Nintendo Switch

[Stanley]

1 hour ago, deKay said:

 

No, but what about all the rumours that *didn't* happen?

 

Until there are hard facts, rumours are no better than made up bollocks.

Rumours that didn't happen were discredited and the ones corroborated by either multiple or trusted sources gained traction. So of course they're better than made up bollocks. The Switch turned out to be exactly what we've been expecting it to be - for months.

[Not Thread Owner]

28 minutes ago, JohnnyRyall said:

 

What rumours are we even arguing about here?

 

There's no argument. If Nintendo haven't confirmed it, it's rumour or speculation.

[gone fishin]

Never mind all that bollocks about SD cards, how come there's not been a single "discussion" (argument) about the cases the games will come in? If they're on a cartridge, does it mean that they'll be in 3DS or DS sized cases? Or maybe DVD sized but with a tiny cart inside them?

 

Personally, I hope they bring back cardboard boxes.

[Stanley]

13 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

There's no argument. If Nintendo haven't confirmed it, it's rumour or speculation.

Right, but that doesn't mean they're made up either. That was the argument. 

[Not Thread Owner]

9 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Right, but that doesn't mean they're made up either. That was the argument. 

 

So if a rumour doesn't turn out to be true, then it wasn't made up? What, it came to someone in a dream as a message from God?

[Sarlaccfood]

Schrodinger's Nintendo rumour.

[Stanley]

The only rumours to have gained traction in this thread are ones from reliable sources. Anything else has disappeared fairly fast. 

 

So claiming that it's made up bollocks until confirmed by Nintendo is kind of stupid.

 

Anyway, I'm arguing with deKay 

[Harsin]

[Radish]

52 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

So if a rumour doesn't turn out to be true, then it wasn't made up? What, it came to someone in a dream as a message from God?

 

Are you not familiar with the concept of a "source"? You're being incredibly stubborn here. 

[Not Thread Owner]

Yes. I'm also familiar with the concept of facts. One rumour can be more likely than another down to source, precedence or other factors, but it isn't true until confirmed as fact.

 

If your source is 100% trustworthy  then it isn't a rumour, and if they're not then it isn't a fact.

[Harsin]

So you're basically arguing that products exist in a state of quantum superposition until a PR wonk confirms them?

 

EDIT: Shit didn't see Saarlacfood's post. Or maybe it didn't exist until MikeBeaver observed it and quoted it below.

[MikeBeaver]

1 hour ago, Sarlaccfood said:

Schrodinger's Nintendo rumour.

Schrodingers cart

[barkbat]

Schrondinger's Meowth.

[suzzopher]

Just now, moora said:

Never mind all that bollocks about SD cards, how come there's not been a single "discussion" (argument) about the cases the games will come in? If they're on a cartridge, does it mean that they'll be in 3DS or DS sized cases? Or maybe DVD sized but with a tiny cart inside them?

 

Personally, I hope they bring back cardboard boxes.

 

I'm hoping for a return of Japanese GameCube cases.

[Fatsam]

1 hour ago, moora said:

 

Personally, I hope they bring back cardboard box

 

Super Metroid massive size please.

[RaoulSilva]

Cardboard box, but with original Gameboy type cases.

[pulsemyne]

Japan gamecube cases please. Loved them. Also Jap Game boy advance ones were great.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Not those crappy cardboard cases please, something like the 3DS or Vita cases is much better. Those cardboard things are usually ruined the moment you open them and completely useless to keep games in after playing.

[Shimmyhill]

1 hour ago, Napole0n said:

Not those crappy cardboard cases please, something like the 3DS or Vita cases is much better. Those cardboard things are usually ruined the moment you open them and completely useless to keep games in after playing.

 

Launch day GC box pictured just now...

 

 

Loved the size, art and everything about them - plastic cases are more practical but not as charming IMO

[RubberJohnny]

This thread's been "Squee!"-ing over GC style startup animations, fake GC style JoyCons, SNES coloured button mockups for the JoyCons, and now GC style boxes for the carts.

 

Why don't Nintendo cut out the middleman and just release a box that flashes up "REMEMBER YOUR CHILDHOOD?" on the screen endlessly, given that's all anyone apparently wants?

[Sarlaccfood]

Yes remember everyone: you're not allowed to like things from the past, you must always be looking forward, onto the future as the march of time moves relentlessly on.

[the_debaser]

GameCube cases were dogshit. I only bought one Japanese game for my modded GameCube which was that dodgy ISS game which Konami made, hoping it would be as good as ISS 98 on the N64. The only thing worse than that game was the cardboard tat it came in. 

[Not Thread Owner]

Remember when Chomp bars were 5p? Good times.

 

They're £12 now.

[DC Lemon]

Who cares about game cases in the modern era anyway? Nintendo (especially in Europe) make the most generic spines so every game looks the same on your shelf, then they cover the front sleeves with age ratings and other clutter. And to round it off they stick them in a massive cardboard box with an Amiibo.

 

As small as possible suits me.

[Alex W.]

1 hour ago, RubberJohnny said:

Why don't Nintendo cut out the middleman and just release a box that flashes up "REMEMBER YOUR 20s?" on the screen endlessly, given that's all anyone apparently wants?

 

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

49 minutes ago, DC07 said:

Who cares about game cases in the modern era anyway? Nintendo (especially in Europe) make the most generic spines so every game looks the same on your shelf, then they cover the front sleeves with age ratings and other clutter. And to round it off they stick them in a massive cardboard box with an Amiibo.

 

As small as possible suits me.

Small, strong and with a nice picture on the front and a name in clear print on the side is good enough for me too.

[MikeBeaver]

1 hour ago, RubberJohnny said:

This thread's been "Squee!"-ing over GC style startup animations, fake GC style JoyCons, SNES coloured button mockups for the JoyCons, and now GC style boxes for the carts.

 

Why don't Nintendo cut out the middleman and just release a box that flashes up "REMEMBER YOUR CHILDHOOD?" on the screen endlessly, given that's all anyone apparently wants?

 

[pulsemyne]

Rumour is retail units of the Switch will have four gigs of RAM. Now this may not sound too great but it's very nice for a handheld and the machine won't have to deal with the truly terrible bloat of console OS amounts which drag their ram from 8 gigs down to about 5 or less. So it's a sensilbe amount (obviously considering the power draw extra memory would have) and is a big step up from the WiiU's 2 gigs of which only 1 gig was usable in game. 

Overall I'd say the system is looking to be about 3-4 times the WiiU's power as a portable which is pretty damn impressive.  

[revlob]

I heard a rumour.

[JPickford]

55 minutes ago, pulsemyne said:

the machine won't have to deal with the truly terrible bloat of console OS

 

It is a console.