Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

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.

@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.