Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

sligeach · 13-02-2017 11:03AM

fixxxer wrote: »

Isn't that in May?

No June. Usually around the middle. It used to be on in May years ago.

fixXxer · 13-02-2017 11:26AM

sligeach wrote: »

No June. Usually around the middle. It used to be on in May years ago.

Getting ooooooooold so I am

sligeach · 13-02-2017 11:28AM

Super Bomberman R Nintendo Switch Gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBbkL--hDng

Check Out Super Bomberman R’s Super-Hectic Gameplay on Nintendo Switch

Super Bomberman R on Nintendo Switch looks extremely hectic and quite fun with four player multiplayer.

If you want to see more of Super Bomberman R, you have come to the right place. Today, the Japanese magazine Famitsu hosted a livestream from Nico Nico Tokaigi in Chiba, near Tokyo, featuring Konami’s upcoming Nintendo Switch game.

The game is showcased in four player multiplayer, and it looks very hectic and fun, utilizing the console’s Joy-con controllers quite well to enable multiple players on the same Switch.

Interestingly, we also see a little trick. Instead of ganging games on the same console, the hosts simply dock another Switch with Super Bomberman R already loaded. Probably not many will use this method, but it’s neat none-the-less.

You can check out the video below. Super Bomberman R will be a Switch launch title, and will hit on March 3rd alongside the console.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2017/02/12/csuper-bomberman-r-nintendo-switch-super-hectic-gameplay/

mayordenis · 13-02-2017 11:31AM

I'm actually in LA the week of E3, will try sneak in. Actually that whole trip is going to be a lot more bearable because of the switch.

sligeach · 13-02-2017 11:37AM

Another interview with Takahashi and Koizumi.

Nintendo Switch: it may be weird, but it is for everyone

As Nintendo launches its most striking console yet, R&D leads Shinya Takahashi and Yoshiaki Koizumi explain who this machine is aimed at

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/13/nintendo-switch-it-may-be-weird-but-it-is-for-everyone

Again just a snippet from the article:

“Certainly as a facet of that, we did look at some of the areas where people were, maybe, not fully satisfied with the Wii U hardware. For example, with Wii U, you could play on the Wii U gamepad, but you couldn’t play, really, away from the living room, and now that’s become possible with the Nintendo Switch.”

I'm glad to see them finally admit that you couldn't really take the gamepad out of the room despite the claims at launch. Nintendo went very quiet on that supposed feature.

WeleaseWoderick · 13-02-2017 11:43AM

sligeach wrote: »

Super Bomberman R Nintendo Switch Gameplay

http://www.dualshockers.com/2017/02/12/csuper-bomberman-r-nintendo-switch-super-hectic-gameplay/

From the article: "Interestingly, we also see a little trick. Instead of ganging games on the same console, the hosts simply dock another Switch with Super Bomberman R already loaded. Probably not many will use this method, but it’s neat none-the-less."

Hadn't really thought of this but it's a cool feature if someone is calling over to a friend's house with their Switch.

RobbingBandit · 13-02-2017 11:45AM

mayordenis wrote: »

I'm actually in LA the week of E3, will try sneak in. Actually that whole trip is going to be a lot more bearable because of the switch.

It's open to the public this year, steal everything not nailed down.

magnumbud · 13-02-2017 11:56AM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

It's open to the public this year, steal everything not nailed down.

Tickets are pretty pricey from the sounds of it.

sligeach · 13-02-2017 12:28PM

The Switch launches the week after next and there's still a tonne of information unknown. There's surely a Direct coming soon.

marcbrophy · 13-02-2017 12:40PM

I got an email yesterday from Dealsmachine, one of those electronics websites, and it had a phablet in the top promo slot.

The item was a 6.44 inch Xiaomi phablet.
I remember thinking, that's bigger than the Switch

MilesMorales1 · 13-02-2017 12:47PM

sligeach wrote: »

The Switch launches the week after next and there's still a tonne of information unknown. There's surely a Direct coming soon.

Funny we spent 10 months saying that

'NX news has to be this week, no way Nintendo would leave us in the dark till October!'

fixXxer · 13-02-2017 01:00PM

marcbrophy wrote: »

I got an email yesterday from Dealsmachine, one of those electronics websites, and it had a phablet in the top promo slot.

The item was a 6.44 inch Xiaomi phablet.
I remember thinking, that's bigger than the Switch

The Mi Max? Have it

I think the same thing every time I use it too.

marcbrophy · 13-02-2017 01:16PM

fixxxer wrote: »

The Mi Max? Have it I think the same thing every time I use it too.

