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Nintendo Switch Teardown
- ayuvar 10y agoIt's amazing how compact that joystick is. I wonder if the Joy-Cons will be changed out on people's systems more than controllers usually are. They're almost a fashion accessory in the tablet/portable mode.
- scott_karana 10y agoI wondered that too, until I saw the prices :(
- overcast 10y agoThe dock is pretty underwhelming from what I've seen. There is no protection for the screen, sliding in between two pieces of plastic. Pretty cheap, for a premium priced, and well engineered hybrid device, that will be taken in and out. Semi-relevant. Breath of Wild looks like such a fantastic game, but it's completely ridiculous that the performance is often times WORSE in the docked mode. I'm hoping this is just crappy porting issues, and can be patched. But running only 900p, and getting 20fps shouldn't be tolerated.
- aaron-lebo 10y agoYes, the docked mode is grating at times. You've got these great mechanics and beautiful world but constant input lag. Very frustrating. I'd prefer to be able to sit down and play on a TV at a higher resolution, but it's a worse experience. It effectively makes it a mobile game. It's 2017! 1080p or 60fps should be the minimum. To be fair that's not doable at $300 on a mobile gpu, but as a console that's rough. re: screen + dock = scratches: https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/5xc6gw/using_the_switch_dock_may_scratch_the_screen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/5xc6gw/using_the_... Some really odd design choices. v2 should be nice, though.
- overcast 10y agoDepressing. I was going to wait till much later to even consider purchasing this. But I definitely won't be until that's addressed. Why isn't the screen glass?!
- kalleboo 10y ago> Why isn't the screen glass?! Durability when handled roughly by children?
- bcook 10y agoI dunno. My ~3 year old neice has her own aging, hand-me-down iPad that she mistreats like it was any other $5 toy and it's been going strong for maybe 2 years.
- kalleboo 10y agoAnd yet somehow I see adults everywhere with cracked screens :p It could be the stronger glass Apple is using is too expensive for the price point Nintendo is aiming at
- vinceguidry 10y agoCracked screens happen when you drop it, and kids just don't have enough height on them to generate the forces needed. Also adults think nothing of putting huge padded cases on kids' iPads. I can't be bothered with a case for my phone.
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoI bought the Wii U version instead of a Switch because of the complaints I heard about the docked game. Played it tonight. Very very nice, my kids love it. I'll buy a Switch in a year once there's more games and they have the kinks worked out. If I feel like playing Breath again, I'll get it second hand.
- pikzen 10y agoGoing from 720p to 900p is a ~50% increase in pixel count, but the bandwidth increase from docking is only 20%. And since it already chokes at times in tablet mode, this doesn't bode well for a fix that isn't lowering graphical quality.
- Dylan16807 10y agoThe memory only runs 20% faster (maybe?), but the GPU core runs more than twice as fast.
- anbotero 10y agoBut you know, in a review made by Digital Foundry, they found out Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) doesn't have physics applied to grass or a lot of environment objects when the character goes through them. Here, the grass has to realistically move to the passing of Link and also the wind. Also, the physics are handled by the CPU, which has a constant speed regardless of the mode the system is running at in order not to interrupt game logic like, you know, the grass, heh. I'm betting that's what's causing the drops, having to apply physics on the grass (and other objects on the environment). In any case, yeah, hopefully they'll improve it a bit with future patches.
- MBCook 10y agoI really do wonder how optimized the game is. From what I've heard (I'm waiting for a good digital foundry comparison video) it sounds like the game plays identically on the WiiU and the Switch in docked mode. The only difference is that the WiiU version runs at 720p instead of 900p. We know this started as a WiiU game, i'm wondering if this is another twilight princess where they did very little except up the resolution for the new console and we're not really seeing what the machine is capable of.
- Larrikin 10y agoHas there ever been a game released within a year of the launch of a console that displayed the power of the console? It usually takes a few years to really get the full power of the console
- ekianjo 10y agofor ps4 and xbox one thats not the case at all. You are talking about much older generations.
