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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Slapping butts is a very Japanese game mechanic. I loaded this post on my 3DS and am caressing it
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Feb 14, 2017 15:49
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Auron posted:This is marketed as a home console first that has the ability to travel. I'd say it's been marketed as a hybrid device that does both. I see people playing it handheld in the marketing way more. So a handheld primarily that can dock to a screen. A handheld considerably more powerful than their hugely successful 3DS. Sounds like a good strategy!
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Feb 14, 2017 15:54
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"Actually the Switch has no 3rd party support and I declare it dead and gay" *Ignores massive list of growing 3rd party Devs releasing big name games*
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Feb 14, 2017 15:57
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Auron posted:This is marketed as a home console first that has the ability to travel.
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Feb 14, 2017 15:57
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Post the list !
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Feb 14, 2017 15:57
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Give me the puyo puyo
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Feb 14, 2017 15:59
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I look forward to receiving my dead gimmick console and playing the poo poo out of it. Getting hyped for Zelda. Honestly I'm really excited just to use the console. I'll probably spend the first hour just loving the dock/ un-dock feeling. Really teasing that dock. Putting the Switch almost all the way in, but at the last second pulling out.
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Feb 14, 2017 15:59
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cant wait for my dead, gay console
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Feb 14, 2017 16:02
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I just can't wait til the narrative goes from "The Switch is dead on arrival" to "The Switch only succeeded because".
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Feb 14, 2017 16:05
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The thing is clearly designed as a handheld. All the guts are in the portable parts of the thing, it had to accept a bunch of design limitations for the sake of portability, and the part that makes it 'a home console' is functionally a charging socket and a TV out. That is why I'm interested in the Switch at all.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:08
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Jonas Albrecht posted:I just can't wait til the narrative goes from "The Switch is dead on arrival" to "The Switch only succeeded because". ........ never the less, Kimishima persisted
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Feb 14, 2017 16:13
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 at the goon calling the Switch's death by gimmick and low power. The Wii U was not abandoned by third party because of its relative low power. It was abandoned because it was very difficult to develop for and had a gimmicky controller that they would have to specifically address. It was also abandoned because of its relatively low install base, not its relatively low power. Why would a developer want to have a very difficult time making a game for just a tiny fraction of their potential customers? Nintendo already discussed Switch development and that it supports Unity and Unreal. They mentioned that it would take less than a year for a team to port over a game made for PC. The console has no obvious gimmick. Portability isn't a gimmick. It's literally just you can use this thing wherever you loving feel like it. Or on a TV if you prefer. A developer doesn't have to do anything to account for that if they don't want to. As far as install base might go, this is still a wait-and-see thing. However, didn't Google Trends just reveal that the phrase "preorder switch" nearly reached PS4 interest, looking back at its preorder phase? https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=pre%20order%20nintendo%20switch,pre%20order%20wii%20u,pre%20order%20PS4,pre%20order%20xbox%20one
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Feb 14, 2017 16:14
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I still think its shining accomplishment is that it is a portable home console. The dock is easy to carry, the controllers are small, and it will travel to (rooftop) parties easily I don't even want to move the Wii U with all the hassle of moving its hard drive, its cables, the console's cables, the Gamepad, its charger and secondary controller chargers, 9 million batteries for your Wii remotes The Switch is the charger for the controllers, has its memory on board, and has just two wires. And all the poo poo works with my phone charger. Beautiful.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:18
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Yeah, I dunno about all the hate. It's going to be fun and convenient.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:18
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Auron posted:An underpowered gimmick console that is already lacking third party support for major titles because its underpowered. lol ok
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Feb 14, 2017 16:19
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Pretty much. Third parties couldn't be arsed to come up with ways to use the Wii U gamepad properly. It was always "I dunno, put a map there" or "it is the inventory screen." Or it was like Bayonetta 2 and it was just exactly what was happening on the TV. Ubisoft tried, bless their hearts, with that thing where you have to look away from the main screen unpaused to fiddle with your inventory, which was a surprisingly creative idea in a survival horror kinda game, but it was still just a menu screen. Almost nobody tried to use its potential for asymmetric multiplayer. Switch, by comparison, has one screen, a relatively sane controller layout (insert 12-page derail about d-pads here), and its most complicated features appear to be tilt controls and HD Rumble, both of which are extremely optional. It also supports Unity and Unreal Engine out of the gate.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:21
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my screen protector will be woven from the flesh of the first born children of day1 xbone purchasers
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Feb 14, 2017 16:21
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Macintosh HD posted:The Wii U was not abandoned by third party because of its relative low power. It was abandoned because it was very difficult to develop for and had a gimmicky controller that they would have to specifically address. It was also abandoned because of its relatively low install base, not its relatively low power. Why would a developer want to have a very difficult time making a game for just a tiny fraction of their potential customers? Uh, the low power was a huge part of developers staying away. It meant the big multiplats they had on deck for 2013 and onward literally couldn't run on the thing. Instead of adding the WiiU to the pile of platforms to put out a binary for, they'd have to build special WiiU "exclusives" to put out anything for the thing that wasn't a reheated last-gen port.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:21
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my backup screen protector will be a force barrier projected from a stealth satellite
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Feb 14, 2017 16:22
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I know that rooftop parties is a joke but I live in a great neighborhood and know a few people with rooftop access that would love to play 1, 2 Switch while we drink.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:22
