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I'm glad I didn't bother going now. Sounds like an absolute nightmare and hideous experience for all involved. Imagine having to wait for six hours for the privilege to pay for items, and then find out you can only have five items max! This desmans surely shows Nintendo and The Pokemon Company that there is demand for a permanent store or three in this country.

@roboshort No they were not. They had an extra 1 or 2GB of RAM or something.

But what does this mean in terms of performance that we, as game players, could see?

Sahing it's 25% faster doesn't really suggest much. It runs it's computation faster, so what?

Love this. Show's Nintendo isn't afraid of laughing at itself.

The latest news on the Pokemon Go app is that you can pay $7.99 to get access to special research (for early access to Regigigas) and some extra items like a Unova stone and some Pokemon raid passes.

@gamefreak77 Dude, I hope whatever you're smoking over there isn't dangerous.

When is Doraemon Story of Seasons actually coming out? I can't find pre-order for the physical version anywhere.

What happened to the Mario one that was supposedly in the works? It's gone very quiet on that front.

I do find this sort of pricing ridiculous for what is essentially gambling with your money but it's how it works on mobile devices. People complained about spending £10 on Super Mario Run which was absolutely worth it. So this is what happens.

The shopping price is absolutely terrible but I guess it is coming from Germany. I also had a £5 voucher for the store so that sort of made it better!

@Bunkerneath Wow you that busy huh?

@RupeeClock Well, I'd image it'll be a press preview style event where it won't be rammed full of the London public. You may get a drink and some nibbles.

I wish I had enough of a disposable income so that I could collect First4Figures statues. They're all so damn gorgeous.

Ugggggh, I miss analogue triggers in controllers SOOOOO much. They just feel so good.

A small amount of additional stock. Whoop-di-effing-doodle-doo.

I bought the NES controllers. How about letting me buy at least ONE SNES controller Nintendo.

It’s either sold out or it never was available. There’s not button to buy. It doesn’t even say sold out. It just looks like it did before it was “available”.

They're not showing as available to buy for me. There's no buy button and I am logged in!

I saw a report before I’d even managed to get in to Mario Kart that suggested the £4.99 a month subscription service withheld stuff behind the paywall so I was a little outraged but it turns out that, as Chris says, they’re not essential. Controlling is had enough without having to do it in a 200cc race!

The gacha system doesn’t seem worse than any other game I’ve played and so far it hasn’t bombarded me with messages about buying anything. The option is there and I’ve seen them, but you can easily ignore them. There’s a £19.99 set which is ludicrous! I’ve read reports of people buying them! I mean, they can do what’s they like with their money - it must be nice to have money to waste like that!

I’m playing with drift mode and I’m sort of getting used to it but it is awful. This is Nintendo’s “You must be able to play with only one hand” rule I’m guessing. It would be good if you could do normal steering with motion.

It’s pretty easy so far, I don’t think I’ve lost a race. I’m sure I will though the more cups I start. The level up and point system is an interesting new take on the game and could be interesting for a future Mario Kart on Switch which involves performing tricks and combos for more points! Could be good.

It’s wonderfully polished as you would expect of a Nintendo game and I think I’ll carry on with it until I get bored. I at least plan to play enough so I can buy a 10 pack of launches! You get bonuses every day so it it’ll take a while for me to get there but so far that’s fine. I don’t plan on spending a single penny on this game.

Imagine this with the Labo VR kit and blaster!

I thought I was special because I got Pauline but it appears I am not. 🤣

Tempted to swap my pre-order from Shield or Sword now. But I'll hold out and am bound to be able to still get it by transfer I suppose.

I have every single 3DS variant, sometimes multiples versions of those variants too. God I'm an idiot.

I also have a Wii Mini which I got super cheap and I've never actually used it because why would you? I've got a gorgeous red Mario 25th anniversary Wii.

I've got one of each of the Game Boy Advance systems too.

I remember back in the Gamecube days that Nintendo released this beautiful pearlescent Gamecube around the time Mario Strikers was released. I loved it, so sold my purple Gamecube and got this. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT when I took it home and saw that it didn't have the digital AV out port and I was FUMING because I imported the official composite cable at great expense. I had to return it and then buy another brand new Gamecube.

I want to get this because it's just so bizarre. £80 is a lot. I'd like to know more about the ring though. Is there actually tech in it, or is just a plastic shell? I think this will depend on whether I get it at launch or wait for some offers.

I've ordered one because I just can't help myself. I don't even like Shovel Knight that much. I need help.

Did anyone try the chicken? I thought the chicken was lovely.

