Nintendo Switch Reveal

tarumbo83 · Oct 21, 2016

VinLark said:
I wish it had a camera app. The camera wasn't all that bad. It could have at least done SOMETHING with it. It was a feature not taken advantage of I guess.

It would have been kind of cool if the camera was used in games (I think a few 3DS games do that, the AR stuff at least does)

Jekuma · Oct 21, 2016

VinLark said:
The Wii U camera was ONLY and I mean ONLY used for that app. Used it like 3 times.

tarumbo83 said:
Damn. The least they could have done was make a camera app... the 3ds had one.

*proceeds to shovel 9999ft deep to uncover the ancient Android running on the NX rumour*

the_randomizer · Oct 21, 2016

mechagouki said:
Why do you keep apologizing?! I thought it was great positive news. I'm glad you posted it, I tried to make that clear in my last reply.

Not sure, just a long day, brain is a bit fried

DanTheMan827 · Oct 21, 2016

VinLark said:
The Wii U camera was ONLY and I mean ONLY used for that app. Used it like 3 times.

Wii Fit also uses it to take your picture when you weigh yourself... not that it really matters due to the quality...

Taleweaver · Oct 21, 2016

I've got mixed feelings here:

pro's:
-interesting concept (already thought this when the leaked image was thrown up)
-two-player functionality right out of the box
-finally a good name

Neutral:
-I wasn't the best fan of dual screen gameplay, but it looks like that won't be possible anymore. Or can you still connect to your 'cradle' when holding the tablet?

con's:
-what kind of touchscreen will this thing have? They're building a tablet, but thus far they've yet to create a touchscreen that allows pinch zoom.
-...I guess the actual games will be presented in a future trailer?

(the very fact that EA is on that dev list means that each and every one of those can just say "we like the concept, but that doesn't mean we'll build anything for it").

Deleted User · Oct 21, 2016

Taleweaver said:
I've got mixed feelings here:

pro's:
-interesting concept (already thought this when the leaked image was thrown up)
-two-player functionality right out of the box
-finally a good name

Neutral:
-I wasn't the best fan of dual screen gameplay, but it looks like that won't be possible anymore. Or can you still connect to your 'cradle' when holding the tablet?

con's:
-what kind of touchscreen will this thing have? They're building a tablet, but thus far they've yet to create a touchscreen that allows pinch zoom.
-...I guess the actual games will be presented in a future trailer? (the very fact that EA is on that dev list means that each and every one of those can just say "we like the concept, but that doesn't mean we'll build anything for it").

I'd imagine that, since it's a tablet, IF it does actually have a touchscreen, it'll be a normal one like other tablets and touch-based devices have.

DanTheMan827 · Oct 21, 2016

Jekuma said:
*proceeds to shovel 9999ft deep to uncover the ancient Android running on the NX rumour*

This one?

Jekuma · Oct 21, 2016

DanTheMan827 said:
This one?

Yep.

grossaffe · Oct 21, 2016

Nintendo Land used the camera.

Deleted User · Oct 21, 2016

grossaffe said:
Nintendo Land used the camera.

Really? For something more than just taking a picture? I know it used to gyroscope but not the camera.

tarumbo83 · Oct 21, 2016

Nintendo is the last video game company I'd expect to use Android, considering how first party and proprietary centric they are. No idea why anyone believed those rumors. (well, I mean, I guess they technically still could be true, since the OS isn't revealed yet, but there's basically no chance of that and Android is a big enough deal that they would have showed it already if it does use it)

grossaffe · Oct 21, 2016

VinLark said:
Really? For something more than just taking a picture? I know it used to gyroscope but not the camera.

I mean, not for anything particularly useful. But in something like Chase Mii, you can activate the camera so the people playing on the TV can see your beautiful face as you elude them.

