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Then why the hell does the Switch have no browser, no streaming apps, no entertainment whatsoever?!

NGYES!
Good thing I didn't pledge for the Genki yet, because... there's already something that does the job perfectly!

I ordered this one last week and got it today.

It works on the go, even when my Switch is sitting in my Hori Playstand.
And it also works docked via the USB-cable that comes with it.
No need to wait for the Genki or to pay extra for their USB adapter.

Looks interesting, but why wheels?

‘I want to play with this tablet, this gamepad for the Wii U, but as soon as I get more than 30 feet away it disconnects.’

I never felt like this. IMHO anyone who did just didn't understand how it works. The Wii U was a genuine stationary console, not a handheld disguised as a so-called hybrid. You weren't supposed to take the Wii U Gamepad that far away because it's a stationary device for Iwata's sake!

I really hope it's XCX2.
XC2 was just underwhelming in comparison to XCX...

Are you kidding me?
That means I'd have to get a new Switch, at least if it features stronger hardware and better/more features (like longer, high-quality video sharing/streaming, browser, apps, etc.).
It would also be the ultimate proof that this is a handheld and not a stationary console or a hybrid (which it never really was) - because Nintendo only does that for its handhelds.
IMHO, if they're introducing new hardware, it should be a real stationary console that can use the Switch's as an additional computing unit.

But are we even sure this is not just an unfounded rumour?

@Damo And what does Donkey Kong (that's where the link in your first sentence is pointing to) have to do with it?

No thanks. I'd love to play in VR but this is not the solution.

Any game can work in VR, you just have to modify it a bit.

Wow!
For once, Nintendo Life actually reports the news on the day it happened and not the day after.

@nintendobynature @Captain_EO
So you're saying it's even worse than I thought and they have been clickbaiting people with this on a regular basis?
Repeatedly doing a shady thing doesn't make it okay or justified. It's still wrong and should be called out.
Doesn't really surprise me though, NL have ditched any journalistic or moral standards in the past year.

@justin233
Well Nintendo Selects exists since 2011, so I'm not sure how you could not have drawn that conclusion.
The term 'Nintendo Life Selects' obviously refers to that. And adding 'eShop' to the title makes it sound even more like a discount-related matter. Because why else put 'eShop' there if it's not about purchases and prices? It doesn't even serve as a distinction because every single Switch game is on the eShop.

So it's an obvious ruse and not the first example of clickbait on NL. They're constantly doing this, as are other sites. And they're trying to justify it by calling it 'online marketing'.

I don't see the problem.
Just because I've got a backlog of games that I haven't got time to play/finish doesn't mean there can't be new games that I want to play more than those in my backlog.
It's just a matter of priority.

@Ryancraddock

Wow, what a misleading headline!
'eShop Selects' suggests there is some kind of discount involved, as there has been a famous line of 'Nintendo Selects' titles that were sold with a heavy discount on a permanent basis.

Instead, the reader only finds a list of recommendations.
This one of the most shameless cases of clickbait I've ever seen on NintendoLife.

I don't get the obsession with this unofficial character.

Makes sense. Heck, if the games are good and the price is right, I might buy the Oculus Quest one day. I've been thinking about getting a Rift at some point anyway.

@ReaderRagfish VR is usually used indoors...

Great review, especially liked the two-part conclusion! 👍

That's probably the most unremarkable record I've ever heard of.

This was one of my favourite Wii U games, so I'll definitely buy it again, especially if price is the same as before.

@Saego Yeah he also wore a Majora's Mask shirt on E3 or something shortly before MM3D was announced.

Miyamoto has done the exact same thing (wearing a specific t-shirt prior to the unvealing of a new big game), so I'm fairly certain this isn't a conincidence.

@ryancraddock

I was surprised to see this being reported as news today as it was already announced on September 13 by the developers...

Well that makes sense, they just don't stand a chance against Nintendo dominating the portable market with two devices.

Didn't know that random transactions on ebay are newsworthy nowadays.
Well to whom it may concern, I recently purchased a controller adapter on ebay.

This is a very sick joke and anyone who isn't joking about this is clearly deranged.

Wow, these are looking really great!

I don't know Jet Set Radio but this is the Closest you'll get to Hover on the Switch.

What google-based servers? Nintendo's online games are not server-vased, they use P2P.

But it's normal in software development that a few users will encounter bugs that the majority has never seen. They're called edge cases.
The problem is that China has such a huge population that 'a few' can easily mean a (in other contexts) significant number of users.
And since the internet is known to amplify those that scream the loudest - usually people who have a problem to complain about - it's probably blown out of proportion.

I mean, just look at the article. It uses vague and untrustworthy descriptions like 'it appears' or 'believe' and is based on tests of a few normal users - they're not professional testers.
How about sticking to the facts instead of making wild assumptions?
Note that even my post is only based on assumptions because there is no reliable data to prove or disprove these alleged problems at this time.
That's what you get when you spread wild guesses instead of hard facts.

Finally someone is saying something!
These issues are definitely fixable, so as a Splatoon player it's really baffling for me how Nintendo didn't anticipate this and solve it beforehand.
Thanks for pointing it out. @Dazza

@Almighty-Koz Yeah I can imagine. Sounds awful. It would probably discourage me from playing those games ever again (that was the case with other games before, at least).

Really? It's just a small hangbag that adds nothing other Switch bags don't already have.
I'm amazed how many try to rip people off by adding the 'Switch' label ordinary products (microSD cards, powerbanks and now bags).
And worst of all, Nintendo Life help these scammers by writing advertising articles like this one.

