New sorting option showing your most played is pretty neat.
Nice to see them all lined up like that
Nice to see them all lined up like that
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Nintendo Switch: new Firmware update now live
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That's what I'm thinking. Would be nice if they let back up saves to external storage devices.
That what I originally thought the feature allowed us to do with this update and that the Zoom would be how big the icons were and how many icons it would show on the screen like the 3DS (still the best OS in that regard).
Despite solely owning a physical collection of games, I would grab a microSD card if it meant I could backup my Splatoon 2 save data to it.
It's better than having no way to do this without an online sub unless you wipe your user data on a destination system.
I kept my wife's BotW save on my system for ages because moving it would have nuked her Splatoon 2 save data
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I wish
I want to flaunt all my beautiful icons
The zoom is kinda neat though
Still hoping for folders but this is a step in the right direction.
No one gonna mention the VR mode that was just added? That seems pretty crazy. Is it just for OS stuff? Can I view the store in VR?
Honestly kinda crazy that it took this long for Pearl and Marina avatars. Should've been there two years back, considering how well Splatoon 2 did
I'm just reading the patch notes, but it seems like it's just a parental controls option to restrict VR usage globally.
Put in Octo Expansion Pearl/Marina. C'mon!New Splat icons starting from Octoling Girl
Yoshi icons
Rolling out icons through firmware updates, and firmware updates alone, was a strange idea.
It just seems like Parental Options to restrict VR Mode in games that support them (which may imply we might see more than the 3 we currently know about).
That and the Zoom feature is for the Switch Mini* that will announced during the Direct this week**
*maybe
**I hope
So many people are saying this. Why does this have to be the case? We just had two Directs in February and an indie showcase last month.
February was two months ago and they need to showcase things before e3
They didn't even mention the best QoL change: pressing right on the "All Software" icon now loops back around to the first icon on the menu. I don't remember that being a thing before (and I hope it wasn't, because that would make me look bad).
It makes sense since we are getting Mario and Zelda compatibility, but I wonder if this is a sign that more game compatibility is coming soon.
After all, a VR mode was discovered in the Switch firmware update code back in 2017 and a VR test mode was discovered last year. That may mean that developers have had access to adding VR support for a while now.
That save data transfer thing is interesting. Could make it viable to actually have multiple active Switches. My desire for a powerful TV-only Switch is rising again.
Sorting all software is something, I guess, but I really still could use folders.
Sorting all software is something, I guess, but I really still could use folders.
That's been there for a while. Labo VR already uses it. The new bit is just system-wide parental controls since more than just Labo VR (which has it's own toggle) is going to be using it soon.
Sadly, it's pretty clear that Nintendo is limiting avatars to Nintendo EPD franchises (Kirby is the sole exception).
Nope, perhaps in firmware update 22.0.0 we can!
Also this screen zoom feature. This is nifty.
Need to get permissions from all the rights holders first.
Save transfers finally, not gonna lose my Splatoon 2 data upon system transfers. Still can't believe they don't have themes yet, where are the themes Nintendo. I wanna stylize my Switch home screen.
It's actually been possible to move save data around for a while (even before cloud saves) it just used to be all or nothing. The new thing is that now you can do it on a per game basis.
Not too dissimilar from my own...well, the first three.sorting by time played is fun just because I like stuff like this.
Not super surprised:
Simple QoL features that should've been implemented Day 1 and people are freaking out. Nintendo truly are the Apple of the console world. I'll take'em, but sheesh, Nintendo.
You've been able to do this since 2017, just not a la carte which was annoying if you had saves for different games on different systems.