Urgh, keywords like "mundane" and "routine" mentioned for a review video. No thanks.

for real.

Have you seen Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in 4K? The graphics and texture assets are just up-ressed from the stock graphics, and it looks magnificent in 4K. I've tested it on the emulator (CEMU), but the ever changing nature of emulator and requirement to download updated versions of the emulator, needs to retweak. But the fact is, assets already present inside the game is beautiful enough for the game to run by increasing the resolution. The same principle with 3DS and its Citra emulator, the only thing holding it back is the pathetic hardware inside the 3DS itself. Move those assets to Switch and you have the same effect as you've seen there. Games these days running on emulators are developed with graphics engine with in-game quality toggles already built-in, all you need is to enable them on different hardware.

That's the technical side of it, but judging from the reaction of Nintendo fans (here and elsewhere), they'll even take the game at 240p as it is, and even then, running it rendered at 240p, and blowing it up to 720 screen on the switch, would already show huge improvement over the shitty screen of the 3DS.

this option: 3DS + Switch concurrent release. those who have 3DSes have the portable version of the game, and those who chose to spend more on the Switch have the rare option of having both the portable AND the home console version of a Pokemon game. Win-win. There is no downside of releasing these Pokemon games concurrently on both platforms. Why anyone would only want new Pokemon games only on 3DS and not on the Switch baffles me.

You dont understand, this isn't PORTING, this is up-resolution. You use the same game asset and running it at higher resolution. No changes or extra work need to be done on the original game assets. Sure, you can troubleshoot and debug to make sure everything works, but as exemplified by Capcom with its MHXX "port" (if you wanna call that a port), that process doesn't take long. In MHXX's case, they're doing extra work on the game assets (improving geometry, adding texture details, etc), but the process I described is up-resolution. It's literally running the same game at higher resolution. That's what the image I linked meant, it's thesame game, but in the case of 3DS, the resulting image is downgraded to fit into the poor 3DS 240p screen.

This isn't about asking for a new Pokemon (not a remake, refresh, or a port of the current shitty 240p ones), this is about using the SAME game and uprezzing it. That Citra emulator image is proof, the emulator is not doing anything other than running the game at a higher resolution, using THE SAME ASSETS. Optimizing the game to run on the Switch? The game literally runs on 240p on the 3DS, and how many times more powerful is the Switch compared to the paltry 3DS? Even running that same same at 480p would've resulted in improvement already, good enough to put it on eShop for sale. TRY that Citra emulator, to get what I mean. I've tested LoZ BOTW WiiU running on emulator on my gaming PC, all I did was turn a few toggles in to run the game at 4K, using THE SAME GAME ASSETS, and the results are stunning. There are trickeries here, there are no SPECIAL VERSIONS of the game that has higher texture or better geometric details, it's the SAME GAME running at higher resolution.

You're sacrificing your eyeballs for the sake of portability, in this case, being able to play Pokemon portably but having to suffer through 240p 3DS image quality, when the game can scale up further to better resolution, USING THE SAME GAME ASSETS. Now, with the Switch, you have the option of running portably at a much more palatable 720p, is that bad? I have the original Nvidia Shield Portable, and running emulators on those is a dream, and that's running on a less capable hardware than the Switch.

This is also to alleviate the concern about games being separated by two platforms instead of one (3DS ONLY instead of both 3DS and Switch). Like I mentioned earlier, people have sold their 3DSes to fund for their Switech, also under the pretext that Nintendo had said to them that they're "unifying mobile and home platforms into a single platform". That's what the Switch promise is.......that's what they're banking on when Nintendo claimed that. See what happens now? Most early adopters are the hardest of hardcore Nintendo fans, and see how Nintendo treated them? I think even a mention of the games "coming soon" to Switch would've alleviate that feeling of betrayal that these Switch players felt about that Pokémon announcement.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 9 2017, 12:33 PM

Take it as "virtual console" then. Or "emulation". The Switch is bursting at the seam with so much processing power, you seriously think emulating a 240p 3DS games is difficult?

confirmed fake. can't even spell "Platform" correctly. Which high school prankster did this?

They've already done that with Citra for the 3Ds. Don't need my expertise to do so. It's Nintendo whose tardy to the uptake, because they know the general populace of their console users tolerate their practices.

