Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Nintendo emphasis the importance of Nintendo acount for her next next gen hardware

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-emphasises-...

@Rambler It's probably because I pay £8 a month for Google Verified, it helps me get better results and all the profits go to the good cause of helping a billionaire with his mid-life crisis.

I'm sorry, but if you're going to tout red hot deals like that one then it's only polite to provide a link. I'll take four units please, and maybe 20 more to sell on via eBay 😉

@gcunit they aren't offical pro controllers, it's third party ones where they have spelt Nintendo wrong and instead of a box it comes in a plastic Asda bag.

@jump

Yo is the best place for my extremely accurate next gen predictions?

@Gryffin Technically, there is this thread:

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/rumor_new...

But here's usually fine, just so long as you don't come a cropper from that one mod around here who likes to shut things down

@gcunit

@JaxonH

Unsurprisingly as soon as preload went live for Scarlet/Violet earlier today, both games automatically went to #1 (Violet) and #2 (Scarlet) in the eshop charts.

Where is Rogue Legacy 2 on the eShop? I see it's #24 in the Digital Only section but it's nowhere close to breaking in the normal top 30.

Bayonetta 3 is holding strong at #6, just behind SIFU which shot up to #5, Pokemon Dualpack, Scarlet and Violet at #4, #2 and #1, respectively, and at #2 Call of Juarez Gunslinger (think it's on sale for like $2, and is a good AAA 7th gen western FPS with gyro aiming, where you're a gunslinger in the wild west- glad to see ppl buying it).

Persona 5 Royal holding on strong, Harvestella showing good demand, It Takes Two showing good demand, Mario Rabbids showing good demand, and Tactics Ogre Reborn debuting at #30. I'm sure it'll climb a fair bit over the next week.

But Rogue Legacy 2. Man. Game is going completely under the radar.

Arkanoid!!!

I used to love Alleyway back on GameBoy. The brick breaker game where you move the paddle and hit the ball trying to break all the bricks.

Us brick breaker fans are eatin FAT! First, Shatter Remastered drops, which is an Xbox 360 arcade game that modernizes the formula with multiple balls, blowing and sucking to help steer the ball, giant moving bosses, etc. It's seriously dope.

But we also got Arkanoid Eternal Battle, which not only offers the original game imitating old school play with the curved screen and scanlines, but a completely modernized version. It's super good.

Then, as if that wasn't enough, Space Invaders Invincible Collection just went on sale for like $23. And in this collection is a game called "Arkanoid vs Space Invaders", which is a separate game icon on the home screen, and can only be played in TATE mode with touch controls.

I busted out the capacitive stylus I bought for Mario Maker 2, and went to town. It plays like Arkanoid, standard brick breaking, but you move the paddle with touch controls or stylus, and its instant response. I just keep the stylus against the screen constantly and zig zag to wherever I need to move it. You're killing little space Invaders ships, though. It's amazing. Best game in the entire collection by far (though that one Space Invaders Extreme game is also pretty good).

All we need now is Siesta Fiesta 2 and I'd never ask for another brick breaker again.

@JaxonH
Well, I will get that new Arkanoid game.... on PS5 since I want to build my PS5 games too.
Btw, I have never heard Siesta Fiesta 3DS before until I found it from Google image.

So I learned the hard way that Chaos Head Noah has a game-breaking bug that locks you from seeing the true ending. Horrible; what makes me mad is that the publisher still hasn't fixed it. And what pisses me off, even more, is that Nintendo Life never mentioned this in their review. They put the MC as a con, but not this.

A shame, really; I enjoyed my time with it. It was a horrifying experience.

@JaxonH @Anti-Matter
Arkanoid would be great but those games really deserve a proper paddle controller. I think the last time we had something like that was on the DS with the paddle accessory. I never picked that up, as tempting as it was, and I think those games aren't really the same without it I think. I'd include things like Pong-like titles in that mix....

