Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

My direct prediction? Wednesday 26th august.

@Dezzy cough cough XC DE cough cough

Well ok tbf it's a remaster and not a port and it runs in 720p most of the time in docked mode but I think since it's a wii remaster it could do so much better especially in handheld-mode which is really aweful (just like XC2)

@mariomaster96

Yep, and if you go in the Xenoblade thread, you'll see I was pretty vocal about how disappointing that resolution was. They should've been able to manage more.

But that said, it's definitely not a "port". They did make quite a lot of graphical upgrades to Xenoblade. That's not what I'm expecting with the Galaxy games or Prime Trilogy. I think those probably will be straight ports just rendered at higher resolution.
So I think it's fair to expect 1080p 60fps from those!

I honestly can't tell much difference between 720p and 1080p.

@LzWinky

I can! It's really noticeable to me how much sharper an image looks at 1080p. 720p looks fuzzy on my monitor. I do play games on my computer monitor though, so I'm sitting less than a meter away.

i do predict that the Direct will happen this week, and it will be amazing!

There is 1 big advantage to the info drought, Nintendo's finally giving Xenoblade the attention it deserves. If there were more announcements, Nintendo would've likely stopped promoting XCDE about 3 months ago.

@Grumblevolcano yeah that's really nice, I think they even advertise XC DE more than Paper Mario which is interessting considering Paper Mario released after XC DE and would also appeal to more people than a JRPG

Just give me jump rope challenge deluxe already!

@Dezzy it's 2020. 720p docked shouldn't even be a thing.

If that new console rumour is true, I'm guessing they'll announce it in this Direct. I've always thought it made sense to release a PRO version to correspond with the PS5/XSX launch, even if it's mostly just a symbollic "we're still competitive with hardware (even though we're mostly not)" kind of gesture.

Although I thought they'd do it for christmas, so they could act as if they're competing for the attention of potential hardware buyers.

I'd almost definitely sell my current Switch and upgrade to a Pro version if it meant being able to play all of their major games in 1080p.

Yes, thank you Justin Trudeau. But this isn't a reason. As graphics improve over time, the pressure to keep resolution and framerate low, continually resets itself. So the year is meaningless. All that matters is what graphical level they're trying to render, on what hardware.

@Dezzy once 4k tv's became the standard at stores then consoles should have bare minimum quality of 1080p. I had to give up playing my switch on tv and move to a computer monitor but even monitors are now moving quickly to 4k.

@sixrings

Lol I just bought a tiny 540p monitor!

@Dezzy perfect for crafted world and xenoblade chronicles

@sixrings

I use it for when I'm on the exercise bike, so only tend to play fast-paced games in that situation. Trying to play a JRPG whilst cycling quickly is basically impossible. Your brain starts refusing to do 2 things that have such a different pace to them.

Unless the rumored Switch Pro has a new analog mechanism to replace the joy-con and reduce the likelihood for joy-con drift, I view it as a pointless product to be excited about. A slight bump in power might make a select few games look or run better. But developers will still target the Switch Lite as a baseline for development.

I was able to correct my Joycon issue with a qtip and alcohol...

@damien33ad I can't imagine that'd happen, but it'd be great. Still baffles me that they made GBA games playable on a home console, but not on a portable console that's more than powerful enough to run them.

@rockodoodle Ditto. I corrected a friend's joycon drift with the same method.

@damien33ad If you own a 3DS, Nintnedo basically remastered Luigi's Mansion on that.

There are so many sensible things Nintendo could do that they choose not to do.

I think Game Boy and then GBA will probably be added to the service before N64. Much as I hate portbegging and people who do it, more people should get the chance to play the Super Mario Bros. 3 World e levels.