Official Nintendo Switch Discussion

Silent-Runner said:
watched some streams, the game desperately needs AA and more details. People are already in the so called "endgame".
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Is Nintendo gonna drop some DLC for this game?

Nowadays people seem to burn through games quickly.....
part of it is that the mainline story path iis pitifully short (like 5hrs) and filler is what makes up for extra time in game....

I guess the other part is difficulty and streamers just kind of play the game nonstop.....
 
Silent-Runner said:
watched some streams, the game desperately needs AA and more details. People are already in the so called "endgame".
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This is why I switched (pun intended) from playing games on the OG hardware to emulation.

Matter of time before LOD mods start appearing that make the game somewhat "better" looking.

At least for now you can force the game to run in 4k.
 
streamers also already get pissed whenever someone mentions the "underwhelming" graphic. Some even banned viewers for pointing it out :eek:

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ok i actually watched a youtube clip of this and I can make some graphical complaints.

As mentioned before the game looks like Pokemon on the BotW engine, so it should more or less look like that....which it kind of does.....but something seems lacking.

To me the biggest issue that i could see is that some of the texture work in the game look very very plain. like the wooden buildings for example just look like lines for a building outline filled in with brown wood colour and lines to separate the individual logs......no fake shadow lines or bark ridges or any other details..

just very plain textures.
 
So Switch is a massive success. According to vgchartz they've sold 103 million units. Compared against PS4's 116 million... despite switch launching several years later. It's easy to predict that Switch will end up outselling PS4.

So what's next for Nintendo? It's been a long time since we've seen 2 successful Nintendo consoles in a row (if ever). Will we get a Switch 2 or a Switch U?

Nintendo would be very foolish to change the formula again. It would be smart and obvious for them to do a more powerful Switch. There are some possibilities to explore though.

Clearly the Switch Lite is Nintendo's focus, for better or worse. I'd love to see them continue to lower the price for a low-tier model over time. 2DS became so ubiquitous at that sub-$120 price point. I know lots of families that had a 3ds/2ds for every member of the family. Switch Lite could get there too, if it could drop in price a little bit. $150 might do it?

I hate that the switch lite doesn't have HDMI out though. Even if you were stuck running games in lower resolution, it sucks that there's no way to play 4 player Mario Kart except on that tiny screen.

Nintendo could release a more powerful switch pro, which would be an obvious way for them to address a higher-end market while still maintaining their low-end base.

Otherwise they could go the Xbox s/x route, to modernize they're new platform and ensure that new games can target a higher cpu.

I'd also love to see them explore a really high-end option. Possibly ditching the portable form-factor so they can have much more powerful graphics hardware ... Or perhaps using a split-rendering solution where they put a beefier gpu in the dock?

I remember some discussion before the switch launched, that maybe they'd include a more powerful cooling solution the dock, to run the switch at the max-clocks for the SoC. Seems like a missed opportunity that they didn't do that at least.
 
SubCog said:
So Switch is a massive success. According to vgchartz they've sold 103 million units. Compared against PS4's 116 million... despite switch launching several years later. It's easy to predict that Switch will end up outselling PS4.

So what's next for Nintendo? It's been a long time since we've seen 2 successful Nintendo consoles in a row (if ever). Will we get a Switch 2 or a Switch U?

Nintendo would be very foolish to change the formula again. It would be smart and obvious for them to do a more powerful Switch. There are some possibilities to explore though.

Clearly the Switch Lite is Nintendo's focus, for better or worse. I'd love to see them continue to lower the price for a low-tier model over time. 2DS became so ubiquitous at that sub-$120 price point. I know lots of families that had a 3ds/2ds for every member of the family. Switch Lite could get there too, if it could drop in price a little bit. $150 might do it?

I hate that the switch lite doesn't have HDMI out though. Even if you were stuck running games in lower resolution, it sucks that there's no way to play 4 player Mario Kart except on that tiny screen.

Nintendo could release a more powerful switch pro, which would be an obvious way for them to address a higher-end market while still maintaining their low-end base.

Otherwise they could go the Xbox s/x route, to modernize they're new platform and ensure that new games can target a higher cpu.

I'd also love to see them explore a really high-end option. Possibly ditching the portable form-factor so they can have much more powerful graphics hardware ... Or perhaps using a split-rendering solution where they put a beefier gpu in the dock?

I remember some discussion before the switch launched, that maybe they'd include a more powerful cooling solution the dock, to run the switch at the max-clocks for the SoC. Seems like a missed opportunity that they didn't do that at least.
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Theres been enough rumors of a switch 2 (i think the "pro" ended up actually being the OLED switch) that its the most logical next step. There had been various reasons for its "delay". Main reason seems to be the continued success of the switch line, and the words from the CEO or president stating the switch is only halfway through its lifecycle (mentioned about a year ago).

Maybe they can do what the detachable laptops (like Surface book) do. The switch 2 is like the current one, but more powerful SoC, and then a separate "switch power dock" or something where it has its own standalone CPU and GPU which will get activated when the switch is attached. So instead of the one SoC having 2 "modes" (low power for portable, and high power for docked) switching between portable resolution and docked resolution, you now have the portable SoC can fully drive the portable, and the dock SoC can fully drive the docked mode independently.

