Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

That found footage style trailer to introduce those new Pokemon was very cool.

My Metroid Dread amiibo came in. I should likely buy the game now. But they look super cool. Anybody know if the other Metroid amiibo do anything?

@Ryu_Niiyama
Samus (Smash), Zero Suit Samus (Smash) and Samus (Metroid Samus Returns) add a random amount of health once per day. Also, the new Samus (Metroid Dread) amiibo does as well after the permanent energy tank.

Dark Samus (Smash), Ridley (Smash) and Metroid (Metroid Samus Returns) add a random amount of missiles once per day. Also, the new EMMI (Metroid Dread) amiibo does as well after the permanent missile tank.

Dying Light is legit!!!

This game looks unbelievable in handheld given its an 8th gen AAA open world game. I'd even say it's better than The Witcher 3. In doors is not super low res, like Wolfenstein 2 (I think that game was using a filter that was too aggressive for its lower res).

It's not often big 8th gen AAA games come to Switch and actually look and run reasonably well. And it has gyro aiming. What more could you ask for.

Advance Wars delayed to Spring 2022:

While Advance wars was going to be my holiday game I am totally ok with this delay. I have so much stuff I haven't even started yet...let alone still need to buy. (Dread, Warioware...)

Advance Wars 1+ 2Re-Boot Camp is delayed until spring 2022

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/advance-wars-12-re-b...

@Grumblevolcano
Lol you called that on the money- probabilities be ****. Guess it goes to show, you never really know with Nintendo. Expect the unexpected.

I'm not particularly hyped for Advance Wars. I'm definitely getting it and do want to give the series a proper go in a more modern format, but this delay doesn't mean much to me one way or the other.

Still have Danganronpa on Dec. 3rd

Hey, this looks good!

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Holy crap holy crap!

GYRO AIMING CONFIRMED!!!

Also touch support in menus and a physical cart to follow in early December

November will be a busy month for the Switch and me. If I only had more time.

A part of me is kinda sad about Advance Wars, but I have two big timesinks coming to my Switch in November already. We got Arceus in January and then basically 90% of 2022's release calendar platformwide coming out in February for some reason, so I feel like it is basically good for everyone if they can push AWs in a few months into next year.

I am looking forward to that but I certainly have plenty to keep me going .....

I wasn't going to get to play AW til April-ish anyways, so I'm fine with the delay. Hope that it's pretty polished when we do get it.

I'm fine with the Advance Wars delay. I just hope that it's new release date isn't more crowded. I'm assuming an April/May date in between Kirby and Splatoon. Toss in Resident Evil and it could be a fairly busy period for Switch, and that's not taking into account the stuff on other platforms.

GTA Trilogy looks pretty good!! Much more than I was expecting from Rockstar for a remaster. I'd complain about the $60 price point but I bought 3D All Stars sooooo yeah. The digital release date is a bit of a bad one personally though, that's the same day as KOTOR and the day before SMT. Might wait for physical in December.

I'll wait to learn the inevitable sacrifices in the Switch build (I'm betting the "physical" version won't be all-on-cart), but so far it's looking pretty good.

Man, I just set up my nephew's new Switch, and there's something intoxicating about one of those devices when they're new. If I'm able to order one before November 12th, I might just cave and grab a Switch OLED to play SMT V on.

Now that Advance Wars has been pushed back I may end up getting the GTA remasters. I was unaffected by the announcement, but I came away from the trailer mildly impressed. I will probably get in on the Playstation though. Gyro aiming is neat but not a selling point for me.

breaking down the cooking mechanic of Animal Crossing New Horizon

@Ralizah
Was your nephew's new Switch an OLED model or the v2? Sounds like you got to see the OLED in person out of the box?

@JaxonH Nah, it was a V2. But even a new V2 is still alluring compared to the old, worn-out thing I currently have.

What really gets me is how much tighter the joycons clamp in when it's new. And how the finish on the outside makes it actually pleasurable to hold.

Tack on all of the acknowledged improvements in the SWOLED? It must be a thing of beauty when you first get it.

@Ralizah
Oh it is. The thin bezels and stunning screen just makes your gamer heart melt.

I make no hesitation in saying it's the best handheld ever created by a fair margin, and unless a game is severely compromised, it'll take preference over SteamDeck any day of the week. It may not make you a videophile in one purchase, but it will at least open your eyes to understand what videophiles understand. Once you see it you can't unsee it. It'll ruin the v2 Switch for you.

As for the joycon being tight, mine were too when I opened my OLED, but I did something that pried the rails to make them a bit more loose. I think it was squeezing it into my flip case for carrying in my back pocket.

But it's an easy fix. Small square piece of black electrical tape on the very bottom of both sides- virtually invisible and makes the joycon nice and snug, super firm, like one solid piece.