Nintendo: NX gonna give it to ya.

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greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

They needed the better processor for SNES emulation. Home brewers have installed those apps on OG 3dses, they run like poo poo.

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Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Anidav posted:

NepNep volume XXIV

genuinely more exciting than anything coming out for the Wii U

# ? Sep 20, 2016 03:54

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

paco650 posted:

The SNES virtual console stuff for 3DS is N3DS-only because ???

The New 3DS processor is like 800MHz while the O3DS is like 200MHz (or something super low), it's the only way.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 03:57

FPzero: Oct 20, 2008; Game Over
Return of Mido

Guy Goodbody posted:

It's got a surprising amount of upcoming retail releases

I suppose you're right. Then again, Japanese developers like to keep supporting sony consoles and handhelds long after their official lifecycle is over. After that though, I wonder if we'll see a move to the NX for their niche title needs.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 03:57

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

greatn posted:

They needed the better processor for SNES emulation. Home brewers have installed those apps on OG 3dses, they run like poo poo.

thank god Nintendo has finally delivered a handheld powerful enough to shoulder the crushing technical demands of super mario world.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 03:59

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Do you know what low level emulation is?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:03

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

FPzero posted:

I suppose you're right. Then again, Japanese developers like to keep supporting sony consoles and handhelds long after their official lifecycle is over. After that though, I wonder if we'll see a move to the NX for their niche title needs.

sony already admitted vita is a legacy console. nintendo will get those games too when they come through with more power i'd guess.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:04

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

I get why you couldn't emulate the SNES on og 3DS, but I'm saying Nintendo got to set the technical standard for handheld videogaymen and buddy they set that standard at 200Mhz until like, 2014.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:06

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

And if it isn't region locked that means all the titty games you can handle.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:06

Demicol: Nov 8, 2009

greatn posted:

Why do people keep making fake products with words that are so common it would be impossible to google. No company would ever use "Go" "Play" or "On" as a product name.

This reminded me of PSPGo

Whatever the NX is it can't fail worse than PSPGo

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:06

Patter Song: Mar 26, 2010; Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.; Fun Shoe

paco650 posted:

thank god Nintendo has finally delivered a handheld powerful enough to shoulder the crushing technical demands of super mario world.

Emulation is far more demanding than porting. The GBA could run Super Mario World.

Isn't the rule of thumb still that for proper, quality emulation you need hardware 20x more powerful than the hardware the game originally ran on?

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alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

well last night i finally managed to completely break the right-bumper button on my majora's mask 3DSxl

so now the big question is do i just hold out for an NX or do i get this fixed or what? lend me your advice

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:16

Decus: Feb 24, 2013

Patter Song posted:

Emulation is far more demanding than porting. The GBA could run Super Mario World.

Isn't the rule of thumb still that for proper, quality emulation you need hardware 20x more powerful than the hardware the game originally ran on?

Any generic number like that is going to be 100% bullshit. It depends on both the original hardware and the hardware you're emulating on in ways that aren't factors of power but rather differences in instruction sets. If a specific, common instruction was 20x faster on the original hardware then sure you're going to need hardware that's 20x more powerful to emulate it but if it's available in the same form and at the same level of hardware optimization on both then you would not.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:19

Reiley: Dec 16, 2007

The Nintendo NX: two controllers, batteries included. Just like the good old days.

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Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

Saoshyant posted:

Namco for the PS4 VR.

gently caress this AI if it thinks I'm going to go jogging with it.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:21

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Demicol posted:

This reminded me of PSPGo

Whatever the NX is it can't fail worse than PSPGo

I saw a used PSPGo for sale at a Half Price Books. 60 dollars.

Can you even buy digital PSP games anymore?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:22

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Guy Goodbody posted:

I saw a used PSPGo for sale at a Half Price Books. 60 dollars.

Can you even buy digital PSP games anymore?

yes

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:24

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

I wonder what new memes will arise from the nx

# ? Sep 20, 2016 04:39

8-bit Miniboss: May 24, 2005; CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY

PBS Newshour posted:

I wonder what new memes will arise from the nx

They call it the NX because you take one look at it and do a 360 and walk away.

