Nintendo: Switch dock only for charging and TV-out, Amiibo support, no commt on touch
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Backfoggen
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But I wanted 1080p Zelda.
NinjaCoachZ
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The lack of touch screen is a big thing to leave off. Overall though, as far as a presentation of what the system does, what it looks like, how you use it, and what it plays, the trailer was spot on. The details like what exactly the dock does are big for us enthusiasts, but to the general public, the core idea of the system is plain as day. We'll get more nitty gritty details soon, but including that in the trailer would have overcomplicated things for the public - i.e. the people Nintendo most need to win over.
I'm fine with the level of info we got today, seeing as they follow up on it next week.
I'm fine with the level of info we got today, seeing as they follow up on it next week.
Bluekaveli
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I'd purchaae it if that were the case. I wonder will they still have the old store with the old N64 games like the original wii did.
PrinnyBomb
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Amazed it's still powerful enough to run Zelda, Splatoon and Skyrim...
It'll have a touch screen and probably gyros built in so you can play the Mario endless runner without needing to use the controllers. Along with presumably tons of third party mobile games if they're smart
Already Torn
Banned
So 10k was as wrong as we thought
Son.Ralph.Funk
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How tedious is creating levels in Super Mario Maker going to be if there's no touch? And SMM better be coming out for Switch, or it's a no sale for me.
The Albatross
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"We will make additional announcements about the Nintendo Switch hardware later, before the launch of the product," Nintendo told IGN."
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Well that's nice of you Ninty
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Well that's nice of you Ninty
SmoothRunningGun
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Either it's touch screen or it isn't. Don't know why they're holding on to that.
casey_contra
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I guess the dock could allow the clock speeds to run on max so there's increased performance and when it's docked its actually running underclocked but I think Nintendo would have touted a feature like that.
Lol not you. You're awesome. I meant the article lol. Although looking back at the quote I can see how it looks. Lol. My bad.
Milly Osworth
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Don't make me play in 720p in 2017 Nintendo.
The Hermit
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no way
Yeah, I think it will run faster docked while out of it it will run on an " economy mode" to preserve battery.
Well, it also has USB ports. Something said quote doesn't mention, so who knows what else it doesn't mention.
mario_O
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Yes. But too big for a handheld, and kinda weak for a (2017) home console.
ShockingAlberto
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Probably so it doesn't tip over.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Constantly charging a battery and not letting it die regularly is terrible for long term battery life. I hope they have a solution for this.
wowbaggerBR
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I knew we were heading to another huge disappointment led by Nintendo.
Welp, for whats worth, I really liked the art style of that Zelda. Maybe I'll buy my first Nintendo after the SNES because of that game (if the battery life isn't as ridiculous as I suspect it is).
Welp, for whats worth, I really liked the art style of that Zelda. Maybe I'll buy my first Nintendo after the SNES because of that game (if the battery life isn't as ridiculous as I suspect it is).
Newer battery don't have that problem, also device stop charging when full
casey_contra
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Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Yeah, this is what I'm expecting. The dock doesn't add horsepower, but by virtue of being plugged in, the handheld can upclock and not worry about decharging quickly. It'll probably run underclocked when in handheld mode, since it only ever has to worry about 720p.
linko9
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That is a massive piece of empty plastic. Very odd from a design perspective. The whole dock is sort of baffling; it mostly obscures the screen, making second-screen functionality impossible, but doesn't totally cover the screen, which just looks odd. I seems like its function could have easily been achieved by a small box the size of the GC>Wii U controller adapter, which surely would have saved money while making the system less bulky.
digita1alchemy
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Nothing they said necessarily rules out the dock adding some sort of additional, non-trivial processing. The handheld unit is still the "main unit" in such a scenario, and "provide output to the TV" could include this extra processing power. Or not. They used some very non-specific wording there.
They're not "constantly charging" a battery in docked mode. The power will be supplied from the wall and the battery will be bypassed completely just like every other product you own that can be run off of battery or wall power.
I think it'll will "bypass" the battery when docked, so as soon as it's charged, it stops charging.
Why do people keep saying it's smart to have mobile games on this system? Everyone already has a device to play those games and putting them on a giant 720p screen that's flanked by detachable controllers will add absolutely nothing to them.
AzureFlame
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Then why the framerate was worse when they switched to portable?
casey_contra
Member
I'm still confident it'll hit 1080 docked.
Kissenkopf
Banned
If it would just be for charge it would look like the small thing from the wii u ganepad or from the new 3ds. I doubt they said everything in that interview.
Perhaps due to higher clocking when docked. Otherwise it beats me.
Don't worry I'm used to the mocking and taking the L gracefully. We cool.
It appears not. Single patty burger it is then.
? 720p UI can easily work on 1080p. We're not talking about 540p to 1080 rescaling.
Garrett Hawke
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This could still mean higher clocks while docked than portable, which seems plausible
sixteen-bit
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the game footage was editied in after the fact, no?
Wonder why they aren't commenting on touch functionality, I mean it's not like they will add it 5 months from release.
Guess this means the chances of it not being there are higher.
No big deal if it's not there imo but such devices are expected to have touch functionality these days.
Guess this means the chances of it not being there are higher.
No big deal if it's not there imo but such devices are expected to have touch functionality these days.
The Hermit
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CarbonFire
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The height of the dock front could be to allow the screen to show status information without being a huge bright secondary screen shining into the room. Also it needs to stick up so it's easy to pull out of the dock. And no one wants a secondary screen that's tiny and half-way across the room, what would be the use in that?