Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH ray-tracing is a gen 11 thing

what you can kiss your starter? how about Gadevoir/Loponny the real waifu Pokémon?

@JaxonH i see, for what i obeseved just the fact Switch sucessor will have suficient techinal/graphical power to get most of the games is releasing today is enough for me, no more waiting 6 months/1 year for this game on a Nintendo console and will also help Nintendo get more ambitous games like Bayonetta 3 and others reaching it full potencial, the future for Nintendo next console is bright, i watched severals digital Foundry analysis on PS5 games that feature Ray-tracing and i didnt a major diference on them, Global Ilumination make more diference on games then Ray-tracing.

@Giancarlothomaz Nintendo's done iterate consoles before. NES->SNES, Gameboy -> GBC -> GBA,
DS -> 3DS, Gamecube -> Wii -> Wii U.

Even with gimmicks involved, the majority of their hardware has been very iterate with only a topping of something different.

@link3710 so Switch sucessor will follow this patern?

@kaisu
That's a fair assessment. Either way it's the same concept, so it doesn't really matter in the end for us gamers. That said, they have been using FSR upscaling, and given DLSS is simply a tool that comes with Nvidia GPU's, I see no reason they would try to make their own when it costs them nothing to simply use the tools provided like FSR. Devs also have experience implementing DLSS already so it could potentially be easier for 3rd parties to use if they're already familiar. DLSS also requires the CUDA cores and is fairly advanced technologically speaking. It's taken years for it to advance to the current 3.0 standard. Creating their own from scratch would be a bad move, I think. Unless it's something more basic like FSR.

Either way, it'll be implemented as an option for developers and the end result, for us, will be games achieving 4k that rivals native quality (or at least gets in the ballpark of native) from hardware that can really only push 1080p docked, which is great.

I'm not expecting it to be used in handheld mode though, unless it's to upscale 540p to 720p or at 1080p and supersample. Reason being, that would require a higher res screen than 720p, and even with DLSS, higher res = more power draw and less battery life.

But that's OK. 720p handheld is perfect when games actually hit 720p.

@Giancarlothomaz It seems quite likely, right now we've seen no evidence that would suggest they're planning a massive paradigm shift.

@link3710 Yeah I think it's gonna be the most iterative system they've put out since the GBA. That system's whole thing was that it was a more advanced Game Boy. It was only really a paradigm shift in the sense that it was a massive power jump over the GBC.

@JaxonH
I agree with everything you said on Ray tracing bar one point. It's not a fad. It's a pretty important transition and is the holy grail of rendering. It has been the go-to technique for rendering for feature films since GC was even a thing for a reason

Its value in games is somewhat diminished by how good everyone has got at "cheating" the effect. This is true. And the hardware/software for it is significantly less mature in addition to generally less silicon being dedicated to it. Especially on lower power cards and in particular on AMDs product

But it's not a fad. It matters.....

...... just maybe not now and certainly not on ~10W mobile SoCs

Pokémon Company/Nintendo after the severals techinal isseus of Pokémon Scarlet e Violet, this is a problem for the next fiscal trismestrer, i more concered in yay money for me, f***k yours worry/concerns about the game

today i will begin playing Bayonetta 3, the true GOTY of 2022

@Giancarlothomaz
Get ready for awesome.

Idk what kind of player you are, but if you're going in expecting a purely linear experience I don't think you'll get the most out of Bayonetta 3. You can definitely play it that way, but you'd be missing a lot of what makes the game so great, imo.

This entry has a lot more open levels with exploration. It's still linear progression but less hallway, more open areas that funnel you forward, with various branching paths to secrets.

I encourage you to look for the Toad, Crow and Cat in every level, find all the challenge rooms, and generally just explore as much as possible looking for secrets.

Having beaten Bayonetta 3, I'm back to Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, which is perfect timing since it just got a massive content drop with Title Update 3. What a game. 700 hours in and I still haven't even done half the quests in the expansion.

