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Nintendo Switch, the only console today making games which are games
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Goi~Yaas~Dinn
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CrunchyHemorrhoids
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Goi~Yaas~Dinn
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Hoards of morons keep buying.
Great Deceiver
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I'm waiting for a patch to see if Nintendo fixes the framerate issues, it's a pretty minor thing but I'm kind of OCD about it and Link's Awakening deserves all the polish it can get, it's probably my favourite Zelda.
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Steamboat Willie
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Anyone have Astral Chain? Looks like it might be not bad.
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Gerrard
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I did not post links because it will probably be deleted soon.
It actually has two versions, also that bit with the original Gameboy music is
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I don't understand why one has to buy the switch. The only switch exclusive that maybe is interesting is SMTV, and it is still not released. Other interesting games have already a better version on other platforms or are better when emulated.
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Decided to take the plunge a bit too late, most major shops already stock only the patched version in the UK so I'm likely to have to resort to a used one from a place like CEX.
What's the worst thing that can happen to a used one? Joycons will drift but they can be replaced. Battery will have degraded a bit but whatever. Is there any other major factor that I'm forgetting?
What's the worst thing that can happen to a used one? Joycons will drift but they can be replaced. Battery will have degraded a bit but whatever. Is there any other major factor that I'm forgetting?
Wait for emulation and run the fucking thing in 4k at 144fps.
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You are wanting to homebrew it right?
No major issue, just check for issues diligently when you buy. Drift can be hard to tell if its not constant. I dont know if you can get all the purchaser info for this, but Nintendo US is currently repairing (i.e. replacing) drifters for free.
Naraya
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I wonder if Nintendo Switch emulation is ever going to come true.
Mortmal
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When do you get fps drop ? Played a few hours and not noticed any yet.
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I like the actual machine, play it in the crapper all the time. It's just surprising for a Nintendo release to be this uneven when it comes to framerate, usually they're very good about keeping a stable 60fps, including in more graphically demanding games, like Mario Odyssey.
I watched the Digital Foundry analysis and their suspicion is it's a weird technical limitation based on putting things normally intended for the CPU onto the GPU. If it's that core to the design of the game, I doubt they could change it late in development or patch it. That's probably the issue.
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I adore Link's Awakening. Tal Tal Heights track is my favourite in the game.
I watched a youtube vid of someone playing and was a bit put off by the fact the overworld is largely seamless (no edge-scrolling to the next "area"). A lot of the level design was based on that so it feels lost in this version.
Won't be buying a Switch (or any sort of console/handheld) but would love to see it ported... emulator or otherwise....
I watched a youtube vid of someone playing and was a bit put off by the fact the overworld is largely seamless (no edge-scrolling to the next "area"). A lot of the level design was based on that so it feels lost in this version.
Won't be buying a Switch (or any sort of console/handheld
) but would love to see it ported... emulator or otherwise....
J1M
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Looks like someone skipped controller calibration and ran to social media.
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2 things really annoy me:
- The dock shit is apparently proprietary and not just a standard Thunderbolt 3 port, so using a dock is the only way to get HDMI video out from the Switch. There are third party docks but they can apparently brick your system somehow. Standard USB-C -> HDMI cables like I can use to connect my phone or laptop to a monitor won't work.
- Switch Lite has no way to get video out. If they had used TB3 like in point (1) above, this would have been simple to implement.
Steamboat Willie
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That's exactly what Nintendo is.
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