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Speculation based on trademark minutia: Nintendo NX to use cartridges
- Thread starter Smellycat
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Yeah I wouldn't bet on cross play either. Nintendo might not go that far.
Not that it couldn't happen, but they don't they like giving stuff away for free.
...btw, the other possibility here, is that a cartridge slot on the NX is for handheld games and is in addition to the standard disc drive. That way their console has lots more games to play. Nintendo can still make the big games for console that take years to polish up. And it makes sense in that games tend to transfer better from handheld to console than vice versa. Plus this is a feature Nintendo has done before in the form of a peripheral aka the Gameboy player for the Gamecube.
NES Remix, Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Country Returns
Pokemaniac
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Xbone would be pushing it. You could probably get to around Wii U level, though.
Isn't Tegra K1 like 2x more powerful than the Wii U?
Pokemaniac
Member
That's still much closer to Wii U than Xbone.
OK, and Tegra X1? It's a 1TFlop vs 1,2 from Xbox one.
Skittzo0413
Member
Resident evil 7 coming to NX?
They did talk about Capcom as one of their biggest partners... these are adding up to be a lot of coincidences, eh?
lwilliams3
Member
The shader capability for the Wii U is around dx10.1 range, so the portable will likely be more advanced in that area. The CPU may possibly beat the Wii U's in performance too. Due to numerous factors, though, it will not reach XBO performance. I would expect the system to achieve graphics roughly similar to current gen on a small screen.
Dark Cloud
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Nintendo can't get third party games though! LolResident evil 7 coming to NX?
Pokemaniac
Member
It's actually 512GF. The 1TF number was using half precision.
That said, it could likely have to be downclocked to fit in a handheld.
OK, this gen kind of graphics in a small screen is what necessary to that idea of one cart in two machines can work.
The NX portable needs to look like it.
And I search now. It can run Unreal engine 4. That is the minimum necessary to make this gen games run in a small resolution in a small screen machine with less details, but, with the felling any gameplay intact.
ShockingAlberto
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Every Nintendo system since Gamecube has had an RE game.
No Nintendo system since the Gamecube has had a mainline RE game.
No Nintendo system since the Gamecube has had a mainline RE game.
Schnozberry
Member
It's also most not the X1 being used by Nintendo. Nvidia licenses IP, not chips, and so this would likely be custom design by Nintendo and produced by one of Nvidia's fabrication partners.
Dark Cloud
Member
Wait. The Wii U got a non mainline RE game?
Wiz
Member
I think it got RE:Revelations HD?
ShockingAlberto
Member
Revelaitons, yeah.
It was actually a pretty okay version with the Miiverse integration. I also think it was the last internal Capcom game on the Wii U, if I recall correctly? Can't remember if anything came out after that.
Weltall Zero
Member
This would indeed align nicely with the rumor that the NX uses the same games for a console and a portable system. I didn't see them using something like PSP's UMDs.
Dark Cloud
Member
I didn't even know that lol. Good news is this is a mainline Resident Evil game which says a lot about the NX. I mean the Wii U isn't getting any remakes at all.
Capcom & Nintendo have been buddy-buddy as of late, so it's no shocker that they'd give the NX Platform a shot.Resident evil 7 coming to NX?
The dream is dead.....for now.It seems like that's a pretty standard Capcom trademark... for instance "Deep Down" lists video game cartridges.
ShockingAlberto
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Mind you, my reasoning for saying that is to say I don't actually think RE7 is coming to NX.
It's not Just Dance, but...
This is an Ubisoft iOS/Android only game (so far as I know) that still lists cartridges and discs. I don't think we can make a lot out of this entirely, in my opinion.
Doesn't mean they might not go for cartridges, but it doesn't mean they will either based on this!
Beaten though with another example...but still!
This is an Ubisoft iOS/Android only game (so far as I know) that still lists cartridges and discs. I don't think we can make a lot out of this entirely, in my opinion.
Doesn't mean they might not go for cartridges, but it doesn't mean they will either based on this!
Beaten though with another example...but still!
BluePikmin11
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Hi guys, I'm coming here in this thread ask all of you, now that I have been hearing more rumors about the NX using cartridges.
Do you think the Final Fantasy VII remake could fit into an NX game cartridge in this generation?
We have heard from interviews that the remake requires more space and discs. Funnily enough, FF7 never made it to N64 due to cartridge space. Today, we have cartridges that can fit hundreds of GB.
Let's say the PS4/XB1 versions FF7 remake requires more discs, but the NX version requires only one cartridge? That would be a HUGE ADVANTAGE and TURNING point for the Nintendo NX, and a good reason to get the NX version over others.
I'd make a thread about this, but I'm still not Member Status yet. I think this is an important topic to discuss.
Do you think the Final Fantasy VII remake could fit into an NX game cartridge in this generation?
We have heard from interviews that the remake requires more space and discs. Funnily enough, FF7 never made it to N64 due to cartridge space. Today, we have cartridges that can fit hundreds of GB.
Let's say the PS4/XB1 versions FF7 remake requires more discs, but the NX version requires only one cartridge? That would be a HUGE ADVANTAGE and TURNING point for the Nintendo NX, and a good reason to get the NX version over others.
I'd make a thread about this, but I'm still not Member Status yet. I think this is an important topic to discuss.
Tegra X1 is 512 GFLOPS when talking single-precision, which is what you're typically talking about with consoles. Also, an X1 can't run at full speed in a handheld.
Yes it would, but like you say it would depend on how much data these supposed carts can store obviously. For the amount of data required for modern games I'm doubting they'd go with something as small as DS/3DS carts(considering costs), probably something still small but slightly bigger like the Game Boy or Game Boy Advance sized carts?
Wii had all the same mainline REs that Gamecube did except the PS1/DC ports. DS got RE1 too.
Cow Mengde
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Someone mentioned adding special chips to the cards like back in the SNES days with the FX chip and what not. How feasible would this be for NX? I mean, what can they add to the card for extra boost in power? Can it even be done in a cost effective manner? Games with special chips were more expensive for the SNES.
stan423321
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It most probably won't be done since it screws over digital consumers. Also, Nintendo has add-on patents instead.
The cards used in the DS and 3DS aren't the same as traditional cartridges, they're more similar to proprietary SD cards. You can't just stick a second mini-computer on a 3DS game card like you could in the old days.
Boards of Canada
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None if this is surprising. The NX has to support physical solid state media due to the portability of the unit.
This. And seeing how they appear to be wary of re-releasing games that used the FX chip...
That and perhaps it has to do with optical media no longer being all that suitable for games.
...And who is this guy? Is he reliable? (I don't know him, I'm sincere).
It's the same guy quoting the same guy :]
Nico A. hinted at The Devil Third and another Wii U exclusive, and some other stuff I don't remember.
It's actually the same guy, thefro. Just look at the post you linked more carefully.
Seriously, though: who is Nico Augusto and why people care so much about what he says.
EDIT: Thanks DrWong. Anything else about Nico A.'s credibility?
Seriously, though: who is Nico Augusto and why people care so much about what he says.
EDIT: Thanks DrWong. Anything else about Nico A.'s credibility?
I Wanna Be The Guy
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If it can run well on it and it's easy enough to port, I don't see why not.
Exactly, if whatever engine Capcom is using for RE7 support NX and it's relatively cheap to do a port then a version could be in the card.
KojiKnight
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Great bump friend.