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It's 4 days until launch and we still haven't seen what the eShop looks like! And is the switch even gonna have achievements? I shall hope so! I'm guessing we'll see the eShop tomorrow from the nindies showcase.

Oh, and here's my impressions of the switch London event I went to yesterday, copied from my facebook post and edited...

The Switch event was really good! Although we only had 2 hours there, we played a lot but the time went by soo quick! Got to feel the console and play it... we played zelda breath of the wild, 1-2 switch, ARMS and Splatoon 2. However, didn't have time to play snipperclips and mario kart 8 deluxe (already have MK8 on Wii U anyway).

I like how the console feels, the screen, the joy cons feels comfy and the HD rumble vibration was really good. When I undocked the console whilst playing Zelda BOTW, I thought the screen looked amazing! However, one thing I was dissapointed with this event, is that I only had 10 mins to play zelda and my time felt rushed. And 1-2 switch, I was impressed by how fun it was with my friend! We was able to play quick draw, cow milk and counting balls... soo much fun!! And splatoon 2, I'm really looking forward to it, the joy cons in the grip feels very comfortable. And arms was fun as well.

To anyone complaining that it's too big for handheld... think of it like this, people are willing to carry tablets and laptops with them, so why would they feel less inclined to carry a switch with them in a carrying case?

My guess is that you can access your games from different switch consoles, but not at the same time. If so... then that's completely understandable.

I just set mine to triforce_123akis! Ashame it doesn’t let me start with numbers or use capitals.

haha this is so funny

Interesting! Does disk rot affect blu rays?

tbh I'm not too surprised. I'll be going mainly physical anyway, but I'm definitely gonna get a 200gb or 256gb micro sd card at some point. Something I can't wait for is this Sunday... because I'm going to the London switch play event! In the meantime, I've been enjoying my new mini nes that I got brand new for £50 last week from my local game store

I'm going to the London event next week on Sunday. I can't wait!! And lucky for me a few days ago... I was in my local game store buying an xbox one game and behind the counter I saw a NES mini for £50 brand new, I was soo surprised and I got it instantly!

Link to 1080p version of the video here: https://youtu.be/t5lK0yzP6_4

I don't see why you guys are complaining! The game itself that costs around £45 has A LOT of content packed into one game, and considering that they are charging £17.99 for additional content really isn't bad! They deserve it, and by not getting the DLC, you still have a lot to play with!

Even though I mainly get digital, I think NOE's eshop pricing for retail downloads has always been wrong! I'm not saying it should be cheaper than the physical version, but it shouldn't be more than £5 higher than the price of the physical version at launch!

Yes, I do have a smart tv and a samsung galaxy s6 smartphone, smart tv and chromecast on it and an Xbox One... but it would be nice to use the switch for youtube because its 6.2 inch screen is bigger than my s6's 5.1 inch screen.

Woohoo! As soon as I saw this article 2 mins after it was published, I immediately booked 2 tickets! going to the London one on Saturday 26th February 12:30 - 2:30

To all you guys saying Nintendo shouldn't go by the amount of pre-ordered because people often make multiple pre orders and then cancel them... well isn't that better so that it influences Nintendo to make more? Considering how bad Nintendo is at stock allocation, that's surely a good thing!

Well it's definitely better than nothing!

As long as they don't overcharge for this service, it's no problem.

@maceng Long story short, the Switch is too expensive. Points 1, 2, 5 and 7 all comes under costs. I do feel that Nintendo can sometimes be stingy when it comes to pricing things. I just hope that by the end of this year, we'll get better for value bundles and the accessories go down in price.

And about third party games, I definitely agree with you on that, so basically we can't complain about that yet because there's no announcements but they really should get a move on.

On a side note... it's funny how the Nintendolife community is always arguing in the comments!

@bofis Considering there's no backwards compatibility, I doubt it. The joy cons is like wiimotes but much more enhanced. And the Wii U pro controller? hmm that's a hard question but I doubt that as well, because Nintendo would want you to use the switch pro controller.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I'll dispute the things you said one by one:
1) Price: £280 is not even a bad price. I find it strange how people nowadays aren't willing to pay for something good!
2) Poor storage: Buy a micro sd card. You have to understand that flash storage is still expensive. Think about it, how expensive is it to get a phone with 64gb compared to 32gb? Exactly. If they put more storage, it would have increased the price significantly. At least you don't need to install your physical games.
3) Specs: It's a portable console, hence you can't expect the best specs! Yh I know there's gaming laptops that has good specs, but they cost a lot of money, much more than £280!
4) Terrible online arrangement: We hardly know any details about the online. And what what you rather, have free online that isn't good or paid online that's actually good? Exactly.
5) 1,2 switch not bundled: Just buy it when it gets cheaper, yh it would have been better if it was bundled, but it isn't.
6) Lack of third party games: There's still more to be confirmed.
7) Expensive accessories: You don't necessarily need to buy more joy cons. Yh I get the pro controller is expensive, but at least you have the joy cons and the joy con holder.

