Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Octane
Oh, gotcha. Yea - it's gonna take some time for Switch bundles to really be enticing. You might just have to bite the bullet, man. Really depends on how badly you want to get into Odyssey before every little secret is plastered all over the internet. I HATE how a game comes out, and then like 2 days later a place like IGN or Kotaku will have an article on how to get all the secrets and stuff, and sometimes the headlines even have little spoilers.

@gcunit

@rallydefault Yup. But 64 and Sunshine are two of my favourite games, so I want to get Odyssey day one, and like you said, to avoid any potential spoilers. I figure that as long as Ninty can't fix the supply issues, the price won't drop, so there's no point in waiting. And Nintendo hardware and games are generally a bit more expensive, well, they don't drop in price as much at least.

And I'm glad I don't follow any "gaming news media" on YouTube. Heck, I even avoid NLife's front page since their tumbnails get a bit spoiler-y too.

@JaxonH Nice one. Is that 2 x neons and you're waiting on the reds to arrive?

Some new Switch boxart

Game looks excellent, waaaay better than I Am Setsuna. Look at that airship a minute or two in! Love how the world rotates like its round as you fly

Lost Sphear TGS Footage

I ended up getting Pokken, enjoy active online multiplayer while it lasts. Still think all known online multiplayer Switch games except MK8D and Splatoon 2 will die out once the paid subscription goes live.

@JaxonH Love that battle system! Watching that video gave me chills of old school rpgs!

@Grumblevolcano Die out or just continue with the hardcore players. I for one think the challenge will jump up big time.

@Spoony_Tech I mean like it being very difficult to find any online matches for games like ARMS and Pokken.

@Grumblevolcano I had no trouble finding games on the Wii U version of Pokken, despite it's limited playerbase. At worst I got matched up with the same people a few times.

Fighting games might not have big audiences online, but you only need a few dedicated players to keep the online going. Helps that you mostly only need to find one player at a time.

@Octane

Game in the UK are doing it for £299.99 with 2 games. Argos have a couple of bundles so there is movement here. May happened elsewhere in Europe too.

I didn't know Constructor was getting a physical release. Excellent

I've been enjoying handheld more far more than I though. From when I'm exercising to sharing with the family at nighttime - my parents watch TV while I play BotW.
I like playing in my TV but being able to play everywhere is a game changer.

@Luna_110 It kinda amazes me that people didn't understand this benefit from the outset, but I'm glad you're there now - enjoy

More than not understanding, it's that I underestimated it. The Wii U's range for Off TV play was utter crap so I never used it, but I never though the Switch would fit so well in my life style!

My docked/portable ratio is probably 10/90 at this point.

What's yours?

@Luna_110
Not just the poor range, but every game had a different shortcut for off TV play. So you never knew what buttons to press- tap the touch screen? Click the analogs? Start and minus? Who knows... On top of that, some games didn't offer off TV play, which only made matters worse trying to keep up with which games had it, which games didn't, and the games that had it- which buttons you needed to press.

Then, even when you did get it working, the resolution was sub-HD, the brightness reached a whopping 100 nits (or so it seemed) and you were tethered to an invisible leash that barely spanned 20-25 feet.

People saw it's potential, and it was a cool feature for the time (the lag-free wireless streaming is still impressive to this day), but Switch realizes the full experience Wii U could never offer. And yes, it's so easy to underestimate it. Can't tell you how many times I undock it because I'm playing online in Monster Hunter XX or Splatoon 2 and need to grab some coffee or go to the bathroom and can't pause. Comes to work with me every day. It's really hard for people to appreciate it's practicality without experiencing it for themselves

@Hieronymus-E Mine is about 40/60 D/P.

Personally the distance never bothered me much on Wii U because I was happy to play it in the same room. Most of the good seating in a house is around the TV and most of my portable gaming is done at home so it was never an issue.

The thing that always annoyed me about the Wii U was the low resolution and high compression. And the inconsistency in which games were off-TV and which ones weren't. Other than that I use the Switch about the same as how I used the Wii U.

@skywake
I quit using off tv play because it would lose its signal as soon as I got down the stairs. So it was really only good for being in the same room.

With Switch I've found much more practicality. Running downstairs is now possible, and I love setting it up in table top mode and detaching the controllers in the kitchen when I'm doing something, then when I'm done I snap the controllers back in and go back upstairs.

But taking it with me to work and to my brothers house is where really shines.