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tali'zorah84 · Feb 23, 2017

via the Nintendo Switch subreddit, someone claims to have poked around in the Switch's home menu during a hands-on session

The gist is that if you're playing locally with friends and some of them haven't updated their game yet, you can locally update from them instead of downloading it from the internet.

The first option in the sub menu was your typical Update the Game via Internet Connection but the second option was Update the Game via Local Friend. (This is not verbatim but to that effect). And that second option had a little caption underneath mentioning that this feature would be available in a future update.

This is a very cool idea Nintendo came up with. It allows you to eventually be able to take Game Updates from your Friends who have downloaded the update without you yourself downloading from the internet. I can imagine the use case would be for games like Splatoon 2 or Mario Kart 8: Deluxe. If one of your friends has an update to the game and the rest of you haven't downloaded it yet, you can all just update your game from that friend locally especially if the game requires that you all be on the same version to play local multiplayer.

I have no idea if this is legit but I suppose with the preview embargo lifting in a few hours we might find out.

Greatest Ever · Feb 23, 2017

Surprisingly forward thinking from Nintendo.

TheChewyWaffles · Feb 23, 2017

Sounds lame

hoserx · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

what about it sounds lame? It seems pretty convenient? What?

Zedark · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

How does that sound lame?

L~A · Feb 23, 2017

That would be a really neat option, especially since I assume "download" speeds would be much better than via Wifi (not to mention you'd be able to update even without an internet connection).

KingSnake · Feb 23, 2017

They had that peer-to-peer updates possibility in the SCD patent if I remember correctly. I guess this is one implementation of it.

Illucio · Feb 23, 2017

Wow that actually solves a lot of problems moving with the current climate of Internet connection in a lot of areas in the world.

Good job.

Cartho · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

This actually seems like a really good feature. Smart thinking from Nintendo if true.

Tecnniqe · Feb 23, 2017

Hack game > patch stranger on a bus

It would be funny tho to update a friends game with cracked code just to see what happens.

13ruce · Feb 23, 2017

I rather have download play for every multiplayer game.

ArtificialIntelligence · Feb 23, 2017

Actually it is a pretty interesting idea, I think it will be pretty convenient

Bluth54 · Feb 23, 2017

I'm surprised Nintendo would allow something like this, it seems like it could be a possible vector for hacking the system.

Naked Snake · Feb 23, 2017

Windows 10 does this.

Nrocinu777 · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

What? How does it seem lame?

hoserx · Feb 23, 2017

13ruce said:
I rather have download play for every multiplayer game.

That isn't what this thread is about............and that's an unrealistic request.

Dark Cloud · Feb 23, 2017

That's pretty cool for a video game system to do.

Bamboo ç«¹ · Feb 23, 2017

Nice feature.

On other news, shitposting in a Switch thread by the same people again. Plain sad.

Coolsambob · Feb 23, 2017

Would it not take more space if you have to keep a downloadable file alongside an installed patch?

Still though, good idea for easy local multiplayer.

NotLiquid · Feb 23, 2017

This is surprisingly forward thinking on Nintendo's part.

CEJames · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

Cartho said:
This actually seems like a really good feature. Smart thinking from Nintendo if true.

lol

Dark Cloud · Feb 23, 2017

13ruce said:
I rather have download play for every multiplayer game.

What are you talking about? How is that related to this?

TheChewyWaffles · Feb 23, 2017

hoserx said:
what about it sounds lame? It seems pretty convenient? What?

Because 99% of the time you'll already have the patch downloaded already. Internet is ubiquitous in this day and age.

Maintenance · Feb 23, 2017

As long as it is optional.

BGBW · Feb 23, 2017

I remember when there were rumours/fears that if someone with the latest firmware streetpassed someone who hasn't updated their 3DS it would send the update to them.

jonno394 · Feb 23, 2017

Maintenance said:
As long as it is optional.

I imagine it's to avoid situations where people want to play local multiplayer, person A has V1.0 of a game and person B has V1.5 of the game and they can't play against each other as their versions are incompatible.

