Yes
No, because then a 'cloud' icon shows up next to the archived game's icon.
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[UP: Probably Fake] Rumor: Video of Switch Firmware Version 5.0 Surface
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There actually isn't even any proof of VC in the video, just a custom folder that the guy created that was titled "Virtual Console Folder", lol. Still, I agree that Virtual Console ever coming to Switch is very unlikely at this point, as I've said several times in the past.
Oh, geez. I did space on Hulu being on the Switch. (Oops!) But yeah, this doesn't really refute the larger argument.
The thing that interests me the most about this is that the sounds match up completely perfect in every situation and there is a ton of system level UI things and warnings that just match up just right. Usually with leaks and fakes they don't go this far or are this clear and head on. This person went through several menus and even had ideas like icon switching which seems like a quality of life update that people wouldn't even expect. He also didn't go through the menus slowly, he went through them as if he knew where everything was and the Rayman leak was very slow and deliberate to make it easier to fake because of how much work it was. With that too the video was very long so to fake something this elaborate would have taken a very long time. In addition to the Rayman one it was blurry, at poor angles, and they didn't do any selecting of anything just a simple action. Also, most of these fake UI's have way different designs than this and are usually much more extravagant where as this one feels very similar to how the Switch already is which obviously a fake would be trying to do but usually people's ideas are much less cohesive than this. At the very least if this is fake then it's literally the best one ever made. I'm probably going to go through the video by frame to see if its got any strange transitions. The big thing that makes me wary is the add virtual console folder. I feel like that part is sketchy.
/v/ have been right before. So there is a chance.. maybe.
Never mind, recent events seem to make this look unlikely. I want themes!
I think a scenario that works would be that this console is purely for testing firmware updates, so every icon is a dummy icon except for the one that corresponds to the game which is physically inserted into the card slot. You'd need to test a game card for a new firmware update after all.
Still team fake, but it's just a thought.
The more I scrutinize this, the more skeptical I am. The mismatch between game file sizes and displayed storage doesn't really faze me (especially since we see icons for media apps that don't exist, including a legacy YouTube logo), but this doesn't seem like a real leak, just a very good proof of concept. Some of the attention to how these features could be integrated had me going, though.
It's sad how worked up everyone is over basic features that should've been available on day 1. Even more sad is how this is probably all fake and we're still not getting these. Furthermore, I thought Switch owners didn't want all this bloat and wanted to play games only and nothing else?
Mostly because there's no confirmation either way. There's a possibility, however small, that this could just be real. Best to believe it's not.
Perhaps mark the OP or title that it's fake?
Edit: you already did!
That sounds way too contrived though lol, and we have no indication of anything like it being true.
Idk, I mean, it's not unreasonable, but it definitely is... unlikely.
I will continue to hope this is real. I will expect that it is not.
It wont be but if this gets announced in the January direct that thread is going to be hilarious. I want it to happen just for that at this point lol
Awwww man. I was almost convinced till you pointed that part out. Theres no way Nintendo has an "Add VC folder" button.
All the switch owners I've talked to want all that gravy on the Switch. Hell I use my PS Vita as my main Netflix, Hulu and Crunchyroll machine because I can't be bothered to sit on the couch late night. I rarely even use my Ipad nowadays too.
No, Switch owners would like to have bells and whistles. But none of the features that this fake update would supposedly add were day one required. Everything that the Switch absolutely had to do out of the box at launch it could already do.
How many indications do you need.
For me it was the party chat. Nintendo hasn't given me any reason to think that they're even considering any other voice solution that isn't tethered to their dumb app.
Homebrew isn't a thing on Switch yet, not at the level that would let something like this happen. I have to assume this was made using Adobe (and the important thing here i that we never saw the OS running on an actual Switch, either).
Thread should be locked so as to starve the creator of attention he/she so clearly desperately craves
They should do something worthwhile with their talent instead of messing around on pointless crap like this
They should do something worthwhile with their talent instead of messing around on pointless crap like this
Oh, I wasn't aware of that. I wonder what's taking them so long in that case?
Thanks for clarifying.
It is sad. These are features that should be standard on a Console being released in 2017, but... Nintendo...
I don't know, the now three delays for their online service seem to indicate that they might be reworking things.
The bigger problem is how that would work, since I don't think the system has enough RAM reserved for the OS to pull it off.
No NoA tester would be that cheeky though. Just like no employee would publicly broadcast their unique "NoATester" number, if there were such a thing. And I doubt a test unit could be easily stolen.
System-wide mic chat is also bs. The Switch can handle mic chat in-game, but they locked it to a phone app to start just to piss people off? That makes no sense. It's a not a feature for the same reason the Wii U didn't have Twitch streaming.
Oh alright, nevermind discussing this then. We over and done with nice and quick, lol.
Wow, definitely one of the more elaborate fakes ive seen if it turns out fake
Nintendo deliberately wanted to keep the emphasis on the Switch squarely being a 'games only machine' around launch, for good or for bad. Netflix, for example, even said that Nintendo had for the time being passed on a Switch app. For their own inscrutable reasons, they wanted to market this as a games machine for now.
It's quite certain to be fake, but some stuff definitely is getting made for sure (like themes and icon sorting) since it's pretty basic and the same stuff you can already do on the 3DS, virtual console will come some day and same for the media apps (other than Hulu), it just takes time. Browser more than likely not because Nintendo's past (see Browserhax and such).
But if this is the real deal, lots to be happy about anyway
But if this is the real deal, lots to be happy about anyway
Man the swing of emotions I just had happy and excitement to hating anybody bored with a computer... you bastard!
People have a lot of time on their hands for such things, as long as there is a way to do it they will
my only issue is, you go through all this work only to be defeated because you could not get the proper storage number right? I think if you are going to do all of this work to fake it, a fake would have had the proper numbers for the storage represented since all of this work requires a lot of attention to details
so I am more likely to be leave your idea that only the icons are used for these tests
The Switch can in fact handle mic chat in game; Splatoon 2 even allows this for LAN matches.
So, as far as we know, yes, Nintendo did in fact lock it to a phone app just to... who knows what they were thinking, really.
