that memory speed thang is a bigger deal than it's given credit for if it's VIDEO memory. system memory, not so much. if it's soc then it's shared, if my understanding is correct.
i was always going to buy this, no matter what. fast racing neo on the wii u has settled many a money tournament among nephews and neices. i wonder if they will have mario kart style power ups but sci-fi'd like tactical strikes, seeker missiles, etc.
also, i think i will go for the hdr-ish setting instead of chromatic abberation. the latter is something we used to try to avoid when we shoot. i guess nowadays, it's the in thing along with lens flares, wrong exposure, etc. all the things you like when you're basic as fudge (clean alternative).
@JaxonH yeah, i've seen those and i guess we were both already looking for ways to expand beyond 256gb. the microsd to sd card option was something i was considering since not only are there sd cards with higher capacities and speeds, tehre are sd cards with wi-fi. those can connect to a wireless drive. the otehr option is to get something like this thing but to sdxc standards.
@Spiders i do hope so. i doubt anybody at N wants to recall hardware if a software solution will suffice. i was also referring to the new nlife retweet practices that make the latest tweets look fresh but turn out to have been posted half a day earlier. yikes.
i can just print this out myself, really. and i'm sure others have already. one of the trends in piracy is idea piracy where people troll kickstarter for ideas to hand off to a factory for production before the original idea has even been funded.
what the?!?! an article on the nintendolife twitter that isn't 8 hours old?! wow! so anyways...
product recall before it's even released? after all this time, and nintendo's reputation, this seems like a very unlikely bug. hopefully fixed in software because that thig's shipping out already.
fast racing is the one game there i am truly looking forward to. i didn't grow up on zelda so it doesn't have as much impact on me as it does on others.
they can do a capcom and just rerelease their greatest hits as hd remakes. maybe do a bit of square and remake their most iconic game: metal grear solid.
i'd rather have a bespoke version than either an upgraded ps3/x360/vita version, or a downgraded ps4/xb1 version. they got their dev tools sorted out. maybe they can include the world famous princess peach booty shake.
i just realized that i finally got around to calling it the switch. this reminded me that even after the reveal, it was still the nx for the longest time.
so do you shoot the fireball with a joystick+button combo, or do you do the actual motion with the joycons? coz i'm game for that, and i would PAY to see someone put joycons on their ankles to do chun li's spinning bird kick.
@YouSeemFRAZZLED i think that they openly promote rooftop wifi parties only, with a prerequisite level of hipness, coolness, attractiveness, and fashionability.
@Priceless_Spork great premise for a psychological thriller. guy can't find other players, nabs them off the street. plays bizarre local 8 player splatoon where all the other guys let him win and score the most. the completionist, dashie, the game theorist, olney, jane douglas, ellen rose, jess mcdonell & naomi kyle play the first round of victims.
@Jessica286 it didn't make it, nope. it's eligibility might even change the nomination process for evo because of how it doesn't even have a final release date. it could potentially get delayed until after evo, tho' i doubt that.
it lacks the important info about the triggers, whether they are more than 1 bit resolution. i heard in a podcast somewhere that even the individual joycons have pressure sensitive shoulder buttons. that either means they are activated via pressure, not pressing, or measure just how much pressure is exerted on them for degree of actuation.
@Mad_Haus i'm surprised it placed so high, or at all. it's a game nobody's played the final version of, on a system that isn't even out yet. they all voted for a pre-order.
@ThomasBW84 many thanks for the thorough reply. isn't it possible or even likely that the accessibility is more of a reflection of the new state of media? crowds are a publicist's dream, but maybe this is more of a reflection of how media, specifically gaming media has changed. that mass of people with a reasonable number of youtube subscribers could very well represent the new state of the industry. they're called influencers now. that's a more recent phenomenon and i don't know how long the crowds at e3 have been that way. i myself only started visiting nlife the site because of nlife the videos.
this is jsut a problem with middleware. once these guys start considering the switch in their cross platform deployments, the games can/will/should/hopefully show up.