No, that's not right... Dammit.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 05:05

Instant Sunrise: Apr 12, 2007; The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

Decus posted:

Any generic number like that is going to be 100% bullshit. It depends on both the original hardware and the hardware you're emulating on in ways that aren't factors of power but rather differences in instruction sets. If a specific, common instruction was 20x faster on the original hardware then sure you're going to need hardware that's 20x more powerful to emulate it but if it's available in the same form and at the same level of hardware optimization on both then you would not.

translating a cpu instruction set from one system to another is the easy part. what's difficult is that you have multiple different system components that all have to be kept synchronized in order to work properly. THAT is where the difficulty in emulation comes in. it's not in translating the machine code for a 2A03 or a PPU to an x86 or x64 CPU, it's about making sure that everything is kept in sync so that the PPU receives the drawing instructions when it expects them, for example.

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Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

ive been playing mario land 2 the six coins one on my new 3ds and it gets slowdown constantly lmao

# ? Sep 20, 2016 05:25

DalaranJ: Apr 15, 2008; Yosuke will now die for you.

Saoshyant posted:

OK, a bit of news. A bunch of European retailers have been invited to a meeting two days from now in NOE's headquarters in Germany. They are all under NDAs not to reveal anything.

It's a shame they decided to close NOE in order to focus on more important markets, but I guess that's the way it has to be.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 05:32

RVWinkle: Aug 24, 2004; In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative.; Nap Ghost

November is going to roll around and we're going to learn that NX was just the code name for the NES Classic.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 05:37

SolidSnakesBandana: Jul 1, 2007; Infinite ammo

Super No Vacancy posted:

ive been playing mario land 2 the six coins one on my new 3ds and it gets slowdown constantly lmao

It's not the game that's slowing down... you've become so good at the game that you just perceive it as slowing down

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:04

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

PBS Newshour posted:

I wonder what new memes will arise from the nx

It's called the NX because it's the NeXt console from Nintendo that you will have tremendous fun playing.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:28

Bass Bottles: Jan 14, 2006; BOSS BATTLES DID NOTHING WRONG

NX is a legit good name imo

It has that X factor

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:34

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

It's gonna be called something real dumb, my bet is on a cross between the Gameboy and a home console. The Nintendo Homeboy.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:36

Asimov: Feb 15, 2016

The N and X letters are reminiscent of the word "next" which makes methink this is a next gen console/concept.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:38

Bass Bottles: Jan 14, 2006; BOSS BATTLES DID NOTHING WRONG

I kinda think they might just go "The Nintendo". Like, I'd bet money on it.

Like, A: It's the one and only console going forward. The great uniter of handheld and TV gaming

And B: They talked (I think?) about getting inspiration from Android where it's just an OS that evolves over time. They're just gonna come out with upgraded versions over time that are more powerful and play the same games.

BONUS REASON: REASON C: This might be the last Nintendo console, and people have been saying they're gonna just call their new console the Nintendo" forever so why not go for it

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:44

Asimov: Feb 15, 2016

From a pragmatic standpoint I agree with you but I think that nintendo has shown themselves to be anything but.

(Pragmatic, that is)

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:50

Elfgames: Sep 11, 2011; Fun Shoe

greatn posted:

Why do people keep making fake products with words that are so common it would be impossible to google. No company would ever use "Go" "Play" or "On" as a product name.

Ironically the console will me named the "Go on, Play Nintendo"

# ? Sep 20, 2016 07:55

zolthorg: May 26, 2009

Reiley posted:

The Nintendo NX: two controllers, batteries included. Just like the good old days.

nothing in my life for several years before the nintendo wii and since has used loving disposable batteries

# ? Sep 20, 2016 08:01

MechaCrash: Jan 1, 2013

Hey guys, do you like completely unverified rumors?

Neither do I, but since Nintendo is being tight-lipped it's all we have to go on. Courtesy of this Twitter account, we have some stuff with basically nothing to back it, but due to the lack of anything solid to talk about gently caress it here we go anyway.