Then they may be in a location where there's no Wi-Fi to update over, so they allow updating from your friends update data.

entremet · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

You didn't think this through right?

-shadow- · Feb 23, 2017

So really forward thinking on some things and really backwards on others? Sounds about right for Nintendo.

Smellycat · Feb 23, 2017

Cartho said:
This actually seems like a really good feature. Smart thinking from Nintendo if true.

lmfao I have never seen this gif before

test_account · Feb 23, 2017

That sounds like a pretty sweet feature. Not something i would use myself, but i could see the usage for it.

Peterc · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Because 99% of the time you'll already have the patch downloaded already. Internet is ubiquitous in this day and age.

But what if you are with 8 and someone didn't got the last version already? It's a lame answer

hoserx · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Because 99% of the time you'll already have the patch downloaded already. Internet is ubiquitous in this day and age.

Maybe for you? Some people aren't surrounded by wi-fi continually....... and if this is how you feel, maybe say that next time instead of "sounds lame".

Skeletos311 · Feb 23, 2017

What if they use it for stability updates and break your homebrews?

cw_sasuke · Feb 23, 2017

Pretty cool way to try to keep everyone up to date.

shiyrley · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

Please explain one single case in where this can be bad in any possible way.

"b-b-but then you have to wait until the update finishes"

the other option would be not being able to play at all, since different patches would not be compatible for local play

JPS Kai · Feb 23, 2017

Skeletos311 said:
What if they use it for stability updates and break your homebrews?

That's probably some of their intent.

randomengine · Feb 23, 2017

Maintenance said:
As long as it is optional.

Mandatory for system modders and hackers.

Plum · Feb 23, 2017

Makes perfect sense for a portable system in the age of updates, wonder when it'll actually be implemented.

Vic · Feb 23, 2017

I'll wait for an official confirmation. Sounds too good to be true.

batfax · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Because 99% of the time you'll already have the patch downloaded already. Internet is ubiquitous in this day and age.

What if you have friends who don't game as heavily and missed an update before a meet-up? Or are in an area where high speed is a premium, which it still very much is in a lot of regions in the US?

Seik · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Sounds lame

Your post is lame as fuck.

How, in any world, is this lame? That's a clever feature more than anything else.

randomengine · Feb 23, 2017

The only people who will be against this are those who want to hack their systems and do nefarious shit anyway.

Smooth Operator · Feb 23, 2017

Skeletos311 said:
What if they use it for stability updates and break your homebrews?

It's probably the main reason why we got this, just like on every other platform, they want people to update asap.

Also, does it mean that we won't be able to play between differents versions in LAN mode ?

Mr. Pointy · Feb 23, 2017

TheChewyWaffles said:
Because 99% of the time you'll already have the patch downloaded already. Internet is ubiquitous in this day and age.

What about that 1% of the time?

shiyrley · Feb 23, 2017

Seik said:
Your post is lame as fuck.

How, in any world, is this lame? That's a clever feature more than anything else.

I'm 100% sure that if this option wasn't included, he would be complaining as soon as someone posted "I can't play locally with my friend at this game with different versions of the game", complaining about how didn't Nintendo implement this.

randomengine · Feb 23, 2017

BGBW said:
I remember when there were rumours/fears that if someone with the latest firmware streetpassed someone who hasn't updated their 3DS it would send the update to them.

Fears?

OricWindstar · Feb 23, 2017

Semi-off topic, but have they mentioned anything about download play for multiplayer? I'm assuming it's not happening, but I haven't really thought of it until now.

Smooth Operator · Feb 23, 2017

randomengine said:
Fears?

Yup, some homebrews on 3DS are great. Would be a shame to lose access to them only because you met someone with the newest update :-/

randomengine · Feb 23, 2017

Smooth Operator said:
Yup, some homebrews on 3DS are great. Would be a shame to lose access to them only because you met someone with the newest update :-/

Not every system needs broken. It only invites the wrong kinds of people

Terrell · Feb 23, 2017

While this is only useful to people who will be playing their Switch out and about, it could ease the burden on those with data caps, so that's a win.

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