@AlbertXi Well the two big games for Switch so far were built for Wii U. So I'm not sure what "philosophy" you're talking about. The Switch plays high end games portably, that's the selling point.
And yes, I get that it'll be limited to the same network as your PC. I have a PC and a Steam link. Sometimes I want to play a PC game away from my PC. Just like how with the Switch I sometimes play it on the TV and sometimes in portable mode.
And why not? That's what the Switch is all about. Anytime, anywhere, anyone. Why can't I play Doom in the kitchen or GTA in bed?
@AlbertXi You realise you are making this comment about the Switch right? The console where people are buying it because they can play stuff like Zelda however they want. And you're asking why people would want to play their PC games on it.....
@jsa
Most people who connect it to a LAN are going to have a router setup with DNS server and so on. Think of the amount of games people are likely to play at a LAN that require internet access. Even if its just to download patches. If you're going to the effort to setup 12 monitors for this and 12 Ethernet runs you're probably going to have a DHCP server somewhere and internet access.
So instead of trying to work for the niche scenario where someone is just connecting 12 Switches to a 16 port Switch with no router? They've made it work for the scenario that 99% of people who want a LAN mode are going to use. Because if they had played around with Multicast DNS they could very easily cause issues with people who do have a DHCP server. In short, Bonjour can go rouge. It's not worth it when the vast majority running this setup won't need it.
If they allowed you to use WiFi for LAN play then it'd kinda defeat the point. I'd assume that their ad-hoc wireless setup would probably perform better than a bunch of systems connected via an access point. And anyways, this is a mode that only makes sense in situations where the wireless mode doesn't make sense. You're not going to want to have one dude connected via an access point at a convention.....
As for the "why the router" question @SMW asked. Well it's probably to streamline the setup. If you're doing a LAN you want a DHCP server up, which basically means you want a router. Why does it need internet access? Well it might just be a simple check. If you can connect to the internet via the LAN adapter then it's probably setup properly.
@Zebetite I'm not sure you read the article and if you did I'm not sure you understood what they're doing here. This isn't a service, it's not something that will run over the internet. It's a piece of software that would run on your PC and stream over your local network.
It's not unlike what Valve does with in-home streaming and the Steam Link and any PC with the Steam client installed. Microsoft offers the same thing for the XBOne and a compatible PC. Sony did the same thing with the PS4 and Vita and later with the PC. Nintendo did the same thing between the Wii U and the GamePad. Hell, NVidia did the same thing with the Shield and PCs with an NVidia GPU installed.
Really I don't see anything dodgy about this. The only real question is whether or not Nintendo (and others) would approve of an app that allows you to play PC games on their console. And I'm kinda doubtful.
@Kayfios
Which is why you report it as rumour. There are a lot of reasons why something rumoured might end up not happening. A misunderstanding, something lost in translation or even changing plans. And yes sometimes the whole thing is made up entirely. But given how accurate Eurogamer was on the Switch? I think it's a bit short sighted to be discounting it entirely.
Especially given how plausible the idea of a SNES Mini is......
@Kayfios (and others)
1. They likely killed the NES Mini production in order to make space for new lines. A SNES Mini would be the most likely thing to fill that space. I don't think the limited run of the NES Mini changes anything.
2. I don't think these consoles and the VC are at all targeting the same audience. The Mini consoles are relatively low cost collectors items and stocking fillers. The VC is more about giving you more content to play on the console you already brought. One is about low volumes and maintaining a shelf presence, the other is about an invisible product with high volumes and high margins.
3. Two things. First that image is from a patent which Nintendo did file. Secondly Eurogamer were pretty much spot on about everything in regards to the Switch. They were talking about detachable controllers on a portable device with NVidia Tegra processor in it for months. If any site has credibility with leaks and rumours regarding Nintendo? It's Eurogamer.
@Tsusasi Oh the humanity. Nintendo decided not to include a 2.5" mechanical HDD in their slim portable device. They then decided not to force people to buy a heap of extra storage in their console if they choose to go with cartridges. And then, heaven forbid, they sell third party micro-SD cards on their website with a Nintendo sticker on it.
@Tsusasi You need the PSMove about as much as you need these AA battery packs. And how can storage expansions be a cash grab by Nintendo when Nintendo doesn't make micro-SD cards?
@PlywoodStick
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make there. The PS4 accessories I listed to mock people listing the Switch's accessories are as optional as the Switch ones. The ones that aren't get included in the box.
I really don't get why people whine about optional accessories. They're optional. If you think they're stupid don't buy them. Simple. Nobody complains about the media remote or faceplates on the PS4.
@Skunkfish
I'd argue that the issues Nintendo had from 2009-2014 were a combination of things. Most of them out of their control. I don't think any Nintendo style product could have broken through during that period other than a portable like the 3DS.
The issue was they were too late to impress with a HD console. They were then, like all developers during that transition, too slow to develop software for HD. And ultimately while the Wii U concept itself was sound? They were too early for it to be possible for that hybrid concept to actually work. The Switch is the console they should have launched 2012. In 2012 it wasn't possible and even if it was it would have buried the 3DS.
Surely if you were an investor what you needed to hear in terms of investment advice would be praise during the tail end of Wii U era. Very easy to be positive about Nintendo now that their share price is back to where it was in 2010. Much harder and much more useful to have been positive about Nintendo in early 2015.
