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Microsoft (GDC Panel) | No Plans for Xbox Live SDK for Switch Yet, but Expect More Ports like Cuphead to Release with XBL Support over the Next Year
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I agree. That would be an E3 bombshell, not something for GDC or a Direct.
Alongside Rare's titles hitting Switch, accompanied by a potential Banjo or Joanna Dark appearance in Smash Bros, it would absolutely shake the industry. Not something to be treated so lightly as to be revealed outside of E3.
Well, Cuphead is an indie game too.
It's true that Xbox had a deal with the team behind Cuphead, but that's quite common for high profile indie games. Since the studio owns the rights to Cuphead, I never thought the IP would remain exclusive forever. I'll admit I thought the exclusivity window would be longer though.
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Cuphead is a great start, and we'll probably be getting Ori soon. Super Lucky's Tale was also rumored a while ago, and we're getting some hints at MCC. The only thing I would really need after those is Rare Replay.
Or Banjo-Threeie for Xbox One/Switch/PC, but that isn't happening.
EDIT: And Goldeneye Remastered being the rumored cancelled game that Nintendo is reviving would be an amazing hat-trick.
Or Banjo-Threeie for Xbox One/Switch/PC, but that isn't happening.
EDIT: And Goldeneye Remastered being the rumored cancelled game that Nintendo is reviving would be an amazing hat-trick.
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Yes! Switch owners need to experience(or revisit) the beauty that is Eternity.
It was. Game was more or less ready to go...
It absolutely could be one of the titles coming to Switch (and hey! They can actually restore the original Nintendo logo screen now! :D )
Especially if Master Chief is coming to Smash Bros. Ultimate as well.
Indeed.
Whenever the game said "checkpoint", I got immediately excited because I knew that very soon I would get to hear this song again.
If it would be anyone, it would be Banjo/Kazooie and Joanna Dark.
Joanna Dark was supposed to be in Melee originally anyway; but was cut due to the impending Rare sale (the proximity mine item survived intact with the PD name scrubbed from it though!)
Sakurai knows that they are the two (and a half!) characters that Nintendo fans have wanted the most since Melee; but they have never been a realistic possibility until now!
YES! ori 1 (and hopefully 2 in the future) would be super appreciated.
i'm stanning MS so hard these days. they're doing a lot of good things. rooting for their success in next gen.
i'm stanning MS so hard these days. they're doing a lot of good things. rooting for their success in next gen.
Nah, they arent big enough for a Smash debut - same way SE brought in Cloud because its their biggest characters even though they have other charterers that resemble more with the Nintendo audience.
I think Steve or MC are the only ones Nintendo would even consider making an exception for.
That isn't true at all. The only Rare characters Sakurai has ever commented on are Banjo and James Bond. The Proximity Mine is probably just a remainder of a smaller presence for Rare (like a few trophies), all of which were cut for obvious reasons.
Or pseudo-1st party games such as Super Lucky's Tale.
I.e. games they published, but don't own the rights to.
Are the Rare 360 games available on Xbox Game Pass? If so maybe a Rare Replay Switch port is possible if Game Pass is really coming to Switch.
They literally just brought back King K-rool! Nintendo and Sakurai know what their fans want.
They want Banjo and Joanna!
If they could get Sea of Thieves running on a Switch, I think it would really resonate with that audience. The influx of new players would be great for the game too.
Same goes for Killer Instinct.
As someone who will still primarily play on Xbox, increased player bases for their multiplayer games would be sweet.
Same goes for Killer Instinct.
As someone who will still primarily play on Xbox, increased player bases for their multiplayer games would be sweet.
Nintendo have a long-term partnership with Arzest; the people who made the original Blue Dragon.
That wouldn't be a problem.
And yes, MS do own the Blue Dragon IP. That didn't stop them from releasing Blue Dragon + on the DS though!
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I could see at least one "traditionally big" IP to release from MS on Switch out of all this. The full MCC seems way too wild a project to port but something like a multiplayer focused version of the collection or one of the games like Reach or CEA made standalone seems possible.
It's more likely it would use a Streaming based solution. They're not going to port every Game Pass game that's on XBO to every platform they bring GP to.
That a Nintendo charterer - we are talking about outside devs.
Konami, Capcom, Bamco, SE, Sega etc. - they go for the most iconic characters in these cases and MC is the biggest MS has to offer.
They want people to spend money on the DLC - Banjo or Joanna would be nice, but no substitute for MC in terms of shock value. There is also a new Halo game coming up + MCC might coming to Switch, i would assume that MS would also want the MC in it if they had a choice.
The exception for Banjo would be if they have a new game in development as well.
Same reason why Age of Empires, Viva Pinata and Banjo-Kazooie got spinoffs on DS and GBA.
They didn't view Nintendo's handhelds as direct competitors.
(Blue Dragon was a DS game afaik, btw)
King K-rool is a character who has been out of action for decades. He is an iconic Rare designed character that fans have been requesting ever since Melee.
Banjo and Joanna Dark fit exactly the same bill; only they were impossible until now.
There is no way that Master Chief would get in before Banjo or Joanna Dark. Not in a million years. They are still seen as Nintendo characters and are absolutely iconic of the N64 era. They hold so much more weight in Nintendo's history than literally any other 3rd party character, that it would be insulting to choose any other Microsoft owned character before them.
Yes. Switch, iOS, Apple TV, Windows Phone, Android, Kindle, Windows 10, 360, and Xbox One all have their own separate achievement lists (actually two versions on Xbox One, due to the bedrock update).
https://www.trueachievements.com/series/Minecraft