- vvillena 10y agoCrash Bandicoot for PS1 was so revolutionary that most studios were never able to catch on. Naughty Dog improved even more with Crash Bandicoot 2 and Crash Bandicoot 3, but the first game was already at the top of what the PS1 could do.
- vanderZwan 10y agoTime to post this series on the development of CB again. I'm sure the LISP fans here will love it, even if most of them will have already read it: http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/02/making-crash-bandicoot-part-1/ http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/02/making-crash-ban...
- whineBuster 10y agoIn other words: Spam?
- gdulli 10y agoI don't know how they justify selling it at the same price as the current gen consoles. You also have to pay extra for a real controller.
- Alreadyobsolete 10y agoAre the joycons not real controllers?
- overcast 10y agoCorrect, they are pretty uncomfortable.
- on_and_off 10y agothe joycons are real controllers too :). So far I don't want to switch to a classical controller. Especially since I use the gyroscope of the right joycon in order to aim more precisely.
- Rapzid 10y agoThe pro controller has gyro as well.
- on_and_off 10y agois it practical though ? With the joycons, I kinda wish I could draw a bow with both joycon in order to aim. Not sure if that would work, but I would like an easier way to aim precisely. Right now I am starting to miss my mouse.
- M_Grey 10y agoBecause they have legions of rabid fans who not only buy their products regardless of quality, but act as an army of apologists for them. The result ironically, is that unlike Sony's harsh lesson learned around the PS3, Nintendo has no such backlash to fear. The worst they can do is just own the portable market, and sell a few iterations of a console to their diehards, which are numerous.
- Strom 10y agoIf the screen is behind something like Gorilla Glass [1] like all the other tablets on the market, then that plastic will never scratch the screen. This is due to the way scratching and physics work. [2] A good reference is Mohs scale of mineral hardness [3]. Generally speaking, a softer material will not scratch a harder material. Plastics are really soft, glass and toughened glass are strong. There's a pretty good demonstration video on youtube. [4] -- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Glass [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ANcWQEUI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ANcWQEUI8
- overcast 10y agoIt's not. The screen is plastic. I know how material hardness works.
- Strom 10y agoInteresting that you would call a plastic screen tablet well engineered. I imagine the dock is going to be the least of anyone's worries when they use this as an actual mobile device. Everything will scratch the plastic.
- Domenic_S 10y agoThe screen and digitizer are not fused, which means if you can handle the bezel adhesive (and get the replacement part), screen replacement isn't an issue. Compare against.. pretty much every other tablet.
- nissehulth 10y agoWaterjet teardown. https://youtu.be/qBVyF0I2Ruo?t=2m24s https://youtu.be/qBVyF0I2Ruo?t=2m24s
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- dstaley 10y agoOne benefit of the dock being so simple is that it should be relatively easy to design a replacement dock that doesn't suffer from those issues. I'm thinking something like Apple's iPad Dock [1]. I think the dock design they went with is more kid friendly, so if you're an adult who is going to be mindful when docking your Switch I think something more minimal would be fine. [1] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images2000x2000/Apple_MC360ZM_A_iPad_Dock_721058.jpg https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images2000x2000/Apple_MC...
- Fej 10y agoCurrently, the only way to get HDMI out from the Switch is via Nintendo's dock. No other cables work. From what I understand, Nintendo is not planning to make a breakout cable or expand functionality in that area.
- dstaley 10y agoSorry, I realize my comment was unclear. I meant the actual board in the dock is quite small and easily accessible, so removing it and placing it into a new housing should be fairly straightforward.
- M_Grey 10y agoThis is Nintendo... in a year or two you can buy the Switch DS!!! Now with a charging port on top, 1080P, and more battery life! I mean... assuming by then it's not clearly another WiiU or worse.
