Did you think that Metroid Prime 4 was running on Switch 2 hardware?

Redundant vocabulary in my post. :/

At first i thought it was the Switch because it looked like a game from 2012, and you already know which game. But then i remembered that the Switch has trouble rendering 3D visuals as a whole, so it might very well be their next system, a system that can actual render 3D graphics. Still, if this is about the best the Switch 2 can do, then where are all those goofballs that thought that the Switch 2 will have the power of a PS4Pro?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I told you, expect original 2013 Xbone performance off of your Switch 2. This will be your hardware until 2035. Pretend its OK until you're OK with it🤣

I personally don't expect the successor of the Switch to be a giant leap in hardware, but I do at the very least expect it to look better than what we saw, if it's true that it was running on their newer system. It's more than likely going to be cross-gen.

Bait & Switch 2. lol :P

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Expecting this game to be just like BoTW. A cross gen that runs like a potatoe on the Switch, and then, later on, runs like a potatoe+ on the Switch 2.

Hard to tell, it didn't seem higher res than than the remasters nor was it doing anything like ray-tracing or other advanced techniques. Then again Switch 2 will basically be portable VCR XOne power so 🤷‍♂️

Nah. Didn't see anything looking impossible to run on Switch.

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Retro Studios pushed every Nintendo console they've developed (GCN, Wii, Wii U, Switch). So... no.

What the heck those IGN journo smokin, game looks like its from PS3 era.

Looked good but no I thought that it looked like it was running on the Switch.

At first it thought maybe it was. In the opening part of the trailer, the level of geometry behind samus seems quite high for a Switch game. The image also seems a bit too sharp for a switch game. I have played some of the most technically impressive Switch games on a 4K screen and this looked better again on the same screen (youtube video compression notwithstanding), uncharacteristically detailed. So possibly a bridge to far for the Switch.

But I have looked at it a few more times and the more I see the more flaws I also see. The explosion at the door when Sylus enters is....er....a compromise. There isn't really a whole lot going on. Effect's look fairly basic. MP Remastered also had quite an impressive level of geometry.

But there is a distinct lack of aliasing in the footage. There is some, don't get me wrong, but I would expect significantly worse if this was on the switch itself.

So my current conclusion is a light bullshot. It could very well be the switch game: but with more AA applied to clean up the trailer. On the actual switch I don't think it will actually look that good.

If it does though then fair dues to Retro. That's impressive.

I don't think it's a demonstration of the Switch 2 anyway.

Edit: Just had a look at Metroid Prime Remastered. Yeah it's definitely a Switch game. It looks like a step up from remastered but not any sort of major step up. Whatever way they have their engine running: It seems to eat geometry for breakfast.

Graphics were pretty garbage, I'm guessing Switch.

Pay attention to the textures in the environment, its straight up worse than Gears 1 textures on the 360😫

No, definitely not

Didn't think much of it to be honest. Gonna go with the current hardware Switch on this one. I get that the hardware is old as hell, but the Switch has proven times it can push the limits as to what Nintendo can really push it.

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No, I'm confident it was running on the Switch. 900p @60fps makes sense. Retro pulled off Metroid Prime 1 & 2 at 60fps on the Gamecube hardware, and those are some of the best-looking games of their day. It makes sense to me that they could make Metroid Prime 4 look and run fantastic on the Switch. We already saw their testing ground with the remaster of Prime 1.

DF Direct Special between John And Oliver both wondering if this was played on regular Switch or Switch 2 aka next-gen console: (1:50-10:00) Metroid Prime Beyond.

I saw like a 10sec grab of its gameplay, it looks like it's running on a PS3/360 🤣

It looked very dated and in line with what the Switch can handle. The visuals are not the issue though. That lock on aiming is shit. Get rid of it!

@hardwenzen: " I told you, expect original 2013 Xbone performance off of your Switch 2."

So no GTA 6 for Switch 2?

Is the game supposed to be made for last gen hardware? I didn't hear anything about it, and if that's the case, then forget gta6 on a switch, its way too violent for its demographic, anyways.

Not by a long shot ... the graphics looked as simply as any other Switch game, even if they looked good, but that was no new hardware at all.

Nintendo are pretty straightforward when it comes to unveiling any information on any new system they want to release when things are still under wraps: basically they don't like to release any info or show anything about the new system until they introduce it properly to the public.

Hence this footage is from the Switch version, not from the Switch 2.

When the unveiling happens, we will see the Switch 2 graphics.

Btw, I don't expect Metroid Prime 4 graphics to be a big leap for one important reason: this game was developed as a Switch game then turned into a cross gen game, so it will not be utilizing the full power of Switch 2.

These are Switch visuals. Look at the textures and materials, its incredibly fugly. Metroid 4 was most likely running on the Switch 2 that is like 50% stronger when docked. 50% stronger than a relic from the early 2000's😫

I think the demo was on new hardware, but I also think that in a world where generations don't really matter much, Nintendo will have a switch 1 offering for their 150 million current customers.

I think it was running on the current Switch... if you play Metroid Prime Remastered, it runs and plays quite well on Switch. MP4 just looked a little better.

Seems a bit smooth, was this 60fps?? (I know the video is 30). It's in line with what the current Switch is capable of, I don't think this is Switch 2, not a chance.

DF basically answers this question: it is running on Switch 1 😊

@hardwenzen: "its way too violent for its demographic, anyways."

lol

Nah, looks on par with Metroid Prime Remastered and Doom Eternal imo

Here's a high quality version of the trailer