I'm sure Nintendo welcomes your "support" for two portable system instead of one.


Not gonna repeat myself again. That Pokemon 3DS image I posted earlier is damning evidence that Nintendo downscaled their game's quality to fit the horrible 3DS hardware. Simply put, they develop the 3DS games at higher resolution and higher quality assets, downscale it to 240p (that's as high it as what the 3DS can do), and when the emulation community (as someone eloquently put it), dumped the 3DS games into ROM files and saw that they can up-res the game to higher resolution without losing image quality (just like when you blow up a photo), that's evidence enough that your 3DS games can run at higher resolution without compromising image quality. The same goes with Zelda BOTW WiiU. Even logic dictates that if game assets are made at 1080p quality (WiiU's max res), and blown up to 4K, you'd see horrible jagged edges, color compression and color banding, and exposing other flaws like geometric details, shoddy textures, etc. Have you see Zelda BOTW WiiU ROM running in 4K? I have. And it looks even better than the best WiiU games out there, including Xenoblades Chronicles X, Bayonetta 2, or MK8D. That points towards the in-game assets already made at image quality higher than what your display can resolve, coz if it is, blowing it up to 4K, to put it simply, will "make it look horrible" wouldn't it? It's both a testament to the quality of Nintendo's in-game development standards, BUT ALSO shows that they scale it down to whatever target resolution/quality based on the hardware the games are supposed to run. Removing the restraints of fixed specs hardware by running it on emulators (Citra and CEMU) shows how much more beautiful these 3DS and WiiU games can look, but it's held back by hardware limitations of the console/portable itself.

A properly supported and coded emulators like Citra and CEMU are not like those shoddy PPSSPP, ReiCast, PCSX2 or RetroArch, those are "barely good enough" effort, if you're skeptical, check out the latest CEMU 1.8 videos on YouTube running BOTW. These are running stock BOTW ROM with only 4K up-res toggle. Not some special sauce version of BOTW with higher texture assets.

Well before I had a Switch, I ran MK8 (non-Deluxe) ROM on the CEMU emulator at 4K, and my God, it was a sight to behold. This is simply an up-res version of a standard WiiU ROM dump of the game, and it's already looking beyond what the PS4 and XBONE games look like. Nintendo games are bespoke, handmade masterpieces, with timeless design and ageless quality to them (they dont age at all , even playing them after years apart, they still look gorgeous). After MK8D came out on the Switch, the up-res emulated version of MK8 on CEMU emulator is STILL the better looking MK8 out there, with the MK8D second and MK8 WiiU in last place.

Switch dock clone now avalailable in China. http://www.g-cores.com/articles/25242

Yes, that hexagon dongle is all you need, instead of that huge dock.





So who's gonna be the guinea pig?

Monster Hunter World is what happens when Nintendo refuses to keep up with technology: Capcom goes to PS4.

Super Mario Odyssey, Rocket League, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Zelda BOTW DLCs.....only these genuinely interest me.

There rest are either too far away from release, not enough info or am not interested. If only there's more news on that Metroid Prime 4. Genuinely surprised by Rocket League, that's been heavily rumored, but didn't expect that to happen.

Where's my Virtual Console, Nintendo? You refuse to make a new F-Zero, I'll have to get back to your F-Zero GX version on GC.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 14 2017, 12:34 AM

Finally! No need those China-brand third party dock, Nyko to the rescue!

http://gizmodo.com/this-tiny-dock-finally-...ruly-1795960414

LOL to the naysayers who says Monster Hunter World is not a mainline Monster Hunter game, a.k.a Monster Hunter V.

The Truth About "Monster Hunter: World"

Specifically:



More info gathered from interviews gathered at E3 showfloors collated into that NeoGAF thread linked.

RIP shitty 240p Monster Hunter. The series is forcibly dragged kicking and screaming into the future after rotting in 240p cesspool that is the 3DS. The last stand for MH old-school diehards, the "MH:XX" has not seen any comfirmation of a localized Western translation so far. https://twitter.com/SocksyBear/status/874767706716852224

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 14 2017, 06:55 PM

Please release that Mario Kart VR game for the HTC Vive for purchase, I'll be ever so grateful, Bandai-Namco-Nintendo! My Vive will be stuck on my head forever!

