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Bandai Namco is going to increase dev resources for Switch due to its success

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Japanese video game publisher Bandai Namco is adding more resources in developing games for Nintendo's Switch, says President Mitsuaki Taguchi.

Bandai is also looking to boost games for the console in the year starting next April. "We have put 3 games on the Switch and all of them are doing well he said." "It's a shame, but we didn't think the Switch [would] be accepted this fast."

He added, all of Bandai's properties could see product made available for Switch.
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Edit:

The following tweet is from this quote below it:



Mpl90 said:
Mochizuki from WSJ basically reposted what he tweeted earlier, minus the part about DBXV2 sales

It should say that there are 3 big worldwide games coming to Switch between Spring to Summer 2018. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Confirmation of said Tweet:

Fukuzatsu said:
Seems like it:
-From next Spring and into the Summer, there will be "3 big titles coming/developing worldwide", exclusively for Switch.
-Continued development for software on PS/Xbox/Steam. Plenty of dev resources available.
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Update:

Just confirming this now. Bandai Namco has posted their presentation in English and in one of the slides it says, "Beginning of development of original titles for Nintendo Switch"

Source: http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/ir/library/pdf/presentation/en_20171107_Presentation.pdf

Yes, I know, the presentation looks like it was made in 2001.
 
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Zalman

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I'd be shocked if Dragon Ball Fighterz doesn't happen some time next year.
 
Amiibola

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All this talk is making me feel that the industry has become just a bunch of cowards.

I mean, it was already known, but... Dude
 
KCS

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People will try to make comparisons to Capcom saying the same thing, but when Bamco says it I actually believe them. I wouldn't be surprised if Code Vein or Dark Souls are being ported right now as fast as they can.
 
Chie Satonaka91

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Hopefully FighterZ is coming. Beyond that, looking forward to anything else they can bring. A Tekken 7 portable would be ace. Also that new Code Vein game could be cool. I also really enjoyed Namco Musuem in Switch from them(wish it had another couple games admittedly), id be down for a volume 2.
 
GhostTrick

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Publishers being surprised is a thing. Nintendo not preparing this though is dumb. They should've actively courted these partners that were on board with 3DS.
 
MongKey

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Release God Eater 3 on the switch and they'll have the hunting genre all to themselves on the platform for foreseeable future.
 
ShimshonNehorai

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There is a Tales game coming.

Outside of that, I expect to see DBFZ and maybe some new properties. I'm hoping for Tekken and Katamari myself.
 
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GhostTrick said:
Publishers being surprised is a thing. Nintendo not preparing this though is dumb. They should've actively courted these partners that were on board with 3DS.
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Don't blame Nintendo for this. They rolled out the red carpet for Capcom and got paid dust.
It's probably the same for other major third parties.
 
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GhostTrick said:
Publishers being surprised is a thing. Nintendo not preparing this though is dumb. They should've actively courted these partners that were on board with 3DS.
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Capcom was involved with literal Hardware decisions on the Switch asking Nintendo to increase from the standard 3GB of ram Tegra X1 is supported by to the 4GB in Switch. They then chose to basically completely ignore switch
 
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GhostTrick said:
Publishers being surprised is a thing. Nintendo not preparing this though is dumb. They should've actively courted these partners that were on board with 3DS.
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My take on this is that Nintendo courted them. A lot

But third parties decided to just act dumb. And capcom and the RAM thing is the proof.

They got Bethesda on board ffs, fucking Bethesda of all companies
 
Dunban

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Oregano said:
Don't blame Nintendo for this. They rolled out the red carpet for Capcom and got paid dust.
It's probably the same for other major third parties.
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The implication that Nintendo approached Bethesda and yet inexplicably forgot to do so for the Japanese third-parties is an amusing one, though.
 
Strings

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I assume Cyber Sleuth will see a port. Along with the already announced Tales.

Really, whatever Bandai wants to bring over, I'll take it. They've had a real good run as of late.
 
Zalman

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My Japanese is failing me. Sounds like there might be something noteworthy here?

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Paradox House

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Nintendo with a handheld success? Nahhh

In other news what exactly were Japanese devs planning to do if fhe Switch failed? I dont remember any of them talking of downsizing.
 
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GhostTrick said:
Publishers being surprised is a thing. Nintendo not preparing this though is dumb. They should've actively courted these partners that were on board with 3DS.
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Bandai Namco had been hedging their bets and releasing some games on the platform compared to Capcom which has either been scrambling or doing nothing. If anything, Namco was more prepared than anything, just cautious.
 
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Sounds like they're planning quick ports of already announced games to get them out as fast as possible. A rush of anime games in the spring/summer with fall/winter games having a day and date release
 

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Allright, where's your next Tales at, Bamco? (And is it going to be an Unreal Engine thing, or are you still sticking with your old tech?)
 
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