a lot of apps are just self contained browsers. even if a browser doesn't come with the switch, it has the capability to run one, and there ought to be one in the eshop just in case you want it.
i still consider it one of the criteria for a true writer if he or she has had their words published by someone who saw them fit to print on dead trees. nlife "writers" sadly still need to wear quotation marks.
just says the same stuff as before but in an instructional video voice, and no dj. it's like a video they'd show to investors. if no direct comes before march03, it makes it seem more like a soft launch.
too bad. the pascal range is very power efficient. more so than maxwell, from what i've read/seen. not surprising as new technology to nintendo is like garlic to a vampyre.
a bridge connects two points. the switch seems to accomplish that. i just wished they didn't compromise so much on the 'home console' end. the portable end is fine, tho' that storage shortcoming is going to be an issue in the long run.
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Re: Nintendo Switch Now Reportedly Adds 25% Extra GPU Power for Developers in 'Mobile' Mode
that memory speed thang is a bigger deal than it's given credit for if it's VIDEO memory. system memory, not so much. if it's soc then it's shared, if my understanding is correct.
Re: Feature: FAST RMX - The Price, Modes and Performance of Switch's Futuristic Racer
i was always going to buy this, no matter what. fast racing neo on the wii u has settled many a money tournament among nephews and neices. i wonder if they will have mario kart style power ups but sci-fi'd like tactical strikes, seeker missiles, etc.
also, i think i will go for the hdr-ish setting instead of chromatic abberation. the latter is something we used to try to avoid when we shoot. i guess nowadays, it's the in thing along with lens flares, wrong exposure, etc. all the things you like when you're basic as fudge (clean alternative).
Re: Don't Worry, The Nintendo Switch Kickstand Is Designed To Snap Off
@JaxonH yeah, i've seen those and i guess we were both already looking for ways to expand beyond 256gb. the microsd to sd card option was something i was considering since not only are there sd cards with higher capacities and speeds, tehre are sd cards with wi-fi. those can connect to a wireless drive. the otehr option is to get something like this thing but to sdxc standards.
http://www.saelig.com/product/MIO001.htm
Re: Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Are Disconnecting, And No One Seems To Know Why
@Spiders i do hope so. i doubt anybody at N wants to recall hardware if a software solution will suffice. i was also referring to the new nlife retweet practices that make the latest tweets look fresh but turn out to have been posted half a day earlier. yikes.
Re: Guide: Nintendo Switch Launch Games & Release Dates 2017
yooka laylee is being aped, and not in the escaped way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAKp2Fe6g6c
lotsa swearing in the vid btw.
Re: Switch Won't Suffer From Early Hardware Shortages, Says Nintendo UK Boss
suuuuure.
Re: Japanese Nintendo Switch Owners Will Be Playing Neo Geo Games Next Month
time to make a japanese account then. we can do that, right? they confirmed? 8 accounts, one switch? @Damo?
Re: Pokémon Scoops Two Wins at the D.I.C.E. Awards
congrats to all of them! btw superhot is awesome and can probably run on a pocket calculator. that should be a switch game.
Re: Random: The Joy-Con Dog Sticker Kickstarter Has Been Successfully Funded
i can just print this out myself, really. and i'm sure others have already. one of the trends in piracy is idea piracy where people troll kickstarter for ideas to hand off to a factory for production before the original idea has even been funded.
Re: Don't Worry, The Nintendo Switch Kickstand Is Designed To Snap Off
good. it'll make the cable of the microsd to external flash drive adapter easier to integrate.
Re: Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Are Disconnecting, And No One Seems To Know Why
what the?!?! an article on the nintendolife twitter that isn't 8 hours old?! wow! so anyways...
product recall before it's even released? after all this time, and nintendo's reputation, this seems like a very unlikely bug. hopefully fixed in software because that thig's shipping out already.
Re: Nindies Video Showcase Coming Later This Month, Expect Lots Of Nintendo Switch Games
i doubt any of them will be available at launch tho'.
