Nintendo Switch - The History in the System ~ Design Doc

[@MousaThe14]

Man, you must've been thrilled when they announced the new Pokemon Snap.

[@StarlitWitchy]

He probably *snapped* that up quick aha ha 🤣

[@Stephen-Fox]

Might be worth revisiting this topic in light of Labo, in particular the use of the IR camera in a lot of those cardboard toys and the use of HD rumble as a motor for the remote control car thing. (Also... Every other company could be interesting to look at from this lens, though... I don't think many have made as many dramatic turns)

[@porky1118]

I also thought about Labo after the mention of not using IR at all.

[@forestparkinsonmearns4928]

And now the Pokeball plus

[@ZenoDLC]

So.... Who's here after New Pokemon Snap was announced?

[@halotroop2288]

I forgot this video was about the Switch until about 8 minutes in.

[@GilbertTang]

Hahah Virtual Console. Cute.

[@pyroshell5652]

That's the deal breaker for me right there.

[@orr4337]

What's Virtual console? Never heard of it

[@ASIGOO]

I'm still amazed the Switch doesn't have a virtual console. It makes sense to include it as part of the Online package, but having a virtual console on a console you can take anywhere would have been a huge sale point. Instead they're forcing people to install emulators to play old games, and they're missing out on the profits.

[@marcossegon5433]

@@orr4337 basically put older games into the console's eshop That way you can play NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBA, DS, GameCube and Wii games in a Switch But they didn't bring it to switch, sad

[@orr4337]

@@marcossegon5433 that sounds like a treat, thanks

[@maounobbu8128]

So, what's the condition of Switch sales? Short answer: ITS A SMASHING SUCCESS! BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE.

[@TheDiscussor]

You monster

[@TheReZisTLust]

What about now?

[@wildmonkeymc2380]

Yes I do I'm on my alt acc my main aka this one got hacked 1 year ago :(

[@1sonicthe]

You don't have to pair your switch to your phone to play online, you need it to voice chat. (at least, that's what i heard)

[@KryptekDragon]

The way this man says buttons is amazing.

[@pennybeats4435]

the editing and quality of this video is unreal...keep up the good work man you got a new sub

[@DesignDoc]

Thanks a ton!

[@jedoled]

Sad about Wii U missing Pokemon Snap? I am devastated, inconsolable regarding Okami Hd... Wii U was THE console, the sanctuary designed for this master-piece. Still,the system remains one of my favourite Nintendo.She has everything.

[@Videogamer96_]

J.E Ledoux At least dream still lives on thanks to the Switch’s touch support in Okami HD

[@MattManPlays]

the wii u had pokemon snap on eshop

[@DictatorTarco]

2:45 the built in microphone first appeared in the original famicom controller.

[@Riku70X]

The section on nintendo online was painful to watch. A large Virtual Console Library? Reasonable prices? Improvements to connections and Internet Speeds? 5 years later and we have none of that.

[@prismaticc_abyss]

Nintendont

[@VictorGonzalez-xv1hj]

I want this kind of analysis with all kinds of products outside of gaming.Not enough channels like this one 👍

[@justinward3679]

You need more subs.

[@DesignDoc]

SEND ME SOME PLZ

[@NathanMillerVisuals]

Great video! Can't believe I'm just now seeing it. The Switch was the first Nintendo console I was stoked about since the Wii and I mainly bought it because I can mainly handhold it which I do. But here's the best part about the Switch. It's multiplayer. Most of my friends own a Switch. No more do we have to try to fit everyone on one TV screen! A basic Switch rig comes with two controllers, which is great if half the people at the party actually own a Switch. Mario Kart is a prime example of how the Switch is the best for multiplayer games. We had one switch on the TV filled up with 4 players, but two more people in on the game in the same room in handheld mode. I feel like TV or handheld, the gaming experience is the same. Which is sick!!

[@malachor5ve]

Hey man, I'm from the future and pokemon snap 2 actually is coming!

[@willowpets]

"Wii Music was a disaster" WHAT EXCUSE ME THAT WAS MY CHILDHOOD

[@Mazgid]

welcome to the internet son

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

I loved that game too. Nostalgia is a bitch.

[@j03man44]

Your childhood was a disaster

[@TheMichaelMidKnight]

6:54 Never say never my Young Padawan...

