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Twerk from Home posted:The refined adult baby will play games while his Tesla drives him around. 
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greatn posted:People will use it. It's amazing. Being able to take your game even just to your bed, or to your couch while someone else watches something else, is an amazing experience. And now there's no tether.
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Oct 21, 2016 11:49
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Does this thing have StreetPass? I hope it has StreetPass.
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Oct 21, 2016 11:50
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HMS Boromir posted:I'm sure plenty of people will use it, I'm just saying if you won't then it makes sense to be down on it even being an option. It clearly took up a large amount of R&D, engineering and hardware costs that, if you just want Thing What Makes Videogame On Teevee, are doing nothing for you. Anybody who says they wouldn't use it in portable mode is quite frankly ridiculous.
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Oct 21, 2016 11:50
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I'ma saw off the edges of my WiiU gamepad tonight to prepare  I read somewhere the dock won't have any processing power, which would make the thing much too expensive anyway. I hope for some external fan action to bump up the resolution with passive cooling when portable
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Oct 21, 2016 12:06
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Also are there price rumors yet? Anything less than $350 would be a welcome surprise imo
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Oct 21, 2016 12:08
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I dunno if the stock dock has any processing power in it, but Nintendo did patent a way to daisy chain processors together through a supplementary unit so it's possible in the future we could see upgrade docks since mid generation upgrades seem to be all the rage these days.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:10
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:I agree, but I don't think the Switch is going to compete with the 3DS. As ridiculous as it sounds, I think the Switch is a Home Console that you can play anywhere, while the 3DS is a dedicated handheld console, there's a distinction. The two screens alone (unless the tablet bit can be used like a gamepad) will keep them separate, I think. there is a 0% chance that nintendo puts so much effort into creating a hybrid portable console that gives them the opportunity to focus all first-party development efforts onto a single platform and then inexplicably continues making 3DS games wicka fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 12:12
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At very minimum, it's a way to play 3DS quality games portably or on the TV. That's a huge win. I'd imagine people would pay $200 for a new portable and $100 for an adapter. If it comes in at $350 and can deliver decent quality ports or remasters that's a real fuckin' deal. At best, it has good originals and ports and performance to rival XB/PS. At absolute worst, plague sweeps the earth and we all die in agony.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:13
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Maybe more things will be modular, like the screen, battery and CPU board so they can just sell you the Switch2 CPU addon in 2018 Also maybe all games will be cartridge only to make piracy impossible and enable on-cart graphics hardware and stuff Chance of the above < 1%
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Oct 21, 2016 12:13
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well why not posted:At very minimum, it's a way to play 3DS quality games portably or on the TV. That's a huge win. I'd imagine people would pay $200 for a new portable and $100 for an adapter. If it comes in at $350 and can deliver decent quality ports or remasters that's a real fuckin' deal. How would you play 3ds games on one screen, possibly without touch functionality? E: I read quote as "3ds ports" or w/e please disregard
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Oct 21, 2016 12:14
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has ANYONE ever shipped a device with exchangeable screen or CPU?
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Oct 21, 2016 12:14
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:How would you play 3ds games on one screen, possibly without touch functionality? 3Ds quality, meaning depth and graphic fidelity, not necessarily exactly 3Ds games
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Oct 21, 2016 12:15
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I think I'm almost more excited about it (probably) having a Tegra X2 in it than anything else. I really want to see what modern mobile architecture is capable of when you push the limits.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:15
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Philip Rivers posted:I dunno if the stock dock has any processing power in it, but Nintendo did patent a way to daisy chain processors together through a supplementary unit so it's possible in the future we could see upgrade docks since mid generation upgrades seem to be all the rage these days. I don't think it will, but having it docked might make it kick on its fans and put the existing processor into a higher power usage mode since battery becomes no longer a concern.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:16
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well why not posted:has ANYONE ever shipped a device with exchangeable screen or CPU? Excepting co-processors? None afaik, this one won't work that way either. Well, wasn't there talk of a modular phone at some point, that everyone forgot about after a while?
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Oct 21, 2016 12:17
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Ironically, one of the things that will make Switch's off-TV functions less sloppy than the Wii U is the fact that they're removing the two-screen concept. On Wii U, playing with the TV off meant a game that was designed for two screens had to be condensed to one. Devs didn't always bother doing this well, and the interface to activate the mode was always different. The games that worked best off-TV were the ones that just replicated the exact same image on both displays. Switch is designed to enforce automatic parity between "TV mode" and "handheld mode", even going so far as to block the handheld's screen while it's docked. It's always a one-screen experience and the control options are always the same.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:17
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Philip Rivers posted:I think I'm almost more excited about it (probably) having a Tegra X2 in it than anything else. I really want to see what modern mobile architecture is capable of when you push the limits. I wonder if it'll heat up in any appreciable ways. Many phones get toasty, the 3Ds gets mildly warm. This is probably going to be one of the more gutsy handhelds out. I wonder how they'll stop it causing clammy hand.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:18
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:How would you play 3ds games on one screen, possibly without touch functionality? e: touch functionality is another question though...
