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I don't really know what to expect from E3 in general, but Mario Odyssey has me excited!

@OfNullAndVoid I guess there's some nefarious legal barriers set up by Fifa lawyers that prohibit anyone making a game where it would be possible to make teams and players resembling real ones, and certainly prohibit people from sharing those online!

Nintendo should have designed the left Joy-Con with a d-pad attachment in mind. Maybe someone will produce a high quality accessory that won't leave marks.

It's gonna sell well regardless.

Can't help but feel that the Hero's Path feature and Hard Mode should be a free update for everyone, since those are things that many first timers would find preferable.

Hero's Path likely won't work retroactively (how could it even?) so it won't help those who have already played over a hundred hours.

I'm pretty sure this didn't even reach its prime market properly, the lapsed people who had played NES back in the day, but haven't been keeping up with Nintendo products in decades.

So Switch and Monster Hunter are leading the way? Monster Hunter for Switch should be imminent! Maybe even at E3? ;D

Some kind of a version of Art Academy or another art app would be pretty nice. The console might not have a pack-in stylus, but any third-party one that's designed for a capacitive touch screen would work fine. It would be awesome if it was compatible with a pressure sensitive Wacom pen!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE The wonders of open ended game design... ;D

One of my biggest gripes with the game is that there was no way to craft, or have a blacksmith make, weapons for you (save for a few specific ones).
Some materials have too few uses in my opinion. It felt a little pointless to get Opals and Ambers etc. as rewards when you can't do much with them for the majority of the game.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You did visit Hateno Ancient Tech Lab and got the Rune there though, right..?

@getyourak Possibly. It's a work-in-progress trailer after all.

@Stubi I've been wishing for a Loftwing in BotW ever since 2014!
It would be "OP" as you could reach any peak with it, but they could make it really hard to get (as in you can only get it from the highest peak and have to do a ridiculous side quest to obtain it) or it could be an un-registerable mount.

I'm very excited for this!
It can only get better as they get more comfortable with creating open ended huge worlds, listen to criticism on BotW and study open world games in general.
At least the physics and chemistry system should stay, even if every installment wouldn't be as open as BotW.

@FNL I completely agree on more enemy/boss variety being needed! There should be more region/area specific enemies, small and big, like the desert dwelling Molduga.

And yes, more traditional, bigger temples should be a thing. And I'd like them to be region specific/themed.
One of the biggest disappointments in BotW was the Forgotten Temple. It looked so cool on the map, and going there was so awe inspiring, but it would have been better if there was a dungeon inside.

I think 6 to 8 out of 10 was to be expected. (And I have to say, 6 is still okay on a scale of 0-10) I'm pretty sure I will enjoy it, but it won't blow me away or anything. Ultimately it will come down to the particulars of the game if it'll become loved or not.

Playtonic might have succeeded in creating a pure bred successor to the N64 era platformers, but it might have payed off to modernize the concepts a little bit more, and try to put some AA (or even AAA) polish in there.

@GameOtaku Most games don't require a day one patch. It's just that bad cases tend to stick out more.

Besides, making games is hard. I've tried. There's a lot of things that might be overlooked and slip by unnoticed. Maybe the rumble wasn't so bad on their dev kits? Maybe it was fine in a build just before release, but some line of code was changed and it affected unexpected things?

The important thing is that it was fixed, and fast at that.

I don't even understand what's going on. This is the kind of skullduggery that will just turn customers away.

I loved the idea of the Eventide quest! It was a nice surprise.
But they should've gone one step further and disabled the Paraglider as well as the Runes for the duration of the Island visit!

@Mart1ndo That's a pretty good plan. Thanks for the suggestion!

@Mart1ndo I abhor the thought of returning the whole product, since that would mean losing my progress in Zelda... x)
But I would like Joy-Con with better signals. This feels like something Nintendo should handle. It wouldn't help if Amazon gave me replacements that are from the same production batch as the originals!

I have had some issues, and easy to repeat. I was very close to the console, under a meter away, reclining on the sofa, the RIGHT Joy-Con partially obscured by my thigh and hands, and the controller didn't respond at all if it was too low behind me.

Feels bad man, considering I have had next to no issues with any of my other Nintendo products.

I just wonder if I should contact my retailer Amazon France, or my local Nintendo personnel? I'm situated in Finland.

Otherwise the Switch has been amazing for me! The portability and versatility have been great.

