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I liked Mika Pikazo colorful art style, so I'm happy to see this... My most favorite FE art style is still the GBA era though, but this bring a pretty fresh look.

Personally, I don't see them as a direct competitor to Switch. The Steam Deck, however, will be disruptive to the niche portable gaming PC from the likes of GPD and similar companies. They are too small to be able to compete with Steam Deck in pricing, especially as they have different business model as well (just selling hardware).

The Steam Deck won't have much appeal in the very young demographic, which the Switch is pretty much the only option. It seems too heavy for children, you don't want to kill their wrist. It doesn't have much appeal for family time either. It's pretty much a portable gaming PC for young adult (which I'm also one and probably get one when I could).

Another thing for this first gen of Steam Deck is that, they still used X86 architecture. We knew ARM chip with better gaming performance is coming soon, Samsung is working with AMD and Mediatek is working with NVIDIA. This is probably still one or two years away, but the next generation of portable gaming PC with ARM should be the future.

With how popular MH is with portable console in the last generation, it would be crazy for Capcom not to make a fresh entry for Switch. The question is just when it happens...

Min Min for sure

The 512GB Sandisk Extreme were available for $79.99 earlier today, I got one. Samsung Evo Select 512GB is also discounted to $64.99, which is a better deal for Switch as you don't really need the speed from Sandisk Extreme.

Technical shortcoming aside, Sword/Shield is pretty fun for me so far. I enjoyed the wild area, massive improvement in that regard, although without minimap, it is rather easy to get lost.

Glad that it do well.

@SmileMan64 looks like it, starting next week, we will see Pokemon dominating for months to come...

Ring fit adventure is a really a surprise. Announced out of nowhere, but has been selling really well.

Doubt it will come to fruition. There's no way the controllers could attach firmly using just magnet like the design.

I think it's not hard limit... it just won't display more than 9,999. It's more common to do that than setting a hard limit like that. It is probably stored in seconds in the db too.

Speaking from programmer stand point.

Mind... blown.... that is too cool!

This looked really cool, I'm actually impressed. Yet at the same time, feels uncomfortable with the similarity with BotW, down to the design of the monsters. It's a shame, as this looks very polished. They could do more to make it less obvious, the talent is there... I'm just not sure what are they thinking.

I'll be impressed if it's made with Super Mario Maker... lol

Of course there isn't any sane company that will say they are going to stop supporting product they are currently selling.

Switch Pro doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon... still, if Switch Lite indeed use the new SoC that fix hardware flaw that make Tegra so easy to hack, then a silent SoC refresh to the current Switch might be a reasonable expectation. Something like the same Switch model, but a 2019 refresh with new SoC with nothing else changed. The security fix is important, because of course Nintendo doesn't want more hackable Switch on the wild.

Should also mention how Nintendo also list the estimation of battery life playing BotW. It is approximately 3 hours on Switch, and that approximation improved to 4 hours on Switch Lite. This is a realistic scenario they listed and that improvement is around 30%! Hopefully their estimation is correct, because that is quite a significant improvement.

The feature is already there I guess, they just have to make this a seamless experience.

I'll get one. I play handheld exclusively, but hasn't bring the Switch with me outside lately as it's quite bulky. This is perfect for me.

Hopefully the joycon drifting issue is fixed. And I'm quite disappointed with the removal of HD rumble.

@Anti-Matter I'm also Jeffri in game. Haha... Min Min team here from Jakarta, I usually play ranked.

@Anti-Matter hey, maybe we can play sometime. I'm Indonesian too.

Min Min for win win... obviously

The community is definitely small, the scene is quite small too, so there won't be player living solely on competitive ARMS. It already reached the peak on 2018 EVO Japan and Smash n' Splash, then declining ever since. That said, I think what remains, the small community around ARMS, will continue for years to come.

ARMS might never taking a center stage in competition anymore, but people will still arrange a competition on the side. The dedicated community will play it for a long time. Of course that includes me...

And hopefully, a sequel will come, one day.

I preordered the DxM one from Amazon, which can ship globally. I'll only use this for handheld play at home, so would appreciate the added comfort.

@BensonUii last time I saw him this time, he is like 280ish. What a legend! I'm barely level 35... XD

I have a feeling Xcloud might make an appearance on Switch one way or another. That will be a win for both Microsoft and Nintendo for offering 3rd party AAA games and even Microsoft own game for portable play. Nintendo doesn't have the capability to run streaming server like this, so if they had to offer game streaming, it'll be either Stadia or Xcloud. I'm sure Microsoft won't let Google to take that cake...

Nintendo can get profit by limiting these services behind their online subscription. Although game port might be less compelling for 3rd party if this happens.

I'll love this if it has gyro and HD rumble

No ARMS love anymore...

