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link3710

@VoidofLight Yeah, OG Gen 4 (Diamond and Pearl) were horrendously slow, but that was fixed in Platinum. In general, Gen IV started out super rough and bleh compared to most gens, but all the Platinum changes make it one of my favorites. Upgraded trainer rosters, significantly expanded Pokedex (notably DP doesn't have fire types outside of the starters... Despite having a fire type gym leader), a significant difficulty increase, better routing, a more sensible story etc.

...which is another reason why I don't have faith in the remakes, but that's neither here nor there. We shall see how much of Platinums QoL fixes and additional content are maintained.

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BongoBongo

So how far are we stretching the definition of “26 May”?

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VoidofLight

@BongoBongo It's safe to say that there's probably no Nintendo at e3 announcement today. Nintendo never really makes announcements this late.

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jedgamesguy

BongoBongo wrote:

So how far are we stretching the definition of “26 May”?

I never believed that. But it’s almost 10pm right now on the West Coast so maybe Nintendo’s doing a sneaky midnight reveal?

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VoidofLight

It's safe to say that the 26th of May rumor was 100% false, given that it's now the 27th, and Nintendo didn't announce anything at all yesterday.

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VoidofLight

I still don’t buy that Nintendo would be dumb enough to release a big new console iteration during a literal chip drought, allowing the scalpers to take as much as they want.. but it’ll be ironic to see this forum, and nintendo youtubers go insane when they realize you can’t even buy the consoles.

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jump

@BongoBongo shares prices are not actually directly connected to the company’s performance. If they have gone share prices are rising so a new Switch is coming then they are rubbish analysts since the (empty or otherwise) rumours would have the same effect of rising shares.

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skywake

BongoBongo wrote:

The Switch Pro rumours are starting to sound a bit more credible:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-27/nintendo-p...

Apparently an announcement pre E3 - this analysis appears to be mainly based off recent share price rises so obviously not conclusive.

If you read the article it's not. Their source is "people familiar with the matter" which, frankly, is about all you can ever get before an official announcement. The comment about the share price isn't really anything more than proof that people are willing to put money on the line for it. Presumably because people with money have their own "people familiar with the matter" who are relaying to them the good news of "decent supply for a Switch revision coming soon".

Basically, Bloomberg's source is saying the announcement is imminent. Which in itself is a pretty good indication because if it's not then they'll have egg on their face. Then separately people with money are agreeing with Bloomberg's assessment because, at this point, the Switch Pro is a secret to everybody

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BongoBongo

@skywake yes - your points are all fair. I was trying to make the point that it should be taken with a grain of salt but didn’t use the best reason why.

If this is true then surely there needs to be a flagship game released same time (or shorty after) to encourage people to get it - otherwise the only reason I need a new switch right now is I wouldn’t mind slightly better battery life (as I have the original switch). Zelda would be the obvious choice if ready but could it be something else we have not yet heard about?

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link3710

@Balta666 Not necessarily. If the chip goes through another die shrink (like the 2019 silent revision), it's quite possible it'll have better battery life on comparable games and settings. Plus, the rumors of it having a less energy using screen would also help.

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skywake

BongoBongo wrote:

If this is true then surely there needs to be a flagship game released same time (or shorty after) to encourage people to get it - otherwise the only reason I need a new switch right now is I wouldn’t mind slightly better battery life (as I have the original switch). Zelda would be the obvious choice if ready but could it be something else we have not yet heard about?

I guess we'll find out soon enough the specifics of the hardware change. But given the change in the landscape since 2017 there are a few very, very likely things. Things I've gone into a bit on other threads already.

OLED is heavily rumoured which, if they go this route, would suggest HDR being part of the picture. There also suggestions of "4K output" on the dock which is basically marketing speak for HDMI 2.0 which also means HDR. So HDR, if I was a gambler I'd put some money on this being a large part of the appeal

Ontop of this we've seen a dramatic drop in the cost of NAND Flash and a dramatic increase in speed. So it wouldn't be much of a stretch for there to be more than 32GB of faster internal storage. Less exciting but something of note, faster load times would definitely be a nice plus.

Others have pointed out a die shrink so lower power consumption. But this could also mean better thermals, higher clocks and higher performance particularly in portable mode. There's also DLSS which basically didn't exist in 2017 but is now pretty mature. This could also give a bit more performance headroom and reduce power consumption.

As for games.... Breath of the Wild 2, Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 don't have dates. We've basically seen nothing from these games. Now I think Metroid Prime 4 is not that game but Breath of the Wild 2 definitely could be. Bayonetta 3 could also push the hardware. If HDR is really the push? You don't even need a powerhouse game. Some game set in space would probably work to push the idea of deep blacks and bright highlights. And it just happens that there's also a 2D Metroid rumoured in this latest batch of leaks.

Just saying.

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Joe-b

@Slowdive does anyone wish Sonic would just go away? Even as a Sega fan boy from the 80's I think he needs to go. But unfortunately Sega will let their awesome catalog of games just sit there and keep releasing sonic games.

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jump

@Joe-b Sonic wasn't around in the 80s ;p

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Buizel

@Joe-b We've hardly been overloaded with Sonic games recently. The last main-series Sonic game was almost 4 years ago...

Unless you count Sonic 1 and 2 re-releases. Those are definitely overdone.

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