Hardware Thoughts about the Nintendo Switch reveal

[Sheikah Impa]

Yeah, they were dodgy about the hardware specs..I know they don't care about it, but it seems like they knew it was a tad under powered.
And it also looks like I won't be able to use my old wii u games I bought on the nintendo store.

 

[Darkestnoir]

I hope they don't put a main series Pokemon game on it the pay to play online is going to ruin the game.

They will do it, i bet.

 

[zoogie]

Good:
Mario Odyssey
Region Free
Xenoblade 2
Getting sports games back
HD rumble
Zelda

Bad:
Price (it's not that bad, but just disappointing with the 200-250 rumors, thanks internet)
Paid online (inevitable given everyone else getting away with it - thanks Sony/MS)
System is not mindblowing in any way but it can run Crysis at least
Switch 1 2 is a paid hardware demo
ARMS
No 3ds backwards compat announced
No virtual console info
It will never be in stock

 

[Darkestnoir]

Yeah, they were dodgy about the hardware specs..I know they don't care about it, but it seems like they knew it was a tad under powered.
And it also looks like I won't be able to use my old wii u games I bought on the nintendo store.

Yeah they also said nothing about backward compatibility.

 

[ieatpixels]

Disappointed!
Where are the launch titles!?
We already knew Zelda was coming.
I was expecting a handful of big titles for the launch.

The Joycon controller technology looks good to me, but after they made a speech about delaying the system in order to have decent launch titles I was expecting more.

 

[Darkestnoir]

Good:
Mario Odyssey
Region Free
Xenoblade 2
Getting sports games back
HD rumble
Zelda

Bad:
Price (it's not that bad, but just disappointing with the 200-250 rumors, thanks internet)
Paid online (inevitable given everyone else getting away with it - thanks Sony/MS)
System is not mindblowing in any way but it can run Crysis at least
Switch 1 2 is a paid hardware demo
ARMS
No 3ds backwards compat announced
No virtual console info
It will never be in stock

ARMS best game name ever but what is with LEGS?

 

[mustafag32g]

nintendo made such a huge mistake! Splatoon 2 and mario are not launch titles! RIP

Gonna impact the sales I am sure of it

 

[FrostyDialga]

They will do it, i bet.

Pokemons about trading and battling with pokemon so im not sure on that one. And removing that from players who don't want to pay it would ruin the game for them.

 

[zoogie]

ARMS best game ever but what is with LEGS?

THUMBS is best gaem.

 

[duffmmann]

Good:
Mario Odyssey
Region Free
Xenoblade 2
Getting sports games back
HD rumble
Zelda

Bad:
Price (it's not that bad, but just disappointing with the 200-250 rumors, thanks internet)
Paid online (inevitable given everyone else getting away with it - thanks Sony/MS)
System is not mindblowing in any way but it can run Crysis at least
Switch 1 2 is a paid hardware demo
ARMS
No 3ds backwards compat announced
No virtual console info
It will never be in stock

I really don't think you should be holding your breath on that one. It'd be nice, but I don't see it happening.

 

[MionissNio]

I will only buy it for Zelda cus I don't own a Wii u, price didn't disappoint me I was expecting 350 to be honest but 300 is reasonable pay to play online, doesn't matter I only do single player so. So far i am not impressed with the launch lineup tho.

 

[the_randomizer]

Good:
Mario Odyssey
Region Free
Xenoblade 2
Getting sports games back
HD rumble
Zelda

Bad:
Price (it's not that bad, but just disappointing with the 200-250 rumors, thanks internet)
Paid online (inevitable given everyone else getting away with it - thanks Sony/MS)
System is not mindblowing in any way but it can run Crysis at least
Switch 1 2 is a paid hardware demo
ARMS
No 3ds backwards compat announced
No virtual console info
It will never be in stock

WTF would you want 3DS backwards compat to have sub 480p games blown up on a 50" HDTV lol, they'd look horrible XD

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Any hardware specs? Yeah it has touch and fancy controls but what is with the real ones like resolution and tflops

Website says the screen is 720p at least. No idea what actual rendering target is, though

 

[Deleted User]

It's nice.

The hype is working

 

[thane98]

I'm a little conflicted to be honest. A lot of the upcoming titles look spectacular, and Zelda already looks like game of the year material. If all of those games actually do come out in 2017, then the Switch will have a really good line up by the end of year. But only announcing one game for launch is just suicide. I seriously hope that Nintendo has more than that to show, because launching with that lineup would start the console off in a really bad position.

 

[IpsoFact0]

pre order cancelled so disappoint

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Please insanity for once stop trying to be a #1 fanboy for Nintendo, the presentation was average at best and you know it

If it was any other company I would agree, but I went in with low expectations and it looks like Nintendo did everything they needed to to solve the problems they created with the Wii U. I agree, at face value it was meh, but in terms of gathering a userbase and distancing themselves from their last trainwreck they're doing pretty good

 

[Smash Br0]

No new Metroid or F-Zero? Bah...

BotW and Super Mario Odyssey look great, but I'll be waiting for a Limited Edition console / value bundle before I buy.

 

[DrkBeam]

The switch apparently cannot run current next Gen games, that was expected. it was just an average presentation but anyway i didn't have big expectations, i guess if i want multiplatform games i will be going for the ps4, the dream of running gta, final fantasy, mass effect and mario on the same console it doesn't look like a reality

 

[geodeath]

I loved the presentation overall. I am afraid to say though that as i expected the level of polish on some of the titles is incredibly low and although someone might jump here and fly the "too early dude" flag, i will say that some of the games showcased looked low poly enough for me.

Obviously nintendo's own games look fabulous as they always were. Zelda kinda shows it is not running on top hardware but if they pull of HDR with it i will be happy Mario looks awesome, i think it will be the first really revolutionary mario after mario64. The others were great too but i feel this will be massive. The motion controls and new rumble sound great, who else to innovate on something like this if not nintendo themselves.

The one thing i am still not getting is people being excited about how skyrim is supposed to overwhelm. It might be a great game and i will definitely get it as i did not play it yet (or i could grab a bargain for my ps instead) but it *really* shows its age..

The mix of games left me disappointed though. Were this released when i was a teenager i would die from joy, seeing as they are trying to do what they did back then again, make people play in the same room, which is awesome. I wish i could live it again but growing up and having very small patches of time to play means no time and not having friends around all the time. Sincerely hope there are going to be many nice experiences for the single player . Which is why i do not care about splatoon at all, it also looks *horribly* dated and extremely ugly. But i am sure it is fun. I also cannot care about 90% of the japanese anime like games with wonky and childish characters (atlus i am looking at you), had one too many in previous consoles. Unless we are talking for the exceptional 1 that will stand out.

Xenoblade looks interesting but still looks a bit... old... Could be the game design itself, cannot put my finger on it, perhaps all the anime like games share a design (and i mean really the design of the characters guns weapons etc) that does not look modern enough on any hardware.

I am happy with the hardware on a price/performance ratio if 3rd parties can elevate their games to match the 1st party ones. But then we know the answer to that.