@jamesthemagi I just think the GPD looks like a cheap knock with that much plastic on show in the bottom half. The switch 2 woujd definitely benefit from a clam shell design. It would help protect the stocks and screen when big in use. The joy con sections could still be detachable too. There’s a number of instances where a second screen and touch screen during play feel absent too. Sports games would significantly benefit from a second touch screen to manage teams and strategies during live play without need to pause. Fortnite would also benefit in the same way. Games like Trine and Rayman would also benefit from the interactivity. I feels if it adds something, why take it away?
I thought about this recently and again after the “rate top 50 N64 games” article.
I would really like to see Nintendo launch a dedicated home console again and launch it with the same powerhouse tact they had with the N64.
I recently played Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time and they took me back to when I played them on their original launch day. Back then they blew me away and made me laugh at every single game at the same time available on PlayStation; they just even in the same world, never mind the same league.
Nintendo had accomplished the impossible, amazed the world and lead the video games industry into a new era, same era we’re in now. There has been no so significant a forward step in gaming since Nintendo gave the world actual navigable 3D environments with true 3D analogue control.
At that same time, Nintendo marketed the N64 as THE most powerful console and more powerful than the computer that sent a rocket to the moon. They prided themselves on the power of that hardware. Ever since then, they’ve trailed on hardware power every single generation. But they still always dominated the handheld market.
I would like to see the Switch as the new Nintendo handheld arm. So evolved it can be played at home also.
But the home hardware arm of Nintendo has been so quiet and secretive, we honestly don’t know if it’s dead or quietly working away. It would blow my mind if by the end of 2021 we were suddenly made aware of the NES 8. Why not market the fact the my are on the 8 console where PlayStation have only given us 5, and Xbox has done whatever they’ve done with lamest console naming strategy ever.
What if all the games that are seemingly very very quiet for some reason turn out to be quiet as they’ve been redeveloped as full 4K titles for a new hyper powered Nintendo console?
The Nintendo Entertainment System 8 launching with Breath of the Wild 2, Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, Eternal Darkness 2, Mario Kart 9, and on and on and on. It would be simple enough for Switch arts to also plug into it or share the same eshop for download.
Hardware powerful enough that it also received black ops 5, NHL/FIFA/MADDEN 22, read dead 3, GTA 6, and on and on and on.
I think Nintendo could take a huge slice of the table that they’ve not say at for a very long time just because Sony and Microsoft are getting more and more complacent and offering less and less. Nothing from them is innovative in any way.
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@jamesthemagi I just think the GPD looks like a cheap knock with that much plastic on show in the bottom half. The switch 2 woujd definitely benefit from a clam shell design. It would help protect the stocks and screen when big in use. The joy con sections could still be detachable too. There’s a number of instances where a second screen and touch screen during play feel absent too. Sports games would significantly benefit from a second touch screen to manage teams and strategies during live play without need to pause. Fortnite would also benefit in the same way. Games like Trine and Rayman would also benefit from the interactivity. I feels if it adds something, why take it away?
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@jamesthemagi why are they not necessary? The one thing missing from the switch is a second screen.
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@jamesthemagi you mean you want it shaped exactly like a 3DS XL then?
Re: Does Nintendo Have A Handheld Future Beyond The Switch? Yes, Say The Experts
I thought about this recently and again after the “rate top 50 N64 games” article.
I would really like to see Nintendo launch a dedicated home console again and launch it with the same powerhouse tact they had with the N64.
I recently played Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time and they took me back to when I played them on their original launch day. Back then they blew me away and made me laugh at every single game at the same time available on PlayStation; they just even in the same world, never mind the same league.
Nintendo had accomplished the impossible, amazed the world and lead the video games industry into a new era, same era we’re in now. There has been no so significant a forward step in gaming since Nintendo gave the world actual navigable 3D environments with true 3D analogue control.
At that same time, Nintendo marketed the N64 as THE most powerful console and more powerful than the computer that sent a rocket to the moon. They prided themselves on the power of that hardware. Ever since then, they’ve trailed on hardware power every single generation. But they still always dominated the handheld market.
I would like to see the Switch as the new Nintendo handheld arm. So evolved it can be played at home also.
But the home hardware arm of Nintendo has been so quiet and secretive, we honestly don’t know if it’s dead or quietly working away. It would blow my mind if by the end of 2021 we were suddenly made aware of the NES 8. Why not market the fact the my are on the 8 console where PlayStation have only given us 5, and Xbox has done whatever they’ve done with lamest console naming strategy ever.
What if all the games that are seemingly very very quiet for some reason turn out to be quiet as they’ve been redeveloped as full 4K titles for a new hyper powered Nintendo console?
The Nintendo Entertainment System 8 launching with Breath of the Wild 2, Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, Eternal Darkness 2, Mario Kart 9, and on and on and on. It would be simple enough for Switch arts to also plug into it or share the same eshop for download.
Hardware powerful enough that it also received black ops 5, NHL/FIFA/MADDEN 22, read dead 3, GTA 6, and on and on and on.
I think Nintendo could take a huge slice of the table that they’ve not say at for a very long time just because Sony and Microsoft are getting more and more complacent and offering less and less. Nothing from them is innovative in any way.