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Not really the best looking case. Even with that battery extender, I'll stick to my go-tcha band.

@Ryu_Niiyama Except it's not really cheating? This device's main feature is the equivalent of holding the Go Plus button to auto catch, except that it only works on iOS, not Android. Guess which platform I have? Plus this accessory is the main reason I'm back to playing this game after two years. One of the things that made me stop playing the game was because it was too disruptive during my exercises. With this accessory's auto catch/spin feature, I can jog uninterrupted while being rewarded.

Probably the worst for me was the 2nd half of the Xenoblade 2 showcase. My goodness they pick the worst narrator for a tutorial yawn puts me to sleep. I've even checked the japanese version of that portion just to see if it's better there. Nope, it's somehow even worse; a high pitched annoyance. So I guess it doesn't really matter what voice language I pick (well okay, with english you deal with terrible lip syncing, not that xenoblade never had that problem, but after watching lets-plays like yakuza 0 it's just so noticeable now)

What really surprised me was just how much content there is on Mario Odyssey. I've never been so excited for a mainline mario game since, ever!

A Project Octopath demo was also a nice surprise. Been enjoying the demo!

Any word on hori selling the mixer as a standalone? I'm only interested on that; it would be very useful for not bothering roommates.

Re-purchasing this for the portability aspect of the switch, and so that my roommates can play this themselves even if I'm too busy with schoolwork on my laptop

Assuming Nintendo isn't doing damage control, their definition of technical difficulties may be actual hardware defects instead of the design flaw of the left joy con. Whenever I read joy con problems online, they are either defective joy cons or a perfectly working one, but with that design flaw. If they can't simply increase the power of the bluetooth signal then I can see them stealth release a left joy con revision.

I don't know about you guys, but that statement rubs me the wrong way. Like "wouldn't that be great", yeah, more of you better have it if we're paying for your online services! Currently, Nintendo has the worst online service offers (with the exception of price), give us something useful at least

Too bad the screenshot tool only captures at 720p. Hopefully there will be a software update that saves snapshots at the current screen resolution.

Ah, a LEGAL unboxing

I wouldn't call jackbox party pack "video games" either, but at least they only cost $25 usd, not $50 usd =

Dang, I already bought it on steam and I use my laptop connected to the tv to play with my dorm mates, so I'm probably not gonna double dip on this one. Murder Trivia Party is so much fun!

I was expecting $90 given how they price their plastic dock, so this is good news; you pay less for an inferior service compared to ps+ and xbox live. VR on the switch however, does anyone really want VR on a 720p screen? Screen door effect anyone? Even my s6 at 1440p, there's still some noticeable screen door effect. I did read online that the psvr has less screen door effect than vive or oculus due to having more subpixels despite having lower resolution.

I can sort of understand the console itself might not have room for an ethernet port (probably have to make the console slightly more thicker to fit it in), but not having a built in ethernet port on the dock itself is ridiculous. Adding it shouldn't cost that much, and it might justify the price of the dock (nah I'm kidding, that price is still criminal even if they added one in).

Well, it's an electronic device with a screen attached to it, it's not too heavy and big like typical laptops, so I'd say it's a handheld. Otherwise I can call my tablets a home console just because I can connect them to the tv via hdmi. Nintendo is just calling it a home console because they can, but it's definitely a handheld.

From the sound of this, at least we're not going to get an inferior version of a game being called the "definitive edition."

Micro transactions look like the ones from Brave Exvious. Welp, I guess if I get a three star or four star character, it's pretty much garbage compared to the higher star characters. Ah, the joys of free to play.

Wow, you know I had more faith that Nintendo wouldn't be stupid enough to sell a hunk of plastic for $90, but they sure proved me wrong! Nintendo truly delivers

with their stupidity

Looking at their website, I kinda wish there's a free version of online gameplay and just lock the other fluff like the lobby, voice chat, exclusive deals for non-subscribers. But if the price is cheap, like $10-$30 USD for 1 year, I'm fine with it.

Am I the only one who thinks that the font of the title screen looks so bland? Maybe I'm just used to the design of the first two. This one just looks to clean.