Woah, hope they release the album digitally on Mora.

It's a wireless controller, not sure how it won't be safe for Switch...? I mean, it shouldn't make any contact with the Switch directly, the joycon rail is probably just a piece of plastic to stay attached. Which is also why they have USB-C port to charge, since it won't charge from being attached to Switch. And also make sense to have a strip on the back which should house a cable connecting both ends, because essentially, this is a single controller split into two sections.

It's misleading to say it is a separate knock-off JoyCons connected by a strip, it is a single controller split into two sections to mimic two JoyCons.

Oh, looking nice, I think I'll get this

So they are about to make this like a surprise.... but fans uncovered their intention first. XD

I really need to get into Bravely Second, but I hadn't touch my 3DS in like a year now with all the backlog waiting...

It's not a feature... the audio stream is combined and the video capture only store that combined audio stream in buffer I think. In fact, if it could separate the audio stream for video capture, then that is the feature, while this is limitation.

The other way around I think... more like paying a homage to that particular line

Transparency is a good thing! But as I wanted to play in Japanese voice, I'll have to wait for the patches.

Well, this will be a good marketing I think...

Oops, I have been eyeing for this and missed the day one price. At least still get early bird.

Here is my thought why this is important, the 3.5mm jack from Switch simply sucks. They are noisy and not well isolated, a sensitive IEM picked a lot of hiss and the volume is not strong enough for full size headphone. The Bluetooth adapter that attached to 3.5mm will add latency by the ADC process and will also transmit the noise from the 3.5mm port. The USB audio on the other hand is clean from this issue, as it's only getting digital signal from the Switch.

So I think this is a great solution and nicely designed to sit flush with Switch, also the multi pairing option is a nice bonus. I was hoping to see aptX LL more widely adopted as I don't have any receiver that support one, but I don't have much issue with aptX so hopefully it'll be fine. Other than latency, I also worried about how stable the connection will be, Bluetooth 5.0 support is promising though.

Also on the subject of USB audio, the Switch USB audio only support USB Audio Class 1 I think. Finding a DAC that support it is already a challenge, it's a shame that I can't use a more sophisticated DAC like Chord Mojo there, but I found it to be working with Schiit Fulla 2 and recently with Bluewave GET (a Bluetooth receiver but also works wired as DAC), which is more portable. The music in Switch games deserve a much better audio output, so I constantly looking for a solution on this.

Ooooh, yesss! Finally!

Amazing! I wonder how they hook up the Switch to the wheelchair controller, so it seems to be more complicated than what was seen on the surface.

Personally, I see the ToyCon Garage as the real deal behind the Labo. I hope they will release that separately as eShop download. It'll be really nice to be able to experiment and create stuff with Switch and JoyCons without purchasing the ToyCon set.

I think they are a bit too late to get into mobile, it just too saturated at this point... it might be a blessing though, as their late entry allow them to develop the Switch. They were no doubt will get a lot of success if they got there early, but staying long in mobile is a trouble itself (just see Rovio).

I used Anker Powerline+ USB to USB-C cable when I need to charge my Switch from a powerbank and it's been working fine so far... can charge while playing too and still gain battery slowly. No problem after 5.0 update too.

Nice write up! ARMS community is small but growing right now.

This game needs another review. The game is almost nothing like how it was on release, the roster is up 50% and have a lot more features now. As it seems to be the last major content update, I think it's time for a revisit.

For myself, it's my most played game clocking at 500 hours at least and have been playing competitively (I'm in top 100 in leaderboard). I enjoyed the game a lot and this year, I'm going to start supporting the competitive scene even more, especially in Asia and Australia.

I enjoyed her play style... she's pretty fun. Also the Lokjaw arm is pretty good too.

I'm hyped for the new character, she looked so badass. ARMS is awesome, once you get the hang of it, it became really fun.

Team Min Min ftw!

Rakuten have this and should ship internationally. It's out of stock last time I checked, but I managed to secure 2 sets! And for those wondering if ARMS userbase is active, yes, I believe so. You shouldn't have problem finding matches even in ranked, well, except if you are in Australia.

Nintendo dominations! Also ARMS is back! Happy to see it still selling consistently, although at a lower rate than the monstrous Splatoon 2 and MK8.

ARMS finally gone from the chart, it has a quite good run though. Good Switch number and Pokken start just fine I think for a Wii U port.

Can't wait for this!

A long awaited feature... Well, maybe not that long. I'm going to remap guard and rush button.

Have you guys covered the Japanese ARMS Dashboard already include global ranking? Here it is: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/aabqa/dashboard/ranking/index.html?global-ranking

Hmm... A bot like that will usually get banned from Nintendo. But they might not bother at this point.