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[nani17]

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Suck it haters.

 

[RagnarokIV]

 

[crazepharmacist]

Wait LCD? It's not OLED? Wtf?

 

[nordique]

Lots of crow for lots of posters to eat

4K 120hz hdr crow

 

[Von Hugh]

Oh, damn, nice. But I do have reservations on whether those resolutions will be native in games. Will there be a bunch of 720p games upscaled to 1080p and even 4K?

 

[Deerock71]

Metroid at 4K 60 fps!!!

 

[OverHeat]

Day fucking 1

 

[Blitzkrieg!]

PS5 Pro level graphics

 

[nani17]

Metro I'd 4K 60 fps!!!

1080p 120fps

 

[Doczu]

Metro I'd 4K 60 fps!!!

And 1080/120

 

[Chuck Berry]

Jesus tittyfucking christ

 

[Deerock71]

And 1080/120

Stupid autocorrect makin' me look drunk lol.

 

[j0hnnix]

I don't want a Nintendo product but damn.. I might reconsider now.

 

[Bojji]

So it's mini led after all?

HDR without enough dimming zones will suck.

Impressive stuff overall. 120hz screen will allow 40fps gaming. What about vrr?

 

[Deerock71]

Elden Ring!

 

[ResilientBanana]

Horray, 1080p games upscaled to 4K

 

[nani17]

Elden Ring!

I wonder what the resolution and FPS will be

 

[Spukc]

Horray, 1080p games upscaled to 4K

In hdr and 120fps bruv

 

[Mr Moose]

How big is the battery? HDR going to drain that shit fast.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

PS5 Pro level graphics

 

[nani17]

 

[ResilientBanana]

In hdr and 120fps bruv

All systems can do 120fps. Just remember it comes at a cost and not every game will be designed around it.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Metroid Prime looking mighty good in that 4K 60 mode. Holy shit where do I pre-order!?

 

[graywolf323]

So it's mini led after all?

HDR without enough dimming zones will suck.

Impressive stuff overall. 120hz screen will allow 40fps gaming. What about vrr?

mini LED would be nice, but the IGN tweet says it's LCD?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

OMG I can't believe some people are stupid enough to think we'd actually get 4K and 120 FPS from a Nintendo system

I knew it all along, it was obvious this is the way they'd go with Switch 2.

 

[Gonzito]

But is it native 4k or upscaled?

 

[Mr Moose]

But is it native 4k or upscaled?

 

[Woody337]

mini LED would be nice, but the IGN tweet says it's LCD?

Led screens are lcd. the backlights are led.

 

[Schmendrick]

But is it native 4k or upscaled?

dude, it`s an anemic handheld. Unless we`re talking very simplistic graphics, menus or maybe some streamed stuff this hing will never produce native 4k.
Basically this thing has the port-technology to output 4k, just like the PS5 could theoretically output 8k.

 

[Fafalada]

HDR without enough dimming zones will suck.

There's many more 'HDR' panels out there that have no dimming zones whatsoever, than there are proper ones (or OLED ones).
So it's a valid question what this screen actually is.

That said 120hz is already beating expectations as is - no wonder they're planning to milk an OLED upgrade later for it.

120hz screen will allow 40fps gaming.

40fps has nothing to do with 120hz refresh - that's only done on TVs because of TV standards and platform holders being hillariously risk-averse so they don't want to touch anything they don't control.
But on a handheld they control end-2-end. Nintendo could 'trivially' allow to have any refresh supported (39, 53, whatever - SteamDeck style) - it's not like those panels aren't capable of it. The question is more 'why won't they'.

 

[Ribi]

Can't wait for those 2 games to hit 120fps for 5seconds

 

[Gonzito]

dude, it`s an anemic handheld, unless we`re talking stick figure graphics, this hing will never produce native 4k.

Dude what? Steamdeck can run at 4k many older games. Why wouldn't a Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 be able to do so? Its not like their games are very graphically demanding

 

[Great Auk]

4K YES!

It's going to look glorious!

