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Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

6stringmerc wrote: post #5

Very clever. Anchor for home, and again trying for the mobile area where their creativity really worked (3DS). I'll be curious in the system specs and the decisions they made - such as having that apparent card slot. Hooray for the headphone jack. I'll never understand the marketing motivation to show a bunch of people getting together for a social gathering and togetherness, then cram together to watch / play on som…

We usually all bring our own. ;-D.

But I'm glad Nintendo doesn't seem to be giving up local MP: It's the best part of having a console, and dropping it is a REALLY BAD IDEA.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by pimeys »

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #11
6stringmerc wrote: post #5

Very clever. Anchor for home, and again trying for the mobile area where their creativity really worked (3DS). I'll be curious in the system specs and the decisions they made - such as having that apparent card slot. Hooray for the headphone jack. I'll never understand the marketing motivation to show a bunch of people getting together for a social gathering and togetherness, then cram together to watch / play on som…

We usually all bring our own. ;-D. But I'm glad Nintendo doesn't seem to be giving up local MP: It's the best part of having a console, and dropping it is a REALLY BAD IDEA.

I still have fond memories when we gathered together after school with friends to play some Mario Kart or Smash Bros. It's still damn fun!

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by gagege »

stormbrew wrote: post #10
revjx wrote: post #2

I'm quite excited by this. The video was a bit lengthy but it demonstrated the concept quite well. Glimpses of Mario, what appeared to be Skyrim, too - more third party support this time perhaps? I'm most interested to see the price and the spec of the machine. Xbox One and PS4 seem to have become more homogenised in terms of architecture than the last generation of consoles (PS3 was especially weird), if the Switch…

The game he's playing at the beginning is the new Zelda, which is kind of Skyrim-esque, if that's what you're talking about. Edit: oops, watched it again and yep skyrim is also in there. Sorry.

Pretty sure revjx was talking about the first-person sword wielding game.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by wmeredith »

6stringmerc wrote: post #5

Very clever. Anchor for home, and again trying for the mobile area where their creativity really worked (3DS). I'll be curious in the system specs and the decisions they made - such as having that apparent card slot. Hooray for the headphone jack. I'll never understand the marketing motivation to show a bunch of people getting together for a social gathering and togetherness, then cram together to watch / play on som…

Yeah, the two people playing Mario Kart split screen on that thing was laughable.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by jamstruth »

revjx wrote: post #2

I'm quite excited by this. The video was a bit lengthy but it demonstrated the concept quite well. Glimpses of Mario, what appeared to be Skyrim, too - more third party support this time perhaps? I'm most interested to see the price and the spec of the machine. Xbox One and PS4 seem to have become more homogenised in terms of architecture than the last generation of consoles (PS3 was especially weird), if the Switch…

Its not running x86 like the PS4 and XBone that's for sure.

Its apparently running a Tegra chip[1]. Exact specs... well we can only guess at this point. So its more similar to an Android tablet than the other consoles.

So the hardware is more standard but its still not the same standard as the other boxes. That could hurt 3rd party adoption.

[1] https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch/

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by cfj »

stormbrew wrote: post #10
revjx wrote: post #2

I'm quite excited by this. The video was a bit lengthy but it demonstrated the concept quite well. Glimpses of Mario, what appeared to be Skyrim, too - more third party support this time perhaps? I'm most interested to see the price and the spec of the machine. Xbox One and PS4 seem to have become more homogenised in terms of architecture than the last generation of consoles (PS3 was especially weird), if the Switch…

The game he's playing at the beginning is the new Zelda, which is kind of Skyrim-esque, if that's what you're talking about. Edit: oops, watched it again and yep skyrim is also in there. Sorry.

Skyrim (possibly the Skyrim Special Edition remastered version) was also shown in the video.
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