sword_9mm

I want to pick this up eventually. Been waiting since it was announced before the switch even released.

Someday... Someday.

That's pretty cool.

I honestly don't know if I wouldn't buy that and just sell off my OG switch...

@Emperor-Palpsy

Lol no doubt.

I still can't understand why they don't just sell a single left joycon with the dpad.

I mean; that's a whole new level of head in sphincter.

@SenseiDje

Yep. Hopefully by early next year the switch2 will be announced/released.

@RyanSilberman

I dunno but I'd play this one before the crap FPS games.

@diablo2

So time for a Switch 2.

this game must be just terribly coded. nothing i'm seeing from any videos makes me think the Switch version should be this bad. the game looks like something from the ps3.

meh it's Netflix. even if it is good it'll be cancelled in no more than 3 seasons so what's even the point.

@Arehexes

Yeah I get you there. Sites have to put something on the page for clicks though.

@Arehexes

Yes but people were very happy to get the GBA.

No reason they can't make games work with the S1 and 2. Heck, most are download anyway (since N brought back the cart tax) so no reason you can't say get BOTW2 in a 9gb S1 download or pick the 15GB S2 package or whatever.

@graysoncharles

Yep, that's my thinking.

Folks want to cling on to the things as long as possible.

I think 3 years is plenty for a low powered ARM device. Maybe a 500$ x86 should go longer but for a portable 'phone' 3 is plenty of time.

Heck, no reason N can't make an S2 base package for say 249 (sans dock/etc) for those just upgrading and another sku for new folks that want all the bobbins (299+ or whatever). Don't change the controllers/dock/etc. Just update the system internals/screen (for power savings) every 3ish years.

@sixrings

I'd say the switch is closer to the 360 than the wii-u was. The wii-u was notoriously bad at large scenes with many enemies/characters. The CPU was just junk. The wii-u was a wii+ with a better gpu and another gimick controller. If the wii-u actually used a decent CPU it would've outpaced the 360 by quite a bit.

The switch is like a 360+. Better at some things and worse at others. It's nowhere near an xb1.

@NoxAeturnus

I guess you'll need to tell Apple/Samsung to stop making new phones every year then.

It wouldn't be a race to performance. It would be a nice bump every few years with the better thermal/power performance to boot. Since the Switch is just N's new gameboy battery life is and should be a concern. If say an X2/more ram/maybe lower powered oled screen can get graphics/worlds to look nicer/run smoother and also bumps the battery life a bit then it's a win-win for both N and the consumer.

@westman98

eventually all sales fall off. or is the 3ds still killing it?

N made a portable device. I see it as a portable device, NOT a home console no matter what N want's to market it as. I'd just like to see a faster upgrade cycle because graphics/scope do matter even if some folks are still happy playing ps1 games.

i'd like to see better graphics/frame rates with faster loading. they really need to work on their flash memory controllers in the next iteration. the switch is dog slow reading from non volatile memory. also probably needs around 8GB of ram next time. i'm fine with 720 portable/1080 docked resolution.

@westman98

Not every year; i'd say every 3 years would be a good cadence.

they don't have to keep up with 300watt consoles with fans and all that but with arm chips being quickly updated there's no reason to keep on old tech for the usual 5-8 year cycle. that's madness and will fail them eventually.

portability will only take them so far when everyone is on a ps6 and n just brought out a switch 2 with almost ps4 level graphics.... :/

@erv

with the chips they are using there shouldn't be much if any fragmentation. All s1 games work on s2. then in a year or so s2 games are too complex for s1 and that one goes to the bargain pile. 3 years or so pass and s3 comes out hewing to the same cycle.

it's what PCs have been doing forever and what ios/android/MS/Sony are doing. I get that N is lost most of the time but this seems like a no-brainer.

then again there ain't much brain @ N HQ so it makes sense that they wouldn't do this.

Also should've partnered with Valve for the online back-end instead of making yet another terribad infrastructure. these guys never learn.

@DanTheSausage

sounds good for a switch mini. The new switch should be much more powerful imo and be released within the next year-ish imo.

but this is Nintendo and strategy is not their strong suit.

It needs to be the X2 (or better).

I still wish they'd throw Apple some games/controller for the Apple TV and get Apple's ARM chips. I'm not a big Apple fan but they make the best ARM chips in the business and N would be a perfect match for an Apple partnership.

And no, the ps5/XB12 or whatever isn't coming out next year. 2021 at least. But N does need to get their heads outta the sand.. HAHA. They've been buried so long they have no clue what's going on outside of their HQ. Terrible management all around.

@Wavey84

It's surprising that a console plugged in using laptop chipsets runs better than a phone processor in a much smaller thermal envelope.

egads holmes, you've cracked the case!

the game looks of no interest to me but N really needs to get their heads out of their bungholes and get a switch 2 released. this system needs to be on a 2-3 year upgrade cadence no matter how much N wants to be terribad at completely everything they do.

the really funny thing is this game is no graphics powerhouse so either the tegra really is trash or this dev house is really bad at programming.

@Mykillvee

Not to give Capcom any credit (they are pretty bad at this) but the switch is pretty much a ps3/360 class so don't expect too much more.

It could be cleaned up a little more sure.

@sixrings

get a PC and live life to the fullest i guess...

