The Nintendo Switch

Will be revealed at 7am PT/10am ET through Nintendo's official channels.

It's only a preview trailer. Substanstive reveal expected next week.

Remind me what this thing is again?

Nobody knows yet.

Hybdrid console/handheld. Good news is you don't have to choose between what Ninty platform you get, all games come to one place.

Bad news.. well, maybe it looks like a a Frankenstein monster. Expect to see the concept today and software lineup next week.

Gettin' ready for thread title change!

Seriously though the one positive thing (maybe) coming out from this is that it seems like it's been known about, in development for long enough where we might actually get to see something substantial in terms of info and real games tomorrow. The rumors have been for a March 2017 release date for ages.

The March 2017 date is official, from Nintendo.

I don't think we'll see much of games tomorrow since this is labelled as a 3 minute preview. The solid word on the street is a bigger thing next week.

But yeah, the March date was, in the words of Nintendo execs, partially to ensure a strong (1st party) lineup for the first year of this thing. Unlike the Wii U which relied on 3rd party ports.

Yeah that's a good thing unless it means "we're not expecting any 3rd party support at all this time around", which is probably does.

feel like at this point if you're still a Nintendo fan you just accept it :(
that said I skipped both Wiis so I might jump back in with this system

I don't really care about western 3rd party support on a nintendo console. And I don't think Nintendo's got much riding on it either. It's irrelevant. The DS and 3DS thrived without it. Nintendo needs to offer an alternative.

My PC already makes whatever MS / Sony console I reluctantly end up buying redundant in terms of your Call of Dutys and sports games.

Well actually sports games is the one genre still better on PSXbox than PC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

lol Nintendo Switch is a terrible name
Looks kinda dope tho

Name isn't so bad. Does look cool. But maybe that's just Zelda.

I'm totally on board, despite the pretty terrible name

trailer is v weird, thing itself looks p cool

Switch is a little dumb but leagues better than Wii or WiiU or GameCube

Terrible trailer o_O

Like the thing tho.

the first time the dude walked over and put the little controllers on and picked it up I whispered "what is this devilry?!?"

haha

i am into this!

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

so, hardware-wise it's a really neat nvidia shield?

what does the core system come with tho? How much extra shit are they requiring me to buy?

agreed on dumb name, cool looking device. not sure about the detachable controller nubs but i like the rest

also why make a trailer where people are doing more fun things they would probably rather be doing than playing video games

also the DS had awesome 3rd party support, what you smoking. Even the 3DS's third-party support is way better than their consoles

I would guess it comes with the display/dock/controller wings and the standalone controller is extra?

DS and 3DS have great Japanese 3rd party support yes, not western. Because this is also a portable I believe they'll be able to retain Japanese 3rd party support, further differentiating their lineup from the competition.

Vanagon cameo

xp yeah I think the standalone controller is basically the Pro controller like on the Wii/U

Just consolidating 1st party output to one device is pretty huge, hopefully this means more variety as they don't need to work on 2 Mario Kart games at once for example

pending further information, i am into this. third party support is good from an adoption/longevity pov, Nintendo standards on a powerful handheld is cool (especially if it's more comfortably designed than the wii u tablet)

Cautious optimism

Has it been confirmed that there's no touch? People are surprised there's no use of that in the trailer...

is this likely to be region locked?

i skipped both wiis but i think it may be time to get back into this crap

xp

@ArcadeGirl64 53s53 seconds ago
As I previously reported in my September 2nd post, Nintendo Switch is 100% region free.

