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[Joelstinton14]

Theres no Activity Log...and Zelda doesn't have an ingame timer...which means I'll have to use a timer and manually add up my playtime.

My god Nintendo. Why did you remove the AL? This is fucking ridiculous.

Its in the parental controls.

 

[moolamb]

Look at how slick it is...

Look at how instant the response is...

Man, Nintendo is finally in the right century!

 

[Symphonic]

Probably because most people don't use it. Why would you want to anyway?

Kind of an ignorant comment. Activity Log is one of the most widely praised small nice-to-have features on the 3DS.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Probably because most people don't use it. Why would you want to anyway?

Lots of people use it and it isn't gone.

 

[Naked Snake]

According to the FCC filings it does. It supports 802.11ac 2x MIMO with 80Hz bands, so a theoretical maximum of 867Mb/s on 5GHz and 400Mb/s on 2.4GHz. Of course actual wifi speeds never reach the theoretical max, but it puts them on par with high-end phones and tablets, which is pretty big improvement for Nintendo (even the recent n3DS only supports 54Mb/s 802.11g).

I said holy shit.

 

[Labombadog]

MRW:

Omfg im dying

 

[dallow_bg]

I love it that Nintendo is still adding options to reduce burn in for people with Plasma TVs.

And continuing to keep it for people with OLED.

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

Look at how slick it is...

Look at how instant the response is...

Man, Nintendo is finally in the right century!

For better and for worse

 

[uncle_koploski]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

 

[Mediking]

You have a pre-set list of icons (characters from Nintendo games) that you can choose to represent your account rather than using a Mii. Also it's optional if you want to make a Mii this time around.

For real? Wow. That's cool. I wanna use my Mii though.

....

Unless... they keep adding more and more cool icons that appeal to me.

 

[Tavernacle12]

RIP Activity Log, unless you're coming in an update later on.

EDIT: Isn't the parental control app not out until later on?

 

[Okami Haundo]

MRW:

Ok... This fucking killed me.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Not a focus anymore but yeah it's here, also the Mii Maker on the Switch will be super limited apparently.

I heard it had more options myself, but I hope they make a video on that.

 

[alr1ght]

bunch of mirrors
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/UH19AUBA/

 

[JershJopstin]

OP doesn't give a damn. Literally robbed hiphoptherobot's chance at glory. Lol dang

That would probably be my bad for finding the link and posting it in the other thread.

 

[Sesuadra]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

It's the output to a tv

 

[RobotVM]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

That was TV Resolution which he cannot get because he is not connected to a TV.

 

[thebisonxrc]

MRW:

Hahaha perfect

 

[Kouriozan]

Incoming 20 min gamexplain analysis?

 

[Cymbal Head]

I like the design of the news screen.

 

[GinoFelino]

Go tell my dad, I don't even mind.

Nah, the video's cool. People have just been so up in arms about Nintendo not releasing a video of the damn menu, which has been lunacy to me. "WHY HAVE THEY NOT DONE A DIRECT OF THE OS UI?"

It's more the lingering questions about Virtual Console and eShop and the like, isn't it? And the voice chat/game audio headset questions, etc.

Those are questions that many people would like answered before the thing launches.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Clean and minimal.

 

[petethepanda]

Dark Theme, noice

 

[Jonneh3003]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

That's for the dock. The default is 480p so that pretty much any TV can recognise it, same with Wii U. It will give you more options like 720p and 1080p when the device is docked.

 

[Buttonbasher]

Apparently because there'a almost nothing to show.

Right, like most console UI.

It's more the lingering questions about Virtual Console and eShop and the like, isn't it? And the voice chat/game audio headset questions, etc.

Those are questions that many people would like answered before the thing launches.

Totally with you there. Even just a clarifying statement in an interview would be enough.