@JaxonH when i play my games i usualy do 100% or try to do 100% on them, i friend of mine told me, Bayonetta 3 is more like a semi-open world game, like the 3D sandbox Mario games(i style of gameplay i love).

how does vitality/magic work in Bayonetta 3? you simply collect the broken moon pearl/Witch heart to increase Viola/Bayonetta vitality/magic? or do i need to do more?, why theres a full Witch heart and a Witch Heart with 4 parts?i assume full Moon Pearl and 2 part of Moon Pearl? they changed how you collected this vital itens?

@Giancarlothomaz
Heh... heh heh... I don't know if you'll be 100% this game. There's a LOT to do. And there's a Platinum ticket you can buy after beating the game for 1 MILLION Orb thingies, which is a lot, like... a lot and then you have to fight Rodin, which unlocks his weapon in the shop for... wait for it... 10 MILLION ORB THINGIES.

Not to mention, a true 100% would require a pure platinum on every verse and chapter. That's mastery. And then doing it on Hard mode and the unlocked Climax difficulty which states, "the decision to attempt this difficulty should not be done lightly". Even getting Pure Platinums on every verse in Normal feels impossible to me. I couldn't even imagine doing it 2 difficulty ranks higher.

Unless you mean in a collectible/exploration sense. That's doable. Still a lot, but definitely doable.

@JaxonH i meant 100% in a exploratory/collective sense, i will try to get a good rank in this game too, i have been praticing for this game, in the Switch version of Bayonetta 2, since the release of this game, 1 milions Orbs? is not 99 milions Seeds? the game main currency, Orbs is used for the Skill tree.

@gcunit alright then in that case.

I think Nintendo is going back to the two-line model. They'll have a Switch line. And within the next couple of years, they'll debut a VR line.

I see them announcing a "Switch Pro" in March. "Pro" because it will run the same games as the Switch. Games won't be exclusive to it, in the way that a Switch 2 would have exclusives that wouldn't run on the Switch. The Switch Pro will launch in May alongside Tears of the Kingdom, both on it's own and as a bundle.

I think Nintendo will enter the VR market next. Considering their love of accessibility, I think their VR device will be cordless, like the Quest. When exactly they'll launch a VR console is hard to say. Certainly next holiday at the earliest. But holiday 2024 is a decent guess. Holiday 2025 at the latest.

@Giancarlothomaz
Ya I can't remember the names. Whatever the currency is.

@Gryffin
I very seriously doubt Nintendo is going into VR. I understand there were a lot of hopes of its potential, but I think the evidence has shown it will remain a niche market. It's why Microsoft has not pursued it, it's why Nintendo only dabbled with it for one weird LABO entry, and it's why even the most successful VR systems have still barely sold 5 million units over their lifespan, which equates to over 95% of the PS audience not being interested

Chasing VR would almost certainly be a Wii U sized blunder, and they can't afford another one of those. There's just not a big enough market for it, and it's too incompatible with traditional games.

So, I just sent a pair of my joycon to get metal latches swapped out for the stock plastic latches. They wear over time to the point the joycon don't stay clasped in place and can push off the rail.

Only $12 total for the pair! That includes shipping there AND shipping back. I know it's not that complicated to do but a 4 pack is $10 anyways. Why not have someone else do it who's experienced and will get it right without losing the spring or borking it.

They also do drift repair for $12 (including shipping there and back). I know Nintendo offers it for free, but if you have anything customized (such as a d-pad like I do), Nintendo isn't an option.

I highly recommend these latches. They're metal so they don't wear- your joycon will clasp in place properly with these, but they're also brittle enough to still break if the system is dropped (which is a good thing- better for the latch to break than the rail on the Switch).

https://www.etsy.com/listing/914085386/nintendo-joycon-drift-...

@JaxonH Seeds is the magatama looking currency, Orbs look like a skull like metal and halos look like Rings for the Sonic franchise.