Mature Games Will Keep Coming to Switch, Because This is a New Nintendo

"Over the years, Nintendo has often been associated with a younger fan-base, and with some of its most famous intellectual properties being Mario, Animal Crossing, and Pokemon, that sentiment is understandable. As you know, it has rarely steered them wrong in the past; they are one of the most successful gaming publishers for a reason. However, Nintendo seems to be pushing for mature software with the Switch. Recent actions by the company are proving once again that it’s not the same company it was just one console generation ago." -- Nintendo Enthusiast

[FallenAngel1984]

Why would it stop

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Cause it always did!

Let's hope this is really a new Nintendo!

[Jaypi03]

Word like "Mature" seem silly to me, most grown "mature" gamers are the ones clamoring for Pokemon and Mario while the "Immature" gamers are the ones who drool over Call of Duty and the next bloody grey shoot em up. I feel like Nintendo has been associated with kiddy games, by insecure fanboys who base their identity off the games they play vs just playing what you want cause it's fun/enjoyable.

Odyssey, Zelda, and Splatoon take more skill to tap into their deeper tactics and puzzles the than the latest shooting gallery simulator which as you following tutorials and holding your hand until you reach the end.

[gangsta_red]

'Mature' is a term a lot of gamers use when their really just kids.

[ChasterMief]

*they're

[gangsta_red]

Damn, I'm going to blame auto correct for that there.

[showtimefolks]

Mature as in games that tackle mature subjects like GTA and the torture section, the last of us

But I agree majority of the games releasing today are only mature by name because end of the day they are trying to target the audience that can make them the most money

[michellelynn0976]

Bingo!

[Skankinruby]

I'm 35 years old, I got an NES brand new. I was a humongous Nintendo fan all the way through the 64 era, but then it became very redundant and simplistic with gimmicky controls as a selling point.
BOTW and Mario Odyssey may very well be as good as the reviews say, but they're still the same damn games Nintendo has been leaning on for over three decades and I am no longer impressed.
So if they take this route and start releasing more 'mature' games that are new and fresh then I say bring it, hopefully they have taken a note or two from sony.

[michellelynn0976]

I am sure you are. Or you could be lying. I have seen edmix and others claim to be fans only to let their true feelings be known.

[G3ng4r]

Each subsequent mario/zelda brings changes you won't find in a series like uncharted and nintendo's development teams make sony's look like scrubs. Nice try though.

[Realms]

Maturity has nothing to do with age Nintendo makes games designed for younger audiences they have been for a very long time. Their games are fun but you won't find any of their games pushing boundaries or expanding the medium forward. Bayonetta has been the most explicit game and it is nowhere near to being realistic in anyway, mature games can be categorized by content meaning gore, extreme violence sexual themes so when it comes to games that is why many gamers call Nintendo games kiddy since most of their games are rated E for everyone.

[eagle21]

Nintendo is going to be so rich by using common sense...lol

[michellelynn0976]

Also, games like Doom, Skyrim, RE and LA Noire have done well. This makes a huge difference.

[Skankinruby]

All good games, but all on other consoles and have been for awhile. Nintendo needs something fresh and exclusive.

[michellelynn0976]

They are working on them. People gotta remember, lanunch years are usually filled with older ports. Arms is new, Golf Story is new.

[Chevalier]

Bayonetta 3 is a nice start and re-releasing 1-2 again so they can bring in new fans as well. It would be nice to see some new IPs though.

[Father__Merrin]

Most titles on Nintendo platforms are kiddie games that's a fact. It won't ever have the core experience that you get on PS4 etc

It is worth getting a Nintendo platform for the core exclusives etc and the extra third party exclusives that the console may acquire.

I hope a cheaper docked only switch is released I would buy one but currently £280 is too costly for what it is as I don't need it as a handheld

[michellelynn0976]

Not a fact. Sense most people who buy COD and GTA are teens. Adults buy Mario, Zelda and Pokemon. Since they require more thinking.

[Elwenil]

You can't make a blanket statement like that, especially one so obviously false. Yes, some adults do still like games like Nintendo's reliable old franchises, but at 43 years of age, I prefer something much more engaging and a lot less squeaky and "cute". I play with a lot of people my age on multiple systems and I have to say very few of them even buy Nintendo systems.

