Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@IceClimbers I replaced my OG 3DS with an XL because of the stupid design decision to have raised borders around the bottom part of the screen, which leads to deep scratches along the 3D screen. Bleh!

N3DS XL is pretty much perfect, though, aside from the placement of the stylus.

Good. So we're all agreed - joy-cons are not exclusively prone to issues amongst gaming hardware

Think the only previous issue I've had is the Wii laser needing replacing cos I wore the first one out with home burnt ISOs.

@gcunit I had the same problem but I picked up another, Just the unit for 11 pounds for burning purposes.

Everyone PUT UP because THE GOAT XENOBLADE 2 HAS CROSSED 1.73 MILLION SINCE MARCH 2019

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WE GONNA HIT THAT 2 MILLION SOON BOYOS

Adding to the discussion about you guys' broken consoles, I had a few instances like that with mine, but not too much.

1) My GameCube would not read discs anymore. I never had a clue what happened to it, though that was years ago. We had to get a new one in 2003 (it's platinum-colored). That one still works pretty well to this day.

2) The OG DS that me and my brother shared had its touch screen busted. I tried calibrating it, but to no avail. Maybe Pokemon Dash was the culprit? My bro played that quite a bit before Diamond and Pearl came out.

3) My Wii had a TON of trouble reading discs. It fell a lot. We always had GameCube controllers plugged in and we had it standing up (I should've had it on its side... go me). As a result, I kept getting "an error has occurred" and "the disc could not be read" messages. It was especially bad when I was trying to play GameCube games. When I got my Wii U, I was practically forced to transfer all my downloaded games and save data to it, so I did just that! Thankfully, my Wii U still works perfectly.

4) And of course the Joy-Con drifting problem. I use the Pro Controller when I play my Switch in docked mode, which I don't mind because it's probably my favorite controller. Thankfully, the drifting issue doesn't occur for me when I play Super Mario Party (a game that requires using Joy-Cons on their side).

Other than those, I don't have too much issues with my Nintendo consoles. There's the old "blow into the SNES carts if they don't work" problem that I had, but most people have been doing it already so I won't go into detail on that.

i’ve had a ton of trouble trying to get my n64 working lately. i need to get some compressed air. i’ve tried blowing on it, cleaning the carts and the console with rubbing alcohol, etc, but nothing’s worked.

my switch has held up pretty good over the past year, but every now and then my right joycon will just stop working. all i have to do is slide it out and put it back in though. and my left joycon charges slower than my right. both relatively minor issues though.

@EvilLucario Nice. Xenoblade 2 deserves all the sales it gets. It and the Torna expansion are absolutely incredible experiences.

Still amazed NieR: Automata apparently sold 4 million copies.

Hopefully these companies are seeing that extremely Japanese games can thrive in Western markets.

We all know being a portable console, Switch is going to miss most of the big, new releases.

Cost of doing business gaming on a hybrid.

But there’s still some good stuff getting leaked, if anyone is interested. Beyond the Darksiders Genesis

I’m definitely good with that, particularly the second, which will make a fine addition to the ever growing hybrid Hall of Classics library

I remember when Xenoblade was that game that NOA didn't think was worth bringing over despite ****-all happening on the Wii by that point, even after the NOE release was highly acclaimed. Actually, I remember when niche JRPGs were stuck in Japan and presumed to be a dead genre no one cared about outside of a few select series. Like Tales Of, Bravely Default and Ni No Kuni at one point all had the possibility of being stuck in Japan forever. Things sure have changed...

To this day I'm still baffled at how that game did so well. In a good way.

@JaxonH
Pretty stoked for the second one.
Always wanted to play that.

@JaxonH I'm INCREDIBLY excited for Ni no Kuni. Holy crud! I can't believe I'm going to be able to play that on a Nintendo portable soon.

And Spyro?!

I'm going to bankrupt by 2020.

