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The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of the Wild Shown Running on Nintendo Switch for the First Time

Today, during Jimmy Fallon’s tonight show, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé showcased The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on Nintendo Switch for the first time.

Thunder_G0d_Bane2728d ago (Edited 2728d ago )

Switch looks amazing. Absolute day one. So happy Nintendo doing their thing.

Edit: The hardware just looks sexy as F. I'm glad they've gone with this space grey/black approach rather than the usual white.

jaymacx2728d ago

Jimmy is acting just like I would have LOL.

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Summons752728d ago

@Shyronnie

You didn't watch the video closely then. He WAS reacting. He the Switch was passed to him and you got a close up of the screen you could see his hands clearly trembling in excitement. He is genuinely excited like any fan should be. He isn't Conan who ONLY has games on his show for marketing and ratings but really couldn't care less, he has them on the show because he actually likes games obviously marketing is apart of it but it wouldn't be if he didn't care.

jaymacx2728d ago

I would not have been pretending and my reaction would be genuine. I don't get excited easily but when I do people take notice lol.

cartoonx12728d ago

i think this switch is the best console a PC gamer can get. im personally very interested for the 1st time for a console. hoping for some good battery on the go.

EddieNX 2728d ago (Edited 2728d ago )

For the first time since gamecube they are releasing cutting edge, powerful hardware. Wii,DS,Wiiu,3DS were all underpowered and focuses on fun gimmicks. They seem to of spent all of the budget in making it the most powerful portable hybrid they possibly could of done which is what we all wanted to see. I think it's way cooler than a normal console box. The tech is a lot more advanced than the chips in original ps4 and Xbox one. . @dranzer we basically do know what is inside the switch an that it's exceptionally powerful for a handheld using Nvidia Tegra GPU which are the best out atm so please explain how I'm wrong? It IS using a cutting edge, new mobile chip. I don't expect Zelda to look much better on Switch just higher resolution and frame-rate and it looks to have just that. Maybe higher resolution textures better draw distance, less pop in and that sort of thing. I'm not using Zelda as a graphical benchmark either, it's a launch title port of a Wiiu game. Apparently Dark souls 3 is running on Switch so in future we'll get games that are graphically intense like that.

dRanzer2728d ago

@EddieNX
You speak like you know the hardware inside the Switch...please tell us more
Anyway,zelda looks like a wii u game with better texturs
Lets back to reality

gamerswin242728d ago (Edited 2728d ago )

Eddie we know your a Nintendo rabid fan and through there misteps you've enabled them and always flip a negative to a positive. So your hyperbole and take on it is exoected. You can not impartially criticize Nintendo, its not in you. Same person that went in a Sony thread to troll. To say nothing compelling about psvr yet its more innovative than switch by miles, has tons of good games already. Your response "nintendo did virtual boy" lol haha which all professionals agree was not true vr or vr in any capacity. You can't be taken seriously :)

Everything is pointing to Switch either being a little weaker or on par with Xbox one which isn't cutting edge. Don't fall for all that customized chip bs because we saw how Wiiu turned out, that's just PR bs. The last handheld was released years ago so offering the graphics its offering in the go isn't a huge feat. On the console side it is underwhelming.

Lol at using Dark Souls as a metric for its power. Souls games all have performance issues and arent graphically top of the line games. Everyone knows that.

Im interested in Switch and will probably get one if priced 250 or less bcus it definitely is not a 300 console.

EddieNX 2727d ago

Gamerswin . So a handheld that's on par with a current gen console isn't cutting edge? How do you work that one out buddy? Dark souls 3 is a good lookin current gen game using a new engine an if Switch can run it l, I think a lot of people will be impressed. Try not to freeze to death in your cave tonight an try not to play your PSVR for too long

MRMagoo1232727d ago

@eddie

when it's not docked and in hand held form it's power is reduced so not very cutting edge

_-EDMIX-_2727d ago

Eddie- yes. Agreed

@gamer,- not necessarily I agree with what he's saying and I would not describe myself as a Nintendo fanboy. He is also correct that something like Dark Souls 3 running on the switch at least gives us an indication of what the platform can do.

