Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

Emily Rodgers had a Tweet saying that the NX will have a better library in 1 year than Wii U managed in 4 years. Make of that what you will.

Pac1Man

Myrddin wrote: »

That special edition is calling to you, complete the TP Trilogy...

Don't you mean Triforce?

TPD

If the nx can play wii u games, I'll likely get one shortly after launch. If not, it'll probably be a few years down the line - mighty pile of unfinished Wii u games staring at me.

Will be handy if the Wii u gamepad isn't needed for backwards compatibility too - could give/lend the Wii u and games I've finished to my sister.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

No such anxiety has set in about the WiiU version of TP though, maybe someday.

That special edition is calling to you, complete the TP Trilogy...

Yeah, I got anxious just thinking that there was a GC version of Twilight Princess out there that I didn't yet own, despite owning and finished it on the Wii.
Many years later and that void in my soul was filled.....
No such anxiety has set in about the WiiU version of TP though, maybe someday.
Zelda for the U and NX though, if the western rpg suggestions are true then the more powerful console will be the one to own, with the other probably having frame rate or other issues, or compromises to enable it to run smoothly on the WiiU hardware while the NX just spools it out like caramel.....

One thing's for sure, I'm not making the Twilight Princess mistake again...I'll be buying it on both formats at retail

/collector sickness

Zelda will only be a flop if the uptake in the NX is extremely high.
Zelda fans aren't interested in waiting months or longer before getting their teeth into the latest Hyrule adventure, and a significant percentage of WiiU owners aren't going to be jumping on the NX bandwagon upon launch.
With this in mind it is likely that Zelda is going to be a massive seller on the WiiU, with the NX being more of a slow burner, given that most new Nintendo home hardware at that point is likely to be NX rather than WiiU, and those owners will inevitably buy Zelda for their NX's, seeing as the series is free from the constraints of annual updates, similar to the Mario Kart and Smash Bros franchises.

druss

CastorTroy wrote: »

Was just thinking, what are the chances of them making Zelda a cross gen purchase? So something like if you buy the NX version you get a download code for Wii U version?

Surely the other way around is the way that this type of offer would make sense?

1- People are unlikely to buy a Wii U just to play the new Zelda game, if it is launching in same time frame on a new console.
2 - despite the relatively low customer base, they will want Wii U owners to consider purchasing an NX.
3. Zelda will be a relative flop on Wii U if most Wii U owners are thinking "sure I'll wait till I upgrade".

So take a bit of a hit on NX software sales, but drive Wii U software sales and NX hardware sales?

And also an Amiibo that will transfer save data or something.

Mr E

I suspect that a lot of the news will be held back until E3.

Still no real news? We're only 2 months from E3!

They'll do it alright, but it'll kill them to do it (plus I really wouldn't be surprised to see them introduce a nominal fee for the privilege, ala the Wii to Wii U VC charges)

Nintendo will hate the idea but they have to do cross platform purchasing. They will not get away with it for another generation. And seeing as they're working on creating a common architecture for all platforms they've no excuse now.

Quotes from Iwata:

"Last year we also started a project to integrate the architecture for our future platforms. What we mean by integrating platforms is not integrating handhelds devices and home consoles to make only one machine. What we are aiming at is to integrate the architecture to form a common basis for software development so that we can make software assets more transferrable, and operating systems and their build-in applications more portable, regardless of form factor or performance of each platform. They will also work to avoid software lineup shortages or software development delays which tend to happen just after the launch of new hardware.Some time ago it was technologically impossible to have the same architecture for handheld devices and home consoles and what we did was therefore reasonable. Although it has not been long since we began to integrate the architecture and this will have no short-term result, we believe that it will provide a great benefit to our platform business in the long run. I am covering this topic as today is our Corporate Management Policy Briefing.

"For example, currently it requires a huge amount of effort to port Wii software to Nintendo 3DS because not only their resolutions but also the methods of software development are entirely different. The same thing happens when we try to port Nintendo 3DS software to Wii U. If the transition of software from platform to platform can be made simpler, this will help solve the problem of game shortages in the launch periods of new platforms.

CastorTroy wrote: »

cross gen purchase

Nintendo HQ at the thoughts of cross purchasing

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CastorTroy

Was just thinking, what are the chances of them making Zelda a cross gen purchase? So something like if you buy the NX version you get a download code for Wii U version?

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4dbau3/you_survived_the_af_lockdown_now_claim_your_reward/?sort=old

From a verified reddit user

As promised, I've decided to share some more NX information with you. This is second-hand information from trusted sources (like last time) and I have little reason to doubt its validity.
Here you go:
x86 architecture.
Backup data to Nintendo server (most likely My Nintendo).
Support for additional screen.
Can handle ports of current-gen games.
Will be able to interact with smartdevice apps.
Using NX software will unlock My Nintendo reward points.

Coming from the AMD earnings call...

