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Rumor: Demos for MK8DX and BOTW may be dropping soon on the eShop

mocolostrocolos

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So, I was talking to a friend who was checking the eShop CDN and both demos popped up along with other titles that released today such as Bastion.

I wouldn't be surprised if those were announced during the Direct.

BOTW is 6.5GB
MK8DX is 3.11GB
 
ILikeFeet

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they should pre-install them on every switch

well maybe not Zelda. it'd be too good
 
Serene

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I'm guessing a BOTW demo would be just the plateau and the first four shrines?
 
Kindekuma

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A BotW demo would be real cool! Maybe like the E3 builds where it was limited to the Plateau.

Mario Kart is also a good choice. Too bad it couldn't be like Mario Kart DS where you could have one copy of the game and your friends could join in.
 
Platy

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Demo for a Mario Kart game ?

Weird world we live in

Are you sure this is not dlc ?

10k said:
That's cool but who hasn't bought these games yet or isn't getting a Switch to get these games?
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I haven't bought MK8 because I have it on the WiiU and the new stuff does not interest me.

If they announce dlc for it .... not sure if I will resist xD
 
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I'd be very curious to see what they are- especially BotW's. Remember how desperate people were that Nintendo released the E3 Wii U demo in 2016? That'd be ironic as a thing now.
 
Dyle

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You get a demo, you get a demo, everyone gets a demo!

Give the picross games a demo you cowards
 

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10k said:
Who buys a switch without the intention of buying the next Zelda or Mario Kart. Zelda I can understand, it's a reboot and plays differently so a demo helps.

Everyone knows what Mario Kart is and how it plays.
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People who buy a switch for the next 3D Mario? I bought the Switch for a) portability, b) the hope that I could play some cool third-party ports of last-gen games that I love portably, c) playing Game Boy and N64 games, and d) Super Mario Odyssey.

There are about a billion Nintendo IPs that everyone loves. Zelda and Kart are but two of that stable of IPs.

(Full disclosure: I own both of those games, but had Odyssey come out at launch along with BotW, I might not yet own BotW, and I only bought Kart8DX because I got it for thirty bucks from Target.)
 
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Imagine a Christmas NiGHTS style demo for Zelda, that would be swell.
 

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The great plateau is a great way to demo the game to people and simultaneously give them the biggest blue balls ever.

It's genius.
 
Hieroph

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Raijinto said:
I'd be very curious to see what they are- especially BotW's. Remember how desperate people were that Nintendo released the E3 Wii U demo in 2016? That'd be ironic as a thing now.
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There's actually a case to be made there. BOTW Wii U attach rate is lower than SW attach rate.

Of course some of that is due to dual ownership of Wii U and SW.
 
HeySeuss

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People seem to forget we are coming into the Christmas holiday and those are just there to remind people about their evergreen titles.
 

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These games have attach ratios of over 50%, and their sales are accelerating; why demos for these? Why not for something else?
 
Neonep

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What would be the purpose? Demos for games that have been out for well over a year and can even be found discounted.
 
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Do games with over a %50 attach rate really need demos?
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Those games are getting old. Yet the Switch is still selling. Those new owners will probably not have a lot games to play, and those they do own are most likely going to be newer titles.
Having a demo of those early gems keeps the games relevant to those who are going buy a Switch in 2021.
 
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