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Switch Mini - What if it were Backwards compatible with 3DS?
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That would make no sense at all would it?
When you play switch games, you know the system you bought, you'd have an empty screen sitting there
BC is great but not if it reduces the main experience
When you play switch games, you know the system you bought, you'd have an empty screen sitting there
BC is great but not if it reduces the main experience
Aside from the fact that the Switch isn't designed for vertical orientation, it's a niche orientation to begin with
Would be nice, but it's not realistic. We're not getting a dual screen device so trying to cram both 3DS screens onto the Switch's 720p 16:9 screen is not ideal, and if the mini's screen is smaller that makes it even worse. Ignoring that (since it's not completely insurmountable), the bigger issue is that full 3DS backwards compatibility would require the 3DS's GPU be integrated in the Switch's SoC, something I don't see happening with the current Nvidia partnership. Emulation is possible but that would likely only be applied on a game by game basis, which would be pretty meh.
So basically what you're saying is that 3DS has more good RPGs on a single system than any sane human can play.
Having a 3D screen but not having 3DS BC would be the stupidest thing Nintendo could possibly do.
Well I agree.
That would be an incredibly nonsensical decision by Nintendo, but I'd legit love to get more use out of my 3ds games lol
I've thought since before the Switch launched that there was probably a pretty decent chance Nintendo could get 3DS games running in a hypervisor if they really wanted to. If they do it, it'd be pretty massively disappointing if the screen wasn't 3D, though.
Not really. It's could offer all Switch games in auto stereo 3D. That alone is a big deal. It's a neat tech that could continue to evolve. I just don't see how it would be possible to make it backwards compatible. Completely different arquitectures.
Pray tell, how would that work from a developer and publisher point of view?
As for BC, the 2DS is $80, and that includes a game, a charging plug, an SDHC memory card, the screen, the battery, the casing... that tech isn't expensive.
The 3DS' unique design form required nintendo to make something solid and cheap for the "Kid" Version (2DS). the solid and cheap version of a switch mini is most likely a Vita style console and it'll be the least surprising thing. Hell, I'd be more shocked if the switch mini had detachable joycons instead of them just being stuck on.
The Switch CPU has built in BC for the 3DS one. The only real obstacle technically is the GPU.
Yeah, this isn't the reason that 3DS BC is never ever happening on Switch lmao
Ouya compatibility I can take or leave but how could you forget the Intellivision Amico?!
(Actually in all seriousness "Ouya compatibility on Switch" would be amazing because that would mean it would technically be compatible with, like, standard android apps and whatnot.)
Pretty good probably. They could have different scaling options like 3DS has for DS games, and different screen setups too. Not much difference between the screen sizes, so the handheld mode would work favorably for 3DS games.
The dual screen setup has been replicated on single screens for years now, even by Nintendo themselves in the DS Virtual Console releases.
Also the OG 2DS is technically a single screen system.
Not if the games are running at a higher resolution and not just running at 400 x 240 being blown up on the Switch.
ARM CPUs are generally (but not quite always) compatible with previous major versions of the ISA. I'm pretty sure the 3DS is new enough that a lot of the weirder stiff that's been dropped shouldn't be an issue.
There are various ways the screens could be arranged. I'd expect similar options to the Wii U DS VC.
I guess the question would be if Nintendo would upscale them or not. There's also the two screens and touch screen issue.
I said most, not all. Some games do look pretty great, absolutely.
Okay, sure. Some 3DS games can look bad, cheap Eshop titles in particular. But from my experience a lot of 3DS games look good, with high quality assets, which can look really good when upscaled. I'd say most 3DS games look good, and then you've got some bad apples. Not the other way around.