So how does it handle Wii U games? Is it backward compatible/can I upload my Virtual Console purchases from Wii U to Switch?
It’s not backwards compatible, and there’s no word on VC transfer yet but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
No
Time Magazine interviewed Kimishima: http://time.com/4662446/nintendo-president-switch-interview/
Here are the notables:
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[] You can still create Miis, but the Mii Maker has been pushed to System Settings. So Miis are still around, but there’s clearly less focus on them. Devs can still insert Miis into their games.
[] No web browser at launch. They’re pushing the Switch as a dedicated video game console. All the non-essentials are likely coming later.
[] eShop will be available at launch, but no further details given. Will it even be called eShop?
[] Kimishima reiterated that the price of the online service will be $18-$27 USD per year. Online play is “key to the business”
[] Interviewer asked if Switch can “emulate” Wii U games. Kimishima responded by saying they can be remade for the Switch, as is the case with MK8. Support for controllers for older consoles may be considered in the future.
[] The Switch is powerful enough to support VR, but don’t expect it anytime soon until Nintendo figures out the best way to introduce it.
[] They’re not creating a successor to the 3DS “right now.” The implication here is that the Switch is not the successor to the 3DS.
[] The “quality of life” project is still going. No further details are given.
[] They plan to ship 2 million Switch units by the end of March
[] They are considering what “Nintendo-like” eSports will look like in terms of business model/rewards. He quotes the two obvious eSports candidates ARMS and Splatoon 2.
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I hope the Wii U Gamepad is compatible with it when they release Super Mario Maker for the Switch. I’d like to be able to build levels while displaying it on my TV.
Po, I know this might be hard, but we all just want to help you. Come on…show us on the doll where Capcom touched you.
Here it is:
Fuck that company and everything they touch.
Sooooooooo Fuck Megaman?
And also fuck you Po?
Fuck THAT… THAT THING they’re calling Mega Man.
Now, enough of your trolling, this is a Switch thread.
“You want to keep a thread on topic? Talk shit about something completely different, then call people out as being off topic when they call you out”
So I guess there’s more support for Switch having GC controllers now, eh?
Game Informer has a new vid where they ask 51 questions to Miyamoto and Aonuma: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/02/08/51-questions-and-answers-about-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild.aspx
The “2D Metroid Please” note is hilarious.
"Online is key to the business."
Delivering a low-lag Smash Bros better be in that motherfucking key, or I’m Macho Man Elbowing Kimishima right in the top of his bald head.
These laggy ass Links and Clouds deserve to fucking die horrible, painful deaths goddammit.
USF2 will be best selling game on Switch
Not if its laggy as fuck…
Drop an online Pokémon MMO and Smash with low to no lag and let iy print money
I wanted the same but by the looks of if they do have dual screen play they will probably add some type of console wifi fusion encouraging people to get multiple Switches for dual screen play
I’ve been wanting to see this since…Gamecube era? I don’t think it will happen.
You have truly been burned, but have faith dude. Everything old is coming back eventually.
Splatoon updates from the tumblr
if you want some of the updates in video format