Now if after E3 2014 someone had seen Nintendo's output. Seen the clear potential for Nintendo to be big again if they're still producing stuff like Splatoon and Amiibo? Maybe not for Wii U but for whatever was next. Now that would have been useful investment advice.
Looking back with 20:20 hindsight, the smartest advice? Would have been someone investing when the curtain was pulled back on the Wii at E3 2006. Then pulling their money about when Super Mario Galaxy came out as HD started to matter (also conveniently before the GFC). Then investing again when Splatoon was shown at E3 2014. And you know what? As Nintendo fans we know that those were the turning points for Nintendo. And they all happened before the price actually changed.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Why is 10mill so outlandish? If you look at the first year sales of the last two generations of consoles 10mill is about the average. PSP, Wii, DS, 3DS and PS4 all went over 10mill. PS3 and XBOne were just under. 360, Wii U and Vita fell well short. Half above 10mill, half under.
Is the Switch, Nintendo's fastest selling console ever, performing above average or bellow? A boost by enthusiasts at launch or otherwise. I think it's hart to see the Switch not hitting 10mill at years end. The only way it could possibly fall short is if the second shipment doesn't move at all. If it sells through the second shipment? There's no way it's going to slow down enough for it to not hit 10mill
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Of the last 10 console launches the median level of sales for the first 12 months is ~10mill. I think you're being overly pessimistic there saying that 10mill would "amaze" you. And as others have noted Nintendo didn't announce this, the WSJ reported it based on sources.
16mill units shipped would be in-line with the numbers the Wii, 3DS, PS4 and PSP moved in the first full year. It'd be good and it is optimistic but lets not kid ourselves here, these numbers are not that outlandish. Especially given how much early momentum they have.
Perhaps "no ports" is more of a guideline than an actual hard rule. Maybe it's possible to submit a game that's a port but they're more inclined to let it through if its not. But if it's a critically acclaimed release like Shovel Knight or World of Goo... the quality is high enough that they ignore the fact that its a port.
They don't want the platform to be flooded is the main point. Obviously ports are quicker to do so there'll naturally be more of those at launch. But as time goes on they're going to be less and less open to the idea.
@Damo Costing more is one thing. Costing so much more that they can't absorb any of the cost and you end up paying $20AU or more extra? It doesn't add up. Especially when Nintendo themselves are able to sell Breath of the Wild, a 16GB game, for the same price as the Wii U version. Or when there are some games that are only $40AU full RRP for physical releases.
I'm pretty confident that they're just selling it for a premium because they can. Blaming cartridge costs is just a nice and tidy excuse for it.
@gatorboi352
Wii U games had a RRP of $79AU, Switch games are getting a RRP of $79AU. Both physical and retail copies. Third parties? They're doing what they want. Bomberman is $65AU on the eShop, $90AU physical. But it's only 2GB game! If anything the reverse should be true. If there was a cost premium for cartridges the physical copy of Zelda, the larger game, should have the premium.
So yeah, I'm going to just assume that these guys are charging what they think consumers are willing to pay. I don't think this has much at all to do with the cost of the cartridges. If it did then it would be across the board and the gap would be higher for bigger games. But it's not so it's not.
They don't cost more because of the cartridges. I don't buy that excuse. They cost more because they think they can charge that much. No doubt that the cartridges cost a bit more than disks but they should be able to absorb the cost. If that wasn't the case then the RRP for first party Switch games wouldn't be the same as the RRP for first party Wii U games....
I've seen this issue in my game. I always have my WiFi on but I wonder if it's still moving between radios. Scanning for the AP with the best signal to connect to could potentially be the same as scanning for an AP to connect to in general. And having dual, tri or quad band routers/APs isn't an uncommon thing at all.
To be fair to the video all of them were in an idle state. You can churn through an iPad battery pretty quick if you're playing a 3D game. The 3DS in particular can churn through the battery when running a graphically intensive game with the 3D on. It was a like-for-like comparison and probably about as good as they could realistically do.
And in any case, if you're running a game like Shovel Knight or something? You're not going to churning through the battery that much more than you would be on the home menu. You'd probably get even more out of it than this test showed running a game like that if you had things like auto-brightness turned on.
I hope there's a way to copy over our Miis from other systems. I've had a collection of Miis that I've kept on my Nintendo consoles since the Wii launched. I know they're just little avatars but they're my little avatars.
Is the Switch a portable or a home console? Is a tablet a laptop or a smartphone? Is a smartphone a phone or a PDA? They're all none of those things, they're new product categories.
@thesilverbrick My guess would be no. If it's specifically for the disk release on Wii U then it's about load times. I'd imagine that the cartridges on the Switch will be just as fast if not faster than an external HDD on the Wii U.
Remember, share prices don't go up and down based on how good something is. They don't even go up or down based on how well investors expect something will do. They go up or down based on how investors expectations change.
The share price didn't go down because investors don't like new hardware. It didn't go down because investors think the Switch is a dud. It went down because the Switch that was in their heads before the presentation was slightly better than the one they got after everything was revealed.
.... which I think it's fair to say is what the general response has been. Even amongst the people who are hyped about the system. We're hyped but we're realising that what we thought we'd get wasn't realistic.
