Nintendo Switch

[Not Thread Owner]

8 hours ago, Stanley said:

Dual analogue controls and that it's as least as powerful as Wii U. 

 

Why do we need to deduct that? You're saying it *won't* have dual analogue and *won't* be as powerful as the Wii U? Based on what evidence?

[Stanley]

How on earth could you interpret that from what I said? It's the opposite of what I said 

[Guest]

Deduce, not deduct. You boys.

[Nespresso]

Is this rllmuk's attempt at a Neogaf impression?

[Stanley]

Apart from twin analogue sticks the most important thing is that the controls also have bumpers and triggers. Two mini remotes, one attached to either side, would take care of that. 

[Not Thread Owner]

29 minutes ago, Stanley said:

How on earth could you interpret that from what I said? It's the opposite of what I said 

 

Do you know what deduct means?

[Stanley]

16 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

Do you know what deduct means?

Do you know what annoying means? 

[Not Thread Owner]

9 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Do you know what annoying means? 

 

I do. 

[Stanley]

That deKay 

[Not Thread Owner]

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.

[jonathanhoey]

I try not to do this but I can't help myself.

 

DEDUCE!

 

If you figure something out by deduction, you are deducing it. You have deduced. You deduce. I deduce. We all deduce!

 

To deduct is to subtract.

 

OK I feel better now

 

HTH HAND etc.

[Stanley]

Deduce is better but deduct works also.

 

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deduct

 

Anyway 'taking away' what we know from what we don't know, it can handle Wii U power, most likely on a handheld, and it will have full controls like the Wii U gamepad. This pleases me.

[jonathanhoey]

I learned something today!

 

(Specifically, the perils of hubris. Sorry for being a dick )

[Stanley]

Nah it's all good natured

[Not Thread Owner]

58 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Anyway 'taking away' what we know from what we don't know, it can handle Wii U power, most likely on a handheld, and it will have full controls like the Wii U gamepad. This pleases me.

 

What we know: There is a device currently called the NX in development.

What we don't know: Anything else.

[smac]

I'd never use deduct instead of deduce - we sure that's not an Americanism or an anachronism? Just because it's in a dictionary, doesn't meant it's correct current usage.

 

This site suggests an anachronism (my emphasis):

 

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Interestingly, deduce is also derived from the Latin word deducere, and several hundred years ago, the words deduct and deduce were interchangeable. Today, the definitions of deduct and deduce have diverged.

 

http://grammarist.com/usage/deduct-vs-deduce/

[Sarlaccfood]

Fucking hell Nintendo need to announce something soon.

 

 

Mainly to make this thread bearable.

[Jarik]

2 hours ago, deKay said:

 

What we know: There is a device currently called the NX in development.

What we don't know: Anything else.

 

Would it be safe to say that we know it can run Breath of the Wild, or merely that we know Breath of the Wild has been announced for it?

[Not Thread Owner]

19 minutes ago, Jarik said:

 

Would it be safe to say that we know it can run Breath of the Wild, or merely that we know Breath of the Wild has been announced for it?

 

Oh we know that but that doesn't tell us anything about the NX itself.

[Dudley]

We don't actually know it's currently called the NX. They may well have given it a final name and not announced it yet.

[robotattack]

Alternatively, it may still not have a name and is still being referred to as NX internally. Regardless, it's publically known as NX and we know it's in development. 

[Not Thread Owner]

42 minutes ago, Dudley said:

We don't actually know it's currently called the NX. They may well have given it a final name and not announced it yet.

 

You're right. OK:

 

We know that Nintendo are, or were, or will be, working on a device that was, is, or might be named or codenamed the NX.

[Stanley]

3 hours ago, deKay said:

 

Oh we know that but that doesn't tell us anything about the NX itself.

It gives us a fair indication that it will offer a control scheme similar to Wii U, and also that it's at least as powerful.

 

But I think we have enough rumours from trusted sources to discuss it beyond that too.

[mushashi]

18 hours ago, Stanley said:

We know it's launching with Breath of The Wild, so we can deduct a fair amount from that.

 

Also someone mentioned DQX is in development for it, but I thought DQXI had already been confirmed a while back. 

 

DQX was officially confirmed ages, it was DQXI that has never been officially confirmed, but as that is a 3DS/PS4 title, they can at least port one version of it, a downgraded PS4 port is possible, actually that would be more interesting from a technology POV, as no actual UE4 games have been shown running on X1+ class hardware yet.

 

 

22 hours ago, JPickford said:

I think it's plausible for the machine to be 'underclocked' when running on battery and rendering at 540p  then running at full speed in the dock and rendering at 1080p.  

 

 

 

They could alternatively just do the compromise option and just render at 720p all the time, some free supersampling for the handheld screen or a native resolution image and the same image quality as the Wii U when connected to a TV. The performance gap between 540p and 1080p isn't trivial and Nintendo do love their 60fps update rate which also has a cost (in the Wii U's case, anti-aliasing). 1080p/60fps, that's a tall order.

[Not Thread Owner]

21 minutes ago, Stanley said:

It gives us a fair indication that it will offer a control scheme similar to Wii U, and also that it's at least as powerful.

 

Not really. Twilight Princess couldn't have had more different controls on the Wii and GC.

[Stanley]

1 hour ago, deKay said:

 

Not really. Twilight Princess couldn't have had more different controls on the Wii and GC.

I doubt the 'strongly rumoured' handheld version will use waggle.

[Not Thread Owner]

I didn't say it would. But it could use *anything*.

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, deKay said:

I didn't say it would. But it could use *anything*.

A Nintendo branded turd?

[Not Thread Owner]

Indeed. We literally don't know what the control scheme will be. We know what is likely, but we don't know.

[Mr Cochese]

You have to sit in the centre of a circle of amiibos (sold separately) and wave your hands over them to indicate the direction you wish your ingame character to move.