Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Rejoice!
The Outbound Ghost will get physical release.

Pokémon Company/Game Freak reveal Grafaia, a poison/normal pokemon based on a Aye Aye.

Today I learned that Gold Points can expire. How did I realise this? Because I just lost 300 of them. THANKS NINTENDO 🥲👍

(I'm really not that mad honestly, it was just a bit of a b**** slap more than anything)

@Fizza I spend mine when I get them... I have a buying problem

@DarthNocturnal You know how Splatoon 3 has a sort of digital early purchase bonus where you get 10% back in Gold Points? I'm planning on going a big splurge with those points in particular. Namely for:

• The two Toree games.
• Final Fight (via Capcom Arcade Stadium)
• Thomas Was Alone (it usually goes on sale for €2 at a time so that's when I'll strike)

I'm very excited for the first 3 and have always been interested in TWA (especially with how high the review scores have been for it across the board) so what better time than the 2 month gap between Splatoon and Pokemon?

@DarthNocturnal I've mainly used Gold Points myself for small DLC's like the Mii Costumes in Smash. However, there was one time where the stars aligned and I was somehow able to get DOOM 1993 for FREE during Black Friday of last year by using them. It was wild, will probably never happen again....but man I felt so proud for spotting it when I did.

Also, you've just reminded me about how much I want to get Arcade Archives Punch Out now! THERE'S TOO MANY DAMN GAMES MY SD CARD WILL BE IN RUIN BY NEXT SPRING.

@Fizza For me points don't get close to expiring because Nintendo seems to in general have a steady flow of DLC available to purchase. Like this year had MK8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass in March, XC3 Expansion Pass in July and there'll probably be something in fall/holiday like a Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Pass (Age of Calamity Pass was announced 3 months after the game's launch). That combined with 3rd party stuff means gold points never really build up for me.

I primarily purchase games digitally, so my gold points never come close to expiring, lol.

My platinum points used to, but now I can just use them to grab icon elements. Problem solved. Way better than the random, crappy wallpapers and such Nintendo was previously offering.

@Ralizah The icons this week are Kirby's Dream Buffet themed, MY PLATINUM WALLET CANNOT TAKE IT.

@Fizza I know some ways you can get more. If you don't know them already.

I've earned so many gold points on Switch this gen... probably around $100 per year. Maybe more. Every 2 months I've got another $20 it seems. Mostly from digital, but all those physical games add up, too, little by little.

Matter of fact I just purchased TMNT Cowabunga Collection digitally with gold points yesterday. Usually let em pile up until I have $25-50 and then spend to cover a single purchase.

Also love that platinum points can now be exchanged for icons. They'd just sit and rot, otherwise, barring the Zelda display and a couple other small pieces of tat that were occasionally worthwhile.

@Fizza Haha, I actually need to visit the MyNintendo website to build them up again. Not used to actually needing to use them for stuff.

Platinum points rack up automatically now with NSO. They give you points for backing up a game to the NSO cloud, points if you play an online game that. I have more platinum points than I've ever had. I think I have 1400+?

@WoomyNNYes I have around the same amount as you.

The ones you get automatically aren't enough to get all the icons. I've gotten every icon released to date.

I do the 4 missions from the red button Switch online menu each week, I play Toad Rally in Super Mario Run once a day which gives +10 per day, and another +50 per week after winning 3 in a week, I boot up the Wii U eShop once a week for another +30, and when collecting my coins on MyNintendo each day, I'm able to catch the +30 coin that rolls across your Mii area each week and the hidden +10 mini game from fishing out a Platinum coin with your Mii (or popping a Platinum balloon, it changes from week to week).

All that is exactly enough to keep up with all the icons.

By the way,

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is back in the top 100 best sellers list on Amazon. It's been climbing for the last few days. It was down to around #150 and then suddenly reversed course, to #120 and now to #95.

Usually games keep dropping the further away it gets from their release date. Not sure what caused this sudden surge in interest to keep its legs walking?

Maybe it's the Dunky video giving exposure- any press is good press, as they say. Something caused it to reverse course though. I've never seen a XC game still in the top 100 after 5 weeks post-launch (especially since it spent a fair bit of time there before launch leading up to release- its been several months in the top 100 now).

I'd imagine the purpose of the Switch icons are to try and convince players to play Nintendo's mobile games. If you want them all then you need to play some mobile games.

I used to have a gigantic stash of Platinum points back when I played Fire Emblem Heroes but I lost interest when they added FEH Pass. I still check out the Youtube videos for who is coming to the game but that's more about seeing how close the game is to completing full game rosters (and hence making remakes of older games for Switch more likely).

@Grumblevolcano
Not sure about that. They seem to be moving away from mobile. No new games in the works and they're systematically shutting them down.

Getting coins in the other mobile games requires too much commitment. But Mario Run? Toad Rally is like 60 seconds- in and out. And you're just competing for coins against ghost data from other players so there's no waiting for matchups or anything.

Its actually pretty fun, and now I kinda look forward to my 1-2 Toad Rally runs each day (I play until I win to ensure I hit my 3 wins per week- usually get it first try, sometimes it takes 2 or 3).

@JaxonH I'm thinking more regarding the legacy stuff being kept active. I used to think they'd gradually shut all of them down (1 per year) but the way the Booster Course Pass has turned out so far I'm now leaning towards the big 3 (FE Heroes, MK Tour, AC Pocket Camp) being kept active for longer.

The Booster Course Pass seems to be aiming for gradual increase in difficulty (wave 1 was all Mushroom/Flower with the exception of GBA Sky Garden, wave 2 was all Mushroom/Flower with the exception of GBA Snow Land) so we're probably at the point where waves 3-6 may not have anything from Mushroom Cup (maybe if we're extremely lucky DS Luigi's Mansion appears for Halloween but they may go for GBA Boo Lake or GBA Broken Pier instead). So there'll be lots of tracks which miss the Booster Course Pass which would be rather wasted if Tour was to be shut down in 2024.

Speaking of the Booster Course Pass, I have a funny feeling that one of the courses in the Spiny Cup (the very last cup) will be Wii Rainbow Road.

@Grumblevolcano Nintendo mobile games are made to incentive everyone to buy mainline games of it respective franchises, notice after some of it mobile games are made, mainline game are released on Switch(Animal Crossing Pocket Camp in 2016 and Animal Crossing New Horizon in 2020, Fire Emblem Heroes in 2017 and Fire Emblem Thee Houses in 2019).