Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@kkslider5552000 They undo themselves when you get far enough away from the levels? Had no idea. lol I've unlocked all of the overworld jiggies, but haven't actually collected any of them yet. Actually kind of dreading that.

I did pretty much everything in Clanker Cavern. Although the swimming in this game makes me want to die, so it wasn't a good time.

Freezeezy Peak was actually probably the best level in this game to date (not a high bar), but I think it's also the first one that requires you to backtrack to get all of the jiggies. I about lost my mind trying to figure out how to equip the shoes for the second Walrus race until I realized that I had just never encountered that power-up yet.

Pretty much. Although I'm frequently annoyed by the lack of imagination of some people who continue to refuse the possibility of such an obvious move

edit: also that gamexplain video displays..... about the level of technical knowledge that I'd expect from gamexplain. DF knows what they're on about, gamexplain waffles for clicks

Playing 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim on Switch and I'm already hooked. I see now why ppl like it so much. The story is very mysterious and gripped me pretty fast.

It's an excellent port, too. Looks super sharp and crisp- couldn't even nitpick a flaw if I wanted to.

Also got in some House of the Dead. Plays best with a Pro Controller and gyro. Played some more LEGO Star Wars, some more MLB The Show 22, and a bit of Chrono Cross (super cheap remaster, frame dips and just feels dated as heck- still probably the best way to experience the game, but that's not saying much).

Star Wars The Force Unleashed also preloaded so I'll have a go at that next week.

Hey everyone,
So ever since I got my new Switch back in December, there's one thing I completely forgot to get with it in the process: a screen protector (feel free to to slaughter me in the replies, I deserve it). Thankfully, due to being exceptionally careful with it over the last 4 months, I've had no scratches whatsoever but, as you imagine, I'd like to keep it that way without having to hold my Switch as if it were fine china.

Unfortunately, before I get one, I have to attend to the issue of cleaning my dirty as hell screen first. Which brings me to the topic I wanted to ask about: what advice would you give to cleaning a Switch screen? Would you use something like a regular glasses wipe (the soft, felt kind, not the wet, paper tissue kind) or would you get a wipe specifically designed for the Switch? If you have any suggestions (or another method I haven't said here), please let me know! I'm leaning towards the specific Switch wipe personally.

Well, I usually use a little generic screen cleaner with a glasses wipe, @Fizza .... It's no more delicate than, say, a phone! So, whatever you have around that's generally suitable for that sort of thing should be fine

@Fizza Pretty much any alcohol wipe should do. We get them in box of 50+ for a few dollars.

Don't worry too much about your Switch in the meantime. Unless you're shoving it into the dock, there's no reason it should get scratched from normal wear-and-tear.

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?