Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@ok1 If it was off and you've only recently turned it back on then they won't have collected any of your play data from the period it was off.

@gcunit Alright, thanks. I'll next year then.

Turns out Indigo Disk wasn't the end of Scarlet/Violet, there's an epilogue to the DLC coming on January 11th.

With FrostyFest being a week later than usual, Pokemon DLC/Batman/DQ Monsters having worse performance problems than expected and Another Code's release date being January 19th now seems to be the perfect time for me to start TotK.

@Grumblevolcano Have fun!

I'm honestly not sure what to start on switch for Christmas break( I'm off after today until Jan 2). I have SMT V, No More Heros 3, Trinity Trigger, and MGS 2 and 3 in my backlog. There's also a boatload of sales going on. I did just start Steamworld Dig 2 last night but not sure what to think of it just yet. I didn't like the first game all that much.

Probably should've asked this a few days ago but better late than never I suppose; how long should I wait before doing some eShop purchases post-Christmas Day? I meant to grab a few titles from this current sale like Signalis and Star Ocean but completely forgot to do it for one reason or another. I'm aware that the eShop is practically a minefield of lag around Christmas time since almost everyone's accessing it at around the same time so I'm wondering how long I should leave it before making my splurge. I'm thinking sometime around the 28th/29th but I'm not really sure what to do honestly XD

@Fizza I bought mine yesterday ready to play for Christmas day. I think most games are on sale until 1st of January?

Hi everyone, I got a Mario edition Switch OLED as a Christmas gift. I'm wondering what I should do while I set it up though... I'm not sure if the amount of downloaded games and save data would all make it into my Switch OLED, so should I just log into my Nintendo account on there, and download whatever I can? I also have Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and I know there's a separate process to transfer your island over to another Switch. Any help is appreciated... thank you!

Edit: Oh and I forgot about something. Do I get to keep my current friends on my friend list on the new Switch? Thanks again!

@MarioLover92 Do you have NSO? The majority of games are easy to transfer save data if you do; you just logon to the same account and download whatever games you want and the info menu of each game lets you download the save file. System settings also has a setting about automatic syncing.

For animal crossing you need the island transfer tool so that is a rare exception. Just follow those directions separately.

Also you'll want to change the new Switch to 'primary' in the settings. Your non-primary switch has to have Internet access to work. You can keep using both Switches if you want, you just have to be careful about exporting and importing save data every time so you don't lose progress (again, easy enough in the info menu of each game).

Friend list will be the same.

I use both a Switch and a Switch Lite and Nintendo makes it pretty easy to manage and jump back and forth using the same account.

@FishyS Yep I do have NSO. I think once I start setting up my Switch OLED, I'll log into my existing Nintendo account, make my new Switch the primary console, and take it from there. Good to hear that my friend list will be intact and that it does seem to be an easy process. Thanks for your help!

what we can expect for Nintendo in 2024

Apologies for barging in here, but I just wanted to ask a question regarding the newly announced NSO icon reruns to (and I know this sounds oddly specific but hear me out) EU users/those with NSO: what are the purchasable icons for today? I'm currently not able to access my Switch right now and am curious as to whether these returning icons (as seen in this article) are being supplied on a daily or every-other-day basis. I grabbed the Metroid Prime and Warioware icons that were available yesterday and would love to not miss any of the returning ones if possible. Thanks for listening to my extremely odd query and, if you know what they are today, please let me know if possible!

@Fizza Fire Emblem Engage. A new returning batch happens every day and each batch lasts 2 days so like Metroid Prime was yesterday and today, Fire Emblem Engage is today and tomorrow.

@Grumblevolcano Oh sweet, I'll just catch it tomorrow then, thanks for the heads-up! 👍

Began playing Loopers over the weekend. A visual novel with a story about a handful of people trapped in a Groundhog's Day situation. Caught in a time loop, experiencing the same day, over and over again. The production value doesn't reach the height of Witch on the Holy Night, but the artwork is a step above The Letter, the last visual novel I played and enjoyed immensely.

I like where this is going.

Do you guys remember when Game Freak was announced to be working on an entirely new action-adventure game/franchise with Private Division a couple months back? Well a website update seems to show that they have VERY high expectations for it (well, presumably it anyway, it's not actually referenced by name), dubbing it 'the next masterpiece that will surpass Pokemon'.

They are probably talking about Project Bloom.

Not much is known about it but I full confidence it will not be a masterpiece that surpasses Pokemon. Actually I can’t be bothered to wait so I’m just gonna post this now!

While that game would be a massive graphical improvement compared to Gamefreak's attempts at 3D Pokemon if its real as a game as shown there, Gamefreak's masterpiece will always be "remaking the Johto games for DS" and unless they HD-2D that game, this will likely not change.

Anyone play call of juarez gunslinger, can I use the joycons as a gun, pointed at the screen I mean