Hope not. Miis are one of the things I had the most enjoyment with out of the Wii era.
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Brief look at the Switch UI
- Thread starter Tathanen
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Hope not. Miis are one of the things I had the most enjoyment with out of the Wii era.
It legitimately seems like most of the online features will be done through the free-to-start smartphone app.
Yes, seriously.
The UI looks nice. Minimalist.
That's a good looking UI.
The UI looks nice. Minimalist.
It looks like a year 1 design student made it.
Ahh so that was the game you were talking about. Maybe Nintendo was like "Dudes there's nothing else so people might pick it up" haha
QuixoticNeutral
Member
It was clear the Miis wouldn't be out of the picture given their implementation in Miitomo and My Nintendo, both of which were infrastructural groundwork for the Switch era.
Also, the clear presence of a settings button should dispel some of the more ludicrous speculation I've seen that configuration can only be done from a separate smart device. That would be absurd.
Oh wait, maybe it is.
Actually, you know what this is really missing? The Activity Log.
Looks like the Miis are coming back.
Note the third avatar above.
Ah, good spot.
New hairstyles and hair colors, Nintendo. Do it!
AppleSautts
Member
Looks like it'll do the job. Hopefully there'll be customizable backgrounds
jabberwocker
Banned
holy shit finally some better news hope it runs well.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
The UI looks nice. Minimalist.
Ah, nice, a clean shot. First button is "Game News." +/- is "Option."
I am a full digital person i am really worried here
My NNID is Canadian cus i was living there. Now that i am back in my country when i try to use my nintendo account it cant connect with my NNID because its not the same county and as far as i know i cannot change the region of the NNID... now what i really wanna know is if i get a Switch will i be able to use my local debit card for purchases like i do on the Wii U? (the wii u/3ds eshop takes my debit card witout any problems)
i am located in Mexico btw
My NNID is Canadian cus i was living there. Now that i am back in my country when i try to use my nintendo account it cant connect with my NNID because its not the same county and as far as i know i cannot change the region of the NNID... now what i really wanna know is if i get a Switch will i be able to use my local debit card for purchases like i do on the Wii U? (the wii u/3ds eshop takes my debit card witout any problems)
i am located in Mexico btw
mrmickfran
Member
Hopefully they still have the Activity Log. Also have it more like the 3DS' and not like the Wii Us
Milly Osworth
Member
Damn, it's in year 2 when you get good!!!
secretanchitman
Member
Looks nice and simple which is awesome, but it is a bit jarring to see standard features being delegated to a smartphone application.
Just needs to run fast and be stable at this point, and hopefully ramp up features as time goes on.
Just needs to run fast and be stable at this point, and hopefully ramp up features as time goes on.
IrishNinja
Member
i like it - wish we knew things like if the eshop is better laid out, if there's any chance at trophies etc but this is nice
yeah, i dunno if i was banking on miiverse to make it over, and i never really use browsers on consoles so i'm okay with this myself
yeah, i dunno if i was banking on miiverse to make it over, and i never really use browsers on consoles so i'm okay with this myself
RIP the hope of getting an even better browser. Such a shame since the wii u browser is so good.
Miitomo and MyNintendo are based around Miis, they aren't going anywhere.
Movalpolos
Banned
Looks Like PS4 UI.
chrisPjelly
Member
Looks good. Kinda feels like the xmb with a more modern aesthetic, but that's a HUGE plus in my book
Looks better than the Xbone and PS4 UI so far
Herb Alpert
Banned
no more miiverse? During presentation they only talked about "social networks" when they spoke about screenshots sharing.
Could Miiverse be behind the paywall now? (lol)
Could Miiverse be behind the paywall now? (lol)
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I wouldn't be surprised if they consider moving all communication-related things to a smartphone to be an inherent parental control function. As you say, what about young kids? Well, young kids don't get these things. Same reason they don't get a phone. Easy way to bill the system as "safer."
As for adults, I wouldn't be surprised if the app has a website analogue, at least for vital functionality.
Looks like the Miis are coming back.
Note the third avatar above.
So, what's the deal with the three icons in the top left ? Looks like a friends group. One has a Mario avatar, the other has Link, and the other a picture of her Mii ?
Friends party group PLEASE Nintendo for god's sake
There were rumors that 3.2GB of the Switch's 4GB of RAM would go to games while the remaining 0.8GB would be reserved for the OS. If I recall, that's 0.2GB less than what the Wii U reserved for the OS (2GB total, 1 for games & 1 for the OS). Perhaps the decreased RAM allocation for the OS is the reason why most of the other stuff is being done via smartphone apps.
Herb Alpert
Banned
that makes sense.
Throwaway123456789
Member
Yeah that's not how it's going to be. The parental controls from the smart phone are obviously there as a convenience. It's not like the console will force you to use a smart phone for things like settings or party chat.
so you can zoom out and have your tiles stack like 3ds? that'd be awesome
Captain Europe
Member
I'm a design student and no it definitely doesn't.
They doubled down on the Miis when they relaunched the Membership service a few months back. Plus Miitomo.
Miis aren't going anywhere.
Hoping the three avatars are the users logged into the system.
I just preordered it and now, for some reason I've gotten all paranoid that they're gonna treat the Switch like a handheld console. Someone reassure me please, multiple user profiles for a single device.
There was no way they were dropping it. They still have the branding living in miitomo, so they can't exactly get rid of it.
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
Top Left
Wait is this a joke or is it really?
really? maybe you should go back to school then
- Minimal flat theme, looks friendly and out of the way, leaving the colorful game icons to attract attention
- All system icons are clean and minimal
- Consistent use of white-space
- Leaves plenty of room for subtle pattern backgrounds
All in all its a nice clean design and far outclasses year one design student work.
They said up to 8 Switch could be connected for local multiplayer.