Switch Pro lives (?): 4K Splatoon conspiracy

[Blackbird]

 

[Strings]

... I'm fairly sure I've seen plenty of bullshots from Nintendo before? Especially for games that ended up looking terrible like FE: Three Houses, etc.

 

[Nights]

Pretty sure the last bit of BOTW2 footage was also in 4K, according to a little tidbit in one of Digital Foundry's Podcasts, so this is the 2nd instance. Its interesting at the very least.

 

[Lulu]

Well those are certainly bullshots, unless...

 

[Vazra]

Are they using the emulator for 4K?

 

[404LinkNotFound]

Sigh

 

[wwm0nkey]

I mean I think we all know the Switch Pro/ Switch 2 will happen in a year or two, but bullshots I don't think are uncommon?

 

[Zombegoast]

Skyward Sword was had screenshots at 1080p for the Wii

 

[Fat4all]

 

[RayCharlizard]

Splatoon 3 too big for OG Switch?

 

[--R]

This happens all the time with Nintendo screenshots. It means absolutely nothing.

 

[Lukar]

Nintendo has sent out 4K screenshots before. Pretty sure they did it for Breath of the Wild and New Horizons. This means nothing.

 

[eraFROMAN]

Switch 4K is an inevitability, honestly

 

[Lord Fanny]

Even if there is a Switch Pro, I really don't know how people don't get so tired over obsessing with it honestly. Just don't buy a Switch/Sell your current Switch until a new system, either a successor or update, is announced and be done with it

 

[NuclearCake]

They are secretly using Yuzu.

 

[kadotsu]

Mind shattering that games are developed on workstations

 

[NateDrake]

Switch Sports, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC have all had 4k assets on the press site.

 

[Fat4all]

Mind shattering that games are developed on workstations

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how powerful could those be, tho

like 1.5 switches?

 

[Cantaim]

Switch Sports, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC have all had 4k assets on the press site.

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[cdm00]

Imagine if the Switch 2 doesn't have 4K, we'll still be talking about this

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Nintendo has been producing 4K switch images for a long time. It may be a feature of devkits for all we know. this does not help prove or disprove any existence of a 4K console.

 

[Aurora]

Didn't Mario Odyssey have 4K screenshot before release?

 

[ILikeFeet]

remember when Nintendo had 4K Breath of the Wild Shots back in 2017?

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Switch ...

*inhale*

PROOOOOOO

 

[ezidro3]

Remember how everyone on Twitter went apeshit a year or two ago when Nintendo uploaded a 5K screenshot of New Horizons

Yeah

EDIT: March 10, 2021

 

[Fat4all]

Switch ...

*inhale*

PROOOOOOO

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[napkins]

i got the feeling that the switch 2 was going to release sooner but the pandemic and chip shortage changed their plans
or is that completely wrong

 

[Shoichi]

4K screenshots I don't think means much, probably more to provide press the highest quality images for games

 

[Dolce]

Switch Sports, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC have all had 4k assets on the press site.

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yeah i was like uh... pretty sure we've gone through this song and dance multiple times lol

 

[LegendofLex]

Skyward Sword was had screenshots at 1080p for the Wii

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Switch Sports, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC have all had 4k assets on the press site.

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Yup

Nothing to see here folks.

 

[NotLiquid]

I remember when we all thought this during Splatoon 3's reveal

 

[famicorpse]

Nintendo fans (me included) have got to shut up. As a collective, please, let's just not talk.

 

[Coolluck]

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That Galaxy bullshot looks worse than the final game.

 

[NateDrake]

yeah i was like uh... pretty sure we've gone through this song and dance multiple times lol

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Some of the Switch Sports screens are 5760x3240.

 

[Gravidee]

That Galaxy bullshot looks worse than the final game.

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That's a render of the boxart for Mario 64.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

It's just the PC version

 

[Milennia]

Never let it die

 

[tadaima]

I remember downscaling huge Twilight Princess GameCube screenshots back in the day.

 

[Ra]

"So, Nintendo typically advertises with actual in-game screenshots."

Most 'citation needed' statement I've seen on Gaming side today.

 

[MondoMega]

Nintendo have posted shots at a higher res than 1080p before, this isn't new.

Again, for the people at the back; we know the hardware exists via leaks from Nvidia earlier in the year, it never died. We know it supports DLSS, with GPU specs of:

12SMs
1536 CUDA Cores
48 Tensor Cores
12 RT cores

What we don't know is when it'll be released. There's no point in speculating about that right now with nothing to go on.

 

[Atheerios]

Nintendo has been uploading 4K screenshots since AC:NH. (Also isn't that technically false advertising?)

 

[TubaZef]

At this point a Switch "Pro" would be stupid, a Switch successor is more likely.

But I don't think this is an indication of that.

Nintendo is weird though so who knows??

 

[zashga]

Nintendo uses high-res renders and screenshots in their marketing all the time. There definitely won't be a Switch Pro outputting 4k in time for Splatoon 3.

 

[chichi789]

They did this with animal crossing last year and it amounted to nothing. The person who quoted that tweet is lying lmao

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Just bring on the Switch 2 at this point. And pray to the chip gods that they can produce enough of them.

 

[Beastie91]

"I've got some bad news...

 

[SharpX68K]

I think the next gen Switch arrives sometime in 2024, and there's not going to be a Switch Pro.

 

[Neoxon]

Switch Sports, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC have all had 4k assets on the press site.

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This, it's not an unusual thing recently.

 

[wbloop]

They had 4K screenshots in their press kits even back in the Wii U days. It's common practice for Nintendo.

 

[maouvin]

Octo buttocks too smooth for current Switch, Pro confirmed.