So long as the buttons can have ergonomic placements (ex. analog sticks and face buttons diagonally offset), I'm fine with this.

Jeez $30? Pokemon is the Apple of video games.

@rjejr I hope that that's how the button layout for the thing would be; very diagonal, making the buttons close to the center as possible. Sure it will make the device longer, but well the vita was pretty long too right?

I hope that the handheld (it's going to be a handheld , right?) still has dual screens, but the lower, sub screen be smaller vertically than the main, top screen while still having the same pixel density (for example top screen is 720p sub screen is 600p or 540p but still same pixel density). Reason is because I have the impression that the touch screen has devolved into nothing more than a UI/map/inventory screen, so why should it be big? It's just eating up the battery more. Also those face buttons to be more ergonomically layout akin to the wii u gamepad or more the pro controller. That's one thing I hate about the d-pad placement on the 3ds, especially if I need to use the shoulder buttons. Oh and please not be at least 720p, not 480p. I'll laugh during the whole reveal if they do so. I'll laugh even harder if its 480p, one screen.

Other than that I am pretty excited for a handheld that can connect to the tv. Maybe now I can tolerate playing monster hunter.

Don't really care if the home console uses disk or cards or none, but I want the home console to at least be able to play the next gen handheld games, like the super gameboy or the gameboy player.

As for digital vs physical: I'd probably go full digital if well download speeds across the world get better, there are better discounts for digital downloads, ex: a subscription program where you can save x% off on new games, and you can resell it.

I have to buy Earthbound again to play on the go? And to think people say Nintendo doesn't seem to want to take our money.
Donkey Kong Country on the go is nice though

But seriously, their new account system better have some kind of unified digital library, otherwise it's going to be another ten thousand steps backward =

might make magic armor a bit more useful

I really just want Xenoblade Chronicles remastered on the NX with some of the improvements from X.

C'mon Ninty, milk us dry! You know you want to.

get rich, pay good money for a good fitness instructor.
So now you're fit, and rich.

Seriously, does NoA think kids are stupid?

Nintendo can have all the third party they can get; it still won't change anything. Why? Because people buy consoles for exclusives. If there's a game available in all other platforms, why would they bother with a Nintendo console when it's available on the PS or XBOX? If Ninty wants to gain a lot of audience, they need to pretty much PAY third party devs to make games on their consoles and force them to be exclusive (as much as I hate third party exclusivity)

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Funny, that button layout is pretty much the same to my dream 3DS/N3DS successor. Although I had to make the system as long as the PS Vita because I want the touchscreen to stay (but a bit smaller).

As for physical copies of games, I don't know, I'm starting to not care as much about it. I've been buying most of my games physical, but the contents inside those boxes are decreasing in quality fast. I open up a manual of a wii u or 3ds game, and it's just either a folded instructions "booklet" or a four-page manual. Special Editions are still pretty decent, but I don't buy those very often.

Also, as for games becoming full digital, I don't think they'll be doing that for a while. If they eventually go full digital, if they can offer great sales like steam sales, then it's alright with me.

Looks like my dream that the next gen home console being able to play the next gen handheld might actually be a reality. Although, I am one of those people who rather have a console that can natively play handheld games via its own slot (akin to the super gameboy or gameboy player). That shouldn't be much of a problem if both handheld and home console have the same architecture.

wow, great! Too bad I stopped caring about these things at some point. Good for you guys who still somehow care about these

I'd like to think this is a a sign for a Mother/Earthbound Trilogy... oh, worldwide.
I don't care if they release it on the NX too. I just want an official Mother 3 release

I really think that they'll make this feature locked, on-disk[cartridge?] dlc on the west versions, which is probably the best thing they can do to avoid more criticism; locking it will give the player a very clear option they can avoid/use using this feature, and this avoids censorship. Just make this as a rated-m dlc on the eshop or something, then you'll avoid criticism from anti-censorship folks.

why can't we get updates that are a bit more descriptive? It's not like this is a system update

Yeah, this app is a waste of time; you can only play the song using the app (better off buying the songs on iTunes).

