I scrolled down to comment the same thing. Holy shit before I know it I'll be forty with a 40 on the porch telling stories with a bottle of jack and two grandkids in my lap.
It's not as unlikely as one would think even a few years ago. Microsoft appears to have caught on to Nintendo's strategy of not directly competing with the competition. The Xbox directly competes with the PlayStation, ever since the Wii Nintendo has been in an entirely different ecosystem. It's like a burger shop teaming up with a chicken sandwich shop, they aren't stepping on each others toes and the customers benefit.
I've got it on PC too, got it preloaded on my Switch, just waiting on it unlocking :D Octopath Traveler I'm going to other way around, Got it on my Switch, buying it again on PC :D
I would love to see you at DF compare Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Xbox 360 and the updated backcompat for the Xbox ONE now that the game is backward compatible.
They won't do that, it makes Microsoft look good, digital foundry are Sony fanboys, why do you think they call checkerboarding 4k and never reveal the real resolution? How about the recent days gone videos they did? The bias is blatant
8:30 I wonder if there's a dynamic update rate where if the scene is struggling a bit certain elements will not be updated as often in the frame. This is a technique I've seen encouraged more on Unity games, Unity engine does so, so, so much within a single frame on a single thread, so spreading updates across multiple frames when possible is pretty critical for good performance. It would be interesting if this is what Cuphead is doing, to make sure 60 FPS is constantly hit some elements will skip update frames.
@Vessel Games are developed on PC and scaled down for consoles. Wouldn't make much sense to make a game for a console and port it to PC with enhancements. Even if a game is being developed for the One or PS4, development always starts out on PC. Do you know how game development works?
Honestly I don’t even think it was 10 I don’t remember exactly but it may have been like 4 people. Even for a small Indy studio the whole team being between 2 and 10 people to make s game they polished seems very impressive to me.
gettingbett I spy your knowledge of retro. Whoever ported it, if it was capcom themselves or another developer, had access before anyone else it seemed
@@Enclosure_2k Also the fact that Switch does not have any of 4K assets/files so that would help in reducing overall software size as Switch doesn't support 4K.
I beat ori and the blind forest and cant wait for part two on xbox,its a great game trust me its challenging though at times it had pulling my hair,remember this words"save your progress" as often as you can
Nope, I’m patient. And I like playing these kind of games on a portable device like the Switch. ^^ I’m using my gaming rig only for 3rd party games with demanding graphics. Everything else -> console ;)
12:00 yeah, MS realizes they have no mobile device to compete with the nintendo switch, and they aren't particularly interested in making their own portable console/switch competitor. they can leverage their software library instead and still make a profit despite the games not being purchased on an xbox
Technically, they got laptop manufacturers doing it for them. They're even licensing the official Windows 10 OS. I personally played Cuphead on the GPD Win, which is a handheld computer looking much like a Nintendo DS, also with a Windows 10 license. So comparable hardware exists, but Nintendo has more money to throw at marketing, so the Switch is more known to the public. MS is trying to get the game to potential consumers, not to the hardware per se.
I wish the cartoony 16-bit 2D games should be updated to the Cuphead cartoon look. Picture Earthworm Jim, Genesis Alladin, Mickey Castle of Illusion, Comix Zone, TMNT, Yoshi's Island and so much more. Ah! I would buy them at a high price!
maybe, but I feel the appeal of those games were how impressive looking they were at the time (along with the gameplay of course) so I think it'd be better that way
"The first time that we've seen a Switch port that is visually identical to the game on a much more powerful platform" Apart from almost every other multiplatform 2D game out there.
That’s not really true. Hollow Knight had particle effects toned down on Switch and games like Enter the Gungeon, Dead Cells, and even Sonic Mania had framerate issues.
Thanks John and Rich for another great piece. One request for future Switch-port coverage: audio analysis. AKA, capture uncompressed audio from both an original platform and Switch, then analyze both audio captures' spectrograms in an app like Audacity to see if there's a serious frequency cutoff. (This is how music-piracy nerds check for "mutt rips" at torrent sites.) I ask this because of Dark Souls Switch's notorious audio issues, which fans don't wanna see replicated in other games.
Cuphead was my 2017 GOTY so seeing it on Switch makes me super happy. I always play games on the easiest difficulty but I made the exception for Cuphead. I got my ass kicked and it took roughly 3 weeks straight to beat it ... and I'm sure I took 5 years off my life but it was worth it! Guess it's time to play again and pretty much guarantee that I'm gonna die young.
The thing I was most worried about was whether we’d be able to remap keys. I find the defaults to not be very intuitive. That was my big holdup, but I finally caved and rebought it anyway. Luckily, it has the exact same remapping option submenu as the PC version, so I’m ecstatic!
