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Meelow

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http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/01/11/...tch-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc-being-announced-today

According to multiple sources, both in development and retail, in the next few hours Nintendo will announce a Nintendo Direct Mini to air shortly afterwards showing 2018 software for Switch. As part of this Nintendo Direct, Dark Souls Remastered will be revealed, updating the original game to be playable portably for the first time. Our sources say this is the closing announcement of the direct.

A few hours later it will be announced that Dark Souls Remastered is also coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC. These ports are being handled by a separate company from the Switch port, and will feature rebuilt lighting and SFX based on Dark Souls 3, as well as upscaled textures. One change we've been made aware of is that multiplayer will be expanded to support six concurrent players, which makes sense if the goal is to get Dark Souls' covenant system working a little more smoothly.

One of our sources indicates that Bandai Namco plans to bring all three Dark Souls games to Switch eventually, but the oft-rumoured 'trilogy' bundle is not how this will be happening – yet. The Dark Souls Remaster will be launching in May on all platforms.
 

Hammee

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Cool, I guess. Looks like the remaster/porting trend is going to continue heavily even on to the Nintendo Switch :-\
 

Braaier

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Nice. Milking the franchise. Sell three games for $60 each or include all three games in one package for $60. Sucks for consumers.
 

BoTalksGames

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Awesome. I've only played Dark Souls 3 out of the trilogy so having the first two on Switch will be great. Plus I wouldn't mind replaying DS3 again either.
 
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These ports are being handled by a separate company from the Switch port, and will feature rebuilt lighting and SFX based on Dark Souls 3

I know this is about the Switch but Bandai Namco can get fucked if they think it's okay to sell Dark Souls 2 with the lighting system in tact after people have bought it twice. It should be a free update for Scholar of the First Sin on PS4/Xbox One/PC.

It was really shitty of them to butcher the game to accommodate the consoles that couldn't handle it 3-4 months before launch but I mean if they really had to, they should have put it back in for Scholar of the First Sin (which was next gen/PC only and could have easily handled it considering it was running at 20FPS at the trade shows in 2013).
 
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Yeah triology bundle doesnt make sense when they can charge separately.. why bother with 2 though?
Because dark souls 2 is a great game regardless of how it compares to the other Souls games. The worst souls game is still a fantastic game in my book.

its my favorite souls game, the remaster of it killed my liking of bloodborne
 

cw_sasuke

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Yeah triology bundle doesnt make sense when they can charge separately.. why bother with 2 though?
Nice. Milking the franchise. Sell three games for $60 each or include all three games in one package for $60. Sucks for consumers.

Porting these games to Switch isnt just a simple button press. It takes time and effort.
Also you arent getting the file size of all 3 games on a retail release for Switch anytime soon.

Okay now continue bitching about Bamco because they arent Wizards.
 

RockmanBN

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Skyrim and DOOM were doing well. Even Xenoverse 2 for full price. You know they're going do the souls games full price.
 

Braaier

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Porting these games to Switch isnt just a simple button press. It takes time and effort.
Also you arent getting the file size of all 3 games on a retail release for Switch anytime soon.

Okay now continue bitching about Bamco because they arent Wizards.
Sure it would fit on one cart if they went with the 64 gb cart.
 

fiendcode

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Makes sense, they were never going to do a trilogy release with the selling power this franchise has.
 

GUTS

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Good. Bring them in. Never had a chance to play DS properly on my PC and it would be super nice to be able to play DS on the go.
 

Roytheone

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Will be interesting to see dark souls 3 in handheld mode. I would imagine it would have some pretty big downgrades to make it run decently.
 

Merrill

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My Switch purchase has been redeemed!

PRAISE THE FUCKING SUN!

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Tebunker

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Hopefully they add something to the mix like Local MP? There needs to be something a little more Switch specific to make it worthwhile.

I also don't expect them to be $60 but probably $50.


And no, I am not surprised at all that they'd release each game individually. Yall know sure as hell if you're patient you'll get them for much leas than full retail. You shouldn't be rushing out to buy remasters of games you've played a bunch anyway.
 

FrostyLemon

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It makes sense that they wouldn't go a trilogy just for Switch, otherwise they have to explain to PS4 and Xbox fans why they aren't getting one. You'll get a trilogy in a couple of years I reckon.