Splatoon 3 Switch OLED available from Amazon France for $324 USD shipped to the USA.
That's like... $36 under MSRP what it will cost here, and then another $18 from sales tax that would be applied if bought here. We're talking like $50 savings buying through Amazon.fr as an import
Does anybody find the "left-stick button" weird to use. I'm scared to use it because I don't want the stick to get loose. I'm playing Skyward Sword and you click in the stick to do I think roll and I'm scared to press it in to much.
I believe these ones use Hall sensors rather than resistive potentiometers. So there won't be any wear and they're basically 99% accurate with no-dead zone required (in theory, Switch OS will still add a dead zone). They also have modules for the Steam Deck if you're into that but, that upgrade is probably a little bit more involved/risky I'd think
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I just ordered two sets of 2 from AliExpress since there wasn't any option to buy on their store.
$18 after discounts. Not bad. My analogs are doing just fine, but if the day comes they fail, I'll just pay someone on Etsy to throw these in for me. There's services offering to replace analogs for $10-15 as is. Would likely be even less if I supplied my own and said hey. Just swap em out.
Good catch with that. Not sure they use HALL sensor though. But maybe. Seemed to me they just are made with reinforced materials to prevent deformation through use (which honestly is likely the main culprit of drift from wear of normal use- tiny fragile housing can flex and bend over time). But anything to make it more resilient is a plus to me.
Even Xenoblade DE looks better undocked now. Weirdly, it somehow looks sharper in handheld mode than it did before, despite the OLED screen being bigger.
But man, the colors make some scenes look entirely different. It's nuts.
Really curious to see how XC2 balances out now. Might have to re-download it just to see.
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@Ralizah See what I mean about things looking "sharper" despite the lower pixel density? The screen quality / colour vibrancy really does wonders in this regard.
That said, I'm one of the few that took no issues with either Xenoblade game in handheld mode. Not sure what that says about me!
I originally posted about this yesterday in the thread about your latest purchase, but I'm excited, so I will post about it again. I bought a Switch OLED from Amazon yesterday, and it will be here at some point today. This will be my first Nintendo system since the original NES.
I will likely start things off with either Xenoblade Chronicles or Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I will be buying both off of the eShop, but it's a tough decision to decide which one to go with as they two of the biggest reasons why I decided to get a Switch.
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There's a lot of games to catch up on. You really can't go wrong with either game. You clearly have good taste. Imo Xenoblade 3 is the one I'd start with, but if you wanted to play the Trilogy in order, I can understand that too.
Fire Emblem Three Houses is very, very good though.
I'd recommend the following:
Xenoblade Chronicles DE
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Metroid Dread
DKC Tropical Freeze
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak
Triangle Strategy
Splatoon 3 (Sept 9th)
Bayonetta 3 (Oct 28th)
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@JaxonH Handheld looks alright so far. About on par with DE near the beginning, before you start exploring open areas. The cutscenes are kinda blurry on the dock, though. Animation quality aside (which is clearly improved in this game), XC2 seems like it cut a decently cleaner image on the TV.
Can't really judge the visual quality until I get into the game's huge open areas, though.
Really hope I get through this ugly opening section soon, though. So many brown and grey colors.
@Buizel It's weird. Xenoblade DE looks quite a bit more fetching at the start, but some games have become noticeably softer, like SMT V and DQXI S. Although the colors of the latter are so vibrant that it's still my preferred way to play.
I wouldn't say every game looks better, necessarily: some don't seem all that different, but some are dramatically improved. I might as well sell my PS4 copy of Tetris Effect, because this is the way I'll be playing it from now on.
I gotta say, I'm loving the 'feel' of this device, too. With the new screen and metal frame, it feels like a much more premium console.
I'm back from an extended hiatus for pretty much no reason. Please hold your applause.
All I really want to say is A Hat in Time is quite possibly the next-best 3D platformer on the Switch after Odyssey. And I'm mad I didn't find it until a couple weeks ago.
I do wonder if the timing regarding XC3 and Splatoon 3 was about variety. If Splatoon 3 launched in July like a lot of people thought, it would've been yet another online multiplayer focused title in a sea of online multiplayer focused titles (e.g. Switch Sports, Mario Strikers, MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 2, Kirby's Dream Buffet) meanwhile XC3 is a single player game in a time window where there isn't much 1st party single player games (April - September). October and November are very heavy on single player games like Sparks of Hope, Bayonetta 3 and Scarlet/Violet.
@Grumblevolcano I would personally argue that SV is more of a single player/multiplayer hybrid (like most other Pokemon games besides Legends Arceus) but with the new open world angle it's taking, it definitely seems to be leaning heavily towards it's single player angle (again like PLA) but with a bigger multiplayer addition in simultaneous map exploration with up to 4 players (so excited for that btw). I still don't know where September is still considered summer (it's the second month of August if you ask me) but Splatoon coming out right in the middle of two big single player games (XC3 in July and Mario+Rabbids in October) is absolutely perfect timing. I want to play it so bad......
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@Fizza I see mainline Pokemon more as primarily single player and secondary multiplayer given you have to progress in the single player to get the multiplayer functions (and beat it in the case of more competitive stuff).
Scarlet/Violet is changing things up somewhat though the news drought means the full extent is less clear. Will it be like Splatoon where you have the initial setup and then can go straight into multiplayer or will you need to get some badges first for example? We'll find out at some point in the next few months.
September 9th is technically still summer but the February Direct showed XC3 release in September so Splatoon 3 looked originally set for July/August.
@Ralizah
I haven't played much docked or paid attention to cutscenes, but they looked fine to me in handheld mode. All I know is, if XC2 and XC1 had looked like this in handheld mode I don't think there ever would have been controversy. I'm happy.
I also like that the environments are more reminiscent of XCX (my favorite Xenoblade game for world design). Maybe now we'll finally see XCX ported over next year, and the series will be complete. Then again we have the expansion story coming, so any XCX port may be on hold til after that.
Ppl just have a warped perception of what constitutes summer. There are 3 weeks of summer in September vs just 1 week of summer in June, yet for some reason ppl associate June more with summer in their mind. Fall doesn't start until the last week before October, basically.
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