Nintendo Switch Hype Train: Rumors and Such...

Another leak from Lauren; an all new Mario game, Skyrim Remastered, and a new Splatoon will be launch titles for the Switch. Confirmation that Zelda: BoTW will not be a launch title.

The Switch version of Skyrim Remastered will support Mods, however they will not be available from Day one. Like the PS4 version of Skyrim Remastered the Mods will be limited to in-game assets.

While I won't go into the discussion on whether or not paying for online is justified, I do have to say that I'd rather pay to get PSN/Live quality of service than have Nintendo's free online.

Ninty has one of the shittiest and most counterintuitive services I've ever seen.
Did you know that, in the European store, you couldn't view or download games that are rated 18 until after midnight? This was back when the 3DS launched and it stayed like this for a few years.
I mean, how dense do execs have to be to green-light such a decision?

purifyweirdshard; The EU has been bs free, besides having a higher price tag on games than the US, for quite a while now.
The restriction was there because Ninty had no problem screwing all of their EU customers over just so they could save a few bucks by placing the servers in Germany.

Ok here are games that maybe coming out for the Switch... again these are rumors... so here we go.

The link is here**

Day one:
3D Mario
Mario Rabbids RPG (I have no idea what this is)
Splatoon (port)
Skyrim
Just dance

First 6 months:
Samsh (port) (also Bayonetta and Cloud amiibo released same day)
Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy
Mario Kart 8 (port)
Xenoblade X (port)

Sometime in 2017:
Pokemon Stars
Pikmin 4

**There is more information in the link so check it out.

based on everything ive seen and read, were looking at a custom tegra x2 based chip (modified and streamlined for gaming with a custom built nintendo os so little to no performance wasted)

some kind of wireless communication (probably wifi with nfc/bluetooth for adhoc multisystem play like in the trailer, doubt 4g will be an option in the us due to how our phone companies work, and lifi sounds interesting but it could be way too expensive to implement and i dont know if its compatible with existing wifi)

battery life based on devkits slated to be 5-8 hrs (which means realistically were looking at 3-7 of straight use which is still pretty good and theres this magical thing called a charge cable so how many of us are going to be completely removed from all charge sources for 3 full hrs?)

a possible combination of touchscreen/ir pointer for easy os menu navigation for undocked/docked use (no forced motion or touch controls, but its there if the want to use it is there it seems)

actively cooled with an additional fan in the dock to allow clocking the processor up from 720p handheld mode to 1080p tv mode (essentially what laptops do with powersaving but much more efficient due to the way these arm chips are built vs x86, no point in wasting the power needed to run 1080 on a tablet sized screen anyway, better to save that power for fps and battery)

the focus being on smooth gameplay over PHENOMINAL COSMIC GRAPHICS!!! (although if you know anything about stage lighting, the fact that in that fallon video from every angle you can still see the screen clearly without them having to dim those bright ass lights or filter the camera super heavily means no more sundancing with the screen to see it like you have to do with the ds, which is a very VERY smart choice)

the cartridges having a data transfer rate on par or better than a hdd along with a high bus speed means 4gb of RAM is absolutely plenty to run a streamlined os and a game, you dont have to offload the game like you do a bluray so little to no install times, load times will be reduced (not gone, but reduced), and if nintendo/nvidia are smart they put in a higher bus speed than the system actually needs so that when higher capacity carts come out later theres no bottleneck created then

there are several logos on the back of the switch and the joycon, most prominant is the CE logo which is required for anything sold in europe, which leads me to believe this system is indeed region free, or at the very least thats a demo model and they wanted to not bother with region demo models (more inclined to think region free since that would cut down on production costs to make one model and ship it worldwide than 3 models that they have to guesstimate demand for in each region for)

theres also a rumor of the eshop having an upgrade program, ie link/merge your old account to the new one, and rebuy your old vc games at a heavily discounted price (basically paying for the porting costs) and the eshop getting NGC games added in the future

oh yeah, and rumored usbc (at the very least some form of usb connection is visible in the fallon video) for charging, so no need to carry around a super special cable that only fits the switch

www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1325344

ill just leave this little nugget here...
splitscreen multiplayer requires the game rendering multiple times either at a lower resolution or lower settings on the same screen, or would require the screen itself to be higher than the normal game resolution (1080p screen, but the games rendering at 720p to extend battery life and run cooler) and have more power allocatable in this mode at the cost of battery life, having a 1080p screen would also play into this...

btw, standard disclaimer YOU CAN FILE A PATENT AND NOT ACT ON IT... so all these images could just be spitballed ideas nintendo patented as a precaution and to cover their asses

Thought some folks would be interested in this: a Switch tour was announced.

There will be multiple stops in the USA, and one in Canada. These will be invite-only for the first two days, but will be open to the public on the final day.

New York, NY - Jan. 13th-15th
Toronto, Ontario - Jan. 27th-29th
Washington, D.C. - Feb. 10th-12th
Chicago, IL - Feb. 17th-19th
San Francisco, CA - Feb. 24th-26th
Los Angeles, CA - March 3rd-5th

The Switch will also be playable at some gaming cons.

PAX South, San Antonio, TX - Jan 27-29th (Badges still available)
PAX East, Boston, MA - March 10th-12th (Badges sold out)
SXSW Gaming, Austin, TX - March 16th-18th (Wristbands still available)

Source:
nintendoeverything.com/switch-tour-announced-for-north-america-will-be-playable-at-pax-and-sxsw/ (Along with

Damit... where in LA... I live here want to see it... it's two days before my birthday XD would love for a chance to see it and play it. if anyone knows where please tell me would love to go.

neogaf post UE4 4.14 settings has new setting designated Wolf, WolfSea and WolfAir
neogaf thread UE4 graphics setting presets for the Switch found on GitHub
basescalability.ini that sg below references on pastebin
neogaf post highlighting what the docked settings translate to using the UE4 reference guide

lots of techspeak that i kinda recognise and am still sifting through, but big things to take from it
[Switch DeviceProfile]
+CVars=sg.ViewDistanceQuality=2
+CVars=sg.AntiAliasingQuality=2
+CVars=sg.ShadowQuality=2
+CVars=sg.PostProcessQuality=2
+CVars=sg.TextureQuality=2
+CVars=sg.EffectsQuality=2
+CVars=r.ScreenPercentage=100 <1080p docked based on pixel ratio of handheld mode below

[SwitchConsole DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=Switch
BaseProfileName=Switch


[SwitchHandheld DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=Switch
BaseProfileName=Switch
+CVars=sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1
+CVars=sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1
+CVars=sg.ShadowQuality=1
+CVars=sg.PostProcessQuality=1
+CVars=sg.TextureQuality=1
+CVars=sg.EffectsQuality=1
+CVars=r.ScreenPercentage=66 <720p output handheld (screen might still be 1080p, but the game output defaults to 720p based on the plugins default setting)

further proof UE4 will be supporting switch

Epic likely either has the full specs or the latest devkit and are already working on having the plugin ready for developers to have UE4 based ports of ps4/xbone/pc games ready within the first few months of the switchs launch (testing will still likely require a devkit but it means any dev can look at the plugin and have an idea how their game will run and begin planning now)

these are default settings and any dev will go through and alter these settings after porting to optimize their game to run smoother, run faster, look better, take care of any bugs that pop up, any number of things

it can run Doom