Five new years resolutions for Nintendo: 1. 240p, for the handful of games that'll appear on the 3DS 2. 480p, for VC releases on the Switch 3. 720p, for the Switch in portable mode 4. 1080p, for the Switch in docked mode 5. UHD, for what they'll have to convince us we don't need yet
As an Australian I must ask. Why does this article exist? What are you complaining about? This is the norm here, I've never seen any of our local gaming media fall to pieces over it. And the news in general is 24/7 anyways so......
By the time the Switch launches Project Cars will be a 2 year old game. I don't think this has anything to do with spite or horsepower. It's just simply not a new game. Why is this a surprise to anyone?
As a way to show that they can do it? Sure, it's kinda cool. But if this is what you want to do why not just get a raspberry pi or something. Gut a NES Mini for the case, drop a raspberry pi in it, get a USB -> CC adaptor. Done.
To be fair saying Hillary wining would have had the same impact is needlessly apolitical. Regardless of what you think it's a good outcome or not Trump has said some things that would seriously impact international relationships. Particularly against free trade deals and in support of new tariffs. Hillary by comparison was the business as usual candidate.
Remembering that most Nintendo hardware is manufactured in China. A Trump win? Whether you like the result or not. If he is able to implement some of the things he has said? It's potentially not business as usual and any other company that depends on the US importing goods. In the long run this could impact Nintendo. "Bigly"
@MrGawain I doubt that's what Nintendo are waiting for. If the US currency drops tomorrow and then holds like that for a few months? Then it might impact the RRP of the Switch. But probably not. More likely it'll impact the amount of profit Nintendo can make in the US.
Though with Trump's protectionist streak things could get interesting. He's talked about large tariffs on goods imported from China. No idea about other countries. No idea if he'd actually follow through either. But something like that? It could hike up the price of a lot of imported goods in the US.
@DanteSolablood Why are you getting so defensive? All I did was post what the new top tier Pokemon will be once gen 2 is added. As far as I'm concerned everything since then is just you trying to have a go at me for some reason.....
@DanteSolablood Well I'm sorry for trying to be helpful when you sounded like you were misinformed. Which somehow you're now saying was an "attack" on your fantastic knowledge of Pokemon.
BTW, height and weight? They don't impact the stats.
@DanteSolablood Speed impacts both attack and defence. Anyways, I think you're going off track. Didn't you say that they tend to "nerf" fan favourites? And that one of the ones on my list might be one of those?
Because the ones I listed were the highest ranked Pokemon based on the current formula. If they change the formula it'd change the ranking of every Pokemon. I'm assuming that they don't change it.
@DanteSolablood
It comes down to the simplified mechanics of the game. The Pokemon you mentioned have great special stats in the main game but average non-special stats. Attack and Defence in Pokemon Go are calculated from both because there is no physical/special split. There's no such thing as a special sweeper.
To put it simply, this is what happens when you crunch the numbers:
Alakazam: 135 Special Attack, 50 Attack -> 186 Attack
Gengar: 130 Special Attack, 65 Attack -> 204 Attack
Dragonite: 100 Special Attack, 134 Attack -> 250 Attack
Exeggutor: 125 Special Attack, 95 Attack -> 232 Attack
For the authentic experience while watching this stream you need to imagine the chat. To do this get open up a blank word document and type the letters "NX". Then copy and paste. While you're watching the video? Slowly scroll down this document.
Not just a mobile thing, this always happens for games that are free to play. With such a low bar for entry you get everyone at the start. Why not? It's free to give it a spin. But inevitably the people who were less interested fall off. It's not like a retail game where you have to have a certain level of interest to put your money down.
That said, I expect interest will pick up a bit with some updates that might come out. It'll never be as big as it was for sure. But when they add the 2nd generation of Pokemon? All of a sudden you have another reason to walk around with the game.
Hasn't Pokemon always been like this though? You don't expect to be able to complete your Pokedex if you just sit in the same spot. I happen to live in an area where there are a lot of grass and bug Pokemon. There are a lot of Pokemon I can't find where I live. Electric and Water type mostly but also Psychic, Fighting, Fire and Poison types.
And yes, I can go for a walk and catch maybe two or three Pokemon. If I go into a crowded carpark near a large shopping centre I'll catch more just sitting there. Sitting in my house I don't get any spawns near me. That's definitely a thing.
But that said, what would be the fun if I could catch them all in my own suburb? What would the fun be if I didn't have to go somewhere else? Most of the fun I've had with the game is opening it somewhere new and finding something unexpected. Or hatching an egg and getting a Hitmonchan, Pikachu or Sandshrew.
Probably irrelevant to this article somewhat but it's worth pointing out that the HTC Vive controller is actually fairly similar to the WiiMote. It has the gyros/accelerators and all that. But it also has what is essentially a 3D version of the sensor bar setup.
On the Wii you had two IR points under your TV and then held an IR camera. The Wii then knew how close you were and your relative co-ordinates/rotation in the plane of the TV. On the Vive there's the same IR lights and camera setup. The difference is that the lights are timed and constantly moving. So it can calculate your position relative to multiple points rather than just a single plane like the WiiMote did.
