Don't think so.
Aero Fighters 2 is a Neogeo game, and Neogeo games were always 320x224.
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Vertical grip accessory for the Switch is being funded on Kickstarter
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Don't think so.
Aero Fighters 2 is a Neogeo game, and Neogeo games were always 320x224.
I'm one of those weird people who don't find the Switch uncomfortable or the least bit heavy. I'm not going to pre-order this, but I do not think it will be clunky or sub-optimal (my primary use would be for the pinball games anyway - which don't rely on the directional buttons).
Then this product is likely not for you.
I've been playing a ton of vertical shooters on Switch lately (including Gunbird 2 which released today!) and I actually found this Kickstarter after doing a search for just such a product. Hopefully the vertical games keep coming so we have even more to play by the time this grip is released.
I just checked, and The Pinball Arcade, and Stern Pinball Arcade both are incompatible with the Flip Grip. I am not certain if they have tested all of the games that they are advertising as working with it.
Pinball FX3, however, does work.
Continue to read the thread, this has already been covered. The person who I was responding to in the post you quoted didn't actually realize the Switch has a second vent on the back. The Switch Dock has ventilation holes for both intakes on the back and the top is completely open.
How can it possibly be incompatible with it? Both those games use portrait mode, what do they only flip the wrong direction or something?
Edit: Looks like that's it, but I guess they have 4 or 5 months to put out a patch to allow both rotations like FX3, before it's a problem. Shouldn't be terribly hard, hopefully they can fix it. I wonder if you can just insert the Switch in the other direction or not? There's still a slit for airflow, so I doubt it'd be an issue.
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I think it would be awkward to hold if it had 3-4" of device sticking out below the joycons, a flat, even bottom seems better to me, and it wouldn't be able to do a vertical tabletop mode either.
...and all the shmups, arcade archive titles, and pinball tables.
Unfortunately Farsight are pretty incompetent so I don't expect them to ever bother.
The only thing I don't like about it is the credit card stand. Comes off as a half assed solution.
Besides that, the Flip grip just makes me smile. Great design, great price. I hope they hit their release date.
It's going to be interesting to see if devs support this product.
Besides that, the Flip grip just makes me smile. Great design, great price. I hope they hit their release date.
It's going to be interesting to see if devs support this product.
Yeah, he is. I wonder if this increases or decreases the chances of a port though? XD
So? Visually it would work well, just like on Wii U. My concern is if the games are touch intensive, as the resistive touchscreens they were designed for are significantly different of Switch's capacitive touchscreen.
They work fine on Android and iPhone/iPad capacitive touch screens so I doubt there'll be a problem outside a rare exception.
Crap I didn't think of this :/
Hope most games rotate the "right" way. I doubt for some games that they would bring resources to patch for something like this.
Glad to hear they don't plan to do anything too crazy with stretch goals. That is always where kickstarters fall into the trap of extreme scope creep.
That said I've already accustomed myself to whatever date is stated on a kickstarter might as well assume it will be at least 6 months after that, but if they do manage to get them out this year all the better.
That said I've already accustomed myself to whatever date is stated on a kickstarter might as well assume it will be at least 6 months after that, but if they do manage to get them out this year all the better.
As long as the Switch can be inserted both directions, I am not worried (yet). There's enough air flow from the slit imo, that I'd be surprised if it there were an issue. An earlier post made mention that the only way to actually overheat the Switch was by physically removing the fan entirely (which seems to indicate overheating it would be nearly impossible).
I e-mailed FarSight to mention to them the product and how Pinball FX3 can rotate both vertical directions - hoping they could update the app to do the same. Honestly, it seems like something that would take just a few lines of code to me, if they already have the rotating in place, to do -90 degrees instead of 90.
I'll definitely pick this up.
There's something so cool about vertical screen orientation.
I recently built a two player coffee table arcade with a vertical orientation and I can't get enough of it.
There's something so cool about vertical screen orientation.
I recently built a two player coffee table arcade with a vertical orientation and I can't get enough of it.
The Kickstarter campaign specifically mentions that the Switch can only be inserted in one direction.
And I have also emailed Farsight Studios about this. Hopefully it is an easy fix for them.
I'll definitely pick this up.
There's something so cool about vertical screen orientation.
I recently built a two player coffee table arcade with a vertical orientation and I can't get enough of it.
AMAZING!!! Was that from a guide you followed?
I used some joinery techniques from a Woodsmith magazine, but really I just saw this picture and tried my best: (I intend on staining and painting mine and adding a glass top btw)
I planned it out in Google Sketch Up, although i had to make some adjustments because hand-room was an issue once I started putting it together.
I can upload the file somewhere if anyone would like.
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I see now, they say it won't slide fully in (though maybe it's far enough to function well enough if needed), hopefully Farsight updates then.
It's one of those things where once the product exists - it'll be easy enough to point out to any developers who use vertical mode that they did it the wrong direction for the product and hopefully they'd fix it to offer either direction.
Thanks, that's good to know. Would be great to have some DS/3DS classics - although for that to happen, officially, Nintendo would have to sanction this accessory or a similar one.
Christ, havent realise that. Still backing it up. Hopefully Farsight will patch it up if there is a demand.
Update on the Kickstarter now the the funding goal has been reached. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fangamer/flip-grip/posts/2219942
"Since funding is already guaranteed for Flip Grip, we've gone ahead and set the ball rolling for the next phase of production rather than waiting until July 9 to get it going. That should shave about two weeks off the ETA for the final product. I think. I'm not the expert on manufacturing process here, but I kind of think it stands to reason, yeah?"
Also can the OP or a mod update the title?
"Since funding is already guaranteed for Flip Grip, we've gone ahead and set the ball rolling for the next phase of production rather than waiting until July 9 to get it going. That should shave about two weeks off the ETA for the final product. I think. I'm not the expert on manufacturing process here, but I kind of think it stands to reason, yeah?"
Also can the OP or a mod update the title?
a-yup. backing it for Ikaruga, Danmaku Unlimited 3, and whatever other vertical shmups I decide to nab in the next few months.
awesome
I spoke with a customer support tech at Farsight Studios, and they are aware of the Flip Grip, and have received several emails asking for an update to allow usage with it. He said that they passed the info to their developer, and that they will fix the problem in a forthcoming update.
I hope that they make good on that.
Happy it got backed already! Going to snatch one too pretty soon. Not wanted to buy any tate mode games yet because I've waited for something like this.
If you're talking about for shipping then typically a survey is sent out closer to when the product ships asking for details such as that. Asking for it now would be a pain as people move fairly regularly.
If you are asking as far as a billing address, I am honestly not sure. Isn't there a payment info section in your account somewhere? I set mine up too long ago to remember.