I bought this for my Switch.. I played through most of it with my cousin on his pc, but never purchased it myself.. So I'm personally looking forward to playing through it again..
keep hoping someone will do a physical. This is one of those games where you can actually say it's best to own it on switch above all else, as you can take it with you and it's a fantastic port at 60FPS.
It's vector art obviously so that it can be suitably scaled. "Vector graphics are ideal for simple or composite drawings that need to be device-independent, or do not need to achieve photo-realism. For example, the PostScript and PDF page description languages use a vector graphics model." Wiki entry for Vector Graphics.
Was worth holding off buying it on PC for so long praying it to come to the Switch and there it is, all that's left now is to wait for the physical version. Imagine this now, Cuphead duo in Smash!
This is NOT the first time we've seen a Switch port that's visually identical to games on other systems. That's a ludicrous statement. It's a very simple indie title. It and tons of others look identical on Switch. It's a gorgeous game, but it's not hard to get it to run.
@@Xavier-ty4jw How is that not real? No one is saying that every game looks identical, but tons of them do. It's a simple indie game. Of course it'll look identical. Get real.
@@DeltathRiylaan I guess you can run Diablo III or something of that sort but a AAA game with modern graphics, recently I play the port of Senua and it was ok but with the graphics were severely downgraded, the switch cannot run complicated cinematics and the port team used video instead, it was very awful
@@Xavier-ty4jw That might be true. I haven't played Hellblade on any system. But that's not the point. The video said, literally, they've never see another game before Cuphead that had identical visuals on Switch. Cuphead is a simple 2D indie game that will run on 10 year old non-gaming laptops. Clearly they aren't talking about AAA games, just any games. And tons of games have the exact same visuals between Switch and other systems. There are hundreds of indie games that look the same between all systems. Listing them is basically pointless because there are so many, but just for the hell of it.. Stardew Valley, The Messenger, all the SteamWorld games, Shovel Knight, Axiom Verge, Hollow Knight, Wargroove, Darkest Dungeon, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, Celeste, Undertale. Also, non-indie modern games that are either last gen ports or have not the craziest graphics, like the Valkyria Chronicles games, Dragon Quest Builders, the Atelier games, Megaman 11, I Am Setsuna/Lost Sphear, Rayman Legends, Tales of Vesperia. Anyway, yes. 100% things like DOOM, MK11, even something like Ys VIII which should run better but doesn't, run worse on Switch. But this guy was acting like Cuphead was the first ever to run the same.
Never played it before as I don't buy digital only games, so I'm really excited for the physical release, and I really respect their decision to hold out until the final version when it is fully patched with all content included.
I haven't finished the video yet, so its possible that it is mentioned later, but to say that its visually identical on the switch seems a little untrue. At 1:08 a closeup comparison is shown where it appears that the Xbox One X version of the game has a slightly softer look to it. It seems as if some of the filters were dialed back a little bit for the switch version as cuphead looks ever so slightly sharper on the switch version at that comparison point.
"I definitely don't think we are ever gonna be seeing Cupheads on a PlayStation" fast forward 1 year, money makes the world go round, I'll be looking forward to the DF review, lol.
Higher compression on the FMV sequences. They probably didn't bother to compress much at all on the Xbox One version. Even a few minutes of FMV with -low compression can make a huge space difference.
Superb work DF. Cuphead is a sensational game and really does fit the Switch perfectly. I am liking the Microsoft/Nintendo partnership that is going on, hopefully both Ori Games will be Ported next on the Switch.
I think that Killer Instinct is a great game to port to the switch! It doesn't seem too demanding on the hardware and the original 2 games were Nintendo games MK11 comes to switch so I don't see why KI couldn't. It's a nice alternative for those who want something faster and less brutal than MK.
The only time I noticed a difference was playing two player on the switch, the fps would fluctuate especially during the boss fights. Other than that the game runs flawlessly.
The switch version is broken for me, idk why. At the bossfight with the green dragon their are no cloud plattforms spawning when scrolling to the right so its impossible to beat :(
How are you playing through cuphead and still have enough concentration to notice a frame stutter on a particular moment that even the frame rate tools couldn't detect
JamesJose1245 Well they are playing through this version of the game specifically looking for things like this, so they're keeping a close eye out for that stuff.
Eh that's the thing, when you concentrate so hard on enemy and your own movement which is curcial to not get hit in a game like this, then you will be MORE prone to notice something like that.