According to this, which I will summarize because it strikes me as easier than linking individual tweets (especially if they vanish somehow), the official name of the handheld half is the "3DSwap." The big thing is "one ecosystem, two devices, three ways to play." No, what that means is not gone into. Some games will be a "forward" edition, which means you get a box with a Wii U disc and NX cartridge, the ones specifically mentioned being Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Brothers. Other launch window games are going to be a New Mario game, Metroid, Pokemon, Call of Duty, and a new flavor of Skylanders. Monster Hunter, Resident Evil 7, and a new Ace Attorney are also in the works, as well as two NX exclusive titles from Platinum. And apparently there's going to be some sort of connectivity and streaming between the home unit and handheld unit.

If this stuff about the NX unit and 3DSwap is accurate, I hope it's all included in one package, and not two things you have to buy separately. But that assumes any of this is accurate at all, and at this point, who knows?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:19

Jables88: Jul 26, 2010; Tortured By Flan

MechaCrash posted:

Hey guys, do you like completely unverified rumors?

Neither do I, but since Nintendo is being tight-lipped it's all we have to go on. Courtesy of this Twitter account, we have some stuff with basically nothing to back it, but due to the lack of anything solid to talk about gently caress it here we go anyway.

According to this, which I will summarize because it strikes me as easier than linking individual tweets (especially if they vanish somehow), the official name of the handheld half is the "3DSwap." The big thing is "one ecosystem, two devices, three ways to play." No, what that means is not gone into. Some games will be a "forward" edition, which means you get a box with a Wii U disc and NX cartridge, the ones specifically mentioned being Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Brothers. Other launch window games are going to be a New Mario game, Metroid, Pokemon, Call of Duty, and a new flavor of Skylanders. Monster Hunter, Resident Evil 7, and a new Ace Attorney are also in the works, as well as two NX exclusive titles from Platinum. And apparently there's going to be some sort of connectivity and streaming between the home unit and handheld unit.

If this stuff about the NX unit and 3DSwap is accurate, I hope it's all included in one package, and not two things you have to buy separately. But that assumes any of this is accurate at all, and at this point, who knows?

This sounds like complete and absolute horseshit.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:25

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

I can't believe Nintendo would choose such a racist name for its handheld.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:25

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

MechaCrash posted:

Hey guys, do you like completely unverified rumors?

Neither do I, but since Nintendo is being tight-lipped it's all we have to go on. Courtesy of this Twitter account, we have some stuff with basically nothing to back it, but due to the lack of anything solid to talk about gently caress it here we go anyway.

According to this, which I will summarize because it strikes me as easier than linking individual tweets (especially if they vanish somehow), the official name of the handheld half is the "3DSwap." The big thing is "one ecosystem, two devices, three ways to play." No, what that means is not gone into. Some games will be a "forward" edition, which means you get a box with a Wii U disc and NX cartridge, the ones specifically mentioned being Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Brothers. Other launch window games are going to be a New Mario game, Metroid, Pokemon, Call of Duty, and a new flavor of Skylanders. Monster Hunter, Resident Evil 7, and a new Ace Attorney are also in the works, as well as two NX exclusive titles from Platinum. And apparently there's going to be some sort of connectivity and streaming between the home unit and handheld unit.

If this stuff about the NX unit and 3DSwap is accurate, I hope it's all included in one package, and not two things you have to buy separately. But that assumes any of this is accurate at all, and at this point, who knows?

The thing that makes me feel this is probably incorrect is the bolded part.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:28

bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

That sounds like a silly double-down on the WiiU concept only worse when the more obvious stream-lined, single-software-set portable/console hybrid would be the better option to get the same effect.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:36

Reiley: Dec 16, 2007

The two devices- now, I shouldn't even be saying this- but eht elosnoc si dellac eht potSD3 dna eht dlehdnah si dellac eht powSD3 dna nehw uoy tup meht rehtegot s'ti eht powS'n'potS. Whew! Sorry folks, gotta cover my bacon on this one.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 09:46

bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

Swop it like it's hot.

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MechaCrash: Jan 1, 2013

It's probably all horseshit, but since we don't have anything of substance to talk about, this is good a way to fill the time as any. v :v:

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