The people whose leaks have been most accurate e.g. Emily Rogers have been saying that it will be region free, and Iwata said on a few occasions that they were thinking about it. This console has got to have some big dumb thing wrong with it tho so it could be that :/

holding out for the big mario party announcement

I'm going to end up having to buy two of these.

i was also surprised that apparently there's no touch-capability.

i haven't had a nintendo console since the wii (which i attempted to mod and ended up bricking within 2 years), but i'm not sure this is going to be the one.

the whole gimmick where you can transform it into a handheld and go off to the williamsburg party and play videogames on the rooftop at the bbq - that's kinda cool in theory but i know i would never do something like that. when i walk my dog in the early morning, i like to just sit on the bench and pay attention to her, i don't want to resume my dragon quest at that moment. and after getting beaten down IRL 2v2 basketball underneath a bustling highway, i know my bros aren't going to want to play nba 2k18 with me. they'll probably be mad at me for being bad at basketball irl, 15 minutes earlier. i don't play games on public transport either. i'm just not a handheld person, so i feel like the main purpose of the system design isn't aimed toward me.

kind of raisin' an eyebrow at the cartridge thing, although maybe these days cartridges can handle resource-intensive games? either way, i guess it has to be a cartridge so that you can Switch(tm) your game into mobile mode so you can level up while you're eating brunch and windsurfing in the afternoon.

whoooa, that came out way more negative than i meant it to be, sorry. i'm sure this will be a cool system and i will be jealous of all people getting to play the nintendo 1st party franchise sequels, for real.

solid state storage is fast in a way optical media will never be, and I get the impression that the Japanese market wouldn't be about a download-only platform. Also yeah carrying around an optical drive would work about as well as a discman.

(a discman that needed to stream textures to the GPU without skipping.)

idk i think the portability is actually pretty interesting/compelling. the best thing about the Xbox one right now is how it integrates into the windows 10 ecosystem. i can play it on my pc in my office, on my laptop in bed, or on the TV directly from the Xbox in the usual way. this limited portability is pretty awesome, and extending the possibility to take the game with you anywhere is a logical extension and seems pretty cool. Xps

yeh I play handhelds mostly at home, in bed etc. playing an Atlus game while cycling is on TV is my jam!

Kind of funny that there were no kids in that video, unless I missed something.

I think the average age of someone playing video games is now around 30

goin' for chill hipster demo?

going for that disposable income demo for sure

I would like to see all the cables involved for connectivity ie power/recharging etc

The WiiU is a monster for too many cables, I don't want to go through that again.

i can play it on my pc in my office,

oh is that a thing? like, via remote desktop or something? this makes me pretty glad i don't have an xbox.

metroid is surely "big" enough, but they would need to have something family friendly too, so mario kart 9 is as good a guess as any

there have been switch 2 rumors for years so who knows

the best selling metroid was ~3m mario kart sold ~60m on the switch

https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Best-selling_Nintendo_games

feels like Mario Kart 8 is still getting updates it would be weird to do a new one now

xp they've outright said they will show their next console before the end of the current fiscal year so it's not rumors anymore

I'm sure they'll launch a flagship Mario game and Metroid Prime 4. Maybe... now hear me out, maybe they have a deal with Team Cherry to make Silksong an exclusive for a year after it launches on the Switch 2. Would be a massive coup!

Wind Waker!

das a big guy

https://i.imgur.com/lNrkHww.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArxpvOZV5M

New Zelda slaps! Tbf I'm only like an hour in and barely out of the tutorial but so far so good

oh damn

i like how the new model keeps everything we know and love about the first switch, but brings it into the mid '20s

yeah its exactly what everyone wanted people are saying its about as powerful as the low end xbox which is good for nintendo, all the big games have to be tuned for that machine anyway so if the switch 2 sells well pretty reasonable to expect that third party aaa games will be released for it

i also like that it launches with the optional Duck Hunt Super Scope 2.0 accessory. if enough people pick that up we might finally get battle clash 2

honestly, give me the best possible version of pilotwings, that's all i want

just want cappy back feel like shit without him

why can't cappy come home 2, launch title confirmed

we're gonna rev up the motor scooters
when cappy comes home

guess who just got back today
them wild eyed caps that had been away

the caps in the cradle and the silver spoon
mario journeys all the way to the moon

really hope switch 2 has the OLED screen at launch, even if it's an upcharge. don't think i'm going to buy it without one this time now that i know it's on the table

I could see them launching with two models, but I suspect they'll wait a while so they can get people to buy it twice

I was under the impression the base model will NOT be an OLED based on parts/supply chain info that's leaked.

