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@WaveBoy While you are spot on – I'm 28 – this isn't my list, its the Nintendo Life Staff's list. We put all consoles to a vote and tallied up the list to settle on this.

Personally, the GameCube is my favourite by an incredibly wide margin followed by the Wii U and at that point I don't really care to rank the rest. Switch probably sits mid-table for me right now.

Sorry guys, that was a seriously bad goof on my part! I've updated the guide to reflect the ACTUAL best counters for Zapdos. Thanks to all for taking the error in good spirit.

@jswhitfield8 Fixed! Thanks for the heads up

@Dalarrun You can still link together your Switch and PS4 accounts, even if you're not a new player.

@DanteSolablood you pretty much hit the nail on the head there!

Thing is, clarifying that there isn’t currently a way to catch the Pokèmon IS answering the question. There’s value in that as it saves you time hunting the internet for an answer that isn’t there.

Like, that is the question people are asking right now. I don’t think it makes the article invalid that the answer is there isn’t one.

Oh, and we’re doing a lot of evolving guides from now on. It’s just more helpful for players to see the whole journey in one place, rather than create hundreds of separate articles that answer different questions.

So I totally see why it appears to be click bait, but we did actually answer your question.

@DanteSolablood Thanks! That's interesting info. I'm gonna hold off on updating until we know exactly what's going on though

@MirachsGhost if you can wait that long, I’m planning on adding this on Monday

I think this has all gotten a bit out of hand so let’s all try and calm down.

We all have different opinions, and that’s fine - but let’s all try and be respectful towards each other. Even if people are being rude to you.

Also, just for the record, I’m not saying that I don’t want to hear negativity towards Nintendo or a criticism of my article. I just don’t want to see aggressive behaviour and inflammatory remarks. They shut down discussion and hurt people’s feelings.

I accept that the tag line was provocative and may have put a few of you on the defensive right away. I’ll consider that for future articles.

@tedko that’s a good suggestion actually! I’ll pass that on

@tedko there is a lot of manure here though. I’m totally up for debate with people who disagree if they can remain civil and respectful. Anyone who just screams abuse at me because my opinion differs is not worth responding to.

@Alantor28 you’ve been nothing but pleasant and respectful to me in our brief interactions so far, while @Yorumi has been nothing but aggressive. That speaks volumes.

@Syrek24 I could not agree more with your comment!

@Alantor28 sound advice 😅 thanks!

@Yorumi why are you factoring in a second console purchase? You’ve clearly doctored that point to suit your purpose. Who was even discussing longevity? Who cares if your PC is 10 years old? I’m talking price of entry - initial purchase.

Either way, I’m sensing a lot of frustration in your responses and I’m not really interested in having a passive aggressive argument on the internet. Let’s agree to disagree.

@TromboneGamer yeah, and I’d love to discuss it with you without having to scroll through all of the manure. It’s a shame the whole community can’t be more like the few of you that are so reasonable even when you disagree.

@niner I appreciate your extremely valid viewpoint! At the end of the day, what Nintendo’s offering doesn’t work for you personally and you recognise that and won’t sign up.

I’d also like to say a huge thank you for being so balanced in your response. It’s really nice to see such a shining beacon of hope amongst the venom this community regularly throws at us.

The most frustrating part of reading this comments section is that the people raging clearly didn’t read past the headline, where I justified my viewpoint - which I maintain is rock solid.

People just love to complain, and I’m not going to wallow in their misery. I offered an alternate perspective because I understand what it means to run a business and am genuinely impressed with what Nintendo’s offered versus Xbox Live Gold and PS+ - and I’ve used both regularly for as long as they’ve been going.

So say what you want - get angry, give yourselves aneurisms. I don’t really care to be honest. I’ll be over there enjoying my super cheap new online service and all of those NES games. Life’s just much sweeter when you’re not entitled or angry.

@Yorumi and you, sir, didn’t factor in the cost of a gaming PC. If you had to pay any more to play online, you’d bankrupt yourself.

To play Fortnite on Switch you need: internet, $300ish Switch, and at most $20 for NSO. That’s around $350. Totally different market to PC.

@Varubajia except I don’t work for Nintendo 😅 this is an unofficial fan site!

@Moroboshi876 Nope. Every single Nintendo Account owner gets access to the 7 day free trial first anyway though, so they can try it separately then join the Family Group afterwards.