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notachance2728d ago

I'm glad the fps on portable screen looks smooth, because on the reveal trailer it's looks a bit laggy

bow2yoda2728d ago

maybe because they used alpha or beta footage for the trailers lol

_-EDMIX-_2727d ago

Lol

I'm just happy it's just a traditional platform. Just give me some face buttons and a screen.

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Ristul2728d ago

Wow, I'm so on board with this, march can't come soon enough!

WickedLester2728d ago

That was so great You could tell Fallon was genuinely geeking out on stage! I was grinning from ear to ear watching his reaction. Fallon has done plentiy of gaming/tech segments on his show but I've NEVER seen him react like that before LOL! His hands were literally shaking when he was holding the Switch.

EddieNX 2728d ago

Well that was amazing. It seemed to look a lot better on switch, frame rate was smooooth. The fact that they've released a handheld that is powerful enough to run full games is crazy lol.

Vegamyster2728d ago

Happy to see the smooth framerate based on what little they showed, Wii-U was chugging every time there was an explosion.

EddieNX 2728d ago (Edited 2728d ago )

I recon 900p 60fps with improved assets on Switch and 720p 25-30fps on Wiiu. @ziv the switch outputs higher resolution on TV though.maybe when un docked it runs at 720 60 and then when docked 900 or 1080 60

zivtheawesome2728d ago

@EddieNX
the rumors state the screen is only 720p so probably a better guess would be 720p 60fps with improved assets/effects. it is more than a few times better so it won't be surprising.

gamerswin242728d ago (Edited 2727d ago )

Now its a handheld? Isnt it suppose to be a console with handheld capabilities but when we mention how it's underwhelming console you flip flop lol The graphics its offering on the go is not amazing lol vita was relased yearssss ago and was able to do that. These graphics on the go were expected. Vita was released many years ago this is the progression of things and even phones can offer beautiful on the go gaming.

The lack of reading comprehension on this site is amazing lol haha smh

Dumpling2728d ago

The vita is great but its pretty obvious the Switch is much stronger since its got new hardware so i dunno what youre talking about. Seriously everytime theres a possitive article on the switch some of you people show up to talk shit. get a life man, if you dont like the switch go do something you enjoy and leave us who are excited for this console alone.

iplay1up22728d ago

Seriously, you thinlk Vita could do what Switch does????? Bwhahahahanha, no just no. Vita was very powerful when released, but it could not by any means run URE4, which Switch can!

gamerswin242728d ago

Dumpling if you knew how to read that is my point!!!! Vita released years ago and it was a powerful handheld with almost console like games and graphics. Switch is coming years later so it isn't "amazing" its playing console games on the go, its "expected" and a progression. Anything less would be absurd which is why DS got slack bcus they should have been better graphically. Next time take a deep breathe and read what ppl comment before jumping in the comment.

Dumpling why don't u get a life? Foh with that nonsense. My comment is based off experience and what we know and is in response to a person who trolls Sony articles. The problem with some of you so called fans is you take critique of your favorite gaming consoles personally, as if your life depended on it. Since u like to point things out let me point something out to you. Historically Nintendo lately has been outputting weak hardware at high prices with a rotation of same ips with little to no new ips and you guys continuously give them a free pass. They lost millions of consumers because of bad steps they made but ppl like you enable them and get mad when ppl call them out. You get a life and stop getting mad at ppl who give fair points and don't go goo goo over the same IPS Every gen.

I will be there day one getting a switch if it's priced right, wtf are you to tell ppl what they aren't or are excited for smh.

Vegamyster2727d ago

The Vita is no way could do this, Borderlands 2 was dropping into the low teens & single digits, nearly every graphically demanding linear game could not hold 30 fps based on my experience. Vita was promoted as home console gaming on the go but it never lived up to that, the Switch is the first true hybrid that will run home console games on the go.

_-EDMIX-_2727d ago (Edited 2727d ago )

? It's always been a portable please don't let deceptive marketing fool you.

I understand that Nintendo wants to watch what they call it but I don't agree with them continuously ignoring what it is what they should have done was call it a hybrid in that should have been the term they should have been using the whole time to Market this.

I completely agree with you in regards to the bizarre marketing but I disagree with you and the respect of it being similar to the PlayStation Vita it is very clear that the switch is more powerful.

