Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@BLP_Software Does the Pro Controller have analogue triggers? The controller looks solid already, so analogue triggers would be a nice plus. Hopefully...

@FragRed, Arcade Archives to date has been exclusive to PS4, I've even seen them on the UK PSN store. Pushsquare have ran articles of these games being released but I cannot find any reviews.

@Vee_Flames I think I already read somewhere they do not.

@Vee_Flames I think I heard the Pro will have the analog bumpers while the Joycons do not. I could be totally off, though.

@Vee_Flames Yeah its digital from what i could feel. Couldnt really see in that low light.

Ill say this. Aint breaking any of this stuff easily. All controllers are like Nintendium+. ProController is reeeeeaaallll good. I cant praise it enough.

Even with my hand issue of not being able to move my thumb down far to hit a bow face button analog stick it feels comfortable still which is a plus.

What i Like

• the games: Xenoblade 2, Splatoon 2, that Super Mario game, third party support and etc.
• the options to have other controllers for all of these games
• the price could been abit lower for me, but $300 is okay.

What i didnt like

• the expansive on thoese joy cons, controllers etc.
• meh launch date, hoping to see more.
• the fact that Nintendo is doing pay to play Online. but, im going to try out anyways so i can do online.
• the 1 month of NES/SNES idea is meh,

No analogue triggers is a big bummer. At this point I guess Nintendo could produce Joy-Cons with analogue triggers with the Switch's configuration, but I'm not exactly hopeful for that.

@Vee_Flames Is that confirmed? It kinda kills my hope for F-Zero GX on VC

The Joycons felt really cheap to me. They felt like a drop would break the casing and most likely that would leave the controller useless.

There's 2 ways Nintendo can go about the digital trigger joy-cons situation:

• Make the GC adapter created for Smash Wii U work with Smash Switch, this way likely means no GC on VC.
• Make GC Joy-cons which launch around the same time as Smash Switch, make plenty of supply and start GC on VC soon after Smash Switch launch.

I’ve been seeing everyone react to the Switch, I’ve seen very pessimistic, and very optimistic. I wanted to shed my own opinion, and for that, I want to clarify that I was born in 98, I don’t have NES nostalgia, nor was I ever a fanboy of modern games.

My first console was a playstation, then I got an original xbox. I remember walking into a GAME and choosing what game I wanted with my DS, the original fat one. My greatest memories are a mix of playing Halo 2, Formula 1 2006 (on PS2), and Yu-Gi-Oh 2008 on my DS with my brother, and countless hours of Pokémon SoulSilver on my own (my first Pokémon game). I got a Wii in 2007, and honestly didn’t play many big and best games on it. (My family went through a rough economic patch.) Yes I arrived late to everything Nintendo, but I hit it hard, today my ‘main’ consoles are my new 3DS and PS4, but I own so many more (SNES, GBA SP, Wii, Wii U, PS, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox 360) I also plan on buying a proper PC for gaming.

When I saw the Switch I fell in love, I buy Nintendo consoles for one reason, the games, I never play online unless it’s with people I actually know and in that only on Pokémon and Animal Crossing. I mainly play alone, or locally, so for that it’s perfect, I understand that people aren’t happy to pay for online, but there’s more chance that I’ll be playing 1, 2, Switch with my mother than Mario Kart 8 (A game I own on my Wii U). I’ll buy the Zelda game(s?) and the Pokémon games over Splatoon. In a way, I feel like this console is built for me, all the games interest at least a small bit. I’ll probably be more of a docked player, but, I know a friend who’ll probably get one too, and I’ll take it to her place and vice versa. Next year I’ll be at uni, and this feels perfect (I have over 300 games, most physical, I won’t have the space for all of them), the idea of having just a PC for most games and a Switch for the exclusive seems utopic for me.

I’ll probably buy a Switch next year, mainly because I don’t have the money for one, and because I’d rather not buy hardwear day one. The Switch feel s perfect for me, and yes I didn’t mention the price because I don’t think it’s too bad, and yes 1, 2, Switch should have been included or as an optional pack like that premium Wii U. I want the Switch, but I feel like a niche, and maybe a console shouldn’t have been made for a niche, so I hope more people with different wants in their consoles.

I don't think there's anything wrong with them, as long as they're optional, which it sounds like they are. I personally don't care about them that much, but hey, if Switch VR does happen, maybe the JoyCons could work well for that.

@BiasedSonyFan For most Wii games, motion controls were compulsory. Nintendo is doing it right this time by making motion controls optional unless it doesn't make any sense at all without them (e.g. 1, 2 Switch).

By optional I mean being able to switch back and forth at will. Being forced to use one or the other depending on the game isn't optional IMO. You could always skip the motion control games I guess, but I don't think anyone on earth hated them that much, lol.

I'm happy the joy cons work as motion controls. I like using them a lot. I'm excited I'll still be able to use them like a steering wheel in Mario Kart! I don't think it'll bring back the casual audience though. They're not going to spend $300 on a second device when they have been satisfied playing mobile games.

The other announcement I'm half-excited/half concerned about is the online-play with VC. I'm guessing that means they're definitely redoing all VC games for the switch, so we'll have to wait for the slow trickle of games to release and we'll have to buy them all again. I wish I could just transfer what I have over with the features currently available, with the option to upgrade as online play becomes available, but I doubt nintendo will let us do that .

This article may sound a bit biased but the writer does make a good point about the Switch's launch titles compared to the PS4's and Xbox One's launch http://fulleffectgaming.com/launch-offering-hypocrisy-the-gam...

About that game lineup (sorry if that has been posted already) :
Nintendo's Damon Baker tweeted that there will be more reveals for the Switch in the coming weeks.

Recovered enough from the day to talk about my experience down at the Apollo for the event.
I felt the Joy Cons were great to hold, and 1-2 Switch definitely makes a good party game. It feels more a compliment to a group party rather than something you'd actually arrange one over, however.
Arms feels like a good fighter, though from what I saw and played seems stuck in the middle between technical and casual fighting game. Street Fighter 2 is an interesting choice for a 2D fighting game, though of course I'm not sure on if that is a port for other consoles too.
And talking of third party, I played Fast Racing RMX. It definitely feels a solid enough game, though not having played the original I don't know of any changes. Tried Sonic Mania - even if I had already played it at Summer of Sonic - just to see what playing it with a side Joy Con with the console in its stand form would be like. I'd probably just stick with the 'Cons attached to the screens.
I didn't really want to try for the big three [Zelda, Splatoon, Mario Kart] as the queues always looked real long. I guess that shows the popularity of them.

In terms of how the event itself was presented - the consoles themselves were placed in sealed glass containers, which made resetting them after a crash a waiting game for the guy with the key to come and open one, and as far as I could tell, he'd have mostly been at the Splatoon booth. Lines were a chaotic mess, and the space just seemed too small for the amount of people inside the venue.
I'm not giving my experience a negative owing to that though. It was still very much a positive. My pre-order has been in place since the presentation ended, and it will stay. I might not have my mind made up on what games I want for it yet, but I'm sure by release I will have.

Most launch lineups suck. It makes zero sense to offer a ton of games when the population of users is at its lowest.

Now after the console has launched and there are still no games, I'll volunteer to lead the hate brigade.

^ A very good point actually. And that's all I am gonna say today...