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tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
The switch looks cool, but I'm afraid it might be too big to fit in my pocket for poop breaks at work :(

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Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Lurdiak posted:

The sketchiness is mostly about how poorly employees are treated and how the CEO has repeatedly said things like "I hope we don't reach 85% metacritic so we don't have to pay the employees their bonus". Last I heard, the head of HR in the company was still a relative of his.

Wow that's hosed up if true. I'm gonna pour one out for New Vegas tonight.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Hopefully the Switch can play digital versions of Wii U games to make up for everyone who bought the Wii U getting so horribly burned on Nintendo's broken promises.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

tap my mountain posted:

The switch looks cool, but I'm afraid it might be too big to fit in my pocket for poop breaks at work :(

The screen is 6.2 inches.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly

I said come in! posted:

Hopefully the Switch can play digital versions of Wii U games to make up for everyone who bought the Wii U getting so horribly burned on Nintendo's broken promises.

Supposedly there's no touch screen, so the Wii U will live on as Nintendo's dedicated pictionary unit

Phantasium
Dec 27, 2012

Also love that the logo reminds me of a pizza chain, given Reggie's background.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

Phantasium posted:

Also love that the logo reminds me of a pizza chain, given Reggie's background.

italians are the pizza people, not haitians

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

here is a picture


I don't know anything about this console but my first impression from this pic is that it looks really gimmicky. Not that any of the previous Nintendo consoles weren't mind you.

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

In Training posted:

Its a new splatoon game, as well as anew Mario Kart game from the looks of it

I wonder if it's just Mario Kart 8 with some new stuff (maybe include all the DLC + add a couple new tracks/characters like King Boo in the video) It seems too soon for a new Mario Kart

I saw each character can hold two items for some reason though so idk

Golden Goat
Aug 2, 2012

Black Lodge Palpek posted:

I don't know anything about this console but my first impression from this pic is that it looks really gimmicky. Not that any of the previous Nintendo consoles weren't mind you.

The gimmick is that you can actually use it as a handheld on the go and that's really it.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Black Lodge Palpek posted:

I don't know anything about this console but my first impression from this pic is that it looks really gimmicky. Not that any of the previous Nintendo consoles weren't mind you.

The gamecube was their last non-gimmicky platform and it did horrible, despite the Capcom Five and being stronger than the PS2. :smith:

I really want to know the specs on the switch. Like what's the processing power, is it affected by the base unit, what's the screen capacity, can it got 1080p, etc.


I said come in! posted:

Hopefully the Switch can play digital versions of Wii U games to make up for everyone who bought the Wii U getting so horribly burned on Nintendo's broken promises.

Did your dog trip on a Super Scope and fall down the stairs to his death or something.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

The Switch itself doesn't have the classic nintendo d-pad and that's hosed up

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
Oh man it's real guys; for real

There doesn't seem to be any weird control gimmick; appears to be just a traditional console with the ability to do on-the-go stuff

I guess the one wrinkle is gonna be if there's any difference between the "console" and "handheld" versions of the games. Is all the hardware for the system contained in the little screen dealie or are devs going to need to consider two different hardware profiles when they're developing games?

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



Snak posted:

I don't watch videos of poo poo. Let me know when there's an article with pictures.

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!

Monkey Fracas posted:

are devs going to need to consider two different hardware profiles when they're developing games?

For this reason its almost definitely all contained within the screen unit, with the base just scaling and outputting to the tv

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
Finally, region free free range Marios

Auron
Jan 10, 2002
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-auron.jpg"/><br/>Drunken Robot Rage

MinibarMatchman posted:

moviebob's book about mario bros 3 is still one of the saddest weirdest loving things ever created


when's the last time you bought a nintendo console for third party support. just play your bethesda games on your PC

Your comment is dumb and the reason why the Wii U died.

Jables88
Jul 26, 2010
Tortured By Flan
The problem with previous gimmicks is they've been about control. This is just about being able to play games on the go as well as at home?

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
I mean I don't really care too much about third party support on Nintendo consoles



Unless it funnels more money into the big Nintendo Game Making Machine they've got in their basement; which I guess is true in which case I hope the Switch can actually attract an audience and a bunch of devs

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I like my Wii U and it's fun to play on the gamepad but the fact that it's way too heavy and has an effective range of 12 feet from the console before it loses signal was a huuuuuge pain in the rear end.

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
I find it funny that they were being this secretive about this. It looks fine like any Nintendo console and the gimmick is less dumb than their last three consoles, but this is still something that I don't think Sony or MS really care all that much about stealing and really it's nothing mind blowing anyways.

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
The one man who bought a Nvidia Shield angrily throws his hat on the ground and stomps on it

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

The red dead trailer looked really heavily like an mmo thing.


Also it was like 30seconds long and nothing happened.

https://youtu.be/gmA6MrX81z4

Grapplejack fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Oct 20, 2016

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Black Lodge Palpek posted:

I don't know anything about this console but my first impression from this pic is that it looks really gimmicky. Not that any of the previous Nintendo consoles weren't mind you.

Gimmicks are nintendo's MO, yes. From virtual boy to dual screens to touchpads to motion controls. They make toys that are also games.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Grapplejack posted:

The red dead trailer looked really heavily like an mmo thing.

:eyepop:

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

Grapplejack posted:

The red dead trailer looked really heavily like an mmo thing.


Also it was like 30seconds long and nothing happened.

I don't really know where you got MMO beyond it showing a posse riding together but the game sure looks pretty as hell.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


https://twitter.com/onani_monster/status/789107742371741696

void_serfer
Jan 13, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmA6MrX81z4

e;fb

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
I don't mind a mmo as long as I can still grief people with heat seeking throwing knives and TNT.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

Grapplejack posted:

The red dead trailer looked really heavily like an mmo thing.

I saw nothing to give that impression, unless you count the 5 second cut of a bunch of people on horses.

mutata
Mar 1, 2003

Grapplejack posted:

The red dead trailer looked really heavily like an mmo thing.


Also it was like 30seconds long and nothing happened.

https://youtu.be/gmA6MrX81z4

Haha, whoa. Worths General Store was neat as that's my irl first name and I NEVER see it around anywhere.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.



Calling that a trailer is pretty darn generous.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
It's more of a teaser than a trailer

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Nothing in that trailer even remotely suggests it being an MMO

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
I will be loving shocked if the game looks even half that good when it's released.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

glam rock hamhock posted:

I find it funny that they were being this secretive about this. It looks fine like any Nintendo console and the gimmick is less dumb than their last three consoles, but this is still something that I don't think Sony or MS really care all that much about stealing and really it's nothing mind blowing anyways.

Well Sony tried to do exactly what this is doing with the Vita, remote play was a huge element of it when it was first unveiled and then integrated at a system level when the PS4 came out

Golden Goat
Aug 2, 2012

Sakurazuka posted:

Nothing in that trailer even remotely suggests it being an MMO

At the end of it you saw a gang of folks riding out so uhhh we've decided it's an MMO now I guess because of that?

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
Read Dead Online is going to have lobbies with a dozen players and MMO like grinds, and I will complete those grinds before Rockstar rebalances them to require 5x as much effort

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


glam rock hamhock posted:

I will be loving shocked if the game looks even half that good when it's released.
Eh, GTA5 looked pretty sweet.The environments are still holding up.

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Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
I mean it'll definitely have multiplayer like GTA5, but GTA5 was still a fully-featured singleplayer game. Moreso than GTA4 was, for that matter.

People who are fretting at this stage are being dumb

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