This could actually be a bonus for switch owners where the current switch could compatible with this new "power dock" so all we'd need to get is the new dock lol :D
That would assume that the hardware switching capabilty is already baked in from the beginning.
 
First Nintendo direct of 2022 has dropped, supposed to be 40mins of first half of 2022 titles
This so far is looking like a good direct, lots of surprise bombs.

-Fire Emblem Warriors - 3 hopes (dynasty warriors spinoff looks like)
-Advanced wars 1+2 reboot
-No man's sky (after researching this a bit seems like its a native port and not cloud based)
-New Mario Strikers Battle League (I loved Mario Striker's charged on wii!)
-Splatoon 3
-Front Mission reboot
-Disney Speedstorm (Disney mario kart)
-some remakes
-oh snap Crono Cross remaster (I have on PS1 and never played lol)
-Kirby and the Forgotten Lands (the big deal thing seems to be Kirby ate and became a car lol)
-MLB The Show
-Klonoa
-Portal 1 & 2
-Live a LIve (?) another square enix 2D-HD game
-I think alot of people actually wanted this but... a Wii sports "sequal" for Switch called Nintendo Switch Sports!
-New Taiko Drum master
-DLC for Cuphead and Metroid Dread
-Earthbound and Earthbound beginnings coming to SNES and NES online.
-Filler titles
-Oh snap looks like a DLC/expansion pass for Mario Kart featuring 48 remastered courses from older games (I guess this would mean Mario Kart 9 will exist as a title for the Switch successor). Also added as another perk for Nintendo switch online+
-Xenoblade Chronicles 3
 
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Sasquach said:
First Nintendo direct of 2022 has dropped, supposed to be 40mins of first half of 2022 titles

so far announced:

-Fire Emblem Warriors - 3 hopes (dynasty warriors spinoff looks like)
-Advanced wars 1+2 reboot
-No man's sky (no idea if its cloud yet....)
-New Mario Strikers Battle League (I loved Mario Striker's charged on wii!)
-Splatoon 3
-Front Mission reboot
-Disney Speedstorm (Disney mario kart)
-some remakes
-oh snap crono cross remaster
-Kirby and the Forgotten Lands (the big deal thing seems to be Kirby ate and became a car lol)
-MLB The Show
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hmm... Some interesting stuffs there, but methinks I'd prefer them show some other stuffs:
  • Zelda BotW2, for crying out loud
  • Mario 3d collection updates: Mario 64 in widescreen, Sunshine at 60fps, etc. Maybe do something crazy, like include the DS version of Mario 64 where you can play Yoshi & Luigi, etc.
  • Mario Galaxy 2.
  • Mario Galaxy 3.
  • Bring back a proper virtual console.
  • Goldeneye.
  • Switch Pro.
  • Price cut for Switch Lite.
  • Switch now runs 3ds games.
  • Switch now runs Vita games.
  • Free emulators for everyone.
  • Iwata back from the dead.
  • Mario is gay for Sonic.
 
https://www.videogameschronicle.com...kingdom-hearts-series-on-switch-will-cost-90/

A tweet from the official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account confirmed that all games will be coming to the Switch on February 10, as cloud versions only.

This means players will need to have a permanent, fast and stable internet connection in order to continuously stream the games to their console.

Despite the games being cloud-based, Square Enix is charging between $39.99 and $49.99 for each of the three releases, with a bundle pack called Integrum Masterpiece costing $89.99.
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I poopoo'd the new OLED Switch, but we bought one after getting to Ohio and gotta say, I'm impressed by the improvements. I'm not sure it's worth an extra $49 over the OG Switch, but it's really pretty great. Should have just discontinued the OG Switch and put this one at $300.
 
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Steam deck performance looks pretty good

Heres hoping that Nintendo uses a more up-to-date SoC than something that was 5 years old already for a Switch 2.
 
Sasquach said:
Steam deck performance looks pretty good

Heres hoping that Nintendo uses a more up-to-date SoC than something that was 5 years old already for a Switch 2.
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Yup, and methinks the Deck is just going to get better and better as they continue to develop the software.

Unfortunately, mine isn't coming in until after Q2.

I love my Switch, but Nintendo really should be thinking about launching a Switch Pro. At some point the Switch sales are going to slow down, and Nintendo should be ready to go with an upgraded version.

I remember when Wii was selling like gang-busters, and then sales stopped suddenly. Nintendo often has gaps between it's consoles, because they're unprepared for the future. There were gaps between the n64 -> gamecube, gamecube -> Wii, Wii -> Wii U, and Wii U -> Switch. Each time they had to float on their handhelds through the gaps. Nintendo's the only company to run their business that way... and I shouldn't have to remind people that if the Switch stops selling, there's currently no handheld for Nintendo to fall back on.
 
I'm surprised that they never released a version with higher clocked memory, isn't one of the main bottlenecks of the switch the fact that the gpu screaming for more bandwidth?
 
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