Re: FAST RMX is Still 'Coming Soon' and Will Utilise HD Rumble
@SegaBlueSky i think that one of if not the biggest reason for the wipeout remake coming out for ps4 is because of fast racing neo.
Re: Gallery: Here's How Nintendo Switch Game Cards Compare To Practically Everything Else
i'll be storing games in my memory cards and a memory card holder.
Re: Guide: Nintendo Switch Launch Games: The Complete List
fast racing is the one game there i am truly looking forward to. i didn't grow up on zelda so it doesn't have as much impact on me as it does on others.
Re: It's Time to Claim Your Nintendo Account User ID for Nintendo Switch
couldn't we already do this? i checked and yeah, there's my name, my id and all. i didn't do a thing. now i think i'm NOT doing something right here.
Re: Bill Trinen on the Addition of DLC to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
bill trinen reminds me of the dad on alias. the guy who is now half of firestorm on flash and legends of tomorrow.
Re: Turns Out That Leaked Nintendo Switch Was Stolen And Illegally Resold
fell off the back of a truck, it did.
Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown Images Pop Up Online
battery would last longer if they went with pascal.
Re: Guide: Essential Nintendo Switch Accessories
@DanElectrode and if it had a card slot, and emu software, we'd all have backward compatibility!
Re: Kojima-Free Konami Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks Very Much
they can do a capcom and just rerelease their greatest hits as hd remakes. maybe do a bit of square and remake their most iconic game: metal grear solid.
Re: Video: FIFA 18 Gets Shown Off In Japanese Nintendo Switch Commercial
i'd rather have a bespoke version than either an upgraded ps3/x360/vita version, or a downgraded ps4/xb1 version. they got their dev tools sorted out. maybe they can include the world famous princess peach booty shake.
Re: Editorial: 'NX' Development Documentation Gives Few New Insights, But The Leak is Far From Ideal
i just realized that i finally got around to calling it the switch. this reminded me that even after the reveal, it was still the nx for the longest time.
Re: THQ Nordic Reconfirms Darksiders: Warmastered Edition for Wii U
i want it at 60fps no matter what platform it's on. i doubt the switch can do that tho'.
Re: Japanese Box Art Confirms First-Person Mode for Ultra Street Fighter II
so do you shoot the fireball with a joystick+button combo, or do you do the actual motion with the joycons? coz i'm game for that, and i would PAY to see someone put joycons on their ankles to do chun li's spinning bird kick.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Developers to Host GDC Panel
breath of the wild is the real link between worlds: last of the wii u, first of the switch.
Re: Nintendo Switch Will Have A "Lot More Announcements" on Third-Party Games Soon
i hope the announcements are more 'available at launch' or 'available within a month of launch', instead of 'next year' or 'are interested in'.
Re: Splatoon 2's Event and eSports Credentials Boosted by LAN Play and Spectator View
@YouSeemFRAZZLED i think that they openly promote rooftop wifi parties only, with a prerequisite level of hipness, coolness, attractiveness, and fashionability.
Re: Splatoon 2's Event and eSports Credentials Boosted by LAN Play and Spectator View
@Priceless_Spork great premise for a psychological thriller. guy can't find other players, nabs them off the street. plays bizarre local 8 player splatoon where all the other guys let him win and score the most. the completionist, dashie, the game theorist, olney, jane douglas, ellen rose, jess mcdonell & naomi kyle play the first round of victims.
Re: Video: Nintendo Comes Out Swinging With New ARMS Footage
@Haywired probably the same mad scientists who said they discovered the inklings when we all know they genetically modified them.
Re: Pokkén Tournament Falls Short in the EVO 2017 Player's Choice Vote
@Jessica286 it didn't make it, nope. it's eligibility might even change the nomination process for evo because of how it doesn't even have a final release date. it could potentially get delayed until after evo, tho' i doubt that.
Re: Let's Try And Guess The 10 Remaining Mini-Games In 1-2-Switch
i think the treasure chest lets you guess what treasure you plucked out of it. the gorilla is probably a chest-beating game, like tarzan.
