Amazon Customers Have Their Say About Nintendo Switch

I think this console is AMAZING!

Well...
Is that Devil's Third comment so clever even the author of the article didn't get it or I'm thinking too much? XD

Yes...he wasn't asking for a port of devil's third..
re-read what the review said....

@Dazza Turdns out the game might be of some use, after all

When are people going to stop calling revolutionary new concepts gimmicks. Even if not quite revolutionary the Wii / Wii U control setups were too strong to be just gimmicks. The same can be said of the Switch.

@gb_nes_gamer what I don't understand is why everyone calls everything Nintendo does a gimmick, but things like the PlayStation VR, or the Microsoft hololens aren't gimmicky at all.

We'll see who has the last laugh in a few years. My money's on Nintendo.

Am I the only one worried about the placement of the joystick and buttons on the joypad when playing local multiplayer. The + side has the stick right in the middle instead of the side so it might be uncomfortable to use. Also the buttons on the - side suffer from the same fate. We still have 5 months so hopefully nintendo can make a small revision somewhere to minimise this issue.

I taught I'd mention that I really like the idea of the switch and will most likely pick the system up. I just hope its as comfortable as possible when we do play it.

I hear the 'joy-cons' are going to be available in different coloUrs.

Hope they do a Zelda edition console at launch. Expandable memory, I hope they have future proofed and it can take 1tb cards.

I like the look of the device and what I see so far.
I just wish Amazon wouldn't allow reviews on something not released.

@FlashmanHarry @samuelvictor

SMH. When do Nintendo design bad controllers?

Miss E. Carr did make me wonder how Virtual Console purchases will work this time around. If it isn't the possibility of having to pay full price for games that I've purchased from either the Wii U or 3DS eShop that worries me, then it's the fact that I might have to purchase an SD card to fit all the games that I transfer. Then there's the possibility that DS VC games won't come to the Switch, unless it actually has a touch screen.

@Neon_Blues Can't they both be successful?

@gcunit I'm not saying its a bad controller. I won't know that until I actually use the device myself. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about how central the stick or buttons are in the +/- controllers.

Aww, I know @Colgo_13 ! He used to make pretty great drawings on Miiverse!

I find it funny how so many people seem to think that controller and accessory 'gimmicks' are a new thing that started with the Wii. I'm old enough to remember that the NES had a robot called R.O.B. and a Power Glove, the Master System had 3D Glasses and the Mega Drive had the Sega Action Chair!

@gcunit @samuelvictor @FlashmanHarry
The joy-cons are so tiny that you don't really have to reach for the buttons and sticks even if they're relatively far from the edge. The sticks/buttons in the middle aren't very much further away from the edge than a PS4 stick is.

Besides, that mode of play isn't meant for extended periods, but just some on-the-spot impromptu multiplayer fun. For serious session you can use the Pro Controllers even in mobile mode.

@Moshugan with their tiny ness i'm hoping some one makes an mount to make them slightly more manageable for "man hands"

I think Ste Boothroyd's and Paul Jones' reviews are best 😀

@Moshugan I hope your right as I think it'll be a fun way to use the system. Anyway we'll know for definite in less then half a year. So here's hoping it'll all be good in the end.

those reminder emails from amazon are absolutely pointless because in most cases the pre-order has alreadt closed again when the mail arrives...

@PtM If I'm petty for saying Nintendo's gimmick will hold up better than Sony's/Microsoft's gimmick, then yes, I'm petty.

@SaKo Hasn't VR already proven it's successful? After the hype does down, I think everyone will move on.

@Neon_Blues My point was that I'm sick of this fanboy culture. It doesn't have to be this against that, getting the last laugh and all this nonsense.

The email to notify preorder doesn't mean anything. I signed up to notify on NES classic edition and still nothing.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this new way of playing. Yes I know I'm gonna love it but will the masses take to it? Is the Switch gonna attract Mr average Joe and expand the gaming user base, or will it only appeal to just the hardcore N fans? Price, is obvs a massive factor, and so is the appeal of the first wave of games. Bear in mind we haven't actually seen the tech demo game designed from the ground up to really showcase the new abilities much like WiiSports, Mario64, Nintendoland, Pilotwings 3D etc did. When I see that my caution will hopefully disintergrate.

It's a HUGE pet peeve of mine when people post reviews for products that haven't even released yet. You literally cannot review something you've never seen.

