Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@FishyS Indeed I mean with several physical switches.
We are using familly plan for streaming films and for music, so we are used to be able to access those services on different devices and at the same time. We have also the familly Nintendo Online plan. It is unfortunate that we cannot buy a digital game once for the familly and to be able to share the purchase. So far I have refrained from buying the same game twice. I would be perfectly OK with a digital library prohibiting to run the same game on different switches at the same time.

I can't really see Nintendo going for that due to the licensing EULA in most games. (you are paying to license one instance of the game) I know playstation has game sharing but that is to a separate account, (so they can check against sign ins), and many Nintendo games require the full copy of the game for multiplayer (not all but many) so short of allowing family plan users to purchases a discounted license ...yeah not sure how Nintendo would implement that in a way that ensures legality and profitability.

@NeonPizza

So I went 90% digital with the Switch and 3DS. I like the conviniece and it's hard to find physical copies with a good price in my country if you don't buy them on release day. But for next nintendo console, as long as they still use cartridges I plan to have a few more physcal games for display. Next generation I'm planning on ditching Playstation and sticking only with Nintendo (especially if they keep the hybrid/portable format). They have my favorites franchises/games and I don't have time and money to keep buying games for multiple devices and I really love playing portable while my wife watches tv

..Also, hello eveyone. I followed this site for years now but never had an account. So I'm kinda new lol
I'm from brazil btw

@Opaline-D I feel like Nintendo didn't anticipate how many multi-Switch households there would be. They definitely need better sharing capabilities.

Out of curiosity, do you do the primary/secondary Switch setup? I've used that before and it lets two people play the same game at the same time (with one digital purchase) as long as the person on the secondary Switch has internet access.

I've never tried 3 Switch but I assume it works as long as the two non-primary Switches don't play at the same time and are both online... however the non-primary Switches have to play on the exact same account which isn't great for a game without multiple save files and also can wipe save data if you aren't careful. Since it is already possible with inconvenience I feel like Nintendo could very easily improve this for family plans if they felt like it...

@Wolfleaf, yeah that's pretty common for movies.

Maybe not from small boutique publishers (who probably only obtain a physical license), but anything from a major studio (think films like Mario, Oppenheimer, Spider-Verse, etc.) usually come with a Blu-Ray copy, DVD copy, & Digital Copy code.

I was thinking about the recent controversial article on Zelda and realized the only 2 (non-NSO) 2D zelda games we have on Switch both came out in 2019. We are realllly due one. I am doubling down on hoping late 2024 has 2D Zelda (ideally on Switch 2).

We have basically averaged one game a year + NSO games on Switch. Not counting DLC, we have:

2017 - 3D (BotW)

2018 -3D (spinoff/port, hyrule warriors definitive)
2018 -2D (NSO, Legend of Zelda)

2019 - 2D (remake, link's awakening)
2019 - 2D (spinoff, cadence of hyrule)
2019 - 2D (NSO, Zelda II)
2019 - 2D (NSO, link to the past)

2020 -3D (spinoff, age of calamity)

2021 - 3D (remaster, Skyward Sword)
2021 - 3D (NSO Expan, Ocarina of Time)

2022 - No new games on Switch proper.
2022 - 3D (NSO expan, Majora's Mask)

2023 - 3D (TotK)
2023 - 2D (NSO, link's awakening original)
2023 - 2D (NSO, oracle of ages)
2023 - 2D (NSO, oracle of seasons)
2023 - 2D (NSO expan, Minish Cap)

Yeah there has to be a 2D Zelda sometime soon. Hopefully actually a new one, we haven't had a new single player focused one since ALBW literally an entire decade ago. (even Triforce Heroes is 8 years now)

It used to be a thing but they've stopped doing it. At least here in Australia. Also digital ownership of media disappearing as everything heads towards streaming. Google shut down their music and movie services fairly recently and merged them both into YouTube. Both are kinda afterthoughts now. Also this year Disney decided that they were going to stop making BluRays outright so it's disappearing on that side also

With that said, I still buy BluRays and rather than play them from the disc I'll rip them on my PC and stream them locally. Getting movies on BluRay is the highest quality version you can get. And ripping them is about as close as you can get to the only legal way to get a digital copy of a movie that's not tied to some company's server. I used to do the same with music and buy CDs but.... I think the last CD I got was at least two years ago

Not sure if anyone has posted this yet but Zelda Windwaker is 21 years old today in Japan

Right!? I miss sony era from PS1-PS3, unique exclusives. But gladly we have Nintendo to keep things fresh, unique and fun!
My PS5 is basically a Final Fantasy machine (XVI, XIV and rebirth lol)
I'm postponing games like Dragon's Dogma 2, Persona 3 and Granblue fantasy relink to play on next Nintendo console (unless I get the FOMO)

@Bunkerneath I will never forget watching and playing Wind waker for the first time with my cousin. It was magical. He brought his gamecube to my house and it was the best thing I ever saw. I really want this game on Switch

Geez that Disney comment almost had me panic buying Marvel movies...but looks like it is Australia only (which does suck btw...not dismissing that) but saved me about 300 in FOMO purchases. That being said I need to start grabbing all the Marvel shows and movies I can anyway before the go out of print. Might do a few a month.

@Fizza Another Code Recollection has an eshop demo out now:

@Grumblevolcano Ooh, cheers for the tipoff! It's probably going to be a fair bit before I can get around to playing AC: Recollection since it comes out literally 3 days before Apollo Justice but this'll be a nice way to tide me over until then XD

I finished Pikmin 2 so now I've played through Pikmin 1-4 and I'd rank it:

Pikmin 4 > Pikmin 3 > Pikmin 2 > Pikmin 1

I prefer the gameplay style of Pikmin 2 and 4 over 1 and 3 but Pikmin 3 and 4 have much needed quality of improvements and difficulty balancing such that I like Pikmin 3 more than Pikmin 2.

@Grumblevolcano Seems like the series is getting strictly better then! I really want Pikmin 4 but I haven't actually beaten 3 yet so I need to get back to it first. I definitely also prefer the 4/2 gameplay.

Hey y'all, I've been trying to see my Nintendo year in review... and it says I haven't play enough. I know I've played at least 50 hours of TOTK, so... what gives? Is there an over 100-hour limit or something like that? Do you guys know some way I can check?

@ok1 I saw one the other day that was 48 hours total. Any chance you have data sharing/tracking turned off in your Switch account? I heard there is some privacy setting which makes the year in review blank.

And I assume you are logged in on the web to the same Switch account you play on?

@FishyS Yeah, that was turned off! I turned it back on and it still isn't showing though. And yeah, I do play on only the account I am logged into. I'll wait a little longer, but maybe I'll have to wait until next year.