Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Back to the CoD debate, Black Ops 3 is getting new DLC despite the game being over a year old.

A Dreamcast game got DLC lately. Whats your point?

Animal Crossing got a 3 year update. Smash Bros got DLC a year in. Do you want to mention Destiny while we are there? Binding of Isaac?

Games getting DLC a year after launch is fairly standard. Now if we talk say 5 years..then it gets odd.

Well it's odd for a franchise that has a new entry every year. So yeah.

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That was my thought exactly.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is the last mainline entry on 3DS.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1369462

Not surprising.

Guess IS is focusing on Fire Emblem Switch now, since Echoes already released on Japan.

When playing The Switch in handheld with the joycons attach to the screen, does the joycons battery go down and how long is the hoycon battery?

Can you just put a battery on it

Do you also need a micro sd card if you are just going to buy the games not digtal

1. The joycons charge through the Switch itself, however their battery life is about 20 hours, so there's no real worries there.
2. At this moment it seems you cannot put a battery into it. It may be wiser to just buy a portable external battery to extend the Switch's charge
3. No. You do not need a micro SD card for physical games. The Switch has internal memory for save files.

I am going to a flight to Singapore, so do I need anything else. I am bringing the Switch, a portable charger, and a USB c charger. When playing in handheld mode with the joy con connected, does it lose battery. What is the best way to charge the joycons then if the battery goes down. Also if I am going to buy physical games, it is wise to buy a micro SD or just no. People told me still to buy it?

What do you mean the joycon charge it self in switch. Does it charge when you connect it to the tablet.

The JoyCons charge when they're attached to the Switch while the Switch is docked. If it's not docked, they won't charge.

Is it like when charging the nintendo switch thourhg a power bank or portable charger, you plug the joycons in the screen or connnect it and is charges both?

It was a slow day at work today so I brought out the switch. My coworkers were really excited to try out Mario Kart, and it was a great way to bond with them. And it made me really appreciate what Nintendo has done here.

Of course. They're head down on Switch one

Another thing about the battery in the Switch that people are forgetting is that it's eventually going to die and you can't replace it yourself. I can still play my SNES 25+ years later, will people be able to say the same about Switch? Right now Nintendo will replace it for you at a cost but that causes various inconveniences and they won't be doing that indefinitely.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

It will die one day. Just like the battery in a DS4. Or the Wii U Gamepad. Or 3DS. Or any modern phone. Or any decent human being.

Just be thankful it doesn't have the Sony Timer: Death upon warranty expiration.

Ya, nothing lasts forever.

But Nintendo is still selling DS batteries on their online store. Pretty sure 10 years from now you could send Switch in for a new battery, and be good for another 10 years. And by the time that one goes bad, it'll have been 20 years and they'll have 3 or 4 newer consoles out in wild we'll be playing. Switch games will be virtual console by that point.

And really, it doesn't matter when it's working as a console, and as a handheld, you pretty much want to keep a portable battery with you anyways, so what difference does it make.

I think alot of these hypotheticals get thrown around but, like I said, if you did one maintenance send-in 10 years from now just to refresh it back to new again, by the time that thing finally gave out 10-15 years after that, no one is gonna be playing Switch anymore, or care about the system in the slightest.

Uh, even an SNES can die as well.