I remember when the Switch design was first revealed people's immediate thoughts went to different types of Joycon. Shame that never really happened (outside of the NES controllers-ish). You could get a LOT of milage out of a pair of "unconventional controller Joycon". Just imagine it, a Joycon pair with things like paddle, slide, ball, dial, microphone. Could open up all sorts of unique games

see how Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild would look if the game have Ray-tracing.

@skywake
Not sure I've seen such a controller before. Do you have any pics of one you own?

@MsJubilee
Can you report the bug to the dev team?

When I was playing Sniper Elite 4 on Switch, a couple guys mentioned a save bug in Chapter 3. I suggested they report the bug, which they did, and Rebellion eventually patched it out. Very few ppl played that game on Switch so I'm fairly confident it was a result of their bug report. I think it's worth doing, even if for the sake of other players who may encounter it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098TVDYZ3

Switch OLED for $311 on Amazon. Comes with UK charger, fyi.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/nintendo-switch-oled-model/ap...

Switch OLED for $350 + $75 Dell Gift Card Free + $20 Back in Dell Rewards = $255 net cost.

Particularly fetching in pink:

@Eagly
That's a hard question to answer.

I'm gonna say yes. The difference between the 6.2" LCD screen with fat bezel, dinky kickstand and 32gb storage, and the 7.0" OLED screen with thin bezel, amazing kickstand and 64gb storage, is worth it. In my opinion. Especially if you have a v1 Switch. Because then you're also getting double battery life.

Nobody can predict the future. A new Switch is coming at some point. This much we know. Could be next year. Could be in 2025. We just don't know. It will come, but when is anyone's guess.

So in my estimation, it's best to assess based on probabilities and outcome impact. Let's assume worst case- a new Switch releases next year. I assign a 40% probability of this happening. And assuming it does happen, you'd need to sell the Switch OLED to recoup costs and put toward next Switch. How much will you net from a Switch OLED less than 1 year old? I'd say at least $200. Maybe a bit more, but $200 is a safe guess. Even Gamestop will likely offer trade-ins with $200 off at a minimum.

So.

There's a 40% probability of losing $110. And enjoyment of using the OLED for 1 year. That's worst case.

Now. Compare to middle of the road outcome. Let's assume Switch 2 releases in 2024, a 20% probability. You can recoup $175 on the OLED. A 20% chance of losing $135 with enjoyment for using OLED 2 yrs.

Now. Compare that with the best case scenario. Let's assume Switch OLED releases in 2025, another 40% probability. You manage to get $150 at time of trade in, losing $160. A 40% chance of losing $160 with enjoyment for using OLED 3 yrs.

• 40% chance 2023 release - $110 paid to use OLED 1 year = $110/yr
• 20% chance 2024 release - $135 paid to use OLED 2 yrs = $67.50/yr
• 40% chance 2025 release - $160 paid to use OLED 3 yrs = $53.33/yr

Weighted cost = $78.83/yr. This is the most likely cost you will be paying per year to use the OLED until Switch 2 releases, whenever that is. Same as $6.57/month. But this assumes you keep the current Switch, and that skews the costs higher

We can only make decisions based on probabilities of outcomes, and weights assigned to those outcomes. The question is, are you willing to pay $6.57 per month to use the Switch OLED instead of the normal Switch? If the answer is yes, buy it. If the answer is no, don't buy it.

As mentioned though, this analysis is based on you keeping your current Switch, rather than trading in or selling it to help fund OLED cost.

If you were to sell your current Switch for even $155, costs would be cut in half. The question would then become, are you willing to pay $3.29/month to have an OLED Switch instead of the normal one. And, assuming you can still get $200 for the OLED in 2024/2025 (which is reasonably likely) the cost would be just $2.90/month. For me the answer is a resounding yes. But for you, it may or may not be. But at least now you can make a rational decision rooted in probabilities of outcomes rather than emotion.