Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Hey everybody, I'm looking for some help with a particular issue. I can't get my Nintendo Switch to work properly with an HDMI Switch.

My Tv is an LG CX, which has 4 HDMI ports. First One is for my PS5, second one is the eARC for my soundbar, third one is for my Xbox Series X and in the last one I have an HDMI Switch with both my Nintendo Switch and a Google Chromecast.

Chromecast works perfectly with 4k/60 quality, Dolby Vision/HDR and even Dolby Atmos. But while I'm playing with the Switch (the console) my TV always turns itself off after a set amount of time. It's like the signal coming from the console is not getting detected by the TV (essentially like leaving it on idle) and then the Auto Turn off function is engaged.

If I connect the console directly to HDMI port there's zero issue, but then I run out of ports for my Chromecast, and having to unplug and plug each thing when I want to use them is kinda of a pain. I've also tried with two different HDMI Switches so far and the result is the same.

Hopefully someone could illuminate me. Thanks in advance.

13 Sentinels is fire 🔥 🔥 🔥

Oh my gosh this game is good. It's so good. Even if you weren't planning on buying it, I'd encourage ppl to reconsider. It's seriously good.

@DarkoMan
I'd try to route through your soundbar. Since Switch only needs 1080p signal you don't have to worry about if the HDMI port is 2.0+. Then set the TV to HDMI port 2 for eARC soundbar and set soundbar to the correct HDMI port.

And if you don't have HDMI ports on your soundbar, try switching ports. Run other stuff to port 4 and run Switch to ports 1 or 3.

Or, get your HDMI switcher and plug it into HDMI port 1 or 3 (NOT port 4 which you're having issues with).

I don't normally bring up random indie games, but this is the type of really cool, mind bending, perspective bending indie game that I don't think I've seen in a while. Looks really neat.

I just randomly noticed that, on this site, Smash Ultimate has been knocked out of the Top 5 Switch games because Kirby made it to NUMBER 2!?!? Wow, I guess it really is amazing….

@kkslider5552000 Consider my mind bent. Admittedly not fully paying attention as chilling with fam, but I can't figure out what's going on in that game.

So I've heard that the human characters aren't playable in the NSO version of Mario Golf which made me think, if GB/GBC got added to NSO there may be some sort of crosstalk feature between the 2 apps such that for example progressing in Mario Golf GBC could unlock the content in Mario Golf N64.

@Grumblevolcano It's still so weird to me that they went with Genesis instead of GB/GBC (at least initially). Poke Stadium 1+2, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf connectivity would have been a much better advertisement for the expansion pack than Genesis games, where most have been rereleased like 50 times already.

@ChameleonBros I wonder whether part of the appeal of Genesis/Mega Drive is that key third party supporters of the service like Konami have a decent number of games on that format that they’re willing to bundle in.

@ChameleonBros I'd guess it's about helping SEGA such that they don't get acquired by Microsoft. SEGA's arcade business got hit really hard by the pandemic.

@Ninfan
Why did you keep calling 150 cc as slow ?
That was the actual speed you saw on the race.

@Ninfan It might just be playing on different speeds than it makes it feel more slow? I've had it happen to me a fair few times after playing 200cc exclusively trying to get grand prix cups where it feels like molasses in comparison until you adjust back? It could also be that the DLC courses feel a bit more frenetic (like the Tour tracks and Ninja Hideaway especially) but that's just my thoughts.

@Anti-Matter the karts look really slow in that youtube video you posted. I keep saying about how slow karts are in mk8 deluxe 150cc mode, as this is what nintendo told me to do.

@Ninfan
That was the speed of 150 cc when being played.
The maximum speed is 200 cc and if 200 cc is still too slow for you, there is NO way to make it even faster.
I ask again, how fast do you want?
Do you want 9999 cc like F-ZERO so the vehicles will running too fast until you cannot even steering clearly and bumping each other oftenly ?
Also, 150 cc was fairly fast enough to steer and you still able to drift properly.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is NOT F-ZERO so please stop spamming your statement about 150 cc is Too Slow.
Why don't you play at 200 cc instead if 150 cc is too slow for you and stop complaining nonsense?

This isn't exactly Switch related but, Mario Run is by far the best mobile game I've ever played.

I needed a way to milk more platinum coins for icons since I've drained down to 100 buying every icon that's been made available thus far. Completing the 4 weekly tasks helps, and opening the Wii U eShop weekly is another 30 coins, but I saw playing Toad Rally can get you 10 platinum coins per day. And if you win 3 each week you get another 50. I have 90 Toad Rally tickets so that can last a while, especially since you can win more playing, and through the bonus game and collecting pink/purple/black coins in Tour mode.

I got sucked in playing. It's super fun. And designed perfectly for a phone. Nintendo is so good at designing games around the hardware, playing to its strengths.

I don't generally enjoy mobile games, but Mario Run is a must play.

@JaxonH Too bad Mario Run was a failure. Mobile games with honest monetization models don't do well. People would rather play "free" games riddled with microtransactions, meters, etc.

@Ralizah
It got over 100 million downloads according to the Google Play Store (probably much more including iOS). Not sure how many of those purchased the full game, but it seems like it was pretty successful overall... just not in review feedback. It sits at a 3.9/5 when it should be at a 4.9/5

Casuals love their fremium models, ads, timers, virtual currencies and micro transactions. Why pay $10 once for a premium, quality product when you can get robbed blind being nickeled and dimed at $1.99 per tx and aggravated to no end with intrusive, manipulative mechanics and features?

Nintendo was so dead set against those kinds of tactics, bending over backwards to avoid it, but... the people have spoken.

@JaxonH The game's profits have been quickly dwarfed by almost everything Nintendo has released on the mobile market after it.

Last time I checked, it hasn't even cleared 80 million in revenue. Fire Emblem Heroes, meanwhile, is a hair away from raking in one billion dollars. The people have indeed spoken.

It's something children need to be taught, how bad microtransactions are. Because a lot of the time children either use their parents' credit cards without permission, or convince their parents they're somehow worth buying. And perhaps a wider lesson on gratification and how sometimes delayed gratification is better for the long-term. I myself almost sunk down that rabbit hole, but back in the day I never paid for anything, I simply wasn't allowed.

@TheJGG
Also, how to convince younger generations in this era to choose dedicated consoles or handhelds rather than playing handphone games so they can play better games and develop their gaming skill better with proper buttons pad, not by touch screen all the time.

Even on my local Arcade center, I still saw most of younger generations players couldn't play or take it seriously for old style games arcade because they have been spoilt by handphone games. Either they don't care by playing bad or didn't even understand how to play those games properly.