Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I don't know if you've had any experience with Nintendo customer service, but they've been more than awesome for me,
@GuruOfGreatness

They replaced MK8 for me for free, moved all my bro's digital purchases onto his new 3DS for him, etc. You'd be in good hands.

@Grumblevolcano From Nintendoeverything

"Nintendo has added in support for Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. Additionally, Nintendo addressed one particular issue. Sometimes music won’t be played after you reach the finish line and the race ends, but this has now been fixed.

Note that when you download the update, you won’t be able to play with others in local play or LAN play who are still on version 1.2.1 or earlier."

http://nintendoeverything.com/mario-kart-8-deluxe-update-out-...

@Caldorosso-E

Well, I took the plunge and just posted the Switch and Dock off at 4.30pm

Fingers crossed.

Been gaming since 1990 and never, ever had a faulty console before or had to return one

@GuruOfGreatness That should let you know how rare this kind of thing is.

The fact you have never had to do it before, shows that all the stories of those failure rates, yellow lights of death etc. etc. (With the exception of the RRoD which was...everywhere) are few and far between, just very, very loud.

I've had more then my share of send backs for repairs. Don't even get me started on the original PlayStation. Sent a 3ds in almost twice now, a ds only to get the hinge to crack less then a month later again. I say he's very fortunate tbh.

@YummyHappyPills

I never had the RROD either 😂 And I only had the arcade 360 all those years lol.

Fingers crossed, hope and pray (quite literally) that whatever the issue is that they sort it and I don't lose any save data

@GuruOfGreatness I had my faulty console moment with my XBox360. Touch wood it's my last bit of misfortune with hardware. (It wasn't the ring of death, my tray wouldn't open / close.)

Ugh the 360...hard to believe that Microsoft makes the surface book 2 and that train wreck of a console... (I've gone through 7. If I didn't HATE sony's controllers I would have thrown the thing away and re purchased my gaming collection.)

I've had the E74 error on my Xbox 360 and had to send it off. Also had to send my Wii for fixing at one point.

Anyway, Blossom Tales is coming to Switch in time for Christmas - https://twitter.com/FDG_Games/status/941001115210059776

I never had hardware issues with my 360 consoles. My problems were storage related (having to get a new console just so I can play more games). 60GB for the 360 was as bad as 32GB was/is for Wii U/Switch but at least external hard drives were a solution for the Wii U and microSD cards are a solution for Switch.

Anyway back on the Nintendo front, it seems the next Rocket League patch will improve the game's resolution on Switch.

Good luck, @GuruofGreatness !

Faulty hardware? I don't think any Nintendo console I've owned came broken... hell, my N64 still plays Smash Bros. well.

Totally forgot with the help of a friend I fixed my own Wii. It wasn't too hard and worked fine after that. Had to replace the disc drive. Seems like only my Wii U was the only system I didn't have any problems with the past 10 years or so. I'm not talking normal wear and tear either.

The only console I've ever had to send in for repair was the Wii. It wouldn't read Smash Bros. That was quite a common issue with that game with it being a dual layered disc. If I wasn't a smoker who at that time, smoked indoors then I likely wouldn't have had an issue.

Only truly failed console was my original X360 Elite. My DS Lite also had a d-pad that had trouble registering diagonal and my GBA Micro has a slightly faulty button. My first Gamecube also was faulty out of the box but I blame GAME as I think it looked like it had been repackaged.

My best console so far has been the Switch. Little cosmetic blemishes, little trouble with the dock, good games, the whole nine yards, yatta yatta.

What I'd like to do see is some Monster Hunter, then we'll be set. It's only a matter of time.

@Caldorosso-E
In the meantime, I wholeheartedly recommend Monster Hunter XX.

After about 72 hours it feels like you're playing in English anyways. Tons of little tricks to help like premade item sets and armor sets, bringing both hot and cold drinks with on every hunt, and using tools to your advantage like the fully translated Kiranico database and Google Translate.

It's excellent. Joey and Zionich imported too. Think it was a first for all of us, and we all managed fine.

@Caldorosso-E

Thank you

All my consoles worked the day I got them, and they still work today (the ones I have left), including my NES.

But there's a first time for everything I guess, and the Switch was my first, and hopefully last that I'll ever have had trouble with

Looking forward to Blossom Tales. It may be a clone of ALttP, but it looks like a well done clone, and one worth playing as a result.

@IceClimbers It looks cute, and it's a fair bit cheaper than something like Ittle Dew 2 if I want to get my traditional Zelda game fix.

@JaxonH Pretty easy, huh? I'd import it if I had time/money, but I'm mostly playing Splatoon anyway!

By the time an english game comes around I'll be ready.