@SuperRetroArt yes i can see its wide open, but can you not see (as I've previously said) i found a use case for me that is not piracy, is not stealing, and helps my personal situation.
Again, not saying piracy is good. Not accepting of it, not telling people to go out and do it. I'm saying I do what I feel is best with my machine, and under my countries current laws, its perfectly acceptable.
Can you just accept that I agree with you on some points, such as piracy; but what im doing is fine in my situation, and useful to me? You may not agree with it, and thats fine.
I've really not been looking for an argument, and some things I've said as an absolute worst case / off the top of my head / joke scenario as I love free thinking (its the way my brain is).
Look, we both agree on one thing, if not the overall thing we're discussing - agree to disagree on that at least. I've no intention of supporting pirates; even if that is what you personally believe, I do not share my ROMS, I do not upload them to the Internet for others to use. I'm actually to a strong extent on your side.
@SuperRetroArt give it a rest! When I bought mine, I didn't think "ooh piracy", like James woods with reeces pieces, I thought of a use case that could benefit me personally.
Same as if I buy a dodgy stylus for my Samsung laptop because its cheaper and still works. If I do that am I supporting the triads? Jeesh.
@Misima the problem with philosophy is everyone can be right - again, under my laws, I do not pirate, yet under US I do... if i took my MIG to USA, could I then be prosecuted? Getting into some meta philosophy now 🤣
But seriously, again; I do not condone piracy in the way that most people see the MIG as. I do condone a use case whereby my justification and your accident that you've shared, along with laws of the land converge into a very small 3 circle Venn diagram.
@SuperRetroArt I feel the same reading comments as well, as if they can tell that a hookey game is being used, they can certainly tell that only one legitimate certificate is being used on one device.
If someone changes the coding of the certificate on a MIG dump to make it seem legitimate (and I know its possible, as i fell down the rabbit hole and found out as much about it as I could), then as I said above, nintendo should be able to detect a legitimate cartridge from a bad one. We're in an age of technology. I've honestly nothing to worry about when I know I am the sole owner of the cartridges that I play and don't upload to the Internet.
The physical proof is in a collection of 250 physical games I have in my room - id happily send nintendo the cartridge to prove that I am the sole owner of that certificate, and they can ban anyone else using it.
And this is why im troubled by comments as its really not that hard if nintendo wanted to go about things legitimately with banning / bricking.
If nothing else, it would create more jobs, whilst making sure the right people got banned. Just thinking out loud.
@MamaSymphonia as said otherwise, im in the UK. I'm aware of the situation. As long as I don't file share (which i dont) I'm ok from a legal.persepective - but thank you for the reasonable and detailed response without digging into me.
@dePaige22 I know youre trying to support me, but hardly helpful 🤣
But I know im in legally grey area here - especially when it comes to international law, but what im doing in my country is fine. I'm happy enough defending it, whilst speaking against actual file sharing piracy, that no one seems to understand im not doing 🤣
@SuperRetroArt I am, and I've admitted im a small use case of using it for non-nefarious purposes. I can't stop what nintendo are doing, and if they do something to my console, I admit full responsibility, but I still would have the original carts to prove that I am playing my own carts.
I don't condone piracy the way that many see a MIG as, but im not going to be told that im a pirate by legitimately playing back ups of my own games, under the law of my own country.
And im using logic to justify my logic. If you disagree then fine - its my item, after all and I'll do as I please, provided its legally correct.
As for logic, so if you bought something not created by Nintendo (say an unofficial set of joycons) that serve a legitimate purpose but wasn't "legit" (licensed) and nintendo can detect that, they can freeze up any system resource that they please?
@sethfranum well i say otherwise. As above, so below it seems; i put 2 or 3 at a time on my MIG (of fully backed up carts that I own, and never share apart from with family - even those are not on the MIG) in case i lose my physical games. I'd much rather lose (at the time it was new) a £70 cart and SD card than £150 worth of games. At the end of the day, id still have my official cards to prove provenance, and some other schmuck (similar to what others have said - put something that shouldn't be in their S2; in this case a "game" found say on a train) Would end up with no recourse.
I'm fully aware of what nintendo can do, but im playing legit backed up copies of my own games that I know anyone I lend the actual approved and official cartridge won't copy.
Also, when i sell a used game, I delete the ROM from my SD card, and computer, and then empty the recycle bin.