If The Sims 4 finally revealed on Nintendo Switch, it will be The End of my PS4 Slim since i never want to buy PS4 machine from the beginning.

@Anti-Matter, before you get rid of your PS4 why won't you try titles like Tearaway Unfolded, Gravity Rush, Ratchet & Clank, Knack, the Tales series (there is one also on Switch, but PS4 currently has a couple more), Everybody's Golf, and the Last Guardian?

As far as I can tell, these titles seem fit your tastes (all E or T rated, cartoony or anime art direction, and in terms of "bad" content they have nothing worse than Final Fantasy X or Metroid Prime: Federation Force, both of which I know you like) but you're not interested in any of them?

@RR529
Let me check.
Tearaway = Nah... Too blocky like Minecraft 😐
Gravity Rush = Still not interested at all 😐
Ratchet & Clank = I have sold the game after 2 hours gameplay since 2 years ago, i didn't find any interesting from 3rd person view "shooting" 3D platformer like that. 😑
Tales series = Zero interest.... 😐
Everybody's Golf = Looked interesting but i'm bad at playing golf video games so i don't think i can enjoy the game. 😣
The Last Guardian = Zero interest... 😑

Btw, i have Double, Triple, so many times checking those titles from playasia but still... Not interested.

The only games i have very strong interest on PS4 = Portal Knights (despite i have the Switch version as well but the PS4 version still far superior than Switch due to Rainbow Island and DLCs), The Sims 4 (Still my main hostage, i will drop my support with PS4 once this game also on Nintendo Switch with same contents as PS4 version), Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Also on Nintendo Switch but with 30fps, however i can just consider the Switch version only if i changed my mind)

@Anti-Matter If Minecraft looked like this, I'd buy it in a heartbeat:

@ReaderRagfish

"PS Vita- A bit of screen burn in but otherwise perfectly functional"
So I guess you have the first model of the Vita? With the OLED screen?

I read far and wide before investing in Vita and I found that the LCD and the 1 GB internal memory (for saves obviously) gave the edge to the "plastic" model. Even if the colors are not a vivid as the OLED screen.

FIFA 20 on Switch will be a 'legacy' edition apparently. See you next Tuesday, EA.

EA is one of the stupidest companies I’ve ever seen, and there is a lot of stupidity to go around nowadays so that’s really saying something.

But, I just stopped caring. Let them do whatever they’re gonna do. As nice as it would be to have every game in existence on a hybrid, it’s probably never going to happen unless mobile tech sees a breakthrough and can match home console architecture, which is where the focus will always lie.

Just give me my exclusives, give me a fat handful of the classics ported over (doesn’t have to be all of them or even close to the majority- just enough to keep me busy in between the exclusives). Anything else that doesn’t come over I feel I absolutely cannot miss, I can always play on the TV.

So the heck with EA. Support the system, don’t support it... it doesn’t really matter at this point. Give me my Fire Emblem, Astral Chain, Mario Maker 2, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Zelda Links Awakening, Town, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Daemon X Machina, toss in some quality 3rd party titles like Dragon Quest XI S, DQ Builders 2, DOOM Eternal, Wolfenstein Youngblood, God Eater 3, Darksiders 2, Darksiders Genesis, Sniper Elite 3, the aforementioned leaked titles... that’s more than enough to keep me satisfied the remainder of this year (and probably most of next year as well tbh).

I do think I’m gonna pick up an Occulus Quest for Sports Scramble though. I’d written off VR since it’s such a hassle to set up and use every time, but Quest is like the Switch of VR. 100% wireless and mobile without any sensor bars required, and Sports Scramble is the Wii Sports game I’ve been waiting on. It has my bowling. Will probably give away my PSVR to my mom/dad for Christmas. Maybe they can get some use from it.

edit
Secret of Mana Collection leaked for Switch. No big surprise there, but still nice to hear.

https://i.postimg.cc/pd3wcTxk/20190608-181050.jpg
The only thing that EA has announced for Switch so far.