In regards to anyone trying to masquerade this as a console You're simply looking at a device that is very underwhelming in regards to what it could do in comparison to other consoles it's why I think might have been better that Nintendo focused on marketing it as a hybrid and not only using the term console because it might confuse consumers and I think hybrid at least puts it in the ballpark of doing both.

Edit- okay disregard what I said about the Vita I understand what you mean gamer.

You mean powerful handheld not a direct comparison.

Yes.

What's titles like gravity Rush and World of Final Fantasy it is very clear that the PlayStation Vita is clearly powerful enough to have lots of titles

_-EDMIX-_2727d ago

@vega- will the PlayStation Vita cannot do that because it's not as powerful but that's sort of a moot point that's not really what even being debated it simply stating that a powerful handheld has released before with games that are of great quality.

I completely understand what gamer is saying now.

You might feel but the switch is doing the hybrid better but it doesn't disregard that the PlayStation Vita released with quality titles. The PlayStation Vita released before the PlayStation 4 and the titles that they had were definitely in comparison to the PlayStation 3.

In fact there's many PlayStation Vita titles that came to the PlayStation 4 and not the PlayStation 3 likely because of technical issues.

I don't even believe that the switch is the first time Nintendo has created a handheld that is given such quality especially if you look at the 3DS titles like Resident Evil Revelations are very much console-quality as I played the original and the port.

I'm sorry but handheld games for a very long time have been up to par with the previous consoles that released.

There are some titles that don't really take that much power or graphical capability look at animal crossing new leaf I didn't think I would like an Animal Crossing on mobile and right now it's personally my favorite animal crossing game and I never saw it as lesser because I played it on handheld. It literally is exactly what I was playing on Console if not greater quality than when I played on the GameCube.

So in my personal opinion it's not if a portable can produce console-quality the real question is can it produce quality of the platforms that are currently released right now?

I'm sorry but console quality in general by default is with all handhelds because all handhelds are more powerful than the previous consoles...it's moot.

That's like saying a handheld cannot have a game like Metal Gear Solid like it was on the PlayStation 2 despite all handheld currently being more powerful than the PlayStation 2..

It's not about if I can have console-quality, it's about Can it have console quality of the current platforms and that is largely in part the term it by Developers.

ie world of Final Fantasy is on the Playstation Vita and it's also on the PlayStation 4 soooo what do you make of that?

Is the handheld playing console level games or is the console playing handheld level games? I think you just have to realize that games are games.

There's a power difference between consoles clearly like there was between the PlayStation 4 and the Wii U but that didn't stop the Wii U from producing some quality level games the same can be said about handheld it doesn't mean the games are of any lesser quality cuz that doesn't really make any sense.

If consoles can have varying quality and so could any other Hardware so I don't really think it's that relevant to start with this whole stupid labeling of "console quality".

Consider this if the switch was just the Wii U but a portable do you seriously think people would be caring that much? Would that not be console-quality? Lol

vergilxx32727d ago

I am ps vita owner and as much as i live it i have to admit that it can't do anything close to this
the problem with it was that people were expecting console like graphics from it but it was weaker than ps3 and ps4 was already on it's way so people got even less interested in old gen graphics

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_-EDMIX-_2727d ago

Well. .

What do you define as a full game? Because I believe the games on 3DS are still full games. They are not half lol

Overtime we're always going to get a handheld that outperforms the previous consoles so this playing the Wii U title isn't really that shocking.

I think it's amazing but I also don't think it's revolutionary or unheard-of consider you could play a lot of PlayStation 1 titles on the PSP.

gamerswin242727d ago

My point exactly. With how powerful the vita was years ago and how underpowered Nintendo systems are and how they rely on mainly cute art styles in games it was only natural the next handheld from whoever would play these type of games.

And lol at ppl saying that vita didn't play console games on the go lol with great graphics ummmmm I could have sworn I played

Persona
Battle All Stars
Unit 13

And others that were great games, some had console mirror versions and others that didn't could surely have been direct console ports. Till this day killzone mercenary is one of the most beautiful games on any system and a direct console port would have felt like a full console game. Its better than most shooters.

Let's not add remote play to the equation which is you literally playing ps4 games on the go :)

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken2d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty2d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken1d 17h ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie1d 15h ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12082d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast2d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit2d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export2d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2032d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai4d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard3d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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