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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2016 11:59:29 GMT
Apparently this is being announced today (NX might not be the final name but that's what they're using at the moment).
I hope it's a giant robot spider.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 20, 2016 12:25:27 GMT
If it's being termed NX now it had better be called The Nintendo Excelsior or they'll be trouble!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2016 12:47:45 GMT
I want Transwarp speed now!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2016 14:05:20 GMT
Okay, the official name is the Nintendo Switch
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Post by legios on Oct 20, 2016 17:34:19 GMT
Ah. Ok, so they are staking their claim to the "take your gaming everywhere with you" ground. Actually, not a bad move, it is something no-one else is doing and is the sort of platform where they can leverage their more "casual gamer" friendly design expertise quite effectively but also make a play for the living-room space as well. If they can make it work that seamlessly in real-life I can see a lot of people going for it.
(now, give us a Dynasty Warriors:Gundam, a Macross Game or a Godzilla beat-em-up on that, Nintendo, and you might even get me interested).
Karl
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2016 18:13:50 GMT
Colour me interested, but it will live or die on the battery life! If the entire console is in the handheld, how much battery power will rendering all that take (unless removing it from the dock allows for a lower-cpu intensive mode)
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 20, 2016 18:24:58 GMT
That seems to be the optimistic theory. Its going to be about games for me. I bought the Wii U almost straight away but never got in to the habit of using like I did the Wii because the few games to interest me were spread so thinly.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2016 18:29:16 GMT
That seems to be the optimistic theory. Its going to be about games for me. I bought the Wii U almost straight away but never got in to the habit of using like I did the Wii because the few games to interest me were spread so thinly. It genuinely took me a year to realise that the Wii U wasn't just a new controller for the Wii |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 20, 2016 19:25:04 GMT
Interesting concept. I note they're using adults to promote it rather than kids.
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Post by KnightBeat on Oct 20, 2016 20:26:21 GMT
A wise move. If Nintendo hope to recover from the Wii U disaster, they need to target a new audience. We also have to consider the price. A 20-something audience will pay £350 at launch, but many parents will go for a cheap Android device for their child instead.
Given Nintendo's child-friendly reputation and the fact that children ngravitate to portable devices that don't use the main TV, I expect a lot of young children will find it under the Christmas tree in 2017, irrespective of whether Nintendo promotes it to them or not.
I can't believe Nintendo have trademarked 'Joy-Cons' as the name of the detachable mini-controllers.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2016 20:34:45 GMT
A wise move. If Nintendo hope to recover from the Wii U disaster, they need to target a new audience. We also have to consider the price. A 20-something audience will pay £350 at launch, but many parents will go for a cheap Android device for their child instead. Given Nintendo's child-friendly reputation and the fact that children ngravitate to portable devices that don't use the main TV, I expect a lot of young children will find it under the Christmas tree in 2017, irrespective of whether Nintendo promotes it to them or not. I can't believe Nintendo have trademarked 'Joy-Cons' as the name of the detachable mini-controllers. Will the small versions be called Mini-Cons, oooooooooooooh |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2016 21:16:52 GMT
I am confused. Is this a handheld Gameboy type thing that also plugs into TV's? I couldn't hack more than 30 seconds of that awful music before I had to hit the off button!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 20, 2016 22:42:02 GMT
It's a console/handheld hybrid. Two controllers either side of the screen, which are removed when it is placed in a bigger dock, so you can hook it up to a big tv.
This could be tempting...a half decent Mario Kart and I could see myself getting this.
Andy
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Post by KnightBeat on Oct 20, 2016 22:45:30 GMT
It's a tablet that plugs into your TV via a base unit. Its unique feature is the controller, which can be used in various configurations (standard game controller, tablet handlebars and as two mini controllers). It has a proprietary cartridge slot and supports SD cards (allegedly a SDHC slot, which would limit you to 32GB of storage). Details of the base station functionality and online services are a bit vague at the moment.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2016 7:40:10 GMT
Hmmmm. Seems a bit daft.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 21, 2016 7:49:42 GMT
So did the Excelsior
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2016 10:17:29 GMT
You wash your mouth out! The Excelsior is fab. Ask me about it's final fate in the novels.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 21, 2016 10:30:00 GMT
Nobody ask!!
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Post by Marc Graham on Oct 21, 2016 10:39:51 GMT
This looks like the greatest thing ever.
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Post by browny87 on Oct 21, 2016 12:02:20 GMT
im intrigued but need to know more before a purchase will be made!
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 21, 2016 21:00:52 GMT
I'll nab one at launch if it's cheap enough [around £200 would be nice]. Especially if Zelda Breath of the Wild is a launch title.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 21, 2016 21:28:00 GMT
Fingers crossed that will be the price point.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Oct 21, 2016 21:42:41 GMT
Fingers crossed that will be the price point. Andy Nah, I bet it'll be £249 at the very least, probably around the £300 mark. |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 21, 2016 22:28:39 GMT
For the market they're after they will need to compete with the PS4 slim, which is £220.
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 22, 2016 6:31:15 GMT
The market, at least part of it, will be 3DS owners being convinced to upgrade to a more powerful portable system and some of those aren't much under £200 even now. So I'm guessing £250-300.
I do think this will be the first Nintendo were I wont get it asap. I'll wait till theres a least a few games I know I'll play regularly, by which time hopefully the price might have come down a little, or at least better bundle offers will be available and I can pick one of the randomly coloured versions that always show up after I've gotten the standard boring one.
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 22, 2016 21:00:30 GMT
There was a Tesco sales page put up and quickly taken down that had it at £349.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 22, 2016 21:01:12 GMT
There was a Tesco sales page put up and quickly taken down that had it at £349. Ah ha ha ha ha haha No.  |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 22, 2016 21:44:54 GMT
Same as the PS4 Pro? that's quite ambitious I think.
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 23, 2016 12:39:08 GMT
Nothing official yet, that could've been a bundle price or just Tesco messing around.
Earlier "reports" [read: speculation] on reddit were saying $299 basic unit, $399 bundles, which is similar to the WiiU. I'd prefer the Gamecube's £130 or Wii's £180 launch tag, but I'm sure the devalued £££ will make the price worse.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 9, 2016 20:50:34 GMT
Personally I'd prefer just a cheaper unit without the dock that just plugs into the TV, but still excited. Unfortunately by Wii / PS3 / PC unplayed library is still way too big. But then again, this Zelda does look incredible.
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