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Is that the first Wario game?
I don't believe so.
Relatively accurate aside from the RAM which is 12gb.Missing a lot of details, like the gpu, HDD speed, memory cards etc.
So off the top of my head, the joycons are magnetic, larger, use hall effect sticks and has a secret thumb stick feature. A patent shows control sticks which can change viscosity when you change the electrical current. So imagine a stick that becomes stiffer as your car takes damage to suspension.
Or a stick that turns to mush when your characters feet enter a swamp. I don't know how effective the tech is, just hypothetical.
The 256gb HDD is almost as fast as the solid state drives in the PS5 and Xbox.
It's rumoured that there is a grey and white choice of launch models and a special edition based on the 9th version of a game franchise.
It uses SD Express memory cards which can rival normal PC HDD speeds, not solid state.
The memory bandwidth is great, 100gb/s, it has slightly more usable ram than the series S.
It's rumoured to have a t239 gpu chip from Nvidia, it's a couple of years old now, so there may have been a die shrink to 4nm. Otherwise it's 8nm.
I suspect it's still 8nm and because it's a large chip they made the screen larger, 8 inches at 1080p.
It uses DLSS and has its own tensor cores and is capable of hardware ray tracing.
Also has a File Compression engine for super fast loading.
The game carts are speculated as being 3d nand carts which can hold I think up to 50gb, but I may be mistaken.
It has a U shaped kickstand and the dock is shorter so some of the screen is exposed, presumably to allow it to display info when docked. Alarm clock? Weather?
The dock is fatter, some speculate that it's because there are more fans built into it.
Rumor is it will run at a lower power state when portable, with a longer battery life compared to switch.
There's a video covering the dev on the forum talking about switch 2. Quite interesting.
Okay, Indiana Jones throwing priceless (I presume) statues at blackshirts in the Vatican while the Pope is on holiday is hilarious.
Super Mario Land 3 was when he appeared.
True. It has kick-ass sound track and that's about it. Other than it was the last game Nintendo published for the SNES.
Thanks GG, I'll use that in the next podcast.
The one I saw last night ran 40 games all at 1080p. But what was interesting was that all the games were running at ultra settings.
When he enabled DLSS he kept the resolution at 1080p but the framerate spiked bare minimum +30fps.
The 3050 basically ran everything they put on it.
If Switch 2 can match the card it seems it won't have many problems running AAA games. I guess the cpu is in doubt, we don't know if Nintendo will throttle the wattage down for heat reasons.
And the gpu itself may be pared down with less shader cores.
Many of the videos are shown with and without DLSS. It really works and does make a big difference.
It either massively boosts the frame rate, massively boosts the resolution or sometimes both.
I'm used to 30fps or 60fps, the DLSS framerates achieved were ridiculous, 144fps sometimes more.
Super late but important game recommendation for Christmas.
Yuletide Legends: who framed Santa Claus.
I got this on sale but was saving this for Christmas and started it. It's super Christmas atmosphere, full on baubles and trees and Santa.
You play as a yuletude Detective, trying to save Christmas. It's a game you can play with the family, spotting items and clues. Super chilled out too.
Because there's a lot of old Christmas tunes and carols the game has traditional tunes you know. It's playing God rest ye merry gentlemen as I type.
I got it for like 2 usd but sometimes it's on sale for 13 dollars.
Then I grabbed onto Santa's sleigh in an epic midair jump to save Christmas. Now I'm locked inside an ice jail.
Quite an adventurous Christmas for you, GG. We are only hosting family for dinner tonight.
My bro and nephew came over for breakfast.I've been playing Duke Nukem 3d world tour. It's pretty good, gyro controls make it more fun, and the full 3D engine.
I may pick up the old Doom games next. Wish Dark Forces was cheaper.
Doom 3 was fantastic. Give that one a try.
Agreed.
Here's a last minute Christmas gift guide:
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Something for everyone.
It does everything!
I rented it back in the day.Lol the days when you could rent physical games at a store.