Nintendo Switch

[Not Thread Owner]

8 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

 

When a random blog quotes "sources", then yeah, you should be sceptical. But actual journalists do have anonymous sources, and they do pass on correct information. There have been plenty of instances in the past few months where games industry have passed on information that proved to be completely accurate in the smallest detail.

 

It may well be true, but there's no fact until it's proven.

[Alex W.]

9 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

It may well be true, but there's no fact until it's proven.

 

Obviously.

 

This lies somewhere on the credibility scale between an actual Nintendo press release and a 2001 Spong story, but given MCV's track record and Eurogamer's, they're reasonably plausible.

[angel]

12 minutes ago, PK said:

 

 

GBC, DSi, new 3DS are hardware upgrades, Pokemon Mini doesn't exist, disk systems, modems & hardware emulators are peripherals and the Triforce is a fictional relic from the fantasy gaming series "The Zelda Chronicles".  None of those are platforms in their own right!  This theory is so on the money.  I might actually put some money on it.

 

 

• GBC is a new platform, it plays games the GB doesn't, and has quite a complex system actually denoted by cart colours, feel free to google it. It's a new platform.
• New 3DS is new hardware, it plays stuff like Xenoblade that utilises the extra power, again it's a new platform.
• Pokemon mini doesn't exist? I'm going to put that down as a brain fart on your part. It does and it plays carts, it's a platform.
• Famicom disk system and 64DD etc played games and had hardware not in the base systems, they are platforms.
• The Triforce is their arcade board, it's a platform.
• Satellaview had hardware of it's own and played games you couldn't on a base super fami, its a platform.

 

Oh and your stance on 'hardware upgrades", the Wii is a specced up gamecube with a new controller. Sorry man, you properly crashed and burned there. I don't think you genuinely understand what a platform is. I see you accepted Wii Fit though, good man.

[Not Thread Owner]

He's trolling you, Angel.

[PK]

Actual bullet points

[angel]

6 minutes ago, PK said:

Actual bullet points

 

Actual bullets is the next step pal, I know where you live. It's England isn't it.

 

 

[Don Wiskerando]

21 minutes ago, PK said:

 

 

GBC, DSi, new 3DS are hardware upgrades, Pokemon Mini doesn't exist, disk systems, modems & hardware emulators are peripherals and the Triforce is a fictional relic from the fantasy gaming series "The Zelda Chronicles".  None of those are platforms in their own right!  This theory is so on the money.  I might actually put some money on it.

 

What about Virtual Boy?

[MechE]

On 30/07/2016 at 20:51, Alex W. said:

Everything that plays games this generation supports motion controls except the Xbox One and PC.

 

It's gonna support motion control.

All PC games support motion controls via the Steam Controller. Playing FPSs with gyro aiming is a beautiful thing.

 

 

[Mr Cochese]

I still haven't really got the steam controller going with anything. That looks worth a try.

[DarhkFox]

I've heard AR might be a big part of the NX but .. unless it has a SIM card i'm not sure how it would work (AR on 3DS was pretty pointless though but maybe along with GPS)

[Alex W.]

7 minutes ago, Darhkwing said:

I've heard AR might be a big part of the NX but .. unless it has a SIM card i'm not sure how it would work (AR on 3DS was pretty pointless though but maybe along with GPS)

 

You can do GPS without a network connection, although it can be a little slow.

[Mr. Gerbik]

3 hours ago, MidWalian said:

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/pok-mon-mario-and-zelda-headline-nx-dream-line-up/0170678

 

Mario and Pokemon coming to NX within 6 months of release apparently. 

 

Hopefully a proper 3D Mario  

 

 

2 hours ago, HarMGM said:

Considering they say it's Game Freak who's doing the developing: maybe a third version of Sun and Moon or a remake entry.

 

I'm expecting Mario to mean Mario Kart. 2017 is the 25th anniversary of the series.

It will obviously be a port of Pokemon GO. 

[gizmo1990]

Wouldn't it be great if they did release with a comprehensive line up of heavy hitters? If they could pull out an appreciably 'new' Mario to accompany Zelda at launch for instance. And do a pack in bundle for either one too.

I still feel they haven't truly got a grip on scheduling but heck it would be a beautiful thing if they could swing it.

[DarhkFox]

36 minutes ago, Mr. Gerbik said:

 

It will obviously be a port of Pokemon GO. 

 

I'd prefer if they did a much more fledged out Pokemon MMO if being honest. Also, there are millions of mobile phone users and i think this kinda thing is more aimed at that market. I wouldn't pay 40 quid for a standard pokemon go, even if its probably my most played game this year.