In that respect, yes, I have the game for the game. But not in the way you are implying.
I'm not saying everyone does this by any stretch of the imagination, but there are legit usage cases for this item. It's like saying no one should ever use an external battery pack for S1 / Phone / whatever because its not officially endorsed. The vendors that sold it knew what they were doing, but I personally didn't buy it for those reasons, so please don't throw us all in the same boat. At least differentiate between pure piracy and legitimate reasons.
Thats akin to saying the Black Hats are bad because they do hacking - not quite, but surely you can sit on the fence and see both views, even if the dark side is more promising to 90% of users, unfortunately.
@Yosti I've no doubt i am, but just need to speak up for legit users.
Nah, its more of a throwaway sarcastic comment, but nintendo could create a nintendo MIG cart and basically say, yeah back it up (for a premium), but if we notice that the certification on your cartridge that you've backed up is used elsewhere (and insufficient evidence can be provided, such as IP, your account on the system, whatever) then we reserve the right to ban / brick all consoles associated with that certificate.
Pipe dream, and again part sarcastic - never gonna happen.
***edit*** they could also render you liable for all court costs etc associated with piracy if it blew out of control as well (like being patient 0 of a million counterfeit ROMS in the wild!)... its not like they don't like lawsuits 🤣
@Otimus good point - is completely forgot about that aspect in my above post; maybe it was the fact they could see the original cartridge was used at a certain point and as it was at (or close to) the end of its life, they just let it roll and decided to focus resources in that regard to s2...
I mean if I play my dumped game, that is still stored safely in my house, then they can't check the hexagonal code that issues the certificate because its only being flagged as one user online under the same IP etc (if using multiple devices, which i do).
Therefore they most probably were banning those that failed to install certs to root folder / could see multiples of the same certs being used, and just cast a net on those...
Maybe something is fishy... more complex than I can figure now. You've really opened Pandora's box on that one 🤣
@NFrealinkling The problem is defining pirating. I and many others (though we are perhaps in the minority of most use cases) use the MIG on S1 so I don't lose my carts, saving money in the process. Thats not pirating, as I still own the original carts.
However, I also wasn't "dumb" enough to use mine on S2, in case nintendo had sussed something out, rendering my £400 console useless.
In short, I both agree and disagree....
Surely there's a way nintendo can verify this? Not ideal, but even if they detect it, issue a warning saying that you must insert the original cart to check licenses within (x) time? Hardly ideal, but its a work around.
That way, everybody who is using them legit wins, and nintendo still gets to show people the ban hammer.
I mean, they could also create the same thing for the reasons legit people use it for, with the same restrictions. But thats just too complex for a hardware and software company 🤣
@fabiop I had the same problem... and lent a switch to my cousin (i have a lite, OLED and V2)... unfortunately they moved 50 miles away and the switch they have is the primary, and no way am I taking the s2 "out and about", unless i know its in a relatively secure hotel or similar 🤣
Only just got round to buying undertale in the mkw / dkb lull.
Under no Illusion i will finish it by mid July, but will give me a good taste of it... especially when im in a hotel next week for a certain band embarking on a world tour that likely would have some terrible names for me 🤣
@Kidfunkadelic83 never said I didn't trust you haha. I get what you are saying though - but if amazon honour that, isnt it all sorted to some extent or are they asking for the £50 again?
If they're honouring it, then I can see the more ethical and consumer related problems that you are facing, but also id take the money and run to that end.
At least you've done what you should do... just again (and I'll keep.banging this drum, as i was part of the problem when I had depression 15 years ago), some customer care people are terrible; either through problems at home (despite what work tell them, they can't just "leave home at home" - hated that), lack of training or just because they have no empathy for others which means they should never have had the job in the first place.
Some think its an easy job, but you need a lot of patience, emotional integrity and as stupid as it seems, the will to be able to speak to a manager to get something resolved if you don't know what you are doing.
More power to you for pushing it though - you are in the right! 👍
@Kidfunkadelic83 id suggest trying (somehow) to get the gift card back to amazon so they know its not been used, and get a replacement. Hardly ideal, but then everyone involved knows its legit.
It's amazon's responsibility (if I've read it right) to provide a usable gift card.
