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I got engaged yesterday and managed to wait through the long cold of the early, early morning at Target to get a Switch. This is a truly excellent day.

@Aslanmagic I'm 32 myself and this will be my first midnight release. It's quite cold where I live. I'm already having old-man second thoughts.

Can't wait. Shin'en, I love you guys.

This has quickly become a surprise must for me. I really like what I've seen, including that price. I hope it sells well because it looks really cool and unique.

Here's what I don't understand yet: if all match-making with friends and chat and such are going to be handled through an app on your phone, how are these chat earbuds designed to work with the system? The app must interact with the console itself in some way via bluetooth or something and I really wish they'd talk about this already.

@daveh30 So long as the headset were cheap, though, it could still be fun. I'm talking $30 or so. I'd buy it. I probably wouldn't use it terribly often, but from time to time.

Come oooooooon, Red Dead 2!

@lighteningbolt79 So, admittedly, I've been a PC/Nintendo sort of gamer for a while now and have owned every Nintendo home console, but I find the portability extremely attractive. If a multi-platform game comes out on Switch, so long as features are close enough to the same across versions, I see no reason not to buy it on my Switch instead of my PC. I do some occasional traveling by plane, so the portability is a win there. I'm also recovering from cancer and have to sit in a lot of waiting rooms, so again, big win. And I play D&D with friends regularly and we have some in the group that aren't particularly great at being on time, so whipping out the Switch for a little impromptu multiplayer is yet another win. The portability open options up for game-able moments to a much higher degree than these old-school, stationary home consoles. So archaic.

@duddy I'm pretty sure one of the few clear things they've said about Switch's online service is that chat and setting up games with friends will all be handled through an app on your phone. So that means every game, not just Splatoon 2. It seems a bit odd to me. I mean, I know a lot of kids have phones these days, but I don't plan on giving my kids phones until they're a bit older, so what about kids that don't have phones? I don't know. I don't like it.

@Toph6661 I'm with you. I went full digital on my Wii U and loved the ease of use that it brought, but I tried out fewer games knowing that I wouldn't be able to buy a used copy and then trade it in. I'm torn.

Well, this isn't the full technical specs I was hoping to see. I'd love to know more about the Tegra chip in use and RAM. Not that I'd judge the console for it. I'm getting one. That's already decided. But I'd still enjoy knowing.

@ottospooky That's definitely the possibility that I was trying to ignore. I'm hoping that's not what this means.

@Anti-Matter Are you serious? A) Your point comes from a complete lack of real understanding, and B) your analogy is super flawed. A) You've never experienced HD rumble. I've never experienced HD rumble. But those who have say it's a game-changer and is a big deal. B) Sauce is incredibly important on pizza! Don't be crazy!

I think that's absolutely rubbish perspective on the games. Why was the purpose of the Switch version to be the exact same experience as Wii U? They didn't do that with Twilight Princess, nor should they have. If the system has interesting features, add them. I just don't understand why they would want the game to be the same. It sounds like them covering their butts because they didn't want to put any extra man-power into the HD rumble. Don't be a politician, Aonuma.

This is really too bad. I would absolutely buy this on my Switch.

I am totally buying the crap out of this game.

This, boys and girls, is why you always stick to the teleprompter during a live, scripted broadcast; especially when it involves live translation. Not cool dude. Not cool.