I would absolutely love to revisit the game and others like it at a higher resolution and a higher, more stable framerate. Tears of the Kingdom, with its massive open world and emphasis on verticality, would be the perfect game to showcase the specs of a Nintendo Switch Pro console.Īnd hopefully, the Pro would retroactively improve performance for previously released Nintendo Switch games like Bayonetta 3. Twilight Princess came with the Wii, as did Breath of the Wild on the Switch’s launch day. Nintendo’s no stranger to launching a console alongside its next big Zelda game. And I want to believe it’ll be day-and-date with the launch of Tears of the Kingdom. If you want my harebrained prediction, though (with a side of wishful thinking for good measure), I do think we will still get a Nintendo Switch Pro. Platinum’s all about style and panache, and much of that is unfortunately lost as you witness the Switch struggle to keep everything stitched together. But even something as seemingly mundane as frame pacing can have a huge impact on how a scene makes you feel. How each colossal set piece had my jaw dropping further than Scooby-Doo’s in the presence of a ghost. I want to wax lyrical about the sights I’ve seen in Bayonetta 3. Much like Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Astral Chain, and potentially even The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it’s an incredible game trapped on ailing hardware. Will the Switch sitch improve?Īnd that brings us right back to Bayonetta 3. You know something’s up when Platinum Games – famous for its commitment to high frame rates – has to tone things down. But because of the Switch’s drawbacks, it’s trapped at a subpar framerate.Įven Platinum’s own 2019 masterpiece, Astral Chain, had to be locked at 30fps to maintain consistently adequate performance. It’s Kirby’s first fully 3D outing, and it’s a damn gorgeous game to boot. Let’s also not forget Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Yet even developer Monolith Soft – certified wizards of the Switch’s hardware – can’t stop its detailed world of Aionios from chugging when the action ramps up. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 won my heart this year with its marvelous characters and breathtaking scenery. Its storage capacity of 32GB (64GB on the OLED) falls well short of what’s available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, too.īut I could forgive most of these issues if even the best Nintendo Switch games had more consistent performance. So much so that games that support a native 1080p resolution on the console happen once in a blue moon. Yet, also like the Wii, the Switch falls well behind in the specs department. even Monolith Soft – certified wizards of the Switch’s hardware – can’t stop its detailed world from chugging Not only that, but Nintendo’s portable wonder offers ways to play that suit a variety of players. All three models, including the Nintendo Switch Lite and Nintendo Switch OLED, are cheaper than its competitors (bar the incredible value of the Xbox Series S). This is the company that, with the Wii, refused to embrace HD display technology right as it was burgeoning, in favor of a cheaper, more accessible console for the masses. Nintendo is as unpredictable – and inconsistent – as it is wildly creative. At the time, I was thinking charitably, and assumed this long life cycle meant that we would get a glimpse at a Pro model sooner rather than later.īut now it’s hard to say definitively either way. Nintendo itself has confirmed as much in early 2022. We know that the Nintendo Switch has a long lifecycle ahead of it.
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