the presentation. The switch got me back into gaming.

What? Nintendo did a presentation on new first party content 4 years ago? Man, what a crazy world...

Nintendo don't do presentations, what are you on?

This date will always be remembered fondly by me... It was such a mind-blow. My hype hadn't been higher for a new console since the Nintendo Revolution!
Good memories and even better times with the Switch since then!

Wow these comments went into the gutter fast.

@johnvboy idk, still sounds like it was your fault you clicked on it. blaming it on the site is just silly lol

@boxyguy,

I have no problem that I clicked on it, my issue is my initial reaction to the picture in the article, my opinion, feel free to disagree.

@Entrr_username At least the Wii U got new games.

I'm being sarcastic, of course, but Nintendo has relied on ports more than I would like, especially with the merging of their console and handheld divisions leading to the assumption that game output would increase, when it seems like that hasn't really been the case.