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Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - Master - 10-21-2016
The Nintendo NX is officially revealed as the Nintendo Switch. There's lots of new information and even more questions. I'm glad they decided not to use disc, they scratch easily and take up to much room.
RE: Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - Skullmeat - 10-21-2016
I'm sorry... but this feels familiar.... sega anyone? The way nintendo keeps bringing out new consoles reminds me of the sega of the 90's, the Saturn and Dreamcast in particular.
RE: Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - Oni - 10-21-2016
Am quite interested in this. Was a fan of the DS/3DS, but not the dual screens. Looks about as ergonomic as a Steam controller, though.
RE: Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - insidious - 10-22-2016
Looks really cool, will definitely be buying it.
TBH I was hoping Nintendo was going to hop onto the VR train and release an affordable console/VR combo with VR games to boot. Kind of remember as a kid when Nintendo were the first real people to start with real-life motion controls. That was really cool, and it was really cool to see the Playstation and then Xbox adopt motion-games as well.
RE: Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - BurritoBeans - 10-22-2016
I like the idea behind the Switch - I'd love to have something portable yet able to play newer stuff - I can't carry my tower, my 3DS can only go to about Metal Gear Solid 3, the Vita can run last-gen stuff (choppily) - so it'd be cool. I had a pretty long discussion about the use of the Tegras with a few people, and it's a cool idea but man they'd better go for the equivalent or greater of the X2 or something more - anything around the X1 would be shooting themself in the foot with the low power. Still, I'm excited to see the Tegras get used in something outside the Shield systems. Also, I'm glad they're going for a cartridge-based route - I heard people at school saying "Oh maybe they'll use something like a UMD but with blu-ray discs", and no matter how much I like my UMDs I'm not going to praise them for working all too great. Finally, I love seeing the list of third-party supporters... I dunno, it's just cool to see Nintendo have possible devs other than themselves, and since any in-house games are pretty much guaranteed to be smooth those third-party titles are going to be the test for the system.
Also, on the topic of consoles coming out so fast as Skullmeat mentioned, I think at this point it's a bit justified. From talking with a mod on another forum who has been working with the PS4 Pro and PSVR devkits for months now, all the little upgrades in the systems are just needed to compete with PCs. In the case of Nintendo, yeah it feels like they're being Sega with the tiny upgrades that aren't being used a ton like the New 3DS vs plain 3DS/2DS, and a new console is a bit fast, but they just kind-of need it from how I've seen sales at the store and the game support in general.
RE: Nintendo Switch: 5 Things YOU SHOULD KNOW - mothered - 10-22-2016
I like the availability of controller options, you can chop and change according to usability.
Also, a good move with the cartridges. In this day and age with all the technological advancements, discs are becoming a thing of the past.