Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Perhaps it’s because the switch is not the most up to date in the graphics department that some games are not as popular on this platform as they are on other consoles.

I refunded Pokemon Violet.

I'll get a physical when the game is hopefully fixed.

@gcunit
I tend to agree but I don't really consider that kind of LABO/Cardboard VR as a "direction". It's a novelty sure, it's a stretch to call it an accessory. It's not a direction. What @Giancarlothomaz and others mean when they say "Nintendo VR" is some kind of dedicated hardware for VR..... which is possible but I think unlikely given the cost and niche interest

Cardboard though? Cardboard is cardboard. There's pretty much zero commitment required other than making the software for it. But it's also not in really VR

I just got the error code 2165-1001 on my Switch!!! I held down the power button like it said? What does the error mean?????? I'm freaking out!!!!

@Kermit1Pineapple
Maybe this will help.
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a...

@Anti-Matter I've looked at that, it doesn't tell me much except it's an update thing even though I'm on the latest version.

@Kermit1Pineapple
Could it be an update needed for the software?

@Atomic77 just as i have stated before, Switch techinal/graphical power is a Xbox 360+++,making some games very hard to port on the console(that why we have the cloud version of several games), but if the Switch sucessor techinal/graphical power is a PS4+++, it would make much easier to port this kinda of games, this big release could come to Switch sucessor if he is 2/5+ more powerful then Switch, indicating that in dock Mode he around a PS4 Pro in power and in Handheld Mode a base PS4 in power, acording to the leaked Nvidia data, that showed possible specs for the Switch sucessor, meaning it gonna be a quite beefy powerful hardware, alowing Nintendo and third parties to make good use of it CPU/GPU.

Masahiro Sakurai would love to see a port/remaster of Kid Icarus Uprising on Switch

Sounds like a tease to me.

@Atomic77
I think that's true for games where graphics are a major selling point (like 8th gen games based in realism) or where Switch version requires major sub-HD resolution cuts. Hence why a lot of the bigger, realism-focused AAA ports don't do as well on Switch.

But for games where the difference is negligible, the Switch version almost always dominates (at least, more times than not). I think Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core is a good example of a game where the difference is negligible.

@JaxonH I had forgotten that this game existed, and I am utterly disappointed in myself that I did. After Uprising, Kid Icarus deserves to be a Nintendo mainstay and it's honestly baffling that we never got a follow-up (I suppose Sakurai has been busy with Smash, but...)

My main concern with a port would be the controls. As controversial as they were, the game was built around them, and I really can't imagine the Switch capturing the shooting precision afforded by the touch-screen, even combining analogue and gyro controls. Dual-analog seems like a no-brainer for the on-foot sections, but I do wonder if the on-rails sections will suffer.

I also hope they would do something nice with the graphics. The only 3DS ports I can think of at the moment have very simplistic art styles that it makes sense to simply upscale. However, Uprising really pushed the boundaries of the 3DS, and flying in 3D was a huge part of the spectacle of the game for me. I think for them to recapture that they're going to have to do a lot more than simply upscale the game to HD - maybe update the models, textures and lighting as well?

@Buizel everyone trough it was impossible to bring Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword on Switch, but Nintendo found a way to adapt it controls to Handheld Mode, i surely believe Nintendo will find a way to adapt Kid Icarus Uprising controls if they bring the game to Switch, and @JaxonH remember that rumor that Bandai Namco could be doing a remaster of a 3D action game for Nintendo(maybe this 3D action game remaster is Kid Icarus Uprising).

@Buizel
I would hope they would, but even in a bare minimum scenario where it's just an HD version with dual analog, that's still such an improvement over playing on 3DS I'll take it in a heartbeat.

Even if the controls aren't as accurate as stylus, I'd rather have slightly less accuracy and actually play in comfort than have full accuracy while on a fast track to arthritis.

English Fire Emblem Engage trailer is live. And it's very good.

@JaxonH My god, this game looks gorgeous. Maybe a contender for best-looking anime-styled game on the Switch? At least when it comes to character models and the pure vibrancy of everything.

@Buizel
It's the best looking Fire Emblem game to date. A notable step up from Three Houses. Which, Three Houses wasn't a bad looking game, but it wasn't great. The top down map views were excellent, but zoomed in and exploration in the monastery were eh.

But Engage just exudes style and brilliance. The art style is different than any game in the series before it- kind of has an element of Rennesaince flare. But it works. The animations are extremely fluid too, which helps tie everything together.

Gust wouldn't have been my first choice for designing Fire Emblem, but after seeing the end result, I gotta say... I'm impressed.

check out the techinal/graphical analysis of Pokémon Scarlet e Violet.

HOLY S***

10 million in three days!

That has to be one of the biggest launches of all time.

I think it's the 2nd biggest launch of the year, 1st is MW2 (judging by a Push Square article) which further showcases Sony and Microsoft's constant battle over Microsoft trying to acquire Activision.