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Ganoncrotch on 21 October 2016
KLXVER said:
LivingMetal said:

I personally thought there should be touchscreen functionality, but that's just me.

Well even if it does have a touchscreen, it only has one screen anyway.

So does the 2ds.

in case someone says "but wait there is 2 screen area's on it"

Putting a frame around a single screen makes it appear to be 2, it's not though.



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Asedebck on 21 October 2016

Your informations are wrong. It will have full BC. here is my source: 

spemanig said:
JNK said:

I saw those threads and it was nothing but speculation.

1. How powerfull will NX be?

2. Which architecture will XN have?

3. Will NX be BC to wii u?

4. Will NX have any kind of gimmick and what will it be?

5. When is NX release date? At least, what year?

6. What will be the price?


If it was mere speculation, I wouldn't have been so spot on. I didn't pull those predictions out of my ass - I based them on things Nintendo has been saying and practicing for years. They could have been misinterpreted, but they weren't, because there's enough crossing info out there to squash major misinterpretation like that. 100 slightly different vague statements make for 10 explicitely clear ones.

1. The handheld will be significantly more powerful than the Vita. The console around PS4/XBO level. It's expected to run DQX, to it has to be, though I think it'll err towards being the weakest of the three.

2. No clue, though it'll likely be similar enough to the Wii U for full digital BC. Can't say it won't be x86, but if that means scrapping Wii U eshop BC, it 100% ain't happening.

3. Yep. Likely 3DS, too. Digitally for both.

4. The unified platform is the gimmick. Being able to share a library across multiple hardware interfaces.

5. Next year. Likely the end of November. Wouldn't be surprised if the handheld came out in the summer too.

6. Handheld between $200-$250. Console between $300-$400. Unless Nintendo pulls something out of their ass to make it cheaper. I doubt no disk drive is that solution.

Keep in mind this wasnt any speculation but stated as facts:



VGPolyglot on 21 October 2016
BasilZero said:
Awws.

At least no more touchscreen games - finally we wont have to deal with annoying touchscreen or motion controls!

There will almost surely be touch screens or something to that effect. I can't imagine that they would just abandon Amiibos.



teigaga on 21 October 2016
KLXVER said:
teigaga said:

The rumours said their was a touch screen and didn't Nintendo say this would support their mobile games?

When asked what comes in the box Nintendo specified the tablet and the controllers but not the dock or a charger. We shouldn't run away with every thing they choose not to detail. 

Thats a pretty big detail not to mention imo.

It is but they could have said it doesn't have a touchscreen, just as they said it won't support 3DS cartridges or Wii U discs. Nintendo won't even confirm the games they showed running the system.



LivingMetal on 21 October 2016
KLXVER said:
LivingMetal said:

I personally thought there should be touchscreen functionality, but that's just me.

Well even if it does have a touchscreen, it only has one screen anyway.

I don't think a touchsceen is necessarily essential, but it gives it a nice touch, (no pun intended) more "enhanced options."  But wouldn't one be enough anyway?  Isn't only one screen on a 3DS a touchscreen?



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KLXVER on 21 October 2016
Ganoncrotch said:
KLXVER said:

Well even if it does have a touchscreen, it only has one screen anyway.

So does the 2ds.

in case someone says "but wait there is 2 screen area's on it"

Putting a frame around a single screen makes it appear to be 2, it's not though.

So we would have a piece of tape across the Switch screen then? Either way it just sounds awkward.



Boberkun on 21 October 2016

But they can sell the same games twice, pretending that they have big library for the Switch.



KLAMarine on 21 October 2016

Fingers crossed for WiiU gamepad backwards compatibility



KLXVER on 21 October 2016
LivingMetal said:
KLXVER said:

Well even if it does have a touchscreen, it only has one screen anyway.

I don't think a touchsceen is necessarily essential, but it gives it a nice touch, (no pun intended) more "enhanced options."  But wouldn't one be enough anyway?  Isn't only one screen on a 3DS a touchscreen?

Yes, but some games have the action going on on the top screen and you control it on the bottom screen. Like Kid Icarus Uprising.



torok on 21 October 2016
VGPolyglot said:
BasilZero said:
Awws.

At least no more touchscreen games - finally we wont have to deal with annoying touchscreen or motion controls!

There will almost surely be touch screens or something to that effect. I can't imagine that they would just abandon Amiibos.

It won't use touch on games. It runs the same game on the tablet and on the TV. In the latter case, you can't use a touchscreen. If it's included, it's only for browsing, using the interface, etc. But I wouldn't count on adding a component just for that.



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