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Uncle Miltie is right

@cleveland124

My feeling exactly, it would be a real waste/shame if the tablet couldn't handle VR.

Mega Man 2 exemplifies some of the best music heard in gaming.

@World
Did you really need to reply? You pretty much answered your own question...

VC could be a huge selling point if Nintendo brings EVERYTHING to the library. For instance I don't mind paying more if I can play Star Fox SNES. Where's Pilot Wings? Marble Madness? Shadows of the Empire, Bond, Crusin' USA, Sunset Riders, Mortal Kombat, NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, Sonic, Doom...
In other words, I'd pay more to play these games, and if Nintendo can't broaden upon their current VC library--then why have it?

rugh-row...

Take my Money!!

I know I've said this before, but there's got to be more to this dock than just charging and streaming. At least I hope so.

Now that the dust has settled, I've gone from excited to concerned with the switch. I'm seriously hoping that the dock will add more power to the console, enabling it to be on ps4 xbox levels. Otherwise, i don't think the switch would be able to feature games like red dead redemption 2.

I will miss it, but I understand that this was the way to go to get back developers and mainstream gamers.

@shani
It did. there really wasn't a reason to press pause. You could be perched on top a building on the tv while going through the map or items on the gamepad--just like batman when he checks his armband computer in comics. When people talked to you or thugs were around you heard it from your game pad not the tv. you could move the remote batarang with the gyro of the gamepad. It was a very immersive experience. I played the game on Xbox and i thought the wiiu version was more impressive.

@Mart1ndo
oh snap, I didn't think about how a game like Mario Maker would be affected by no dual screen. Hopefully it will be a touch screen display, but dang.

dual screen gaming--too far ahead of itself. so sad. I think the game that should be remembered for optimizing this experience was Arkham City

@grimbldoo
lol

@grimbldoo
"Xbox's own controller simply inverts X and Y and A and B."

We know ; )

we were talking about the inversion of the joy stick and abxy buttons from the wii u to the switch

The only thing that I can nit-pick is the lack of a d pad on the joy-con. But I'm hoping nintendo or a third party will make alternate joy-cons for purchase.

@Aangatang
that makes sense!

@TheBlurB

It's definitely the same concept. I think it will be interesting to see if there will be any copyright conflict.

@sanches12
I think you might be right, Nintendo could be appealing to xbox users with the button layout, perhaps to entice them to make, the switch.

safe to assume the dock improves graphic quality? Also, I can't wait to see customizable/third-party joy-cons!

I hope a red dead/nx statement follows from Rockstar

'member super gameboy?

I hope that Nintendo reveals a longterm strategy when they unveil the NX. I'm curious to know if it will truly replace the 3ds as their flagship portable. And I wonder if there may be a more traditional home console on the way. Things I'd like to know.

@bitleman Dude, just naming the few 3rd party wiiu games does not make up for missing, Arkham Knight, any modern EA Sports game, Star Wars Battlefront, GTA, Deus Ex, Mortal Kombat, Metal Gear Solid 5...

Plus it didn't take a conspiracy for the WiiU to not connect with core gamers; they didn't like the hardware, they didn't buy it, companies stopped developing for it--this is what the market does to products that don't connect to the broader consumer.

@dres That's great that Nintendo's cheaper because it's less powerful strategy works for you. But I bought the WiiU (my first nintendo in ages) because they sold it as a system that was going to keep up with the cutting edge third party support. I like the wii u but I feel hosed. And the NX rumors so far don't bolster my confidence.

I'm concerned when I hear things like NX shouldn't compete with Sony and MS. That makes me nervous because it feels like the NX is a lesser powered cheaper console with detachable controllers for the kiddies.

@Churchy lol like a poor man's Burt Reynolds.

"Hi I'm Trevor McFur and here are the nominees for best cine, cine-ma, ci-ne-matog... (rubs white dust from mustache) Here's the award for the camera guys."

Over under on them announcing the NX in September only to delay it until the following September?

Epic Goofy

i think this is the best visualization so far http://tjplaygame.blogspot.com/2016/08/nintendo-nx-concept-art.html

I don't know if I like what the NX is turning out to be or not. On one hand I appreciate the potential innovation, but on the other hand the departure might not connect with consumers dooming it as a flop. Makes me think of that Jimi Hendrix line, "is this love, or confusion?"

Nintendo should have included wifi so that the mini could connect with a server full of Mario Maker levels.

I'm always the 1% that votes for Pilot Wings... And that makes me a sad panda

this tablet talk is making me nervous...

so it's been a few months since star fox was released, and I've been anticipating the snes version to be released but week after week it never comes through. Is there some other reason why Star Fox snes hasn't been released on VC? What am I missing?

Great game, I played the hell out of it as a kid, I loved the music and driving the car. I did get to the statue of liberty on a couple occasions. I also loved the first Ghostbusters NES game but unfortunately climbing the stairs at Dana's apartment was impossible without game genie

It's not an NES if it doesn't play cartridges. Huge oversight. HUGE

Obviously (sarcasm), a mini version of the Nintendo Wii

I like how Alex and I are from opposite ends of the world but we both say 'no-no-no-no-no-' with the same tones of confidence and false reassurance.

This game could be that 'killer app' that the VR market needs.

Not wild about 'Breath of the wild' the only way it could be worse is if it was called, 'The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce Awakens'

@tasuki You're right, none of my points matter, great conversation--thanks.

I love how everyone ignored the only mariner fan here to give their own 'nintendo stick to nintendo' opinions--so brave.

I have to think that they will at least tease and give us some glimpses of NX during E3. Otherwise it seems really boneheaded not to advertise at E3 and have a holiday 2016 release--it shocks me that they really need three more months after the holidays to launch it in march 2017. At that point what's going to stop them from delaying it to summer 2017 or winter 2017 or spring of 2042? YARG!

@tasuki

I don't think the Kings will be a winning team until they move to Seattle or better yet become the Las Vegas Kings after the NFL moves the Raiders to Vegas

@tasuki Nintendo didn't by half of the mariners on a whim. besides being an obvious status symbol, Nintendo had business in mind with this investment. At the time, the best player on the team and arguably in all of Baseball was Ken Griffey Jr. Nintendo made four video games featuring Griffey as their face of sports gaming.

GO MARINERS!!!
As a fan, I'm glad to see this happen, because Nintendo always had a strange relationship with the team. I can never recall the Japanese ownership ever attending a Mariner game. I'll miss the Nintendo advertising in the stadium but I won't miss those weird kiosks where you could actually buy a 3ds during a baseball game.
I'm also glad to see Nintendo get out because the Mariners are in first place in their division and Nintendo has shown little to no interest in the team anyway so sayonara. Go M's!

But seriously, as a longtime Mariner fan--this is great news. Nintendo is giving majority shares to the rest of the ownership who have been more committed to the team's success. Also the Mariners are worth significantly more than they did when Nintendo bought them in the nineties, so Nintendo will be making an overall profit from their investment while still retaining 10% of a team that could be making a serious playoff run this year.

I was wrong. I'll admit it.

SO glad Olympia, Washington is getting a retro video game. Those screen shots really look like the Pacific NorthWest. Especially the giant crab monsters--you got to stay home when those are around or try to bribe it with Olympia Beer--sometimes Raineer beer is acceptable...Sometimes.