| Faelco said: Didn't see that here yet, but interesting info about the Switch games: Switch games can be handheld mode only. It's like that for the game VOEZ, a rythm mobile game releasing on Switch in Japan on March 3rd. Being a mobile tactile game, it can be played only in handheld mode with the touchscreen, but just can't be played in TV or table mode. We don't know yet if games can also be TV mode only, but it's clearly a possibility. Link (in French): http://www.gamekult.com/actu/voez-quand-la-switch-zappe-le-mode-tv-A173739.html My opinion on this is that we can expect quite a bit of games to use that kind of limitation. Developers will try to limit development costs and won't all create 2 different modes for their games. So the Switch will surely get a lot of handheld games without TV mode optimization or even without TV mode at all. I guess the good news about it is that the Switch can get mobile games more easily with almost no work needed for the port (except maybe for F2P games using microtransactions, it would need some work). Anyway, good news for the devs, less work for them, but I think it could really restrict the hybrid interest of the Switch.
EDIT: English link: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-02-27-nintendo-switch-has-its-first-touchscreen-only-game |
I don't think implementing the two modes, handheld and TV, is terribly expensive. I think this is more a matter of just docking the Switch means you can't use the touch screen. If devs want to use the touchscreen, they'll have to make sure to assign equivalent roles to the physical buttons for the sake of TV play.
On a related note, I really hope Nintendo makes the WiiU gamepad backwards compatible. It needs to be.
Do it Nintendo or else hackers will give it a try themselves. I want to use my gamepad for my Switch!