In our EESC segment, we had record shipments of our semi-custom SoCs powering the Playstation 4 and Xbox One game consoles. Demand for game consoles looks strong for 2016 and we remain on track to generate additional revenue from new semi-custom business in the second half of 2016. Game consoles -- we see units going up 2016 to 2015. We've also said in the enterprise embedded and semi-custom segment that we will be ramping some new design revenue in the second half of 2016. We have new products being introduced in both the businesses with the new design wins in the second half on the semi-custom side.

http://quarterlyearnings.amd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=74093&p=quarterlyearnings

More signs that the NX is launching this year.

I'm still holding out for cheesecake involvement somewhere.....

Corholio wrote: »

More rumours from a supposed 'AAA developer' who posted to Reddit. He stated the NX is more powerful than the PS4. Salt at the ready.

The controller:
Doesn’t have an oval screen. Ours is a standard rectangle.

Has physical buttons with a screen behind them. It doesn’t have a form shifting screen, nor does it have a touchscreen with haptic feedback.

Is hardwired to the devkit, which looks like a boring black box with some USB ports and a disc drive.

However, that fake does get a couple things right. It does have scroll wheel shoulder buttons, but in addition to them it also has two regular shoulder buttons labeled ZL and ZR. It also has a headphone jack in the bottom of the controller.

I don’t know if the NX is backwards compatible with the Wii U or 3DS or not, but it doesn’t look like it is. The system is different enough from both that I think it would be hard to play games from other consoles.

The controller is sort of a game system in its own, but it’s not a replacement for the 3DS. It works like a companion app on a phone, and you can take it with you and control some things from your game, like how the VMU on the Dreamcast let you take a Chao with you and train it.

No one outside Nintendo knows what the NX’s name is. It’s still the NX here internally.

Fake. A couple of things from rumours before I believe are real. It'll have another screen and scroll wheel shoulder buttons.

After that NX controller fake leak, I'm taking every leak as fake till proven otherwise, unless the evidence is overwhelming like that new PS4 model.

Nollog

Corholio wrote: »

More rumours from a supposed 'AAA developer' who posted to Reddit. He stated the NX is more powerful than the PS4. Salt at the ready.

The controller:
Doesn’t have an oval screen. Ours is a standard rectangle.

Has physical buttons with a screen behind them. It doesn’t have a form shifting screen, nor does it have a touchscreen with haptic feedback.

Is hardwired to the devkit, which looks like a boring black box with some USB ports and a disc drive.

However, that fake does get a couple things right. It does have scroll wheel shoulder buttons, but in addition to them it also has two regular shoulder buttons labeled ZL and ZR. It also has a headphone jack in the bottom of the controller.

I don’t know if the NX is backwards compatible with the Wii U or 3DS or not, but it doesn’t look like it is. The system is different enough from both that I think it would be hard to play games from other consoles.

The controller is sort of a game system in its own, but it’s not a replacement for the 3DS. It works like a companion app on a phone, and you can take it with you and control some things from your game, like how the VMU on the Dreamcast let you take a Chao with you and train it.

No one outside Nintendo knows what the NX’s name is. It’s still the NX here internally.

I proved this fake by asking what kind of RAM it used, to which he replied "DDR5", to which I asked "GDDR5 or DDR5", to which he replied "DDR5", to which I replied "fake".

DDR5 doesn't exist. It's barely even landed on the design stage of a panel of IT folk's brains.

Boring black box with USB ports and a disk drive, sounds exactly like what would appeal to buyers of the PS4 and XB1!
Consider this console war won!

Corholio

More rumours from a supposed 'AAA developer' who posted to Reddit. He stated the NX is more powerful than the PS4. Salt at the ready.

The controller:

Doesn’t have an oval screen. Ours is a standard rectangle.
Has physical buttons with a screen behind them. It doesn’t have a form shifting screen, nor does it have a touchscreen with haptic feedback.
Is hardwired to the devkit, which looks like a boring black box with some USB ports and a disc drive.
However, that fake does get a couple things right. It does have scroll wheel shoulder buttons, but in addition to them it also has two regular shoulder buttons labeled ZL and ZR. It also has a headphone jack in the bottom of the controller.

I don’t know if the NX is backwards compatible with the Wii U or 3DS or not, but it doesn’t look like it is. The system is different enough from both that I think it would be hard to play games from other consoles.
The controller is sort of a game system in its own, but it’s not a replacement for the 3DS. It works like a companion app on a phone, and you can take it with you and control some things from your game, like how the VMU on the Dreamcast let you take a Chao with you and train it.
No one outside Nintendo knows what the NX’s name is. It’s still the NX here internally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_B65J86D_8

Nintendo may hire these two, and use their models of the fake controller to make the actual controller, that's been in development hell since the consoles announcement.
We will thereby be locked into a fake/real controller meme feedback loop that will cost the remaining sanity of thousands of Nintendo click bait site writers.

CastorTroy

Possibly next month. And just over 2 months until E3

Allyall

The second guy confirmed for me that it was supposed to be a camera on the bottom of the controller. I thought that was a bit weird.

At least it killed some time while everyone waits for nintendo to say something/anything.

Nollog

Well, I was wrong about both fakes being the same guy, still...

apparently the second guy sells those internet "deal with it" glasses.

Corholio

ShaneU

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

And the second photo is also fake apparently. Shocker.