Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Of course, @toiletduck ... Every game ever, for every system! & it's got to be forwards compatible with everything that comes in the future! With a built in 50" folding, 3D, plasma screen smart TV h built in Wi-Fi hub for portability

Always fun to catch up on such riveting discussions

The Big-O

It’s a Nintendo Switch, PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and PC all in one (and yes this is a real thing, though I’m not sure this particular unit is for sale- I’m sure some company somewhere offers them).

So, I suggest taking some of that top 1% -er money and buying one of these.

As for The Witcher 3, I’m several hours in now, and tbh I’m having a blast. I’m further in than I ever got in the other versions (a testament to the draw of playing games on a hybrid system, even if it does mean significant visual sacrifices), and I actually beat that stupid noon-wraith that kicked my butt on the PS4. I’m also way more into RPG‘s now than I was then so, there’s also that.

It’s a really great game. I can’t wait to take it to work with me tomorrow and continue playing.

Once you get the hang of wraiths, @JaxonH .... You should find they're not too difficult Similarly for most things, that can be tricky at 1st. The various oils & potions do help, as well
Collected the lamp & exploring again now, heading vaguely towards the place we're supposed to go

@JaxonH I bet you already have one

Looks good, aesthetically. Even though half of it is probably useless decoration.

@Octane
Jax is spending far less than he used to in his heyday (5 years ago I may have actually seriously considered one).

useless decoration

Probably, but it has active cooling at least, not that the consoles necessarily need it.

$2000 worth of gaming hardware there, not to mention the cost of the extra tat like liquid cooling and the snazzy lit up case. The Switch dock is also at the top so the system can dock into it lol. Sounds amazing. And the best part is only one output!

The bane of my gaming existence is having to not only switch my TV inputs from HD switcher input to 4K switcher input, but then also bouncing among Wii U, Switch and SNES Classic for the HD switcher, and Xbox One X, PS4 Pro and PC for the 4K switcher. It’s a serious pain in the rump. Switch automatically turns tv on and switches the input (and I rarely use the Wii U or SNES Classic) so that’s not an issue, but using the trio of 4K systems is cumbersome, and that also partly contributes to why I don’t really use them anymore. If they all automatically switched the input for me I think I would use those systems more.

@BruceCM
So, I did a couple sidequests and am now at the military fort. I see all this stuff to buy and craft and I have like, 100 crowns. Can’t afford squat right now. Should I invest in repairing my stuff, or count on finding better stuff before the durability wears out? And should I keep my Witcher sword, even if I have one that does slightly higher damage now?

And I can’t craft anything either cause I always seem to be missing one ingredient. But even if I could craft something I’d only be able to make one. Should I be paying money to tear down my junk for raw mats? And are there any particular skills I should be focusing on early game?

Sorry to bombard you with questions, but this game has an absolute metric ton of depth.

@JaxonH So the dock is on top, I was already wondering where they put the Switch.

I currently have my Switch dock, PS4 and N64 hooked up to my TV. The retro consoles get switched around from time to time. I don't really find it a hassle. And I have enough ports to make it work. I find it easier than messing around with an HDMI switcher.

@JaxonH thank you. That does make sense. And yes I concur the damn HDMI switching is annoying as anything. Even my qled Samsung only has 3 hdmi

@Octane
Only have 3 HDMI Switches on the tv, and one doesn’t work right, so 2. And with Switch, PS4, X1 and PC, that alone is twice what I have. And I like to keep Wii U hooked up just for the GameCube, Wii and Wii U title access.

So switchers are a necessity. I would much rather prefer to not use them but I really have no other option. To make matters worse, I can’t even fit them all in on the 4K switcher, meaning I have to use another one for the purely HD systems.

But even if I could somehow narrow it down to just the one 4K switcher, I think the convenience of automatically turning the tv on and switching inputs plays a huge role in which systems I play most. I hear PS4 is supposed to turn the tv on automatically, but it doesn’t work for mine, and I’ve read online a lot of other people have issues getting that feature to work right. Even so, it doesn’t auto switch the input either so, moot point. Xbox One can turn the tv on, but it’s only an off to on, or on to off signal. It’s not smart enough to recognize that if the TV is already on you should leave it on. So it’ll actually turn the TV off, if it’s already on. So I don’t use that feature either. And again, it doesn’t auto switch inputs either.

Really wish they’d patch that in- the turning tv on thing and switching inputs. It’s crazy how that tiny little feature has impacted my gaming habits.

The Wii U actually had the tv tuner functionality built into the gamepad, so while not as convenient as Switch, it at least allowed you to turn the tv on and change the input all from the controller, as opposed to grabbing the TV remote and the HDMI switch your remote in addition to your controller. That’s one thing Nintendo has done a good job with I’ll say- making it convenient to jump in (though in the case of Wii U, that convenience was completely negated by the atrocious boot times into the main menu).

@sixrings
It sucks. Not only do the TVs not have enough ports, the switchers themselves don’t either. I have seen switchers with like 6 ports, but all of them have reviewed poorly, or at least, they did at the time I was looking into getting one.