That's the one

My phone is only 5.5, so at least the Switch is bigger than that

sligeach · 13-02-2017 01:33PM

Nintendo Switch Can Connect 10 Consoles Together, Not Eight (Sort Of)
The big one-oh.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-can-connect-10-consoles-together-n/1100-6447783/

hairball · 13-02-2017 02:15PM

info on this reddit thread regarding downloads specifically regarding the splatoon2 testifies.

https://i.redd.it/h8hchrmyemfy.png

pasta-solo · 13-02-2017 02:22PM

I hope there are eshop demos of other games, would love to try Arms for example. I imagine it's the type of game that has to be experienced to be understood.

hairball · 13-02-2017 02:31PM

pasta-solo wrote: »

I hope there are eshop demos of other games, would love to try Arms for example. I imagine it's the type of game that has to be experienced to be understood.

Seems like that might be likely.
They're pushing Arms as a pretty big new IP so I can imagine them wanting to get a demo to as many as possible before the game is released

mayordenis · 13-02-2017 03:31PM

They've been pretty decent with demos on the 3DS, overboard if anything the ****ers are always half installing demos on my 3DS.

sligeach · 13-02-2017 03:37PM

Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition - Interview with Michel Ancel (Nintendo Switch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22D8qMW6OeI

CiDeRmAn · 13-02-2017 04:45PM

pasta-solo wrote: »

I hope there are eshop demos of other games, would love to try Arms for example. I imagine it's the type of game that has to be experienced to be understood.

At least it and Splatoon allow you to reply, with authority, that Nintendo do more than just Mario games.

super_furry · 13-02-2017 05:39PM

Rayman, like Skyrim, is nice and all but I've played it to death on another system already.

CiDeRmAn · 13-02-2017 05:56PM

super_furry wrote: »

Rayman, like Skyrim, is nice and all but I've played it to death on another system already.

Yeah, kinda wondered about that.
Wasn't Rayman Legends an early WiiU game? Yeah, it was out in the first year of the WiiU's lifespan.
So why trumpet this, a game that, if it hasn't been given away "free" on PS+ it probably will be soon.

And, unlike Skyrim, Rayman Legends is already on the Vita in a pretty great port, to be played on the go, and it includes the touch screen functions that the WiiU version got....

Honestly, less Rayman and Skyrim, a Switch version of the Arkham Trilogy or maybe a bumper pack of Fallout 3 and 4 with the DLC would be sweet.

fixXxer · 13-02-2017 05:59PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Honestly, less Rayman and Skyrim, a Switch version of the Arkham Trilogy or maybe a bumper pack of Fallout 3 and 4 with the DLC would be sweet.

You'd need a separate memory card on its own just for the Fallout stuff!!

maximoose · 13-02-2017 06:00PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So why trumpet this, a game that, if it hasn't been given away "free" on PS+ it probably will be soon.

It was free on Games with Gold in Feb 2015 :pac:

johnpatrick81 · 13-02-2017 06:06PM

Thank the lord for Zelda eh :pac:

super_furry · 13-02-2017 06:08PM

maximoose wrote: »

It was free on Games with Gold in Feb 2015 :pac:

Stuff like that is a worry for me. It'll sell poorly because it's a 2013 game that has been given away for free on other systems and available on basically everything for a tenner now.

Ubisoft could well look at the sales on the Switch, which will be poor, and decide that it's not a system they can sell games on.

johnpatrick81 · 13-02-2017 06:11PM

Everything points to Nintendo rushing this. Third parties are scrambling to rehash some recent classic in the hope of cashing in on the initial gravy train.

johnpatrick81 · 13-02-2017 06:23PM

If bayonetta 2 Switch is announced, it will be confirmation that Nintendo are aiming for the people who never bought a Wii U(which in fairness makes business sense but is a bit of a kick in the ass for us loyal Wii U lovers :P )

wtlltw · 13-02-2017 06:35PM

Ubisoft releasing the same crap again.

Nintendo really needs to put a stop to game companies re re re releasing games that everyone has a least one copy of or demand it goes on the virtual console section.

I still believe the Switch has potential but fear that potential will only be achieved by Nintendo. (Not a bad thing for Nintendo fans but it'll end up going the same way as the WiiU)

fixXxer · 13-02-2017 06:37PM

johnpatrick81 wrote:

Everything points to Nintendo rushing this. Third parties are scrambling to rehash some recent classic in the hope of cashing in on the initial gravy train.

Not such a bad thing. GTA 5, The Last of Us and both Metro games were great remasters.

Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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