Behold Nintendo Switch (March 2017, Hybrid w/ Dock, Detachable Controllers, Nvidia)
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Looking at the form factor of this thing, and the way that Nintendo positions it in the trailer...I can't help but wonder if maybe they would still keep a system like 3DS around, or have a successor to it still.
For us gamers that can afford to buy stuff like this, I see no problem. I do see a problem though that the Switch doesn't look very kid friendly. The screen is big, which makes it look easy to break to me for a little kid on the go. It looks complicated in a way that I can see parents not being sure if it's good for their 4-5 year old. Stop me if I'm completely wrong, but when I look at my nephew with his 2DS, I can't see him owning, and carrying around a system like Switch with him.
Edit: Part of the appeal and beauty of a game like Pokemon, was always that you could just pull it out anywhere. Play it with friends at school, trade, battle, etc. This looks mobile in the sense that...commuters, and gamers can take with them anywhere. It doesn't look mobile in the sense of how Nintendo has made a success with all their handhelds in the past though. I dunno...just thinking.
For us gamers that can afford to buy stuff like this, I see no problem. I do see a problem though that the Switch doesn't look very kid friendly. The screen is big, which makes it look easy to break to me for a little kid on the go. It looks complicated in a way that I can see parents not being sure if it's good for their 4-5 year old. Stop me if I'm completely wrong, but when I look at my nephew with his 2DS, I can't see him owning, and carrying around a system like Switch with him.
Edit: Part of the appeal and beauty of a game like Pokemon, was always that you could just pull it out anywhere. Play it with friends at school, trade, battle, etc. This looks mobile in the sense that...commuters, and gamers can take with them anywhere. It doesn't look mobile in the sense of how Nintendo has made a success with all their handhelds in the past though. I dunno...just thinking.
vasametropolis
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Hoping the dock has ethernet or at least USB ethernet.
The bottom right of the Switch's screen overlaps the girl's sleeves.
vasametropolis
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They're absolutely right too. Nintendo actually pushing boundaries again.. what's going on lol.
self_aware_keyboard
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Does anyone else think, the colour scheme of the controllers, specifically the pro look very dull and similar to a fake/generic PS2 esq controller you see in a discount shop.
I can't wait to play Skyrim & Zelda botw on the go, but if anyone had any doubts that the gameplay footage on the console was real time or not:
They couldn't bother to greenscreen dem shits when they filmed the commercial?
Looks like it was fresh off the 3D printer.
Abstrusity
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What's the over/under on AutoCAD Switch? I'm gonna go with 300 bucks, myself.
The Artisan
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what did GAF think of the Wii before it launched? that came off the success of the Ps2. That was Ps2's world, we're in Ps4's world, it can happen again.
I believe they will take the world by storm.
Milly Osworth
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How many times more powah doest Switch have than 3DS?
broncobuster
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RadioJoNES64
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You guys think they'll eventually release an alternative left JoyPad with an actual dpad or nah.
My brain cant seem to amalgamate these two images. Its like theyre two different sizes.
Left doesn't have JoyCon attached. Right has JoyCon attached.
Edit: I'm wrong! Sorry.
Orders of magnitude.
shouamabane
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I think you can count on Nintendo making other color schemes for this stuff over time.
I feel like the option of alternate Joy-Con options is totally on the table, but I dunno if I'd say I expect it to happen. I'd like for it to, though.
shouamabane
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I think Nintendo has said 2017 for that stuff.
We can't say for sure, since 1) we don't know for sure what chip will be used and 2) we don't know how much the portable mode will underclock said chip. However, we should be looking at an increase in FLOPS of a factor 50-100 (6.4 GFLOPS against 300-750 GFLOPS).
My brain cant seem to amalgamate these two images. Its like theyre two different sizes.
Really? It's like one picture only shows the device from the side and the other shows the entire length of the device from the back.
And it's almost like the hands of a woman is smaller than the hands of two men...
No shit, they are never in real timeI can't wait to play Skyrim & Zelda botw on the go, but if anyone had any doubts that the gameplay footage on the console was real time or not:
self_aware_keyboard
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Year 1: one colour, on system option to buy
Wait till sales dip, then unleash the varying colour schemes, ala
3ds'sOne hundred 3DS duct taped together.
Year 1: one colour, on system option to buy
Wait till sales dip, then unleash the varying colour schemes, ala
I don't think that entirely applies to the question, though. The question here was would they allow us to buy an optional alternate Joy-Con L (left control piece) that has a standard D-Pad rather than the split one.
That could easily just be an accessory sale like the Pro Controller. It doesn't require a system revision.
On Thursday somebody commented on how much they paid people so this wouldn't leak, and then rewatching the video I imagined all the people were just holding green blocks, heh.
for only Nintendo though right?
My post said 3rd party. Or do they have to wait too?
Rogue Agent
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I'm not sure if this is confirmed, but it had been mentioned before that there will be swappable controller pieces.
Big reveal event in January/before release maybe, not just a direct?
I've seen the rumor, though I can't remember who it was actually from, but I think it was saying it was possible rather than saying it will happen.
Edit: Here it is.
Laura Kate Dale said:
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since we were talking about this earlier, in this picture it really does look like the visible screen will color-match the game or something.
Might just be a video thing, but yeah.
Might just be a video thing, but yeah.
This is one of those things that sound cool in theory but falls apart in practice.
Having said that, I would totally main a controller that has gamecube face buttons for everything.
EDIT: I would also buy a joy con L that has a D-pad on top for 2D games. Preferably the D-pad won't be broken off.
since we were talking about this earlier, in this picture it really does look like the visible screen will color-match the game or something.
Might just be a video thing, but yeah.
Maybe it acts as a motion sensor bar, lol.
LumpOfCole
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So: Will the next eventual mainline Pokémon game after Sun/Moon be a Switch game, or a mobile game?
No chance of the latter.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Why would it be mobile? Gamefreak already said they're developing for the NX.
It'll be a 3ds game.
It will be a Switch game, and I can't wait to see it.
There's definitely things we don't know yet. Remember when Nintendo revealed the Wii Remote? They didn't reveal the nunchuck until a much later date. Then the classic controller was shown even later.
They like to unveil system features slowly over time.
Much later being about 10 seconds later in the same wiimote unveiling?
since we were talking about this earlier, in this picture it really does look like the visible screen will color-match the game or something.
Might just be a video thing, but yeah.
Maybe you can customize it?
That too.
Sure, but wait until Gen VIII.
OrbitalBeard
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Switch. I think we'll get an enhanced port of Sun and Moon for Holiday 2017 and the next mainline entry the following year.
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