Nice!
Apart from the fact that I don't care about NES games...

Unless for those games where it really matters like Splatoon2.
Looks like I'll never have peace of mind regarding my Splatoon progress...

Yes, finally!

Does it have gyro controls?
If not, the game is dead to me.

And how is this surprising or even newsworthy?

Next thing you know NL will publish articles about the fact that you can use smartphones for phone calls...

@FoyGlen

"make sure they're backed up"

But how? Nintendo won't let us make back-ups of our savegames as we could on the Wii and Wii U.

It's already brazen to put online play behind a paywall (especially without any real, crucial benefits or improvements).
But what makes it even more ridiculous is creating exceptions from that for F2P games.
Nintendo are basically admitting that the subscription fee is completely arbitrary.

Yoshi's Labo World.

A collection of pictures with barely any text doesn't qualify as an article, let alone journalism.
What happened to NL?

Hm?
There already was a FF on the Wii so obviously there were no differences to resolve between the two companies.
Why are NL resorting to alternative facts now too?

@pbb76 Playgrounds is not a sim and NBA2K18 was already included (hence why I wrote NBA2k).
But it doesn't really count anyway because it's the direct predecessor and from the same game series (the next game in the series will always be the best game).

Uhm... NBA2k is automatically the best bball sim on the Switch because it's the only one. Therefore it's not an achievement.
Are NL trolling us?

How "surprising" given that we already knew that through the datamine.
Recently, Nintendo Life is doing anything but reporting the news.
And basic journalistic principles don't seem to have any significance here either so maybe it's time for a new Nintendo news site that can be taken seriously...

@flapjack-ashley I'm not saying NL should necessarily stir things up again, but 'Sticking With Nintendo In "Difficult" Times' is a straight-up lie and the opposite of what happened.
I really like Ubi but I expect a journalist to call them out for historical falsification.

While I totally agree about the underlying problem, I wouldn't say save-scummers necessarily had an advantage over other players.
A non-save-scummer might have got the desired gear via random chance while a save-scummer still had to live with subpar gear.
Of course the opposite also happened but I don't think it had an impact if you consider the whole Splatoon population.

Yeah savescumming in FM is just reloading a savegame because you can save any time (expect during a match). ^^

There might be sections of certain games where I can understand not being to save in between (like going through an obstacle course or something), but other than that, I'm absolutely in favor of saying anywhere, like in BotW. I hate looking for save points, especially when I just want to close the game and do something else.

Games that constantly autosave are also fine though. Rise of the Tomb Raider really was a positive surprise in that regard. In the beginning I fell down the cliffs every step of the way but luckily the game saved after every step. ^^

@NEStalgia Of course there may be scenarios where both things might overlap, I don't deny that. But imho players should be given as much freedom as possible.

Splatoon is a good example. I sometimes used savescumming on the Wii U when rerolling a piece of gear (for the umpteenth time) gave me something completely different than I wanted. Those damn snails are so previous!

But to give more context, I believe that was completely justified, because when you've played the game for several hundred hours (in my case >600 hours) and after countless rerolls you still weren't able to get the gear you want, what's even the point of playing?
One of my main goals in my personal Splatoon 'narrative' was getting the perfect gear for my playstyle and then playing more ranked with it. But the system was so broken that I eventually had to savescum - and even then I didn't get what I want.

Creating the perfect gear was really one of my main motivations (apart from improving my ranks) to play Splatoon every day so it was very important for my enjoyment of the game.
Luckily they fixed the whole gear system in Splatoon2.

I never used savescumming to regain a rank I lost though because that would be cheating. But even if people did that I absolutely agree that it's still Nintendo's fault for not storing online profiles online... I mean come on, who does that?!
Besides, one shouldn't forget that savescumming was an arduous process, it took quite a long time to copy and load savegames just to redo one reroll. So that made sure people wouldn't exploit it too often.

Meanwhile, in Football Manager 18 I sometimes use savescumming because of the narrative I have planned for that season or part of the season. If things go terribly wrong, I might reload an earlier save etc.
And that's a perfect example for a game where savescumming is really completely harmless.

I was definitely going to (and probably still will) buy this, but since the No Man's Sky fever has been gripping me recently I'm not sure I'd have time or even need Starlink anymore...

Seriously?
I mean, I agree with most of what's being said in the article, but are Ubisoft really pretending all that stuff with Rayman Legends (finished Wii U exclusive was pushed back last-minute for half a year to make it multiplatform) and ZombieU (exclusive Wii U game was later ported terribly to other platforms) never happened? Or how they supported the console at the start and then quickly abandoned it, even going so far to not release an already finished Wii U game?

And why is there no mention of this in the article @ryancraddock ?
Again, I don't have any issues with Ubisoft currently, I actually enjoy quite a few of their games.
But I expect a journalist to mention this kind of criticism, even in an otherwise positive article. Otherwise it's not even journalism anymore...

@Frendo Because that would be a terrible idea. Please let the Splatoon IP alone!

@NEStalgia Haha ok, I actually didn't know that!
I assumed the Pocket Edition was its own thing, but now that you mention it, the numbering should've given me a hint that it's a remaster of FFXV. ^^

Makes me wonder why they didn't port FFXV directly then... but I guess it was easier this way or something.

Yeah, why even bother making proper games anymore when it's become acceptable to port mobile games?

That's not cheating, that's save-scumming. A totally different thing.
The goal of cheating is to give you an unfair advantage.
The goal of savescumming is to be in control of your personal game experience - or even its narrative.

There is no valid reason to have the cloudsave feature disabled.
Cloudsaves should be enabled, period.