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@Chlocean Would you be willing to pick one up and ship it to me? I'd pay you in advance and throw in something for your trouble...

I own the Genki dock and it works like a charm.

Any comments on how it runs on switch?

@PJ You are doing your readers a disservice by calling Pillars of Eternity "excellent RPG action." It is completely broken, and this has been acknowledged by its publisher, VS_Evil. Honestly, I think NL should amend its review of POE.

@Bones4241 I, too, was lucky enough to get a refund, but Nintendo was surprisingly grumpy about it:

N: Refunds are not guaranteed. I don't have to do this for you.
Me: You sold me a literally broken product.
N: So? Read the legal agreement you accepted when you used our eshop. We don't have to give you a refund.
Me: If you don't give me a refund, I will ask my credit card company for a chargeback.
N: If you do that, we will terminate your account [with thousands of dollars of eshop purchases across several platforms.]
Me: Don't make me take you to small claims court.
N: You agreed to this [sucker. Good luck in court.]

This interaction has had me seriously rethinking my decision to be all-digital. I know that my next purchase, The Witcher, will be on cart.

And before anyone says, "hurr durr, read the reviews before you buy a game," NONE of the reviews in the first weeks mentioned any of the game breaking bugs. Not even the one on NL.

VS_EVIL, who is publishing this game, is the company responsible for the DISASTROUS Switch port of Pillars of Eternity. I would advise anyone considering this to wait until well after release to pick it up.

For my part, I am boycotting this company entirely.

@N64-ROX This refers to the recent reboot of Jumanji from 2017, which is a way better film than the sad contrived and aged Robin Williams original.

Not sure where you're getting the 90s nostalgia from, or why you are complaining about it given that your user name is literally N64-ROX!

@pingua08 I'd argue that's not a hardware failure (as more hardware means more install base for non-exclusive software), but instead a software failure, or poor decisionmaking to move ahead with that game.

OTOH, I bought XC for N3DS, so no complaints from me.

@Jaalsky Nintendo is a company. You owned the hanafuda card company?

@MrBlacky I am sorry Nintendo is forcing you to play with your tiny switch.

@pingua08 Do you have a source for your "failed" comment? I'm seeing each N3DS as an incremental purchase that would not otherwise have happened...

Harambe, we hardly knew ye...

Dumb game gets dumb price; news at 11.

@Heavyarms55

This is neither racist nor demeaning. I find that many religions tend to fuel bigotry and hate. All are eminently mockable.

@Anti-Matter To weed out the plebes.

Oddly, after the update, my switch ran hot and depleted its battery overnight last night.

So...Bowsette?

So many entitled children in the comments!

@Preposterous or perhaps, a lot of people care less about cutting edge visuals than satisfying gameplay and are sending that message to publishers.

As someone who normally doesn't care about frame rate, I must say that the small freezes that occur from time to time have a material impact on gameplay. This particular game has fast and vicious combat, as well as permadeath. That doesn't combine well with the freezes.

That said, I am still loving the game, and would rather have it now than wait another 3 months.

Glad the developers are going to do the right thing.

Lack of VC is disappointing, but the fact that the ONLY way to back up saves is by handing money over to Ninty is really really terrible.

In the long run, I'll probably end up hacking my 1st gen switch to enable non-cloud saves, and ROMs of all of the games I've bought in the past.

@electrolite77 I so hope you are right.

No mention of Labo. Odd.

Perhaps, if competitive players don't like the way a game is designed, they should move on to something else.

I refuse to fund PDP's edgelord nazism.

My favorite video game book is Ready Player One. Having grown up in the 1980s, it resonated with me quite a bit.

XX!

ITT: Whining about free stuff that can be used as a cash equivalent on the eShop

Loving the game, buuuuut...

Anyone know when the patch to fix Crimson Court will be available? The Crimson Curse is spreading amongst my characters, and I want to be able to stop that from happening.

Castlevania on Netflix has been surprisingly awesome. If this movie is for Netflix--where the demands on a film are different--then I'll hold out hope for it. If this is for move theaters, just no.

@medalofhonorfan lol @ "exploitative pricing."

It's not medicine or food; it's a video game.

No, core audience is still here on the consoles, thank you very much!

After ruining the nub on 300 hours of MH4U, my c-stick wouldn't register down or left. I've done this replacement, and it works admirably well.

Zero Mission for 3DS would have been nice.

Picked it up at launch on my N3DS, and I think it's fantastic. That said, I have never played any other version of the game (or much Minecraft), so maybe I don't know what I am missing. No noticeable frame rate issues.

Also bought it for my two sons' 2DSes. They both love it, and we have a blast playing local multiplayer--even when they host, I don't notice any lag or problems.

Haven't had this much fun with a game in a while; it is just a compelling experience. The sense of discovery is tangible.

Mutant Mudds is one of my most regretted purchases on 3DS. It brings nothing new to the table.

@Raiko Not all of us perverted old men are socially underdeveloped...it is possible to be a pervert and socially well adjusted, especially if you have a similarly pervy wife, as I am lucky enough to.

@Raiko Not all of us perverted old men are socially underdeveloped...it is possible to be a pervert and socially well adjusted, especially if you have a similarly pervy wife, as I am lucky enough to.

I'm an adult, dammit, and I like huge boobs. Why can't I make them as big as I want just because I live in the USA?

@Sonic9009

If that is your attitude, then you are likely part of the problem that Nintendo is trying to fix. We won't miss you!

@Shiner1776 trolls?

"This is why these kind of marketing decisions are so annoying- Bro types online going 'oh boohoo, you actually wanted to buy something specific? Lol, babies.'"

Oh, see, I thought all the people who were whining were whining about not getting faceplates. But thank you for clearing that up--they are whining because people are telling them to stop whining.

"Platypus101 and Dr. Awkward, why be such faceplate trolls?"

See, I would have thought that the trolls were the people who can't deal with the reality of not getting their new shiny.

"Nintendo has struck a nerve somewhere, any way you look at it."

Yes, struck a nerve amongst a tiny whiny fraction of a minority.

Waaahhh!

#plategate

@electrolite77 I am also entitled to cry if someone calls me a name, but that would just mean I am a baby with no sense of what is real and important.

Further, it seems to me that only a "gullible drone" (snicker) would think that getting his undies in a bunch about not getting faceplates will make Ninety change their decision.

I work in market research; I am 100% certain that Nintendo has run the numbers again and again for a decision like a new product launch, and found that only releasing the NN3DSXL in NA is the right move at this time.

You clearly have zero perspective on how businesses make decisions like this, which is exactly why you sound like an immature child who needs to get less screen time, and more of a sense of what is real and important in the world. Go play outside. (That is what I would tell either my 5 or 6 year old if they were throwing a fit like so many of the people on this message board. Y'all sound just like them.)

@Zodiak13 Thank you for some much-needed rational thinking injected into this mess of whining childishness. This is so sad--people furious because they didn't get the size and color they want of a luxury item.

@electrolite77 In no way whatsoever are you entitled to a consumer product. You have no right to one. You may purchase one if available, but it is not a right. You act as though Thomas Locke enumerated a NN3DS as a Natural Right of Man along with Life, Liberty and Property. Get outside and breathe. It's just a video game console.