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@Aventurier During cutscenes, the audio slowly drifts. If it is a long cutscene, the delay can get over a second which ruins everything (dialogues, sound effects, etc.).
They acknowledged the issue a few months ago so I'm surprised it still isn't fixed considered it's a first party Nintendo game.

Still waiting for the Xenoblade X fix

Nintendo is a tiny company in comparison. They attack small creators, but they can't do anything against OpenAI, Meta, Google or Alibaba. They won't even try to sue them.
Maybe if lots of companies unite against them it could work, but for now I don't see anything Nintendo can do against that.

I wish I could use playing Xenoblade as an excuse to invite someone into my dorm room...

What prevents people at the event from recording this inaudible sound and sharing it online?

All the @supermarioXXth with XX a multiple of 5 greater than 40 are taken by troll accounts.

Each cartridge has a unique code within. Two cartridge of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are not 100% identical in the data they contain.
If Nintendo sees that the same cartridge is inserted in two consoles at once (which is not possible), then one of them is a copy and Nintendo bans both consoles.
So now, imagine I'm a malicious person. I buy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, make a copy, and sell the original game. I then play my copy and at the same time the buyer also plays the game. Boom, banned.
This will never happen if you receive your games to trustworthy people. Do not be afraid to share. But clearly it becomes a bit scarier to buy second hand now... Be careful. Thankfully Nintendo seems to understand this specific situation and responds pretty well but it's still better if such problems do not occur.

Nothing is only available for a limited time on the internet.

They should ban Nintendo accounts and not whole systems...

I do all 3 stars in 50cc, then 100cc, ...

It's only in English. For example, in French and Italian, Xenoblade isn't on the list
Italian : https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/topic/giochi-avanzati-per-microsoft-edge-game-assist-433b33b1-a599-40a1-901a-f0138e969d14
French : https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/topic/jeux-am%C3%A9lior%C3%A9s-pour-microsoft-edge-game-assist-433b33b1-a599-40a1-901a-f0138e969d14

There are ways to download the videos from Nintendo's servers. I won't discuss how, but it's possible.
News websites will still be able to include them in their articles and/or archive them for future use. It's just harder for normal people to share them on social media or with friends that do not have an NSO subscription

The European text is barely readable on the spine...

People will always complain and go for impulsive emotions over rational reflection.

It's probably super obvious but I'm very happy right now

I wonder what evolution in technology leads to "magnet sticks to metal better than when Iwata wanted to try it". Neodymium magnets existed and were cheap 10 years ago too, and metal exists since forever.

Curious why it's Nintendo doing all this and not GameFreak. Sure Pokemon is a Nintendo IP but all the leaks happened from GF's servers.

The fact all modes use DLSS is a concern to me. I really need an option to disable it.

Switch 1 already killed the Steam Deck.
Steam Deck is at ~4M units sold worldwide, with handheld PC gaming at about 6M.
In comparison the Wii U is a massive success (~14M). Nintendo is way ahead of Valve in the gaming space, there's no competition.

If it's about performance, yeah we can analyse the chips and so but as a whole I don't think Nintendo is worried about Valve or other handheld PCs.

@Daniel36 Xenoblade X launched like a month ago and didn't have a day one patch. Point invalid.

@datamonkey That's literally what I said. There's going to be data to download anyways, so why bother using expensive cartridges?

64GB is the highest capacity cartridge. What if a game is over that limit? This solution still allows the game to have a physical release in stores.
It's not perfect, but it's a solution to a problem. I don't think we'll see that many games like that, and I'm sure we'll never get any first party Nintendo title in such a format.

@Krull Given what was said about the emulation aspect of retrocompatibility, yes. For games targeting 30fps, you'll get a pretty much locked 30fps. For games with dynamic resolution, you'll get the highest one almost all the time. There's nothing Nintendo can really do to slow down emulation to Switch 1 speed (emulation speed is not tied to CPU clock speed like it was in the DS era).

However, you won't get any higher framerate or resolution than what the game was designed for, even if the Switch 2 has the processing power to do so.

This is already confirmed by Nintendo on the French website at least. I knew this since it was updated with Switch 2 info.

I answered "no" because here in Europe the physical version is 90€ ($100)
Consider yourselves lucky for only having to pay $80 ;-;

That's just how the Switch emulators on Android always worked. NCE instead of a JIT recompiler.
You can emulate switch games on basically any post 2020 smartphone, it's not impressive. This also explains why so many games don't work on Switch 2.

I wonder if they took some code inspiration from the emulators they seized. All that work was already done.

@andyg1412 Bravo, you became the "This sign can't stop me because I can't read" meme.
Translating a web page is an old technology at this point, get with the times and stop being a hater.
There's no code. There's no one time use. There's no account needed.
You insert the cartridge, a message pops up telling you it needs additional data, it downloads it, then you play. Take your cartridge and put it in another console, same thing.

• You can use Switch 1 Pro controller on Switch 2
• You can't use Switch 2 Pro controller on Switch 1
• Price is 90€ in Europe (I don't know why it isn't mentioned in the news)
• It has HD Rumble 2 which is presumably better than the one from the Switch 1 Pro controller

@andyg1412 @Serpenterror Before replying what's on your mind please do a 5 second search to confirm what you say. It is explicitly said you can use the cartridge on multiple consoles and without an account.
https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch2/faq/index.html#key-card

It's just like a physical game but you have an initial setup for downloading the game. You can resell the cartridge and the buyer will be able to download the game.
The only downside besides taking storage space is when Nintendo will inevitably shut down their servers you won't be able to download the game again or use it in another console.

