Nintendo has built something of pure magic — an HD console tha🌳t lets you play it however you want. Every major hardware manufacturer has tried to capture the spirit of the Switch, from Microsoft’s ill-conceived “snap” mode on the Xbox One to SONY’s Vita/PS3 vision of cloud saves. In the words of Hideo Kojima, Nintendo has truly built a “gamer’s drea𓄧m.”
Nintendo’s dream machine is out in the 𓆏wild. If you are lucky enough to find one you could be playing it today. It’s finally here.
Games, games, games. Nintendo is amassing an army of exclusive titles for the Switch. New IP, ports of fan-favourites, and sequels galore — the Switch has so much to offer. ARMS, Splatoon 2, and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe are all coming down the pipe, not to mention it being one of the only places to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We have also spent ages 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:learning everything we can about the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey.
Along with the launch of the system, we took 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a look atꦯ some less🎃er known aspects of the Switch, b♚ut there is so much more to say about Nintendo’s newest system. Todꦉay, we are tackling features that new Nintendo Switch owners might not know exist. Like any Nintendo console, there are a lot of hidden bells and whistles that make it a unique and extraordinary place to game.
15 Genuine Suspend And Resume Functionality
The Nintendo Switch is the first HD console with a fla🌸wless suspend and resume feature. It’s fast — instant, really. The Switch loads up where you left off as quickly as unlocking your phone or popping open a 3DS. Because the system is ostensibly a portable console, it's tuned to be as snappy as any other mobile device. Just tap the power button and the system prompts you to enter sleep mode, where it can hibernate for a good long while.
The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, on the other hand, both have spotty suspend/resume functionality. Because big-budget AAA games often require a persistent online connection, these systems can’t always make proper use of suspended gameplay. Meanwhile, since the S🐼wi🌺tch doesn’t have any cellular data (and is portable), fewer games target “always online.”
14 Parental Controls That Make Sense
Parental controls are usually bogus. Most modern family supervision systems target media based on its rating: Everyone, Teen, Mature, Adult. Anyone who played games growing up knows that the ESRB (while a valuable tool) doesn’t always nail their ratings. For example, the Halo games are rated "mature" for violence, but ꧃the Batman Arkham games, where the capped crusader breaks bones with calculated precision, are rated “T” for Teen.
Well, the Nintendo Switch has a phenomenal parental console tool, that they highlighted on their website. The Parental Controls 💯application or the Switch takes the from of an iOS and Android app that focuses on limiting playtime, rather than restricting content. With the app, parents can decide how many hours per day their kids should be allowed to play and even make exceptions for weekends.
13 The Switch Is A Meme Factory
The left Joy-Con has a screeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnshot button built right into the hardware. One click and the Switch snaps a picture of whatever you were doing. Every picture you take gets thrown it into a photo album on the home menu. This functionality alone probably doesn't surprise anyone, since the PS4 has a share button already and the Xbox One uses the Kinect to grab screenshots on the fly.
Where the Nintendo Switch goes above and beyond is in its text functions. Once you are shifting through your screenshots on the Switch, you can add text in a heartbeat. From there you can post your pictures and doodles straight to Facebook and Twitter. It😼 is hardly the more robust photo editing tool on the market, but it’s quick and easy enough tꦯhat we see ourselves making hundreds of Nintendo-branded pictures.
12 The Switch Is On The Bleeding Edge Of USB Technology
All of the system’s charging is handled with USB-C. The Switch itself is powered over USBꦦ-C with or without the dock and, in turn, the Joy-Con are charged through the same port. Both the Pro Controller and the Charging Cradle (sold separately) include a USB-C cable so they can be charged wherever is most convenient.
Silicon Valley is pushing the transition to USB-C pretty heavily now. USB-C is a high powered and fairly small serial port that —unlike USB 2.0 and 3.0— can slide into place from any orientation. High-end Android phones and Apple’s latest (and controversial) MacBook Pro both use the standardized format. But for a lot of consumers, the Nintendo Switch will be their first mass-market device that employs the brand new tec🍰hnology.
11 Find Friends From iOS Nintendo Games
Nintendo has a terrible reputation when it comes to o🃏nline services. Because the company markets to kids and families, they are especially conservative when it comes to online communication. Now, that doesn’t excuse baffling design choices like the infamous Friend Codes or draconian DRM practices, but it does put things in perspective. Sadly, Friend Codes are back on the Switch, but it isn’t all bad news.
