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Random_Matt said:
Soundwave said:

That's undocked only, it's north of 3 teraflops docked. 

That's not bad, though I would caution that even on Famiboards where those numbers came from, some people are saying the CPU clocks in particular are incorrect (which probably makes sense because it has the undocked CPU clock listed as higher than docked, which makes no sense).

Nate has said the system has FF7 Rebirth, MGS Delta, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and MS Flight Simulator 2024 coming ... these are all PS5 or XBS exclusives, if it's getting ports of all these games (probably many more too, Gotham Knights is another PS5/XBS series only game that's supposedly coming), that would imply the chipset is capable enough. I mean shit, a lot of people had FF7 Rebirth as their PS5 Game of the Year just a few weeks ago. 

3.09 TF docked allegedly, not bad I guess. Unfortunately I do not want a handheld, I prefer a cheaper box. 

Factor in also Nintendo has patented their own version of DLSS which apparently can work with a lower performance overhead than normal DLSS, so it only needs to render 540p to get 1080p, can get 4K from 720p or 1080p. 



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Zippy6 said:

Is that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Remastered? It definitely just looks like MK8 but on a new track lol. I'll still buy it again. 

Yeah I definitely noticed it doesn't look like a generational graphical upgrade, and pretty much just looks like MK8D to me. But I think that's just because with the cartoon art style of MK graphics simply aren't gonna get much better than they already are. I'm sure there will be some small graphical details we'll notice are better and maybe more stuff in the backgrounds, stuff like that, but cartoon style aesthetic is pretty close to maxed out already with Switch graphics. Resolution bumps will make a difference but actual graphical fidelity isn't gonna improve that much for that art style because there isn't really anything to improve much.



Hiku said:

A bit off topic, but how do the leaked specs / presumed performance compare to this?

Those are the minimum specs for Rebirth on PC.

I think Switch 2 is said to have 12 GB of RAM, but I'm not sure how the CPU and GPU compare to the ones listed above.
Definitely not getting Rebirth for Switch 2, as this is a game I want to look and run as good as possible, but it'd be nice for Switch-only owners to be able to play it.

It falls quite short on the GPU side, meaning it'll probably need to upscale from something like 480p or 540p.



 

 

 

 

 

Hiku said:

A bit off topic, but how do the leaked specs / presumed performance compare to this?

Those are the minimum specs for Rebirth on PC.

I think Switch 2 is said to have 12 GB of RAM, but I'm not sure how the CPU and GPU compare to the ones listed above.
Definitely not getting Rebirth for Switch 2, as this is a game I want to look and run as good as possible, but it'd be nice for Switch-only owners to be able to play it.

Docked, the Switch 2 is supposed to have 3.1 TFlops (1.7 TFlops handheld), about half of the 2060 and more comparable to a 3050 mobile (which at 35W with minimum clock speeds just has 2.9 TFlops). But we saw that this doesn't mean much considering all the "impossible" ports that the Switch got.

Btw, with those TFlops numbers the Switch 2 would be roughly 4 times as powerful as the OG Switch in raw numbers (307 TFlops handheld mode, 738 TFlops docked), and with other optimizations in hardware and software this will be a nice generational upgrade anyway, plus DLSS (or any other equivalent developed by Nintendo themselves) can help quite a bit in such a format, especially in handheld mode where the small screen naturally hides some details anyway.

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TruckOSaurus said:
Kyuu said:

Is this the first numbered non-playstation console ever? I know there are numbered home computers like MSX2. Its the safest name and the Switch deserves it.

What game announcements are we expecting? I might buy it close to launch if Metroid Prime 4 takes advantage of the hardware.

Technically, the Xbox 360 and Xbox One are numbered, just very weirdly numbered.

And Atari had 2600 consoles released by 1977.



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Hiku said:

Watch people confuse the 2 for "2 Joycons"



That reveal trailer is boring as hell.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1gWECYYOSo

Please Watch/Share this video so it gets shown in Hollywood.

Signalstar said:

That reveal trailer is boring as hell.

It's definitely very Sony-like ... it even feels a lot like the PS5 reveal trailer Sony did, thankfully at least we got a few seconds of actual gameplay. 

I think Furukawa is very focused on not doing anything too stupid with the design. They went very Playstation-like with the name and first look trailer this time. 

The whole "we don't do anything like Playstation because we're Nintendo" thing is kind of dying, makes sense given Furukawa's age, he was a young man when the Playstation came out and started to dominate Japan in the 90s and a lot of the Playstation marketing of that era was aimed at the age Furukawa would have been back then, he probably does not have that same kind of attitude towards how Sony does things as Nintendo's old guard does. 



Bofferbrauer2 said:
Vodacixi said:

I hoped for an actual release date. Oh well...

24 player Mario Kart at 200cc is gonna be insane ^^

24 player races?

Now imagine 24 player arenas for the kart battles!

I'm actually drooling about this. LOVE battle mode. 24 players would not only be madness (in a good way), but opens up the possibility of multiple teams (4 VS 4) for certain modes.

I hope that this time, unlike with vanilla MK8, they give us actual good battle mode stages ^^



We won't be able to use mouse controls while in handheld mode. For people like me, who tend to play mostly on the go, gyro has been a blessing in games like Metroid Prime, DOOM or even Zelda BotW.

So... the mouse thing is a good option to have. But I won't use it frequently. Long life to gyro xD