At least you can use it on multiple consoles with multiple Nintendo accounts as long as you download the game on each one......

Switch 2 is way cheaper in Japan where it has a region locked version.
It's 20% more expensive for the international version. Thanks USA and your tariffs, you really outdid yourself at being a jerk to everybody in the world including Europe, Asia and Australia.
(Source : https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/japan-only/index.html )

Nintendo knows they're not in competition with Valve or any of the handheld PC manufacturers.
That's why they don't need to be competitive performance-wise and keep a relatively low price (probably $400 or less)

"Certain Nintendo Switch games" also means "we're not going to test all games so if it doesn't work don't message us thanks"

Remember the Switch 2 will be at the very most $450 while the other handheld gaming PCs are $800 and above, except the Steam Deck because Valve makes money from Steam instead.
Also, they are all a lot heavier, and louder. And can't play Switch and Switch 2 games legally now that all Switch emulators are officially dead.
The Switch 2 doesn't have competition.

@shgamer It's mirrored for some reason.

Insecurity, n. : see « Sony ».

Add an option to use your smartphone as the second screen, with an accessory to attach it to the Switch 2.

Quality isn't as good as CDs and the game selection is minuscule for now. So yeah, still listening on other media.

At this point I think they're holding until next year so the regular Switch can have a final holiday.

Monolith Soft is one amazing company. They strife for perfection in a way no one else does. Both Xenogears and Xenosaga were cut short from their respective publishers (yeah I know Monolith Soft was founded after Square Enix shut down Xenosaga but the team is more or less the same) and yet they still go forward with ambitious titles. I'm so glad they got bought by Nintendo which also strifes (sometimes) for perfection and doesn't hesitate to spend more time and money if it means a better game comes out. It's a beautiful marriage, another great N&M couple.
I can't wait to see how amazing their games will look and play on a more powerful Switch 2, especially now that they have a dedicated R&D team for their proprietary game engine.

@Savage_Joe If 16GB of RAM is $100 then the Switch 2 will never ever be under $400.
Even if Nintendo can get 12GB for $50 it's still a lot more compared to 4GB which is basically free nowadays. This alone is probably a $50 increase in price. Not to mention the new SoC still made by Ngreedia and larger display. The Switch 2 won't be cheap.
A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8gen3 is already about $200 per chip for the manufacturer. No doubt Nintendo and Nvidia have a partnership but I highly doubt Nintendo can buy their SoC for less than $100 per console. Joycons, dock and Nintendo's margin still need to be factored in.
I think $400 is the minimum realistic price, with $450 and $500 being more inline of what I expect.

Just look at the price of smartphones with 12GB of RAM and a high end SoC, they're not $300.

12GB of RAM means it won't be cheap. Not $700 like the PS5 Pro but there's definitely going to be a price bump from the OLED $350

About Xenosaga and Xenogears, when you say « It is an odd one, but it comes down to the same old story: not enough gold. » and link to the article about the market study, it is completely false and irrelevant. This market analysis was performed before 2019, so before the release of Xenoblade 1 Definitive Edition and Xenoblade 3, not to mention the inclusion of Pyra and Mythra in Super Smash Bros Ultimate which contributed even more to the success and public awareness of the trilogy.

I don't mind minor NPC designs or dialogues being AI generated if there's someone to check and correct afterwards (not generated at runtime, but during development).
Some textures and models in the environment as well, maybe trees or rock formations.
If it's just a tool that could be used to add more content by making the annoying redundant part of development easier it's all right. But everything else should be done by talented people.

I'm so sad it got announced. I wished for it to be a proper Switch 2 title. It looks so good on Switch, I would have absolutely loved to see how amazing it would look on a more powerful hardware.
It launches in 2025, the year of the Switch 2's release. We waited 7 years, more like 8 by the time it releases. We can wait a few more months.

I sincerely hope it won't appear in June's Direct. I don't want this game on the Switch. I want it on the Switch 2.
We waited 7 years, a few more months is nothing.

>Khu
Pfffffft

We live in an era where people, even journalists, trust and relay random false info from random sources...
https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/1789101780816777254

After all these weeks people still don't get that Nintendo isn't after emulators, they're after Yuzu since it has been proven multiple times it's illegal. Not because it's an emulator (emulators are legal and Nintendo can't and will never do anything to delete them) but because they use pirated games and official stolen SDK from Nintendo during development.
No matter how much you cry in the comment section about the code being still there, no one wants it. It's toxic, radioactive, no sane person with enough knowledge and skill to continue development wants to spend thousands of hours on this.
Be grateful that there was a competitor from the start (Ryujinx) and therefore Switch emulation isn't dead. If Yuzu still works for your games, use it. It's not a problem. But it's dead and won't receive any meaningful updates anymore.

Cool. I don't believe it. The current dock does support 4k resolution. What doesn't is the switch operating system, it only renders and output up to 1080p. In fact, the switch hardware does support 4k resolution output as well, you can access these resolutions using another operating system like Android or Linux (some crazy people even played switch games on an emulator on Linux on the switch and it can play some games at 4k this way, crazy).