@Nintendoforlife Lol I've been trying to get to sleep since 9 but I can't do it! I wanted to watch it live at 4am as well! I didn't think this through, I should have woke up at 6 today or even 5 to get myself used to it.

NA is so lucky, for them it's at 11pm. I hate sleep

@Nintendoforlife haha I'll try but I just came back from mcdonalds

@Nintendoforlife lol but then I won't get enough sleep. And I doubt I will be able to go back to sleep after and I doubt I can go sleep early. My first lesson tomorrow starts at 8:35.

This is what I'm gonna do tomorrow: As soon as I get home I will take a shower as usual, then will watch the Nintendo Switch conference. So before I do that, I will not look at news, emails, youtube, facebook etc. You may think that's crazy but I personally prefer to watch the conference before looking at anything else. It's impossible that I can wake up in time for 4am. 😂

I'm excited, there's gonna be surprises but I am keeping my expectations realistic also with hopes.

So in pounds, that is £205. I honestly think that's too low for it to not cut corners, but we'll see.

I'll be watching as soon as I come home on Friday! So that means I have to go through the whole day not looking at the news wondering what was revealed!

"but instead we're left with the default 30 forever more."

Nope, I'm left with 0 because it's impossible to buy this system for it's actual price of £50!

I really hope Nintendo brings this back in stock, I'm honestly thinking they are doing it on purpose, surely if they genuinely didn't intend these stock issues, they would have learnt from the past!!

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Why so soon after the presentation!? I live in England, so for me the Nintendo switch presentation takes place at 4am on Friday 13th January. On the same day (Friday), I have lessons, and the first thing I'm gonna do when I get home at around 3:45 is watch the Nintendo Switch presentation. Therefore, I can't watch the treehouse livestream, live! I'm sure Nintendo will upload the best bits so I might watch them.

I watched them all, enjoyed every video!

Yesterday, a friend of mine came to my house and he experienced the 3ds' 3d effect for the first time. He was really impressed! I showed him my completed puzzle slideshows from streepass mii plaza!

No matter how many downfalls Nintendo has, there will always be good things as well!

@ThomasBW84 Instead of copying and pasting the same article, wouldn't it be better to just push it to the top of NL's newsfeed so that it's featured? (Or pin it might be a better way to say it)

@MitchVogel You expressed my concerns about memory perfecty! I really hope the switch supports SD cards above 128gb!

@nhSnork That's what demos are for. If there isn't a demo, then there's reviews and videos. Also, you can buy it and then sell it. Or, just wait until its price drops.

Edit: Ok I don't see the problem in downloading a game illegally to try it, but let's say you play it for half an hour and you like it, then you have to buy it, otherwise it's just wrong. But sadly most people won't do that. So the best options are the ones I memotioned above.

If people want a digital copy of their games, then they'll purchase it from the eShop. It's that simple! It does not matter whether the developer had good intentions or not, it's still illegal because most people using it are probably gonna use it to download games that they don't own. Not only that, but this tool allows people to download a game they own and then sell it! For me personally, I am completely against piracy, the developers deserves money for their hard work! Look at what happened to the DS, it got hacked to the point where it heavily damaged profits.

Merry christmas everyone! Nintendolife will always continue to be my favourite Nintendo site, I will always check this site every day, keep up the great work!

Back in June 2015, I got my New Nintendo 3ds XL metallic blue for £141 from amazon! That's an even better deal!

Wow, that's nice, I entered

Nintendo obviously didn't give sony more details and a dev kit to sony so you can't really go by what he said. He knows as much as we do!

Yh I loved the trailer, I see no reason to get it on Wii U, on the switch I can play it anywhere! My Wii U gamepad doesn't even reach far outside the room I have the Wii U in!

@Pikachupwnage You sure? I just checked, I can't see any discount? (I'm in Europe).

Cool video, I like their humour! I still haven't steamworld heist though!

A nice looking website is no use if the content isn't there. It's like having an amazing looking cake but in reality it tastes horrible!

Sounds awesome, if it's what it sounds then I must go!

WARNING!! Gameseek will take out the money instantly if you pre order from them! I was just about to pre order it from them but on the checkout process I was concerned because it said "pay £198.50 now with card" so then I phoned them up to make sure and they said payment will be taken instantly. I asked why and said other retailers don't take payment until the item is dispatched but they said they don't do that. But other than that, they are a great site to order games from because they are cheapest, I've ordered many games from them in the past but I never pre ordered from them before.

You can't really compare it and say that black & white had a better launch, because you can't download it.

Like with the amiibo and gamecube adapter stock issues in the past... you just have to be patient and not waste ridiculous amounts of money!

How do you know if it's real or fake!?

Yh this list perfectly makes sense! (except from the fight styles of course!)

I've had the Wii U since a month after it came out. To me, it's a fantastic console because it has soo many awesome games such as Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3, XCX, DK country tropical freeze, Mario Kart 8... and many more! And some games made great use of the gamepad's second screen! However, the third party support is a major flaw, the online could be improved and the UI is a bit clunky.