Sigh me up. This sound cool, though the "In-App Purchases" part likely means it is free-to-start or has DLC "packs".
(Not to be confused with "In-App Purchases (Includes Random Items)", which is lootboxes.)
It's clearly an eshop release. Which tells us nothing about the rest of the schedule, after all. I find it hard to understand why this kind of project, similar to Nes Remix, similar to Kirby Dream Buffet, similar to Game Builder Garage, prompts so many people to draw sententious conclusions about what's coming next in 2024. It looks like something experimental and cool. F-Zero 99 never stopped Tears Of The Kingdom from coming out.
My actual serious guess is that NWC:NES is the July release. They'll announce it in a tweet soon filling out the schedule a tiny bit, and that means the real direct can wait until June
We'll see, but I don't think so. This kind of game lends itself very well to an eshop release "available now" during a Direct, like F-Zero 99. It lends itself well to a tweet, like Game Builder Garage. It's not THE game of July, in my opinion. If anything, it's the game of August if the choice was nothing or this.
This totally feels like a game that was greenlit just to pad out the year, tbh.
Development of the Wii U's Zelda remasters took just 1 year, so a port of existing work would be even faster. SM3DAS was completed in 6 months, so a Hagi port of Donkey Kong Country Returns, Galaxy 2, F-Zero GX, whatever, if Nintendo needed fillers, would be a no-brainer. This is just an experiment, the way Nintendo likes them and the way I like them as a fan, personally.
I think you're overthinking this.
This just feels like nothing but "Ho man, we need some shit to release this year because any of our anticipated projects are on the other system in 2025".
As if the general audience were targeted by this kind of little experiment. Come on. As I said earlier, if they needed to improvise in a hurry, it wouldn't be with this kind of project at all.
I kinda doubt this will sell paticularly well. It rides high on nostalgia, but i doubt that this will lure in folks.
It feels like a "fast and cheap" made thing.
I don't think Nintendo regrets releasing F-Zero 99, or Nes Remix, and I don't think we regret it either.
My big guess here even with the $30 price tag, is that this is a bonus game of sorts, something that slots in between stuff. Like this could drop next week in between Endless Ocean and Paper Mario or between Paper Mario and Luigi’s Mansion 2 for example. I just don’t see this as something that carries a month by itself even as we are nearing the end of the Switch life.
I know we’ve had a rougher year for some with more limited appeal games, but I think this is something where it wasn’t intended to be a big deal once the actual announcement happens. If we do get the alternative, like this is the big July game for example, then I think ok yeah feeling let down makes more sense. But in this limited state of info, I think we should see how this shakes out. This is just one piece of the bigger picture.
I agree completely. Let's not jump to conclusions before we know anything.
Well if NWC - NES Edition is their july game.
That means they can wait until June to make a new General Direct for announcing their september-december lineup that hopefuly includes metroid prime 4 and fire emblem gotw remake. Even they can show their early 2025 titles before Switch 2 releases.
Even if it wasn't their July game, and I don't think it is at all as I said, they can obviously wait until June for a Direct. Whatever their July game is, whether it's FE4, TP/WWHD, DKCRHD, a Bamco remaster, something we are not thinking about, whatever it is, the game won't die if it's only announced in June for July.