If someone makes a cheaper version of this that is a SNES instead? I'd be all over that. But for NES games I don't have a collection and don't intend to build one up. So the NES mini is more than enough for me.
And even with the SNES, if there was a SNES mini with a good enough library? Especially if it was bundled with a SNES CC. I'd probably be more interested in that even though I have a decent collection of SNES games.
@KittyKatta
There was a bug with the Pokeball usage that Niantic addressed. That was a while ago though so I'm not sure if it's been patched out yet or not. I never noticed it. Though it's hard to tell what's a bug and what's just the natural increase in wild pokemon level as you level. I've only once run out of balls however and that was pretty early on in the game.
As for the comments about changes to IVs and eggs? I can guarantee I haven't had the same experience. Because some of my most recent catches have had fantastic IVs. In terms of eggs I've only got one 10km egg so far. I hatched it last week. I suspect you just got particularly lucky early on with the 10km eggs.
@KTT
The site basically pretended to be the game client. All of this information is available to every user it's just not displayed by the game. The game instead merges it all into one number. So I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that it's somehow hacking the game. Especially given that you can do similar things through other methods.
If anything the site levelled the playing field a bit. I'm not going to bother going through and putting the stats of each Pokemon into a calculator. Some people will but I'm not going to bother. This site? It put it all up there for everyone to see. Levelling the playing field.
@KTT
Well you couldn't edit them for one. Also there are two ways you can do this without the site anyway. The first one is by using one of the many calculators out there. It'll give you an idea of what sort of range the Pokemon is in.
Alternatively you could just catch a bunch and compare their CP values as you catch them. As long as the ones you catch are a similar level? The one with the higher CP will usually have the better IVs. Most people will do something like that anyways. Combine that with one of those calculators? You're basically doing what this site did anyways.
I did use this site once before it was taken down. I went through and transferred everything that was in the bottom 50% It turns out that some of my best Pokemon in terms of IVs were the eevees I evolved. Which makes sense given how relatively common they are and how many you need to get all three.
@KTT You can use other sites to get an approximation of what the IVs are. But it's not really the same. This site pulled the data directly for all of your Pokemon and allowed you to sort them.
See the thing is I understand entirely why they pulled the pin on the other sites. Those ones were quite literally hammering the servers constantly. This site? You log-in once and it pulls your data. The same thing happens when you boot up the game.
It's like any market, you will get price corrections. It's like the price of an old game on eBay after a popular youtuber does a lets play. The price will skyrocket to a point where people are not willing to pay. Then the people who have a copy will see that price and put theirs up for sale. Because there's more supply and less demand all of a sudden the price will drop.
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Re: Rainway In Talks With Nintendo Regarding PC Game Streaming On Switch
@AlbertXi
Well the two big games for Switch so far were built for Wii U. So I'm not sure what "philosophy" you're talking about. The Switch plays high end games portably, that's the selling point.
And yes, I get that it'll be limited to the same network as your PC. I have a PC and a Steam link. Sometimes I want to play a PC game away from my PC. Just like how with the Switch I sometimes play it on the TV and sometimes in portable mode.
And why not? That's what the Switch is all about. Anytime, anywhere, anyone. Why can't I play Doom in the kitchen or GTA in bed?
Re: Rainway In Talks With Nintendo Regarding PC Game Streaming On Switch
@AlbertXi
You realise you are making this comment about the Switch right? The console where people are buying it because they can play stuff like Zelda however they want. And you're asking why people would want to play their PC games on it.....
Re: LAN Play in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Only Truly Suitable for Competitions and Events
@jsa
Most people who connect it to a LAN are going to have a router setup with DNS server and so on. Think of the amount of games people are likely to play at a LAN that require internet access. Even if its just to download patches. If you're going to the effort to setup 12 monitors for this and 12 Ethernet runs you're probably going to have a DHCP server somewhere and internet access.
So instead of trying to work for the niche scenario where someone is just connecting 12 Switches to a 16 port Switch with no router? They've made it work for the scenario that 99% of people who want a LAN mode are going to use. Because if they had played around with Multicast DNS they could very easily cause issues with people who do have a DHCP server. In short, Bonjour can go rouge. It's not worth it when the vast majority running this setup won't need it.
Re: LAN Play in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Only Truly Suitable for Competitions and Events
If they allowed you to use WiFi for LAN play then it'd kinda defeat the point. I'd assume that their ad-hoc wireless setup would probably perform better than a bunch of systems connected via an access point. And anyways, this is a mode that only makes sense in situations where the wireless mode doesn't make sense. You're not going to want to have one dude connected via an access point at a convention.....
As for the "why the router" question @SMW asked. Well it's probably to streamline the setup. If you're doing a LAN you want a DHCP server up, which basically means you want a router. Why does it need internet access? Well it might just be a simple check. If you can connect to the internet via the LAN adapter then it's probably setup properly.
Re: Rainway App Promises 60fps Streaming Of PC Games To Consoles Like The Nintendo Switch
@Zebetite
I'm not sure you read the article and if you did I'm not sure you understood what they're doing here. This isn't a service, it's not something that will run over the internet. It's a piece of software that would run on your PC and stream over your local network.