Great coverage as always by DF. I already bought the game on Switch and played it for a short while before watching your analysis and I wholeheartedly agree with it. However, I have recently started playing 2 play couch co-op and have noticed, what I believe to be framerate drops. I have noticed this on 'level 2' / 'target 2' near the start of the level just before you see the first tree trunk enemies, where there are about 6-8 enemies in screen at once. I was wondering if maybe you could do some further analysis to back this up as I think it will be interesting and beneficial to anybody considering buying this game for local co-op
1:20 Switch looks a bit clearer, why's that? Color wise, I mean. And are the animation updates etc. included into the Switch version? For people who don't know. They updated/will update (?) the animations, and the graphics a little.
How weird would it be if Nintendo and Microsoft teamed up and released a next gen console together? Neither company owns the other, just a huge collaboration.
@@ekopermana7150 Microsoft did still pay to fund the rest of the game. There are limitations to where Studio MDHR can publish their game because of Microsoft.
The stuttering John mentioned is a regular occurrence on my PS4. I dunno why it happens, but it's very annoying when I'm playing a competitive online game.
Awesome game, got the Mac version, and now I'm gonna get it on Switch. (When the physical version drops.) BTW, you guys didn't talk about the slight visual differences, but its all good. I just hope everyone buys it! :P
Minecraft, Hellblade: Senua's sacrifice and Cuphead are all either owned or funded by Microsoft. Remember Fortnite crossplay as well? Yeah, MS and Nintendo teaming-up. We're expecting Ori and the blind forest to be the next release on Switch, then, possibly Super Lucky's Tale after that. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo in return allows MS to complete the GoldenEye re-make for Xbox.
Aside from a slow loading time, Cuphead ran *flawlessly* on my shitty Intel HD GPU laptop, with a Core i3 processor, and 4 Gigs of RAM. So I'm pretty sure a Switch conversion of the game would be more than flawless.
Holy cow! Cuphead finally on Switch! I was thinking about buying an Xbox One back in 2017 just for this game! I think it’s awesome that Microsoft and Nintendo work together. I’m definitely gonna buy this game on Nintendo Switch. Thanks 🙏 for this video DF!
I'm so happy to hear it's a perfect convertion I can't wait to play it. Hey can you guys analyze Hob for switch? As a psa have to say it must be the worst conversion from Panic Button I've seen. It runs looks fairly ok on docked but handheld the resolution and aliasing is atrocious. When I first booted it and the intro played out it no joke looked ps1 level pixelated bad.
If its flawless.. That means it wasn't pushing xbone hardware. I wonder how 360/PS3 would look on it. There isn't crazy lighting o textures. This is not to downplay the actual port. They did a great job! I think Switch version is slower because of all that compression on the file size.
Physical copy? When, where? It's only digital as far as I know. Did you just misspeak at the end of the video or did I miss a big announcement on a retail release?
@@ChiefMedicPururu well, great, I wasted $20 an a digital copy then. Even though I'm elated about a retail release I'm livid I wasted money on digital.
@@ChiefMedicPururu I appreciate the sentiment but I'm just not a fan of digital distribution. I will happily rebuy the game retail so I actually own it, I'm just angry one of the few times I've broken down to buy digital it turns out it wasn't digital only and there was indeed a retail version coming out and I missed that info.
many devs don't use FMV on unity they use crolling sprites , it's faster to load and use less space on disk/memory , beide that unity has a bug when use videos it's cause a memory leak which you can only avoid if you create empty scenes between the video and games which cause more loading times
This video just proved how great Canadians are at making games. I know people are going to start yelling at me well cuphead is made by Canadians mainly from Toronto. Bendy and the ink machine the guy who came up with it is American the company kindly Beast's HQ is in Ottawa Ontario.
I left XB1 for PS4 and this is the one game i wish I could get, i love the art style so much detail, this game shows stylish beautiful games don't need mega powerful hardware all the time
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Cuphead came out 2017?!!? damn..time flies by geez
end of 17, so almost 18
2017bc infact.
I scrolled down to comment the same thing. Holy shit before I know it I'll be forty with a 40 on the porch telling stories with a bottle of jack and two grandkids in my lap.
@@arbiter- Already there.
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Rare Replay on Switch would be nice
Yep. Bring Banjo home....
i'd love to play conker on the go
Oh my God YES!
Bring Rare home!
Yeah, I can't wait to play Nuts and Bolts on the go! *sarcasm*
It's not as unlikely as one would think even a few years ago. Microsoft appears to have caught on to Nintendo's strategy of not directly competing with the competition. The Xbox directly competes with the PlayStation, ever since the Wii Nintendo has been in an entirely different ecosystem. It's like a burger shop teaming up with a chicken sandwich shop, they aren't stepping on each others toes and the customers benefit.
I own it on the PC but I will definitely be buying it for switch. I think Cuphead works perfectly in a portable form factor.