- Razengan 10y agoYes, let's just make one product every 10 years and never make any incremental updates for people who like them and can afford them.
- josu 10y agoHis point is that all those changes could have been added to this version. No need to have a plastic screen, a 3 hour battery life or that stupid location for the charging port.
- M_Grey 10y agoDo you really think the only option other than selling you a new full-price console every couple of years, is a decade of PS3 or the like? Come on.
- Rapzid 10y agoMy biggest beef with the dock is that the switch ROCKS in it. If you press the game card side down you will experience this. Sloppy :(
- jwatte 10y agoThe dock plastic is softer than the glass so it won't scratch/wear the glass. As long as you keep it clean of other debris/grit!
- WestCoastJustin 10y agoThis might be slightly off-topic, but if you like this type of teardown content, I highly recommend checking out AVE's channel on Youtube [1]. He does plenty of tool teardown's, things like drills, all types of heavy industrial gear, and some electronics thrown in. I find is fascinating, because you start to learn about the manufacturing process, why mechanical engineers choose specific materials, how they cut corners, and generally how things are made at low cost and high volume. Here's some highlights: - Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-vJxez9UF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-vJxez9UF8 - Hammer Drill Mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joetVGrMfAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joetVGrMfAY - Blendtec Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA0kiYqyBmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA0kiYqyBmo - KitchenAid Mixer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKp-0h9P18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKp-0h9P18 - $500 Mining Flashlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te06Y26Hyiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te06Y26Hyiw [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil/videos?view=0&sort=dd&live_view=500&flow=grid https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil/videos?view=0...
- notwhoyouthink 10y agoAvE is one of my favorite YouTubers. Always a learning experience with him. Similarly, bigclivedotcom[1] does almost exclusively electronics teardowns. Usually cheap gadgets from Chinese eBay sellers. A lot less profanity than AvE too, haha. [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom
- Zancarius 10y agoSeconding this because Big Clive is easily among my top 5 favorites, but it might be because I absolutely love the dry witty humor (and having ties to the UK helps culturally, I'm sure). His Baby-cutor video [1] is absolutely hilarious (if you find dark humor fun). I actually enjoy Clive's videos more than AvE's. Although, I do wish Louis Rossmann would do teardowns periodically, but you can't have everything! He also does a few build projects, sometimes with stories, and it's strangely... relaxing. Gosh, I never thought I'd see his name pop up in a YT discussion on HN. This is great stuff. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUJWIT9GrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUJWIT9GrU
- samtoday 10y agoWow, the Nintendo Switch has a fan? It is amazing how thermals are such a limiting factor in today's devices. I remember that a browser dev increased the Nexus 5's benchmark score drastically by placing it on a bag of ice.
- ndesaulniers 10y ago> I remember that a browser dev increased the Nexus 5's benchmark score drastically by placing it on a bag of ice. If the browser was stressing the system to the limits of the thermal envelope, then by being able to dissapate heat faster, you can schedule more work to be done delaying any kind of frequency governing.
- funkedelic_bob 10y agoThat's crazy. I wonder if I can increase my output from my laptop working in front of an open freezer :P
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- kalleboo 10y agoYou can use Intel's power gadget to see the status of your CPU's temperature, power usage and clock frequency (i.e. if it's boosting, or if it's being throttled) https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget-20 https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget... e.g., if I start an h264 encode, first my CPU boosts, reaching 3.3 GHz (it's a 2.7 GHz i7), but after a minute, it's dropped to 2.4 GHz due to the thermals. Wouldn't surprise me if I stuck it in a freezer it would stay at a higher frequency.
- on_and_off 10y agoDuring the heat wave last summer, my mac book pro became very noticeably slower. Heat dissipation is a real issue for many devices.
