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The latest reporting makes it sound like the "upgrade" version will mostly just have a better screen. I could see them phasing out the original model to sell a portable 3DS-replacement model and an XL version for people that mostly play on their couch
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:How has everyone neglected to mention that Shakedown Hawaii got a release date and that release date is 2 weeks from now!!! Currently watching this on twitch, and the game is really rad. Systems on systems that look fun to do, funny engaging(though at first glance narratively confusing) writing, and a fully destructible open world. Gonna be the best GTA in years.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:24
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wasn't this shown to be actually bullshit? I thought I saw a video or read an article explaining what the ram expansion was, and why it wasn't literally more RAM, but maybe I'm misremembering. It really does double the amount of available RAM. You may be thinking of the Donkey Kong 64 cockup where they had to package the expansion with the game even though it shouldn't have required it, because it was programmed like poo poo and would randomly crash without the expansion installed and nobody could figure out why.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:25
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wasn't this shown to be actually bullshit? I thought I saw a video or read an article explaining what the ram expansion was, and why it wasn't literally more RAM, but maybe I'm misremembering. It really added ram, which some games really used, but it was BS that DK64 needed it. If you bypass the check it runs just fine without it. They packed it in and required it because the game had a memory leak they couldn't find that would crash it in a couple hours. With the extra ram it took significantly longer to crash. So they just did that.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:26
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Andrast posted:They need to update the old games to take advantage of it allowing for better performance and implementing better performance are two very different things Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wasn't this shown to be actually bullshit? I thought I saw a video or read an article explaining what the ram expansion was, and why it wasn't literally more RAM, but maybe I'm misremembering.  e: beaten on sick dk lore
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Apr 24, 2019 19:27
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Yeah, ok, it definitely was the DK64 thing I was thinking of. All good. Thanks, the 3 of you. No joke, I love it when multiple people answer my question, because a lot of the times, slightly different details are given, and it just fleshes out the answer.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:30
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bushisms.txt posted:Gonna be the only GTA in years.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:32
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A more contrasty screen would go a long way on the Switch. Boldly colored Nintendo games tend to look good on it, but when you get into dank third-party stuff like, say, Dragon's Dogma and Mortal Kombat, it's really not up to it, unless you're playing in the dark with the brightness turned all the way up. Like, I recently upgraded to a current iPhone, and holy crap, now that is a screen. I don't expect them to go that crazy, but there's clearly room for improvement.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:39
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:They packed it in and required it because the game had a memory leak they couldn't find that would crash it in a couple hours. With the extra ram it took significantly longer to crash. So they just did that. Ah, my day job. We're up to 16GB-by-default now.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:42
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Shart Carbuncle posted:A more contrasty screen would go a long way on the Switch. Boldly colored Nintendo games tend to look good on it, but when you get into dank third-party stuff like, say, Dragon's Dogma and Mortal Kombat, it's really not up to it, unless you're playing in the dark with the brightness turned all the way up. it's the first Switch game I play that's actually hard to make out even with the screen brightness set to full, and the ingame brightness setting only washes out the colors and doesn't really help
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Apr 24, 2019 19:43
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Your Computer posted:I was thinking the same, since I'm playing Dragon's Dogma At the very least future switch screens need to be better at reducing glare and being used in even medium light situations outside.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:46
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Vegastar posted:Yes, yes and yes. How timely. Me in the last 6 weeks “Diablo III on my Switch is awesome but I wish I could be a shootyman > Yeah this Division 2 game is awesome but I can’t take my PS4 on the road > Hrmmm. What about that Warframe thingy?” Yeah I could have gone from DIII to Warframe but I’m glad I got the division 2 it’s fun. Wish borderlands was on switch but this is good.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:47
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Pop-in for Dragon's Dogma is a bit severe. I'm talking like, "turn a corner and watch a box and an NPC load 10 feet in front of you" bad. Not detracting from my enjoyment but man I haven't seen anything like this in a while.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:51
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I don't understand how my copy of Dragon's Dogma went from being in the carrier facility in my town yesterday to halfway across the country now but ok.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:59
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:It really added ram, which some games really used, but it was BS that DK64 needed it. If you bypass the check it runs just fine without it. They packed it in and required it because the game had a memory leak they couldn't find that would crash it in a couple hours. With the extra ram it took significantly longer to crash. So they just did that. I love this story so much, has anyone ever figured out what caused this? Is the leak still a thing in emulated version of the game?