Along with the launch of the Switch, Nintendo has implemented some new friend-finding features. Players can find friends by searching through their recent players list or by scanning the local network around them. The most forward thinking way to find friends, though, is through your play history. By looking through your Nintendo account, the Switch can pull up any friends you made in Super Mario Run, Miitomo, or Fire Emblem: Heroes. A surprising ♏revelation for Nintendo’s typically strict online services.
10 Make A Mii Like Never Before
Miis started a huge trend in the industry. When they were first introduced on the Wii in 2006, M🐼iis sparked a torrent of celebrity mockups and hilarious mii-makeup. Their popularity eventually led to Sony creating PlayStation Home (which was eventually shut down) and Microsoft adding Avatars to the Xbox that can still be ♚found today.
Miis have returned on the Nintendo Switch and the creator has been spruced up dramatically. Now, designers finally have access to a range of colour opt𓆏ions and poses for Miis. Meaning we’ll see a whole new wave of Mii based on popular characters and iconic figureheads. The plucky little cartoon characters are as adorable as ever, and have finally been given the customization they🐠 always deserved.
9 HD Rumble Is The Future Of Haptics
We mentioned in our list of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:aw♛esome things abo♑ut the Nintendo Switch that Nintendo is leading the haptic charge with HD Rumble. Nintendo pioneered "rumble" technology on the Nintendo 64 with the Rumble Pak Expansion. The original Pak came bundled with Star Fox 64 and violently shook the controller every time your starship got hit. Now, they have taken haptics to a new level with HD Rumble on the Switcꦰh.
HD Rumble is more impressive than you might imagine. In 1-2 Switch —a launch title for the brand new console— players tilt a Joy-Con around in their hands trying to count how many marbles are bouncing around inside the controller. And it totally works. HD Rumble is actually built around the same tech that Valve uses in ♏the HTC Vive VR headset. Since Valve is on the blistering edge of the tech world, we’re happy to see Nintendo charting down the same path.
8 Use A Cheap MicroSD Card To Build Out Your Collection
The Switch comes with a paltry 32 gigs of onboard storage. When you consider that the OS takes up around seven gigs of space and that a digital copy of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild eats up another 13.4 gigs of storage, 32 gigs seems mighty meager. What’s more, all save data is stored internally — as opposed to on the cartridges themselves like most Nintendo handheld🦹 games. Even more damningly, Nintendo has yet to implement any kind of Cloud save support to backup those files.
Luckily, Nintendo lets users insert their own MicroSD cards to expand the console’s storage. MicroSD is a relatively cheap, fast, and standardized memory format. Industry pundits still claim that the PlayStation Vita failed in the market because it force𒊎d its own proprietary memory solution on the platform. We are happy Nintendo has a taken a slightly more open approach to data.
7 Unlock The System With Nintendo’s Magic Sound Effects
Sound Effects are a crucial part of any user interface, as they help illustrate basic system functionality. SFX set a baseline for us when we are interacting 🦄with our media. Did we just confirm something or decline it? SFX help us understand what we're doing.
There are even upbeat and fun ways we identify sound with a platform. The PlayStation 1 and 2 both had iconic startup jingles and the Mac gong c🔥lang is instantly recognizable. If you are looking for a taste of Nintendo’s brand of noise-making, look no further than the system’s lock screen. When the Nintendo Switch is in sleep mode, users need to press the same button three times in a row to unlock the console. One of the coolest little features of the Switch is that every button you press generates a different sound effect. It’s such a perfectly Nintendo flourish for the system.
6 Pro-Grade Troubleshooting Settings
The Nintendo Switch has a built-in calibration tool. Since the Nintendo 64, gamers have been forced to deal with analog drift and desyncing issues. Remember, in the days of the three-pronged Nintendo 64 controller, if you plugged the controller in while the stick was slightly ajar, it would remember that position as the default. Well, the Nintendo Switch has a tool that lets you recalibrate your controllers as need be. The new feature gives you a real-time display of where the analog sticks are tracking and allows you to adjust them back to their default if they start to give you problems. It is a welcome addition fr🌳om a company that tends to pretend these issues never come up at all.