Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

a very intereting detail has been found in Super Mario Odyssey(your ship can blink)

@Grumblevolcano since Nintendo will participate at PAX East, could we expect at least another teaser for Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom?(i higly doubt Nintendo will give a demo to Tears of the Kingdom at the event)

@Colonel_Mustache
You pretty much have to limit framerate on SteamDeck, for anything besides older games and indies.

I have one. Even at 30 fps cap on the lowest settings possible and sub-HD resolution using FSR, you'll get anywhere between 1.5 - 3 hrs depending on the game. Running 60? Ha! 70 minutes maybe, if that. So ya, that's already being taken into account. There's not enough battery to run 60 on that device unless it's lesser demanding games. And even then I keep it at 30 because it's a portable device. Battery life is key. I dont run anything at 60 on Deck. If I have headroom I'll do 40fps, but that's the highest I'll go.

I bought a Nitecore portable battery (lightest 10,000 mAh battery in the world) and an attachment. It at least pushes me to 3.25 hrs for AAA games at 30fps low settings. Which is about on par with Zelda on the v1 Switch. It's still not great, but I can make it work.

@Colonel_Mustache I think a Steamdeck two is a no-brainer at this point, people will buy it.

@Colonel_Mustache maybe the Steamdeck 2 will have controller support if it doesn't already.

@Kermit1
It already has controller support. It's a PC running Steam, after all.

The issue is, it has no kickstand and no detachable controllers, so using an external controller doesn't really make sense.

@Colonel_Mustache
Bigger battery should be top of their list. Like when Nintendo released the Mariko v2 chip. They put all of that extra efficiency toward battery. That's what Deck needs. Not necessarily a Deck 2, but a Deck v2, with 50% more battery at a minimum.

They do that, and suddenly the device becomes a LOT more viable.

Wow, Switch system update 16.0.0 is here and it's pretty much a stability update.

@JaxonH Ah, okay. Duh lol.

@Colonel_Mustache I saw your message earlier, thanks for welcoming me to the forum! I appreciate it

@TheBigBlue
On the one hand, Nintendo is always competing with PS, Xbox and Steam. No matter what they release, entertainment competes with entertainment, particularly video game entertainment with video game entertainment.

That said, a lot of what you said is true. In the past they were more directly competing with their consoles (not so much their handhelds). Over the years, they saw less and less success in that arena (though a lot of that was due to their refusal to accommodate 3rd party needs, and splitting their software between two platforms- if they built a disc based power console with SSD and put all their dev teams to work on it, they'd fare far better against Sony/MS).

They learned by differentiating their product they can not only appeal to those same PS/Xbox gamers with a device they feel they need (as opposed to a lesser alternative), but also appeal to a different audience on top. It's not that they're against power- I don't think they go out of their way to make their systems less powerful, they simply offer different features (like hybrid advantage), and those different features cost money to make, so the one area they can dial back in to compensate and keep price in that target area, is power.

Obviously Switch is a bit different because it's portable, and you can't go having a $300 portable system in 2017 that's on par with current home consoles. Mobile technology simply can't match power hungry PC-based watt-gulping machines. But it was true for Wii U, and 3DS. The Wii U had the gamepad, which was the differentiator, and for around $300 in late 2012, with a gamepad included, you can only offer so much power.

Now that Nintendo's found their permanent place in the market, I expect to see a more traditional power-focused iteration from generation to generation. Their hybrids will remain around 1 generation behind power platforms, which if you think about it isn't bad at all as a tradeoff for the hybrid advantage, especially considering the real returns (perceived graphical fidelity by the user) is ever shrinking as visuals approach the theoretical limit with diminishing returns.

The gap between Switch and PS4/X1 was the biggest we'll ever see again for a pound for pound comparison. Switch 2 and PS5/XSX will be perceived as maybe 75% of that. Switch 3 and PS6/Xbox5 will be around 50%. And so on, until eventually, there won't even be a noticeable difference between handheld and home console. And at that point, I suspect Sony/MS will be forced to either change their strategy or start losing whatever marketshare they still hold.

I'm dying to play this. This "remaster" looks incredibly extensive. It would've probably been easier to do a simple upscale of the game, especially since it never originally released in the West, but instead we're being treated to something that looks like a native Switch game.

It seems like the official contract between Microsoft and Nintendo has been signed. Interesting how the tweet says Xbox games to Nintendo but the actual statement itself just says Call of Duty.

When will they add more to the GB/GBC/GBA library? Sorry for posting this here. I didnt know where else to post it

@FragRed It's almost certainly spin. Microsoft are the masters of smoke and mirrors, promise a lot but worded in such a way that when they under-deliver they technically didn't lie.

Like the only ways full feature and content parity could be achieved is via 1 of 3 options:
1. Cloud versions
2. Switch's successor has power comparable to the Series S
3. Normal CoD is being scrapped leaving Warzone as the only supported CoD going forward

Of which point 1 is a lot more likely.

speculating/predicting what could be show in 2023 Pokemon Presents

Finally started up Metroid Prime Remastered the other day (darn responsibilities got in the way) and... this is it.

THIS is a remaster. It's so beautiful looking. Add in the modern control schemes (dual stick with gyro on for me!) and this is the best way to play this masterpiece of a game.

I'm deeply engrossed in this game. Every other game is being put on hold until I finish this game. Metroid Prime deserves that attention.

@Colonel_Mustache Well, it definitely sold more than Nintendo was initially expecting, I'm sure. I preordered my copy on day one but now it's looking like the shipment itself is delayed... no idea why though. I'm really interested to see the sales figures for it, though

I sold three games to save up for TOTK. A worthy sacrifice.

@TheBigBlue nope, they were ones that I can get for cheap digitally if I ever want to play them again.

The games in question were:
Lego City Undercover
Lego Marvel Superheroes 2
Star Wars Pinball

@TheBigBlue
I did opposite.
I sold my botw, xenoblade 2 to buy another PS4 kids games two years ago.