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@gatorboi352 You sound pretty ignorant.

@gatorboi352 lol, more hyperbole. You seriously can't believe your own BS.

@Jessica286 "r u 12"..... I wouldn't be asking that question if that's how you are going to respond.

I'm probably twice your age, if that's of any consequence.

@Jessica286 So bite it and carry on, be happy with what you have. If you truly believe that all the additional work that went/is going into making this should be free, then I don't know what else to say.

@Einherjar She's running out of arguments dude, and coming across as a spoiled child. Probably just hurt that her favourite company had adopted the standard practice now, and will likely continue to do so whether people like it or not.

@PK_Boss11 Exactly. People are so entitled nowadays, they expect everything for free. A certain little lady here clearly wants it to be just that, ergo the butt-sting.

@gatorboi352 LOL, hyperbole at best. Utter, utter BS at worst.

@Jessica286 because you clearly ignorant and have no reading comprehension, and you obviously want people to toil away behind the scenes and give you everything for free. It doesn't work that way, so unbunch those panties, my dear.

@Jessica286 Lol, typical idiot layman (or woman) on the defensive. Look around you - you don't have to like it, you don't even have to buy it. But don't bury your head in the sand, pretending that it isn't an industry standard nowadays (including extra storylines/sub-plots). You will just come off as a whiner.

@Jessica286 The same thing could be said for a wide array of other publishers. Right or wrong, it is what it is - buy it or don't buy it, nobody is holding a gun to anyone's temple.

@Order2Chaos I think, from this point on, anything is a potential contender.

I love that they are adding a new story in the winter. That will add to the already excessive replay value, and I can see that BotW is already going to be a pretty consistent title for me over the next year or so.

@Order2Chaos Good man. The MK8 DLC was TOTALLY worth it, and I said back then that I hope this is the way they choose, if at all, to carry on doing it.

We can expect the same of Splatoon, ARMS and possibly (and by that, I mean hopefully) Mario Kart 8 DX.

Welcome to the industry standard, Nintendo.

Please handle it with more grace than other companies I could care to mention.

@gatorboi352 Every system gets them. What's your point?

@3MonthBeef Jesus dude, it's too early to go that deep.

@3MonthBeef BOOM.

People love a good whine.

@NintySnesMan Thank you for proving my point

@NintySnesMan if your statement is genuine, then all apologies, but you are a scumbag and part of the problem.

I honestly wouldn't use much else apart from Netflix, but I have a million other devices that can do that so it's not essential. Gaming first for me.

I do believe that they should and will come though, it just doesn't make any sense to presume they won't. I do find people fussing over this to be highly amusing.

Yes, they dropped £80 off a launch console, are a little-known online retailer with an already questionable reputation, and will likely be allocated far less stock than either GAME or Amazon (let alone Simply Games and Zavvi). Sounds legit.

While you are at it, I have some magic beans you may be interested in.......

@jaymacx EXACTLY.

They had me sold at Mario Kart team - those guys know how to put together a really fun title with excellent mechanics. This, Mario Kart 8 DX and Splatoon 2 will provide multiplayer goodness all the way to Xmas.

I was sceptical of this title at first, but then I recalled feeling the same way about the original Splatoon. Needless to say, it's on preorder.

Some people are probably salty, because they have no friends to play this with in the first place.....

Naturally, it is therefore a 'waste of money' or 'lacking in quality'.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Nintendo disagree with you, so your opinion is null and void in the grand scheme of things. It's a home console, that you can also take away with you, that's the official line.

@StephenYap3 A disturbing trend of the entitled generation, sadly. They want it free and they want it now.

Good. I have a smartphone, a laptop, smart TV and other devices. Guess what I don't have? A console I can play at home on my TV AND on the go. Switch is just that.

Of course, naysayers will use this as an excuse to bash the thing. They probably have little else to do, after all.

@Damo Don't mind him, he just has a bee in his bonnet over Switch not being a 'dedicated home console'. In his opinion, at least.

@eeyore Which was fuelled by wannabe journalists, leaking 'information' left and right. It's what's inherently wrong with 'journalism' in the industry nowadays - ant t*t with a laptop can claim to have 'inside info' and draw attention to themselves. Notice how that well has dried up now though?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I will, because you don't. Fool. LOL.

