Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@StuTwo
They can't shrink it any smaller due to battery limitations. The Switch Lite already pushes battery life closer to the OG Switch because it's smaller and thus uses a smaller battery than Switch. A smaller system than that would require an even smaller battery. That's one reason it won't happen.

Another reason it won't happen is the analog sticks would have to be circle pads.

Another reason is there isn't much to gain. Clamshell without another screen doesn't have much appeal as it offers nothing the current Lite can't already offer with the magnetic flip case.

Watching the Tokyo Olympics ceremony… there’s a bunch of video games songs being played during the Parade of Nations. I spotted the Dragon Quest Overture, the Final Fantasy victory theme, and some Kingdom Hearts.

@TheJGG really odd Nintendo did not participate while during the Rio 2016 the president of Japan close the cerimonies by getting out a pipe with a Mario hat...

@HotGoomba that’s a cool idea that I’d never have considered.

@JaxonH it wouldn’t necessarily have to be “shrunk” any further (let’s face it we’re talking about the company that produced the “Wii Mini” - they’ll have no shame in calling a console that’s about 1cm smaller “mini”). A clamshell design though is more compact and much more “pocketable” - even if it’s overall volume is hardly smaller - because it doesn’t have to be as wide.

Battery life wise an OLED screen would offset usage further.

I think that - if nothing else - it gives an opportunity to push an otherwise minor internal hardware revision more strongly (especially if you want to maintain a premium for it). This is kind of what Nintendo did with the GBA Micro - in theory that model offered nothing that the later AS 101 GBA SP models already did (& actually took away OG GB compatibility and introduced a less ergonomic form factor) but it was much more visible in the market than the AS 101 silent revision.

I can absolutely see them doing it at some point - even if (especially if?) many of us would see it as a downgrade in some ways.

@StuTwo
It's a neat idea.

But I don't think there's even the slightest chance it'll happen. Nintendo has moved on from clamshell. I'll gladly eat my words if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.

@JaxonH Nintendo has a habit of making us eat our words... or at least a habit of making us choke on our food as we open the internet and splutter "they're doing WHAT?! Are they INSANE?!" O_o

The thing is with Nintendo they almost always seem to return to ideas they like internally for inspiration. Be that things like the GameCube's 3d screen, the idea of a second screen/off screen play by connecting a GameBoy to an N64 (or a GBA to the GC) or casual friendly motion controls. Over and over and over again we see them going backwards to find inspiration.

That's why I just don't see them being forever finished with a clamshell design. It's the format of some of their most successful ever devices going back to the Game & Watch and it's the format that gave the GBA a kick of adrenaline.

Whether they do it with a Switch Lite 2.0 or not is anyone's guess (I personally think there's more than just a marginable chance given that they've already dropped the requirement for the Switch Lite to be dockable. I do however think it might come at a point when the Switch is a zombie console living on borrowed time).

Then again I thought we'd have seen retro themed joy-cons by now and they've played that completely straight. Nintendo are nearly impossible to predict - which is what makes it fun to watch what they do.

Neo The World Ends With You pre-order for $49.99 at Walmart, free shipping.

Use with Walmart CC for 5% back on top of that, for an effective price of $47.49, more than 20% off MSRP.

@Balta666 It's gotta be a copyright issue or something. But it was still very fun picking them out. Maybe it was because Shinzō Abe was a fan of Mario?

check out 3 theories of Metroid Dread that could have a huge significant in the game

@JaxonH Here's another solid deal.

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/nintendo-switch/games/pr...

$49.94 + a free magnet set if you preorder from Gamestop.

Used to be 100% BestBuy when the 20% off GCU discount existed.

But once that expired I moved to Amazon. Reason being, 9 out of 10 games shipped from BestBuy have crinkles and tears on the cover art along the spine. I don’t know why, but it’s the one thing I can consistently count on happening every single time I order a switch game from them.

9 out of 10 games ordered from Amazon do not have wrinkles and tear marks along the spine.

I got my magnetic flip case for normal sized Switch and I love it. The full sized Switch just became pocketable. It's not as small or lightweight as the Lite, but pocketable is pocketable.

speculating what Nintendo could show in her tradicional septembre Nintendo Direct.

I was looking back at some old Directs and the final Smash 3DS/Wii U presence in a general Direct was a Direct closer. In November 2015, the Direct ended with Cloud announced for Smash and the airing month of the final Smash 3DS/Wii U Direct.

So it seems likely that Smash will end the September 2021 Direct.

@Grumblevolcano it is likely given 2015, however, I wouldn't rule out a smash announcement in the very beginning either.

@NintendoByNature I think if the final character was revealed first, people would be distracted from the rest of the Direct by the outcome of what the character is that.

@Grumblevolcano that's probably true. Especially so if it's not what people wanted..

check out the review of the Great Ace Attorney Cronicles and check out the review of NEO: the World Ends with You.

@Giancarlothomaz NEO: TWEWY is fantastic, and people need to play it. Such a fantastic sequel.

Finally got around to ordering Skyward Sword HD last night and Amazon was 10 dollars under GameStop. Was a nice surprise and I have no idea why? I didn't think any special sales were going on or anything. And now I check other sites this morning and it seems everyone is down to the 50 bucks for it - I could have sworn it launched at 60.