chardir

I don't mind leaks too much, but NLife definitely shouldn't be reporting on information obtained via hacking. And really, the public demand for leaks just increases the value of people breaking their non-disclosure agreements, which doesn't help anyone.

This isn't really like the 3DS XL though - it's the same size Switch but with what would effectively be a far superior screen. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo took that route.

Sounds excellent, now I will just be disappointed if it turns out there's no mario & rabbids sequel announced

@ATaco From a security point of view it's actually pretty serious. All software has security vulnerabilities but most of those are harmless simply because hackers don't know how to find and exploit them. Once you have the source code you can see exactly how things work and come up with much more targeted hacks.

Is registration actually open? All I get is a page that requires sign-in

There are basically no games that I "definitely would buy" if all I knew was the price and title.

Yikes. All my Wii U discs are crying out in pain.

@steizgr8 "It'll be kicking off at 9am PT (so that's 12pm Eastern / 5pm UK / 6pm CEST)."

The whole list is just "These are the companies ordered by who paid us the most"

Ha, Norton Gaming are not going to be happy with that ranking

Yeah, no. E3 is still 11 days away. We know there will be Nintendo presentations. We don't need to know anything more specific for at least a week.

Ethernet in the dock sounds good. I'm strongly suspecting the Pro is going to have a lot of nice-to-have improvements without significantly upgrading the processor.

Looks intriguing. (Though, for a platformer without jumping there sure is a lot of "propelling oneself upwards at the push of a button" )

"Before E3" would essentially have to be next week, because by the week after that any announcement is blurring into E3 announcements anyway.

These apps are clearly going to be available at 90% discount very soon.

Don't hold your breath. I backed another project which got hit with a copyright dispute but kickstarter are just holding the money and doing nothing they should be doing to resolve it or refund it.

Looks alright to me - the main problem seems to be the plants in them look drab and dying. Pots that size need something bigger and more colourful.

I'm not sure about declaring a golden age but I agree gaming is the cheapest it's ever been, most widely accessible, open to so many more people, with more choice then ever.

@dimi They are already struggling to meet demand. Why would they drop the price?

I think "Nintendo Switch as it enters the middle of its lifecycle" is a pretty significant statement. Even the Wii didn't make it to an 8 year lifecycle. If they really expect Switch to run for another 4 years then they must be planning some kind of hardware "refresh".

Donkey Kong Odyssey is fine by me!

Switch is over 4 years old. Switch Pro/2 is definitely in the works, the only question is when.

Not only is the Switch a handheld and a home console, it's also a tabletop console. So we can count up the Switch's 85m sales with Nintendo's other tabletop console, the Virtual Boy! Giving an amazing 85m tabletop console sales!

It has multiple endings? Does it take 400 days for each one?

Well, I can see it's upsetting but:

a) How much would the storage space effectively have cost for 30 years?
b) The boxes are only valuable specifically because many people haven't kept them, so logically many people have thrown them away.

It's an utter mess. Capitalism has run out of things to sell so needs to sell imaginary things (or more accurately, used electricity).

Sometimes a shelf is just a shelf.

My blunt opinion is that all these games can be played on loads of mainline consoles. Please let's not have more waste electronics destined for landfill.

Is it wrong if I find this much more appealing than any mainline pokemon games?

I'm not sure I like the question. I still want more mainline Mario games, but I don't really care about a lot of the tie-in fluff featuring Mario.

NLife advertising Coke now I see...

@Screen The Switch has a power button on the controller, it just happens to also be the home button.

Pikmin 3 with wii remote, nunchuk and gamepad for the map - it's by far the best way to play.

@ImagineerNik Yeah, people keep saying it's the same as Mario, but the entire head section is different.

@hakjie11 @Mr-Fuggles777 Compare with some pictures of Lego Mario - the nose, moustache and hair are a different shape and the head overall looks a little taller to me. EDIT Plus the jaw and mouth shape are different, it's definitely a different head and hair mould, even if the body is identical.

Won't do F-Zero without new idea. Will do
Mario Kart 8 DX
Splatoon 2
Mario Maker 2
Link's Awakening HD
Skyward Sword HD
Twilight Princess HD
Wind Waker HD
Mario 3D all-stars
Endless "New" Super Mario games
Metroid: Samus Returns

It has an audio jack? So the switch does support bluetooth audio now?

EDIT: I checked the Power A site - "wired controller mode only"

@CheekyZelda Well, if the sticks don't work I'd consider them ruined already. Almost every component is available cheaply online so if you do damage something else it's probably still fixable. (Though it's also worth checking with Nintendo if they'll fix drift for free anyway)

Joy con sticks are easy enough to replace yourself, as is the Switch back cover.

Why is internet speed linked to graphical performance? That seems wrong.

So weird. If it's a joke, then I don't get it, if it's real then why announce it on 1st April and make everyone think it's a joke.

@Giancarlothomaz Switch / Switch Lite / Switch Pro?

Tonight we're gonna party like it's 2017!

@TryToBeHopeful Oh yeah, that's annoying - Nintendo are the only company making their games more expensive after 2 years

This is probably the least limited limited-edition game ever

I hope the new Switch isn't 4k. If it is it'll just be marketing speak and no games will realistically run at 4k, but instead it'll be an excuse to hike the price.

What we need is for everyone to agree on a standard - how about X on the right?

It looks odd. The high res just takes away from the hand-drawn aesthetic which is much of what makes BOTW so beautiful.

Still works out more expensive than buying from CDKeys.com

I haven't played Mario 35 since last year. It was fun, but it's hardly a great loss. Hopefully we'll get a new NSO game soon.