[@BurstFlare]

8:03 Actually, the Joycons use Bluetooth to connect to the Switch, so it kinda needs Bluetooth support even if they didn't release any new controllers. 10:24 Doesn't it still have a Link Cable slot, though? I don't think the IR sensor was meant to be a replacement, at least not entirely.

[@LennyFace1234]

Why do you only have 12.2k subs, the editing is amazing and the quality of the video is SUPREME. You earned a sub

[@Sir_Duckyweather]

The best use of the Wiimote was Resident Evil 4.

[@johnnyc.3849]

"Eh... it's... never gonna happen." ... :)

[@DesignDoc]

ye

[@Kujaguy]

The dream is real!

[@user-main-locked]

"nintendo switch online will fix problems like reliability" *hysterical laughter*

[@nakateconroy]

17:12 I don't know why this is so funny

[@henke37]

I remember when it was first announced. I was genuinely excited about the leaked basic system settings screenshots. They finally, finally, got feature parity with Windows 95. I am talking about a RTC that understands timezones. Even a keyboard that supports keyboard layouts. Oh, and non sucky wifi. Seriously, Nintendo took more than twenty years to catch up to home computers.

[@TheRealVolk]

Great review. I look forward to the rumored redesign/upgrade of the Switch sometime in 2021. 🐾

[@terabera3390]

WE can diss on nintendo all day, but we have to remember so many of our modern smartphone and pc features are due in part to the fact that they essentially broke the ground on them. Everything from your vibrator in your phone to the comfort of modern gaming controllers can give a huge thank you to nintendo. Because they ALWAYS innovate, even if not every innovation is good. They innovate for innovation's sake.

[@madmaster0015]

You forgot the N64 Hori controller. Its basically the missing link between the N64 and the gamecube controller.

[@TheBlackCarlo]

Oh look at that, someone who knows VOEZ. Nice!

[@ericfricke4512]

I disagree that lack of backwards compatibility is a "black mark." You don't need to rebuy games for every system you get. Just play it in your old systems.

[@uzairdurrani755]

Man, I love the way you say buttons.

[@localSunMan]

The World Ends With You Remix has an interesting "Touch in Toaster Mode" implementation. The game expects the player to do a ton of different touch commands (Drag, Tap, Swipe in multiple directions, scratch, etc). Obviously in handheld mode, this works pretty flawless. In Toaster Mode, you use the joycon like a wiimote. To prevent the usual wiimote sketchiness of "Where the fuck is my cursor?!", the game allows to instantly reset the cursor to the center, somewhat easing out the problem.

[@tecinplace1316]

15:29 Wii U is the only Nintendo console ever to use a modern username system instead of friend codes

[@harrylane4]

Wii u still used friend codes

[@The_Shimp]

It’s been that long already? Wow.

[@lindenstromberg6859]

I wouldn't say the Switch medium is "cartridges" - It's Game Cards. It's kind like calling NES games "tapes" - it's not accurate.

[@MightyRyan1337]

Great Video man! the Switch is awesome

[@vitalost9935]

1 year and it hasn't disappointed

[@seantheimp]

So, I have good news from the future: Pokemon Snap is coming back. And some bad news: the Virtual Console is basically dead...

[@matthewrease2376]

Faster speeds and more reliability. Ooh that's a pipe dream for NSO 😂

[@elgoog-the-third]

What's weird about the 1988 NES modem? Modems were quite widespread back then, there were bulletin boards (forums), information, heck even e-banking.

[@z1pline487]

Congrats! You gained a sub for the great vids. -Samson

[@yabbadabbindude]

I feel like switch cartridges aren't being used to their full potential

[@RhythmGrizz]

You got your new Pokémon Snap game! :]

[@JamesConrad-qi6gn]

Last I watched a video with THIS good analysis was watching "AHOY" Quake review

[@jimmyryan5880]

I'm still waiting to see what the touchscreen, motion controls and IR are for (beyond tech demos)

[@SCWPhillySports]

I’m still not paying $180 for two controllers

[@KuraIthys]

