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I wish we could return to a Wii U like functionality where the switch could be used as a second screen when undocked. That was a really nice feature in games li

by sotix 2y ago

I wish we could return to a Wii U like functionality where the switch could be used as a second screen when undocked. That was a really nice feature in games like Zelda where the controller in your hands displayed the inventory or a map.

xnx 2y ago
Might be possible if the Switch 2 contains a "cast" feature, but the cast landscape may be too incomplete and fractured (AirPlay, Chromecast, Miracast, etc.) for Nintendo to bother with that.
- jghn 2y ago
  Couldn't the handheld pair with the dock with whatever protocol they want, and the dock is wired into the TV?
  - xnx 2y ago
    Absolutely. I was stuck thinking about the simple plastic Switch 1 dock. Switch 2 dock could definitely be more of a dongle.
hombre_fatal 2y ago
Much like with the failed Macbook Touch Bar, I don't think it works having to look away and focus on another screen while playing a game. Also like the Macbook Touch Bar, now you have a whole other thing developers have to target and test for an end result that should just be possible yet more efficient in the main app. Take inventory for example. Instead you could just make it frictionless to open inventory in the main game and create quick-swap slots. Tears of the Kingdom is a good example. Swapping out arrows mid combat by looking at your controller would not be an improvement.
- jghn 2y ago
  Yeah I played BOTW on the Wii U and remember at some point I just stopped bothering with the handheld screen. I can't remember what game it was but I do remember having one game where the handheld add-on provided some functionality that seemed useful/fun. So it is possible, but much like the original wii's motion sensors - it is much more likely that developers will stumble across a bad application of the tech than a good one
  - beanwizard 2y ago
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  - hbn 2y ago
    BOTW didn't even leverage the Wii U gamepad. The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remakes let you equip items with it, and I think that was the original plan for BotW too, but they removed the feature likely because then it would have an extra feature over the Switch version that launched at the same time.

by sotix 2y ago

xnx 2y ago

Might be possible if the Switch 2 contains a "cast" feature, but the cast landscape may be too incomplete and fractured (AirPlay, Chromecast, Miracast, etc.) for Nintendo to bother with that.

jghn 2y ago
Couldn't the handheld pair with the dock with whatever protocol they want, and the dock is wired into the TV?
- xnx 2y ago
  Absolutely. I was stuck thinking about the simple plastic Switch 1 dock. Switch 2 dock could definitely be more of a dongle.

hombre_fatal 2y ago

Much like with the failed Macbook Touch Bar, I don't think it works having to look away and focus on another screen while playing a game. Also like the Macbook Touch Bar, now you have a whole other thing developers have to target and test for an end result that should just be possible yet more efficient in the main app. Take inventory for example. Instead you could just make it frictionless to open inventory in the main game and create quick-swap slots. Tears of the Kingdom is a good example. Swapping out arrows mid combat by looking at your controller would not be an improvement.

jghn 2y ago
Yeah I played BOTW on the Wii U and remember at some point I just stopped bothering with the handheld screen. I can't remember what game it was but I do remember having one game where the handheld add-on provided some functionality that seemed useful/fun. So it is possible, but much like the original wii's motion sensors - it is much more likely that developers will stumble across a bad application of the tech than a good one
- beanwizard 2y ago
  [dead]
- hbn 2y ago
  BOTW didn't even leverage the Wii U gamepad. The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remakes let you equip items with it, and I think that was the original plan for BotW too, but they removed the feature likely because then it would have an extra feature over the Switch version that launched at the same time.