Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@NaviAndMii

You may well be right, mate. Those citing a potentially tricky balancing act are right given previous attempts at expanding an existing system but it's not impossible.

Personally I think as long as it is just to soup up existing games and doesn't get its own library-and happens later in Switch's life-it could happen. It just doesn't seem the most likely route IMO. It does seem with Switch Nintendo are keeping their options open though e.g. there was a patent for a supplemental, cloud-type device want there?

@DarthNocturnal The Severed port on Switch is handheld only, on account that it uses the touchscreen.

@DarthNocturnal Trading, perhaps something involving movement as they have done things with that before. (Having the Switch and walking with it, they've done it with 3DS). Again, I may very well be overthinking this, and reading too much into it, but it also wouldn't surprise me if they did do something like this.

The switch doesn't have support for Street pass and are missing accelerometer and GPS for any sort of movement based trick. They could technically add Street pass, but that would tank the battery life of the switch. Maybe they lock trading to nearby systems, but is that a deal breaker for most players?

There isn't any good reason for any game to be handheld only, unless it is a touch based game of course. So while it is good to take corporations word with a grain of salt, this isn't one of those times.

So guys. Maybe its good we didn't get MegaMan Legacy Collection 2.

Turns out it's version of MM9 is Japanese.

@Therad I suppose you're right, best to see how it all turns out.

So how would one go about evolving an Inkay on a docked Switch? Tilt the controller upside down?

Behold, the Megaman Collection we wanted, bought from the UK PSN Store.

And its Japanese.

@meleebrawler Inkay has one of those dumb evolution methods that will probably wind up getting an alternative at some point, like how they introduced an item to evolve Feebas once contest stats stopped being a thing.

@BLP_Software I'm not having this problem on XB1, all 4 games are in English.

@Grumblevolcano UK store, £11.99 by CE Europe. 7, 8 and 10 are English. But even the trailer on the page shows Dr. R symbols in the level, which is Dr. L in English.

@BLP_Software
Maybe you set it to JP?

I was playing MM9 just the other day and I don't recall seeing anything out of the ordinary. English menu, English robot masters...

@JaxonH That's not an option in any of the menus. 7, 8 and 10 are all still English.

But the Steam trailer and PS4 store page trailer show the Dr. R symbol from the Japanese version of Megaman 9 as well.

@JaxonH @Grumblevolcano

Full disclosure.

This is the UK Version for £11.99 bought via the Playstation app. Megaman 7 and 8 use the retranslated Anniversary Collection scripts. All in English. Likewise Megaman 10 is english.

Megaman 9 uses the Dr. R logo instead of Dr. L, cutscenes are in Japanese, text on the save menu, shop, in game acheivement pop ups are all Japanese.

@NEStalgia Hey, glad you got some arcade time in. There is one near my day job but the night job prevents that so maybe someday for me. Until then I'll keep designing that MAME cabinet I'm going to break down and build next year. Yes SF has a loyal following for many of its iterations (which is why I sorta cringe when I hear non FG gamers try to drag capcom through the mud because they don't understand or respect how FG work) so I'm not surprised by the prominent location it had in the arcade you went to. Mention SF II, MVC2, Soul Calibur II and Tekken Tag Tournament and you will always find SOMEONE to play with. They are pillars and no matter how much other stuff you play many people go back to the gems. I personally insert VF but I literally met my first VF buddy in person last year...SEGA what are you doing to me?

I've been playing SF II (Mostly NC and Turbo which again USFII is based on) since I was a kid although III is my weakness (I have the worst Ryu game with that series but I will have a grin on my face as I'm getting murdered) My HRAP should be in tomorrow (which means I'll get it this weekend - two jobs and a PO BOX) so I'll get some play time with it then.

Did you (or anybody really) see the eclipse today? I took off work to take pictures. I don't live in a totality zone but I was very pleased with what i saw.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Yes. I used a welding helmet from the tool room at work and watched it from Madison, WI. It was about 85-90% covered. You couldn't see anything just looking up in the sky- it just looked like the sun (although everything was much dimmer- it wasn't very bright outside at all), but as soon as I looked through the welding visor I could actually see the moon blocking the sun. It was so amazing to see!

My mom and uncle actually drove all the way down to Tennessee so that they could view it in the umbra. My uncle is really big into astronomy and all that type of stuff so he has special telescopes and all kinds of equipment to use to view this. I really should've scheduled some vacation and gone down there with them.

Nope. I'm not convinced that even with glasses or other eye protection, looking at it won't result in eye damage. Even if it's only an almost imperceptible amount of damage, and even if it only shows up in old age, I don't think it's worth it. I haven't done much research on it or anything, but I generally just don't think purposely looking at the sun is a good idea, protection or not.

@JaxonH NOICE! I wanted to drive to Idaho, but my after the taiko conference my funds took a long look at me and laughed. This was better though. I pulled out my telescope, attached my solar filter, apparently forgot to charge my camera battery (only downside) and then set up a lawn chair and got to work. I got a few pics in with my cellphone but I was just happy to see it in the peace and quiet of my home. I'll be traveling for the 2024 one though (hopefully by then I'll be done with grad school and thus will no longer be an amateur astronomer/astrophysicist...I need a money tree).

On topic: Unruly heroes reminds me of rayman in artstyle and I'm looking forward to the FE Heroes character reveals!!!

Switch eShop adding PayPal payment option

http://nintendoeverything.com/switch-eshop-adding-paypal-paym...

Pay with PayPal on Nintendo Switch

http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/164470427529

@Ryu_Niiyama You guys are lucky. The next one in Europe is in 2026 and will only be visible from north-eastern Spain, just before sunset. I believe it's the only one in the next few decades too. It will take place in August fortunately, so maybe I can combine it with a one or two-week holiday to Spain/Portugal.

@KirbyTheVampire It's 100% safe if you know what you're doing.