@Moroboshi876 What @1Up_MARIO said

7 day free trial automatically changes into a monthly trial, but you can cancel that before it runs out and change it to another membership type - annual or family.

@SimplyCinnamon53 Nope! You can take as long as you need, so no time pressure.

@darkswabber thanks for the suggestion! I’ve got a big list of guides I want to do and third party is on there

@HobbitGamer Haha, excellent way to put it! We hide the guides from the main feed as I kinda understand people not wanting it to appear there, but news is completely harmless surely!

I will literally never understand the mentality of people that complain about the type of content on a website. How can you have so few problems in life that you have to go looking for them when they're not there?

Here's how a website works: if a game is popular, any website worth its salt will cover it because it has a huge fanbase. There's nothing sinister or sneaky in that – it just makes complete and utter sense from any angle of logic you come at it from.

On last count, Fortnite had a player base of 125 million players. That's a potential audience of 125 million players reading our site if we write about Fortnite. If a website's purpose is to write about what people are interested about, then why the hell would they ignore something as big as this? Seriously, why?

Because a couple of you don't like it? No – that's not how it works. It's on you to not read content you're not interested in, which is entirely within your right.

@iLikeUrAttitude thank you - I really appreciate that! It does hurt when you pour your heart into an article and you get a comment claiming it sucks 😅

Your thoughts have been eye-opening though, and I appreciate them. While I still do think that the levelling is too slow in Splatoon 2 (I know it doesn’t mean anything but it’s still nice to feel like you’re making progress) you’re right in that it is way more generous with the gold.

Having said that, I do think it’s a bit unfair to criticise the devs of Paladins for making gold a bit of a squeeze for free players. You’re right - it does take ages to unlock characters without a Battle Pass, but it’s honestly not that much to either get a Battle Pass or pay to unlock them all. I’d say Battle Pass is the better option, cos it’s a lot cheaper and like you I enjoy a bit of a grind to unlock characters. I quite like having time to dedicate to them too before I unlock a new one.

I just really wish Splatoon had some of this allure! I’m super glad that loads of you guys are finding a reason to come back to it each day, but I’m struggling. I feel like I’ve done everything achievable already and that grinding for the best gear is just inaccessible for me. I’m sure there are plenty of people that feel the same way, and plenty that don’t.

@iLikeUrAttitude If you play Paladins for free, it will take you a fair while to earn characters, but you can pay like £12 for the Battle Pass and it's a LOT faster. Also, most characters are around 15k gold – it's only really a few that are 60k.

You can also pay to get ranked right away by unlocking all characters, and that's still cheaper than Splatoon 2.

Also, it's not a terrible article – you just disagree with it. That's okay. No need to be a jerk about it though.

@shani I'm not going to take the time to respond to comments that are just plain offensive and full of hyperbole. I understand this is the internet, but being on the other side of a computer doesn't excuse behaviour like this.

When you're ready to discuss your feelings about Splatoon 2 in a friendly and adult manner, I'll more than happily explain to you why I disagree with you.

@dorkeybubblehead Skins don't have to be meaningless – particularly if they show off your time investment like the Fortnite and Paladins skins. I also think it's a fairer system than Splatoon's, which locks the best equipment behind a massive pay/timewall.

I'd argue that perks, abilities, and weapons should be relatively easy to obtain so that those of us who can't play for 10 hours each day can still compete with those who can, and that cosmetics should be the reward for players that have more time on their hands. That way it's a fair playing field, no?

While I don't think we're going to agree, I do want to thank you for taking the time to challenge my opinion. Your thoughts have been enlightening, and I do agree with you that Ranked Battles do offer more than I suggested in the article. That could definitely be defined as a carrot.

I also want to stress that I do really like Splatoon 2 and enjoy it a lot. I just find it difficult to invest time in when I feel like I can achieve more and have more fun in other games. I like that Paladins lets me pick my loadout as soon as I unlock a character, and then I can play it a bunch to unlock new cosmetics which show off that time investment. That way I can compete immediately, and show off that investment later.

Also, whether you like the Fortnite challenges or not – I actually think a few of them are pretty decent and provide a challenge – they do give you a reason to return on a weekly basis, which improves the health of the community. More players can only be a good thing!

@TheFox What a ridiculous notion! I explained why I wrote this article in the opening paragraph: "The excellent F2P titles Fortnite and Paladins have both launched on the Nintendo Switch recently, bringing two different flavours of online shootery to the platform, minus any price tag. This would all be excellent news if it wasn't for the fact that I haven't touched Splatoon 2 since."

