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@RupeeClock scary how time flies!

Witcher 3 Beaclair was night and day going from lcd to oled. The sky and foliage just popped so much! Bear in mind at the time I was comparing Steam Deck LCD to Switch OLED, and I still preferred switch even though the graphics on Deck were better - Switch it just popped and looked beautiful on OLED so I finished my play through there rather than Deck

I’ve been playing it since Friday as my physical shipped early (I’m not paying for those early access versions) and while it’s an impressive port so far there seem to be quite a few similarities to 6 I’m not liking, most notably in the tech tree. It’s not the same but it does feel far too familiar to 6. I do like the ideas of towns and am looking forward to what else they’ve changed up. I’ve not really read anything about the game so I’m not sure what else new is coming up in game

I think we could see GTA 5 on Switch 2, 6 would be too far a stretch I think. Hoping they patch up Civ 7 with Switch 2 support too (I think theres a good chance) so that you can play on larger maps

Theres very few EA franchises i'd be bothered about on Switch. I'd like to see the Jedi games come over, and command and conquer remastered collection would be nice if the mouse input for Switch 2 is true

This makes me want to play Desert Strike/Soviet Strike/Nuclear Strike

I'm curious how to use it. I play handheld on the sofa, or connected to the tv - there'll need to be a surface to use it on, I'm wondering if they'll have some nifty peripheral for this

@Joeynator3000 nothing for the Switch so far. It’s been suspiciously quiet with the Switch version, no previews or gameplay or anything so my hopes aren’t very high at the moment but would be happy to be pleasantly surprised

@Novamii from what I’ve read online no, you don’t need an internet connection to stream data. It appears that the ai training model/machine learning is online (cloud based?) and is trained constantly. It seems periodically you get updates over the internet with these dlss models, for a better experience in game. In a nutshell, no internet needed but you would probably benefits from the dlss updates

From Digital Foundrys Switch 2 video the past week, their impression from the Mario Kart footage on display was there was no upscaling in use there. Knowing Nintendo, it might be worth tempering expectations for now on this

Will pick this up as enjoyed the first. I hope they do another physical - I think the first was limited to the US (had to import) - a wider release would be nice

Absolutely loved Astral Chain and would love to see a sequel - its nice to see it at least mentioned (though somewhat negatively at the moment) however its nice Nintendo havnt seemingly burried the IP after the first game. Heres hoping its being worked on

@WhiteTrashGuy be a major bonus for games like that

I think the only old Star Wars game i'd be interested in seeing get a Switch port would be Empire at War at this point

For me I dont like ARPG's, but being from the Ori dev and looking at the steam page it looks like a good one to bring over for ARPG fans!

I was shocked when I played Witcher 3 years ago that Bloody Baron was a side quest, just because of the scale of it. Hopefully more like this in Witcher 4 and hopefully a Switch 2 port

@wiiware likewise, 60fps would be great if we can have it across multiple games - I'm sure atleast Nintendo games will push for this (but not all). I've only experience 60fps in a few games, but when I did the experience was so nice - I'm not someone who cares about fps aslong as its stable and as close to 30 as possible but based on the experiences of 60 I've had it'd be amazing for most games to hit that!

@wiiware I think it'd struggle with 60 to be honest unless theres dlss magic happening, though they can trim the graphical fidelity down. I play the division 1 on steam deck, on high I get around 45fps - just trying to temper expectations is all based on what could be achievable - its the dlss aspect that could really help here if it is incorporated

@1UP-HUSKY hopefully internally they bring in some process improvements to help mitigate leaks like this. I think Switch 2 will be a hit for sure, but more gradual an uptake than we saw with Switch

Their comments in the video of Nintendo's attitude being 'it wont happen to us' just sounds like arrogance and hubris on Nintendo's part - if this attitude at Nintendo internally is true then they deserve this wake up call. As Kit and Krysta mentioned, times have changed, Nintendo need to change their mindset and approach too

@JohnnyMind @Cipher36 just got my physical (Asia - English) and can confirm online does work. I did buy it digitally last week and played a little and confirm that my save game does work with the physical too (atleast the Asia - English copy) so probably same game on cartridge as western eshop release.
I got airport hero haneada physically some time back, then got digital so I could get the DLC and the save game for that was not compatible.