Would it sound odd if I say I have it on PC and Xbox, and might even get it on Switch?
I've got it on PC too, got it preloaded on my Switch, just waiting on it unlocking :D
Octopath Traveler I'm going to other way around, Got it on my Switch, buying it again on PC :D
@@XiphosGaming why?
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 Because I want to?
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 Because his switch was gathering dust.
0:16 There were Microsoft games on the DS too, like Viva Piñata and those turn based age of empires games
Perfect for Switch. Ori next, please. Great work as always, dark.
Perfect for Switch? What's not, when the execution is good of course?
If you're expecting another exclusive from Xbox to come on the switch, then you're going to be very disappointed!
@@clarencemerritt5003 No he wont because thete will be more
@@mario_adv2nture Many games are simply beyond the technical capabilities of the console.
@@clarencemerritt5003 cool. does your dad work at Microsoft?
Now we need Rare replay on switch
Now that would be something!
Banjo & Kazooie coming home!
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I’s go nuts! :D
I'm still praying to Crom for this to happen. Jet Force Gemini on my Switch and I'll be in heaven!
@@ClockedIt And if you do not listen Crom.....then to Hell with you!
11:40 "I definitely don't think we're ever gonna be seeing Cuphead on the Playstation" ;)
@SuperEmotionEngine it’s already on PlayStation
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That's why he did the little wink face at the end.
Finally I can have a comment section without salt or toxic
Just wait
Give it time. It's going to happen sadly.
but you can have milk! *pours you a cup full at the wrong angle and splashes it all over*
I'm sure there will be someone with arse ache. That's always the case.
wait for new wii u remaster
I would love to see you at DF compare Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Xbox 360 and the updated backcompat for the Xbox ONE now that the game is backward compatible.
I was thinking the same. Yes please.
It's coming to the Switch part 1 to 3 soon.
It's backwards compatible on One now?
Awakened Virtue I believe that they already did a ninja Gaiden black performance on the Xbox one when it was first backwards compatible
They won't do that, it makes Microsoft look good, digital foundry are Sony fanboys, why do you think they call checkerboarding 4k and never reveal the real resolution? How about the recent days gone videos they did? The bias is blatant
Great analysis! I can't wait for the physical copy.
I'm sure it'll come out eventually. Perhaps LGR, or from MS themselves.
anytime now...
One day……
3 years later we finally get it
You've missed all the parrys.
That's not the point. Also, 'parries'.
@@bombjack1984 I think u mean perry's
That triggered me
11:30 u wrong boy
8:30 I wonder if there's a dynamic update rate where if the scene is struggling a bit certain elements will not be updated as often in the frame. This is a technique I've seen encouraged more on Unity games, Unity engine does so, so, so much within a single frame on a single thread, so spreading updates across multiple frames when possible is pretty critical for good performance.
It would be interesting if this is what Cuphead is doing, to make sure 60 FPS is constantly hit some elements will skip update frames.
I doubt it because it only seems to happen after restarts.
The routines are probably doubling up since we know it happens after restarts.
Weren't Sonic Mania, Celeste, etc all identical on Switch?
Sonic Mania had some frame rate issues on Switch during the bonus levels when it was first released,, though it was soon patched to fix it.
Celeste launched on Switch, not really a port
No
@@justinhurowitz70 Every game is a port except for the PC version of most games lmao
@Vessel Games are developed on PC and scaled down for consoles. Wouldn't make much sense to make a game for a console and port it to PC with enhancements. Even if a game is being developed for the One or PS4, development always starts out on PC. Do you know how game development works?
I hope this is a step toward Nintendo and MS coming to some sort of agreement over a Goldeneye 64 remaster release.
I was getting ready to post the same comment.
Why would Nintendo need Microsoft to make a Goldeneye 64 remastered?
@@IvanSantanaEu RARE
@@tldr365 I bet you're fun at parties
How'd you manage to reach to that from a cuphead port lmao?
Seeing analysis like this makes me wanna hug my Switch every time
The craziest part of all of this is the team that made this game was like 10 people if I remember correctly. Great evaluation as usual guys!!
10 people are a lot for a developing team
Honestly I don’t even think it was 10 I don’t remember exactly but it may have been like 4 people. Even for a small Indy studio the whole team being between 2 and 10 people to make s game they polished seems very impressive to me.
@@danebeee1 yeah. They are great team. We need to support them by money )
Will definitely get the Switch version of Cuphead!
Going to wait for the physical version since I already have this on my Xbox, so glad to see the port is basically perfect
I'm still waiting
11GB down to 3GB? WIZARDRY!!
