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Nintendo Switch Discussion Thread (Question of the Day, Countdown, etc)
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LKD has just tweeted images of new Switch exclusive to be revealed this month:
https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/806793355967406080
https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/806793355967406080
Doesn't it look like that old UE4 demo with the kid running around a similar looking plain?
Dark Cloud
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Because she wants the attention. It's becoming annoying at this point. If it's about to be revealed why can't she just let it be revealed...
why does she have to?
Im not saying I agree with leaking stuff, but it doesn't spoil anything for me personally.
I mean, it doesn't *really* spoil the surprise too much since we still have no idea what the game is.
Once we get the info dump, then I'll feel ya on that point.
Dark Cloud
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She said she has a trailer. I thought she was going to put the trailer up.
Cuningas de Häme
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That game is based on that French guy's book, nicowaw is his Twitter thing.
Laura is clearly having a fit because Nintendo won't allow her to go to the grand reveal.
Nicowaw already said that there's something Switch related coming next week (maybe, don't remember that twwt now).
And if Laura has the whole trailer already on her PC, why not jsut post the whole thing? Instead he uses that kind of pics... Oh yeah, protecting her sources... How many people even has an access to that kind of material, in a small dev studio? Yep.
She should just stop these teases and write those longfrom stuff she wants to. Getting tiring. Let Eurogamer do the leaking, they got things covered and most likely the same sources, or close.
EDIT. There's a whole topic for that tease, and it is clear that it's the upcoming Seasons of Heaven game.
Laura is clearly having a fit because Nintendo won't allow her to go to the grand reveal.
Nicowaw already said that there's something Switch related coming next week (maybe, don't remember that twwt now).
And if Laura has the whole trailer already on her PC, why not jsut post the whole thing? Instead he uses that kind of pics... Oh yeah, protecting her sources... How many people even has an access to that kind of material, in a small dev studio? Yep.
She should just stop these teases and write those longfrom stuff she wants to. Getting tiring. Let Eurogamer do the leaking, they got things covered and most likely the same sources, or close.
EDIT. There's a whole topic for that tease, and it is clear that it's the upcoming Seasons of Heaven game.
Dark Cloud
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Maybe I've overreacted, but maybe the dev wanted Laura to do this little tease to get some hype and then they'll reveal the trailer themselves this week.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I've booked the day of the Switch event off. I've.....never done this for a gaming event before. The hype is real.
Skittzo0413
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Jeez I missed a lot overnight!
I'm honestly shocked that NCL gave the okay to have the world debut of the Switch (and Switch gameplay) on Jimmy Fallon of all places. That's so unlike them, and frankly it's a great sign.
As for LKD, she's a journalist, she's breaking any and all news she can verify. That's her job. Blame Nintendo or the leaker if these leaks are upsetting you, not the messenger.
I'm honestly shocked that NCL gave the okay to have the world debut of the Switch (and Switch gameplay) on Jimmy Fallon of all places. That's so unlike them, and frankly it's a great sign.
As for LKD, she's a journalist, she's breaking any and all news she can verify. That's her job. Blame Nintendo or the leaker if these leaks are upsetting you, not the messenger.
This means nothing. The also showed the Wii U on Jimmy Fallon. But he was as confused like anybody else, what the Wii U actually was. This time Nintendo sold there console much better to the audience.
Dark Cloud
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Yep. How come so many of you guys forgot they showed the Wii U on Fallon's show?
The difference this time the Switch is easy to understand and just a better product.
Anyone spotted this yet? 5-8 hour battery life!? If true that's perfect. How legit is this source? http://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch...hipped/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Skittzo0413
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Wasn't the Wii U actually shown in person at E3 first though? I'm saying this is the first time ever that a real Switch has been shown in public to anybody. A working one, with guts and all.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
That would be an improvement on both my 3DS and Vita. That's kind of insane all things considered. I would be ecstatic with that battery life.
DrROBschiz
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Things are looking up for the switch
Certainly is going to be become my go to system really soon
Certainly is going to be become my go to system really soon
Angry Chair
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DON'T BOSS MEEE!!!
JoshuaJSlone
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She's not out to ruin people's day by yelling at everyone about who killed who at the end of the latest Harry Potter. She's not PR for these companies.Rubixcuba said:
It's quite interesting how consistently positive the news have been. Ironically they aren't even official since everything is a leak lol.
People were too quick to doubt Nintendo. You can never really count them out.
They are surprisingly resourceful when their backs are against the wall.
The Switch appears to be marvelously engineered on par with the cutting edge design of the GameCube when it was new.
