Not really. Families and kids, those that'll mostly buy the Mini, are also those more likely to get games like Mario Party or Just Dance.
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Nintendo Switch Mini May Have Been Leaked By Accessories Maker
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Switch does work like that; the exact digital sharing model is the same as PSN, in fact.
nintendo has had their fair share of missteps but I doubt they'd be incompetent enough to put an oled screen on a video game device
The need is a cheaper Switch. A smaller Switch sold without the dock and potentially without joycons is probably the optimal way to achieve that cheaper Switch.
That's excellent. I don't remember it being like that for older eShop systems. I might indeed have to get a Switch Mini then.
Then they have to pay up to buy the extras
the point of the mini is a cheap entry point
All Nintendo has to do is be upfront about it or patch controller support into those games somehow
This could be similar to how accessories for iPhone are made prior to new iPhone announcement. These designers haven't actually seen the Switch Mini, just building their accessories based off of specs they received.
It's been like that for most of the Switch's lifetime. Not with their previous systems regretably, but they have done a pretty good job with digital ownership on Switch.
But they won't cause they don't want to spend a lot. And what's more cheaper than selling a system with two controllers included? I don't think we'll see exclusive games again.
Switch Mini is going to target the Pokemon crowd and 3DS-only owners. Not people looking to pull out a tiny handheld, pulling off tiny joy cons and playing Just Dance. Come on.
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Not its entire lifetime, the current sharing model was introduced last year alongside the NSO update; earlier you could only be logged in to one system at a time (but still log out and in at will).
He was talking about redownloading digital games on a second console, not game sharing. At least that's what I assumed.
That has been possible since the Switch launched IIRC.
The Switch itself was leaked before it announced. Both the concept and an image of the devkit were leaked before it was ever officially shown.
Importing saves from system to system was added later though no?
Yeah, that's the pro controller, not the controller attached to the console. I'd be willing to bet that the Switch mini will keep the exact control scheme as the existing Switch with joycons attached.
And calling that thing on the Pro Controller a d-pad is being generous. that shit is awful.
The Switch mini is basically going to be a smaller switch tablet with the pro-controller melded on to it. Bookmark it. ;p
The main reason for the separate buttons is for split Joy-Con play. That reason would be completely nullified if you can't detach the controls from the Switch Mini.
Hmmm, maybe their security (or Ninja's) are more lax these days.
Yeah but redownloading previously purchased digital games onto another system has been doable since launch. AKA transferring your Nintendo account from system to system.
EDIT: This was also possible on the Wii, 3DS and Wii U, though it required a phone call to Nintendo. It never required that for the Switch.
Maybe so, but I'm still betting it's just going to use the same internals (for the most part) as the existing joycons.
Why would putting an OLED screen on a mobile video game device ever be a bad idea? Burn-in/out isn't that much of a problem, as the Vita proved.
Nintendo Life is talking about this image:
That looks like it could be legit, but man those sticks and that d-pad look like ass.
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All one piece is cheaper than the current model of 2 controllers + Switch itself.
A Mini is coming....Nintendo needs a low-priced entry.
there's no way that picture is the real. there's no reason for nintendo to not use the same DPad they've been using since forever in this.
I think so, because otherwise some games like Super Mario Party would not be available. But the Mini format will be perfect even without it, because it will be mainly targeted to the 3DS audience (e.g. Pokémon and Animal Crossing fans)
If the Switch mini releases with a D-pad then I really hope Nintendo releases a left Joycon that also includes a D-pad (a good one). I don't plan to ever get the Switch mini, but seeing this mock-up (fanmade?) have one just makes me a bit more annoyed that we have no official d-Pad Joycon yet from Nintendo, not licensed ones.
Neither of those pictures are real. Nintendo isn't going to send these companies photos of their console. If anything, they have the overall shape and size and just mocking up what it could look like.
exactly. if they want to have full compatibility with all switch games out there, they have to offer a solution to play on the TV, and the hardware and system already supports it. they just have to sell the dock/controllers separately to cut cost.
I believe it.
Mostly because the USB-C port is on the bottom again, and that's such a Nintendo move.
Mostly because the USB-C port is on the bottom again, and that's such a Nintendo move.
doesn't iphone acc. leak months and months before they are released?
It would likely have a D-Pad IMO if the controllers can't disconnect. The purpose of the 4 buttons on the original switch is so that each of the joycons could be used as an individual controller when disconnected from the unit.
If there is no disconnection like in the mock-up then I would predict a D-Pad, as the Pro Controller has and which Nintendo has traditionally done. If the next iteration still uses detachable joycons I would predict the buttons.....although at some point I think Nintendo will release a joycon that has a d-Pad - almost certainly if a switch mini had one.
With something that small, you could dock it upside down with no real drawback. And I mean if the point of the thing is to make it cheaper, they should just be using a cable anyway.
In this hypothetical I would assume they could move various things around. Is there any reason the air intake couldn't be on the bottom, while the charging port was on top? Which would allow the cartridge slot to still be on the top as well. And again, they should probably be using a cable anyway rather than a physical dock, which would solve all of these issues.
If the game card is at the top docking it upside down would make no sense. I don't understand the issue with the USB being on the bottom anyway. It's on the bottom of my phone too.
If you dock it upside down you're blocking the air intake vent. That's a no-no.
The only purpose of button is for joy con detached. So bet, you will lose because it makes no sense.