Ah, now I'm feeling old. I witnessed the wizardry of 600 MB PS1 to 16 MB N64 Downports in the late 90s ;)
gettingbett I spy your knowledge of retro. Whoever ported it, if it was capcom themselves or another developer, had access before anyone else it seemed
not really. if you compress the textures in the proper way... Thats why the fucking FFXV on pc is over 100GB.... There's no texture compressing.
@@Enclosure_2k Also the fact that Switch does not have any of 4K assets/files so that would help in reducing overall software size as Switch doesn't support 4K.
@@otakudenoche1585 all I see is a good job from the dev.
I only want the Ori games on Switch.
I haven’t played them yet and I will wait and hope. :)
I beat ori and the blind forest and cant wait for part two on xbox,its a great game trust me its challenging though at times it had pulling my hair,remember this words"save your progress" as often as you can
Everyone is waiting for the sequel, including Xbox players.
Even PC potato can run that game well enough, so stop waiting for what may or may not come and enjoy it today.
Nope, I’m patient. And I like playing these kind of games on a portable device like the Switch. ^^
I’m using my gaming rig only for 3rd party games with demanding graphics.
Everything else -> console ;)
BINARYGOD Seriously? The game looks so good that it is hard to believe that a PC potato can run the game.
Yeah, it's never given. The same reason why Hollow Knight port had to be re-build for the Switch to lock it as 60fps.
Similar situation with Dead Cells, I'm glad the developers of both games were comited to offer a good experience
Did they actually admit they rebuild the game to reach 60fps ?
@@athlonzero yeah, there's said it on AMA on reddit as why it took so long to get it out.
Please do a review of FFX/FFX2 on Switch. Much love
12:00 yeah, MS realizes they have no mobile device to compete with the nintendo switch, and they aren't particularly interested in making their own portable console/switch competitor. they can leverage their software library instead and still make a profit despite the games not being purchased on an xbox
Technically, they got laptop manufacturers doing it for them. They're even licensing the official Windows 10 OS. I personally played Cuphead on the GPD Win, which is a handheld computer looking much like a Nintendo DS, also with a Windows 10 license.
So comparable hardware exists, but Nintendo has more money to throw at marketing, so the Switch is more known to the public. MS is trying to get the game to potential consumers, not to the hardware per se.
I mean, Cuphead runs on my laptop with potato Intel graphics so I would hope so.
Played it on the GPD Win which has an Intel Atom, yeah. No performance issues whatsoever.
Missing the point
@@Mycarisloose Then what's the point?
Deltath Riylaan There are games (2D or otherwise) that don’t run well... the fact that this does run well (on low powered systems) is great.
@@MKu64 With such a high profile release, I don't think anyone expected anything but a rock solid port. But maybe that's just me.
John:I don’t think Cuphead Is EVER coming to PlayStation.
PlayStation access goes live:WOW , SO INTERESTING, CUPHEAD ON PS4!!!!
I wish the cartoony 16-bit 2D games should be updated to the Cuphead cartoon look.
Picture Earthworm Jim, Genesis Alladin, Mickey Castle of Illusion, Comix Zone, TMNT, Yoshi's Island and so much more.
Ah! I would buy them at a high price!
maybe, but I feel the appeal of those games were how impressive looking they were at the time (along with the gameplay of course) so I think it'd be better that way
I’m glad they ported it, but this is one of those games for me that once you beat there’s no reason to go back.
Fantastic game though.
After finishing it its one of those games that you boot up to scratch and itch not really for a full replay atleast for me.
Speak for yourself. This game for me has a lot of replay value. It’s not too long and it’s just a blast to defeat the bosses as quick as you can.
This game is not just so good to play it for second time.
I didn't beat it on Steam so I'm glad I will now and on my Big TV screen 😁
I didn't play Cuphead for PC, but the day it came out on Switch I played it like crazy. It's amazing and one of the most fun games I've ever played.
"The first time that we've seen a Switch port that is visually identical to the game on a much more powerful platform"
Apart from almost every other multiplatform 2D game out there.
I’d venture a guess and say they haven’t played/tested those on the switch.
"what we have seen". They did not seen all of the games.
Even being a 2D game shit happens...
That’s not really true. Hollow Knight had particle effects toned down on Switch and games like Enter the Gungeon, Dead Cells, and even Sonic Mania had framerate issues.
@@justinhurowitz70 Absolute nonsense.
Your Switch will display performance issues in portable mode after Cuphead makes you toss it across the room
That’s why it’s been doing that!
If Sea of Thieves is to go on the Switch, it will be as if Rare is going back home.
