Looking forward to "NX"? (aka The Switch Thread)

[neorichieb1971]

I know many gamers, but none buy 3ds titles. I've always thought Nintendo pulled a magic trick with the whole handheld success story. Is the UK just not handheld friendly compared to the US and Asia?

[GaijinPunch]

I've always thought Nintendo pulled a magic trick with the whole handheld success story.

Which time?

[Xyga]

I can't see the Switch as a handheld at all, it's really a home device made transportable.

Now if they made a smaller version with more battery... oops that would be a Vita.

[neorichieb1971]

I've always thought Nintendo pulled a magic trick with the whole handheld success story.

Which time?

Any time. I haven't seen anyone sporting a Nintendo gameboy around my parts for over a decade. Never even heard of anyone been excited to own one. Lots of N64's, Gamecubes, Wii's.. I've seen one Wii U in my friends living room.

[qmish]

Well that sounds like a local thing.

In many places of world nintendo portables were and are very popular.

[Mischief Maker]

all that stuff about not being able to fit it in your pocket is bull anyway - who ever actually carries their handhelds about in their pocket. I put every handheld I ever owned in a case and stowed it in a bag when moving around.

I... I've carried my DS around in my pocket. It's very convenient for flights. Especially with the clamshell design protecting the screens AND automatic standby mode when you flip it shut!

I could never imagine lugging that switch and all its parts with me on a commute. It's just so big and awkward looking, not to mention fragile.

[Skykid]

I really like the size. Reminds me of the substantial and weighty hardware of yesteryear; like a Lynx, Game Gear or GameBoy but with major screen real estate. It's basically a home console on the go so it's never going to fit in your pockets unless you're a plus, plus, plus size - but hold it in your hands on the train? No problem.

[BryanM]

I know many gamers, but none buy 3ds titles. I've always thought Nintendo pulled a magic trick with the whole handheld success story. Is the UK just not handheld friendly compared to the US and Asia?

We diagnosed this problem pages back. The 3ds is an RPG machine. You guys only buy foosball games and nothing else.

Get Football Manager Ultimate Edition on this thing and it'll be a different story.

[atheistgod1999]

How's this any better than an NVIDIA Shield?

[qmish]

How's this any better than an NVIDIA Shield?

Man, the one and only reason (for most people) is what exactly games platform has. So wait and see whether Switch will have games in which u r interested.

[GaijinPunch]

How's this any better than an NVIDIA Shield?

How is a TypeX different than a Windows PC?

[BryanM]

How's a playstation 4 any better than a playstation 2?

I can't play monster hunter or dragon quest 8 on a playstation 4

checkmate, scientists

[Skykid]

I'll help by paraphrasing the parable of Alice In Wonderland: Everyone's weeaboo. You're weeaboo. I'm weeaboo. If we weren't, we wouldn't be here.

I'm not.

But you definitely are.

[BryanM]

I'm not.

But you definitely are.

I'm sorry. Are you trying to say you're not here?

I think you might be full of it, sir. I saw your ass talking about Fist of the North Star.

Normies don't know what the fuck that is. Your hypothesis has no water. You need to stop lying to yourself mister. The world knows what you are.

Just another damn weeaboo guy.

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this is the most weeaboo thing I've ever seen in my life.

And I used to watch children's cartoons about magic karate making people's heads explode as a kid.

[qmish]

I saw your ass talking about Fist of the North Star.

Normies don't know what the fuck that is.

They (normies) watched it on TV in teen years. Choose another argument which would point that shmuppers are weaboos.

[Giest118]

Choose another argument which would point that shmuppers are weaboos.

We play shmups.

[qmish]

Shmups are not visual novels yet (if you don't count dialogues in some of them). Or neptunia wtf rpgs.

p.s.

Now there is a question, would be there ANY shmup for Nintendo Switch

[Skykid]

I'm not.

But you definitely are.

I'm sorry. Are you trying to say you're not here?

I think you might be full of it, sir. I saw your ass talking about Fist of the North Star.

Normies don't know what the fuck that is. Your hypothesis has no water. You need to stop lying to yourself mister. The world knows what you are.

Just another damn weeaboo guy.

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this is the most weeaboo thing I've ever seen in my life.

And I used to watch children's cartoons about magic karate making people's heads explode as a kid.

Well done.

I watched a lot more anime and read a lot more manga than that when I was in my teens, but never did and still don't qualify as a weeaboo. You should double check the general definition for the slur before making a blanket assumption that all people who read manga or play games fall into a category that was coined to illustrate a specific kind of die hard/shut-in with social disorders.

[BryanM]

Now there is a question, would be there ANY shmup for Nintendo Switch

Seems a bit doubtful. Weirdly Cave ported a bunch to phones and PC, but that's all old stuff we've already played into the ground.