SNES hardware expansion through cartridges is pretty weird. Though you have to remember that what you see time and time again is that standalone hardware 'upgrades' for consoles tend to be failures. Everything from the Sega CD, to the N64's memory expansion (or worse the 64DD) tend to really struggle. This is also a factor in why the motion controllers on the Wii are the default controller, and not some optional extra. So where does this leave the SNES? Well, the trick here is that even though it's a more expensive way of doing things, by silently sticking the upgrade in the cartridge, you can more or less hide it's existence. To people buying them it's just a game like any other... ... Even though it would have been more efficient for everyone if, say, the SuperFX was a standalone upgrade that then had games that plugged into the upgrade unit... Also worth remembering that some of these upgrades, as far as can be established historically were not originally standalone devices. In particular, have you ever wondered, why pilotwings - which is a launch title, remember, ALREADY had an upgrade chip in it? Surely the point of an external upgrade is to beef up a system's capabilities later in life? The SA-1 and SuperFX meet this criteria, being 4-5 years into the system's lifespan... (The SA-1 essentially being a faster version of the system's standard CPU with some special support functions added for good measure. - if they could have afforded it no doubt they would have given the SNES a faster CPU from the start, but what was affordable in 1995 is different to what was affordable in 1990) So that brings us back around to Pilotwings. And that DSP-1 chip it contains. I haven't properly done the research to verify this, but there are rumours going around that the reason this happened is because the DSP-1 was originally an internal component of the system. The DSP-1 is a relatively fast (compared to the main CPU) chip with a lot of special purpose 3d graphics functionality with a focus on stuff that's useful to a flight simulator. However, it also just has much better multiply and divide capabilities than the base hardware, which is useful for games in general. If this had been a standard part of the design, it's reasonable to expect there'd be a lot more, and likely more elaborate pseudo-3d games on the system. As it stands, it would suggest they were making pilotwings with the idea that this would be part of the base system, only to decide last minute to not include it, forcing them to add it to the game instead. That could be entirely incorrect, but it would otherwise imply that right from launch they felt putting upgrades in cartridges should be a standard occurrence...

[@AwesomeSpidey22]

9:30 Theres also rumble on the Game Boy Color version of Perfect Dark!

[@jneff42]

Great content!

[@batman3217]

You should update this video. It's very informative.

[@GScottChaosnaut]

I wish the Switch had an IR pointer. It is one of the best input methods that has been seemingly abandoned in favor of motion#gyro controls. :(

[@addisonjones2712]

why no mention of gamecube??? is best controller no?

[@harrylane4]

Pro controllers terrible d pad is a reference to the GameCube's awful dpad

[@Lumberjack_king]

6:51 oh little did you know you were wrong 7:28 oh you would've hated labo then 7:56 oh it doesn't have a touch screen 8:14 it doesn't have one

[@spitfire7170]

it has a touch screen but only like 5 games use it lol

[@dumbdrawings2059]

Love the thumbnails

[@AkaiAzul]

Although Twilight Princess had a lot of waggle, I found myself liking it more for motion control than its next installment of Skyward Sword.

[@Dekunutcase]

how to make pokemon snap feasible: use existing asset libraries for the pokemon. make it an on rails vr-esque (or straignt up vr) experience. Keep it short and reasonably priced. Too long and the gimmicks and stages get old. Too bad it'll never happen :(

[@henryallsup5771]

What if they make a extension that plays Wii, Wii U, and GameCube games for the switch, and maybe include that tech right out of the box for a bundle or in the system itself for a switch pro?

[@seriouslee4119]

Wait, so if I buy a single switch, with 3 extra controllers, can 4 of us play mario cart on it? Or will each of us need a switch? Like, I just wanna have friends over to play party games.

[@joshuaham1022]

Dude you totally got the wrong image of how online works.

[@TheMaplestrip]

Very high quality video. Great job ^_^

[@PG-sy6dh]

Hey, Wii Music and Carnival Games Wii was good. I loved it!

[@JeauSchmeau]

What games aren’t playable docked?

[@laons2980]

awesome video

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

So what was this about needing a phone to connect the plastic slab to the web?

[@darrenboyce6557]

the bongos were actually good though

[@wiiownsps3and360]

Footage from classic game room? Oh hi Mark.

[@sv_catgirl1]

This aged well

[@Kirbman]

I'm kind of confused why you said Nintendo Switch online required the smartphone app. I know this is an older video, but I don't think it was ever said you needed a smartphone to use it.

[@samclough5686]

Didn't they have IR tech in one of the pokemon cartridges on the DS?

[@MrJechgo]

I feel like you should revisit this topic at a later time, now that the Switch has been out for a while, Labo has been released and the online service has been rolled out. What do you say ;) ?

