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Gameblog: Seasons of Heaven coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch, first screens
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Kissenkopf
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It's stronger than an NES.
They refused to debate that possibility because the idea that the Switch could be less powerful than the Wii U is silly.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Nothing yet?
Well I mean we have 3rd party screenshots of a game purportedly running on the Switch hardware. Using what appear to be some fairly advanced effects.
We can't glean anything from that?
Dark Cloud
Member
Its stronger than a toaster. 💪
Kissenkopf
Banned
These Screens are most likely from the PC build of the game. So we need to see it running on a Switch to be sure what the console is capable of.
Does Nintendo normally have have with random devs?
Somewhere between an Atari 2600 and Scorpio.
Shots of the game, actual evidence that they have worked with Nintendo to some extent, and journalist(s) saying they've seen the game are all more than Sadness got.
Not that I'm sure this being pointed out will do much to stop drive by posts by people making the comparison.
Kissenkopf
Banned
So switch will get its own uncharted??
You must be a mind reader because I was gonna put "Sort of like Uncharted 4" in my original post
Toadthemushroom
Member
I think Zelda is bound to impress more people. Just look at the draw distances shown, look at the physics engine being shown off in every reveal, look at the animated blades of grass.
Seasons of Heaven is a pretty game, but Zelda is definitely more ambitious technically and it shows. For instance it's pretty evident that the grass in Seasons of Heaven has that 2D-cardboard look to it and is unlikely to sway or react to your character.
Both titles do what they are trying to do very well (Seasons of Heaven looks more detailed because it's evidently focusing on smaller locations) but I think Zelda would impress more through scale alone.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
Is it possible that so called foxconn leak/rumor may have some legitimacy?
Kissenkopf
Banned
I am not a mind reader, you are just to predictable.
Sorry, no need for me to sound like an asshole. I know what you mean. It could be an fine looking game with horrible gameplay. Maybe like Everybodys Gone To The Rapture or things like that.
Serenitynow
Member
If you go to their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AnyArtsProduction/) you can see
1. It seems to be a confirmed Switch exclusive, straight from the horse's mouth
2. Their studio looks like a shrine dedicated to The Legend of Zelda. Not hard to see why they decided to make their game Nintendo exlusive
1. It seems to be a confirmed Switch exclusive, straight from the horse's mouth
2. Their studio looks like a shrine dedicated to The Legend of Zelda. Not hard to see why they decided to make their game Nintendo exlusive
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
So this is the Switch's sacrificial lamb, eh? Sadness II.
Skittzo0413
Member
I'd imagine Nintendo would be asking them to take some of this stuff down if they're not actually Nintendo partners here (which some posters seem to be claiming).
Dark Cloud
Member
Wtf does this mean? Why do people keep bringing this Sadness shit up?
For those who are wondering why the screens are in some letterbox resolution, I think I found the answer. When you look closely at that screen on a white background, you can clearly see that it has a weird black line on the top :
That's because the thing has been badly scropped from this screenshot, which is probably from a cutscene, judging by the black border.
So I expect that every one of the "letterbox" screenshots are actually taken from cutscenes, with the black borders scrapped off.
That's because the thing has been badly scropped from this screenshot, which is probably from a cutscene, judging by the black border.
So I expect that every one of the "letterbox" screenshots are actually taken from cutscenes, with the black borders scrapped off.
To be fair, Switch is infinitely closer to XB1 and PS4 than Wii to PS3 and 360, or Wii U to XB1 or PS4.
It has the ability to show comparable graphical effects even if they may have to be scaled down, because unlike wii u, it supports DX11 and DX12 level shaders.
It's not like people haven't already jumped to conclusions on the other side. This thread is pure sadness (pun intended).
protomouse
Member
Looks promising. Now I'm quite interested in seeing it in motion.
SpookyBlackFish
Member
Absolutely. I guess I was a little too drastic with my comparison. Zelda is in no way unimpressive, I love the look and I believe this will be a great world to visit! The scale alone, as you say, will make it the Hyrule we always dreamed of (thinking of that old drawing from Zelda I when I was a child, where Link walks on a path, the Death Mountain looming in the far distance...).
I really just wanted to compare the dense foliage and the light shining through the leaves. A kind of look, that seems quite up to date and gives a hint to visual fidelity which couldn't be achieved with Zelda's engine, bound to the WiiU.
Skittzo0413
Member
That kind of confirms that they have devkits, no? So this is a real, Switch project. The screens aren't necessarily from the Switch but this is nothing like Sadness.
Lionel Richie
Member
Some people see "Nintendo" on the thread title and it just brings up some very bad memories of Reggie killing their dog or something.
I'll be at the Nintendo Switch event in Paris on January 13th and I certainly don't have any devkit.
Skittzo0413
Member
Will you be there as a journalist or a developer though? I'm guessing a developer's twitter account wouldn't post that they'll be at the event as journalists or another type of guest.
LordRaptor
Member
The Wii and DS briefly made videogames a broadly socially acceptable pastime in a way it hadn't been for years, not just confined to angry young men, misanthropes and socially maladjusted misfits.
Journalist, but you don't need to be a journalist to be there. They're fairly open. You just have to be either responsible of a gaming site, or just someone famous enough to justify your presence.
Also, NicoWav got an actual invitation for the french event in Paris and he posted it on Twitter at the same time as or slightly before outlets started reporting on it, I think (could be wrong, though).
It's over 9,000 gamecubes
Eurogamer has the screenshots with the black borders, as originally intended. Honestly I don't see how it's supposed to be too good for the Switch. If the screenshots are indication of the native resolution, it's a 720p game, with aliasing and a not-that-high draw distance. It still looks good, but nothing that screams bullshot.
Smiles and Cries
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Skittzo0413
Member
Ah yeah, good. This sounds much, much more official now.
The simple fact that it's running on Unreal Engine 4 is already proof that it's beyond what the Wii U could ever achieve.
Skittzo0413
Member
Yeah, but the Switch is significantly beyond the Wii U in capability. There's nothing about this which seems to be too much for the Switch based on what we know.
JB-the-Hunter
Member
This game is on the Switch, not Wii U.