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Oct 21, 2016 12:20
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irlZaphod posted:I still don't understand what's so "gimmicky" about the tablet controller. I mean, it's there for if people want to use it (e.g. in TMS #FE - although maybe off-tv would have been better there). It has completely standard buttons which you'd find on other controllers, just with a touchscreen in the middle. Otherwise it can be used for off-tv play. You can play a lot of WiiU games with the Pro controller, even things like W101 which does use the gamepad for some functions. anything different is a "gimmick"
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Oct 21, 2016 12:19
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well why not posted:I wonder if it'll heat up in any appreciable ways. Many phones get toasty, the 3Ds gets mildly warm. This is probably going to be one of the more gutsy handhelds out. I wonder how they'll stop it causing clammy hand. When the joycons get clammy you just dump them and grab a fresh pair out of your SwitchBag
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Oct 21, 2016 12:20
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fuckin plebs not using a switchbelt
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Oct 21, 2016 12:21
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wicka posted:anything different is a "gimmick"
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Oct 21, 2016 12:22
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SenseLess posted:By displaying the content of both screens on a single bigger Screen. The 2DS does it... That wouldn't make sense with the form factor though, you'd need to place it portrait-style and play the portable games while sitting next to a table That said the architecture should allow for simple 3ds ports which would be a pretty good money printer. Uh, maybe a dedicated portrait controller dock, with IR sensors to get touch functionality? 
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Oct 21, 2016 12:23
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Please hire me Nintendo I'm a great idea guy
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Oct 21, 2016 12:24
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:That wouldn't make sense with the form factor though, you'd need to place it portrait-style and play the portable games while sitting next to a table
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Oct 21, 2016 12:24
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no Wii U compatibility? Do you think we'll get ports of the Zelda HD titles? The dream would be to get the vesrions of the 3DS and Wii U remasters all one one device.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:24
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well why not posted:I wonder if it'll heat up in any appreciable ways. Many phones get toasty, the 3Ds gets mildly warm. This is probably going to be one of the more gutsy handhelds out. I wonder how they'll stop it causing clammy hand. You won't ever really be holding it by the body so as long as it isn't like, radiating heat at you it shouldn't be much of an issue. But yes, I'd imagine it would get warm.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:25
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wicka posted:there is a 0% chance that nintendo puts so much effort into creating a hybrid portable console that gives them the opportunity to focus all first-party development efforts onto a single platform and then inexplicably continues making 3DS games They really should emphasize this point instead of going "The Switch is primarily a home console!". The thing I'm most looking forward, as a person that hasnt bought a nintendo home console since GC but has kept buying the portable iterations, is a unified system for their first party games. If the Switch fails then there best bet is to just go full 3rd party instead of going back to independent systems.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:25
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I don't think the Switch is gonna fail though. I actually think this is gonna be a big deal, and a big breakthrough for/legitimizer of 'serious' mobile gaming.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:28
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irlZaphod posted:I think it's more anything produced by Nintendo these days is just branded a gimmick. I mean, you can do off-tv play/2nd screen stuff with PS3/4 and Vita. yep. merging your console and handheld lines so that you only have to support one platform is as close to a pure business decision as you'll ever see from nintendo. there's nothing gimmicky about it. Cao Ni Ma posted:They really should emphasize this point instead of going "The Switch is primarily a home console!". The thing I'm most looking forward, as a person that hasnt bought a nintendo home console since GC but has kept buying the portable iterations, is a unified system for their first party games. If the Switch fails then there best bet is to just go full 3rd party instead of going back to independent systems. people have talked a lot about them trying not to "dilute the message," i suppose it's possible that their testing suggested it was easier to sell a home console as a portable than vice versa. you could also make the argument that it's a heck of a lot easier to sell a nintendo handheld and thus they would put more effort towards marketing it as a home console. but you're right, they haven't been clear enough yet. wicka fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 12:29
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Cao Ni Ma posted:They really should emphasize this point instead of going "The Switch is primarily a home console!". The thing I'm most looking forward, as a person that hasnt bought a nintendo home console since GC but has kept buying the portable iterations, is a unified system for their first party games. If the Switch fails then there best bet is to just go full 3rd party instead of going back to independent systems.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:30
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SenseLess posted:By displaying the content of both screens on a single bigger Screen. The 2DS does it...
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Oct 21, 2016 12:31
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Yeah, I'm much more open to Switch than Wii / Wii U. There's not really an obvious downside to this thing. Wii lost be on annoying control schemes, Wii U didn't seem like it had appealing games until fairly recently. If this thing launches with or near a Zelda title and can run ports of the good Wii U games then I can see it doing huge business.
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Oct 21, 2016 12:31
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Cao Ni Ma posted:They really should emphasize this point instead of going "The Switch is primarily a home console!". The thing I'm most looking forward, as a person that hasnt bought a nintendo home console since GC but has kept buying the portable iterations, is a unified system for their first party games. If the Switch fails then there best bet is to just go full 3rd party instead of going back to independent systems. They are about to sell another 5 million 3/2DS consoles with the new Pokemon however, so now's not really the time for this message to come through.
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wicka posted:yep. merging your console and handheld lines so that you only have to support one platform is as close to a pure business decision as you'll ever see from nintendo. there's nothing gimmicky about it. This also means that developers will be more focussed on the singular platform - I'd expect that'll encourage optimsation to a higher standard.
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SenseLess posted:Well i suppose you could display them side by side. True. Actually, portrait mode doesn't work quite perfectly either: 
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Oct 21, 2016 12:38
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 Wondering how is it possible to play Splatoon in portable mode? The gyro controls are what made Splatoon so great for me, I could actually play a console shooter because I really, really suck at aiming with the joysticks.When you Switch to Portable Mode though, wouldn't you be swinging the screen around while you aim? Bird Law fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 12:42
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Depends where the gyros are. If they're in the joycons, you're laughin
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The trailer shows the Splatoon players all using Pro Controllers. If those have gyros this time around, the game should play basically the same.
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