If its an e voucher, amazon should be able to contact sainsburys and check if its been used, and then sainsburys can cancel that number and authorise amazon to send another.
It's really not complicated, but some service advisors just don't know what they are doing!
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May have misread and other way around, so reverse should apply. Sainsburys or amazon should be able to liase and check that card is not active / used and cancel the number, then issue a new one. Either way, simple. But for some... work 😵💫
@Tasuki funny as I used to import play arts and figures from there around 2002 (before the boom of some stuff id call general tat lately!) and if something got lost, they'd contact the carrier or send another out. Still use them to this day for "rare" physicals. I guess you just got some really rubbish representatives, unfortunately.
@Simu001 if I remember from a past article, key cards are usually tied with digital sales... which is both true and false as you own the "card" but have to download the item 🤣
@zombie-paper have you explained to them the concept of an apex? It's down to where you turn that the AI will determine where to accelerate coming out, so if you end the corner quicker than them, you too can go faster down a straight!
@Serpenterror you do not need a hacked switch to use a MIG switch. Is a piece of hardware that goes into the machine. Once you eject the cart, the switch is not modded. Thats like saying putting a cartridge in a switch modifies it.
@HugoGED add to that my 150 carts generally tucked away safe and all backed up, never uploaded or lent anywhere else... some people use them legitimately- which im sure we both admit is still a legal grey area - if not I certainly do.
Erm... unless you mean in movement, you can spin... hold a+b whilst still and turn the stick...
But on topic, I've only done free roam to unlock mirror mode... only 4 knockouts to go and im done - loved the racing, not so enamoured woth the world - needs something else to spice it up.
@rjejr maybe i didn't specify correctly - there is (a) C port, HDMI and ethernet inside the back of the casing and 2xA ports out the left hand side of the dock.
As for the charger (and I may have misunderstood this), I think you may also need to be wary of using a S2 charger with a S1 as the power output is greater. Similar to how I had to keep an eye on my S1 using the Samsung charger 🤣
edit is it possible your child broke it and hid it as well? I remember i trod on my original plug in a drunken escapade and broke a pin on it, I found it doesn't take much pressure to snap a plug pin 🤣
@Thomystic beer ads? Have you tried another browser at all as I don't get ads - there's one named after the composer of the four seasons that I use, and its fine 😉
@rjejr eesh man! Thats some kid logic right there putting it into the tv... do you own a firestick and thats how they managed it?!
I guess luckily they're not too expensive... and I also use a Samsung 45w charger on mine - or I did... hasn't made any damage, and don't know if i should, but i did, so if your a Samsung family, maybe thats an idea?
And yeah I get what your saying- but the only USB-C on the dock is the power, which is same as the old switch - inside the flap for HDMI etc, and 2xUSB-A are out the side, same as OLED.
Luckily my S2 is in front of the PS5, and in a dark cubby hole, so the wires aren't to noticable - the only other way around it to some extent to hide the ruddy great cable sticking out the top is hiding it behind the TV (dock and switch) and looping the camera wire behind / under said TV.
I guess nintendo looked into the possibility of a dock USB, but decided costs (seeing as they sell docks seperate) and may as well cram it all into the console... i guess there's some logic, no matter how small!
As someone thats trying to 3 star 150cc only to save doing them all over again, and is on the last knockout tour to unlock mirror mode, only to keep restarting, yes 🤣
@Crimson_Ridley I did talk a little about ps5 - but only because they asked if i had other consoles, so basically said i now get the best of both worlds and I won't buy "premium" games on s2, only ps5; just so they know. They wanted feedback, I gave it!
@JohnnyMind a problem that will.arise if nintendo patches it somehow now with a pro controller will be people shouting that they've done it deliberately to stop people using old controllers and buying a pro 2...
Personally I didn't mind. I've more money than sense half the time and have 2 pro controllers and now 1 pro 2 (if that makes sense, haha). But equally i can see others' points if say even 2 years down the line with a lite or upgrade they say "oh and now you can use them"...
If 3rd parties can sort this out, nintendo could and it's going to be another easy hit for some people...
@rjejr there are USB-A (fat) ports as standard; whether you can use the relevant webcam that way, I don't know - but USB-C will have to be plugged into the slot above the console, whether docked or handheld.
I actually had the hori camera at 1st and eventually got ro test it out with friends on Sunday night with a mkw session. Works ok, but image was dire and decided to keep it as an expensive trinket to display and buy the official... the image is much better!
