Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)

[Otaking]

Looks like the NX might be a cartridge based console and there will be no optical drive, so no backwards compatibility with the Wii U physical games.

I'm fully aware there will be zero f*cks given by alot of forum numbers. 

[TheClash603]

Wii U is something special, I am enjoying it more than the last three Nintendo consoles and am okay with it always being its own thing.  Hands down the best console this generation.

I hope NX can bring me at least half the fun of Wii U, then it will be a must buy.

[Medic_wheat]

Thread reminder for when NC stuff is actually released for discussion

[wildfruit]

If these cartridges materialise I hope they are massively oversized and in clamshells. Not neo geo big. But still big.

[TheClash603]

If these cartridges materialise I hope they are massively oversized and in clamshells. Not neo geo big. But still big.

It would be nice if there were at least bigger than 3DS games / SD cards.  Even something Genesis sized would be fun, especially if they made cart ownership appealing by doing things like making them colorful and actually including manuals with each game.  I think the Amiibo fad has shown Nintendo people like physical things, as this was essentially a way to tie a figure to DLC.  Make these cartridges $60 and the downloads $50, to appeal to both types of customers and make the margins make sense.

[Medic_wheat]

If these cartridges materialise I hope they are massively oversized and in clamshells. Not neo geo big. But still big.

It would be nice if there were at least bigger than 3DS games / SD cards.  Even something Genesis sized would be fun, especially if they made cart ownership appealing by doing things like making them colorful and actually including manuals with each game.  I think the Amiibo fad has shown Nintendo people like physical things, as this was essentially a way to tie a figure to DLC.  Make these cartridges $60 and the downloads $50, to appeal to both types of customers and make the margins make sense.

The statement about the cartridges being Genesis sized and colorful I I steamy think of the famicom.

[esteban]

Yeah, Famicon Carts!

NINTENDO SHOULD GO BACK TO ITS ROOTS!!!!

[TheClash603]

As long as the boxes are more like Mr. Gimmick and less cardboard.  That's why I used Genesis as an example, cardboard boxes are a pain in the ass.

[esadajr]

Ooh shiny pain in the ass yes bring it

[Necromancer]

Cartridges sound like a bad (expensive) move, but I guess it's inevitable if the NX is going to be some console/portable hybrid.

[esadajr]

Cartridges sound like a bad (expensive) move, but I guess it's inevitable if the NX is going to be some console/portable hybrid.

Wouldn't be a cartridge per se, just a Nintendo game card on a shell. Wouldn't be substantially more expensive than a 3DS card. Use a SNES shell to cater to the collectard fétiche

[TDIRunner]

While I would love to see full size cartridges, I can't imagine how these will be any bigger than an SD card or 3DS card. 

[Necromancer]

Wouldn't be a cartridge per se, just a Nintendo game card on a shell. Wouldn't be substantially more expensive than a 3DS card. Use a SNES shell to cater to the collectard fétiche

For portability, I assume it'll have to be small like a 3DS game.  Expense is relative to disc media, where a 32gb SDXC card is $10 and a 50gb Bluray is 50 cents.

[esadajr]

While I would love to see full size cartridges, I can't imagine how these will be any bigger than an SD card or 3DS card. 

A pass through adapter. Make money selling cleaning kits.

[Otaking]

Happy Console Gamer predicts the NX design.

Eurogamer article
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-26-nintendo-nx-games-specs-release-date-and-everything-we-know-about-the-new-portable-system