Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@FragRed Yeah. Not even SuperMetalDave64 is going on about how it's going to be AMD!

@GrailUK Ohhh that guy is still around? I’m surprised he hasn’t said it gonna be a like Nvidia 3900 GPU. Maybe I need to send him a fake email saying I work for AMD and it’s gonna be using a GPU we haven’t yet invented and is so powerful it’ll suck you into the TV and physically put you in the game, and Nintendo are releasing it in March the day after we invent it.

@FragRed Hahahah. Ahem. There have been plenty of false starts. It's probably a brave person to start reporting on something coming, after the last 2 years lol.

@GrailUK Time to set up a new Twitter account methinks and shout how it’s coming next month, every single month with ever more wild claims

@FragRed My trusted sources claim it will have holograms.

@GrailUK My trusted source, Miyamoto when I got his wasted at a local pub, says it’s gonna drill into your skull and feed off your brains energy to power the holograms

@FragRed That makes 'perfect sense' (c)Youtubers

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@GrailUK @FragRed My trusted sources say that the initial setup of the Switch's successor will feature a test inspired by Pokemon Scarlet/Violet's exams. If you pass the test you get eshop credit as a reward.

@Grumblevolcano Nice! Bout time they revamped their reward scheme.

@Grumblevolcano Is this the same source that says a failure gives you an electric shock? Because if so, we have the same sources.

@Grumblevolcano @FragRed I had a bacon butty and my trusted sauces were all over it.

@GrailUK Booo!

@FragRed Sorry

@GrailUK @Grumblevolcano Just randomly typed Nintendo Switch 2 in YouTube…. I immediately closed the app 😂

It's not though, it's an Autumn release

I mean it's a tad more than just "gamers wanting more". There was that Nvidia leak which had a lot of bits and pieces referencing a new SoC being used with their NX drivers (i.e. Switch). Specifically T234/T239, Ampere, DLSS 2.2 and a few other things. Then a couple of months ago there was a patch to the Linux Kernel from NVidia which added support for the T239 SoC which has some die changes designed to reduce costs.

Also worth noting that this generation of Tegra SoCs were delayed and are just becoming available. Which kind lines up with the theory that the OLED was going to be this but was delayed when everything went to crap. And in any case, it's not like NVidia has a lot of other companies who are chasing them for customised Tegra SoCs. It's pretty much just Nintendo in that space

Also next year puts us at 6 years since the Switch launched. Which means nothing on its own but in terms of technology? They could pretty comfortably offer a lot more than what they are. And for a platform where what'll probably end up being the best selling game of the year is marred by a rushed development and poor performance? I don't know, a tad more horsepower wouldn't hurt

I had always assumed that Tears of the Kingdom was a late 2022 game pushed back to spring 2023. Given that it will be almost 4 years between the initial trailer and release, I guessed they didn't want to delay it any further.

We might also have other big games planned for late 2023. Although I don't know what that could be at this point of the Switch's life cycle...

@FragRed You Tube don't want us to know about the Switch sucessor, @Buizel yes in the E3 2021 when Nintendo gave a estimate for the release date of Tears of the Kingdom, i expected the game to release exactly in the date Pokémon Scarlet e Violet was released, the holiday game for 2023 could be the rumored 2D Donkey Kong game by Nintendo EPD 8 or a 2D Mario game, since the Mario movie will be in movie treaters next spring
https://www.gamesradar.com/leaker-claims-a-new-2d-mario-game-...

They pushed back BotW to align with the Switch launch. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they pushed TotK back to align with whatever comes next.

To be clear, we knew about the dual release of BotW for almost a year ahead of release. I wouldn't be surprised if it drops alongside another console revision, but it's highly unlikely to be the successor.

New Zelda releases on Switch will probably follow the Wii pattern: launch with a cross-gen Zelda game, and then get another exclusive Zelda game a year or so before a new console releases.