Ravenmaster

@twztid13 we are actually a due successor as of next year. Nintendo use a 5 year cycle for new console releases and March 2022 would be exactly 5 years since the original Switch launched back in 2017. Sometimes console life cycles get extended but that doesn’t mean Nintendo won’t bring out a new best console and carry on supporting the previous gen for another 2-3 years if it continues to sell.

@Bizaster It might not end up being called 'Switch Pro' but it is inevitable that Nintendo will make a successor to its current gen system. Its a question of 'when' not 'if.'

Huge design fail. The left thumbstick should be where the left D-Pad is if its supposed to resemble a Gamecube Controller. Call it 're-imagined' all you want but that thing is an inaccurate mess. It has more in common with the Wii U Pro Controller (which sucked).

Makes sense. It will go end of life and the newer model will replace it.

It's criminal that Nintendo still have not ported Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD to Switch. Those 2 games would sell like hotcakes even at 60 bucks a piece.

Well no point in carrying on this conversation. Hipsters gonna hipster.

@westman98

Tell me again how you don't want Zelda to look this good: https://youtu.be/L_Qmig8nf3A?t=53

This is what happens when you announce a drab, boring Switch OLED with the same stale architechture that was aging badly back in 2017. When instead, Nintendo could have announced a Switch Pro OLED that could handle 4K 60fps when docked and 1080p 60fps when in handheld mode.

I mean it could still happen if Nintendo gets a new Lovelace SoC from Nvidia in time for next year. That would definitely raise stocks. Another thing that would have helped would have been to release Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD for the Switch. Then the year after bring out Ocarina of Time HD and Majora's Mask HD. Then top it off with Mario Kart 9 and Metroid Prime Trilogy HD

I actually preferred Mario with this guy voicing him in the cartoons. I thought it was silly when Nintendo decided to give Mario the voice of a high-pitched eunuch in their games.

Looking good, can't wait ^_^

@LawnChairMan Until they bring out the Switch Pro/Super Switch 6 months down the line then all the people who bought the Switch OLED will be like "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF**********K!!

Mario Bros 1,2,3 and Super Mario World were my fav Mario games. The ones which came after it just didn't interest me in the slightest. I much prefer Zelda and Metroid these days. Or Smash and Mario Kart instead of Mario platformers.

It's nice to see Skyward Sword getting the recognition it always deserved

"we have no plans for launching any other model AT THIS TIME."

Which basically means, "from this point onwards we are allowed to change our minds whenever it suits us."

Nintendo holding release of the Metroid Prime Trilogy remaster so they can use it as a forerunner to Metroid Prime 4 to get everybody hyped for the latest installment. Just like what we have right now with Skyward Sword and the upcoming release of BotW 2

Meh...

Sounds like dumbed down Rihanna

If botw can run at a constant 60fps @ 1080p on the CEMU emulator, using an oldass gtx 1060 and a 4 year old cpu then Nintendo can do it on a Switch Pro with a newer Nvidia processor that supports DLSS 2.0

Do you even know what DLSS 2.0 can do? Maybe you should youtube it.

I think Metroid Dread will be good practice for when Metroid Prime 4 comes out. I reckon both games will be good in their own way

@TMNHertl I buy Nintendo mostly for the exclusive games. For all other games I use my PC. But lately I tried out the CEMU emulator for BotW, Twilight Princess and Wind Waker and omg... those games look and run so much better on a platform that has decent hardware.

Just look at how clean this looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwuiGTNoEJA

@contractcooker I don't hate the Switch. I hate that Nintendo are completely tone deaf when it comes to creating hardware that could run their games way better. All i want is a Switch that can run games at 60fps @ 1440p or 4K so that the image quality doesn't look like blurry crap on a current gen 4K TV. A new Nvidia chip with DLSS 2.0 could make that happen.

I mean look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2n-jhlQkhk

The guy in the video is running BotW at 1080p/60fps and all he's using is an oldass GTX1060 and a mid range 8th gen CPU. But look how much smoother than animations are. The color and lighting is richer, textures look better. It really helps bring out the immersion. No microstutters, just smooth gameplay.

Just for chitz and giggles, here's how good the game could have looked on a balls to the wall high-end gaming PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwuiGTNoEJA

@DanTheSausage And yet, it still struggles to run BotW at 30fps when docked. What a waste of silicon... =/

@sanderev The 2019 Switch has the same processor as the 2017 Switch. All 3 models have it - they never changed it. The only thing the 2019 model got was a battery upgrade. Now the 2021 OLED Switch has the 2019 better battery, a better kickstand, larger internal memory and the new screen. All of that is superficial though and will not help the dismal performance with regards to FPS and resolution/ image clarity when docked.

