Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

F-Zero GX producer Toshihiro Nagoshi, is open to do another F-Zero

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/f-zero-gx-producer-t...

What all is coming out in September?

Rune Factory 3 just dropped, so I grabbed that. And Faefarm releases this week. There's Mortal Kombat 1, and uh... oh, there's EA Sports FC24, which actually runs Frostbyte Engine, finally. So full parity with this one. I will say, prior FIFA games on Switch looked pretty decent and ran at 60fps at a good resolution. Whether that was just a foreshadowing of what can be done now that Frostbyte is running, or whether that's a benefit of specifically not using Frostbyte, is hard to say. Guess we'll find out soon enough. If FC24 can still hit 60fps with a decent resolution (say, at least 900p docked, 600p handheld) I might actually pick it up. I grabbed FIFA back in 2017 cause I like having a soccer game to play on occasion, but I never bothered with subsequent releases. But this could be a notable improvement worthwhile. Then again, Switch 2 is likely next year, and Frostbyte running is probably a byproduct of preparing for that, so maybe holding off for next year's entry is the smarter play.

Anything else for September? Indies? Shmups? I know October is packed, but I can't recall anything else that releases this month beyond what was already mentioned.

Good news is, August was banging and can carry September all by itself. Red Dead Redeption, Sea of Stars, Mario Rabbids Rayman Expansion, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Quake II, Vampire Survivors, and I guess Samba De Amigo if you're into the track list. I'm actually really into the game, but the track list is what puts me off. A rhythm game lives and dies by its songs. I haven't heard any of its music but I read numerous reports its rather middling. That's why Persona 4 Dancing was so good! It was the track list. And the Persona music is actually really well suited to the genre because it has good percussion rhythm. And it's why Final Fantasy doesn't suit the genre imo- Theatrhythm's biggest weakness is... it's track list. I love FF music, but it just doesn't make for a good rhythm game.

@JaxonH There's Super Bomberman R 2 on the 13th, and then Baten Kaitos 1&2 HD on the 14th. That's about it for September barring any shadow drops during a September Direct.

Kind of a quieter month before the onslaught of October.

I'm really interested in that Mythforce game, which should be launching soon.

Hi, guys! I would like to discuss nintendo switch social functions cause it's a real pain for me. And i would like to know if anyone feels same way. Recently i got xbox just cause i wanted more interactions with other players, cause nintendo just makes me feel lonely especially in online games where i can't text to other players, invite them to other games, etc. I mean: what the point of friend list if we can't do nothing with it? No invites (only emulators and portal as i can see so far), messages and ofc voice chats. So if anyone feels the same way - i would like to discuss your experience:3

Eji Aonuma confirm there will be not DLC for Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

https://insider-gaming.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-dlc-none/

I reckon people might have had a bit of the old beer goggles when this was first announced. I watched the trailer for this again recently and it doesn't look as good as I thought, and I'm suspecting a bit of jank too.

Remember when the Baldo trailer dropped? Everyone be like "Ooooh... Ghibli Ghibli Ghibli" and then look what it became. I suspect we may be dealing with a similar situation with Mythforce.

@gcunit guilty as charged here lol. I'm wearing the beer goggles hard for this game. A kid from the late 80s, this game seems right up my nostalgia alley. We'll see how it reviews though.

Nintendo has show tech demos of Switch sucessor at Gamescom 2023, in closed doors for third parties
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-nintendo-sho...

@Giancarlothomaz As I said on the rumours thread, I’m calling BS on the Matrix part. Ray tracing and being comparable to PS5 is just something I don’t believe for a single moment

@FragRed DSLL?

@Giancarlothomaz That I can believe but the article specifically states the use of ray tracing which I just don’t believe. Also the tech demo for The Matrix is all about showcasing the power of the current generation consoles. I just don’t see the next Switch being able to achieve that level of AI complexity without exploding.

@FragRed SteamDeck that is console compared to Nintendo next hardware can run the Matrix demo

@Giancarlothomaz Firstly to get it to work on the Steam Deck, the person who uploaded the video says they made a lot of changes to files. Also that seems to run pretty poorly judging by the video. Thought that could be simply badly recorded and encoded. But I didn’t see anything about ray tracing in there. I don’t even know if the Steam Deck can do ray tracing

'Comparable' is the perfect word to use in a video game leak/rumour though - it can be interpreted pretty darn widely.

Plus, it just says the visuals are comparable, doesn't mean the performance is.

But I don't know enough about ray tracing at the time of writing to say much about the plausibility of that bit.

Universo Nintendo claim Switch sucessor could have 12GB RAM, Ray-Tracing suport e DSLL 3.1

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/09/07/universo-nintendo-claim...

Compartable with the naked eye is all anyone should really be bothered about. I for one don't give a monkeys about specs.

I feel like we've been on a continuous loop with "switch 2" rumors since 2019. I guess it's fun to speculate, but it's gotta get tiresome I'd imagine. No disrespect meant to anyone.

@NintendoByNature 2019 rumours was Switch Pro which ended up being OLED instead. I feel like recently is the first truly serious Switch 2 rumours.

@NintendoByNature the 2019 rumors was for Switch Pro, this time is Switch sucessor