In a post I made on Reddit some 2 weeks ago, I made a poll describing my want to see Frontier Development attempt the port of the Elite Dangerous franchise of titles coming to the Nintendo Switch.
In truth I would actually like FDEV to respond to this idea/post.
I know the technical difficulties would be tremendous given the Nintendo Switch processing power and what not.
Here are some changes that 'could' be implemented if Elite Dangerous 2016 'could' be released on the Nintendo Switch.
Graphical Changes:
*Surface Mining- Simple Red Beam hitting a Rock.
*Deep Core Mining- Simple Rock Split with Sound.
*Limpets- Heard not seen.
*Background- Simple Black Background, Highlighting the selected Star Location.
*Black Holes- Zero lensing effect.
*Neutron Stars- Minimal Movement, if any.
*Interdiction/Hyperdiction- immediately puts Player/NPC in the instance.
*Frame Shift Drive-
Showing a simple circle around selected target before seeing the loading screen.
*Loading Screens/Frame Shift Drive screen- A simple ELITE DANGEROUS Logo and symbol.
User Interface:
*Thumbstick Option 1. Clicking cycles to each console eventually recycling to the cockpit window.
*Thumbstick option 2.
Clicking enables free look, allowing 2nd thumbstick to look at desired console location, D-Pad making selection.
*3rd thumbstick option.
A simple click of the thumbstick enables the Nintendo Switch natural UI to take over allowing the D-Pad or Thumbstick to make selection on the desired Console.
Servers:
*Limited number of players per server.
*Limited Missions given at Mission Board.
Now these are suggestions only...
I am not a programmer nor am I in any way capable of knowing what the Cobra engine is capable of...
Now in my Reddit Poll, I posted each Elite Dangerous title separately naming each one from 1985 - 2016.
In this poll, users mostly wanted Elite Dangerous 2016.
However there is an interest of people who would like to see the original Elite titles come to the Nintendo Switch.
Reddit poll link posted below to prove/provide my point if the community or if FDEV is interested in seeing the complete results.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jvoc2q/would_you_like_to_see_elite_dangerous_on_nintendo/
P.S. Don't expect to see major poll numbers, I'm in no way popular or well known.
In truth I would actually like FDEV to respond to this idea/post.
I know the technical difficulties would be tremendous given the Nintendo Switch processing power and what not.
Here are some changes that 'could' be implemented if Elite Dangerous 2016 'could' be released on the Nintendo Switch.
Graphical Changes:
*Surface Mining- Simple Red Beam hitting a Rock.
*Deep Core Mining- Simple Rock Split with Sound.
*Limpets- Heard not seen.
*Background- Simple Black Background, Highlighting the selected Star Location.
*Black Holes- Zero lensing effect.
*Neutron Stars- Minimal Movement, if any.
*Interdiction/Hyperdiction- immediately puts Player/NPC in the instance.
*Frame Shift Drive-
Showing a simple circle around selected target before seeing the loading screen.
*Loading Screens/Frame Shift Drive screen- A simple ELITE DANGEROUS Logo and symbol.
User Interface:
*Thumbstick Option 1. Clicking cycles to each console eventually recycling to the cockpit window.
*Thumbstick option 2.
Clicking enables free look, allowing 2nd thumbstick to look at desired console location, D-Pad making selection.
*3rd thumbstick option.
A simple click of the thumbstick enables the Nintendo Switch natural UI to take over allowing the D-Pad or Thumbstick to make selection on the desired Console.
Servers:
*Limited number of players per server.
*Limited Missions given at Mission Board.
Now these are suggestions only...
I am not a programmer nor am I in any way capable of knowing what the Cobra engine is capable of...
Now in my Reddit Poll, I posted each Elite Dangerous title separately naming each one from 1985 - 2016.
In this poll, users mostly wanted Elite Dangerous 2016.
However there is an interest of people who would like to see the original Elite titles come to the Nintendo Switch.
Reddit poll link posted below to prove/provide my point if the community or if FDEV is interested in seeing the complete results.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jvoc2q/would_you_like_to_see_elite_dangerous_on_nintendo/
P.S. Don't expect to see major poll numbers, I'm in no way popular or well known.