If you want a camera "on the go", the hori would suffice (it's just a pipe base that the plant usb c's into - said USB c goes into switch and stand upright, still able to manipulate position).
So which you want is more down to what function you want, id say - living room the official, in the move, hori - but be ready especially with the cheaper one for some circa 2004 webcam vibes 🤣
@rjejr I may be wrong, but i believe there's either a rubber washer to help the console grip, or more magnets at the bottom. I've noticed the same and thought it was neat.
@Divide_and_Wander I'm an ally, oled, literally and s1 owner along with s2 (and had a steam deck in the past too), and i feel the pain... apart from it being "shiny and gorgeous" which i expected after the LCD of the PS portal, I have no favouritism between any of them because they all look the same (or as good as to me, apart from a bit of noticable blur etc).
Those complaining (to me) fall into 2 groups: those that get on the bandwagon because someone says it's naff, and those that have perfect eyesight and can notice it. The two aren't mutually exclusive though, and can be a decent Venn diagram.
I'm neither though, and perfectly happy once again with the tech used. Barely notice a thing when im using my bifocals anyway, and happy with what I got for the price. And as others have mentioned, it's one of nintendos best launch screens ever - add to that with the form factor, it can potentially save you a tonne of money not needing a tv either as it does what it sets out to do and a little better undocked anyway.
I'd imagine us "old farts" never tried it as usually we'd be hit by lightning, lose the item and with our slow reflexes not have time to hit the "fire" button 🤣
Also... when you get it, use it now; i don't think I've really ever carried one from say 8th to first in older entries 🤪
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Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@SuperRetroArt yes i can see its wide open, but can you not see (as I've previously said) i found a use case for me that is not piracy, is not stealing, and helps my personal situation.
Again, not saying piracy is good. Not accepting of it, not telling people to go out and do it. I'm saying I do what I feel is best with my machine, and under my countries current laws, its perfectly acceptable.
Can you just accept that I agree with you on some points, such as piracy; but what im doing is fine in my situation, and useful to me? You may not agree with it, and thats fine.
I've really not been looking for an argument, and some things I've said as an absolute worst case / off the top of my head / joke scenario as I love free thinking (its the way my brain is).
Look, we both agree on one thing, if not the overall thing we're discussing - agree to disagree on that at least. I've no intention of supporting pirates; even if that is what you personally believe, I do not share my ROMS, I do not upload them to the Internet for others to use. I'm actually to a strong extent on your side.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@SuperRetroArt give it a rest! When I bought mine, I didn't think "ooh piracy", like James woods with reeces pieces, I thought of a use case that could benefit me personally.
Same as if I buy a dodgy stylus for my Samsung laptop because its cheaper and still works. If I do that am I supporting the triads? Jeesh.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@SuperRetroArt same one as you. You want me to stop the world so you can get off? Sorry. Can't do that 🤣
But im just saying if that was an option to prove i actually owned the item, and it wasn't shared elsewhere, id happily do it.
And thats because... im not a pirate, which has been the while point of me replying to angry people this whole time.
If you are operating legitimately, then you have nothing to hide. We're just going to have to agree to disagree.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@Misima the problem with philosophy is everyone can be right - again, under my laws, I do not pirate, yet under US I do... if i took my MIG to USA, could I then be prosecuted? Getting into some meta philosophy now 🤣
But seriously, again; I do not condone piracy in the way that most people see the MIG as. I do condone a use case whereby my justification and your accident that you've shared, along with laws of the land converge into a very small 3 circle Venn diagram.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@MamaSymphonia technically a grey area, but legally, private use is fine. Again, thanks for being reasonable.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@SuperRetroArt I feel the same reading comments as well, as if they can tell that a hookey game is being used, they can certainly tell that only one legitimate certificate is being used on one device.
If someone changes the coding of the certificate on a MIG dump to make it seem legitimate (and I know its possible, as i fell down the rabbit hole and found out as much about it as I could), then as I said above, nintendo should be able to detect a legitimate cartridge from a bad one. We're in an age of technology. I've honestly nothing to worry about when I know I am the sole owner of the cartridges that I play and don't upload to the Internet.
The physical proof is in a collection of 250 physical games I have in my room - id happily send nintendo the cartridge to prove that I am the sole owner of that certificate, and they can ban anyone else using it.
