Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Anti-Matter I wouldn't say smartphone gaming per se is bad, just that children are... somewhat distracted by mobile games. There's some seriously good games on mobile, but those aren't really popular with children. I agree though. To really enjoy video games I think consoles are the main place to get games. It's not just the quality of the games but it's also the size of smartphone screens.

I just came back from New Orleans and while I was there with my cousin, we stopped by her daughter's house to pick up her granddaughter Kylie, who's only 7. She came with us for a few days. When in the back seat she was on her phone playing some cheap game, who knows what. But I realized- kids nowadays are born with a phone in their hand. It's not like it was growing up in the 80s and 90s. Playing games on their phone is just a natural thing they do without even thinking about it. It helps that the less "into games" you are, the less discerning you are with regard to quality. Idk if it results in being more easily entertained, or just a willingness to tolerate lower quality entertainment.

I see it in myself from when I played games as a kid on NES, SNES and Genesis. I didn't have the fine wine approach I have now- I played anything I could get my hands on. I may not have enjoyed certain games as much, but I still played them.

Hi

I want to ask something.

If I remove the memory sd from my current switch and insert it in another one. All my save game files, profile user and digital games would work normally? Or the switch requires some kind of "verification" for that?

The reason why I asking is, I bouht my switch oled in december (my first switch) and I'm a "digital gamer", I really prefer all games to be digital. But I don't want to pay for the online services just to be able to transfer my stuff in case I buy a new switch.

So just chaging the memory sd would do the trick? Or for that I would really need to use the online service?

Microsoft appears to be planning to bring the full mobile FTP experience to console:

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/04/xbox-reportedly-buildin...

I wouldn't be surprised if FTP games reduces Game Pass growth so Microsoft are changing things such that no ads in FTP games becomes a Game Pass perk.

Hah, don't even care with Free-2-Play games.
FTP = Full of Micro Transactions behind it.
I see a big scam here.
I will never want to support this business practice.

Started playing Nobody Saves The World. It's actually pretty good. I could see co-op being a lot of fun, if you both enjoy that style of game. Drinkbox always makes good games. Guacamelee 1/2, Mutant Blob Attacks, Severed, Nobody Saves the World... they don't miss.

But, I'm gonna get back to 13 Sentinels today. Just wanted to see what it was about.

@TimE_Zer0

• Saves are tied to the console itself, not the micro SD card. A system transfer of your Profile will carry your save data to the next system
• Games stored on the micro SD cannot be read by another system. You will need to reformat the card in the new system, then redownload your games from the eShop under "Redownload" from the menu you see after clicking your user icon in the top right. No more than 64 concurrent downloads allowed at one time, so if you queue up more than that, you'll need to let some finish installing before queuing up more
• Cloud saves are convenient for bouncing between multiple Switch systems and for archival purposes in case you lose/damage your Switch, but they're not really meant for permanent transfers. That's what the system Profile Transfer is for.

I've become addicted to Mario Golf please send help.

@Fizza
Question, how did you calculate the power you need to swing the tee for golf games by general?
I still suck in playing any cartoonish golf games, Nintendo or Sony games. Oftenly I got positive scores for hitting the ball a lot.

@DarthNocturnal
It's likely to thwart piracy. Games downloaded onto the system are encoded with a unique hardware ID that's encrypted, and only that specific hardware unit can decrypt it.

It's definitely a pain in the butt to redownload, but frankly, so is physical, where you have to take your game cartridges out one by one, insert into cartridge slot, manually trigger an update, take it out, put it away, rinse and repeat 300-400 times.

Whereas with digital you just go down the list from the Redownload section and bam bam bam bam bam, trigger the downloads in rapid fire succession. It may take longer to download than updates, but it's also less work on the user end. And it's not something you have to do often- once every couple years after upgrading. It's no big deal. Get the screen protector on, redownload games, couple days later you've forgotten all about it.

@Anti-Matter When it comes to starting it off (getting it to the green), I just try and hit it as hard as possible (aka trying to line it up to get nice shots). My advice would be to pre-empt your shots since, as an emulated N64 game, there'll always be a tiny bit of input lag to account for.