It's not unlike what Valve does with in-home streaming and the Steam Link and any PC with the Steam client installed. Microsoft offers the same thing for the XBOne and a compatible PC. Sony did the same thing with the PS4 and Vita and later with the PC. Nintendo did the same thing between the Wii U and the GamePad. Hell, NVidia did the same thing with the Shield and PCs with an NVidia GPU installed.
Really I don't see anything dodgy about this. The only real question is whether or not Nintendo (and others) would approve of an app that allows you to play PC games on their console. And I'm kinda doubtful.
Re: Rumour: SNES Classic Mini Coming Later This Year
@Kayfios
Which is why you report it as rumour. There are a lot of reasons why something rumoured might end up not happening. A misunderstanding, something lost in translation or even changing plans. And yes sometimes the whole thing is made up entirely. But given how accurate Eurogamer was on the Switch? I think it's a bit short sighted to be discounting it entirely.
Especially given how plausible the idea of a SNES Mini is......
Re: Rumour: SNES Classic Mini Coming Later This Year
@Kayfios (and others)
1. They likely killed the NES Mini production in order to make space for new lines. A SNES Mini would be the most likely thing to fill that space. I don't think the limited run of the NES Mini changes anything.
2. I don't think these consoles and the VC are at all targeting the same audience. The Mini consoles are relatively low cost collectors items and stocking fillers. The VC is more about giving you more content to play on the console you already brought. One is about low volumes and maintaining a shelf presence, the other is about an invisible product with high volumes and high margins.
3. Two things. First that image is from a patent which Nintendo did file. Secondly Eurogamer were pretty much spot on about everything in regards to the Switch. They were talking about detachable controllers on a portable device with NVidia Tegra processor in it for months. If any site has credibility with leaks and rumours regarding Nintendo? It's Eurogamer.
Re: Behold The Bulky Joy-Con AA Battery Pack
@Tsusasi
Oh the humanity. Nintendo decided not to include a 2.5" mechanical HDD in their slim portable device. They then decided not to force people to buy a heap of extra storage in their console if they choose to go with cartridges. And then, heaven forbid, they sell third party micro-SD cards on their website with a Nintendo sticker on it.
They're diabolical!
Re: Behold The Bulky Joy-Con AA Battery Pack
@Tsusasi
You need the PSMove about as much as you need these AA battery packs. And how can storage expansions be a cash grab by Nintendo when Nintendo doesn't make micro-SD cards?
Re: Behold The Bulky Joy-Con AA Battery Pack
@PlywoodStick
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make there. The PS4 accessories I listed to mock people listing the Switch's accessories are as optional as the Switch ones. The ones that aren't get included in the box.
I really don't get why people whine about optional accessories. They're optional. If you think they're stupid don't buy them. Simple. Nobody complains about the media remote or faceplates on the PS4.
Re: Behold The Bulky Joy-Con AA Battery Pack
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
PS4 Controller
PS4 Camera
PSMove
PSVR
PS4 Controller extended battery
PS4 Custom Faceplate
PS4 Media Remote
2.5" HDD
Re: Nintendo's Harshest Critic Thinks Switch Will Outsell Microsoft's Scorpio
@Skunkfish
I'd argue that the issues Nintendo had from 2009-2014 were a combination of things. Most of them out of their control. I don't think any Nintendo style product could have broken through during that period other than a portable like the 3DS.
The issue was they were too late to impress with a HD console. They were then, like all developers during that transition, too slow to develop software for HD. And ultimately while the Wii U concept itself was sound? They were too early for it to be possible for that hybrid concept to actually work. The Switch is the console they should have launched 2012. In 2012 it wasn't possible and even if it was it would have buried the 3DS.
Re: Nintendo's Harshest Critic Thinks Switch Will Outsell Microsoft's Scorpio
Surely if you were an investor what you needed to hear in terms of investment advice would be praise during the tail end of Wii U era. Very easy to be positive about Nintendo now that their share price is back to where it was in 2010. Much harder and much more useful to have been positive about Nintendo in early 2015.
Now if after E3 2014 someone had seen Nintendo's output. Seen the clear potential for Nintendo to be big again if they're still producing stuff like Splatoon and Amiibo? Maybe not for Wii U but for whatever was next. Now that would have been useful investment advice.
Looking back with 20:20 hindsight, the smartest advice? Would have been someone investing when the curtain was pulled back on the Wii at E3 2006. Then pulling their money about when Super Mario Galaxy came out as HD started to matter (also conveniently before the GFC). Then investing again when Splatoon was shown at E3 2014. And you know what? As Nintendo fans we know that those were the turning points for Nintendo. And they all happened before the price actually changed.
Re: Taiwanese Report Suggests Nintendo Expects To Hit 20 Million Switch Sales In Year One
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Why is 10mill so outlandish? If you look at the first year sales of the last two generations of consoles 10mill is about the average. PSP, Wii, DS, 3DS and PS4 all went over 10mill. PS3 and XBOne were just under. 360, Wii U and Vita fell well short. Half above 10mill, half under.
Is the Switch, Nintendo's fastest selling console ever, performing above average or bellow? A boost by enthusiasts at launch or otherwise. I think it's hart to see the Switch not hitting 10mill at years end. The only way it could possibly fall short is if the second shipment doesn't move at all. If it sells through the second shipment? There's no way it's going to slow down enough for it to not hit 10mill
Re: Nintendo's Share Value Jumps Following Report of Switch Manufacturing Being Doubled
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Of the last 10 console launches the median level of sales for the first 12 months is ~10mill. I think you're being overly pessimistic there saying that 10mill would "amaze" you. And as others have noted Nintendo didn't announce this, the WSJ reported it based on sources.