Thanks John and Rich for another great piece. One request for future Switch-port coverage: audio analysis. AKA, capture uncompressed audio from both an original platform and Switch, then analyze both audio captures' spectrograms in an app like Audacity to see if there's a serious frequency cutoff. (This is how music-piracy nerds check for "mutt rips" at torrent sites.) I ask this because of Dark Souls Switch's notorious audio issues, which fans don't wanna see replicated in other games.
you are underastimating the talent of the artists to make you think that was a 3D cilinder. I'm pretty sure that was hand drawn
Cuphead was my 2017 GOTY so seeing it on Switch makes me super happy.
I always play games on the easiest difficulty but I made the exception for Cuphead. I got my ass kicked and it took roughly 3 weeks straight to beat it ... and I'm sure I took 5 years off my life but it was worth it!
Guess it's time to play again and pretty much guarantee that I'm gonna die young.
The thing I was most worried about was whether we’d be able to remap keys. I find the defaults to not be very intuitive. That was my big holdup, but I finally caved and rebought it anyway. Luckily, it has the exact same remapping option submenu as the PC version, so I’m ecstatic!
that's good to hear! makes me more interested in getting a Switch version of Cuphead now.
I bought this for my Switch..
I played through most of it with my cousin on his pc, but never purchased it myself..
So I'm personally looking forward to playing through it again..
keep hoping someone will do a physical. This is one of those games where you can actually say it's best to own it on switch above all else, as you can take it with you and it's a fantastic port at 60FPS.
Very nice, it's great to see there are basically zero compromises here. Now that it's physical I may have to pick up another copy.
It's vector art obviously so that it can be suitably scaled. "Vector graphics are ideal for simple or composite drawings that need to be device-independent, or do not need to achieve photo-realism. For example, the PostScript and PDF page description languages use a vector graphics model." Wiki entry for Vector Graphics.
Was worth holding off buying it on PC for so long praying it to come to the Switch and there it is, all that's left now is to wait for the physical version. Imagine this now, Cuphead duo in Smash!
Don't toy with me
They’d be like ice climbers with a twist lol.
This is NOT the first time we've seen a Switch port that's visually identical to games on other systems. That's a ludicrous statement. It's a very simple indie title. It and tons of others look identical on Switch. It's a gorgeous game, but it's not hard to get it to run.
It runs well on my notebook with a very weak Intel N3350 with no discrete GPU 😅 probably can run well even on my coffee machine
Identical graphics on a switch port ? Get real
@@Xavier-ty4jw How is that not real? No one is saying that every game looks identical, but tons of them do. It's a simple indie game. Of course it'll look identical. Get real.
@@DeltathRiylaan I guess you can run Diablo III or something of that sort but a AAA game with modern graphics, recently I play the port of Senua and it was ok but with the graphics were severely downgraded, the switch cannot run complicated cinematics and the port team used video instead, it was very awful
@@Xavier-ty4jw That might be true. I haven't played Hellblade on any system. But that's not the point. The video said, literally, they've never see another game before Cuphead that had identical visuals on Switch. Cuphead is a simple 2D indie game that will run on 10 year old non-gaming laptops. Clearly they aren't talking about AAA games, just any games. And tons of games have the exact same visuals between Switch and other systems. There are hundreds of indie games that look the same between all systems. Listing them is basically pointless because there are so many, but just for the hell of it.. Stardew Valley, The Messenger, all the SteamWorld games, Shovel Knight, Axiom Verge, Hollow Knight, Wargroove, Darkest Dungeon, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, Celeste, Undertale. Also, non-indie modern games that are either last gen ports or have not the craziest graphics, like the Valkyria Chronicles games, Dragon Quest Builders, the Atelier games, Megaman 11, I Am Setsuna/Lost Sphear, Rayman Legends, Tales of Vesperia.
Anyway, yes. 100% things like DOOM, MK11, even something like Ys VIII which should run better but doesn't, run worse on Switch. But this guy was acting like Cuphead was the first ever to run the same.
Never played it before as I don't buy digital only games, so I'm really excited for the physical release, and I really respect their decision to hold out until the final version when it is fully patched with all content included.
I haven't finished the video yet, so its possible that it is mentioned later, but to say that its visually identical on the switch seems a little untrue. At 1:08 a closeup comparison is shown where it appears that the Xbox One X version of the game has a slightly softer look to it. It seems as if some of the filters were dialed back a little bit for the switch version as cuphead looks ever so slightly sharper on the switch version at that comparison point.
It's so fucking good - having a ball. The Switch is the perfect home for this game.
"I definitely don't think we are ever gonna be seeing Cupheads on a PlayStation" fast forward 1 year, money makes the world go round, I'll be looking forward to the DF review, lol.
Cuphead, Ori, and hollow knight. Best platformers this gen.