And this is why im troubled by comments as its really not that hard if nintendo wanted to go about things legitimately with banning / bricking.
If nothing else, it would create more jobs, whilst making sure the right people got banned. Just thinking out loud.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@MamaSymphonia as said otherwise, im in the UK. I'm aware of the situation. As long as I don't file share (which i dont) I'm ok from a legal.persepective - but thank you for the reasonable and detailed response without digging into me.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@dePaige22 I know youre trying to support me, but hardly helpful 🤣
But I know im in legally grey area here - especially when it comes to international law, but what im doing in my country is fine. I'm happy enough defending it, whilst speaking against actual file sharing piracy, that no one seems to understand im not doing 🤣
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@SuperRetroArt I am, and I've admitted im a small use case of using it for non-nefarious purposes. I can't stop what nintendo are doing, and if they do something to my console, I admit full responsibility, but I still would have the original carts to prove that I am playing my own carts.
I don't condone piracy the way that many see a MIG as, but im not going to be told that im a pirate by legitimately playing back ups of my own games, under the law of my own country.
Hope that makes sense.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@EriXz it is legit, just not official.
And im using logic to justify my logic. If you disagree then fine - its my item, after all and I'll do as I please, provided its legally correct.
As for logic, so if you bought something not created by Nintendo (say an unofficial set of joycons) that serve a legitimate purpose but wasn't "legit" (licensed) and nintendo can detect that, they can freeze up any system resource that they please?
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@jco83 so its illegal to make a copy of something physical in a digital format that i both own and will proactively use privately?
Sorry, but in the UK, that doesnt stick. It's only deemed illegal when I share the file.
Try again.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@sethfranum well i say otherwise. As above, so below it seems; i put 2 or 3 at a time on my MIG (of fully backed up carts that I own, and never share apart from with family - even those are not on the MIG) in case i lose my physical games. I'd much rather lose (at the time it was new) a £70 cart and SD card than £150 worth of games. At the end of the day, id still have my official cards to prove provenance, and some other schmuck (similar to what others have said - put something that shouldn't be in their S2; in this case a "game" found say on a train) Would end up with no recourse.
I'm fully aware of what nintendo can do, but im playing legit backed up copies of my own games that I know anyone I lend the actual approved and official cartridge won't copy.
Also, when i sell a used game, I delete the ROM from my SD card, and computer, and then empty the recycle bin.
In that respect, yes, I have the game for the game. But not in the way you are implying.
I'm not saying everyone does this by any stretch of the imagination, but there are legit usage cases for this item. It's like saying no one should ever use an external battery pack for S1 / Phone / whatever because its not officially endorsed. The vendors that sold it knew what they were doing, but I personally didn't buy it for those reasons, so please don't throw us all in the same boat. At least differentiate between pure piracy and legitimate reasons.
Thats akin to saying the Black Hats are bad because they do hacking - not quite, but surely you can sit on the fence and see both views, even if the dark side is more promising to 90% of users, unfortunately.
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@Yosti I've no doubt i am, but just need to speak up for legit users.
Nah, its more of a throwaway sarcastic comment, but nintendo could create a nintendo MIG cart and basically say, yeah back it up (for a premium), but if we notice that the certification on your cartridge that you've backed up is used elsewhere (and insufficient evidence can be provided, such as IP, your account on the system, whatever) then we reserve the right to ban / brick all consoles associated with that certificate.
Pipe dream, and again part sarcastic - never gonna happen.
***edit*** they could also render you liable for all court costs etc associated with piracy if it blew out of control as well (like being patient 0 of a million counterfeit ROMS in the wild!)... its not like they don't like lawsuits 🤣
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@Otimus good point - is completely forgot about that aspect in my above post; maybe it was the fact they could see the original cartridge was used at a certain point and as it was at (or close to) the end of its life, they just let it roll and decided to focus resources in that regard to s2...
I mean if I play my dumped game, that is still stored safely in my house, then they can't check the hexagonal code that issues the certificate because its only being flagged as one user online under the same IP etc (if using multiple devices, which i do).
Therefore they most probably were banning those that failed to install certs to root folder / could see multiples of the same certs being used, and just cast a net on those...