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Apr 24, 2019 19:59
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s.i.r.e. posted:I love this story so much, has anyone ever figured out what caused this? Is the leak still a thing in emulated version of the game? I don't know if it was ever revealed or discovered what exactly caused it, it's just some kind of memory leak that takes longer to crash with the expansion pack
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Apr 24, 2019 20:06
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Shammypants posted:At the very least future switch screens need to be better at reducing glare and being used in even medium light situations outside. Yeah the screen on the switch is honestly kind of poo poo. Selling a revision with a better screen as a selling point doesn't seem like it would many units compared to it just being cheaper so I doubt they are going to do that though.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:07
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s.i.r.e. posted:I love this story so much, has anyone ever figured out what caused this? Is the leak still a thing in emulated version of the game? Assuming an accurate emulator, yes. The Virtual Console version still crashes if you play it for long enough, and it's actually more common for a player to run into it there since you can suspend the game's state between sessions instead of "powering off".
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Apr 24, 2019 20:10
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I think the Switch screen is fine but I've never actually taken it out of the house.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:11
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Andrast posted:Yeah the screen on the switch is honestly kind of poo poo. This is around the point in a console's lifecycle where they drop the price, so an upgraded screen could just give them an excuse to hold the MSRP at $300 for another few years
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Apr 24, 2019 20:18
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Detective No. 27 posted:I don't understand how my copy of Dragon's Dogma went from being in the carrier facility in my town yesterday to halfway across the country now but ok. Buddy, DO NOT hold out on where we can get Goldeneye on the Switch.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:30
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Assuming an accurate emulator, yes. The Virtual Console version still crashes if you play it for long enough, and it's actually more common for a player to run into it there since you can suspend the game's state between sessions instead of "powering off". Oh that's beautiful, how long does it take for it to happen?
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Apr 24, 2019 20:36
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I want to say it's a single digit number of hours. I got to see the crash in person when the game was new at a friend's house when we stayed up all night playing it.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:40
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Two Worlds when Nintendo? I want to explore the taint.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:46
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Pablo Nergigante posted:I think the Switch screen is fine but I've never actually taken it out of the house. yeah it really suffers out of doors or under a break room's harsh unforgiving fluorescent lighting
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Apr 24, 2019 20:48
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:I want to say it's a single digit number of hours. I got to see the crash in person when the game was new at a friend's house when we stayed up all night playing it. That really isn't that long, I'm wondering if this is a Rare thing because I think Banjo-Kazooie has something similar, but you have to leave the game running for hours and it starts to develop a lot of graphical issues for some reason but I don't think it crashes.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:50
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morestuff posted:an XL version for people that mostly play on their couch I have good news for those people. 
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Apr 24, 2019 20:52
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indigi posted:yeah it really suffers out of doors or under a break room's harsh unforgiving fluorescent lighting so it’s like a goon
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Apr 24, 2019 20:54
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Yeah the switch screen is pretty lame for a portable. Dragons dogma is pretty washed out looking in particular but I found the same with BOTW. I think Mario odyssey and kart look amazing handheld though. Remember the OLED Vita 
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Apr 24, 2019 21:14
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Hahaha figured out Prison all on my own and I feel like a loving genius!!! Such a good game.
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Apr 24, 2019 21:17
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The Switch XL doesn't have the girth I require. I need the Switch Magnum.
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Hi Thread! My amazing and awesome wife surprised me with a Switch, a copy of Zelda Breath of The Wilde, And a Zelda Theme carrying case for my Birthday! Yes she's the best ever and I don't know how I'm going to top it for her birthday.. ..anyway, I guess I'm a member of the club now! I was thinking of getting a 128gb Sandisk and memory card. Was thinking of also getting Smash and Mario Kart and a Pro Controller. I saw that Cuphead is now on Switch! How is the port? I played it some at my buddie's on his PS4, I figure it would be a nature fit on a switch given it's portability. I take Metro to work, so I am stoked to start playing games on my ride home, and then seamlessly plug it right into my TV. Any other suggestions for peripherals not already mentioned in the OP? Thanks!
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Apr 24, 2019 21:45
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Apr 24, 2019 21:49
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Cuphead port is flawless by all accounts. Come back in three months when you've sunk 200+ hours into BotW and we'll give you some new game recommendations!
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Apr 24, 2019 21:51
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Breath of the Wild gets a VR mode starting tomorrow if you want to get the $40 VR starter kit
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Apr 24, 2019 22:03
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How on earth did you play Cuphead on PS4.
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Apr 24, 2019 22:12
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Pablo Nergigante posted:How on earth did you play Cuphead on PS4. Really carefully!
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Pablo Nergigante posted:How on earth did you play Cuphead on PS4. Chromecast to PS4 + Xbox Live app
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Apr 24, 2019 22:19
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Pablo Nergigante posted:How on earth did you play Cuphead on PS4. Controls seemed to work fine ? That said we died...a lot. But I'm told that is normal so  Anyway I haven't played a Zelda game since Ocarina of Time (I replayed link to the past on SNES classic tho) so I'm pretty stoked!
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Breath of the Wild gets a VR mode starting tomorrow if you want to get the $40 VR starter kit I totally forgot about this, and never even built the Blaster in my Starter Kit, wonder if I'll ever bother now.
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