[@hedwyn8803]

When was the Switch Online service planned to be completely smartphone-reliant? I don't remember that, that's SO weird

[@mar2ck_]

It wasnt, the only thing you ever needed the app for is voice chat

[@Unknownsoldier740]

6:53 I used to think the same thing until new pokemon snap came out.

[@netherfire50]

Fast connection speeds for a service you are paying. Huh what's that

[@damieniscooll]

that's deep

[@awsomebeast100]

is the online feature at 15:50 true?

[@TheAppleflaps]

Great video

[@supercoolmeeee]

6:52 oh the irony

[@johnnyc937]

Almost 5 years now, there are a new Wario Ware coming to Switch soon!

[@CheeseBlaster]

Ah, the old predictions for the Switch Virtual Console. So young, so hopeful, so innocent. The current condition of it can only be described with the femur breaker scream while One Winged Angel plays in the back

[@Lumberjack_king]

6:33 mario maker and splatoon did it well 12:51 I hate switch game boxes with a passion

[@anuel3780]

0:14 AH MONSTER

[@alpacalyps1464]

4 years later, the Bluetooth can be used for headphones too now.

[@ksaw3212]

Aaaaaand snap 2 was released, who would have thought

[@DABUNGINATOR]

To be honest, most Switch games don't feel special on the Switch. You could port them to other consoles, & there'd be no difference. Nintendo never focuses on graphics, which is fine since they focus on giving a unique console experience. However, barely any devs take full advantage of the Switch. As a result, it just feels like a crappy underpowered gaming tablet, except most games don't support the touch screen. Plus, the Switch lacks some personality, compared to something like the DSi. Sure, many DS games could be perfectly ported to other consoles. However, the system UI, sounds, & apps made it feel like a cool little device to mess with. The DSi Shop had a nice Bossa Nova theme. Flipnote Studio had a funny frog incorporated into the UI, & it allowed you to share animations online. Yes, smartphones overpower the DSi in countless ways, nowadays, but what phones lack is personality. They feel more utilitarian, & so does the Switch. Well, there are some cute little features here & there, but it just doesn't compare. Some people like that the Switch is more simplified. No gimmicks, people just want a machine to play games on. Fare enough but why not purchase an Xbox, PS5, or even Steam Deck? Other than some benefits like playing LAN games on the go & exclusives, the Switch offers nothing else unique. Even then, most of the exclusives don't take full advantage of the Switch's hardware, either. The console has a good foundation, but barely anything is done with it. Few games try something new & only a few. I understand most games don't have a reason to experiment with the Switch's special hardware, but it still feels like it's on the brink of just being another console. The Switch tries to be special but also tries to blend with the crowd. It's so old at this point, though, that things're probably too late. Maybe next time.

[@dustyboii3913]

8:58 Is... is that Wario: Shake Dimension (Shake it) music i hear?

[@DesignDoc]

Yeah, it is actually! It's the music that plays in the desert stage I believe.

[@mmd-io4hp]

cool vid keep going

[@HankJ666]

15:45 Who the fuck owns a Switch but not a Smartphone?

[@J-Wolf17FTW]

I do, smart phones are just data siphoning tools nowadays (and by data I mean personal info). If I were you I would upgrade to an old school flip phone or something like that which isn't easily trackable.

[@JakobLogan]

Pokemon snap 2 is happening!

[@Vulcanfaux]

Its funny going back to this and hearing you say its never gunna happen to pokemon snap. When infact we know today that it is happening. But its not called pokemon snap2.

[@justinchannel128]

6:51 Oooh that didn't age well

[@ECL28E]

The Switch is the Wii U fully realized

[@InsaneH]

13:45 Lol

[@jt1695]

2023 and switch is a massive monster a nd keep selling like crazy

[@raidev_]

And they were talking about virtual console

[@squiddler7731]

13:44 oof

[@DesignDoc]

oof indeed.

[@proxy1035]

0:12 ...i mean you do know that portable systems are also called consoles, right? like the gameboy... or the DS...

[@lrdalucardart]

6:05 Yet no control scheme lets you play with the D-Pad instead the analog stick!!!!!!!!

[@greyone2k95]

1:22 (?) What come out? Is NES Advantage, cool! Hehehe....

[@yeetleslaw8529]

Pokemon snap 2 not being on the wii u has to be biggest mistake nintendo made. That game would been a console seller and it would better informed the customer of the product.

[@BEEZUS45]

Had to pause and look at the camera when he said stuff like "new warioware" and "virtual console" Edit: and "fix problems"