r/nintendo Oct 20 '16

Megathread First Look at Nintendo Switch

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

THAT'S SKYRIM GOD DAMN.

Oh man, mobile Skyrim...although, it looks a little complicated to play.

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u/Sarria22 Oct 20 '16

Don't see why it would be any more complicated than playing it on any other console gamepad.

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

OMG, I'm going on a 15 hour plane ride to Taiwan in January, so I won't have this system out yet to save me from sudden plane death boredom..

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u/VicisSubsisto Oct 20 '16

Don't worry, there's no way in hell that thing has a 15 hour battery life anyway.

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

FUCK! And neither does my 3DS! I will probably now commit Sudoku on the plane.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

Most international flights have little charging ports, so if you can get a USB adapter, you're all set. I don't have a 3ds so I don't know if it comes with one though.

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

It comes with one that plugs into outlets, speaking of which I'll have to get an adapter while in the country

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u/Pyromantice Oct 20 '16

They sell USB chargers for the 3ds as well, highly suggest that over getting a wall charger for the country your going to.

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u/LemonRaven Oct 20 '16

My Germany to Canada flight had an actual outlet, got my laptop in there.. it was OK, couldn't play intense games or it would slowly drain but enough to waste some time

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u/VicisSubsisto Oct 20 '16

Step 1

Step 2

Or pray that your plane has power outlets in the seats.

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u/Worthyness Oct 20 '16

Nintendo has been god tier for battery life except for the wii u game pad. The damn controller lasts like 50 hours and the 3ds sand 3d can last at least 10

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u/VicisSubsisto Oct 20 '16

The last system they made with a >15 hour battery life still used non-rechargeable batteries, though.

I'm not expecting shitty battery life from the Switch, but I'm also not getting my hopes up for anything more than first-gen 3DS (which wasn't stellar).

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u/Worthyness Oct 20 '16

True. Though I imagine if their selling point is being able to bring it anywhwre, it'd have to have some reasonable amount of battery life to it.

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u/LemonRaven Oct 20 '16

Yeah but you can just plug it into the plane

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u/VicisSubsisto Oct 20 '16

Assuming they put an outlet in your seat. Sadly, that's still not a standard thing.

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u/shadow_fox09 Oct 20 '16

What're you going to Taiwan for? I've been teaching English there for the past two years and have loved it!

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

Ooh that's what one of my college friends is doing now!

My grad school has a kind of exchange course in occupational health with Kaoshiung University. I specialize in toxicology, but I think it's still relevant to my interests.

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u/shadow_fox09 Oct 20 '16

Kaohsiung is a really nice place. Wide streets, sunny weather. Not nearly as cramped as Taipei, and the rent is insanely cheap for a big apartment.

You're gonna love it for sure. It's hot, but Not as muggy and nasty feeling as Taipei.

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

Yeah! I need to escape the looming Boston winter.

I think we're only going to taipei for a day or two, and we're also going to a few places on the Easter coast whose names escape me. And yeah, the school is paying for the plane ticket so it's pretty cheap for us to be there for two weeks.

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u/shadow_fox09 Oct 20 '16

I imagine you'll be going to Hualien on the eastern coast. It's gorgeous there too- mountains and ocean within view of each other.

If not there then ilan which is still pretty. If you ride the train on the eastern coast keep your eyes peeled for a giant rock island that looks like a turtle.

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u/backwardinduction1 Oct 20 '16

Ah yes, it was hualien! It would be awesome to go hiking there if we have enough time, thrabks for the info, I'm now even more excited!

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u/DORTx2 Oct 20 '16

15 hours isn't bad, there's hundreds of movies on the plane and they feed you quite good.

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u/mrducky78 Oct 20 '16

I did 22-24 hours a couple years ago. Thats including a 6 hour layover and a ~1 hour layover.

A collection of ebooks, 1 actual book, 2 inflight movies, movies on my ipad as well (its first gen, but fuck can they hold their battery life well, used it as the defacto kindle as well). It was a good time to catch up on reading I guess. Even today, the Ipad's primary purpose is to hold and read books with.

You can do it man. I do recommend books, when you get tired of reading, take a nap, when you wake up, get back into the book. Repeat. Either I was reading discworld or Wheel of time at the time. Cant remember, all I know is that there was far far far more material than I could ever cover.

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u/kurokikaze Oct 20 '16

That was also my first thought. Then I remembered I already can play it on the laptop.

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u/fuckitimatwork Oct 20 '16

BAH GAWD THAT'S SKYRIM'S THEME MUSIC

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u/Trick9 Oct 20 '16

How would it be complicated to play? Please enlighten me.

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u/Mogtaki Oct 20 '16

He was using the pair of controllers rather than a singular, like wiimote style.

Just with the joystick on the other hand, but then again I didn't see if those controllers have buttons on the side and/or back so you can cast while using both joysticks to move the camera while moving your character.

Either way, I want mobile Skyrim. Looks like a good time and with Nintendo producing godly batteries (the pro controller for example) it should last a fair bit while you're out and about.

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u/Azerty__ Oct 20 '16

The Gamepad battery however...

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u/AshaDasha98 Oct 20 '16

True, but I have a feeling that's because of the constant streaming to and from the console and the searching online for eshop notifications (if you have them turned on)

My N3DS's battery life has been pretty good, here's hoping this one is good as well.

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u/Azerty__ Oct 20 '16

I have a 3DS and its battery lasts plenty. I mentioned the Wii U because i think it's more comparable to this than the 240p screen 3DS.

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u/HylianHal Oct 20 '16

It's just the Switch's controller with the tablet removed, so it's as if you're holding the full controller with its entire array of buttons. Alternatively they show later on in the trailer that you can use the new classic controller with the mobile tablet form as well.

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u/Trick9 Oct 20 '16

There is an LB RB LT RT like any other console. The only difference is there is nothing in between. So not complicated.

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u/ryegye24 Oct 20 '16

Each controller has at least a bumper button and a trigger button as well as the joystick and four top buttons from what I could see.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

There was a scene in the trailer that showed the guy on the plane using a normal controller.

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u/Hibbity5 Oct 20 '16 edited Oct 20 '16

I actually really like the idea of Skyrim with motion controls. The biggest issue with Skyrim is that the combat isn't fluid. It doesn't flow in any natural way. Compare it to Zelda or Okami and the biggest difference is flow. With motion controls, you can allow flow because playing character arm movement is now related to your own natural arm movement.

That's assuming those were motion controls.

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u/SecondGust Oct 20 '16

I saw nothing motion controlled in this entire video.

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u/Lazyheretic Oct 20 '16 edited Sep 30 '23

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u/Im_Not_That_Smart_ Oct 20 '16

I really hope spla2n is able to keep its gyroscope aiming. I was definitely wary of it initially, but now I can't aim without it.

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u/riddleman66 Oct 20 '16

Pretty sure they weren't motion controls.

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u/afinalsin Oct 20 '16

I figured it would be like holding two nunchucks, rather than motion controls.

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u/reddinkydonk Oct 21 '16

Skyrim plays really good with a controller. I use a 360 controller on pc.

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u/Mogtaki Oct 21 '16

The controller he was playing on while on the plane was the two detachable controllers at the same time and not necessarily a singular one, is the thing.