Japanese Switch Launch Line-up Has Almost Twice as Many Games
The Switch day launch line-up has resulted in rather divisive opinions on whether the console should be a day one purchase. What’s more, the Japanese Switch launch line-up has almost twice as many games, many of which haven’t been announced for overseas at all. How much are we missing out on? And is it anything worthwhile?
Here’s the shared list of launch titles for North America and Europe:
– 1-2-Switch
– Fast RMX
– Human Resource Machine
– I Am Setsuna
– Just Dance 2017
– The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
– Little Inferno
– Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
– Skylanders: Imaginators
– Snipperclips
– Super Bomberman R
– World of Goo
Here’s the Japanese version:
– 1-2-Switch
– Blaster Master Zero
– Disgaea 5 Complete
– Dragon Quest Heroes
– Dragon Quest Heroes II
– Fast RMX
– Human Resource Machine
– I Am Setsuna
– The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
– Little Inferno
– New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers
– Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence
– Othello
– Puyo Puyo Tetris
– Soldam: Blooming Declaration
– Soratobu Bunbun Baan
– Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
– Snipperclips
– Super Bomberman R
– VOEZ
– World of Goo
An interesting thing to note here is that Skylanders: Imaginators and Just Dance 2017 aren’t due for release in Japan at this stage. Shovel Knight also doesn’t have a set Japanese release date yet, but is balanced out by Disgaea 5 Complete and Puyo Puyo Tetris releasing a month or two early. Most importantly, 7 of the Japanese launch titles don’t have any kind of external release date – not even a generic ‘2017’.
Will we be seeing the Switch play catch up in the future? Or is this an indicator of a long list of non-exported titles to come? Whatever the case, players can be somewhat reassured by the Switch’s lack of region lock, allowing certain games to be imported and enjoyed without too much of a hitch. It may not work as well for Dragon Quest XI as it would for something like Taiko Drum Master, but this is a great new development as far as the Switch’s release schedule goes!
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