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- aaron-lebo 10y agoI showed up at Target at 4 am and was second in line. Some other poor soul had been there since 11 and out of the 50 units available there were probably 10 people at opening. Not sure if that suggests demand isn't that great or what. It's hard to figure out. Check out the unit next to the Wii U tablet and the latter looks very much like a clunky cheap toy. Everything here seems well-designed (don't scratch your screen on the dock though), the joycons are very clever. I must admit tablet mode with them is just okay and they are undersized in every way compared to other controllers, but snapped onto the controller shell you forget it isn't just a regular controller. Very cool. The hardware though? It makes me nervous. I get at $300 and what Nintendo was going for you don't have much of an alternative. Maybe I'm spoiled but 900p upscaled at 30 fps with drops when docked feels wrong in 2017. The game (BotW) is beautiful and controls wonderfully but the lag is noticeable at times for me and the lack of fluidity hurts the experience. Oddly enough playing at 720p undocked isn't slow at all and on the small screen looks great. I kind of drool at the thought of this upscaled to 4k at 60fps and that and it wouldn't be hard on modern hardware. Maybe a remaster or emulator? It very much feels like a mobile device you can dock versus a home console you can take with you. Just not sure how much headroom is in the hardware to make this last for three or four years without major compromises. Does anyone else have an impression?
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- LandoCalrissian 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqaTdflkNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqaTdflkNU You are not wrong. I appears docked has the hiccups.
- developer2 10y ago>> Does anyone else have an impression? That if you don't like upscaled 900p at 30 fps, you shouldn't be buying a half-assed device that pretends it can be called a next-gen "console", when in fact it's a glorified tablet?
- aaron-lebo 10y ago
- Animats 10y agoWhat's the connector and interface for the side units? They slide on and latch, so no common connector will work.
- scott_karana 10y agoI think they're all Bluetooth, and the slide/latching is purely for human interface, not digital. :)
- Animats 10y agoThe side units charge while attached, if the main unit has power, so there's some connection.
- scott_karana 10y agoOh, I didn't think of that. Good question indeed.
- kbumsik 10y agoIt's a bit shame that there is no chip part information. I am particularly wondering which microcontroller they use for the remote controllers. I will wait for iFixit's teardown review.
- creativetaboo 10y agoThey referenced the China leak which has all that information already: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/02/nintendo_switch_teardown_images_pop_up_online http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/02/nintendo_switch_tea...
- kbumsik 10y agoThanks for the link. But nVida SoC is too obvious and I am not interested in it. I am waiting for a much more professional teardown review, inclding information of every parts, like this: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Oculus+Rift+CV1+Teardown/60612#s126619 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Oculus+Rift+CV1+Teardown/606...
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- funkedelic_bob 10y agoI think they've posted it.
- starky 10y agoIn general I find Fictiv is a really poor source of information. They seem to be mostly focused on 3D printing, have next to no electronics knowledge and their knowledge of high volume manufacturing is dubious (these teardowns are always full of weird errors, e.g. in the Switch teardown they didn't even identify a heatpipe correctly).
- richardboegli 10y agoIt runs on FREEBSD https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789444 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789444
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoKinda poor taste to just try and bump your submitted HN post versus posting the actual source.
- seanalltogether 10y agoIfixit just posted their teardown as well. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/78263 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/782...
- lucb1e 10y agoI like Ifixit's a lot more than Fictiv's. It gets to the point with specs and short annotations.
- whineBuster 10y agoIt's a more structured article, that's for sure. No unfunny comedy at ifixit!