@Kirgo Bingo, lol.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You know absolutely nothing, and are simply blowing hot air.

Anyway, even if this is remotely true, we still know very little about the inner workings of this console. But from what I'm hearing, it's a bloody miracle that they got to that £280 price point in the first place. That's good enough for me, and to be honest I don't want another PS4 in my life - I want a Nintendo device that innovates.

I'll take it.

I'm just happy that they are embracing things like UE4, Unity, Vulkan etc. It will make the Switch a developer's dream, and as long as they can realise their vision to a satisfactory level, there will be a wealth of games that will make it over.

I don't think this is bias in the slightest, more Miyamoto pushing the thinking that talk of Japanese developers 'falling behind' is utter bunk.

There's some top-shelf engineers and market specialists up in here, y'all sure showing Nintendo a thing or two.

Lol.

What the Joy-Con represent - for me at least - is a veritable toybox for developers to easily implement the features into their game. The tools developed by Nvidia seem to be the most dev-friendly of almost any Nintendo console, and combined with the compatible engines, I'm giddy to see what they come up with.

I disagree with the notion that VR isn't coming in some form, but I think it's still a couple of years off. Just imagine though.... Truly portable VR combined with the might of the Joy-Con.

It's a great move to have Mario appear in the Winter. I can see it being bundled in some way, which should go a long way towards shifting some units.

I'm really looking forward to E3 this year, we should see a hell of a lot of goodness for this year and 2018.

Can't wait for the inevitable tear-down from Kinda Funny.

Oh wait..... Yes I can.

@gatorboi352 You happy chap, you.

I think that the comments from the late and great Iwata need to be remembered here; he explicitly stated that all devices would become 'like brothers', and that translates (to me at least) as a shared architecture. It's therefore very likely that dual screen gaming may have had its day once this is - if at all - unveiled in the future.

Then again, perhaps they will make a device that's compatible in power to Wii U, but retains its functions as a 3DS. Either way, I don't see backwards compatibility being a priority at that point, and it will likely share a few titles with Switch (but not all).

I'm siding on the thought that this will be an entirely new entity, and it will be interesting to see if any of the patents - some of which were heavily rumored to be for Switch - make it into its final form.

@impurekind That champagne mini-game got me hot.

"Yeah, pass me around baby. Put your hand right underneath..... That's right".

Wow. Such a big deal. Preorder cancelled. /s

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Good god, I don't think I've seen you say a positive word about Switch in well over a month

Ehh. Can't say I was too interested myself, but I liked the art style and may have checked it out if and when it came West.

If they announced an enhanced Switch port, it may pique my interest enough to purchase it. I'm still waiting for my mainline Switch announcement though.

@WiltonRoots Sounds a lot like my time spent living in Manchester.

I love this 'wait and see" approach coming from gamers. Not that I want to sound facetious, but it always tickles me to see the rage in people as they hold off then struggle to get a preorder. In this instance, I believe it will be Mario Oddesey that forces that situation (with a smattering of Black Friday madness). Of course, this will be Nintendo's fault.

Anyway, I'm happy with the launch line-up, there's a lot there to keep me feeling happy - a full-on Zelda title, a new IP, a sequnel to oneed of their best performing titles in Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, multiple Dragon Quest titles, stuff to be announced at E3, a definitive Mario Kart, Super Bomberman R, indies galore - so much goodness.

I get that some people aren't enamoured with the line-up, but that doesn't mean that everyone should and will feel the same. Nor should they be lambasted for supporting it.

Also interesting to note that this is, according to the 1st and 3rd shots, a non-working dummy unit.

I can't believe that it's less than a month until I (finally) get my hands on this beauty.

Also: @Damo Every angle, every slot...... shudders in a good way

@KTT I need that Blue Shell in my life.

@datamonkey Yes, there are some games that I never invested in due to time constraints, but Captain Toad would be great for on-the-go play. I would imagine that they didn't exactly make bank with it too, so I can see a port or psuedo-sequel coming across.