Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

It's funny how completely Pocket Rumble dropped off the map.

@link3710 Yeah I'm an idiot. I kept thinking it was already out. Thanks.

@JaxonH "The system doesn't know the difference between being in the grip and not being in the grip."

Actually it does. Try playing ARMS with the JoyCons in the grip vs using them separately; it automatically switches from standard controls to motion controls, and there's no way to overide this. The system definitely knows whether your JoyCons are in the grip or not.

@SuperWeird I think that's the single biggest thing that put me off from getting ARMS. I prefer using freeform joycons when playing my games, but I don't really care for the motion controls.

@SuperWeird
Perhaps you're right, but it still should make no difference when pairing. It's the same thing as split joycon which is treated as one controller but in two parts.

When you pair in the grip, it's treated identically to split joycon. It registers each side separately. Maybe specific games recognise it, maybe not, Idk... but I do know that pairing from a grip is no different than split joycon.

I think ARMS detects movement in the joycons, and switches to motion then. I've definitely been able to play with buttons and split joycons for a few seconds before ARMS would disastrously switch me over to motion once my hand moved a little.

Next year, according to Nintendo of America's site.

@NaviAndMii @JaxonH Whats this talk of pressing ZL and ZR to sync? Here in the UK its L and R...

You should, they're great

Does anyone have a way of improving the connectivity of the joy cons? I can't put my switch anywhere except behind my TV, but it makes playing with split joy cons so frustrating! It will just cut out and not do anything or it will just keep repeating the input that it last received.

I found that putting them in the grip fixes the issue from most angles but it's not the best for motion controls. It's not the most comfortable thing in the world either. Any suggestions? Or should I just save my money for a Pro Controller?

@NaviAndMii yes! That was a great mode. The castle one was pretty good too.

If they’re ripping things off from Diddy Kong Racing though let’s be clear in two words: Icicle Pyramid.

@FragRed I don’t know. I think there’s still a lot of scope. Announcing DLC around the release of a game isn’t always popular & the original DLC wasn’t announced until months after launch.

Particularly for a ‘complete’ port it would have been risky to announce DLC early. The discussion around the game would have been clouded over in part about how there’s still a question mark over what the DLC would be and criticism that they should have delayed the game until it was finished and folded it into the retail game.

Careful handling can be the difference between lots of “6/10 rushed and Nintendo is only selling you half a game” reviews and “9/10 definitive version of the best MK”.

Who knows. It’s an evergreen title that’s going to sell millions more copies. I think DLC makes a lot of sense (much more than MK9) but Nintendo is difficult to predict.

@antster1983 You usually hear status reports on games (like, the Hollow Knight devs have confirmed the Switch version for early 2018), which makes the silence from the Pocket Rumble devs so weird. Eh, whatever. If it comes, it comes. If not... oh well.

@gcunit They're too sensitive. Too many times I try to block and end up punching or throwing instead.

Not to mention the fact that I feel uneasy with the way you actually move the character around.

US: Nintendo Switch Was The Fifth Best-Selling Tech Product In 2017

https://mynintendonews.com/2017/12/29/us-nintendo-switch-was-...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/12/29/ip...

USA Today claim that the Switch has sold 15 million units in 2017. I don't know, that seems a bit optimistic.

15 million in less than a year?!

I'm going to remain skeptical until this been corroborated, but if this is true... hot damn!

Well they upped their forecast to 14 million this fiscal, and then there were the coupl e of million they sold before the fiscal (but still classed as this year) so...maybe...?

@YummyHappyPills Oh, does the command just say L & R? My bad! (..I think it works with the trigger buttons as well though)

@StuTwo Haha! Yeah, that stage was awesome too! ..they all were! ..and the fact that you had to find all of those hidden keys just to unlock the stages in the first place! (I remember some of them being crazy hard to find - like the one in a distant water cave! ..had fun hunting them all down though!)

@YummyHappyPills
I think it does say L and R. But ZL/ZR work too and they're what I always use. Bigger and easier to press

@JaxonH You can use ZL and ZR? News to me!

MK8D is back up at no.4 (I think) on the UK eshop, thanks to Christmas, ahead of Nintendo's 'christmas' release, Odyssey.

I really like the character design in Shu ('coming soon') but the characters look like they move a bit funny possibly. I really hope it's good, but I suspect otherwise.