10 Most Anticipated Nintendo Switch Games (October 2020)

 

 

I've mainly been highlighting games coming to either the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S even games that will only be playable via backwards compatibility. This doesn't mean I've forgotten about the Nintendo Switch which does have a few games I'm excited about coming to the system.

Bayonetta 3

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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

 

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2

Monster Hunter Rise

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

New Pokémon Snap

No More Heroes III

Rune Factory 5

Shin Megami Tensei V

 

Top 10 Wii U games that are yet to come to Switch

This past week we had a Nintendo Direct which showed off some great games coming to the Switch, amongst those was a re-release of Wii U game Tokyo Mirage Sessions #fe as the Encore edition coming January 2020.

TMS joins a long list of Wii U games that have had a second lease of life on the Switch or sequels such as Super Mario Maker 2 that have made the previous game almost redundant.

Because of this, I've seen a bit of chat about poor Wii U and how it hasn't got much left going for it, well I managed to come up with a Top 10 (there is more) games that are still on Wii U.

Kirby on the Wii U relied heavily on the Wii U gamepad that a port might be hard to pull off but with games that can't be played on the Switch Lite and some getting Switch Lite touch features, then maybe it is possible as something just in handheld mode.

Now the issue with Pikmin 3 coming over to Switch is that we're more likely to see a Pikmin 4 for the console. 

Paper Mario was released very late into the Wii U's life that I even missed it on release, I have since picked it up and got to say it's rather good. It, however, has the same issue as Pikmin 3 a new Paper Mario game is more likely. 

Project Zero or Fatal Frame had only limited edition as a physical release in Europe and never got any sort of physical version in North America,  making this one of the rarer Wii U games that a re-release on Switch would give people the opportunity to play this rare game.  

Okay these aren't great and Boom is tied to the TV show but Lost World isn't actually that bad and maybe a double pack could be worth another look.

If you don't want Sonic then what about Mario in 3D World which is quite different to Odyssey and I feel would be most welcome on the Switch.

With the success of Astral Chain and Bayonetta making her way over from Wii U, it only seems fair that The Wonderful 101 also comes to Switch.

Now this has been ported to 3DS and the Switch has a very similar Yoshi game, I do think it would pair well with the Kirby game as a nice double pack.

The recent Nintendo Direct had a remaster of Xenoblade Chronicles from the Nintendo Wii coming to Switch to join Xenoblade 2 and it's standalone expansion, meaning only X will be missing on Switch.

I know ports of HD remasters seem a stretch to far but come on its Zelda and once again could be a great double pack.

Sony can get away with anything with PS5 due first party as important as Nintendo's

Now in 2019 and late last year more and more talk about next-gen consoles has been happening, I've been thinking for a while about the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett with what they will bring to the table. I'm not going to talk about the Xbox Scarlett for the minute as I've got some interesting thoughts on the PS5 and PlayStation in general.

Sony has just announced numbers for the PS4 which has now sold 91.6m SKU's worldwide along with numbers for Spider-Man which has sold 9m. Because of things like that and if you go back further with the PS2 then PS3, I believe Sony will (and they have already) become arrogant with the announcement of the PS5.

Can do whatever a Mario can do

Now I don't think it will be as bad the PS3 with the whole get a second job deal or $599 in 2006.

I do however think Sony can get away with it due to the first party games and this might sound a bit controversial are as important and sell consoles as much as Nintendo's first party.

That might sound a bit daft and you might be thinking The Last of Us or Uncharted isn't as big a Zelda or Mario and maybe not but if you look at the 1m club for first-party titles on the PS4.

MLB The Show 1m (avg)
Shadow of the Colossus 1.07m
The Last Guardian 1.29m
The Order 1.62m
Until Dawn 1.87m
Knack 1.88m
Detroit 2m
LittleBigPlanet 2.02m
Ratchet and Clank 2.33m
Driveclub 2.37m
Uncharted Lost Legacy 2.88m
Infamous 2.98m
Killzone 3.02m
Bloodborne 3.06m
Gran Turismo 3.63m
Uncharted Collection 5.66m
God of War 5.67m
Horizon Zero Dawn 7.6m
The Last of Us 6.66m (12.93m with the PS3 version)
Spider-Man 9m
Uncharted 4 10.26m

PS4 or PS5?

I know it's slightly hard to compare The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild to Uncharted 4  (both have sold almost the same) due to each console's install base but I do think four generations and over 24 years in the gaming market Sony has built up a fanbase along with people knowing a Sony first party game is going to be good.

That going into the PS5, I believe Sony can be arrogant if they have titles like God of War II, Horizon Zero Dawn 2, Spider-Man 2 a much-rumoured Uncharted from someone that isn't Naughty Dog, a new IP from Naughty Dog, some sort of shooter from Guerrilla.

Those are very much system sellers and as important as a The Legend of Zelda or Super Mario is to Nintendo and due to those games, Sony very much can go here's a PS5 enjoy it.

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