16mill units shipped would be in-line with the numbers the Wii, 3DS, PS4 and PSP moved in the first full year. It'd be good and it is optimistic but lets not kid ourselves here, these numbers are not that outlandish. Especially given how much early momentum they have.
Re: Hex Heroes Developer Outlines Nintendo Switch eShop Curation Policies
Perhaps "no ports" is more of a guideline than an actual hard rule. Maybe it's possible to submit a game that's a port but they're more inclined to let it through if its not. But if it's a critically acclaimed release like Shovel Knight or World of Goo... the quality is high enough that they ignore the fact that its a port.
They don't want the platform to be flooded is the main point. Obviously ports are quicker to do so there'll naturally be more of those at launch. But as time goes on they're going to be less and less open to the idea.
Re: Here's Why Nintendo Switch Games Cost More Than Those For Other Consoles
@Damo
Costing more is one thing. Costing so much more that they can't absorb any of the cost and you end up paying $20AU or more extra? It doesn't add up. Especially when Nintendo themselves are able to sell Breath of the Wild, a 16GB game, for the same price as the Wii U version. Or when there are some games that are only $40AU full RRP for physical releases.
I'm pretty confident that they're just selling it for a premium because they can. Blaming cartridge costs is just a nice and tidy excuse for it.
Re: Here's Why Nintendo Switch Games Cost More Than Those For Other Consoles
@gatorboi352
Wii U games had a RRP of $79AU, Switch games are getting a RRP of $79AU. Both physical and retail copies. Third parties? They're doing what they want. Bomberman is $65AU on the eShop, $90AU physical. But it's only 2GB game! If anything the reverse should be true. If there was a cost premium for cartridges the physical copy of Zelda, the larger game, should have the premium.
So yeah, I'm going to just assume that these guys are charging what they think consumers are willing to pay. I don't think this has much at all to do with the cost of the cartridges. If it did then it would be across the board and the gap would be higher for bigger games. But it's not so it's not.
Re: Here's Why Nintendo Switch Games Cost More Than Those For Other Consoles
They don't cost more because of the cartridges. I don't buy that excuse. They cost more because they think they can charge that much. No doubt that the cartridges cost a bit more than disks but they should be able to absorb the cost. If that wasn't the case then the RRP for first party Switch games wouldn't be the same as the RRP for first party Wii U games....
Re: Nintendo Switch Wi-Fi Issue Could Be Why Your Games Keep Dropping Frames
I've seen this issue in my game. I always have my WiFi on but I wonder if it's still moving between radios. Scanning for the AP with the best signal to connect to could potentially be the same as scanning for an AP to connect to in general. And having dual, tri or quad band routers/APs isn't an uncommon thing at all.
Re: Review: Othello (Switch eShop)
This is the sort of game I'd happily get.... as a gold coin reward on My Nintendo.
Re: Nintendo Switch Battery Test Reveals Some Surprising Results
To be fair to the video all of them were in an idle state. You can churn through an iPad battery pretty quick if you're playing a 3D game. The 3DS in particular can churn through the battery when running a graphically intensive game with the 3D on. It was a like-for-like comparison and probably about as good as they could realistically do.
And in any case, if you're running a game like Shovel Knight or something? You're not going to churning through the battery that much more than you would be on the home menu. You'd probably get even more out of it than this test showed running a game like that if you had things like auto-brightness turned on.
Re: Video: Check Out The Profile And Mii Options On Nintendo Switch
I hope there's a way to copy over our Miis from other systems. I've had a collection of Miis that I've kept on my Nintendo consoles since the Wii launched. I know they're just little avatars but they're my little avatars.
Re: Talking Point: Is the Nintendo Switch a Handheld or Console? Does it Matter?
Is the Switch a portable or a home console? Is a tablet a laptop or a smartphone? Is a smartphone a phone or a PDA? They're all none of those things, they're new product categories.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Will Require a 3GB Install on Wii U
@thesilverbrick
My guess would be no. If it's specifically for the disk release on Wii U then it's about load times. I'd imagine that the cartridges on the Switch will be just as fast if not faster than an external HDD on the Wii U.
Re: Investors React Negatively to Nintendo Switch Launch Details
Remember, share prices don't go up and down based on how good something is. They don't even go up or down based on how well investors expect something will do. They go up or down based on how investors expectations change.
The share price didn't go down because investors don't like new hardware. It didn't go down because investors think the Switch is a dud. It went down because the Switch that was in their heads before the presentation was slightly better than the one they got after everything was revealed.
.... which I think it's fair to say is what the general response has been. Even amongst the people who are hyped about the system. We're hyped but we're realising that what we thought we'd get wasn't realistic.
Re: Feature: Five New Year's Resolutions for Nintendo
Five new years resolutions for Nintendo:
1. 240p, for the handful of games that'll appear on the 3DS
2. 480p, for VC releases on the Switch
3. 720p, for the Switch in portable mode
4. 1080p, for the Switch in docked mode
5. UHD, for what they'll have to convince us we don't need yet
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Will Rely on Switch Word of Mouth Due to Strange Presentation Timing
As an Australian I must ask. Why does this article exist? What are you complaining about? This is the norm here, I've never seen any of our local gaming media fall to pieces over it. And the news in general is 24/7 anyways so......
