Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Cobalt
"So, if we add to this, that the gamepad is a key element to X and the Switch is not able to handle 2 screens at the same time... hummmm yeah, it will be too difficult to port X on the Switch..."

Nintendo can Always find a solution to make Dual screen become 1 screen.

Don't make an excuse to defend Wii U too much.

And btw, you still not answering my question about your complaints against port games on Switch.

“Scale down”?

I don’t think you know what that word actually means. Xenoblade 2 being more “compact” is clearly a design choice by Monolith, just like the original was and how X was. Nothing wrong with that btw. It brings along its own strengths and weaknesses.

@Ralizah The digital version didn't use the data packs so maybe they could do the same with Switch.

personally I always though paying for DLC upgrade packs was a ripoff, most usually charge $15-$20 and what you get was usually not worth more than $5, I'm glad most games on Switch have stopped the paid DLC upgrade packs

Does anyone know why Penguin Wars was a retail exclusive? I bought it at a Best Buy and I didn’t obtain any golden coins from it and looked for the page on the Nintendo EShop.. and there was none.

I finished Bayonetta, very good game and my favourite chapter was by far Chapter 14. I wish difficulty was handled better though as forcing automatic on lower difficulties makes the game too easy (easy without automatic would've probably been the best difficulty for a first playthrough) but apparently Bayonetta 2 fixes the difficulty issue.

@Grumblevolcano

So I guess that you're gonna play Bayonetta 2 now ?
If that's the case, I'd like to show you something to encourage you to play the best way as you can...
Because that game is just MARVELOUS !

Youtubers Life is coming to Switch.
https://nintendoeverything.com/youtubers-life-omg-edition-com...

Wow !!
Is it fun as The Sims games ?
Hm.... whom Youtuber i will gonna be ?

Reminds me, I still want a Switch Youtube app

@Ralizah The optional data packs weren't even extra data. All of that was on the disc. The whole point of the downloads was accelerated loading times by storing an uncompressed version of it on a faster HDD than on the slow optical disc, thus freeing p CPU for decompression as well. So if you're using the original version you need only the disc content, and I'm pretty sure there was redundant content on the disc, or if using the uncompressed version you'd need to take the download bpacks but subtract an unknown quantity of unused disc content.

@Tsurii Because the internet.

@NEStalgia Optical media is pretty outdated at this point.

@Tsurii

@Ralizah Sure, I mean other than that PS4 and X1 and PC and all movies still use it, it's totally outdated

I see what you mean but it's quite dominant

I don't think cartridges will ever return to being the norm, gaming outside of devices that can function as a handheld will probably continue being discs until digital/streaming only is an option.

They should switch discs out for some sort of USB type of physical media. that'd be pretty neat. But I'd never go full digital, as long as there's physical options.

@subpopz Isn't that the whole point of optical media? Getting data to customers in an inexpensive way.

@subpopz Me too. But, of course...it's cheap....so.....

I mean companies won't buy the right sized Switch card for a few bucks. Imagine telling them to drop optical entirely (unless moving them to digital only.)

Didn't PCs mostly ditch optical media anyway? I don't see a lot of PCs with a disc drive anymore.