- frik 10y agoThe Nintendo Switch seems like a nice tablet form factor game console. I am a bit underwhelmed by their decision to compromise the usability of the right Joycon - moving the analog stick below the digital buttons is certainly bad for US/European bigger hands, bad for ergonomic reasons, an unreasonable trade off. I am underwhelmed by their decision to add no additional fan to the Dock. It's just s piece of very cheap locking plastic that might scratches your screen. It could have cooled the Switch and get out more performance out of the GPU (now they have to underclock it). I am a bit underwhelmed by the Joycon grip, that is not very ergonomic for larger hand, and is just a piece of cheap plastic. The Pro controller looks good, but it costs extra $ 70 ($ 20 mote than PS4/X1). I am a bit underwhelmed that the Joycons have no analog trigger buttons. Already with Wii U the analog triggers were greatly missed in e.g. Lego City Undercover, the car acceleration was all or nothing which pales compared to GTA gameplay on PS4/X1/PC. I am a bit underwhelmed about the tear down, while good executed it lacked the final tear down and analytics of the core components like the "haptics engine" and the SoC board incl ARM chips. I am looking forward to a revised model at the end of 2017 that fixes things. Maybe even a XL or XS version would be great - like the New 3DS XL which was a greatly improved and better for larger hands. The ergonomics of the Wii U gamepad better than the Switch too, maybe they can adopt ideas in a revised version.
- bicubic 10y ago> It could have cooled the Switch and get out more performance out of the GPU (now they have to underclock it). It wouldn't really need this extra performance. When docked, the Switch goes from 720 to 1080p. This is 2.25 times more pixels. When docked, clock rate goes from 302 to 768 Mhz. This is 2.5 times more ops. This design means that developers can write the game optimized for 1080 and 720 will perform more or less the same without any modifications. Increasing the power envelope for docked mode would only work if developers had to put the effort of selectively toggling some effects in portable mode and actually profiling the game for both 720 and 1080 separately. That's a lot of extra development costs for what I can only imagine to be a modest perf gain with better cooling and clocking higher.
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- simplemath 10y agoYou are a bit underwhelmed. Got it
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- frik 10y agoI listed some fair constructive criticism of minor things that came to my mind trying it out to an overall great new game console. You seem to be trolling, got it.
- frei 10y agoThe repetition of the word 'underwhelmed' seems intentional, but the reason for it is unclear. It's distracting to the point that the actual content of comment is lost on the reader.
- CydeWeys 10y agoWhy the dismissive comment? His post was useful. Yours isn't.
- dang 10y agoWe've banned this account for repeatedly posting unsubstantive and/or uncivil comments despite being asked to stop. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789762 and marked it off-topic.
- nikcub 10y agothe Switch booting into its FreeBSD kernel: https://twitter.com/Y_Mokko/status/837610472362786817 https://twitter.com/Y_Mokko/status/837610472362786817
- eludwig 10y agoJust a few quick comments on the Switch after a day of use. First, a quick digression, Nintendo seems to have gauged the launch demand pretty well. There are some other comments here regarding Target morning waits. I was 2nd on line at 6:40am in a northern NJ Target. The guy in front of me had slept in his car (!), but he seemed to be the only one that did. By 7:45 the line was 20ish people. Our Target had 25 consoles. So everyone that got there by 8 (opening time) got one. Nice. The hardware seems really good. I was surprised at how nice it all fit together (nice, solid clicks) for a product that costs half as much as an iPad! It's obviously still a "toy," but I don't mean that in a bad way. The finish is below typical Apple HW standards for sure, but I think that's to be expected at $299. It feels rugged enough to take with you, although as some said, a screen protector might be nice for extended away play. To me, the nicest, most thoughtful thing about the HW of this gen of tech products is (believe it or not) USB C! Can I please shout out my love for this freaking connector!! GO USBC! Seriously, I didn’t realize how much subliminal psychic damage non-symmetrical USB plugs have done to me. This connector is so great. You no longer feel that weird little moment of anxiety where you know it will take you an extra second to look inside the damn connector and re-orient the blasted plug 3 times. If you are an old man like me (58), you will probably need to go find a pair of reading glasses, adding insult to injury. The new Zelda is breathtaking, but you can tell that it wasn't designed for the small screen. It looks really, really great on my OLED 1080p TV, where I think it is meant to be played. Little things like HUD element size are too small for my eyes on the little screen. The FOV is not quite right for the small screen either. Not deal killers, but also things that could be fixed in a patch. The Pro controller is a very nice "on the couch" controller. Very solid. No lag time. The analog sticks are fine, although I much prefer a mouse for camera controls, but that is my age talking. I am totally loving this little thing. It's well put together, the only game I care about is Zelda, so the software is great. I think Nintendo has a potential home run here.