@JaxonH I had a switch and it frustrated me enough that I decided just to pack up my old systems.

Has anyone else's switch been extremely laggy lately? I'm not talking about during game play I mean at the os level. Switching games, going into settings, checking friends lists etc. I'm on the new "regular" switch and it's really been acting up the last few days.

@redd214 mine was doing that in the eshop last night and eventually kicked me out. I'll let you know if it happens again.

I have an HDMI switch for my monitor to swap between my Wii U (yes I still play on it time to time), PS4, and Switch. Works perfectly for me.

@NintendoByNature yeah the eshop has been absolutely brutal lately too for me. Takes sometimes 10+ seconds to load from section to section. Considering doing a factory reset to see if that helps :/

Well I've been playing around with my Switch Lite and I love it, it looks and feels great. However, I've just realised the headache Nintendo's stupid set up is going to cause me. I have several different user accounts on my original Switch, each set to a different region and I've bought games off them all,mostly from accounts that are not my main account. If I set my Switch Lite to Primary Console, then it's not going to be possible to play most of my games save files as I'll need to use the account it was purchased on. For example, I want to play Breath of the Wild, which I purchased on my US account, I will only be able to play that on the Primary console, on the other console I won't have a save file as if I want to play it, I'd need to use my US account.If I'm thinking about this right, I won't be able to play Splatoon 2 at all as I purchased it from the US but play it on my main UK account and the save is linked to that. Splatoon 2 doesn't even have cloud saves either.

I tried to play Blasphemous on my Lite and it wouldn't let me. I purchased it from my South Africa account, which I've linked. But to play it, I need to deregister it on my original Switch. So I'm going to need to link all my user accounts to the Lite to download games from the Eshop, set them all as primary and in the process lose access to the save files in most of my games.

I'm not explaining this very good, I'm really tired and pissed off.

Basically, by linking my main account to Lite, I'm not going to be able to play the vast majority of my games on the original Switch. I've hardly bought any games with this account. My Online sub is linked to it though. Any games I want to play, I will need to select the user account it was bought from and lose my save files. The only way round it I can think of is to deregister /register the console I want to play on, every time on each account, UK, US, South Africa, Norway and Russia. What a bloody joke. Its never easy with Nintendo, they always have to be awkward. They made the Switch region free and for it to be possible to do what I've done. But if I want to be able to play my games on both consoles, tough.

@OorWullie
I feel your frustration, but in this particular case, I don’t think there’s any way around that. Multiple accounts are... well, multiple accounts. And each account will need cloud saves to transfer back and forth. You have to understand that there’s no way to discern you having three multiple accounts from you and two roommates having those three multiple accounts. Or you and two friends off the internet throwing in on game sharing. So the policy of not allowing a membership to apply to as many accounts as desired, is not unreasonable in my opinion.

That’s why I never buy games digitally on different accounts, even if it’s a little bit cheaper in another region. I import physical games all the time but digital, I strictly purchase on my main account, for reasons such as this.

With that said, I may have a solution for you. Alright, you ready for it? Here we go...

Aside from that, I would try just setting up new profiles on the Lite, linking each one to each of your other accounts, and try downloading the saves using your main account (since it doesn’t specify which account you’re using when you’re downloading saves). It may work. Might not even need to resort to that other solution. No need to import or transfer profiles or anything. Just make three new profiles or however many you have, link each of them to the emails for the corresponding Nintendo Accounts, download a game, and try downloading cloud saves for it. Let me know if this works. Worth a shot anyways. AndiIf not, there’s always the nuclear option mentioned earlier.

I've been having a similar eShop experience to what you guys have been describing. On top of that, I've got the dreaded problem where the eShop has decided to stop recognizing my credit card, despite the fact that there is nothing at all wrong with it and I've been using it on the eShop since launch. If I use PayPal connected to the same exact credit card, it works no problem. But try to charge the card directly? Error. I called Nintendo and they're looking into it, but from what I've read online from other users, it seems Nintendo doesn't know how to fix it, and you just have to hope it starts working again on its own eventually.

You're better off repairing your swords, @JaxonH .... It starts affecting swords' damage & armour protection long before they'd actually break Repairing is pretty cheap! You can also buy crafting ingredients, in the shop, in the panel for crafting but obviously the shop might not have everything, either No need to keep any gear once you get better stuff. I never got around to dismantling; I think it's more cost effective to sell old & buy new
General advice for side-quests is always do as many as possible! There's plenty of those Personally, the 1st skill I put points in is the Delusion upgrade to Axii & next fast attack, alternate between those until the 3rd slot appears

@JaxonH Is that all integrated somehow? Or did someone just buy all 3, wire up the power supplies and call it a day? Cause anyone with entry level electronics ability could gut all 3 systems and throw them in a box with some LEDs.

@JaxonH I'll give that a go when I get home from work and let you know how I get on. Cheers man.