Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I've never had an issue with Splatoon online, interestingly.

Smash is almost unplayable on Wi-Fi for me, though.

@Fizza Morbidly curious about Sheep.exe, I'll admit.

@Rambler your assessment is correct. That article didn’t say they were running win98 servers just checking for it which was likely holdover code.

Software like that is modified over time to run on whatever OS is needed. At my job we had some ABB robots still running programs off floppy disk. Crude, but it worked. And if it works, it's hard to convince the company to allocate funds to replace. Unless the financial impact of not upgrading outweighs the cost of upgrading, companies typically just let it ride until the inevitable day comes they're forced to replace it.

I've been on a Splatoon 2 binge since restarting my save file, and am fast approaching 100 hours logged just in the past few weeks. I've never had online connection issues in Splatoon. I'm currently hardwired with ethernet for all my consoles, Switch included, but I put 300+ hours into Splatoon 2 with a wireless connection when it released and that game has always run flawlessly, barring a few isolated incidents I remember in the first month after launch. I even played Salmon Run at work today in tabletop using my phone's hotspot, and it felt no different than playing at home.

Monster Hunter Rise was also perfect online, and at least from the little I've played online, Switch Sports as well. I don't really recall ever having issues with online, but then again, I seldom play games online. Splatoon and Monster Hunter are rare exceptions where I pump hundreds of hours in. I never bothered playing Smash online, and probably did less than 10 hours online in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

@Rambler yeah I bought it about 5 months ago. Not any different to the original I think. Its not on sale much. I think I paid €8 for it. I think there was an update, but I'm not sure what for.

Nintendo life had 3500 new members this week. Not many sites do that amount of new members. I think.

@Ninfan How do you see how many new members joined Nintendo Life?

@WoomyNNYes at the bottom of the page it says how many people joined nintendo life, and I counted how many joined in a week.

@Ninfan @WoomyNNYes 2800 is the amount of followers they've gotten over the last week throughout YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and DeviantArt combined. It doesn't mean we got 2800 new users last week.

Man, Mario Tennis Aces really is the Dark Souls of tennis games. It is pretty damn unforgiving (until the mercy rules kick in) with it's mechanics, which can make the game extremely frustrating, but then there comes that moment where you just seem to go into the zone. Suddenly you're blocking every special shot, returning every curveball and you KO them with one mighty ultimate shot and it just feels so damn satisfying. I do think that maybe the CPU is adaptatively scaling, because I swear playing against the same opponent multiple times can yield extremely different rules, but I don't care cause it makes me feel awesome.

@TheJGG Oh, that. Never noticed that number before. So people folowing more than one platform are counted more than once. I see what they're doing.

@WoomyNNYes The number isn't real-time too, it's been at 1,304,717 since this morning. It probably updates daily or weekly, which is how our friend interpreted it.

2800 new users weekly would probably break the Hookshot servers honestly. All that raw data! I'm no engineer though.

I just beat The Great Ace Attorney Adventures (aka the first one) and, while I take the time to collect my thought on both the final case and the game as a whole, I have to ask for anyone here who has beaten it: does it pull an original Ace Attorney and have a secret final case? I could've sworn there was a title card for something after The Hound of Baskervilles but maybe that's just the part of me that doesn't want this game to end. Any spoiler-free replies would be appreciated while I go cry in the corner over the fact that one of my favourite games of the year is now over (well, until I start the sequel BUT STILL).

@Fizza Fifth case is the end of the game. Not including the little included DLC skits included as extras, but I wasn't sure at the time which ones were for the original versus the sequel, so I held off on 'playing' them until I'd experienced the entire game. Although they're pretty forgettable overall. Not bad as extras, but I'd have been annoyed if I'd paid money for them.

As someone who loved the first GAA, and thought it offered a unique take for the series, all I can say is not to cry, because the second game is arguably the greatest entry in the entire franchise. If you're emotionally invested in this cast at all, you'll be a giant ball of emotion by the end.

As Ralizah said above, @Fizza .... The 2nd game is at least as good, so looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that as you play it

@Ralizah Considering how annoyingly interesting that cliffhanger is, I don't know whether I'm prepared to cry yet.

But yeah, I'll probably take a leaf out of your book and leave the sequel for a while (maybe a month or so) just so I can get refreshed about the whole series and maybe play something else in the meantime (probably Skyward Sword HD to be honest). I will return to the wonderful world of Ryunosuke and co soon enough though, mark my words.

Oh my gosh. I just learned you have a Smallfry buddy in Splatoon 3, and can even customize his hair lol.

Best. Game. EVER.

Switch Pokemon games are on sale today at Best Buy and Amazon US.

Edit: Deal has ended.

check out Nintendo financial report ended on march this year.

The Switch has now sold 107 million units.

Man it’s the gift that keeps on giving.

Don't forget, the MH Rise Sunbreak stream starts in less than 2 hours.