Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Just be grateful the inadequacies of Switch hardware are such that they can be rectified via 3rd party hardware. Imagine if it was a dedicated handheld- there wouldn't be any, "oh just by these Mobapad M6 HD joycon and you're golden". You'd be stuck with it permanently. So if there's one thing I appreciate about Switch, it's the modular design. I never could understand the ppl who'd rag on and on about how uncomfortable Switch is to hold and how much they like the ergonomics of Deck, yet never took any action to do something about it despite Nintendo specifically making the system modular so we can do something about it. Like dude, go buy these 3rd party joycon and all those complaints will fall by the wayside! I love that about Switch.

Btw, Peach getting her Sargon on with that Prince of Persia-esque flip off the pole followed by an air dash and sword slash. I had to do a double take like woah, I was just doing that in Lost Crown not 20 min ago

No idea how accurate this is, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Saw this on twitter:

The person who correctly leaked the Ninja and Cowgirl outfits for Princess Peach Showtime says this is part of the content for the February Nintendo Direct:

1. Prime 2 remaster.
2. Fire Emblem 4 remake.
3. DK new game for 30th anniversary.
4. Grezzo's Oracle remakes.

@WaveBoy
It's still processing so it likely won't play in HD yet, but here's a YT Short demonstrating visual/audio input latency with the Test Input Devices feature. To me, it feels blazing responsive. Those mechanical Omron switches activate lightning fast.

My brother told me the newer pro controllers don’t misread inputs like the older ones. Im still using a launch day pro controller myself. Never noticed any input lag though.

@Commandervide0
They largely don't. But they're still horrible because they're designed to only allow 1 input at a time, so a 4-way design. This makes pulling off moves in fighters insanely hard when you need to press forward > forward + down > down > forward + down > forward + Punch

The 8-way design allows diagonals to register properly. A good 8-way design also ensures no false inputs. Combine an 8-way with a rocker d-pad using mechanical switches? Muah! I never knew a d-pad could feel so good to use. I don't think it's supposed to be this easy to pull off Zangief pile drivers, but I'm loving it.

Try doing a Zangief pile driver with the Pro Controller and you'll immediately recognize its deficiency.

1 input at a time? What is Nintendo thinking!? No proper dpad on joycon and a dodgey dpad on the pro controller. Gotta get me a third party controller before silksong comes out in about 5 years time😂

Most of the time quick chat is fine. I use it 100% of the time. If someone's a toxic douche, I report & block them. But that's not frequent.

@Commandervide0
Best options imo as someone who's bought nearly a dozen different 3rd party controllers:

JOYCON D-PAD SOLUTION
1 Mobapad M6 HD joycon
2 Basstop dpad mod for official joycon

PRO CONTROLLER D-PAD SOLUTION
1 Mobapad Chitu HD pro controller
2 Mobapad M9 HD pro controller

The pro controller d-pad is largely fine unless you play fighting games. I never really had an issue with it except in Street Fighter. But if you get controller with better d-pad, you'll appreciate it. Both Mobapad M9 HD and Chitu HD pro controllers have HD rumble, NFC and all official controller functionality plus rear remappable buttons. Additionally, the Chitu HD has Hall Effect Analogs and a swappable d-pad for a rocker.

Get one of those and never look back. Though at this point, with Switch 2 right around the corner, not sure how much mileage you'll get.

Thanks, I’ll look into that. I play my switch a ton, so it could be worth it, but will see if Nintendo announce anything about a switch 2 over the next few months.
Have you got the 8bitdo ultimate controller? What do you think of it?

It makes a lot of sense but it looks too good for me to believe it

There was a joke article on the FP the other day about how they found a leak of the next direct and it contained HD Zelda remasters... of the DS games... and Metroid Prime.... Pinball. Maybe it says something about me but I legitimately liked the sound of that

Honestly, more 2D Zelda is what I want in this last year. New DK would be killer, assuming it's something somewhat meaty. Hell, do DKC Trilogy remastered with real time rendering this time. I'd be down for that. Remasters of FE and MP? Sure, why not

@alexwolf You can change drop in Tetris 99 to a trigger button. The in-game control options didn't exist at the release but they added them pretty quickly when everyone complained about the Pro Controller issues. Makes the game 100 times better.

My personal biggest insanity with the pro controller is Mario Maker levels with artistic vines which the controller loves to randomly grab.

And I mentioned this in a different thread, but I feel like it is nigh-impossible to input the Konami Code correctly on the Pro-Controller. I failed like 30 times in a row and got it first try on joycons

@skywake thats how I viewed it. Too good to be true. A new dk country, oracle games being remade in HD, prime 2, and FE remake are literally the top things I want right now aside from maybe MK9 or a 3d mario. So if these happens, that's one hell of a switch send off imo. I'd be set this next year.

