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NicoNico App launches on the Switch this week in Japan
- Thread starter Atheerios
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I assume we will be able to download it from the japanese eShop?
This will be useful for me for the rare times I have to watch something on Nico Nico.
Don't bring Karaoke up... if that happens, I'd be in heaven. Nevermind the fact that there is no mic on the device itself or anything, but I would still sing until the universe ends.
You're right: Japan will receive special treatment at first. It is a very good sign, though, I wouldn't have expected it to happen so soon. I just hope there is no exploit for hacking with those apps.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
of course the worst video site in existence gets their app on the switch before anyone else.
It's rather frustrating, especially since this seems to be all on Nintendo. Keep in mind that Julian Eggebrecht already said in an interview that they (Hulu) could have had an app ready for launch, but it was Nintendo's decision to launch without non-game content. And now we've got the clusterfuck where Japan gets it first app, while the rest of the world still has to wait until whenever.
Yeah, I know, that's why I said that it's a damn pity.
You folks need to take a breather if you think a slowroll out of apps is a "clusterfuck."
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ArtificialIntelligence
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Dagobert Duck
Member
Don't bring Karaoke up... if that happens, I'd be in heaven. Nevermind the fact that there is no mic on the device itself or anything, but I would still sing until the universe ends.
You're right: Japan will receive special treatment at first. It is a very good sign, though, I wouldn't have expected it to happen so soon. I just hope there is no exploit for hacking with those apps.
How will Karaoke even work? Is there a mikrophone built in?
Insta-Edit: Im stupid...you just need the screen and the text for karaoke
How will Karaoke even work? Is there a mikrophone built in?
Insta-Edit: Im stupid...you just need the screen and the text for karaoke
Best part, it will be better than the Wii U Karaoke because you can use the system in Tabletop mode with friends anywhere.
BudokaiMR2
Member
NicoNico has a lot of other issues besides stupid wwwwwwwwwwwww spam.
The entire business model is shite.
Dark Ninja
Member
Doesnt Nintendo own a part of Nico Nico or something
Shame their venture to expand to the West completely failed, since their live streams from conventions were fun to watch. But considering how few in the west know what NicoNico is just goes to show how poorly the whole promotion was run.
One of their biggest failings is the lack of archives for streams. The data is there since, if you remember to book it, you can keep a copy, but, if you only learn of the something after the fact, you're screwed. So, while I can say their convention streams were fun, most will never get to see them.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Lol
345triangle
Member
it's basically because the word for "laugh" begins with "w". 笑う/warau.
i do hope demae-can or ubereats come to switch soon, i have very fond memories of ordering sushi on my wii in 2009 and made sure to follow up with the wii u version.
Hopefully, yeah. Video streaming apps on Switch has officially begun. Get your shit together, everyone else; I need Netflix and Crunchy on this thing.
Whaaaaat. Japan gets all the cool apps, lol.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
it is a gaming device tho
Now read again because I didn't say it isn't.
Skittzo0413
Member
Were there actually many serious arguments like that?
I'd love to actually hear Nintendo's real reasoning for delaying all these apps one day...
Dark Cloud
Member
Who said that?
IlGialloMondadori
Member
No one said that. They said that apps are secondary to Nintendo's focus on getting the Switch out the door and running games well, and so, if it doesn't launch with apps, it's not the end of the world.
Since you do not have to download/install the apps, because they are not pre-installed, the Switch may be the pure gaming device you want. I can see the beauty in that if I compare Switch to XBO or PS3/4.
Surely the same can be said for any console, provided you don't connect it to the internet?
Yes, I just invented this argument myself because ... what?
This is just from one of the latest threads about apps on Switch:
LumpOfCole
Member
The dream is for Nvidia to make a Shield TV app so the system goes into Android TV mode (since it uses the exact hardware as a Shield TV), but that will never be allowed to happen.
Maintenance
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Skittzo0413
Member
Oh yeah, those are for sure some silly arguments. Mental gymnastics seem to be a pretty common thing these days.
Anyway, if Nintendo really wanted to hold back streaming apps or other media apps because they wanted it to be a games console first rather than a general purpose tablet, this is surely a sign of them changing their tune on that. So even after the title change I do agree that it's likely we'll see other apps coming shortly.
MisterR
Member
Lots of folks on here argued that. They just want a pure gaming device, not clog up the interface, etc. There was certainly a defense force for it being completely bare bones. I can understand the denial now though, cause that's some embarrassing shit.
I'm also curious to find out what happened, maybe we will find out sometime.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I think that's a valid argument—I for one really really like minimal UI's, because they feel cleaner and more pleasant.
It still applies to the Switch, too, since video apps aren't preinstalled. The PS4's menu has a bunch of unremovable crap even before you connect it to the internet.
MisterR
Member
It's really not, it's a goofy argument. Losing functionality in the name of a few people's aesthetic taste doesn't make any sense at all. There is a reason all the other systems in the last 10 years have entertainment apps, including Nintendo's other systems. The truth is that this wasn't an aesthetic choice or some kind of philosophical statement about the Switch by Nintendo. The console was half baked at launch and people used mental gymnastics to try and defend Nintendo on it.
Switch can only multitask with the bottom list of system apps as it is now. It's unlikely that they'll allow multitasking between user apps, regardless of their memory footprint.
I always forget you can just buy/download stuff from other regions.
Calm Mind
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Skittzo0413
Member
Well, there is a valid argument against making those apps baked into the firmware such that you can't get rid of them versus allowing you to download them as separate apps from day one.
I'd always prefer option 2 in that respect since it usually winds up with a faster and leaner OS. But unfortunately we didn't have either of those with the Switch.