STACK #204 Oct 2021

GAMING FEATURE

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You have the gorgeous new OLED screen, now you need some of the most graphically stunning games out there for your Switch! Here are five of our favourite great looking – and great playing - titles: Luigi’s Mansion 3 As a dream holiday goes bad, Mario’s bro gets into another spot of ghostbusting – with his trusty Polterpup by his side. YOU’VE GOT THE LOOK

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There’s a brand-new Nintendo Switch in town this month, and while the big new thing is its stunning OLED screen, this model update packs some other sweet new features. Words Amy Flower

Metroid Dread Samus’s brand new adventure sees her investigating a mysterious transmission sent to the Galactic Federation.

THAT SCREEN! Let’s start with that obvious improvement on the Nintendo Switch OLED – it’s right there in its call- it-how-it-is name, the OLED screen. If you use your Switch more for portable gaming than docked at home, you’ll notice a massive difference over the original’s LCD screen. OLED technology makes for better contrast, colour and deeper black levels than LCD, with each individual pixel able to be switched off or on – there’s no backlight to muddy what you’re seeing. This delectable new screen doesn’t just look better than ever, it’s also bigger than ever. It clocks in at seven inches (diagonally), as compared to the original Switch’s 6.2

the original 32MB to 64MB. If you have plenty of download games then you’ll still want to jam a MicroSD card into its slightly relocated slot, but this increase in memory makes things quite a bit less stressful when it comes to storage management. SOUND ADVICE If you ever rely on the Switch’s internal speakers for your gaming sound, excellent news is that they have also been upgraded, to provide beefier sound on the go (or on the table!). Meanwhile, a recent firmware update allows all versions of the Switch to easily connect with Bluetooth wireless

Ori: Dual Pack Nab two stunning games in one pack, as the complete story of young Ori unfolds via wild hand- painted artwork.

headphones, earbuds etc without the need to faff around with an adaptor. COLOUR CHOICE As well as the now classic colour combo of neon red/blue, the Switch OLED introduces a striking new colour scheme of black unit with white Joy-Con controllers and dock, as

inches, yet the Switch OLED has only grown around 2.5mm in width – there’s just a whole lot less black bezel. WHAT’S UP, DOCK? While portable players may get the most obvious benefit of the new

Super Mario Odyssey Mario’s greatest adventure yet awaits, in this massive, globetrotting 3D adventure full of incredible worlds.

pictured on this very page. WILL MY OLD STUFF WORK? Yes! Really great news is that almost all existing peripherals – in particular Joy-Cons – are fully compatible with the Switch OLED. Basically, just a handful of Labo creations may need adjustment to accommodate the bigger screen. As the internals remain the same, all games – the really important things - are fully compatible.

Switch OLED, Nintendo have also done some tweaking to the home dock for those who like to play through their TV. Great news is the addition of a wired LAN port to the docking station, offering potentially more stable online play over the only previous option of a Wi-Fi connection. STORAGE MORES! The internal storage has been doubled, from

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of theWild Take to the wide-open world of Hyrule and try not to spend too much time marvelling at the scenery – there’s questing to be done!

THAT’S A STAND! Many of us have had arguments in the past with the teeny-tiny foldout table stand on the original Switch, and Nintendo have listened to our collective cries for something sturdier. They’ve added a wide, angle-adjustable stand to the Nintendo Switch OLED, and it brings a surefootedness that is most definitely welcome.

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