My response was too harsh, I’ll apologize for that. I’ll just say that I personally don’t see anything significant between the switch and Wii U.
But I’ll drop it like you said.
It happened a few times for multiple 3DS revisions IIRC, but what they did was explicitly deny a new model was coming after those models were heavily rumored. Here's what I can find on google.
could never run? maybe
I even think could never run is an overstatement. The Wii U had Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicals X.
If I’m not mistaken, all of these started as Wii U games and were moved over mid-development to be Switch games.
LM3 did, but I don't think Yoshi or Xenoblade did. Wii U didn't have UE4 support for Yoshi, for instance
Only LM3 is ‘confirmed’ that started as a Wii U game, also starting as a Wii U game doesn’t mean that much if later in development the scope of the game is expanded a lot and it becomes almost a different game.
Luigi's Mansion 3 does not have a larger scope than Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicals X. Which were Wii U mainstays.
My point is more that starting as a Wii U game doesn’t mean that much if later in development switches to other platform. LM3 probably could have been made for the WiiU but it would be a pretty different game especially in how it looks
I doubt that severely. It would be a little toned down, but much of Luigi's Mansion's appeal is stylistic, not technical.
and the metro ports and the crysis ports and the...
Uh, no, it was not. They basically had to quickly port it to the Switch in a matter of months, with virtually no optimization. Pretty sure they said this explicitly in a GDC talk.
Indeed. The obviously added some optimization via patches, but it was quickly ported originally.
Optimization through patches after the fact can only do so much when the game was built from the ground up for a different platform.
I guess our definition of significant is just different lol. If you say the trailers to BOTW2 look significantly enhanced over 1 then more power to you. I was hoping for that, and was disappointed by not seeing it, personally.
But it is still not 'near parity' with the Wii U, it is running at a higher resolution.
Personally I have no grasp of graphical fidelity or features, I can't spot shit like ambient occlusion or anisotropic filtering. I'm just going by what the experts at DF have said.
Thanks, I translated(deepl) the nintendo statement and it was things like, "there is things wrong is the arcticle and what we have is anounced and our E3 sites." The article talks about Wii U and New 3DS, never especifying what they are talking abou.It happened a few times for multiple 3DS revisions IIRC, but what they did was explicitly deny a new model was coming after those models were heavily rumored. Here's what I can find on google.
Then only days later...
Nintendo 3DS gets bigger with 3DS XL announcement
Nintendo has unveiled the 3DS XL and LL: a larger, updated version of the company's stereoscopic 3D handheld console, due to release later this summer in North America, Europe and Japan.www.gamedeveloper.com
Something similar happened with the new 3DS and DSi IIRC but I'm having trouble finding that with google right now.
Too me that is the point. If a layman can't tell the difference, is it really significant?
Just because someone can't spot individual features doesn't mean they can't see that overall the presentation is better, although they can't say why.
Personally as far as graphics are considered I don't consider myself a layman, I consider myself way, way worse.
Late to this whole discussion, but I'm amazed that the above is controversial at all.
The only new update is that the most recent new update was never really an update on anything at all.
Agree with all of this on comparisons with Wii u, pretty hard to argue with tbh.
Well you DO like feet, so getting down and dirty with the details is sort of your specialty, regardless of whether you're particularly good at it.
the fact you're waiting on clarity shows the lack of value in the article
feet are a topological nightmareWell you DO like feet, so getting down and dirty with the details is sort of your specialty, regardless of whether you're particularly good at it.
it was suggested here that there would be clarity soon
Oh god I was looking for a really simple cartoon foot that's basically just an L to prove you wrong but that google search just made me feel disgusting.
This is a tangential question, but does Switch emulation on Steam Deck actually perform better than Switch in handheld mode?
I think matching or beating Switch performance is game dependent at the moment. I'm not that versed in the emulation scene for the Steam Deck though. I imagine that will become more consistent as emulation matures on that platform.
For what it’s worth, Nintendo killed the Nintendo DS earlier than expected to combat the very bad levels of piracy that was rampant on the system. Now I don’t know how extreme the piracy is on switch, however the piracy was enough to push Nintendo to kill a platform to launch a new platform that was pirate free for a time being.
I don't believe 2022 is an option right now. I do believe FY is still in play. This is opinion before people dwell on it for weeks.
As long as we don't have flashcarts similar to the Sky3DS or what we had on the NDS - Nintendo won't heavily suffer from piracy on the Switch.
