Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@dtjive As far as I see, no serious sources suggest 4K, and only the most implausible rumors dare to propose it.

@BiasedSonyFan One possibility is that the Home Console version of NX will function as the SCD with the Handheld version, for whatever it's actually used.

Hnnnngh... we're a month overdue with the NX news. It will be super-lame and disconcerting if there's no NX announcements by the end of Tuesday, let alone the week's end.

Because historically Nintendo haven't chased graphical fidelity, seem to generally want to cater to mass market thus slapping on 4k sends a mixed message, have explicitly stated that for them it isn't about power and graphics. Finally almost all rumours seem to point to it being an underpowered machine with 1080p resolution at best.

It might mean 4k or HDR entertainment streaming like new xbox slim. So that's Netflix, Amazon and such. Not games

@dtjive I've said this before, but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't include HDMI 2.0. You don't have to use it, just support it. HDR support would be appreciated though. I don't need Nintendo games running at 4K personally, and I don't think we're getting that at all. But HDMI 2.0 is pretty standard today, so I don't see any reason why they wouldn't support it.

People seem to forget that pixel resolution and graphical fidelity (or complexity) are two entirely separate things. Theoretically you could have extremely complex graphics & lighting that resemble offline rendered CG, and do that at 1080p or even 720p resolution, yet graphics would still be an order of magnitude better than your typical PC game run at 4K resolution.

Every week seems to be rumoured as the week the NX will be revealed. I believe it when it's official.

Regardless of the actual reveal, the investor meeting should shed some type of light on Nintendos going ons for early next year at least.

And Emily Rogers predicted an October reveal so her saying it's either this week or the last week possible in October is expected.

@MarcelRguez I'm sure as well, though I'm more leaning towards any information coming from the investor meeting

Clearly she's dying to talk about the imminent theme park reveal.

Seriously, Miyamoto was spotted filming something at Universal Orlando recently. We could get a concept reveal in a video announcement. Would be pretty exciting.

(Yes, I'm aware she's probably referring to NX).

The NX is going to be called the Iwata. You use two controls, both of which are bananas called Please and Understand, and gesticulation and staring at them is how you use the tech.

Hey, its better than what my uni says which is we wont mention Nintendo, its irrelevant.

Oh, wow.
They either know something or they got some cojones.

Not that much of an investment honestly. They could give away those terrible Animal Crossing ones that are pretty cheap nowadays, haha. They could last a while I'm sure

I really hope at least if the reveal doesnt happen this week that we will get a reveal date maybe. I would be alright with that cause it's at least something. Nintendo has been leaving us in the dark for a while now and I completely understand why they have been doing so. Nothing will make the NX arrive sooner but maybe would ease some hearts with some information soon. I know that Nintendo needs sales more than anything when this platform launches. 13 million just isnt going to cut it by a long shot. I don't think they will get wii sales but if they can double the Wii U sales Id say thats a big improvement over it.

@Moshugan Cue Nintendo delaying the NX until an unknown date

See, I never get this. It just isn't true. Nintendo, for the majority of its lifetime, HAS pursued "graphical fidelity."

-NES: Against Atari and a few others to create games with enough graphics that the player could actually distinguish the story and what was happening
-SNES: The classic war against SEGA, each system striving to tout more "bits" and processing power. The FX chip for certain SNES games was a HUGE deal. I remember getting an entire VHS in the mail from Nintendo Power detailing the development of Donkey Kong Country and the lengths they went to for the graphics.
-N64: Nintendo's push into 3D gaming. Sure, they stayed with the cartridge, but they were pushing their games into the 3rd dimension right along with Sony.
-GameCube: As we know, the most powerful console of its generation.

The ONLY TWO that haven't followed that trend are the Wii and Wii U. So I'll never understand where you people come off with the "Nintendo has never been about graphics/power/etc." line. It's just factually incorrect. You're either willfully ignoring the past or you didn't live through it.

That's the Xbox. Of course, not denying the GC was powerful.

In terms of being serious about running games at those resolutions? Definitely. And I think it's a smart move on their part even if it annoys the tech enthusiasts. But in a slightly different sense I think there's a bit of a difference between now an 10 years ago.

In 2006 the Wii launched with composite cables in the box. Which was ok because it was a standard def system and HDMI was still an enthusiast level thing. Technically when the Wii launched the only console to have a HDMI port was the PS3. And I know I don't speak for everyone but I personally had my Wii plugged into a CRT until early 2008.

Compare that to now. If the NX connects to your TV it's going to need HDMI and HDMI is the connector for both 1080p and UHD. So it's a little bit different than it was in 2006. In 2006 they either included HDMI and supported HD resolutions or they didn't and at best kinda fudged it with Composite and VGA. In 2016 they're going to include HDMI whether they want UHD or not. And UHD streaming support? All they need to do is use the newest revision of HDMI.....

So Emily Rogers is adamant that NX news is coming this week and next week.

Does anyone think that Super Mario Sunshine HD/NX might be a possibility for NX launch like SM64DS was for the DS?

@Nintenbomba128
Of course it's possible but that doesn't make it any more or less likely. It's possible that they could have a port of Super Mario Galaxy on NX for launch. It's possible they could have a remake of of Skyward Sword or Metroid Prime for launch. All these ports/remakes are possible and would send people into a frenzy. But that doesn't mean we will get them.