Outside of indies, I'm ready to say the genre's dead.

but never did and still don't qualify as a weeaboo.... slur ... social disorder

You might not be able to see this, but you're trying to prove your social value (to who? God?) by arguing with an anonymous person on the internet about how you're better than other nerds because <reasons>

I'm sorry you have such a serious self-loathing personality disorder, Skykid : (

[Skykid]

but never did and still don't qualify as a weeaboo.... slur ... social disorder

You might not be able to see this, but you're trying to prove your social value (to who? God?) by arguing with an anonymous person on the internet about how you're better than other nerds because <reasons>

I'm sorry you have such a serious self-loathing personality disorder, Skykid : (

I haven't got a "self-loathing personality disorder" - I have plenty of self-respect. I take exception to someone who considers a gamer or hobbyist or forum poster to fall under a derogatory term with fairly explicit connotations. Video gaming and manga reading were around long before the weeaboo made their bed and danced around on it singing anime intros: I'm simply saying you shouldn't label everyone in the same way you wouldn't want them to label you.

[atheistgod1999]

You should double check the general definition for the slur before making a blanket assumption that all people who read manga or play games fall into a category that was coined to illustrate a specific kind of die hard/shut-in with social disorders.

[gameoverDude]

I'm not too thrilled with the official name of Switch. How do they expect to hold up against PS4/Pro and Xbox One/Project Scorpio with a Tegra system?

I can't help but feel that Nintendo will join Sega in the console market someday, becoming a content provider rather than a console maker. I am really out.

[trap15]

How do they expect to hold up against PS4/Pro and Xbox One/Project Scorpio with a Tegra system?

By not being focused on graphics? This is Nintendo, that's been their strategy for an extremely long time. They don't go for cutting edge tech because they don't need to; the console is a vehicle for fun games.

[Udderdude]

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[EmperorIng]

Outside of indies, I'm ready to say the genre's dead.

Luckily for us, the best indie shmups of the last gen are already better than most arcade shmups of the last two gens (and most shmups, honestly, because quantitatively speaking there is so much garbage).

RefRain, Blue Revolver, and Mecha Ritz are a million times better than stuff like Trigger Heart Exelica, XIIZEAL, or Chaos Field.

[gameoverDude]

How do they expect to hold up against PS4/Pro and Xbox One/Project Scorpio with a Tegra system?

By not being focused on graphics? This is Nintendo, that's been their strategy for an extremely long time. They don't go for cutting edge tech because they don't need to; the console is a vehicle for fun games.

Point taken. It's kind of like SNK and the Neo-Geo. Remember how they planned a 32-bit Neo Star system at one time, but actually decided to scrap it and stand by the Neo- and still, some amazing games came out for that. Fatal Fury 3 would have been a Neo Star release, but instead showed up as a Neo-Geo MVS/AES title. Still, it looked and played decent.

As for Dreamcast failing so quick, I guess that's due to grave errors on Sega's part.

NX was not actually too bad of a name; I was actually starting to like it far better than Switch.

Cave's PC games may be "old stuff" but of a good kind. Their releases preserve a worthy game and also offer it at a decent price. Together, a retail copy of 360 Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu and one of 360 DDPDFK Black Label will cost more than the "all of the above" Resurrection release on Steam.

[neorichieb1971]

When Nintendo do something right, they most definitely do it right. When they do it wrong, you get the signs early.

I'm not seeing anything technically that will make the Switch fail. Right now its all about the software, how much 3rd party software and how many Goldeneyes, Mario 64's and Waveraces they can pull out of the bag this generation.


Nintendo should seal a deal with the Yooka laylee team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStKYUD_3GQ

Since they are ex Rare employees, it seems to me they should go old school and get the old guard back. I can't see it doing any harm.

[qmish]

Luckily for us, the best indie shmups of the last gen are already better than most arcade shmups of the last two gens (and most shmups, honestly, because quantitatively speaking there is so much garbage).

RefRain, Blue Revolver, and Mecha Ritz are a million times better than stuff like Trigger Heart Exelica, XIIZEAL, or Chaos Field.

dont u ever say anything bad on xiizeal


Shit on trizeal or exzeal if u wanna but xiizeal is awesome awesomeness

Also haha at milestone hate as ever too

[ZellSF]

I see two points here. People who are sort of "against" this thing asking what it's selling point is and people who are "for" it saying it's the games.

Yes, Nintendo is consolidating their development from two platforms to just once and that will result in more first party titles, but is just that enough to make this a success?

[Skykid]

Yes, Nintendo is consolidating their development from two platforms to just once and that will result in more first party titles, but is just that enough to make this a success?

Man, you seem particularly desperate for this to fail. I know you're a Sony guy, but give the thing a chance.

I see two points here. People who are sort of "against" this thing asking what it's selling point is and people who are "for" it saying it's the games.

What? Its 'selling point' is pretty clear - more so than the type of games it will host. It's about convenience and take away gaming and not being tied to the console under your TV in your bedroom. Like the video demonstrates, you can take the dog for his run around the park without having to suspend your Skyrim session for two hours.

At the moment the dynamic aspect of the hardware is the only thing that's really been touted at all. Nobody knows jack shit about the games except that it will have first party Nintendo titles on there and all that Amiibo shit.