- Magnets 10y agoHow is selling out by 9AM considered 'gauging the demand well'? What about all of the people who go at lunch of after work? I'm pretty sure they always like to sell out as a marketing ploy anyway
- nstart 10y agoJust got mine. Charged and used. This thing is such a joy to use. I'll probably play with it more in mobile mode. It feels good to hold it. And yes it's underpowered on the spec sheet but at the same time, it works really well. And I'm having a lot of fun with it so for me that's the main thing really :D.
- Panoramix 10y agoI don't understand the negativity based on technical performance. The thing is supposed to be fun to play, not bring you closer to the limits of what modern technology can achieve. Nintendo has some extremely fun games that I'd rather play very much before an extremely high performance super high HD game that ultimately falls flat.
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoMuch of the negativity is related to the fact that the launch game itself does not play well when docked. And this seems unjustifiable given how well the same chipset does in the NVIDIA Shield, which is capable of driving 4k games just fine.
- Panoramix 10y agoI was not aware of that. Which is strange since I read more than 10 reviews, surely they would have noticed? is this your experience? All I heard was that it runs smoother than in the Wii-U even though it is not optimized for the Switch.
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoMany reviews have pointed out that the 720p tablet run of the game runs smoother than the docked form, which apparently has noticeable frame-rate drops. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9t2uY91kyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9t2uY91kyg
- aaron-lebo 10y ago
- Shivetya 10y agoInteresting note, apparently they materials and such used to create this device do not work well with adhesives used by a very popular skinning company, they posted their results on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/5xc5si/warning_do_not_skin_your_nintendo_switch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/5xc5si/warn...
- bane 10y agoIn terms of memory architecture, does anybody know if Nintendo went with cartridges in order to better address the limited RAM of the system (compared to other consoles)? In the old days cartridge ROM was just mapped into the system RAM so you could address game assets without necessarily having to load them into system RAM, thus you could get by with far less RAM than you'd expect.
- cbhl 10y agoSeems unlikely, since Zelda and other games are also available as a digital download (although you may need a microSD card to hold them all).
- slantyyz 10y agoJust a guess, but maybe the I/O of storage on the cartridge is more consistent than the inexpensive microSD cards that people tend to buy? -- edit Another benefit is not having to install/uninstall the game to manage space
- greggman 10y agoIt's inexcusable that the controllers get jammed to the wrist straps so easily. Google "stuck joy-con" and you'll find articles and videos about how to un-stuck them if you've accidentally put them on backward. Why is it even possible to put them on backward? Even when they're on forward it often's often extremely hard to separate them. We had a switch party and pretty much every single person put them on backward once and we get to get tiny screwdrivers out to un-stick them Nintendo even has a page up already that just says "send them back" https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22528/p/897/c/715 https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/... I suspect they'll end up releasing a new model of controller that doesn't have these issues but it's really hard to believe this wasn't found during development.
- sergiotapia 10y agoI'm in love with the Switch! Form factor on point that feels like the culmination of experiments coming from 3DS, Wii U and Wii. My son has been playing the new Zelda non-stop, it's that fun and deep. It's a much harder Zelda game, feels somewhat like Dark Souls in the combat department. I died at least 5 times an hour due to overwhelming enemies. It's a blast! One thing I love about the Switch is that even if my controllers get busted I can just buy another pair of joycons. With the Wii U it was really stressful to remind the kids to be careful because you have to send in the gamepad for repairs.
- jwatte 10y agoRegarding the speaker grille "why:" I'd assume the "speaker ports" are either for air flow, or the entire case works as a resonance chamber and wave guide. Are there other reasonable options?