Can't wait for will of the wisps.
tropical freeze better than all
Best platformers this gen my ass
That profile picture
TruthHurts why do you care?
Mario Odyssey and Astro Bot both rated higher than those games!
Speaking of Gunstar Heroes and Alien Soldier...hmm I'm thinking that would make quite the DF Retro episode..."Sublime 16-bit Shooting Part II"!!
I can tell the difference between 720p and 1440p. It's quite clear.
Higher compression on the FMV sequences. They probably didn't bother to compress much at all on the Xbox One version. Even a few minutes of FMV with -low compression can make a huge space difference.
I would have liked some mention of multi-player. Local only?
Yup
Got this on Xbox...will be also grabbing it on Switch. Bring on that Physical Edition. 😁
This game is a pure art, a lot of effort has been put in these animations.
How can you not tell the difference between the 720p and 1440p versions? The 1440p version is _significantly_ sharper.
I can see it too.
But in the heat of the moment when everything's in motion, it would probably be splitting hairs to tell the difference.
If you zoom in 200%
Let’s not forget the most important part. You can now play as his pal Mugman by default in single-player.
4:15 upper "conveyor platform" glitches
Superb work DF. Cuphead is a sensational game and really does fit the Switch perfectly. I am liking the Microsoft/Nintendo partnership that is going on, hopefully both Ori Games will be Ported next on the Switch.
I think that Killer Instinct is a great game to port to the switch!
It doesn't seem too demanding on the hardware and the original 2 games were Nintendo games
MK11 comes to switch so I don't see why KI couldn't. It's a nice alternative for those who want something faster and less brutal than MK.
I would love to see Zelda, Mario on the Xbox One X.
I doubt that's going to happen. You can dream though 😊
Fat Chance😐😂😂
This won't EVER happen. Anyone who thinks Cuphead is some evidence that it will happen is kidding themselves.
Sorry, seem never happened
The Cutscene is now fully animated? i'm sold and also can someone recorded that and upload youtube (just wondering)
They weren’t before?
yes but for now the developer now added extra feature for the cutscene (i mean't the animation)
They used texture atlases on Switch, rather than spritesheet by spritesheet of a single character, also reduced file size. 7:47, nice dodge.
The only time I noticed a difference was playing two player on the switch, the fps would fluctuate especially during the boss fights. Other than that the game runs flawlessly.
That's great for the switch and the developers . I hope many sales will follow
Physical edition announced with dlc today
Is there a mode to turn off the old film degrading filter? I'd like to experience the visuals in the same way someone in the 1930s would had.
I think there's such a thing in the options.
The switch version is broken for me, idk why. At the bossfight with the green dragon their are no cloud plattforms spawning when scrolling to the right so its impossible to beat :(
Maybe the data is corrupted?
@@ChiefMedicPururu think it was a bug in release version. patch 2 fixed it
Please analyze FFX and FFXII on the Switch
2:11 voice crack 😭😭😭
How are you playing through cuphead and still have enough concentration to notice a frame stutter on a particular moment that even the frame rate tools couldn't detect
JamesJose1245 Well they are playing through this version of the game specifically looking for things like this, so they're keeping a close eye out for that stuff.
Eh that's the thing, when you concentrate so hard on enemy and your own movement which is curcial to not get hit in a game like this, then you will be MORE prone to notice something like that.
Did John hand-draw in some chromatic aberration on his loading timer there?
Great coverage as always by DF. I already bought the game on Switch and played it for a short while before watching your analysis and I wholeheartedly agree with it.
However, I have recently started playing 2 play couch co-op and have noticed, what I believe to be framerate drops. I have noticed this on 'level 2' / 'target 2' near the start of the level just before you see the first tree trunk enemies, where there are about 6-8 enemies in screen at once.
I was wondering if maybe you could do some further analysis to back this up as I think it will be interesting and beneficial to anybody considering buying this game for local co-op
Huge L if they didn't test multiplayer!
1:20 Switch looks a bit clearer, why's that? Color wise, I mean.
And are the animation updates etc. included into the Switch version? For people who don't know. They updated/will update (?) the animations, and the graphics a little.
The update is also integrated into the Switch port.
The switch footage is sharper as it is shown here. Maybe they got some sharpening going on.
They are showing the non updated XB version of Cuphead.
Not a single pink object parried during the entire video, that triggers me something fierce!
(Wait, there's one at 11:32)
i hope this bromance between Nintendo and Microsoft continues
I've noticed the retry judder bug in the PC version of Cuphead on two different computers. Interesting that it also happens on the Switch.
How come i get the feeling MS is going to announce some sort of official partnership with Nintendo at E3 this year?