Before the Eurogamer rumors, no one would've guessed Nintendo would opt to make a handheld that nearly rivals the Xbox One in power.
ThanksVision
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any rumors/stats about how many launch units there will be? I'm trying to figure out how much work i'm gonna have to put it in to get one of these day one. hopefully it will be similar to the wii u launch! (in terms of it being easy to find, not sales!!)
Skittzo0413
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They've said they plan to ship 2 million for the FY (meaning by the end of March 2017). But that number can (and hopefully will be) revised upwards if they see increased demand.
I'd expect the big video streaming apps (Netlix, Youtube, Hulu, Amazon, Twitch, Crackle, HBO, Crunchyroll, Epix, Vudu, Showtime, etc) but not much else. Maybe some game oriented apps like Art Academy or SmileBASIC.
Sony seems to have Spotify locked down for some reason.
NateDrake>>NeoGAF>>NateDrake>>Internet
Did I just saw some weird mix of the Death Stranding and Zelda Breath of the Wild trailers ? Also, I couldn't help but laugh at how rough it looked at the end. I get that they're barely starting their games but they really shouldn't make that kind of trailer when the game is not running well.
Super not impressed, super nonplussed that they released that.
2018?
Bit early to be showing off, looks pretty rough. Music sounded nice.
Skittzo0413
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So in my daily musings I remembered a rumor from about a year ago that the NX was running this demo which was apparently impossible to run on anything but a high end PC:
And I remembered that Todd Howard of Bethesda recently said something about a Switch demo that's under NDA:
So, let's say that these two demos are the same thing, a tech demo running on the Switch. I'm not saying that the Switch will somehow get an enormous power boost to put it at high end PC levels, but consider the visuals Nintendo was able to get out of the Wii U, including those tech demos- the Zelda demo, the bird demo...
Now that Nintendo's software sorcerers have access to modern, cutting edge mobile tech, I wonder if they've actually managed to prepare a tech demo which does visually blow away the supposed limitations of the hardware. Something which takes maximum advantage of Tegra's capabilities, like FP16, to produce visuals that would seriously fool people who work in the game industry (like Todd Howard) into thinking the device was far more powerful than it is on paper.
I'm so damn excited for that January event guys...
EDIT: I'm starting to wonder if the reason the demos are so impressive to everyone is that they are running on this thin-ass tablet device. That could be the way in which this demo was "cutting-edge"
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And I remembered that Todd Howard of Bethesda recently said something about a Switch demo that's under NDA:
Source
So, let's say that these two demos are the same thing, a tech demo running on the Switch. I'm not saying that the Switch will somehow get an enormous power boost to put it at high end PC levels, but consider the visuals Nintendo was able to get out of the Wii U, including those tech demos- the Zelda demo, the bird demo...
Now that Nintendo's software sorcerers have access to modern, cutting edge mobile tech, I wonder if they've actually managed to prepare a tech demo which does visually blow away the supposed limitations of the hardware. Something which takes maximum advantage of Tegra's capabilities, like FP16, to produce visuals that would seriously fool people who work in the game industry (like Todd Howard) into thinking the device was far more powerful than it is on paper.
I'm so damn excited for that January event guys...
EDIT: I'm starting to wonder if the reason the demos are so impressive to everyone is that they are running on this thin-ass tablet device. That could be the way in which this demo was "cutting-edge"
Dark Cloud
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Dang I was about to post this lol
That Damn Kid
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I recognize that crappy Unity 3D grass anywhere. I hope they at least change out that texture because it's terrible.
It's also on PC so nothing meaningful here except another game, yay.
James Scott
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Cuningas de Häme
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I reckon he meant the hardware demo, when Nintendo showed the Switch for the first time to devs. Would make more sense.
But, if there's some secret sauce, yay.
Jonneh3003
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I don't think he's talking about Zelda
Pasedo
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Hey guys what do you think of the likelihood of this happening? Nintendo will sell the Switch tablet separately to lower cost and to address their direct hand-held market. They will also have a separate Sku which comes with the dock and perhaps a extra controller to address the home console market? If this is the case it makes me wonder if the dock does have something extra in it to show that additional value. Like perhaps it at least boosts the RAM and/or adds additional storage. Perhaps to play games on consoles there's an update it will need to download so it pumps out higher resolution textures. I'm thinking the dock has to cost some sort of penny if it helps to cut costs considerably in a tablet only SKU otherwise they wouldn't bother having 2 seperate Skus and bundle into one if there's no or very little cost savings.
Jonneh3003
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Extremely unlikely. Switching from handheld to tv is the main gimmick, it's in the name.
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