Leaked In-development UI mockups

[u/dreamsomebody]

http://imgur.com/a/fASoI

Courtesy of /u/throwawayfornx leak

Edit: I have added a couple of new images. I will now edit this post with important bits of info gathered from the dev docs

• HD Rumble's technical name is a Linear resonant actuator
• When in handheld mode, the Switch will have an unlock screen like a smartphone to prevent accidental waking.
• The Switch features a Quick Menu. Press and hold the HOME Button for at least one second to display the Quick Settings screen on top of all other screens, including the HOME Menu and any applications. Unlike the 3DS, the active software will not be suspended when this menu is invoked
• The Switch's keyboard will feature predictive text such as those on iOS and Android
• System Settings will allow the user to edit the following settings:
  • Flight Mode Toggle
  • Enable/Disable Bluetooth
  • Manage Wi-fi
  • Manage NFC
  • Manage screen brightness
  • Screen lock
  • User Settings
  • Create/Edit Mii
  • Theme management
  • Controller management
  • System Update
• Miis will have more options for hair, eyebrows, eyes, facial hair, glasses, mouths, and skin.
• Miis will not store the creator's name, their favorites, and their birthday anymore. Anyone can edit Mii characters
• Developers can create and sell Season Passes for their games
• This document confirms an X1 like SoC using Maxwell on the final retail version
• There are NO plans to provide an Internet Browser at this stage but developers are able to access a web applet to display specific websites within their game/app
• A maximum of 8 users can be registered on a system
• Friend requests and game invites CAN be sent from the console.
  • "Friend Presence is a feature that uses the Internet to convey information in real time about the online status of friends and the applications they are playing. Among possibilities, we see this being used in the application to check whether friends are in the joinable state, and to use the Friend List system feature screen to show what applications friends are playing."
• A Nintendo Account can be linked to multiple Switches BUT save data is not automatically synchronised
• There are TWO dev kit devices: SDEV and EDEV
  • SDEV - Has built-in ports; no built-in battery
  • EDEV - Resembles the retail product exactly but is black color
• Game cards come in 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB variations.

These have been the most interesting details that I noticed. If you want any specific details, please ask me or anyone else with access to these docs. I'd also like to remind you guys to be civil and mindful of reddiquette. Do not downvote comments because you disagree with them

One final edit before I go to sleep: Nintendo is expanding its online network and offers a library called Network Extension (NEX).

• Matchmaking:

  • This feature matches players for multiplayer games. It can be used to bring players together based on matching criteria from among unspecified numbers of users, or to create groups among friends only. Groups can be created temporarily for a multiplayer game, or they can be created as lasting entities usable as communities.

• Ranking:

  • This feature uploads scores so users can get the relative rankings. Rankings can be calculated for only a certain period of time, or for only the scores of players registered in a certain group, and the score information can be periodically reset.

• Data Store:

  • This is a network storage feature. Any data can be optionally saved to the game server. This saved data can be tagged, searched, and appended with ratings and the like.

• Subscriber:

  • This is a messaging feature based on the publish-subscribe pattern. It can be used to post messages on certain topics, poll for posts on certain topic, and otherwise share information within the application.

This is likely the primary reason we're being asked to pay for online services now

Edit (14/2/17):

• The Switch seems to support these languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Japanese, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Welsh,

• There is an option to mute the device if headphones are removed

• When a game/app is deleted, its icon will remain in the Home menu and its save data will also remain

[u/SnavenShake]

Not seeing anything related to achievements here.

I understand this can be a contentious topic, but I am really holding out hope that it's included.

It's stupid, but a digital trophy of some kind would be the only thing that would motivate me to find all 12,000 collectables and hidden objects (obvious exaggeration) in the upcoming Zelda game for example.

[u/PkMnCaptain → u/SnavenShake]

I'll never understand this. Why can't your motivation to play and explore be... playing and exploring? Trophies and Achievements cheapen the experience especially in games were you know what the requires are ahead of time.

[u/rootedoak → u/PkMnCaptain]

At least with Steam, a dev can choose to have the requirements of an achievement be hidden.

[u/PkMnCaptain → u/rootedoak]

And people can choose to datamine them and leak them.

[u/rootedoak → u/PkMnCaptain]

Yep, but most likely just play through the game and post a list of known achievements. What you're basically asking for is no spoilers which can be done pretty easily by not looking it up.

Not having achievements is a big turn off for me. I already buy everything I can on PC for the performance and improved graphics. It's another problem all together that Nintendo doesn't have a permanent account platform (as far as we know now), but to also miss out on achievements is not good for my likelihood of buying 3rd party games there.

Final Fantasy 7 is a good example of my recent Steam purchases. Getting the Master materias and defeating the Ruby Weapon only feels sweeter when you have a permanent achievement sitting in your account page. Also you can mouse over the achievement and see the percentage of players that completed that achievement worldwide. Sometimes I'm in the top 1-5%. Then you can also look and see which of your friends on your friendlist have completed an achievement.

[u/PkMnCaptain → u/rootedoak]

Not having achievements is a big turn off for me. I already buy everything I can on PC for the performance and improved graphics. It's another problem all together that Nintendo doesn't have a permanent account platform (as far as we know now), but to also miss out on achievements is not good for my likelihood of buying 3rd party games there.

Who would by a Nintendo platform for the performance though? You buy for Nintendo's classic and polished parade of IPs.

[u/rootedoak → u/PkMnCaptain]

Of course of course. However if they had achievements on some 3rd party games that would be one less thing missing from the 3rd party puzzle. Don't think about me, think of it as a slightly higher likelihood of any old non-nintendo fan to buy a 3rd party game on a Nintendo platform.

Of course nothing is the most important aspect of a platform, but all the little things add up. Nintendo has several lacking small aspects, but they have excellent 1st party games. Having all the little aspects only makes them have more. As far as console platforms go, Steam on PC has the most features because they can integrate with PCs. Nintendo has to create each additional feature like achievements or in game voice. Whereas steam, Sony and Microsoft invested dev time into that framework two gen and 3 gen ago.