Maybe something is fishy... more complex than I can figure now. You've really opened Pandora's box on that one 🤣
Re: Nintendo's Ability To Ban Switch 2 Consoles Has Landed It In Hot Water
@NFrealinkling The problem is defining pirating. I and many others (though we are perhaps in the minority of most use cases) use the MIG on S1 so I don't lose my carts, saving money in the process. Thats not pirating, as I still own the original carts.
However, I also wasn't "dumb" enough to use mine on S2, in case nintendo had sussed something out, rendering my £400 console useless.
In short, I both agree and disagree....
Surely there's a way nintendo can verify this? Not ideal, but even if they detect it, issue a warning saying that you must insert the original cart to check licenses within (x) time? Hardly ideal, but its a work around.
That way, everybody who is using them legit wins, and nintendo still gets to show people the ban hammer.
I mean, they could also create the same thing for the reasons legit people use it for, with the same restrictions. But thats just too complex for a hardware and software company 🤣
Re: Furukawa's Defence Of Game-Key Cards Ain't All That Convincing
@BBBBBBBBBBB like you didn't double check the format of a switch cartridge?
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Re: Furukawa's Defence Of Game-Key Cards Ain't All That Convincing
@fabiop I had the same problem... and lent a switch to my cousin (i have a lite, OLED and V2)... unfortunately they moved 50 miles away and the switch they have is the primary, and no way am I taking the s2 "out and about", unless i know its in a relatively secure hotel or similar 🤣
Re: After Croc, Argonaut Games Wants To Remaster This N64 Cult Classic
Like many here... knew of it, never played it... but love the soundtrack and garage ain't my first choice!
Re: Disney Speedstorm Is Getting A Free Switch 2 Upgrade
6fps! Putting the hardware through its paces!
Re: Feature: "I've Made The Equivalent Of Like 2 And A Half Undertales At This Point"- A Quick 'Deltarune' Chat With Toby Fox
Only just got round to buying undertale in the mkw / dkb lull.
Under no Illusion i will finish it by mid July, but will give me a good taste of it... especially when im in a hotel next week for a certain band embarking on a world tour that likely would have some terrible names for me 🤣
Re: Nintendo's President Apologises For Not Being Able To Meet Switch 2 Demand
@nhSnork you just don't have the right friends... Us "true gamers" are a wierd bunch 😉🤪🤣
Re: Three Nintendo Ray Tracing & Rendering-Related Patents Published In Japan
@vanmunt *on old controller 🤣
Re: Missed Out On Castlevania Anniversary, Advance & Dominus Collection Physical Editions? Fear Not, As Pre-Orders Have Gone Live On Play-Asia
@Kidfunkadelic83 actually yes thats true... if he paid credit card he could try and get a partial charge back, but it is a pain.
And regarding getting the £50... i know what you mean... hush hush touches nose say no more, say no more, eh eh, eh? 🤪🤣
Re: Missed Out On Castlevania Anniversary, Advance & Dominus Collection Physical Editions? Fear Not, As Pre-Orders Have Gone Live On Play-Asia
@Kidfunkadelic83 never said I didn't trust you haha. I get what you are saying though - but if amazon honour that, isnt it all sorted to some extent or are they asking for the £50 again?
If they're honouring it, then I can see the more ethical and consumer related problems that you are facing, but also id take the money and run to that end.
At least you've done what you should do... just again (and I'll keep.banging this drum, as i was part of the problem when I had depression 15 years ago), some customer care people are terrible; either through problems at home (despite what work tell them, they can't just "leave home at home" - hated that), lack of training or just because they have no empathy for others which means they should never have had the job in the first place.
Some think its an easy job, but you need a lot of patience, emotional integrity and as stupid as it seems, the will to be able to speak to a manager to get something resolved if you don't know what you are doing.
More power to you for pushing it though - you are in the right! 👍
Re: Missed Out On Castlevania Anniversary, Advance & Dominus Collection Physical Editions? Fear Not, As Pre-Orders Have Gone Live On Play-Asia
@Kidfunkadelic83 id suggest trying (somehow) to get the gift card back to amazon so they know its not been used, and get a replacement. Hardly ideal, but then everyone involved knows its legit.
It's amazon's responsibility (if I've read it right) to provide a usable gift card.
If its an e voucher, amazon should be able to contact sainsburys and check if its been used, and then sainsburys can cancel that number and authorise amazon to send another.