How weird would it be if Nintendo and Microsoft teamed up and released a next gen console together? Neither company owns the other, just a huge collaboration.
Cuphead is not MS IP, so the developer can release this game on whatever platform that they want, as simple as that
@@ekopermana7150 Cuphead is published by Microsoft though.
@@midasmagnezone4282 wikipedia or other site are exist tho. Really? 4 months and still wrong, LMFAO 😆
@@ekopermana7150 Microsoft did still pay to fund the rest of the game. There are limitations to where Studio MDHR can publish their game because of Microsoft.
We need more games with inspired art styles and not aiming for picture-perfect realism.
I used to play this on the go on my GPD Win.
I think you're the only person who's ever said that.
Now, make a port for PS4. A man can still dream.
Since Sony doesn't want to play nice, it'll never happen sadly.
Maybe someday, because MS is not Cuphead IP owner, so you know just like PUBG
The stuttering John mentioned is a regular occurrence on my PS4. I dunno why it happens, but it's very annoying when I'm playing a competitive online game.
Awesome game, got the Mac version, and now I'm gonna get it on Switch. (When the physical version drops.) BTW, you guys didn't talk about the slight visual differences, but its all good. I just hope everyone buys it! :P
Minecraft, Hellblade: Senua's sacrifice and Cuphead are all either owned or funded by Microsoft. Remember Fortnite crossplay as well? Yeah, MS and Nintendo teaming-up. We're expecting Ori and the blind forest to be the next release on Switch, then, possibly Super Lucky's Tale after that. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo in return allows MS to complete the GoldenEye re-make for Xbox.
Is the brighter colors on switch (compared to xbox) due to the update that went live for all versions, or is this a switch specific thing?
Aside from a slow loading time, Cuphead ran *flawlessly* on my shitty Intel HD GPU laptop, with a Core i3 processor, and 4 Gigs of RAM. So I'm pretty sure a Switch conversion of the game would be more than flawless.
11:42 Well that comment didn't age well
Can't wait to get the physical copy of this with a actual game inside of it.
Holy cow! Cuphead finally on Switch! I was thinking about buying an Xbox One back in 2017 just for this game! I think it’s awesome that Microsoft and Nintendo work together. I’m definitely gonna buy this game on Nintendo Switch. Thanks 🙏 for this video DF!
I'm so happy to hear it's a perfect convertion I can't wait to play it.
Hey can you guys analyze Hob for switch? As a psa have to say it must be the worst conversion from Panic Button I've seen.
It runs looks fairly ok on docked but handheld the resolution and aliasing is atrocious. When I first booted it and the intro played out it no joke looked ps1 level pixelated bad.
If its flawless.. That means it wasn't pushing xbone hardware. I wonder how 360/PS3 would look on it. There isn't crazy lighting o textures. This is not to downplay the actual port. They did a great job!
I think Switch version is slower because of all that compression on the file size.
sselemaNrM it probably would have been 30fps
Hot damn. A perfect port!
Definitely will pick up a physical copy down the road.
Seem's that all versions of the game got a file shrink... PC version is now 3.68GB from 11GB
So when are we getting the cup head Tesla edition video?
Physical copy? When, where? It's only digital as far as I know. Did you just misspeak at the end of the video or did I miss a big announcement on a retail release?
During Summer, when the Delicious Last Course (hur hur) releases.
@@ChiefMedicPururu well, great, I wasted $20 an a digital copy then. Even though I'm elated about a retail release I'm livid I wasted money on digital.
@@orchNEStra No need to be angry. You still got the game either way and the DLC is both versons anyway.
@@ChiefMedicPururu I appreciate the sentiment but I'm just not a fan of digital distribution. I will happily rebuy the game retail so I actually own it, I'm just angry one of the few times I've broken down to buy digital it turns out it wasn't digital only and there was indeed a retail version coming out and I missed that info.
many devs don't use FMV on unity they use crolling sprites , it's faster to load and use less space on disk/memory , beide that unity has a bug when use videos it's cause a memory leak which you can only avoid if you create empty scenes between the video and games which cause more loading times
now waiting for MCC collection on PC to come out ! Hoping DF will do a vid segment on MCC collection...
*_CUPHEAD IS A UNITY GAME?!_*
yeah, not surprising
Literally anything can run this game man
This video just proved how great Canadians are at making games. I know people are going to start yelling at me well cuphead is made by Canadians mainly from Toronto. Bendy and the ink machine the guy who came up with it is American the company kindly Beast's HQ is in Ottawa Ontario.
1:38
This will be your nightmare, Nintendo-ers.
I left XB1 for PS4 and this is the one game i wish I could get, i love the art style so much detail, this game shows stylish beautiful games don't need mega powerful hardware all the time