N gave up the spec wars a long time ago and will never be current; well as current as any console ever is a month after release.

@jipiboily

that's what i noticed and why i'll keep an eye on this one.

i dislike jrpg combat and much prefer real time.

@AG_Awesome

same.

@Cotillion

what N needs to do is just support saves to SD and get over the 'omg piracy waaaambulance' crying they constantly do.

they need new management. as in everyone is fired and replaced. every single one of them.

the switch just isn't good enough for something like this.

i really want N to iterate faster but I guess since they're super conservative and have to wait for Nvidia to do things I guess that won't happen.

Oh well. PC works for these things. the switch can be for N titles like the rest of N's systems always seem to be. /shrug.

@LunarFlame17

same here. 2 things i hate.

Odd, 3 button controller and SF2?

Why sega? Why?

I'm over these mini-consoles so whatever. just release all the games on the eshop/steam/etc..

I can't figure out what goes into the games these things house. Why not all the Sonic and Streets of rage games? Sega OWNS those..

heh.

i remember playing the demo but never picked it up.

i do remember this game ran terribly on the ps3 compared to the 360. hopefully the switch gets a competent port and not some travesty.

@SJND

That's what I was going to say.

Even on a high end PC this game looks awful.

@LunarFlame17

it's the best nes one imo.

I never could get into the timed 'stages' versions. then again i'm no castlevania fan. the games are all 'clunky' imo. kinda like resident evil (except the new remake of 2).

@60frames-please

That's fair.

I'm ready for a switch 2 myself. I still posit that it'd be smart to get Apple's arm chips and maybe throw them a few games on the Apple TV or whatever to get it done. Nvidia does OK on the PC (thanks to AMD's lack of focus and talent) but Apple by far owns the arm race when it comes to power.

Iterate the switch every 2 years similar to phones. Keep backward-compat across all of it and print money. Or be Nintendo and completely miss out on everything because 'reasons'.

@60frames-please

lol; you're playing the wrong console (or consoles at all).

Get a pc since you're so wrapped up in framerates. you'll be happier.

@Trajan

yes they were. they were super low end PCs at the time they were released.

that crappy jaguar cpu and a terribad ati card in both. xbx and ps4 pro have an up-clocked terribad jaguar cpu and ati card. hell; it took epic to get sony to put 8 gigs of ram in the ps4. they wanted to do 4.

@LuciferOnReddit

I like the switch but yes; N needs to iterate it at least every 3 years. Also need to get in bed with Apple for their arm chips. much nicer than what any other company has been able to release.

@Alucard83

which is why I stick to PC. why would I waste time playing games on inferior systems like the ps4 pro and xbx? I ain't got time for tiled half-graphics resolutions @ maybe 30fps if you're lucky or 1080 @ sometimes diety willing 60fps. only 60? only 1080? what is this; 2008?

@Preposterous

complaining on the internet is pretty pointless as well so here we are.

if you don't like it don't read it. isn't hard...

I'll pick this one up either on sale or if a DX version comes out.

I remember this was supposed to come out around the switch's launch April-ish or something like that. Man did they let that slip.

How's the gun fighting? Is it dual stick-ish or horrible where you have to line up perfectly a'la Blaster Master on the Wii shop?

looks a lot like something from the TG16.

not a bad thing at all.

how about ages sega rally and daytona usa?

maybe a virtua fighter ages release?

maybe no more sonic games for about 5 years?

@Trajan

new games could. devs could patch up old games a'la the ps4 pro/xb1x.

may have to pick this up

i had a lynx and game gear. brother had a gameboy.

don't have any of em anymore. i miss my lynx. game gear/boy not so much. i still have a super-gameboy if i get the itch.

it's very interesting.

not for me but still cool imo.

honestly;

if this were to be a very good emulator for all systems say up to a psx or so (sega cd and duo cd/super cd isos); and have and SD card to load roms on i'd buy it in a heartbeat.

everything like this is so janky that I can't believe someone hasn't brought out a really good portable emulation machine.

but no; this wouldn't be competing against the switch except for those ever dwindling entertainment dollars.

this game was supposed to be out what; 2 years ago?

i'll grab it no doubt.

he's not wrong.

they removed him for no reason. mr. dream is such a dumbass japanese thing. it'll always be mike tyson's punch out.

@construx

you get nesflix. /shrug

i still can't believe they can't make a racing game that looks as good as a 360/ps3 game on the switch.

the switch pro is much much needed. more than ever imo.

@Indielink

eh; i dunno.

i guess darksiders could be a decent comparison. maybe dark souls or whatever that one is.

i have TL2 on PC but didn't play very far in. I liked it but it's just what I do.

for the right price i may would pick it up on switch.

that hob game looks nice as well.

probably won't be buying anything though for a while since the backlog is enormous and i want to see if this switch pro thing comes about and if so how N transfers purchases and back-compat and all of that.

@Indielink

i guess we'll know when grid comes out.

from what i've seen it runs worst than the ps3 copy i played.

not saying a game made just for the switch wouldn't look better than a multiplat ps3/360 game but if you made the same game for the switch/ps3 (not ported, natural) i think the ps3 version would run better.

the thermal package N has to work with is VERY low. honestly i think devs need to treat the switch like they did the DS/gameboy/etc and not like a ps4/xbx. it just doesn't have the ponies for many types of games translating over.