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Hopefully I can play Tetris 99 with my new pro controller (I had one of the original ones with duff dpad).

Be interesting to see whether these support vrr. (I own both these but have barely touched them due to what I continue terrible performance). If it’s 60fps locked then great I will play docked but handheld would be okay with vrr I suspect.

It’s still disappointing that there is no VRR support for the external hdmi. Anyone know why (All I can think of is the SoC only supports the original proper gsync that used to require a fpga in the monitor but I am not certain by a long shot)

Ports are still going to suck. Always have. GPU is not everything either Switch/Switch 2 are poor cpu wise.

Series S has basically the same cpu as Series X (Bit downclocked).

I would rather of have at least Map on the touchscreen and screen mirroring for the touchscreen style games. (Quite a few Wii U ports just don’t quite work right on Switch). May be technically even easier for them to do it using a Switch 1 using the game share feature but I think it’s super unlikely that they will.

@sanderev The difference is Nintendo always cheaps out on tech and it holds things back for the whole generation. They could have easily increased the clock speeds when they went from 20nm to 16nm. But even the stock Tegra X1 can run much better and people have managed to get rid of significant amounts of slowdown. (At least if those issues are not fixed on Switch 2 then I can give Echoes of Wisdom/Links Awakening a go on a modded Switch 1 as I have the carts). Looks like it might not be necessary though in this day and age there is no reason for a £50 game to be as bad as Nintendo has put there name to. (Even worse at £75). Total joke.

If the wheel is a first party accessory I think I might enjoy this game more than I was expecting. (I loved playing Mario Kart Wii with the wheel didn’t seem to work as well on the Wii U).

@PessitheMystic One thing that is apparently possible is stopping the Tegra X1 being downclocked which apparently fixes Links Awakening and Echoes of Wisdom at least. (Hopefully the switch 2 fixes both issues). I don’t know what the reasoning.

I wish they had gone for a newer process technology so it didn’t need to be downclocked. Docked it should be able to run at full speed regardless but that doesn’t seem to be the case. (Modders seem to have the switch 1 working much better for some games with it running at the X1 full speed although I haven’t tried it).

I don’t think it was good enough technically for the money. (The version of Super Mario Galaxy in 3d All Stars I was fine with). It feels like a 2nd rate port. Far too buggy has slowdown. 2 player mode is unplayable in the later game.

@X68000 I wish they were a bit better at stating whether Switch was the lead platform. (Or if it is noticeably worse than other versions). I went through a list similar to this for Europe and considered 2/3’s unplayable.

Surprised the LG G series isn’t included in the list ( At least the G4 and G5 have a better oled panel type)

Japan is getting a much better deal. (I haven’t imported anything for Switch unlike SNES/N64 - SNES games and I imported a USA N64 because it was significantly better). I have about 60 physical Switch games and loads of downloads (Although I go for Series X for indies now due to too many just not being good enough on Switch). I will get a Switch 2 but my attach rate will go way down). I am spending more for the same indie games on series x but so far it has been worth it.

I hope the thousand year door gets a switch 2 version with 60fps. (Failing that I would like the original on Switch Online but that might be unlikely)

I would have much preferred it to be a cast button. Or someway of going back to having the map available on a second screen.

I don’t understand the attraction to Mario Kart. The only ones I have really got into are the SNES original and the Wii one (With the wheel). I played MK8 quite a bit (40hrs maybe) on the Wii U but barely touched Deluxe. Found the Switch DLC not as well done as the first lot.

I got much more out of Diddy Kong Racing/All Stars Racing Transformed (PC)

I can understand wanting to do something about the amount places such as Cex have made on the back of not really doing much. (Sucks that they are nearly the only places left on the high street).

Hades works much better on my iPad than the switch version. (I wouldn’t have thought that it would be such a difference - If it wasn’t free via Netflix I wouldn’t have double dipped).

I think Nintendo are getting greedy. We should have selects by now etc.