The article is an exploration of how we can make Splatoon 2 as compelling to play as Paladins and Fortnite, and I had a bunch of different ideas in there.

I don't expect everyone to agree, but claiming this article was only written for keywords is a bit of a stretch. There are much easier ways we could go about doing something as cynical as that.

@tjhiphop You should have read on tbh, because I did clarify that I definitely don't want predatory F2P systems in Splatoon 2 – just something that rewards the player for their time spent in it. Fun for fun's sake is all well and good, but it's not good for the health of Splatoon 2 itself. You need to entice players to play to keep a healthy community, and rewards don't have to be seen as predatory and negative.

@dorkeybubblehead Well, I'm interested to find a person who likes all that enough to justify it! For me, it just sounds like an arbitrary way to force you to play for much longer than is necessary.

Though I respect your opinion, you haven't convinced me at all. If its bragging rights you want, Fortnite has that with the skins that require genuine effort to unlock via earning XP and ranking up in tiers. You know exactly what you have to do to unlock them, because it says on the challenges page itself, so the rest is just you putting in the hard work.

Meanwhile, in Splatoon 2, it's an incredibly complex system of gathering snails and ordering gear from other players you MIGHT come across? In what world does that system sound better to anyone? I get that people like to play devil's advocate but COME ON! Surely we can all agree that RNG sucks, and is just there to force us to play for longer.

Also, yep, I've used the boosters, which are a nightmare to get hold of, and they still don't make that levelling system bearable. It just takes too long for anyone other than those with a TON of time on their hands to level up – regardless if you need to or not. Those of us with limited time to play would like to see some progress even in smaller playing sessions.

@RazumikhinPG We've hidden it from the feed so you shouldn't see it anymore

Hey guys, we've sweeped through your comments and added a bunch of games we missed.

We're also working on a way to separate the big retail releases from the eShop releases to make it easier to scan through and plan your purchases.

Keep the feedback coming! We'll keep updating this

@Haywired There's an absolute ton of tapping and touching! You tap to move platforms around, remove posters from the surface of walls, and to spin spinwheels.

@nagash There's PLENTY of game, and the challenge ramps up in later levels. The demo really doesn't do this justice, as the first few levels are largely just a tutorial. I've put easily 40 hours into this while guiding it.

@Starvald You NEED the pointer for many of the levels

@GoldenGamer88 I dunno about short – I've put 40 hours into this doing everything for guides. It's probably a lot less than that if I take out the time being paused writing though.

@DonSerrot Good stuff!

@memoryman3 Agreed – I've already turned them off. Feel like it needs some kind of smoothing option, and a reset button as you say.

@HobbitGamer Thanks! Missed that bit - I'll include it in the guide.

As for the lightning bolts, hang fire for our full guide on that going up shortly.

@Francema Except it's not that at all, is it? The previous article was a news article announcing that season 5 was live, and this is a guide to the changes that goes into more detail about each of the big changes individually.

We've included both our own personal highlights right at the top for those that just want to know the most exciting new features, then the entire patch notes at the bottom for those that want to dig a little deeper.

TLDR: Not really sure what your problem with this post is?

@MartyFlanMJFan In the lobby, press start, then highlight the cog icon and press A. Scroll down slightly and you'll see three motion sensitivity options, which are set to zero by default.

Top one tweaks motion sensitivity while just running around the world, and the bottom two tweak looking down sights and scopes respectively. Might take a bit of fiddling until you find a comfortable setting.

@HobbitGamer Always happy to help!

@sandman89 Did you smash all of the boxes as well? You have to do that as well as not dying

@TheOpponent Yep! Your account is exactly the same across Switch, PC, Xbox One, and Mobile. It's just PS4 that you'll need a separate account for.

@stylon Thanks! We'll keep them coming.

As for the vending machines, you can use them to trade building materials for weapons and other useful items. Take a glance at one and it should show you an image of the item you'll get, and a number and type of material you need to get that item. Simply collect the materials, run up to the vending machine, and hold Y when the item you want is shown.

@LordGeovanni You are right on both counts sir! Fixed the error

@JubilifeRival Which feed are you checking? We hide them from the main news feed, but if you're checking a section they'll likely appear there. If you let me know which you regularly check, I'll look into hiding it from those feeds too.

@JubilifeRival To be fair, we are hiding these off the feed so you should only really find them if you go looking for them. How did you come across this one?