Nintendo SWITCHES it up with NX

[mrz84]

The NX got its some neat details out today from a new video from Nintendo.



I'm kinda hyped. What about you? You like what we've seen so far? Or are you gonna reserve praise/whatever for when more details come forth?

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Kind of? This thing looks fucking amazing.

Thoughts so far: I hope it has motion controls and ir for backwards compatibility with Wii games(Virtual Console of course). Probably likely.

I wonder if they could incorporate 3ds compatibility with the tv as the top screen. Probably unlikely.

There's a rumor it's partnered with Steam, which would be amazing. Highly fucking doubt it.

People are worried about storage as though Micro SD sizes aren't equal to blu ray...not to mention multiple cartridges isn't outside the realm of possibility.

Skyrim? Probably never would have played it but now I'll have to check it out. Third Party support looks incredible.

If the specs are within the realm of the original PS4/XBone, we could be looking at a MONSTER seller.

[Gleeok]

I need to go switch out my underwear after watching that.

[mrz84]

What I've been able to dig up so far.

-Nintendo has stated it isn't backwards compatible with PHYSICAL 3DS/Wii U games. Digital has not been ruled out and is very possible.
-The Skyrim part of the video is apparently a mock-up and not confirmation that the game will be playable. HOWEVER, Bethesda is listed as a 3rd party partner and has not ruled out Skyrim for Switch.
-A large number of developers and such have thrown in their hat with the Switch. A full list can be seen in the included spoiler tag below.

Spoiler: show

505 Games
Activision Publishing, Inc.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd.
ATLUS CO., LTD.
Audiokinetic Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Bethesda
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Codemasters®
CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
DeNA Co., Ltd.
Electronic Arts
Epic Games Inc.
Firelight Technologies
FromSoftware, Inc.
Frozenbyte
GameTrust
GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC．
Gungho Online Entertainment, Inc.
HAMSTER Corporation
Havok
INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
LEVEL-5 Inc.
Marvelous Inc.
Maximum Games, LLC
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
Parity Bit Inc.
PlatinumGames Inc.
RAD Game Tools, Inc.
RecoChoku Co., Ltd.
SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
Silicon Studio Corporation
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Starbreeze Studios
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Telltale Games
THQ Nordic
Tokyo RPG Factory Co., Ltd.
TT Games
UBISOFT
Ubitus Inc.
Unity Technologies, Inc.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Web Technology Corp

I'll post more as I find it.

[Saffith]

The GameCube, Wii, and Wii U all used PowerPC processors, but Switch's will be ARM. It might be powerful enough to emulate GC and Wii, but Wii U compatibility seems exceedingly unlikely.

[War Lord]

I wish Nintendo would just make a normal console that is easy to develop for, current-gen or better specs, and stop with the gimmicks.
I still buy the consoles for their games, and maybe that's part of the problem.

[ZoriaRPG]

I wish Nintendo would just make a normal console that is easy to develop for, current-gen or better specs, and stop with the gimmicks.
I still buy the consoles for their games, and maybe that's part of the problem.

Gimmicks? What gimmicks?


You mean, like this?

Spoiler: show

Nintendo clearly hate Gimmicks.

[Anarchy_Balsac]

I dunno if they hate "gimmicks", but they certainly hate GAMERS.

Though, given how the Japanese see Adult Gamers, it probably shouldn't surprise us.

I wish Nintendo would just make a normal console that is easy to develop for, current-gen or better specs, and stop with the gimmicks.
I still buy the consoles for their games, and maybe that's part of the problem.

I would say so, yes, and there are far more serious reasons to boycott Nintendo than just "weird consoles"

[War Lord]

It won't happen, but if they released their games on all platforms, they would kill it.
Hopefully they see that somewhat with the iOS game coming out, but I doubt they change their console game as long as people keep buying their consoles to play Mario and Zelda.

[Anarchy_Balsac]

It won't happen, but if they released their games on all platforms, they would kill it.
Hopefully they see that somewhat with the iOS game coming out, but I doubt they change their console game as long as people keep buying their consoles to play Mario and Zelda.

I know it won't, Nintendo fans are so destructively loyal, that they would immolate themselves AND their fellow gamers if the Big N willed it. Not saying that Nintendo will take their hatred of their own customers that far, but I AM saying their loyal fanbase would go along if they did.