The Hero's Tunic is a fine tradition, and we have accepted it as The Look for Link so most of don't think it looks strange on him. It is a bit quirky, and that only adds to the personality of Zelda games. Everything doesn't need to be "cool".

But he does have a point! It might look dorky to new players.
Besides, foregoing the compulsion of having the Green Garb opened up the possibility of adding a plethora of gear and clothing in the game, and that is so liberating!

So does Wireless Play work when docked or not?

Ah, now the game box size makes sense! ;D

I'm gonna do something similar just in case... ;D

I just wonder how GameStop gets any customers when they (at least in Finland) charge 100€ for the Pro Controller for example!

I'm getting the Switch version, but I'm very happy for those who are sticking to good old Wii U!

But I kinda wish they'd allow a native 720p setting in TV Mode too on Switch. I'd rather have solid performance than a slightly crisper image.

I wonder if the issues have something to do with the bad tasting denatonium benzoate coating that the console seems to have as well just like the Game Cards?
(I don't actually know. Mine hasn't arrived yet. But a friend tasted the Joy-Con and they seem to taste awful too )

@PlywoodStick From what I've seen, the final builds on both consoles look practically identical, apart from some resolution and RGB details.

The lighting in some instances is changed from the E3 build, but I don't know what you're talking about with the bloom on Switch!
I think that the E3 and Final builds look the same most of the time.

Ah!! I'm so giddy, my order is in the mail. In Denmark at the moment, due to arrive on Wednesday March 8th!

It was so tempting to pick one up today but I saved 50€ by ordering from Amazon France. ;p

I'm so excited for Zelda... according to everything I've heard, I know I will love it! x___x

I kinda wish they'd have a native 720p setting for TV Mode too for this game.
But I don't mind the occasional stutter. I hope it's not too frequent.

Can't wait till Wednesday when I receive my copy!!

@bubby444 Mine neither. ;p
But it's a fairly reliable rule of thumb that the value relations go like $ < € < £
And I used the website XE (dot) com to do the conversions.

@bubby444 Haha, you're valuing the US Dollar pretty high.
In reality 1 US Dollar is 0.95 Euros, or 0.82 British Pounds.

So $60 would translate into 57€! Conversely 70€ would translate into $73.5!! (And £70 would translate into $85.9 or 81.7€)

So the European eShop price is over 13 Dollars more expensive than the US price if NLife's info is correct!!

Nice!! It doesn't require you to register a false or an illegal address located in the other country like the PlayStation Network does!

Why is Zelda 60 Dollars in US but a whopping 70 Euros in Europe?? :0
Good thing the US eShop is accessible in Europe as well.

I cannot wait!
I will receive it between next Tuesday and Thursday.

I'm salivating at each mention of BotW or the Switch... Only a few moment to go!!

Holy quacamole.... 70€ for Zelda??!
I hope that isn't the standard price for First Party "AAA" Switch games.

Sufficient. For instance, I never had a smart phone that managed to last longer than a couple of hours when actively used for playing, browsing, chatting.

I'm so exciteeeed but I won't receive it until the next tuesday after the launch!! xD

Just a short week to go..... I'm so ready!!

I think that the theory about a glitch might be correct.

The idea is that the Joy-Con are still communicating with the Switch console via bluetooth even while connected. When they are that close to the console they don't need a very strong signal.

Usually when they are detached it should boost the signal, but the glitch prevents the bluetooth from switching modes, so the signal stays too weak.

I really think they should've had some kind of a d-pad attachment for the d-buttons on the left Joy-Con. Maybe attachable by a magnet, like the swappable parts in the Xbox One Elite Controller.

Ah, maybe it won't be that bad playing these types of games with the stick.. :--3

Looks interesting! Gonna keep an eye on it.
Graphics may not be the most polished but gameplay seems fun.

Seems pretty reasonable for a puzzler set on a series of small islands.
It looks and feel like an Ico type of a game. That wasn't too long either.

I hope they price it accordingly, maybe around 20€.

Hehe, I'll be busy playing Zelda, so the delay isn't a big deal.

@Damo Breath of the Wild review, when??

Horizon Zero Dawn reviews are already up and it's released at approximately the same time.

Ahh!! I wan't Harvest Moon 64, but I'm hesitant to buy anything on Wii U anymore, because it might come to the Switch VC too...

@Dakt Solely based on how it looks, it seems to be really similar to the new Shield SoC, which is based on Maxwell X1.

That's really cheap... I'm tempted to try and get myself one!
(Currently studying game industry related stuff. It would be great to become a Nintendo dev - gasp!)

Love it!