So I’ve been tasked with getting my 8 yr old kid some sort of gaming system for Xmas and I am completely clueless. X box and PlayStation 5 are like $500 which is too much. Thinking around $200 or so. We may move overseas so ideally it would not be reliant on the internet. He’s currently playing Apple Arcade and Minecraft so I dunno is the switch a good cheaper alternative?

you can get the portable only version the switch lite for 200, the regular one you can plug into the tv is 300, and yeah the switch is great its the best, has a lot of games good 4 kids too

Target has the regular switch for 225 with mario kart included. that's a good deal imo.

$225 is pretty dang good even without Mario Kart, though if you can wait another 6 months for the Switch 2... it might cost $400, so who knows.

switch 2 will definitely not be available for $225 for years

also its not coming out before xmas. before next year's xmas, yes

id get that target deal real nice price there

last(?) Switch 1 Direct tomorrow, hope that rumoured Fire Emblem 4 remake finally shows up

funny that they waited until a week before the switch 2 blowout to sneak this one in

not sure what they could have left that wouldn't get pushed forward to 2 besides some more HD ports of older games + fire emblem yeah

trying to think of what didnt get a switch 1 game. rhythm heaven? wario land? star fox and donkey kong would surely be pushed forward to 2

yeh they usually have games like Kirby, Wario and remasters at the end of the generation, wonder if Metroid 4 is going to be crossgen or if they pushed it to 2

is there anything left from the WiiU that can be easily ported? there were those Windwaker/Twilight Princess HD remasters

yeah those have to be a lock, in the next year if not right now. the only other game people were generally positive on that hasnt been ported is yoshi's woolly world

xxp I'd be shocked if Metroid 4 is crossgen - it's the perfect genre and IP to show off the enhanced graphics and portable capabilities of the Switch 2. You also need some compelling games to launch with and Nintendo would have a couple bangers in play with a new Mario and Metroid. That said - BotW was crossgen so who knows.

ehh i think it'll still be a switch 1 game, metroid is one of nintendo's smaller series in terms of the number of units it moves, not really a system seller, they're gonna want that extra couple million switch 1 sales to justify the protracted development

Yeah, that sounds about right to me too, so many Switch 1 owners who would happily buy it and frankly I doubt there'll be some kind of killer NSW2 features... but who knows, maybe Nintendo finally gets their online stuff right

the new mouse will prob be used for new metroid since its a fps but im sure itll be playable without too

yep it was just shown in the switch 1 direct. maybe they'll show it again next week to demonstrate the switch 2's graphics capabilities though that's a very un-nintendo thing to focus on

also lol at nintendo poaching multiple sony series (patapon and everybody's golf) sony truly does not care about non-Cinematic games anymore despite astro bot posturing otherwise, they're giving them away

haven't played any games in a while but if wind waker gets a switch port, tha drought is over

Raidou remaster a big surprise, coming to every other platform too
happy to see a new Rhythm Heaven game

have always been curious about saga frontier 2, its one of my favorite artstyles from that era but never played it

I’m a sucker for hot shots golf

i was down on the switch mario golf and its gimmick so nice to have another more classic option

loved the psp version of hot shots golf but didn't like the ones I've tried since then
bring back the daftness of pangya imo

i was thinking - wasn't Mario Golf basically a skinned Hot Shots Golf, often the same developers even?

new rhythm heaven, yay!

the official Pac-Man metroidvania game looks absurd, love these kinds of things

yeah y'all were right - crossgen Metroid it is!

But... giant tree, "magic" powers - is Samus a tarnished now?

the pac-man game and the old man platforming game both looked good but I assume those aren't switch exclusives

Sure is a lotta vulva imagery in the new Metroid.

Also, never having a Wii and being somewhat checked out on video games during that stretch, I either completely forgot or didn’t even know there was a Metroid Prime 3.