Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@NEStalgia "Engineers and scientists exist to destroy the world"

No, we don't. That would be investors. It's the bean counters that run research and products into the ground. Cutting corners, rejecting revisions, cutting funding...all for profit.

@Ryu_Niiyama Yeah yeah, I’m still keeping an eye on you, Lena. You may have Wally fooled, but not me. 😛

@HobbitGamer I am certain that I set you up for a fantastic joke. However I must apologize but I don't understand the reference. I know it kills the humor to explain a joke but would you mind throwing me a life preserver?

@Ryu_Niiyama Haha, yeppers. It’s from the Dilbert comic/cartoon. Lena was a lead engineer that was feared for her ruthlessness and had her own legends. Lena and Dilbert were competing to release a product, and she used rally tactics to mindwash everyone but Alice against Dilbert.
Dogbert saved the day for his own humor, though.

@HobbitGamer haha, ah I gotcha. That would be the Integration Specialist here then. She apparently scares a bunch of people here. Not me since she is just a grumpy introvert (I am a polite introvert) so I find it funny. I've never been a newspaper comics kinda gal. I think I'm slightly too young for it to have caught on but old enough that I prefer books as my media consumption of choice...well baring games of course. (Although I spend more time ranting about plot holes than gaming really, ask NEStalgia. You get me on an Assassin's Creed rant and I'll text wall for days. )

I just fix the broken stuff. ...well except when our software vendor breaks stuff. Then I mumble under my breath and wish I could fix the broken stuff. Anyway, the sentiment behind your joke was amusing. So thank you for explaining.

Wii U has a system update out now!

@NEStalgia
That's all true... IF you completely ignore Nintendo's (growing) mobile presence.

Yes, it's not that big a difference overall. Not at all gamebreaking or enough to ruin the experience.
The Wii U was quite a lot worse at launch, but the various patches have reduced those issues. The remaining issues are just in the main towns. I think Gerudo town is the only one that runs at constant 30fps on the Wii U. The others all have noticeable drops. Whereas they're all more or less perfect on Switch. Korok forest is bad still but then I hardly ever go there!

I didn't intend to portray it as a major issue though. It's definitely not. But given that I owned the Wii U version, so could sell it on ebay for pretty much the same price I got the Switch version for, it's absolutely worth the upgrade. Especially when you include the higher resolution and portability.

Ouch. Quite a downgrade.

Hardly a fair comparison considering the Switch is about a quarter as powerful as a PS4 Pro.

Edit: Actually it's worse than that. PS4 Pro's memory bandwidth is 217GB/s while the Switch's is 25GB/s, nearly a tenth as powerful.

@Magician even so theres a clear difference. Pritty sure base PS4 is the same as pro just at 1080p rather than 4k. Gotta be honest the switch version looks like a 3DS game.

I really hardly noticed the difference in the video .... Thing is, this sort of game really should run perfectly well on Switch If it really is running noticeably worse, I'd wonder why

@BruceCM -rolls eyes-

Which tells me that you either don't remember what 3DS games look like, or you're exaggerating for effect.

There's a noticeable downgrade, but it still looks like the same game. The most notable change is to the way environments are lit, interestingly.

Wouldn’t be a downgrade to me, since I don’t have a (insert comparison platform), just my Switch. So there’s that to consider.

Still looks good to me. As long as the framerate doesn't chug I'll be fine. I won't get it until the end of the year though. Not a 'vania fan in general.

As long as it plays well. No one in their right mind is expecting PS4 Pro performance on a Switch right? Surely.

The switch port should absolutely not have to be downgraded like that for a game with that kind of graphic. It isn't like it is a graphical marvel or anything.