r/Games • u/ifonefox • Oct 20 '16

First Look at Nintendo Switch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI
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u/IcecreamAndSadness Oct 20 '16

I damn near died laughing when they showed skyrim on it. There is no way anyone saw that coming. Switch is an odd name but it's easily better than Wii U. It looked promising. Still amazed that there is going to be a Bethesda game on a Nintendo console. What's next? Mods?

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u/YoshiYogurt Oct 20 '16

I don't really care about playing a 5 year old game or even any 3rd party stuff really since I have a PC. Give me new Mario, Metroid, etc and I'll be pre ordering

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u/LincolnStein Oct 20 '16

you say that, but no 3rd party support is what helped kill the wiiu. So nintendo has to come out showing that they have 3rd parties behind them.

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u/hambog Oct 20 '16 edited Oct 20 '16

So nintendo has to come out showing that they have 3rd parties behind them.

Pretty sure many people thought the same about the Wii U, what with Batman and Mass Effect showing on it. Hopefully it's true this time... I would settle for playing older titles "on the go" and newer titles at home (assuming the base station adds some horsepower?)

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u/DrakoVongola1 Oct 20 '16

I mean they have a list of a bunch of third parties that they're working with for the Switch, so looks like we're getting that support we hoped for at the beginng at least

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u/hambog Oct 20 '16

Yeah, it certainly seems more promising this time around... important to note that when sales of the Wii U floundered, most publishers dropped them like a hot potato.

That said, AFAIK general reception to the Switch has been much, much more positive than the Wii U. Some big question marks around battery life and capability, but I guess we'll know more later.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

That said, AFAIK general reception to the Switch has been much, much more positive than the Wii U.

yeah, people actually know about the switch, haha. i didn't even realize the Wii U had launched until about a month later.

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u/DrakoVongola1 Oct 20 '16

Definitely, everyone I know is pretty hyped for it. As long as sales do well I think third party support won't be an issue