Re: Project CARS Isn't Planned to Appear on the Nintendo Switch
By the time the Switch launches Project Cars will be a 2 year old game. I don't think this has anything to do with spite or horsepower. It's just simply not a new game. Why is this a surprise to anyone?
Re: A Japanese Hacker Has Cracked The Famicom Mini Already
As a way to show that they can do it? Sure, it's kinda cool. But if this is what you want to do why not just get a raspberry pi or something. Gut a NES Mini for the case, drop a raspberry pi in it, get a USB -> CC adaptor. Done.
Re: Nintendo Share Value Dives Following US Presidential Result, But Recovery Is Likely
To be fair saying Hillary wining would have had the same impact is needlessly apolitical. Regardless of what you think it's a good outcome or not Trump has said some things that would seriously impact international relationships. Particularly against free trade deals and in support of new tariffs. Hillary by comparison was the business as usual candidate.
Remembering that most Nintendo hardware is manufactured in China. A Trump win? Whether you like the result or not. If he is able to implement some of the things he has said? It's potentially not business as usual and any other company that depends on the US importing goods. In the long run this could impact Nintendo. "Bigly"
Re: Nintendo Share Value Dives Following US Presidential Result, But Recovery Is Likely
@MrGawain
I doubt that's what Nintendo are waiting for. If the US currency drops tomorrow and then holds like that for a few months? Then it might impact the RRP of the Switch. But probably not. More likely it'll impact the amount of profit Nintendo can make in the US.
Though with Trump's protectionist streak things could get interesting. He's talked about large tariffs on goods imported from China. No idea about other countries. No idea if he'd actually follow through either. But something like that? It could hike up the price of a lot of imported goods in the US.
Re: Generation II Pocket Monsters Found in Pokemon GO Update Code
@DanteSolablood
Why are you getting so defensive? All I did was post what the new top tier Pokemon will be once gen 2 is added. As far as I'm concerned everything since then is just you trying to have a go at me for some reason.....
Re: Generation II Pocket Monsters Found in Pokemon GO Update Code
@DanteSolablood
Well I'm sorry for trying to be helpful when you sounded like you were misinformed. Which somehow you're now saying was an "attack" on your fantastic knowledge of Pokemon.
BTW, height and weight? They don't impact the stats.
Re: Generation II Pocket Monsters Found in Pokemon GO Update Code
@DanteSolablood
Speed impacts both attack and defence. Anyways, I think you're going off track. Didn't you say that they tend to "nerf" fan favourites? And that one of the ones on my list might be one of those?
Because the ones I listed were the highest ranked Pokemon based on the current formula. If they change the formula it'd change the ranking of every Pokemon. I'm assuming that they don't change it.
Re: Generation II Pocket Monsters Found in Pokemon GO Update Code
@DanteSolablood
It comes down to the simplified mechanics of the game. The Pokemon you mentioned have great special stats in the main game but average non-special stats. Attack and Defence in Pokemon Go are calculated from both because there is no physical/special split. There's no such thing as a special sweeper.
To put it simply, this is what happens when you crunch the numbers:
Alakazam: 135 Special Attack, 50 Attack -> 186 Attack
Gengar: 130 Special Attack, 65 Attack -> 204 Attack
Dragonite: 100 Special Attack, 134 Attack -> 250 Attack
Exeggutor: 125 Special Attack, 95 Attack -> 232 Attack
Re: Generation II Pocket Monsters Found in Pokemon GO Update Code
Based on the current forumla here are what the 5 highest CP Pokemon will be as generations are added. Excluding Slaking and legendaries....
1: Dragonite, Snorlax, Arcanine, Lapras, Exeggutor (a familiar list)
1-2: Tyranitar, Dragonite, Snorlax, Arcanine, Lapras
1-3: Tyranitar, Dragonite, Salamence, Metagross, Snorlax
1-4: Tyranitar, Dragonite, Salamence, Metagross, Garchomp
1-5: Tyranitar, Dragonite, Salamence, Hydreigon, Metagross
1-6: Tyranitar, Dragonite, Salamence, Hydreigon, Metagross
Adding gen 2? Welcome the new king of the gyms
Re: Video: Nintendo UK Shows Off the Mini NES, With Comparisons to Original System
@Meowpheel
Yes. But also "1993, but where is NX?"
Re: Video: Nintendo UK Shows Off the Mini NES, With Comparisons to Original System
For the authentic experience while watching this stream you need to imagine the chat. To do this get open up a blank word document and type the letters "NX". Then copy and paste. While you're watching the video? Slowly scroll down this document.
Re: UK Retailer Tesco Adds Nintendo NX Order Page With £349.99 Price
Well, the Wii U had a price of $600AU on EBGames before launch. It then launched with a RRP of $430AU. Placeholder prices mean absolutely nothing.
