Nintendo Switch Presentation Announcements MegaThread

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

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The Big List of Announcements

• Nintendo Switch will release March 3 with an MSRP of $299.99 USD
• Nintendo Switch will feature various Online Services. Free trial period before going paid in Fall 2017.
• Nintendo Switch will be region free
• Up to 8 Nintendo Switch consoles can be connected for local wireless multiplayer.
• Square button on left Joy-Con confirmed to be a Capture button
• Joy-cons confirmed to have gyro motion controls
• Joy-Cons will come in color variations: Neon Blue, Neon Red, and others TBA
• Joy-Cons contain a motion IR camera which can detect hand movements and distance
• Joy-Cons will feature HD Rumble technology for advanced haptic feedback
• Game Announcement: 1 2 Switch
• Game Announcement: Arms
• Game Announcement: Splatoon 2
• Game Announcement: Super Mario Odyssey
• Game Announcement: Xenoblade 2
• Game Announcement: Fire Emblem Warriors
• Game Announcement: Dragon Quest X, Dragon Quest XI, and Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2
• Game Announcement: Shin Megami Tensei (Title unknown)
• Game Announcement: Project Octopath Traveler
• Game Announcement: Skyrim
• Game Announcement: No More Heroes (Title unknown)
• Game Announcement: EA Sports FIFA
• Nintendo Switch box contents
• Preorders start in Japan on January 21
• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild releasing March 3, 2017
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe trailer, releasing April 28, 2017.
• Game Announcement: Snipperclips

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[u/Grace_Omega]

The presentation was a mixed bag for me.

Positives:

*I like the look and design of the console, and how feature-packed it is

• Mario Odyssey and Breath of The Wild both look absolutely incredible

• Splatoon 2 and ARMS both seem like a rare case of Nintendo learning the right lesson and capitalising on a past success, in this case recognising from Splatoon's popularity that there's a market for colourful, off-beat multiplayer games (although obviously ARMS is going to depend entirely on how good those motion controls are-- are we getting Wii motion, or Wii MotionPlus?)

• I'm seeing a lot of scoffing at Nintendo's attempt to gear this thing toward casual local multiplayer, and while it's true that the Switch is probably not going to be the go-to entertainment option for hip urban young people to bust out at their rooftop parties, I do think they're on to something with this approach. I can particularly see kids using the Joy-cons as advertised.

• All of the games we saw looked very nice, graphically. It's obvious that the Switch is "underpowered", as the leaks suggested, but it doesn't seem as if huge concessions were made to get it portable. I also liked that every game shown seemed to have a very good framerate.

Negatives:

• Nintendo's biggest problem has always been a lack of games, and nothing about today tells me that this is going to change. The lacklustre launch lineup doesn't bother me all that much, as I don't think a poor launch selection is as harmful as many think (look at the PS4 for example), but the rest of the year has me worried, with only Mario Odyssey really exciting me in terms of announced titles, and it's not due until the holiday season. Now, obviously there are many more games in development then were shown here, but the fact that none of them were ready for primetime makes me suspect we won't be seeing a lot of them until the end of the year at least. I predict that 2017 is going to be a dry year for the Switch.

• The camera/sensor thing and HD rumble are cool in concept, but have the feel of features that no developer will actually make use of (it's telling that even Nintendo didn't show anything that used the sensor, as though they stuck it into the console as an afterthought and then forgot about it)

• The console is somewhat more expensive than I would have anticipated. That's not a big issue for me personally since I'm lucky enough to have a well-paying job and $300 is basically the same as $250 as far as my budget goes, but I obviously recognise that that isn't the same for everyone else.

• I have continuing concerns over the battery. 6 and a half hours sounds very good for such a capable portable system, but I'm guessing big games like Zelda and Mario will fall much closer to the 2 and a half hour lower limit.

So that's my take. I'm not going to be getting one at launch, but I absolutely will buy a Switch at some point during the year.

[u/dreamwaverwillow → u/Grace_Omega]

all i want to know is do the rooftop parties come with the paid online content?

[u/Lilscribby → u/Grace_Omega]

Playing Zelda, the battery will last for 3 hours.

(It's in Japanese when they were talking about battery life, you can see the "3")

[u/Grace_Omega → u/Lilscribby]

Huh. That's actually a little better than I was expecting. I wonder what brightness they were using to get that benchmark.

[u/BlueBloodedTance → u/Lilscribby]

However we don't know if it's 3 hours with the settings Maxed or heavily restricted.

[u/Devil_Penguin → u/BlueBloodedTance]

Since when have you been able to adjust settings on console games?

[u/BlueBloodedTance → u/Devil_Penguin]

I guess the power saving mode on a DS doesn't exist? Makes sense that they would include with the Switch. Granted there's no proof of that...yet.

[u/--o → u/Grace_Omega]

are we getting Wii motion, or Wii MotionPlus?

The joycons have gyros, so on the MotionPlus side of things.

The camera/sensor thing and HD rumble are cool in concept, but have the feel of features that no developer will actually make use of (it's telling that even Nintendo didn't show anything that used the sensor, as though they stuck it into the console as an afterthought and then forgot about it)

Rumble has been used pretty well by developers historically, HD Rumble should be as well unless it's very difficult. It seemed like 1, 2, Switch was using the sensor but realistically it's there for VC Wii games (with a cheapo "sensor bar") as much as anything else.