Interested parties should look into Japanese eShop accounts.
The Switch launch in Japan will feature the first Switch game that cannot play on a TV.
VOEZ, a port of a mobile rhythm title, will be available in the Japanese eShop on March 3; other shop releases have not been announced. A touch-based rhythm game with over 1200 songs, the game will only play in portable or tabletop modes.
A trailer below confirms the Japanese release date:
So this means there will be games that only play on the TV, maybe hoping to take advantage of the different clock speeds on the GPU when docked.
So this means there will be games that only play on the TV, maybe hoping to take advantage of the different clock speeds on the GPU when docked.
I wouldn't make that assumption, and I really hope not.
So this means there will be games that only play on the TV, maybe hoping to take advantage of the different clock speeds on the GPU when docked.
I wouldn't make that assumption, and I really hope not.
Why not? If Nintendo is allowing developers the freedom to make a game that can't play while docked, they can't really restrict devs who want to do something the other way around.
Secondly, there's a lot less reason to want to make something that only works docked than only works in handheld mode.
one of the big hooks of the system is that it's a console you can take anywhere, and if you start to make exceptions to that you lose that hook.
Secondly, there's a lot less reason to want to make something that only works docked than only works in handheld mode.
I just gave a reason in my first reply. Other reasons could be online only games and ports of games that can only run stable on docked mode.
Is there any indication that there's a substantial difference in possible power with the dock beyond what's necessary to output at a higher resolution? Online-only's not a problem, as you yourself have lamented the system doesn't include a wired networking option, it's wi-fi only.