That first comment really should have been true of the Wii U, which goes to why that console fell so short of its true potential for me personally. It's great that the Switch is now realising that true potential, but not so great we're having to buy an entirely new console just to get it when, truth be told, it should have been there on the Wii U already (at least the ability to genuinely use it anywhere in the house without compromise). That actually goes to a few of the cool features of Switch, most of which I honestly thought should have been features of Wii U the instant it was announced. I really hope I don't have similar worries with Switch when we finally find out everything about it, like it doesn't have any kind of touch, motion control, stylus input, dual screen capability, or has a terrible battery life and other stuff like that, because I'd honestly just expect all those things from this particular system if it's going to live up to its full potential and not feel a little half-baked in some silly/needless ways, especially given Nintendo's previous console innovations and how this is basically a continuation in that general spectrum. It would just make sense to have that stuff in Switch, and it would just feel like another not-quite-fully-realised idea without them at this point, exactly like both the Wii and Wii U felt to me. There's currently a huge amount of potential-potential there with Switch, at least based on what we've seen so far, but we'll see I guess. . . .

I always think there should be a requirement to have actually purchased the product on Amazon before you're allowed to leave a review. People will always post low scores and silly reviews to try and drag it down.

Ugh, its the same situation as with Tokyo Mirage Sessions. The game is fantastic, but if you see the user scores they are all terrible because of people who never bought/are whiny manchilds complaining the game wasn't what they imagined!
Amazon should really control that, it speaks terribly of them

@FlashmanHarry @abe_hikura I would even imagine that there would be bigger versions of the joy-cons sold as an accessory.

@gcunit

The sideways wiimote was pretty terrible and forced on many games. Motion controls were at times shoehorned where they shouldn't be. Some questionable decisions like no analog triggers on the Wii U and the nub on the 3ds.

Oh, and I forgot the worst controller ever (looks at N64). I know that's contentious. I really do love my raphnet adapter to use my wavebird on the N64.

@gb_nes_gamer "gimmick" I'm so tired of hearing that word, gimmick is a extra sometimes a useless extra. When I think gimmick I think of toys and models, I feature that serves no purpose in the long run, like a transformer is not a gimmick toy it's a gimmick toy when it can talk, or its arm can fall off, or maybe a gundam it's gimmick is a opening cockpit. Everything on the Switch serves a purpose and everything is used on the switch

@samuelvictor

I like the pro controller. But I think using that while portable kind of kills the portability to an extent. I mean no dpad means vc games on the road will suck.

@readyletsgo ColoUrs you say? Excellent. A Zelda version would make me very happy indeed... Nintendo likes to do bundles for almost everything nowadays, so it would be a bit weird if the Switch didn't have a Zelda launch bundle.

@0upshroom7

I love gimmicks.

Video games are toys, toys that have depended entirely on gimmicks ever since Pong. Consoles have their own gimmicks and their games have their own gimmicks, and that's only a good thing. Short lived, wonderful new ways to waste time having fun. Good or bad for you, they serve little other purpose let's be honest.

People that use gimmick as criticism to a game take their playtime wayyyyy too seriously. Or perhaps they're training to save the president.

@Neon_Blues It's just fans being fans, just like in sports and politics where your team/candidate can do no wrong and the opposing team/candidate can do no right.

I'm just glad to see Nintendo come out with such a solid effort. I wasn't feeling very optimistic after how the Wii U launch went. When they reavelead the name, I immediately felt the system was off to a bad start.

@pubjoe I love gimmicks too, and you nailed it I don't like when gimmicks are used as a criticism, there are different words, if you're going to try to be serious say it's a feature, then you come off like someone who wants to see a product improve instead of not caring.

Looking forward to this can't wait to see the specs

"And last but not least, we have the ever insightful "Golgo 13" who took a break from his day job as a hitman to let Amazon know how wack it looks."

haha

Those negative nancy's can be disappointed and pissed all they want. The console looks fantastic to me and I'm buying it day 1. I haven't said this since N64.

@KrakenSoup Yeah I was on the fence before the reveal. The new Zelda was definitely being purchased, but if it was the Wii U version or not, that was to be determined. Well looks like it going on the Switch.

@samuelvictor If the rumours are true then the L+R Joycon's are motion sensing, with the same sensitivity as a Wii Remote+ (or whatever they were called!). Some games (Just Dance 2107, sigh) will surely take advantage of using those separately.

If they make the system weak...people complain.
If they give it power meaning they have to change the architecture...people complain.

It isn't even out yet. Chill.

If she's gonna show off her XOne and games she could have chosen better titles than the ultimate annual value plumitter and hairless gorilla simulator now with added scrotum mounted minigun and surround sound grunts.

Amusing that something as low-key as the Switch is considered gimmicky while PS VR, Move, Kinect, Smart Glass (notice how many of those aren't really around anymore?) were not once called gimmicks, but "innovations". Double standard for Nintendo every, damn, day.

@FlashmanHarry yeah i really don't think the reveal switch is final. the layout might change from xboxy to wii u pro controllery. sticks might even be replaced by circle pads. also, this might just be the base switch. there might be a switch xl or switch nano in the pipeline.

BREAKING news that only 16 hours old. check out shin'en's twitter. they confirmed development on switch. i suspect at least a port of fast racing neo.