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deadly_pudding posted:Pretty much. Third parties couldn't be arsed to come up with ways to use the Wii U gamepad properly. It was always "I dunno, put a map there" or "it is the inventory screen." To be fair that was true of Nintendo most of the time, too.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:23
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Macintosh HD posted:
LOL You're wrong. It was absolutely abandoned because of its abysmal power first and foremost, and also because it was a bitch to develop for. It wasn't even possible to neuter games enough to make a playable port on the Wii U for major third party titles. Square has already come out and said they have no interest in porting FFXV because it would be completely gutted/unplayable.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:27
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Dirt and grit usually have a hardness of 9, which will scratch just about everything.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:27
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Auron posted:LOL Well, I said my piece and that will be all from me about it. It's obvious that no one agrees with what you're trying to add to the discussion here. EDIT: To help the thread out a bit, here's an actual quote from the folks at Square Enix about FFXV. http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/08/final-fantasy-xv-director-says-no-plans-for-nintendo-switch-version quote:There are no plans, it wouldn't run…" Tabata told DualShockers when asked if there's a possibility that Final Fantasy XV would release for Nintendo Switch. When pressed further about whether or not the game could run on the console, Tabata said "it might run," but the team hasn't "conducted the proper tests on whether it would run properly on Switch or not." As such, he said he couldn't provide a definitive answer. Macintosh HD fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 16:30
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Macintosh HD posted:Well, I said my piece and that will be all from me about it. It's obvious that no one agrees with what you're trying to add to the discussion here. I agree with them. Putting out a last-gen console when all the third parties were gearing up for the next gen absolutely hosed the WiiU. This is so well established I'm honestly not sure how you're arguing against it.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:34
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Macintosh HD posted:Well, I said my piece and that will be all from me about it. It's obvious that no one agrees with what you're trying to add to the discussion here. Well that's horseshit because the guy above quoted you as well and agreed with what I said. You can't deny the specs of the Wii U were incapable of handling major third party releases. They're having a hard enough time getting them to run on Xbox One without neutering graphics fidelity completely, and the XOne is infinitely more powerful than the Wii U.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:35
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third party games don't go to Nintendo consoles because they never have, ever, the universal constant Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom Let it be
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Feb 14, 2017 16:36
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Enjoy your first party Nintendo games and low budget Japanese mobile games and stop worrying about Watch Dogs 2
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Feb 14, 2017 16:37
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Bass Bottles posted:Enjoy your first party Nintendo games and low budget Japanese mobile games and stop worrying about Watch Dogs 2 Unironically this. I swear this is the only thread that doesn't roll its eyes at "Unity support!" TheScott2K fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 16:38
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Bass Bottles posted:Enjoy your first party Nintendo games and low budget Japanese mobile games and stop worrying about Watch Dogs 2 I absolutely enjoy Nintendo games, that's not the point I'm arguing. Those alone aren't enough to make a console successful anymore. Case in point : Wii U
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Feb 14, 2017 16:39
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TheScott2K posted:I agree with them. Putting out a last-gen console when all the third parties were gearing up for the next gen absolutely hosed the WiiU. This is so well established I'm honestly not sure how you're arguing against it. Auron posted:Well that's horseshit because the guy above quoted you as well and agreed with what I said. You can't deny the specs of the Wii U were incapable of handling major third party releases. They're having a hard enough time getting them to run on Xbox One without neutering graphics fidelity completely, and the XOne is infinitely more powerful than the Wii U. Fair enough
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Feb 14, 2017 16:41
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Auron posted:I absolutely enjoy Nintendo games, that's not the point I'm arguing. Those alone aren't enough to make a console successful anymore. Case in point : Wii U One way or another, the Nintendo's Witch will settle that debate.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:43
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Infinitum posted:
lelandjs posted:Preorder from GameStop now to get the special Zelda missions DLC and the Zora tunic at launch! Well gently caress me
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Feb 14, 2017 16:45
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The Season Pass for Hyrule Warriors added "one map and two characters" per update, and holy hell were those maps enormous. I'm optimistic about Zelda DLC. Also, I imagine that most (but not all!) game releases could have been optimized for the Wii U, but most developers were just all  .
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Feb 14, 2017 16:48
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lelandjs posted:Well gently caress me I don't get it.
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Feb 14, 2017 16:51
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Jonas Albrecht posted:I don't get it. I joked about BotW DLC and they're actually doing it, and some of the the stuff in the DLC lines up with what I joked it would have. I didn't think I was gonna be close to the truth. [Edit: Thankfully I was wrong about the retailer exclusives)
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Feb 14, 2017 16:56
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"Nintendo Switch is a big gay dead console for babies. Nintendo never do anything right" *Literally has its rival from the original console war developing titles for it like the whipped bitch they are*
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Feb 14, 2017 17:00
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:A while back I experimented on some broken phones and tried to scratch the screens, and couldn't do it with a serrated scuba diving knife or steel wool. The only things I had that could put scuffs on the screen were coarse metal polishing compound and ceramic files with synthetic sapphire. If you are scratching modern touchscreens on accident, you are doing some insane loving poo poo. You don't honestly think the screen is an expensive-rear end Sapphire or Gorilla Glass screen do you? Excited that we're getting DLC for Zelda, also, god drat it GameStop and your pre-order bullshit.
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Feb 14, 2017 17:02
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How hard is Link in hard mode?
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If you consider the switch as a hybridisation of the 3DS and Wii U ideas, rather than a Wii U successor, it looks a lot more promising. Factor in that there will be launch Zelda and eventually a mainline Pokemon game on the Switch, install base is guaranteed. If there's a slow launch, that means early adopters get a few freebies, Kimishima gets a temporary paycut and there's a new price point in a year.
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