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Rumor: Beyond Good and Evil 2 will be announced along side NX As NX exclusive, will be a semi-reboot not full sequel letsplayvideogames.com news Nintyfan17
[siliconera.com] Links Awakening 64! Fan made LA mod for OoT! Please let this come out! siliconera.com news Dvader
[neogaf.com] Battlefield 1 is great?!?! High reviews! Mostly 9s, I'm shocked. neogaf.com impressions news Dvader
[youtube.com] Batman: Return to Arkham Launch Trailer It showcases the difference between the original and the remastered versions youtube.com media Nintyfan17
[rockstargames.com] It's official, Red Dead Redemption 2 coming Fall 2017 Teaser trailer due out on 10/20 rockstargames.com news robio
[youtube.com] Prey - The History of TranStar Trailer youtube.com media news Nintyfan17
[nintendolife.com] Breaking Down the Nintendo Switch Reveal King Boo in Mario Kart '8' and New Splatoon Goodness - nintendolife.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Zelda: Breath of the Wild video clips gonintendo.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Nintendo Switch car mount spotted gonintendo.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer youtube.com media news Nintyfan17
[nvidia.com] Nvidea confirms partnering on Switch article has a good shot of the system and controller nvidia.com SupremeAC
[youtube.com] NX is called the Nintendo Switch! youtube.com media news Nintyfan17
[twitter.com] NX preview tomorrow at 10am est!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's happening!!!!! But it will leave us wanting more! twitter.com impressions Dvader
[eurogamer.net] Superb fan-made trailer for new Pokémon games It's super effective eurogamer.net media SupremeAC
Nintendo Switch hardware specs: What we know and what we can guess - interesting post in the comments section too arstechnica.co.uk gamingeek
[vg247.com] VG24/7 out-of-touch Nintendo’s going at it arse-backwards again "the Switch is gimmicky, likely under-powered and can’t seem to front a decent release slate." vg247.com gamingeek
[gamespot.com] PS4 Pro Has Replaceable Hard Drive gamespot.com gamingeek
[twitter.com] Switch is 100% going to be region free. "Very confident in that" twitter.com gamingeek
[twitter.com] Switch: Expect price, date, specs and specific games expanded on by the end of the month investor call twitter.com gamingeek
[cinemablend.com] New Breath Of The Wild Trailer Watch Link Discover New And Interesting Creatures, Then Kill Them, In cinemablend.com media gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Xbox surges as Microsoft's gamble pays off gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Nintendo Switch heralds the end of the handheld era GI.biz gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Unreal Engine 4 Will Be Supported on Nintendo Switch Rein *laughs* nintendolife.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] How Sony made the first "4K" games console Inside PlayStation 4 Pro eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Analysts comment on Switch features, market audience, pricing expectations & more gonintendo.com gamingeek
Gearbox not yet sure of Switch support press-start.com.au gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] No official announcement on Switch games or specs this year Nintendo tells the WSJ gonintendo.com news gamingeek
[wsj.com] Nintendo stock falls 6.5% after Switch reveal Also worth pointing out, Sony stock dropped following the reveal of the PS4, as did Microsoft when they showed the Xbox One wsj.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Nintendo refuses to speak out on Switch having touch or not Also, Skyrim and NBA not confirmed for Switch by devs. eurogamer.net SupremeAC
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I only want animal crossing. Everything else can go suck a fat cock and burn.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:40:29
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I only want animal crossing. Everything else can go suck a fat cock and burn.

Why a fat cock?

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:58:32
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Same here because those where some of the first consoles I played.

I played Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, SNES in that order.

I don't really remember the 2600 much because I was born after the NES released in North America but before my family got one. I think we got one in 1988 because we had Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and that cartridge released in 1988.

I was born before the Atari 2600 so I'm an old fart and remember those early days well. My order was Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Genesis. I passed on the Master System and got a Genesis after the SNES for the odd game that I was interested in such as Castlevania Bloodlines and  Contra Hard Corps.

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There's not really anything I don't like so far about the Switch. I think it's Nintendo's best looking system, aesthetically, since the N64. And the specs seem good enough, the controllers look comfortable enough with enough buttons to play any game. What's going to really matter at this point is where they're going in terms of online service and account systems. Having your own account with purchases tied to it, a more robust friend system, an achievement system...these are the things that are going to make it a true contender or just a companion (if it has good 3rd-party support). You really need to nail all these things to compete. You can't half ass anything.

Not sure if I'd be grabbing it right away even if I want to though. Just bought a car and have a bunch of other expensive shit to pay for right now so March is going to be tight.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:34:51
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Nintyfan17 said:

Same here because those where some of the first consoles I played.

I played Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, SNES in that order.

I don't really remember the 2600 much because I was born after the NES released in North America but before my family got one. I think we got one in 1988 because we had Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and that cartridge released in 1988.