Some people here seems to know more than the developers themselves when it comes to translating the developer's own work to the West.

This defeats the whole idea of keeping Switch slim and portable. I prefer the "disconnected" Switch + powerbank versus one that is attached together. It's not like I need to walk around with the Switch while playing, nor would I be looking to keep the Switch charged while I'm out and about either. My routine dictates that I only needed to keep the Switch charged while I'm stationary (chilling at Starbucks or waiting for a lunch date at a restaurant), and putting on the Hori Stand + powerbank takes less than 2 minutes to set up. And are you gonna be putting in that battery pack and removing it frequently when you wanna dock it for big screen use.

A month of using the Switch frequently. taking it and out, tells me that I don't need this. I never was running out of battery when I'm walking, and I don't play my games while walking. Neither does short bursts of playing games on the Switch while waiting for the bus (taken the bus from Putrajaya to Kotaraya) and LRT/MRT (from HeavyArm store in SS15 to KLCC) while playing Zelda BOTW doesn't sap the battery enough to warrant me needing this. Plus, playing games on Switch while you're walking sounds dangerous.

And then, there's the question of "is this USB-PD" with rapid charge? The campaign page on IG doesn't indicate that it is, it only mention the pack sustainsyour gaming experience on the Switch for as long as 12 hours. It's more advantageous to have USB-PD rated powerbank than a battery pack case like this that charges slowly at standard USB-C charge of 5V 2A at most. Charge time can be double or triple-times faster on USB-PD powerbanks than standard ones, and I suspect, with the asking price they're put, it's a standard USB-C charge that is non-PD at 5V 2A.

I've grown to love my Switch as a svelte, slim, sexy beast. Putting this hideous thing on is like those uncles and aunties who put smartphone covers with flaps on them, and struggles to keep the flap from slapping their faces while taking a call.

Keep it simple, keep it compartmentalized. That way, when one of your component craps out (USB-C cable, powerbank, stand), they can easily be replaced compared to this all-in-one thing.

Or if you still want that "all in one" concept, maybe you wanna consider this.



It's a "power plate" that charges BOTH the Joycons or the Switch console, in a rather slim, stylish and more useful than that Indiegogo monstrosity. Check their website too, they have a tiny GbE adapter that fits nicely INSIDE the dock. I still dont need these kinds of all-in-one stuff, but I appreciate the unencumbered and light it looks on the Switch. Who wants to be the guinea pig, buy and test it out?

Unless you wanna be the one to test it, the only writers that are capable of writing NFC NTAG215 compatible with Switch that works with the NFC writing programs to do so, ...... I don't think so. I don't mind to be proven wrong though.

Otherwise, get pre-written NFC cards with Amiibos you want, some are selling in Lelong last I check. If you have the N2 Elite, it's even easier: you can use your NFC equipped smartphones to write Amiibo NFC data to it.

Just smartphone enough. But when I was initially setting it up, I did use the reader.

P/s: tag me la next time. Not that hard.

Signed, sealed, confirmed. "World" is the next "Hunter". Also explained why it's not called MH5. Perhaps to avoid salty tears of its most devout portable adopters?

When numbers are old-fashioned. And a catchy suffix keeps and maintains its diehard fans in denial. Not a "river in Egypt kind."



Capcom got the memo on this one. Been in 240p jail for a long time it's stiflingly archaic.

Yeah, because catering to the hardcore few generates so much sale for them, eh? They realized that they cant survive on the meager remainders of 3DS players and needed a slice of that sweet AAA crowd demographics. If doing so keeps MH alive for the "supposed" hardcore crowd to have their next numeric iteration of "hardcore" MH on Nintendo's portables because the "dumbed down" version of the game sales will keep the franchise afloat, are the "hardcores" complaining now?

It's a gamble. A gamble because Capcom is in deep financial shit after several duds of their releases. The new Dead Rising failed to garner critical mindshare, SFV *raucuos laughter*, ....and even RE7 failed to meet their lofty 10 million units sale target (which by the way, is a sign of a company in deep financial shit btw, when they expect a sale that high, even HZD cant even manage). If Capcom is rolling in money right now, they'd be more than happy just catering to the portable few instead of having to branch out to the home crowd. They've done that with previous MH iterations anyway.