I'm not worried because I won't be buying an OLED Switch. It suffers from the same sub-30fps @ 1080p issue that the regular Switch does. I just don't consider it an upgrade. It has the same processor in it that was already aging horribly back in 2017 when it came out.

@dazzleshell They'll probs go with Super Switch

If i recall correctly, Nintendo brought out a Wii Mini right at the end of the Wii's life cycle. Then a few months later they released the Wii U to succeed it properly. But as we all know, confusing marketing and a lack of games has Wii U dead in the water from the get-go.

As for the Switch Pro, if it launched in March 2020 with BotW 2 as a launch title, closely followed by Metroid Prime 4, I reckon it'd do really well. Especially with DLSS 2.0 to keep frame rates and res high.

No point in buying a console with a processor that was aging horribly back when it came out in 2017.

It has trouble achieving 30fps @ 1080p. Low frame rate is a huge glaring issue that Nintendo seems to have glossed right over.

Switch OLED is a hard pass for me. They need to release the Switch Pro with a new Nvidia SoC that supports DLSS 2.0 so it can keep up with current gen 4K TV's when docked. Even 1440p 60fps would have been a worthy improvement. Sadly we'll have to wait even longer to have a crisp clean image and decent frames.

The only way I would consider AoC as canon is if DLC packs 1 and 2 have more cutscenes. And those cutscenes would have to steer AoC's story arc in such a way that the end of the game would lead right into the beginning of BotW.

It could happen but I have my doubts.

@LXP8 well it sure didn’t lead into the beginning of BotW. More like split off and created its own fan-fiction timeline

@roy130390 learned plenty of combos for my most played heroes. It still didn't change the fact that HW AoC is a monotonous grind game that bares no relevance to BotW's story canon.

I stopped playing after i completed the game once. I thought maybe the game would actually be canon and be a true prequel to BotW. Nope, its a button mashing fan fiction game.

Does anybody actually care what Twitch does? I'll be playing the game not watching somebody else play it.

OMFG that picture just reminded me how bad I want OoT and MM HD on Switch XD

Ah man, I love that art style they used for the tech demo. Would really like to see a Zelda game use it.

Still missing the N64 and GC libraries though

The first remaster wasn't great so I didn't buy it. Plus Crytek made it Epic Games Store exclusive on PC so that was another reason to dodge it.

I won't buy Crysis Remastered or Crysis 2 Remastered until Crytek agrees to put them on Steam or Origin. No way am I ever gonna install the Epic Games Store. Tim Sweeney is an absolute sleezeball scumbag and I hope he goes bankrupt.

This Loftwing Amiibo gives you fast travel like the Travel Medalion did in BotW. The difference is that you didn't need to buy an amiibo to unlock the Travel Medalion in BotW. You got it by purchasing digital DLC.

The trouble with fast travel being locked behind an amiibo purchase is that, if you aren't quick enough to purchase one direct from an official retailer, you'll be forced to buy one from a scalper if you want the fast travel feature.

So this amiibo does pretty much what the Travel Medalion does in BotW. Pretty lame to lock these things behind a paywall.

It'll cost £50 for most buyers who aren't lucky enough to get one directly from Nintendo. Scalpers and all that crap

Not gonna lie, i would enjoy playing LOZ Minish Cap and Metroid Fusion on my Switch

Nintendo should commission Playtonic Games to make the next Donkey Kong game because most of their devs came from the OG Rareware studio that created the original Donky Kong Country trilogy for the SNES

Played the hell out of the 2D Mario games when I was a kid. Mario Bros, Mario Bros 2, Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 (6 Gold Coins), Wario Land. Then the 3D ones started coming out and I just lost interest. Was far too busy playing Zelda, Goldeneye, F-zero, Starfox 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Killer Instinct Gold by then.

Haven't really played any proper Mario games since then. I tried New Super Mario Bros but it just didn't feel the same so I never bothered with Mario much since.

lol all because Nintendo are too damn lazy to put it on Switch XD

@ThanosReXXX Yeah i hear what you're saying. This other mod looks little more in the spirit of the original: https://youtu.be/L_Qmig8nf3A?t=52

Pales in comparison to this though, doesn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wL_bnvOgOI&list=PLg7zPm4FXpT1kv503U5GKmiMIZu3X-g6B&index=3

The left thumbstick should be where the D-pad is

@Trikeboy it clashes and just ends up looking bad. I'd have much prefered black and gold ones that matched

Hmm one is purple and one is blue. They clash. It's gonna do my head in. Not gonna buy em.

Would love to see him come back to Nintendo

Wind Waker is a great game. Yeah people complained about the graphics engine at first but in the end it didn't really matter much. The gameplay was fun and the story was very compelling.

However, it begs the question - would people have enjoyed it even more if Nintendo had say... used Twilight Princess style graphics to make the game? Would Wind Waker have been any less lovable with a different graphics engine?