Ravenmaster

Thank you Uemura San, for all the fun gaming memories

I wish joy-cons were shaped more like Wii Nunchucks but with more buttons. Those things were so comfy. Switch Joy-cons suck coz they're too tiny.

@Ventilator Nvidia Ada Lovelace SoC + DLSS.

Exclusives + better hardware that can run at 4k 60fps will seal the deal.

The Wii was literally just an overclocked Gamecube with motion controls.

Jess still looking cute AF

@Severian That's how they got Al Capone - tax evasion.

Why is Twilight Princess not on this list?

Four Swords was the only title in that list i vaguelly enjoyed.

Microsoft needs to give their retro games a facelift and bring quality of life improvements to them. Just like Microsoft did for their Xbox 360 titles.

The reason Metroid Dread had the best opening month of any Metroid game ever is because Nintendo has advertised the bejesus out of it. They've never advertised any other Metroid game as much as they advertised Metroid Dread.

Sure they've had one or two adverts for past Metroid games but with Dread they hit us with a new trailer every week for about 6 weeks prior to launch. They hit the world up on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube - as many outlets as they could. Essentially spending money to make money and boy did it pay off for them.

Of course it helped that the game lived up to the hype because if it hadn't then all the adertising would have been for nothing. But fortunately the game has great visuals and audio, great story and great gameplay. Even the voice acting was well done.

Metroid Dread didn't have terrible voice acting and dialogue. It was quite the opposite. Nintendo has learned.

@dudujencarelli 60fps doesn't feel all that fluid. Try playing a first person shooter on a 120hz monitor then go back to a 60hz one. The difference is like night and day.

@WallyWest Unless they decide to name their next gen console the Super Switch

Got mine but now i've already 100% completed the game on hard mode so i've little use for the amiibo set. Will likely keep it boxed up so it's value rises over the years

Meanwhile scalpers are selling them for £80 a pop (or higher) on eBay.

They should do it like Sky TV and let customers choose which packages they want.

£9.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 1 retro library.
£18.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 2 retro libraries
£27.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + 3 retro libraries
£36.00 per year for Clous Saves + Online Play + 4 retro libraries

I'd have gone for the £18.00 per year for Cloud Saves + Online Play + SNES and N64 libraries, since I hardly play NES titles and I already have the Sega Classics Collection for Megadrive games. But whatever...

So they banned Goldeneye in 1997... yet they allowed young peeps to buy Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct. O....K....

I bought AoC when it was released but couldn't bring myself to buy the DLC. Frame were totally lame and the gameplay just felt like a repetitive grind-fest. I did enjoy the cinematics though and I hoped that this game would be a true canon prequel, since the devs coordinated with Nintendo's BotW team. But its obvious it was just fan fiction because the game's ending doesn't tie into the begininng of BotW.

VV just got 360 no scoped. GG. RIP.

I'd be happy with a Majora's Mask release for N64 and Streets of Rage 1 and 3 + Sonic 1 and 3 + Knuckles for the Megadrive.

I'd love to see Killer Instinct Gold, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Goldeneye and Perfect Dark for the N64 but we all know Microsoft is likely to hoard them for their own platform.

Trevor is a great choice. His voice is also similar to the original Gamesmaster (Patrick Moore)

Mario wasn't a eunuch until this guy started voicing him =/

The Sega Classics Collection makes the Switch online Megadrive/Genesis library look like a dried up desert.

@SwitchForce Sure I get that, and they do well by working around those limitations with their art styles but i'd love to see BotW 2 running smooth as butter in 4K @ 60hz without aliasing jaggy lines. A man can dream. DLSS and Nvidia's upcoming Lovelace SoC can bring that dream to life.

The Switch has done very well considering its hardware was already aging when it was released 5 years ago. Nowadays its really showing its limitations.

What would be awesome is a Switch that can do 4K 60hz when docked and 1080p 60hz when in handheld mode. An 8 inch screen with slightly larger, more robust joy-cons would be nice too. And if it supported DLSS, Nintendo could keep frame rates high and finally implement some anti-aliasing to destroy those cursed jaggies.

Don't bother with it. Get the Sega Classics Collection instead. You pay once and its for keeps and it includes 50 of Sega's classic games.

I loved the Rare N64 titles. Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day. Those were my go-to games besides the obvious Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Starfox 64.

The game wasn't completely terrible. It was Samus' dialogue and voice acting that failed hardest in Metroid Other M.

In Dread, the voice acting was far better (even though Samus was only speaking Chozo, she didn't sound like a little wuss, as she had in Metroid Other M).

It's true Samus has been through a lot. Her parents were murdered by Space Pirates when she was a kid then she was raised by the Chozo, who trained her in combat and science. They taught her how to dicipline her mind. And by the time she reached the Other M era, she had already beaten several versions of Ridley in battle. It made absolutely no sense for Samus to go so deep into shell-shock when she encountered Ridley during Other M.

@Edwirichuu to be honest, they should have released the GBA titles instead of the Megadrive/Genesis ones. We already have the Sega Classics Colleciton in the eShop.

@Curbie Virtual Console on the Wii/Wii U offered the best purchase options for everyone. You got to choose the retro games you wanted and skip the garbage ones that don't interest you. The games didn't cost all that much and you got them for keeps.