@DarthNocturnal You say that, yet it is actually making me pine for another round of pitch and putt at my local golf centre.

I'm addicted to Nintendo Account Platinum Coins.

Ever since they introduced the avatars, backgrounds and frames I've tried to collect them all. But it takes a LOT of coins to do that. Someone has worked it out:

EARN

• Sign in to Nintendo eShop on a Wii U or Nintendo 3DS system (weekly): 30 coins
• Collect the My Nintendo sign-in bonus (weekly): 30 coins
• Sign in to your Nintendo Account on the official Nintendo website (weekly): 30 coins
• Keep promotional e-mails set to "Receive from Nintendo" (monthly): 10 coins
• Play NES Software (monthly): 50 coins
• Play Software that supports online play (weekly): 30 coins
• Use save data cloud (weekly): 20 coins
• Use NSO app (weekly): 20 coins

So you can earn 700 580 coins in a 4-week month or 860 740 in a 5-week month.

SPEND

• Weekly avatars (SMO for March): 150 coins needed
• Monthly avatars (Animal Crossing birthdays): 390 coins needed

And you'll need about 990 in a 4-week month, or 1140 in a 5-week month to buy all avatar rewards.

That's a deficit of 290 410 coins in a 4-week month, 280 400 coins in a 5-week month. So basically, we gotta find another 300 410 coins per month from somewhere. That's where Mario Run comes in.

If you play Toad Rally each day you earn 10 coins. That's 300-310 per month. You also get an additional 200 coins per month if you win 3 Toad Rallies per week, but I'm not counting that since it's not guaranteed and if you win half of them you'll be right on target.

You can also complete Camper Requests weekly in Animal Crossing mobile, if that's a game you'd rather play. I prefer Mario Run though. And... it's super fun. Legitimately hard to put down after just 1 Toad Rally. Don't wanna waste the tickets though (which, you can get 1 ticket per day from the bonus game which indefinitely sustains you for 1 Toad Rally per day).

@JaxonH
I'm constantly collecting Platinum Coins for a while now. It seems like the visiting Nintendo's official website reward got removed. At least I don't get that reward anymore.
I have hundred of coins expiring pretty soon. Glad there's something to spend them on. 😂

@JaxonH I'm just stockpiling Platinum Coins with the base 4 missions available on the Switch for when MK8 icons appear in the rotation.

@JaxonH I may have, sort of, kind of blew nearly 300 coins in the first month so this is very helpful for me. Those SMO icons man...

By the way, when you say to 'sign into your Nintendo account on the official wesbite', I'm not quite sure how I would do that since it already registers me as 'logged in' the moment I click on the site. Do I have to sign out then sign in again? And on that note, will anything bad happen by me accepting their marketing emails? Gotta make sure my privacy's intact you know.

@Fizza
You go to the MyNintendo home page and interact with your Mii character to claim 30 coins once per week. There's also secret missions you will occasionally run across- today my Mii character was floating from 3 balloons, the middle one of which was platinum colored with the coin logo on it. Once I popped all 3 balloons it said +10 coins for completing "secret mission". But ya. Always check MyNintendo once per week to claim your 30 coins.

edit
Sorry, thought you were referring to the MyNintendo coins. Idk if they still give coins for signing into your Nintendo Account. So this may not be 100% up to date and accurate. If someone knows exactly what needs to be corrected, by all means speak up so we can figure this out down to the coin.

@Fizza
And no, nothing bad. They don't sell your info and I hardly get anything from them at all, tbh. Maybe an email once or twice a month? But you can always assign to your junk folder if you want, while still claiming the coins from being signed up.

@JaxonH Understood. In regards to that Mii btw, do you have to create one or do you just link it with a Mii on your console? I've never understood what it means.

@Fizza
Not sure. I've had it associated with my MyNintendo account as long as I can remember. Just go to MyNintendo, click on top right user icon, User Settings, Profile, Edit Mii.

You can also create one on your Switch, @Fizza .... Directly from your system settings!

@JaxonH You will have brought your Mii over from the 3DS/Wii U era, if @Fizza started with Switch they won't have had to assign a Mii to their account.