Re: UK Retailer Tesco Adds Nintendo NX Order Page With £349.99 Price
https://ebgames.com.au/nintendo-nx-202879-Nintendo-NX-Placeholder-Price-Nintendo-NX
Re: Pokémon GO Has Lost 79 Percent of its Paying Population
Not just a mobile thing, this always happens for games that are free to play. With such a low bar for entry you get everyone at the start. Why not? It's free to give it a spin. But inevitably the people who were less interested fall off. It's not like a retail game where you have to have a certain level of interest to put your money down.
That said, I expect interest will pick up a bit with some updates that might come out. It'll never be as big as it was for sure. But when they add the 2nd generation of Pokemon? All of a sudden you have another reason to walk around with the game.
Re: Random: Disgruntled Young Pokémon GO Fan Makes Satirical Game About Playing in the Suburbs
Hasn't Pokemon always been like this though? You don't expect to be able to complete your Pokedex if you just sit in the same spot. I happen to live in an area where there are a lot of grass and bug Pokemon. There are a lot of Pokemon I can't find where I live. Electric and Water type mostly but also Psychic, Fighting, Fire and Poison types.
And yes, I can go for a walk and catch maybe two or three Pokemon. If I go into a crowded carpark near a large shopping centre I'll catch more just sitting there. Sitting in my house I don't get any spawns near me. That's definitely a thing.
But that said, what would be the fun if I could catch them all in my own suburb? What would the fun be if I didn't have to go somewhere else? Most of the fun I've had with the game is opening it somewhere new and finding something unexpected. Or hatching an egg and getting a Hitmonchan, Pikachu or Sandshrew.
Re: Rumour: Detachable NX Controllers Will Offer Wii-Like Motion Control And Advanced Force Feedback
Probably irrelevant to this article somewhat but it's worth pointing out that the HTC Vive controller is actually fairly similar to the WiiMote. It has the gyros/accelerators and all that. But it also has what is essentially a 3D version of the sensor bar setup.
On the Wii you had two IR points under your TV and then held an IR camera. The Wii then knew how close you were and your relative co-ordinates/rotation in the plane of the TV. On the Vive there's the same IR lights and camera setup. The difference is that the lights are timed and constantly moving. So it can calculate your position relative to multiple points rather than just a single plane like the WiiMote did.
Re: Forget The NES Classic Edition Mini, Here's The Analogue Nt Mini
If someone makes a cheaper version of this that is a SNES instead? I'd be all over that. But for NES games I don't have a collection and don't intend to build one up. So the NES mini is more than enough for me.
And even with the SNES, if there was a SNES mini with a good enough library? Especially if it was bundled with a SNES CC. I'd probably be more interested in that even though I have a decent collection of SNES games.
Re: Niantic Pushes Out a New Pokémon GO Update
@KittyKatta
There was a bug with the Pokeball usage that Niantic addressed. That was a while ago though so I'm not sure if it's been patched out yet or not. I never noticed it. Though it's hard to tell what's a bug and what's just the natural increase in wild pokemon level as you level. I've only once run out of balls however and that was pretty early on in the game.
As for the comments about changes to IVs and eggs? I can guarantee I haven't had the same experience. Because some of my most recent catches have had fantastic IVs. In terms of eggs I've only got one 10km egg so far. I hatched it last week. I suspect you just got particularly lucky early on with the 10km eggs.
Re: PokéAdvisor is the Latest Third-Party Pokémon GO Service to Bite the Dust
@KTT
The site basically pretended to be the game client. All of this information is available to every user it's just not displayed by the game. The game instead merges it all into one number. So I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that it's somehow hacking the game. Especially given that you can do similar things through other methods.
If anything the site levelled the playing field a bit. I'm not going to bother going through and putting the stats of each Pokemon into a calculator. Some people will but I'm not going to bother. This site? It put it all up there for everyone to see. Levelling the playing field.
Re: PokéAdvisor is the Latest Third-Party Pokémon GO Service to Bite the Dust
@KTT
Well you couldn't edit them for one. Also there are two ways you can do this without the site anyway. The first one is by using one of the many calculators out there. It'll give you an idea of what sort of range the Pokemon is in.
Alternatively you could just catch a bunch and compare their CP values as you catch them. As long as the ones you catch are a similar level? The one with the higher CP will usually have the better IVs. Most people will do something like that anyways. Combine that with one of those calculators? You're basically doing what this site did anyways.
I did use this site once before it was taken down. I went through and transferred everything that was in the bottom 50% It turns out that some of my best Pokemon in terms of IVs were the eevees I evolved. Which makes sense given how relatively common they are and how many you need to get all three.
Re: PokéAdvisor is the Latest Third-Party Pokémon GO Service to Bite the Dust
@KTT
You can use other sites to get an approximation of what the IVs are. But it's not really the same. This site pulled the data directly for all of your Pokemon and allowed you to sort them.
See the thing is I understand entirely why they pulled the pin on the other sites. Those ones were quite literally hammering the servers constantly. This site? You log-in once and it pulls your data. The same thing happens when you boot up the game.
Re: Nintendo Share Price Stabilises After Worst Weekly Performance Since 1989
It's like any market, you will get price corrections. It's like the price of an old game on eBay after a popular youtuber does a lets play. The price will skyrocket to a point where people are not willing to pay. Then the people who have a copy will see that price and put theirs up for sale. Because there's more supply and less demand all of a sudden the price will drop.