 

[routerbad]

How on earth is that even remotely true? It doesn't support multi-tasking, suspend functionality, the ability to access the primary UI in-game, the ability to directly load from one app/game into another, in-game notifications. Even if we don't want to get into the odd layout, the lack of customization, the incredibly outdated aesthetic approach, OR the terribly atrocious speeds, it doesn't even match the other more modern OSes on a functionality level.

This seems literal lightyears ahead of the WiiU OS.

I would agree that the Wii U UI looks better than the XBoxOne UI, but I actually like the PS4 UI quite a bit. It's snappy, simple, and intuitive. The Wii U UI wasn't snappy, but was intuitive (some of the things you're talking about here are OS features and not necessarily UI features, like the lack of multitasking) and had some well done touches with material and music within the interface. Aside from that, I'm happy to see it go, and this looks phenomenal.

 

[Maintenance]

Nothing with friends.

No friends list, no friends online.

 

[casey_contra]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

Ah, that's a great point! I really like how, similar to the 3DS, it instructs you to interact with the hardware to show the basic "gimmick" (I mean that in a loving way).

 

[Graphics Horse]

It appears you can lower the screen resolution to 480p if you want.

That would probably increase battery life, correct?

That was just for TVs I think..

 

[Fliesen]

This looks so nice. An actual, flat, 2D UI - panes, menu items and all.
none of that bubbly, animation overload, slow-as-shit.

looks really really neat.

 

[uncle_koploski]

That's for the dock. The default is 480p so that pretty much any TV can recognise it, same with Wii U. It will give you more options like 720p and 1080p when the device is docked.

oh shoot.

 

[Kouriozan]

Nothing with friends.

No friends list, no friends online.

You can see "link a Nintendo account to enable friend features" in notifications.

 

[ekim]

Nothing with friends.

No friends list, no friends online.

Probably missing a bunch of stuff before the system update.

 

[Rizzi]

Can you change regions whenever you want, or do you have to make a new user?

 

[Jonneh3003]

RIP Activity Log, unless you're coming in an update later on.

It isn't dead.

 

[LordOcidax]

Great marketing stunt Nintendo (Directly in Gaf heart)... The UI looks so so so so good.

 

[The Omega Man]

That UI is too snappy to be true, Nintendo is going to unintentionally make it crappier patch by patch

 

[ThanksVision]

omg... settings loaded so fast compared to the Wii U... the OS is so much snappier !!!

 

[UncleSporky]

Incoming 20 min gamexplain analysis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgG2ePrvl0

 

[jackal27]

My God....

The Switch's OS is classier than I could ever hope to be.

 

[dracula_x]

Theres no Activity Log...and Zelda doesn't have an ingame timer...which means I'll have to use a timer and manually add up my playtime.

My god Nintendo. Why did you remove the AL? This is fucking ridiculous.

if you miss Activity Log, then I think there's a solution – Nintendo Switch Parental Controls mobile app

 

[Santiako]

Looks nice.

 

[Boy Wander]

So about 6Gb taken up by the OS and other stuff? 26Gb free for games, saves and screenshots?

 

[kunonabi]

Can't say I'm all that impressed but at least there is the possibility of themes. Too bad badge arcade is dead.

 

[Chesskid1]

Incoming 20 min gamexplain analysis?

they already posted a video, they arent touching it in fear of nintendo

 

[MildlyMad]

Looks good, nice and slick. The Wifi selection screen looked identical to the standard android selection screen.
Shame about the Miis being pushed into the settings, they always had a soft-spot in my heart.

 

[LegendOfFalcon]

The UI looks real snappy, especially compared to Wii U, that's great news.

 

[Shy]

hiphoptherobot.

Would it be possible for you to post a vid of you installing a micro SD card, formatting and setting it up.

Fake edit: I don't think SD cards work until the day 1 update.

 

[Tavernacle12]

It isn't dead.

Yeah, sorry, I edited the post after remembering the parental control app. My understanding was that doesn't come out until after launch and, at least from what we saw, didn't seem to show any more than a prior week's playtime.

 

[Omnistalgic]

Seems neato