I was born before the Atari 2600 so I'm an old fart and remember those early days well. My order was Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Genesis. I passed on the Master System and got a Genesis after the SNES for the odd game that I was interested in such as Castlevania Bloodlines and  Contra Hard Corps.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:55:05

Raven, have you played Rise of the Tomb Raider.  You'll love it.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:59:22
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It's Splatoon enhanced, not a sequel says Emily rogers. That's stupid. Now we get this damn in between shit rather than a full sequel soon.

It doesn't seem any different than the enhanced GTAV, Uncharted games and Tomb Raider on PS4.  The only difference is Sony will probably have more games than Nintendo. 😀

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Raven, have you played Rise of the Tomb Raider.  You'll love it.

yes and yes, on PC last January.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:22:03

I'm guessing switch will be $400 maybe $450 down here in Au?  If so I'd be very interested in the launch lineup to guide my decision.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:33:20
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It doesn't seem any different than the enhanced GTAV, Uncharted games and Tomb Raider on PS4.  The only difference is Sony will probably have more games than Nintendo. 😀

I'm not sure about that because it is basically a handheld that can be played on TV.
Nintendo owns the handheld market so if it is as successful as their other handhelds it would get tons of software.

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I'm not sure about that because it is basically a handheld that can be played on TV.
Nintendo owns the handheld market so if it is as successful as their other handhelds it would get tons of software.



Yes but handheld games usually cater to a completely different crowd. The handheld market may not even exist anymore because most people I see just play on their phones.
I think most people who buy a Switch are going to use it as a typical home console as I would. I seriously can't see people lugging this around with them everywhere.

Some of the shit in that video is hilarious. The guy who can't stop playing Zelda to let his dog go take a shit. The dudes who stop playing basketball to play fake basketball. Lol people don't do stuff like this.

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The Switch is the best possible move Nintendo could have made. However, I feel that this could be too little, too late. It's going to ride or die on the launch window games.

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It's probably the ONLY move they could make. Smartphones cut deep into the handheld market & their home console was going nowhere. For them to have viable hardware this is it.

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Sat, 22 Oct 2016 05:58:26

Still can't muster any excitement over Switch.  More interested in PSVR at this stage.

All of Nintendo's innovations of the last fifteen years flushed down the toilet and NOTHING forward thinking this time around.  Motion controls, touch-screen, 3D gaming, tablet controller.  No concept expanded or built upon.  If they treat their own concepts like gimmicks and don't support them, why are they surprised when other developers do the same?

This is little more than a glorified PS Vita with detachable joy-condoms which form a controller.  And wasn't that Sony's least successful machine?

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Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:29:23
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I'm not sure about that because it is basically a handheld that can be played on TV.

Nintendo owns the handheld market so if it is as successful as their other handhelds it would get tons of software.

True, but most 3ds software is smaller budget and quirkier. Would be interested in seeing how a new Bravely Default would look on this thing.

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Yes but handheld games usually cater to a completely different crowd. The handheld market may not even exist anymore because most people I see just play on their phones.

I think 3ds has sold upwards of 50 million. There's a market but it is shrinking. As for the taking the dog for a shit thing, that happens all the time. Everytime I go for a shit I'm using my phone.

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This is little more than a glorified PS Vita with detachable joy-condoms which form a controller.  And wasn't that Sony's least successful machine?

So long Nintendo and thanks for the memories.

In a sense you're correct. If any other company had announced something like this people would be shrugging it off. I myself posted ages ago an existing tablet with attached joy cons. The difference is that Nintendo is the only company that has consistently had success in the portable market so people know they are going to support it pretty well. Also the notion that all their software will be consolidated on one platform means twice as many games.

Then there's the power jump, this thing is vastly more powerful than Vita and should be around 3x more powerful than Wii U. Outside Nvidias new laptop gpus this is the most capable machine of this size thats ever been built. So technically, yeah, it can be used as a tv console too. It's still going to struggle vs normal consoles though.

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Some 3rd party told me they are moving PS4 titles to Switch. So that may suggest NVIDIA-powered Switch's spec.

Wtf does that mean?

All this info comes from Laura Kate Dale, who has proven herself extremely trustworthy with information. She has gone through multiple sources to get this information. Still, it's all rumor until Nintendo confirms. If you hit up the source link, you can see just how Laura got all this info.


- Switch will be region-free


- Joy-Cons will support motion control & rumble


- Switch dev kits support Wiimotes


- motion support will be confirmed closer to launch


- the Splatoon and Mario Kart games will support motion


- Breath of the Wild will support motion control for things like gyro aiming, steering, use of the magnet ability


- the past six months have been legal and pre-development discussions between Ubisoft/Nintendo for Beyond Good & Evil 2


- discussions included budget and direction, project scope, and how much of previous development efforts could be salvaged


- October art teases were the result of the project reaching a point where all parties were confident they could re-announce it


- Switch screen is  a multitouch screen, used for menus, for drawing, for certain games

- all Switch games need to be playable with the handheld in the console dock, all Switch games will be playable without touch

- dock will have additional processing power

- maximum battery life of three hours

- price, release dates for regions, launch software and spec press releases are essentially ready for release

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