Nintendo SWITCH(NX) Information - March 3, 2017

[6souls]

Handheld has 2.5 to 6.5 hours of battery life
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...reen-confirmed

No Miiverse or StreetPass compatibility, will support existing Social Media platforms instead (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...intendo-switch

[Insanecyclone]

[6souls]

Jeff's utter disappointment. This is my first time watching the reveal.

[Karbuncle]

That Mario game just looks like a GTA 3 mod.

Idk it's just so out of place. I hope it goes better for them than it did for Sonic...

[Damane]

maybe they should rename the Console to Nintendo "Bitch". I mean it offers nothing then bitching about it :/.

[TummieGaruda]

It could be that as one of the zelda videos posted recently said: The devs might be focusing more on the handheld aspects first seeing how far they can push things and then once they are satisfied with the results then they focus on the docked performance. This might be why BotW ran really well in handheld mode but had frame rate drops and locked 30 fps in docked mode. They probably haven't optimized docked mode yet, at least that's what I am hoping.

[Katlan]

The 2.5 hours of battery life in portable mode is hysterical for one of the main hype features of the console. You will get prolly 6 hours for any VC title and 2.5-3 hours of any current gen Switch title

I'm basically not even sure it's worth keeping my pre order just to resell the system for more on launch. It's sounded like, unless you don't have a WiiU, they should be paying people to take this console into their home

[Fiye]

I wonder if USB-C fast charging is at all possible with this. If that's the case then battery life doesn't make a difference since you can get external battery packs for cheap that can hold 12k+ mAhs easily. With a form factor that small battery life wasn't going to be great.

[TheDirtyHobo]

It could be that as one of the zelda videos posted recently said: The devs might be focusing more on the handheld aspects first seeing how far they can push things and then once they are satisfied with the results then they focus on the docked performance. This might be why BotW ran really well in handheld mode but had frame rate drops and locked 30 fps in docked mode. They probably haven't optimized docked mode yet, at least that's what I am hoping.

Bruh, it's mid January. The game launches early March. They have like 3 weeks at most before the game goes gold, there's not going to be major changes in performance. If they can get it to a stable 30fps, I'd be impressed.

[Krandor]

Pretty sure it's also been reported the game is struggling to stay at 30 even in tablet mode.

[Jamison]

I know Nintendo doesn't typically push for bleeding-edge hardware, but I need to harp on this some more... the Switch being based on a Maxwell chip instead of Pascal is significant. With Pascal the console would have gone much further on the graphics front while maintaining better power efficiency. To achieve what they wanted -- a portable yet dockable console -- Maxwell was a compromise (and a sign that they were rushed, IMO) that a system like that cannot afford.

[Boyiee]

I'm sure next year there will be an updated switch model with better everything and in a year to three we will get a BOTW HD edition.

[Jamison]

Well now that Sony and MS have set the precedent for updated but fully compatible mid-cycle refreshes, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[Kaslo]

I've heard some speculation regarding Nintendo doing this to try to unify competition for JP and NA gamers. This would be a better competitor to the Vita in Japan (much more than the 3DS was) since Japan is such a mobile market right now, while still offering a home console option for NA where mobile is a joke.

[Boyiee]

I haven't touched my wii u in I don't know how long. I was planning on tossing it to gsmestop or ebay and getting a switch for zelda but now I'm honestly torn. I'll probably wait for the switch to be better.

[Adajer]

I'm sure next year there will be an updated switch model with better everything and in a year to three we will get a BOTW HD edition.

I wouldnt be too sure. Nintendo doesnt really remodel or slimline their consoles. just reskins

[Ratatapa]

I wouldnt be too sure. Nintendo doesnt really remodel or slimline their consoles. just reskins

[Kaslo]

yeah they've done it constantly in their handhold market

[Fiye]

Wasn't that Wii redesign never brought to the NA market? Offhand knowledge makes me think they haven't done it for home consoles in NA but a quick google search can fix it.

NES had the 101 (Toploaded)
SNES had a redesign as well from 97-99
N64 and GC avoided redesigns.
Wii Mini (What Rata pictured above)
Wii U got nothing.

Its been 50/50 for home consoles. 100% for the mobile platform.

[Ratatapa]

Wasn't that Wii redesign never brought to the NA market? Offhand knowledge makes me think they haven't done it for home consoles in NA but a quick google search can fix it.

I think it didn't came to USA but canada had it for sure