@Sgt_Ludby I read that you get that error if you're a root user.

yes four more amiibos that many people will not be able to get, rendering the game unplayable. Great job Nintendo, release more amiibo despite the distribution problems with it. Kudos.

And then it sells out (for preorder) in 5 minutes?

@Yorumi But there would still the problem of the 3DS/2DS dealing with characters like Ice Climbers. Even if the 3DS/2DS can download the data necessary to display the character and interpret the data they receive from the other player, wouldn't the 3DS/2DS still have problems from executing the data due to the limited hardware? It would slow the game down and make the match unplayable/unbearable.

@Yorumi I was assuming that the DLC is free, I don't know, DLC can be free right? Ninty would still make lots of $$$ from sales of the "NEW 3DS" and Wii U.

There is one thing I forgot and this makes any sort of exclusive DLC characters pretty much impossible, the online portion. They still have to take into account that there are people using non-"NEW 3DS", and that could make the online match finding convoluted and messy. Although I guess they could just make the DLC portion just for the "NEW 3DS" and completely leave the 3DS/2DS out. Then during online matches, there could be an option where if you want to use DLC characters, it will only match you up with other 3DS and Wii U (if that is possible). It will make online matchups very messy, so that probably won't happen.

Well there's DLC (if it's possible). I can see Ice Climbers available as DLC for the "NEW 3DS" and Wii U version. Yes it alienates original 3DS users, but if Ninty is smart ( and evil), they can use it as an "incentive" for fans of Ice Climbers to upgrade their 3DS (or buy a Wii U if they don't have one). Hey look, more money!

@Iggly @SamirMalik I read from neogaf that Dark Pit uses the Staff as a Final Smash only (functioning like the Light Arrows). All his other moves are identical looking to Pit, with some minor changes of mechanics. I was hoping that Dark Pit at least had more unique attacks and specials, but whatever.

Would having mini games that have Nintendo Characters really push smartphone owners to buy a gaming device? I have a hard time picturing sensible people to do that. Don't most people who play games on their smartphones play games on short bursts or when bored? Not many games on a console really have that, and lots of games on the Nintendo consoles take larger chunks of play time than smartphone games, right? But okay, maybe there are games that do take a lot of time to play in a smartphone. At least those type of games is probably, and most likely, cheaper than the average game (even e-shop games) on the 3DS.

I posted a very similar comment on an older topic, but anyway:

I still think Sakurai should make gamemodes relating to game mechanics like Regular Mode (casual) and Advance Mode (competitive). Regular Mode has more restrictions in game mechanics while Advance Mode lifts restrictions on game mechanics. So for example, wavedashing (if this returns at all) would be impossible to do in Regular Mode but possible in Advance mode.

Game modes can prevent an experienced, competitive player from ruining casual opponents good time on casual mode (such as during parties), as well as pushing casuals to step up their game should they dare play on the competitive mode with hardcore players. Also doing this equals both a happy casual AND a happy competitive group; casuals don't have to play the fast paced, competitive mode, and competitive people will probably never bother with the casual mode.

What would be nicer could be an options to change game mechanics such as Competitive Mode and Regular(casual) Mode.

Toggling to whichever can either keep limit game mechanics (casual) or disable game mechanic limits (competitive). That way if you want to play with friends just for laughs, you can force the game to be as casual as possible, and then you can toggle back to Competitive mode when you want to play seriously.

Doing this, Mr. Sakurai, will please so much more groups of people. You can keep that casual, fun, chaotic gameplay while making it possible to have decent competitive tourneys whenever you want.

Problem with smartphones is that there's always a new one in about 2-ish years. People will feel forced to buy a new version, and game developers have to constantly update their games. At least with propriety gaming, the timeframe for a new, more powerful system will be longer.

Don't worry, I got Angry Joe to stop myself and his followers from buying garbage.
Good to see Nintendolife from preventing its followers from buying crap as well.

I hope that those aren't the only choices for character customization and just showcasing 3 of the possible customizations.
As for the new pokemon. They look rather... OK? I don't know, maybe it's because I'm getting older and nostalgia is getting stronger for me?