@OorWullie One piece of advice I have is to use the tank controls, not the modern ones - I really struggled with modern controls. The old 'tank' controls feel weird at first these days but the added precision it offers made the game easier for me (making jumps etc)

@OorWullie I've only played 1 and 2 so I cant provide a concrete answer, but from what I've seen online over the years it seems the series tapered off, apparently Angel of Darkness isnt very popular but I cant recall why. If you're mulling over which collection to get in my opinion based on online feedback I'd go 1-3 (you could get physical if you fancy that)

Ive still got 1-3 to finish, ended up double dipping with physical so I think this is a good one to sit on for the hopefully inevitable physical later this year

If buying physical in the UK from there beware you may be subject to import duty, I was recently for Hyperlight difter - it was £16 import duty to pay so just be aware. Worth it though if you want the physical, just factor that into the final cost

Nintendo are just filling gaps in the Switch release schedule now with subpar efforts - to be expected as the big devs will all have been working likely years now on Switch 2 games

For me aslong as we're not inundated with games on or around release its ok, I dont want to end up in backlog hell almost immediately on Switch 2 - I'm only just making a good effort on finishing Mario Wonder now

@FlyingDunsparce I remember really enjoying that on PS2, pretty sure I completed it which is a rare thing for me to say

@obijuankanoobie my best guess would be the latter, a leak from a factory to Genki or something. Nintendo might be able to force Genki to release where they got this detail from but I haven’t a clue as I don’t know anything on these sorts of laws

For me I couldnt pick a list, the thing that stands out to me the most with Switch are the impossible ports we received - Witcher 3, Doom, Crysis amongst many others - I’ll definitely have fond memories of this little machine in years to come

It feels like Nintendo need to start working around these leaks now in their schedule of announcment - do it too soon and it could be drown out by all these rumours and noise, leave it too late and people could be underenthusiastic if they announce the exact hardware we're seeing here

I still have Tropical Freeze on my shelf to play so I really dont think I'll ever get round to playing this unless I really enjoy TF

Looks like nice initial support for the platform from 3rd parties. Theres a few games I'd like from each of those - RDR2, Starfield, Star Wars Jedi Survivor amongst a wishlist of others

I have a feeling if Nintendo leave it too long from now (another month or 2) the wind could be taken from their sails when they do eventually announce it, especially if what we've been seeing these last weeks are true. The big plus is we've seen no game footage yet

When I saw a guy on a flight in 2017 with a Switch (I didn’t know what it was at the time) I thought it looked ridiculous for a handheld in terms of size - it was massive! - however now it’s normalised, same will happen with Switch 2

@Dazman Oh and a Switch 2 patch for Arkham Knight please!

@Dazman that graphic would be cool to see, I'll have a look for it! I must admit i'd love GTA6 on Switch 2 but I cant see it myself, maybe 5? Some nice 3rd party ports would do me just fine, theres so much out there I've not played

@Dazman I played a few of their games on my Steam Deck and they were decent, Horizon and Unchartered 4 though I must admit they do go on abit too long for me - then again, being on PC they're not exlusive now
Actually - heres hoping for Switch 2 ports of Sony games!

Didnt Nintendo also say directly that they're producing alot of units to meet demand and fend of scalpers?

Oh and on the USB port on top - could that just be a development kit we're seeing? Developers could be using that port for uploading their game builds onto a unit for testing and we could see that port missing from the consumer models

Id say that docked it will have higher power consumption than the OG Switch and on top of this while playing it also needs to be charging the battery too so need to take that into account

@WhiteTrashGuy is like an option like that too but Nintendo being Nintendo I’d be surprised if they made such an option available to us but very happy to be proven wrong

@user0 thanks, that name rings a bell! I have no idea what they are but when they said resolve joycon drift it sounded positive

@John_Deacon that sounds like it could be painful, I had to change mine once but was easy with new joycons (but a total waste of otherwise usable joycons)

@mikegamer on one of Digital Foundry's recent weekly videos I'm sure they mentioned that it appears as though Nintendo are using a different mechanism for their joycon but for the life of me I cant recall what it was called - they seem to think if true it would eliminate drift which I really hope so! I always wondered how Switch Lite users got on if they had drift, as its a single unit so not easy to replace

If patching games for Switch 2 is a thing, I really hope Arkham Knight gets one else the new console is able to brute force it with additional performance available - thats if Nintendo dont throttle it to Switch performance/clock speeds for emulation in which case

Really looking forward to this, just hope my fond memories aren’t being affected by rose tinted glasses

A few of these I want on the next console, especially Civ 7 which I hope receives a Switch 2 patch as the map size is going to be limited on Switch

@Yosti I wondered a while back if Nintendo were toying with the idea of a pro back before OLED/was supposed to be the OLED refresh but what with supply chain issues (transistors etc) at the time OLED was the only feasible route. I doubt we’d ever know anyway, or if we do it’d be in decades time. Either way new console inbound, that’s all that matters as I think the hardware is in desperate need of a refresh

I’ve noticed quite a few pop up on Amazon for preorder lately which is nice, I saw yesterday Caravan Sandwitch is getting a physical which I’ll get, Little Kitty Big City also on Amazon for preorder aswell