I miss the days of instead of posting clickbate hearsay people actually found out information. (Instead of just waiting and finding out the correct answer from whoever their contact is) they fill this site with loads of this junk. When this site first started it was really good. (Time Extension still is).

Anyone know if VRR is handheld only ? (I have a lg cx) I have seen it referred to as gsync which seems to mean a few different things. I also don’t know if 1080/120 is possible docked or not.

The game is not good. There is hardly any NPC’s and the story is dull as dishwater. (The skill that existed during the CHRONO Trigger/ ff6 era seems to have been lost).

@Willo567 The problem is Nintendo does both. If they were still doing Nintendo selects it would be much fairer. Metroid Prime is the only consumer friendly thing I can think of them doing for a long time.

I think I will leave it for a bit. Not bothered about 3rd party. (Buying from Xbox via the Iceland Store seems to work out about the same as the Nintendo prices for indies even with a lower % discount).

I didn’t like dk64 find collectathons about as unfun as it can get. This looks like it might be okay though.

Does it have vrr ? more bothered about that than theoretical 120fps

Anything using Unity on switch 1 seems to run like crap. (Even HD Wii ports). Stuff seems to be getting worse over time not better when it comes to indie games. (I bought a load all 9/10 games from here and found 2/3 were what I consider not good enough technically to play). Now I tend to just get indies on series x.

@8bitKirby I can’t put up with the slowdown on those games. I think they were done on the cheap.

I know it’s a long shot but I hope we get the selects range back once the switch 2 releases. (Quite a number of games I would rebuy digitally for convenience but not at full price).

I wonder how much money places like Cex have lost Nintendo over the switch lifetime.

I prefer Nintendo when they are trying harder. (I never experienced anything as badly done as DKCR/Links Awakening/Echo’s of Wisdom on Wii U - proper Nintendo games anyway).

The way they are going about the season pass means I won’t pay full price for it. Maybe I will get it when the whole thing drops to £20 or so. (I might have bought it at full price if there was none of the nonsensical situation of expecting people to pay for something in advance then not receive it for 6 months).

I played a lot of the Steam version of All Stars Racing Transformed but I couldn’t tolerate the Wii U or 360 versions. I suspect the switch version of this will be similarly disappointing. Might try this on Series X. (I think I played the Steam All Stars Racing Transformed for over 300 hours which is a lot for me I enjoyed it much more than Mario Kart 8 which I played quite a bit on Wii U and then bought but hardly touched on Switch).

Is it true the switch version massively limits map size ?

If there was a way to remove the types of posts I consider spammy from the main Nintendolife site I might subscribe. Feels like we get 10 posts when 1 would have been fine. (Time Extension doesn’t have this problem).

@PineappleLake I bought your game on Steam (Mainly because you actually support my Intel Mac)

So is the c button that was present in some of the leaks not real. (I nearly always play docked but I would like the option of the map Wii u style for some games)

@Joeynator3000 The Unity thing seems to explain a bit. But I am fairly sure on the Wii U stuff like Trine / Trine 2 used Unity and were pretty decent. I don’t know if the problem lies with Unity / Nintendo (And a newer version of Unity). The other possibility that the people Nintendo are getting to do this stuff can’t manage to do it properly (But small indie studios in the past could) is totally unacceptable to me.

The Wii U games (That were ported later to switch) were at least pretty good both times.

It is disappointing that there are so many ports/remakes that have glitches on switch (1st party games). I can think of Links Awakening/Echo’s of Wisdom/Paper Mario (half frame rate)/ this.

Kaze and the Wild Masks I think is a mess technically to the point I don’t find it enjoyable. I think Freedom Planet is an unfair comparison because that worked quite well. (I found the levels a bit long but it was definitely fun.)

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Is bad as well.

I have not looked to see if they work better on other platforms at all but I was disappointed to find those two not even close to the ones I already knew.

I just want no slowdown / dropped frames. No load times.

It looks to me as if Nintendolife has lowered the bar quite a bit for the more recent releases.

It is not a well programmed game. (Neither is Links Awakening). I don’t know what should win it but at least The Lost Crown and Indiana Jones work properly.