Makes sense, given that it's getting Just Dance.
I think just dance use the motion for dance move not ir pointer.
Makes sense, given that it's getting Just Dance.
When is that again?
Although it didn't use the pointer, I'm now expecting an HD remaster of Skyward Sword using the Joy-Cons to mimmick the Wiimote and Nunchuck.
This makes 0 sense. If there's a separate sensor bar then sure, but having it on the console itself? Like, everyone keeps dismissing the "I need to put my console in front of/on top of my tv" comments, but unless it's not using IR that's exactly what you'd have to do. Even in that image with the console to the left of the TV, if it was IR like the wiimote it would have you pointing off to the system instead of the TV in order to get it to function, which would be...no. There's no chance that's happening. I COULD see them having a sensor bar and also one built in for on the go IR stuff, but it seems more likely that it would have a separate bar you'd use on the TV, and the touch screen would be required for on-the-go play. I don't know how that would fly with something like just dance though.
Not saying it's impossible, cause I can see how the ir on the bottom of the right joycon makes sense (you'd even have it correctly oriented with stick and buttons for comfort that way), but as described it wouldn't work.
They could widen the FOV of the pointer camera and use the IR LED location + the gyro/accelero to continue pointing functionality when the IR LEDs go out of view. Some later games on the Wii actually did this.
I'm not convinced that there is an IR sensor on the bottom of the right joy-con, but I'm totally convinced that a lot of people lack in imagination and understanding what options mean.
Pfft. It's the hologram projector.I was wondering if the bottom right of the Joy-Con was a USB port as someone else suggested but that would mean the Switch would come with a lot of cables. You have two cables already pointed out for the dock: HDMI Cable and PSU. A power adapter for the Switch unit when not docked. Another two cables to recharge each Joy-Con would make things a mess, hence why it would be more likely the Joy-Cons charge when docked or via the Grip with its own charging port.
Edit: Let's go nuts. The thing at the bottom of the right Joy-Con is the IR camera that detects hand gesture recognition.
I was wondering if the bottom right of the Joy-Con was a USB port as someone else suggested but that would mean the Switch would come with a lot of cables. You have two cables already pointed out for the dock: HDMI Cable and PSU. A power adapter for the Switch unit when not docked. Another two cables to recharge each Joy-Con would make things a mess, hence why it would be more likely the Joy-Cons charge when docked or via the Grip with its own charging port.
Edit: Let's go nuts. The thing at the bottom of the right Joy-Con is the IR camera that detects hand gesture recognition.
You say lets go nuts, but they are on the patents that surfaced along the joy cons did. But i dont think its feasible because of batteries and processing power
It may only require that you use the hidden shoulder button for presses and then the other joy-con for movement, etc.Being at the bottom would kill it. Needs to be up top so we can hybrid play.
Being at the bottom would kill it. Needs to be up top so we can hybrid play.
This sounds like only pointer controls, not full motion controls like the Wii Remotes, which is fine since it will keep costs down on the joy-cons.
That would mean that either Switch supports Wii Remotes also or there's another controller to be shown that will allow games like Just Dance to work.
This sounds like only pointer controls, not full motion controls like the Wii Remotes, which is fine since it will keep costs down on the joy-cons.
That would mean that either Switch supports Wii Remotes also or there's another controller to be shown that will allow games like Just Dance to work.
You just flip the joycon around. If you're using the touchscreen you're only using one joycon for buttons anyway and supposedly the IR is just to simulate touch on the tv screen. It's not intended to be used like the Wii remote setup.This makes no sense.
Even if there were IR in the bezel, the bottom of the joycon? How do you hold it and were is even the button to select something.
Then there is the issue of forcing people to position the dock in a distractingly visible place, possibly in front of the TV, and it would seemingly not even work well with past pointer games as some people here seem to be getting excited about.
But then again I was wrong about the Switch and Nintendo did many things that I thought made no sense, and may still be poor decisions.
Being at the bottom would kill it. Needs to be up top so we can hybrid play.
So Skyward Sword HD is a possibility? Cool
They can always release a seperate sensor bar but I believe most would rather use the integrated one.
Anyway it sounds more like speculation at the moment, hope it's the case.
So Skyward Sword HD is a possibility? Cool
not really, if it's just IR. SS needed the motionplus, right? the extra gyroscope?
You want to point with the hole Switch console? Insane. Otherwise, just flip it upside down.
not really, if it's just IR. SS needed the motionplus, right? the extra gyroscope?
not really, if it's just IR. SS needed the motionplus, right? the extra gyroscope?
I cannot go back to dual analog after playing Metroid Prime with the Wii remote nunchuck combo. I needy IR so I am extremely happy to hear this might be a possibility
I really hope the Switch will have pointer functionality since that's awesome for many tasks and games, but if they cram an IR sensor into the joycons, the battery life will drop into a bottomless hole. The IR sensor (not -bar!) basically is a lowres camera, and the joycon will either have to crunch it's output itself, or transmit a considerable amount of image data via wireless to the main unit to have it processed there.
Both ways eat battery power, and with the tiny size, the battery will already be the weakest part of the joycon.
So, uh, hoping for the best here, but expecting the worst.