@JaxonH @skywake @NintendoByNature The way I saw it was:

• If Prime 2 comes but not Prime 3, it would suggest Prime 4 isn't coming until late 2025 at the absolute earliest (Nintendo chose to release Prime 1 last February so would be around a year between entries). That feels unlikely unless Switch 2 isn't happening this year.
• FE remake would clash with Unicorn Overlord, FE killed Advance Wars twice so a FE remake being announced before Unicorn Overlord releases would potentially burn bridges with Atlus.
• Nintendo avoids adding games to NSO for awhile if remakes are happening, Link's Awakening did come to NSO but it was 3.5 years after the remake launched. If Oracle remakes happen, I feel it'll be in like 2026/2027.

@skywake
The guy who leaked Persona 3, 4, 5, Strikers and tactics for Switch, a known Persona leaker, says both Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: Refantazio are releasing on Switch 2.

So that we can pretty much take to the bank at this point. And it makes sense. They already brought tons of Persona over and nearly every other game, and they've all done well. Launch window Switch 2 games will do especially well as early adopters are hungry for as many games as possible, and the system will be far easier to port to.

As for those 4 things being too good to be true, I'm not sure I agree. They already did Prime Remastered. Prime 2 Remastered seems a given. And we know FE4 remake is releasing this year, being the final year of Switch before the successor gets all the attention. As for the DK game, that was leaked so I'm guessing it exists. And more Zelda remasters/remakes seem like a given since Nintendo basically releases a Zelda every year, be it new games or remakes or remasters or spinoff.

But we'll see.

@Grumblevolcano
Prime 4 will be a launch game for Switch 2 no matter what. Prime 3 or no Prime 3, that game is debuting with Switch 2. Maybe they announce Prime 3 Remaster in the summer with a release a month later as a final bit of announcement for Switch owners in the lead up to Switch 2 this fall. All I know is, Switch 2 is coming this year, and Prime 4 will definitely be a launch (or launch window) title.

Btw I don't think FE being announced would cost 1 single sale of Unicorn Overlord. That's not how ppl work. Those interested in UO are buying it, with or without a FE announcement.

Speaking of Unicorn Overlord, oooweee!!! This one's gonna be a banger. You can always tell the great games by how good their music is. The better the game, the more confident devs are in it and thus spend more for a better soundtrack. Pure correlation, it never fails.

@Grumblevolcano fair points. All of which I hope you're wrong on 😉. I haven't even had my eye on unicorn, and I'm slowly but surely becoming a massive srpg fan, and mostly due to FE. Is unicorn more like FE in terms of the gameplay or more like Advance Wars? I loved triangle strategy and that filled a nice gap in between fire emblem games. I've seen gameplay of unicorn, but I can't quite make out if it's a regular turn based, or strategy game. It's definitely different which, I'm not complaining about.

@JaxonH
To be fair I was going for more "I like the look of this so I'm choosing not to believe it so I'm not disappointed". More 2D Zelda has been at the top of my direct wishlist for a long while. It it happens I'll be pretty happy with that. Fair chance it will... but until I see it I'm going to assume the Direct will be just more fairy based life sims and remasters of random b-tier PS2 titles

@JaxonH That is indeed promising music. Thanks for sharing as it helps me make up my mind where I'm positioning my Unicorn Overlord purchase point, but for clarity, that video says it's a 16-bit arrangement - does that mean that the in-game music is not 16-bit, or is that the version of the music we'll hear in-game?

@gcunit
I was under the impression that's the gameplay music. They're going for a 16 bit soundtrack.

@skywake
will be just more fairy based life sims and remasters of random b-tier PS2 titles

That's where my expectations permanently reside, for health reasons 😀

Hey everyone, need some help here. I bought my son a switch lite and I started it up for the first time today. This is the 2nd switch lite we've purchased(owned a V2 for years prior), but I can't recall how I did it previously.

For this lite, I chose to link my account thinking that's how I did it previously but I guess that's not the case since my account is the main one on his lite. First time I've had to deal with this, so I'm hoping someone who has multiple systems can assist me.

Are my digital games now available for him to DL? Will any of my saves or gaming progress come up on his lite? And lastly, the lite came with animal crossing which I had to DL through my linked account on his lite, will my island be on his lite or can he use a different profile ( his own) to start a new island on his lite.

I'm sure this has happened to others before, so I'm interested to hear some feedback. Thanks in advance.