Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

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

I guess. Just feels like the same spec talk for 4 years. Not trying to be a downer, but it'll happen when it happens. I have about 5-6 switch games I'm buying for the next 6-9 months that are yet to come out. So im good for a while.

How is the switch port version of Persona 4 by the way? I heard there's a game booster feature where you can turn on or off an EXP increase thing after doing battles with the random enemies?

Same journalist also wrote about the original switch in detail before it was announced. Highly credible source, would be shocked if it's wrong. It's pretty much happening imo. Very exciting.. some outlets even touting a reveal this month (pure speculation there).

@NintendoByNature I think that's the best way to look at it. All these Switch 2 rumours are just boring especially with there being such a strong lineup for the current Switch in the next few months.