Deleted User · Oct 21, 2016

tarumbo83 said:
Nintendo is the last video game company I'd expect to use Android, considering how first party and proprietary centric they are. No idea why anyone believed those rumors. (well, I mean, I guess they technically still could be true, since the OS isn't revealed yet, but there's basically no chance of that and Android is a big enough deal that they would have showed it already if it does use it)

I'd be more inclined to believe that they'd use BSD, Linux or something else Unix-like as a base for the OS instead of Android (which IIRC is actually running on a Linux kernel, but obviously has more stuff there.)

grossaffe · Oct 21, 2016

I don't know why people keep predicting Nintendo to use some general purpose well-known OS for their consoles. They've got the talent to roll their own OS specific to the system who will then be experts on said OS as they designed it from the ground up.

Pleng · Oct 21, 2016

The thing that bothers me about this is that I should be an ideal candidate for this system, but I don't see me buying it. I pretty much only play Nintendo and Sega games. I currently use my 3DS to play games, mostly at home. So it'd be great to be able to play my 3DS games on a big screen while home. If I'm going on a long journey/flight, I take my 3DS with me. Trouble is; I take it along with my tablet - which follows me just about everywhere. The 3DS is small enough to make carrying the pair of them simple enough. This isn't. And unless it runs Android (unlikely), or enables me to do everything I can currently do on Android (even more unlikely), it's not going to replace my tablet.

LightyKD said:
How long before some Chinese, Android TV box company steals the Switch gimmick? I'd actually replace my Fire TV 2 if someone could do that.

If Android games/apps generally had decent syncing support, there'd be no need for the switch gimmik.

abelxcane · Oct 21, 2016

I hope this doesn't mean the end of a 3ds successor because unless you carry a book-bag/purse everywhere you go this is not portable in the same sense as a 3ds or psvita is. Some worries off the top of my head are the screen resolution (as well as the resolution the games play at when plugged in) and battery life. That remote truly has a face only a mother could love because that think is ugly and that d-pad surprises me to say the least. Still probably gonna get it. But I do hope they bring back some neglected or forgotten Nintendo games and remember that not only children play their console. I just thought about this but I hope those controllers have some type of good lock mechanism because if you notice in the video the guys pulls the remote up out of the device which means that the screen can go crashing to the floor if a cheap method is used to hold the remotes to the screen.

tarumbo83 · Oct 21, 2016

abelxcane said:
I hope this doesn't mean the end of a 3ds successor because unless you carry a book-bag/purse everywhere you go this is not portable in the same sense as a 3ds or psvita is. Some worries off the top of my head are the screen resolution (as well as the resolution the games play at when plugged in) and battery life. That remote truly has a face only a mother could love because that think is ugly and that d-pad surprises me to say the least. Still probably gonna get it. But I do hope they bring back some neglected or forgotten Nintendo games and remember that not only children play their console.

I'm mixed about if it'll succeed the 3DS or not, Nintendo claims it won't, but they claimed the DS wouldn't succeed the GBA and we all know how that went. Also, the 3DS is really old now and had outdated hardware even when it first came out. However, the Switch isn't portable enough to truly replace the 3DS, so I'm not sure what Nintendo is planning to do...

KingVamp · Oct 21, 2016

Yil said:
Maybe the bundle is $400 but the handheld is only $200. Also a 4 teraflop dock made by Nvidia.

If they made it this way under $400, the handheld would be weaker and people are already complaining.
The handheld has to be at least strong enough to play the handheld versions of the games anyway, so you can't cut down the power for the dock. Also, even if they could, people would have to wait for the person with the handheld to play game at full performance. Like I said, you better out just buying/getting your own system.

D34DL1N3R · Oct 21, 2016

Mr.ButtButt said:
as soon as he takes it on the god
the frames look like they dip severely.
tho could just be an editing mistake

I've watched it over and over again & still don't see it? It looks the same as when it's on the television.

MionissNio · Oct 21, 2016

D34DL1N3R said:
I've watched it over and over again & still don't see it? It looks the same as when it's on the television.

It might also be the Wii u version slammmed on the NS screen?

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