@VR32X According to Nintendo logic, that'd cost you an extra £18 per year on top of this new price hike.

@Darkyoshi98 Don't know what this generation wants but my generation remembers the Virtual Console store. A store where we were able to buy just the retro titles we actually wanted and have them for keeps. Instead of paying a subscription that conditionally grants us access to a bunch of titles we're not necessarily interested in.

The price hikes got me thinking - what will happen when Nintendo finally adds Gamecube and GBA titles to the online subscription service? Are they going to charge a further £18 pounds to grant people access to those titles? That would bring the yearly cost to £54 and would be a similar price to the Xbox Live subscription.

But Nintendo aren't giving those game libraries quality of life HD improvements. They're not giving them makeovers so that those older games look sharper and clearer on modern TV's. They're releasing them 'as is.'

The Sega stuff seems kinda pointless since many people already bought the Megadrive/Genesis Collection. Nintendo should have released GBA games with the N64 stuff instead.

I reckon they'll announce it at E3 next year

@ModdedInkling As a portable console, the Switch is absolutely rocking. But when docked, it is severaly lacking in that it doesn't pair up very well with current gen 4K TV's. The pixilation from upscaling 900p to 4K does not sit well with the eyes. There's a bit of blurring and a lot of jaggies due to the lack of anti-aliasing.

Nvidia's new architecture 'Lovelace' will no doubt remedy this as a Lovelace SoC will support DLSS. It will allow AI upscaling to 4K without taking a huge frame rate hit and also keeping the visual quality as close to native 4K as possible.

Nvidia's Lovelace chips will be coming to RTX 4000 series graphics cards in September 2022. So we can probably expect they'll have the new Lovelace SoC ready for Nintendo's next console at a similar time.

@danemord The thing is, people DO compare the Switch to other systems and Nintendo needs to realise this. It is almost 2 generations behind now hardware-wise and we need the next Switch to be able to work in tandem properly at good frame rates with current gen 4K TV's and not look blurry with zero anti-aliasing. Just imagine it - a Switch that has all the great gameplay AND good graphics.

4K 60hz via HDMI 2.0 is anything but future proof. PC's, Xbox Series X and PS5 are already up to 4K 120hz via HDMI 2.1

Would be nice to see the older 2D metroid games remastered using Dread's engine

If Nintendo is putting HDMI 2.0 ports on the Dock, it's probably because HDMI 1.4 ports are no longer being made by chip manufacturers.

But this doesn't mean the Switch OLED will support HDR and 4K 60fps. For that, Nintendo would need a new SoC from Nvidia that supports those features.

The upcoming Ada Lovelace SoC will almost definitely support HDR and 4K 60fps when docked, as the chip supports DLSS.

Only trouble is, the Lovelace architecture won't be readily available until late August/early September 2022 (about the time when Nvidia will release its Lovelace RTX 4000 series graphics cards).

@sanderev They might not end up calling it a Switch Pro but mark my words, Nintendo IS working on a true, next gen successor to the Switch.

Why though? What would the honest trailer go like? “How to make one of the most beautiful video game series look like complete fugly blurry ass - out now on low res no textures Nintendo Switch.”

While I agree BotW has beautiful art style, I realise after watching people play it with mods on PC that it could have looked so much better. Less aliasing, fuller textures, higher, clearer resolution with 60+ fps makes a world of difference. It's a shame the Switch doesn't have hardware capable of getting anywhere near that level of performance. Hopefully Switch2 will be powered by Nvidia's new Ada Lovelace SoC and remedy the performance situation with DLSS and a bit more raw horsepower.

Nice! Finally a home button on their retro controllers

The Switch's saving grace is that it does something none of the other consoles do - it's a hybrid and can be both a home console and a portable console.

Being a portable console is the Switch's strength. It's only competition up until now has been cell phones and the 3DS - both of which the Switch destroys. But, the Steam Deck is coming and piracy will allow Nintendo games to be played on it and it will be able to run Nintendo games at a better frame rate thanks to the more powerful SoC inside. So Nintendo is going to have to step up its game to stay ahead of the competition.

That said, as a home console, the Switch is abysmal and completely lacks the horsepower to run at decent frame rates above 1080p resolution. 4K TV's are the current gen norm now and the Switch is simply incapable of playing games at that resolution. Which means its low-res games look a bit stretched jaggy when played on these modern TV's.

The Switch definitely needs a successor console that supports DLSS.

Hmm... i pre-ordered mine directly from Nintendo UK store and I haven't received an email from them about the delay

I'm guessing its either an N64 wireless controller for upcoming N64 Nintendo Online library release or possibly a controller for a Switch Pro console. Probably the former

@shinesprites trouble is blurry low-res images on high-res 4K TV's. Home consoles need to match current gen displays and the only reason why the Switch gets a free pass is because its a hybrid console and many people play it just as much in handheld mode. If it were a connect-to-tv-only type of console, it'd be shunned super hard.

The Switch does need a successor though because it’s processor was aging back when it was released in 2017. We see how it struggles when trying to run BotW even at just 30fps. A new SoC would bring slightly higher resolution and much better frame rates. 900/1080p images also don’t look great on current gen 4K TV’s. A new Switch model with an upgraded SoC would support DLSS and upscale the image without losing clarity or frames. The technology is there, Nintendo will inevitably make the jump soon enough.