Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@UmniKnight Didn't stop us from playing it this time, it's still a MH game that went to the Switch. lol

@JaxonH That makes me feel better somehow. At least we ge5 the same treatment.

@Joeynator3000 I'll give you that, but the method of acquisition and understanding what you're doing is a little harder without an English patch. I mean my retailer would've imported this if it had an English option >.>

@rallydefault Ya gimped isn't the right word. But it's put me right off the way they're selling it.

@MegaTen
I followed the source link from that article and snapped a shot of the Google translated Famitsu article cited... And it seems- and maybe I'm misinterpreting it here- but it seems only 2 versions will be released in Japan... the Collection which I linked before which has a download code for RE:R2 and the first game solo. Which matches up with the listings we see on Play Asia

@MegaTen Yeah, I totally agree - I'm not a fan of the Day 1 patch really...like you say, BotW is at least playable out of the box - and Nintendo's other games tend to release with a similar level of polish (compared to others in the industry) - but even they're not immune to needing a fix here and there after the game has already gone gold

@MegaTen
It seems that's what it is. Play Asia has a listing for the Collection just like we're getting and they have a 2nd listing for just the first game.

@MegaTen It's ironic when you consider it. Take Shadow of Mordor on PC for example: when that first came out, with all of it's DLC it probably would've costed around 80 euros. I've picked it up during the Steam Summer Sale for 4!. It's strange that waiting, rewards you with the same experience + all the DLC, for FAR less than others, yet it's unsustainable all things considered. How reverse is that?

@UmniKnight Menus are confusing at first, but it still isn't as hard as it looks. Besides, I learned some Japanese here and there because of this...I can recognize "Attack", "Defense", and all the elements and statuses that are in the game.

Yeah, you're absolutely right - I mean, it's not like early (Nintendo published) Pokemon games were totally free of bugs and issues (eg. MissingNo in Gen 1) but I think it's fair to say that the issues were relatively few-and-far-between compared to todays standards ..for the longest time (decades really) Nintendo games would be pretty much perfect out of the box - I grew up knowing that Nintendo published games would have a high level of polish - so it must still be possible to achieve those high standards today

..it's just, like @MegaTen was saying, this 'money over quality' attitude that seems to have seeped in to gaming these days - Nintendo (rightly or wrongly) felt that they needed Breath of the Wild to come out in time for the Switch launch (which they needed to release before April to please investors) so compromised some of the quality out of the box - same with Pokemon, they feel that they need those games to release in time for Holiday season regardless of how 'polished' they are at launch ..and Nintendo aren't (by a long way) even the biggest culprits!

Things were so much better back in my day! (..gosh, I'm turning in to my Grandad!)

Those who have microSD cards for their Switch, what speed are the ones you're using? Trying to find out if the Sandisk Ultra ones are good enough and whether £45 for 128GB is a good deal.

@Grumblevolcano I'm using this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00V62XBQQ/ref=oh_aui_det...

90 MBps and it's worked perfectly.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
It's all good. I feel where you're coming from.

@Grumblevolcano
Basically, any modern SD card above read speed of 60mbps is adequate. My 400gb Switch card is a SanDisk Ultra, as are both 200gb in my 3DS units. Havent had any issues. Samsung makes a solid 256gb card too. Just don't pay more for the higher class cards. U1 class 10 is the most Switch can take advantage of anyways.

That seems kinda high though. The going price has typically been $40 although I've noticed prices jumped to $44-45 lately. But that's the most you should pay, and that's also USD. I would think it should be less in pounds.

Amazon had a deal recently with 256gb cards for $100, 200gb cards for $63 and 128gb cards for $32. Just to give you an idea of great sale prices

@JaxonH Fun fact about the translation to £s:

A game in the US launches for $59.99. Over here it's £49.99. That's $65.38.

Things are actually cheaper for you guys, the Switch included. And dont even ask how many dollars we pay for the iPhone X. Its £1000 by the way for the base model.

@BLP_Software
What's average working wages there, or I guess minimum wage would also be a good comparison.

Here min wage is $7.25/hr, of course you'd have to be a teenager working at McDonald's to actually make that. Most unskilled labor jobs where I live start at $10-13.

@JaxonH

25 and over £7.50
21 to 24 £7.05
18 to 20 £5.60
Under 18 £4.05
Apprentice £3.50

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the American price without vat and the British include it?

@Therad British prices include the 20% VAT

Granted, sales tax in the US ranges from 0% if you live in Montana or one of the other 4 states which do not collect sales tax, all the way up to 9.98% if you live in Louisiana. I think most states are somewhere in between. For example here in Watertown, Wisconsin it's 5.55% sales tax. So basically $5.50 per $100 spent.