[davand114]

COD and GTA are definitely for children. Very immature games, especially GTA. The humor in GTA seems to be meant for a 15 year old.

[FreddyFazbear]

Yeah keep your hopes up. Well see if publishers and devs will go the extra mile by Downgrading their AAA games to fit it on Switch. Like I said, Nintendo fans Overestimate the Switch capability. ports of graphically intense games like ex. COD WW2 or Witcher 3 takes time and money. Because you will be downgrading alot of the game like textures, polygon count, resolution and framerate. Just because the Switch received NBA 2K18, Doom and Wolfenstein 2 doesnt mean it will 100% get all AAA 3rd party games. Square wanted a FFXV on Switch but are saying they are testing it only. Switch is not even on 1TF of power. Its just slightly above PS3/360 in TF when docked but undocked its lower than PS3.

[Eldyraen]

Actually it’s basically a Wii U when undocked, which was stronger than both the 360/PS3 but with almost no games showing its true potential. Docked it’s about halfway between that and launch One or a bit more (than half). So it can run some modern games but I wouldn’t expect too many ports unless they see heavy pc options (as settings on pc range a huge gambit—like Bethesda games have done).

Multiplat games, especially on pc, could be designed with it in mind much more often in the future but still no 1:1 margin for ports or even 1:10 probably. It’s still a 90% Nintendo/Indie focused device.

[michellelynn0976]

Not wishful thinking and it counters what you said about the Switch not being able to get all AAA games (calling SWBF2 a AAA game is a joke). It seems some in here change their mind when it comes to the system they like. So which is it?

[davand114]

Also game engines are now made to be scale-able. If they weren't most games wouldn't be able to run on the PS4/X1. Freddy needs to realize that FFXV barely runs on the ps4/x1 because of the Luminous Engine. That's why Square Enix is switching over to the Unreal Engine 4. Will the Switch get every 3p game? I doubt it. Will it get a ton of them? Yes it will.

[michellelynn0976]

Every game is downgraded from pc. Even x box one x.

[michellelynn0976]

You do know a pc has more than 10 gb of memory more than the ps4 and 6 more than the x box one x. If games sell on the Switch. (Which they are). Third parties will find a way to make em work.

[FreddyFazbear]

It depends on the third party game. Technically any game can be ported to Switch given its Downgraded enough like what i said above. At the moment its wishful thinking.

[edeprez]

Depends on the PC obviously. And that's not graphics memory, which is usually under 8gb on pc

[Jules__Badguy]

1.02 TF actually. Get it right or don't post please.

[FreddyFazbear]

Please dont post that misinformation. The X1 tegra is on paper "Theoretically" can run 1tf but the one on the Switch is a modified version. Please do research it i know what im saying. Go search it want me to link you to it?? Heres the article from polygon even citing DF. go read it
https://www.google.com.ph/a...

[edeprez]

Probably closer to 0.35~0.4Tflop when it's undocked. Even then it's hard to pin down. Probably a little better than Wii U undocked, and quite a bit better when it is docked.

[yeahokwhatever]

wait, releasing sequels for games that existed on the previous nintendo hardware is nintendo showing us that this isnt the same nintendo?

[michellelynn0976]

Arms was not a sewuel and Nintrndo is working on new ips and more M rated games now.

[Prince_TFK]

Have you even read the article?

[yeahokwhatever]

I've got a Switch. All of its best games are sequels of games that have been around for 20+ years. Wii had mature games on it too, so did the WiiU. The N64 had a ton of mature games. The article is a lie from it's very concept.

[kevnb]

I dont find Bayonetta to be mature, inappropriate for kids sure but not mature.

[davand114]

Most games aren't mature. Hell even most M rated games aren't mature. I don't think they actually mean mature games. There are E and T rated games that are way more mature than any M rated games.

[ErogeMaster]

Stop censoring ur first party/published games then we good.

[Elda]

The only game I'm interested in that's on the Switch so far is Mario,now that Bayonetta 2 & 3 is going to be on the Switch I'm getting more interested in obtaining the Switch.I need to see more action/adventure titles dropping on the Switch that interest me then I'll buy.

[Einhander1971]

Like someone else commented mature old school gamers like myself appreciate Nintendo games. It's the immature that call Nintendo kids games, and like to play soldiers and generic FPS games. There denying them selves of amazing games, there loss.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Hope that's true!