It's really not complicated, but some service advisors just don't know what they are doing!
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May have misread and other way around, so reverse should apply. Sainsburys or amazon should be able to liase and check that card is not active / used and cancel the number, then issue a new one. Either way, simple. But for some... work 😵💫
Re: Missed Out On Castlevania Anniversary, Advance & Dominus Collection Physical Editions? Fear Not, As Pre-Orders Have Gone Live On Play-Asia
@Tasuki funny as I used to import play arts and figures from there around 2002 (before the boom of some stuff id call general tat lately!) and if something got lost, they'd contact the carrier or send another out. Still use them to this day for "rare" physicals. I guess you just got some really rubbish representatives, unfortunately.
Re: Third-Party Launch Games On Switch 2 Reportedly Sold "Very Low Numbers"
@fenlix welcome tour? 😵💫
Re: Third-Party Launch Games On Switch 2 Reportedly Sold "Very Low Numbers"
@Simu001 if I remember from a past article, key cards are usually tied with digital sales... which is both true and false as you own the "card" but have to download the item 🤣
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
@maulinks same but ostrich 🤣
Re: Nintendo Reminds Mario Kart Players They Can Toggle Auto And Smart Controls
@zombie-paper have you explained to them the concept of an apex? It's down to where you turn that the AI will determine where to accelerate coming out, so if you end the corner quicker than them, you too can go faster down a straight!
Give them a science lesson!
Re: Nintendo Supposedly Investigating Possible "Swollen Battery" Issue With Switch 2
@PokemonDMG it wasn't you at all... it was DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince 🤣
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Banning Switch 2's Using MIG Cartridges
@Serpenterror you do not need a hacked switch to use a MIG switch. Is a piece of hardware that goes into the machine. Once you eject the cart, the switch is not modded. Thats like saying putting a cartridge in a switch modifies it.
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Banning Switch 2's Using MIG Cartridges
@HugoGED add to that my 150 carts generally tucked away safe and all backed up, never uploaded or lent anywhere else... some people use them legitimately- which im sure we both admit is still a legal grey area - if not I certainly do.
Re: Talking Point: How Are You Finding Mario Kart's Open World?
Erm... unless you mean in movement, you can spin... hold a+b whilst still and turn the stick...
But on topic, I've only done free roam to unlock mirror mode... only 4 knockouts to go and im done - loved the racing, not so enamoured woth the world - needs something else to spice it up.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Revealed For Wednesday, 18th June 2025
@sanderev I mean... every game is technically a tech demo... depends if glass is half full or empty 🤣
Me personally, im looking forward to it!
Re: Review: Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - An Elegant But Nonessential GameChat Companion
@rjejr maybe i didn't specify correctly - there is (a) C port, HDMI and ethernet inside the back of the casing and 2xA ports out the left hand side of the dock.
As for the charger (and I may have misunderstood this), I think you may also need to be wary of using a S2 charger with a S1 as the power output is greater. Similar to how I had to keep an eye on my S1 using the Samsung charger 🤣
edit is it possible your child broke it and hid it as well? I remember i trod on my original plug in a drunken escapade and broke a pin on it, I found it doesn't take much pressure to snap a plug pin 🤣
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast)
Never seen the JP version before... but my God, that would have looked great with my viewtiful joe posters back in the day 👌
Re: Totaka's Song Appears To Have Been Found In Mario Kart World
@Thomystic beer ads? Have you tried another browser at all as I don't get ads - there's one named after the composer of the four seasons that I use, and its fine 😉
Re: Review: Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - An Elegant But Nonessential GameChat Companion
@rjejr eesh man! Thats some kid logic right there putting it into the tv... do you own a firestick and thats how they managed it?!
I guess luckily they're not too expensive... and I also use a Samsung 45w charger on mine - or I did... hasn't made any damage, and don't know if i should, but i did, so if your a Samsung family, maybe thats an idea?
And yeah I get what your saying- but the only USB-C on the dock is the power, which is same as the old switch - inside the flap for HDMI etc, and 2xUSB-A are out the side, same as OLED.
Luckily my S2 is in front of the PS5, and in a dark cubby hole, so the wires aren't to noticable - the only other way around it to some extent to hide the ruddy great cable sticking out the top is hiding it behind the TV (dock and switch) and looping the camera wire behind / under said TV.
