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.
If it was powerful enough to make everything in handheld run at 720p and everything in docked run at 1080p, that'd be worth it in my opinion.
I was thinking GBA this year but SNES progress has been so slow (compared to NES where the vast majority of notable games were obtained in 7 months), I have a feeling we could get another year of only NES and SNES. So like perhaps the big reason to renew is SNES games that should've appeared months ago like the rest of the DKC trilogy, Super Mario RPG, Earthbound, etc.
I hope it's true this time. Then they can make Deluxe versions of Pokemon Sword and Shield, Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Smash Ultimate, 3D World, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, and Skyward Sword and sell them for $90 a piece instead of a mere $80.
I hope it's true this time. Then they can make Deluxe versions of Pokemon Sword and Shield, Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Smash Ultimate, 3D World, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, and Skyward Sword and sell them for $90 a piece instead of a mere $80.
I'm looking forward to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Deluxe. Hopefully more tracks this time and not just three item slots.
I can't even imagine what a deluxe version of Sword would look like. 128x128 resolution textures on trees? Actually seeing berry trees before you cycle into them?
I reckon they would just mix up the roster of Pokes and add a single new legendary.
It’s obvious that the Switch upgrade will be a streaming service using the amazingly reliable Nintendo servers we all know and love, and they’ll be entirely based in a single bedroom apartment in Japan.
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Also, with a little bit of work, you can hack it and import your own GBA ROMs.
There are so many sensible things Nintendo could do that they choose not to do.
Yep, the 3DS runs GBA games natively, but they just didn't bother to release any. Likewise the Wii U runs Gamecube games natively, but they just didn't bother to release any.
Nintendo are really good at sucking on these issues.
You should never be in a situation where you need to illegally mod a console to unleash its full potential.
Those were both ports, not actual gamecube games. I mean the Wii U actually runs gamecube games directly. The modders figured this out pretty early on, and yet Nintendo did absolutely nothing with it. They could've easily had half the Gamecube library available for digital on the eshop.
I don't think the games were ports though. If they ran natively, there's nothing to port. I mean, they were remastered; they increased resolution, textures, etc. But was there really any porting necessary?
Well the term "port" usually just means you transfer the original game code into a new engine that runs on the new platform.
So remasters are mostly ports as well, they're just visually improved ports.
The term "native" is confusing on the Wii U, because it had the inbuilt Wii for backcompatibility. The gamecube games run natively on the virtual Wii, but not on the base Wii U.
@Dezzy I believe the virtual Wii was just a lazy solution to work around the different controller inputs. So instead of coming up with a solution to control the Wii U dashboard with the Wiimotes, they just chuck you into an actual Wii menu. Either way, all three systems were just beefed up versions of the last one. I think the GameCube code can run natively on a Wii U, but maybe I'm wrong.
If it is tomorrow, would it be before Gamescon .... ? Since that seems to be the XBox event & presumably some other stuff! Guess we'll find out soon enough in that case
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