 

[Schmendrick]

Dude what? Steamdeck can run at 4k many older games. Why wouldn't a Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 be able to do so? Its not like their games are very graphically demanding

>>>

Unless we`re talking very simplistic graphics

 

[Great Auk]

dude, it`s an anemic handheld. Unless we`re talking very simplistic graphics, menus or maybe some streamed stuff this hing will never produce native 4k.
Basically this thing has the port-technology to output 4k, just like the PS5 could theoretically output 8k.

I have no problem with upscaled 4K. I'll take it over nothing.

 

[Schmendrick]

I have no problem with upscaled 4K. I'll take it over nothing.

absolutely. Especially since we`re talking NVIDIA hardware here.
Looking forward to how/if this thing can handle DLSS4 TNN upscaling.

 

[Rosoboy19]

Dude what? Steamdeck can run at 4k many older games. Why wouldn't a Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 be able to do so? Its not like their games are very graphically demanding

Older/simple games, sure. You won't be getting the next Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, Zelda, or 3D Metroid at 4k native. They will use DLSS upscaling.

 

[Nocty]

this is a big win for ninty

 

[neocycle]

dude, it`s an anemic handheld. Unless we`re talking very simplistic graphics, menus or maybe some streamed stuff this hing will never produce native 4k.
Basically this thing has the port-technology to output 4k, just like the PS5 could theoretically output 8k.

I fear that the huge installment base of Switch 1 will hold back Switch 2 for a long time, just like PS4 held back PS5.
Switch 2 will simply be a Switch 1 with resolution and framerate doubled.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Is it 120Hz screen or all the game will run in 120fps in performance mode. That would be wild.

 

[delishcaek]

Lots of crow for lots of posters to eat

4K 120hz hdr crow

It's not 4K 120, 4K output is limited to 60fps

 

[Bojji]

mini LED would be nice, but the IGN tweet says it's LCD?

Mini leds are LCD, it's all about backlight technology. Without mini led backlight screen still can have dimming zones but at this size it won't look great...

There's many more 'HDR' panels out there that have no dimming zones whatsoever, than there are proper ones (or OLED ones).
So it's a valid question what this screen actually is.

That said 120hz is already beating expectations as is - no wonder they're planning to milk an OLED upgrade later for it.


40fps has nothing to do with 120hz refresh - that's only done on TVs because of TV standards and platform holders being hillariously risk-averse so they don't want to touch anything they don't control.
But on a handheld they control end-2-end. Nintendo could 'trivially' allow to have any refresh supported (39, 53, whatever - SteamDeck style) - it's not like those panels aren't capable of it. The question is more 'why won't they'.

Yeah, "HDR" like that will suck donkey balls. There are many monitors and tvs like that. No point in turning on HDR mode on them.

In theory 60fps screen can do 40hz as well but with 120hz panel you know that FOR SURE it will display 20/24/30/40/60/120 fps correctly without VRR support and 20/25/50/100 in 100hz mode (if it exists). Nintend is usually super basic when it comes to stuff like this so this surprised me. Good stuff.

Horray, 1080p games upscaled to 4K

 

[nordique]

It's not 4K 120, 4K output is limited to 60fps

The screen is 120hz

And the system outputs in 4K

and there's a thread littered with "lol Nintendo" and "of course it won't support 4K"

That's what I'm referring to

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Real nice just a shame they are going to be pay walling all older games with upgrade packs that prolly only offer the FPS unlock and rez upgrade.

 

[delishcaek]

The screen is 120hz

And the system outputs in 4K

and there's a thread littered with "lol Nintendo" and "of course it won't support 4K"

That's what I'm referring to

Oh, I misunderstood because the lack of punctuation. It read like it supports 4k 120. My bad.

 

[SidViscous]

Hope it had VRR as no way any of those games from third parties are even hitting 60, let alone 120

 

[Rosoboy19]

It's not 4K 120, 4K output is limited to 60fps

Yeah, I'd bet Nintendo is still planning for mostly 30/60fps content in Switch 2. Using a 120hz display is nice to have options, but they will probably still run it at 60hz refresh a lot of the time to conserve battery.

 

[thatJohann]

will it be 120Hz when docked as well?

 

[MrCunningham]

The only surprise here is the 120fps framerate in handheld mode. 4K docked (probably upscale) seems about right.