Re: Nintendo Shows Off the Joy-Con Controllers Through the Ultimate Medium - An Infographic
it lacks the important info about the triggers, whether they are more than 1 bit resolution. i heard in a podcast somewhere that even the individual joycons have pressure sensitive shoulder buttons. that either means they are activated via pressure, not pressing, or measure just how much pressure is exerted on them for degree of actuation.
Re: Pokkén Tournament Falls Short in the EVO 2017 Player's Choice Vote
@Mad_Haus i'm surprised it placed so high, or at all. it's a game nobody's played the final version of, on a system that isn't even out yet. they all voted for a pre-order.
Re: E3 2017 To Offer Public Sale Tickets, Though They Come With a Hefty Price
@ThomasBW84 many thanks for the thorough reply. isn't it possible or even likely that the accessibility is more of a reflection of the new state of media? crowds are a publicist's dream, but maybe this is more of a reflection of how media, specifically gaming media has changed. that mass of people with a reasonable number of youtube subscribers could very well represent the new state of the industry. they're called influencers now. that's a more recent phenomenon and i don't know how long the crowds at e3 have been that way. i myself only started visiting nlife the site because of nlife the videos.
Re: Yep, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Takes Place After Ocarina of Time
i still think breath of the wild's look tells me 'wind waker grew up'.
Re: There Are Currently 'No Plans' For Final Fantasy XV On Nintendo Switch
this is jsut a problem with middleware. once these guys start considering the switch in their cross platform deployments, the games can/will/should/hopefully show up.
Re: E3 2017 To Offer Public Sale Tickets, Though They Come With a Hefty Price
@ThomasBW84 be honest: do you share this perception (your dig) for e3 with tokyo game show, gamescom in cologne, and egx?
Re: Kimishima Outlines Nintendo's Continued Attention on VR and Portable System Ideas
virtual boy 2, then? the irony of how the switch potentially has the best controls for v.r. but they don't have a headset.
Re: Nintendo Switch Lacks A Web Browser Because It's A "Dedicated Video Game Platform"
a lot of apps are just self contained browsers. even if a browser doesn't come with the switch, it has the capability to run one, and there ought to be one in the eshop just in case you want it.
Re: Video: Trio Of Japanese Nintendo Switch Commercials Communicate Core Features
btw - i dub that woman in the mario kart ad, "japanese karen".
Re: Video: More 1-2-Switch Mini-Games Shown Off In New Series Of Trailers
@motorhue neither does the 'sandwich' need to be a sandwich. heh.
Re: Video: More 1-2-Switch Mini-Games Shown Off In New Series Of Trailers
come on, japan. i know you can come up with the most ridiculous not-safe-for-the-rest-of-the-planet collection of minigames. get to it!
Re: Feature: Flicking Through The Debut Issue Of Switch Player
i still consider it one of the criteria for a true writer if he or she has had their words published by someone who saw them fit to print on dead trees. nlife "writers" sadly still need to wear quotation marks.
Re: Video: Check Out This Official Nintendo Switch Hardware Overview
just says the same stuff as before but in an instructional video voice, and no dj. it's like a video they'd show to investors. if no direct comes before march03, it makes it seem more like a soft launch.
Re: ARM Confirms That The Nintendo Switch's Chipset Is Very Close To Tegra X1 Spec
too bad. the pascal range is very power efficient. more so than maxwell, from what i've read/seen. not surprising as new technology to nintendo is like garlic to a vampyre.
Re: Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop Will Be Open For Business On 3DS This April
woohoo! cooking mama! hope they continue into switch.
Re: Nintendo Hopes the Switch Can Be A Bridge Between Home Console and Portable
a bridge connects two points. the switch seems to accomplish that. i just wished they didn't compromise so much on the 'home console' end. the portable end is fine, tho' that storage shortcoming is going to be an issue in the long run.
Re: Video: The Visteon Dockable Entertainment System Is The Biggest Game Boy Advance Ever
thanks for this, nlife. i luv watching these gaming channels. this is a new one to follow!
Re: You Can Play ARMS With One Joy-Con, But It's Not Recommended
heh. arm.