I loved Star Ocean which I actually first discovered on the PSP so I really hope this comes to Europe.

Yes to all of these!

The alarm feature is really bloody cool. I can imagine using this for Animal Crossing A LOT.

Does the Online Play Invites section mean Nintendo are getting rid of the Nintendo Online phone app?

Version 9 and still no themes!

Good god someone was bored in the office. ;-p

Why would anyone think the X button on a Nintendo controller is called anything bur the letter X? The clue or all the other buttons called A B Y Z L R, etc.

Then again, the people thinking that the PlayStation buttons are called anything but triangle, circle, square and cross are also absolutely insane.

Nope, unless it's a headset you can wear without having to hold it up to your face, then I can't see why this is any better than the Labo VR one I already have.

I just love the colour of the box for Starting. It's the one I know. I know it's not the ideal name for it but it still gives me all the feelings.

I'm more interested in the more efficient battery Switch. Having two Switches seems pointless and unnecessarily awkward to switch (if you pardon the pun) between the two.

I think your idea of infectious is different to mine, lol. Cute but I'm not sure I want this playing the in background when I'm playing this game. Let's hope they're not going to torture us!

Sixth cup? Does that mean there are six other themes out there that I don't know about? Actually, I have the Game Boy one. What others were there? It gives me a reason to play so I'll try and remember!

I can honestly say I’ve never had a problem with any hardware that my admittedly poor memory can recall. I don’t want to jinx it though!

Getting into the more obscure NES titles is definitely the route Nintendo needs to take. I’m excited to try these games for the first time.

I'm actually really tempted to get this instead of a Switch Lite.

200,000 units is hardly dead but work. Absolute shambles of a headline.

NEIGHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

I've seen ZERO Team Rocket Pokestops and I work in city centre where there are hundreds.

It's funny, but also I would hate to play that.

Very good, but it doesn't look like it controls like Mario really controls.

There'a a bit of text on the Amazon product page that says "Some English games are localizations of Japanese titles."

I'm hopeful they'll add an English locations for such a text heavy game. I mean, what's actually stopping them from actually including the Sega CD version rather than the PC-Engine version? I wouldn't be mad about that.

Amazon UK also have the official multi-tap for the mini here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turbo-Engine-Coregrafx-Electronic-Games/dp/B07TDQYHQN/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=pc+engine&qid=1563188845&s=gateway&sr=8-11

But I couldn't find additional controllers.

Looks like this only comes with one controller though which is a bit mean isn't it?

I'd love to buy a Switch Lite but it's not a practical purchase if you've already got a regular Switch. I still want the ability to play these games at home, but I absolutely love the super portable form factor of this Switch. The smaller size, the slightly better battery, the lack of removable parts.

If I could have both and use my original Switch as my at home Switch then I'd buy this in a heartbeat but the operating system isn't built for this type of setup.

Can I log-in to two Switches at the same time? Could I play the game at home on the original Switch, then "switch" to the Lite when I'm at work or travelling? What about games that don't support cloud saves? It might be doable for games that do support cloud saves albeit a pain in the ass to have to keep uploading and downloading saves, but for Pokemon or Animal Crossing, it's just not going to work.

It's a shame that I'm not going to be buying a piece of Nintendo hardware at launch for the first time in 27 years.

As the Switch is £279 in stories, this should have been £179. I think £199 is little too much.

I'd also love to get one though. The small(er) form factor and all in one-ness of it is tempting as a device for me to use out and about.

But the question mark over whether Nintendo will cater for people with my mindset, at least at product launch, is enough to make me hold off.

And I'm normally there for every product launch and have been since the Gamecube days. Day 1 purchaser of all hardware since, and this could be the first time I'm not.

I want to see a size comparison next to a regular Switch.

I also want to know, for example, if I already have a Switch could I use this as a device to take with me and leave my regular Switch at home? Would a gamer I play on my old Switch piuck-up right where I left off on here? Or would I not be able to sign in to my account on the Lite if I'm signed in on my old Switch. Would Animal Crossing, which doesn't support cloud saves, only work on one console, not both?

What Nintendo really need to do is persuade the third parties to allow their NES games on there. Let's get Square Enix, Capcom, Konami, Sunsoft, etc really on there.

Chinese companies were making cases for an iPhone SE 2 based on rumours so I'm not holding my breath.

I'd love to see the Oracles games remade. But probably now into one game.

I really want that slime controller but I'm not I'm importing it. I'll pray they release it here (ha, I mean do I really believe there's a chance of that?)