I guess nintendo looked into the possibility of a dock USB, but decided costs (seeing as they sell docks seperate) and may as well cram it all
into the console... i guess there's some logic, no matter how small!
Re: Poll: Do You Three-Star-Gold Every Mario World Grand Prix Before Moving On To The Next?
As someone thats trying to 3 star 150cc only to save doing them all over again, and is on the last knockout tour to unlock mirror mode, only to keep restarting, yes 🤣
Re: Nintendo Survey Asks Switch 2 Users About Their Experience So Far
@Crimson_Ridley I did talk a little about ps5 - but only because they asked if i had other consoles, so basically said i now get the best of both worlds and I won't buy "premium" games on s2, only ps5; just so they know. They wanted feedback, I gave it!
(On some questions, there's free text boxes).
Re: Nintendo Survey Asks Switch 2 Users About Their Experience So Far
@Anti-Matter its an email if you read the article. 😵💫
Re: Gulikit Claims To Be The First Third Party Supporting Wake-Up Functionality On Switch 2
@JohnnyMind a problem that will.arise if nintendo patches it somehow now with a pro controller will be people shouting that they've done it deliberately to stop people using old controllers and buying a pro 2...
Personally I didn't mind. I've more money than sense half the time and have 2 pro controllers and now 1 pro 2 (if that makes sense, haha). But equally i can see others' points if say even 2 years down the line with a lite or upgrade they say "oh and now you can use them"...
If 3rd parties can sort this out, nintendo could and it's going to be another easy hit for some people...
Re: Review: Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - An Elegant But Nonessential GameChat Companion
@rjejr there are USB-A (fat) ports as standard; whether you can use the relevant webcam that way, I don't know - but USB-C will have to be plugged into the slot above the console, whether docked or handheld.
Re: Review: Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - An Elegant But Nonessential GameChat Companion
I actually had the hori camera at 1st and eventually got ro test it out with friends on Sunday night with a mkw session. Works ok, but image was dire and decided to keep it as an expensive trinket to display and buy the official... the image is much better!
If you want a camera "on the go", the hori would suffice (it's just a pipe base that the plant usb c's into - said USB c goes into switch and stand upright, still able to manipulate position).
So which you want is more down to what function you want, id say - living room the official, in the move, hori - but be ready especially with the cheaper one for some circa 2004 webcam vibes 🤣
Re: Hershey Teams Up With Pokémon For New Collectable Chocolates
@Banksie ironically, there's nothing alpha about the chocolate. Sigma omega 🤣
Re: Random: Ouch! Switch 2 Owners Are Feeling The Pinch With The New Joy-Con
@rjejr I may be wrong, but i believe there's either a rubber washer to help the console grip, or more magnets at the bottom. I've noticed the same and thought it was neat.
Re: Random: Ouch! Switch 2 Owners Are Feeling The Pinch With The New Joy-Con
Or you know... hold it around the l and r buttons like I do... jees... 😵💫
Re: Poll: Are You Happy With Switch 2's Screen? Because Some People Certainly Aren't
@Divide_and_Wander I'm an ally, oled, literally and s1 owner along with s2 (and had a steam deck in the past too), and i feel the pain... apart from it being "shiny and gorgeous" which i expected after the LCD of the PS portal, I have no favouritism between any of them because they all look the same (or as good as to me, apart from a bit of noticable blur etc).
Those complaining (to me) fall into 2 groups: those that get on the bandwagon because someone says it's naff, and those that have perfect eyesight and can notice it. The two aren't mutually exclusive though, and can be a decent Venn diagram.
I'm neither though, and perfectly happy once again with the tech used. Barely notice a thing when im using my bifocals anyway, and happy with what I got for the price. And as others have mentioned, it's one of nintendos best launch screens ever - add to that with the form factor, it can potentially save you a tonne of money not needing a tv either as it does what it sets out to do and a little better undocked anyway.
Re: Random: Mario Kart World Players, Take Heed - This Is What Happens When You Throw A Blue Shell In First Place
I'd imagine us "old farts" never tried it as usually we'd be hit by lightning, lose the item and with our slow reflexes not have time to hit the "fire" button 🤣
Also... when you get it, use it now; i don't think I've really ever carried one from say 8th to first in older entries 🤪