 

In any case, with the unified system then we should be getting many more games than before. I expect a lot of them will be more aimed at mobile users though and have the price reflect that.

[Keyboard Koala]

42 minutes ago, gizmo1990 said:

Wouldn't it be great if they did release with a comprehensive line up of heavy hitters?

 

They haven't done that since the N64 days, have they?

[mushashi]

Seems to confirm the multiple public comments from Ubisoft management, Nintendo are after the lapsed Blue Ocean crowd again:

 

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The same sources confirmed that the Eurogamer report last week - which revealed that NX will be a portable machine that can be plugged into a TV and features a breakaway controller – is ‘100 per cent accurate’. 

 

Game graphics will be ‘somewhere between a PS3 and PS4’, with Nintendo targeting an audience that sits between smartphone gamers and the more hardcore users of PS4 and Xbox One.

 

“It’s a nice bit of kit, a bit of a novelty, but a good one,” said one exec that has got hands on with the machine. “It won’t appeal to PS4 fans. Nintendo seems set on trying to upgrade smartphone gamers. That’s going to be a big job for the marketing department.”

 

 

 

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said: "On the NX, what we have seen is really great. We think having a new machine coming is going to help the industry to continue to grow and to take a lot more casual players back to the industry."

 

[Guest]

A bit of a novelty, eh?

 

And isn't somewhere between PS3 and PS4 either almost the same or a step backwards in power from the WiiU?

[Keyboard Koala]

[DarhkFox]

Honestly I just wish / hope they make a Nintendo mobile.  I don't like carrying multiple devices around with me. Hell,  work gives us ipod touches for our email but I just use email on my own phone.. One device is enough thanks! 

 

Still it's nice that I can use it at home and take it with me if I so desire. I do wish it was at least as powerful as ps4 but graphics arnt everything and most people are starting to realise that.  Then again with a low price I can see it doing mostly well. If it fails Nintendo will perhaps bring out a dedicated console at some point.

[Camel]

25 minutes ago, Jon said:

A bit of a novelty, eh?

 

And isn't somewhere between PS3 and PS4 either almost the same or a step backwards in power from the WiiU?

 

An insider tells me they're basically sellotaping two of their current consoles together.  It's going to be called the Nintendo Owl as they believe it takes two Wii-Us to woo.

[Protocol Penguin]

5 hours ago, deKay said:

No sources stated for that - it's a made up "story". Again.

I don't that this can be understated enough at the moment. 

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Camel said:

 

An insider tells me they're basically sellotaping two of their current consoles together.  It's going to be called the Nintendo Owl as they believe it takes two Wii-Us to woo.

I'm calling bullshit.

[Camel]

Yeah you're probably right.

[gizmo1990]

I'm calling owlshit!

[Guest]

Still, it's going to be a novelty, owls or not.

[angel]

Me twoo.

[gizmo1990]

Here we go..

[Guest]

I think I'm going to be tawny between the NX and the WiiU, just so I can play Zelda.

[Protocol Penguin]

Anyway, I hope the rumours about the NX design are fictitious, because it sounds just as flawed an idea as the Wii U, which I'll openly state as doomed from day one from its very concept.

 

(Yes, there are some very good Wii U games, some truly excellent ones, but they are good in spite of the Wii U, not because of it.)

[pulsemyne]

1 hour ago, Jon said:

A bit of a novelty, eh?

 

And isn't somewhere between PS3 and PS4 either almost the same or a step backwards in power from the WiiU?

Not really. Say it works at the Tegra X1's speed, well that's about three times the Gflops of the WiiU (which is thought to be about 192 Gflops although it is a much newer and more refined chip than that in the PS3). Couple that with Nintendos commitment to Mantle and a much better CPU then your looking at a much more capable machine than the WiiU graphics wise. Also Nvidia flops are calculated in a different manner to the way AMD do it. So say Nvidia says "Oh it does 512 Gflops!" that number calculate in AMD's way could equate to about 700 gflops for them (this is just an example of course but Nvidia's flops tend to be lower than AMD but work out better). 

Personally I think that maybe we could be looking at a handheld with roughly three times the GPU power over the WiiU and a much better CPU to match. So a nice step up in power and easily more powerful than any smartphone albeit using a lower res screen (540p would be bang on the money which is the same as the Vita res).

Imagine a machine, on the go, capable of playing a cut down Battlefield game. Frostbite worked reasonable on the PS3/X360 so, if EA were willing, I'm sure a spin off BF game could be done on the NX.