Nintendo Switch (formerly "NX")

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:30

TheVision wrote:

romanista wrote:

Som, switch sort of ordered, is there any friends code list yet?

Mine is SW-5244-9682-7122 but since we're friends on the 3DS, they may carry it over and automatically add me/you.

Updated: i know discovered a friend suggestions TAB where it suggested indeed my wiiU, 3ds, and phone (miitome/mario run/FE) friends..

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:45

romanista wrote:

TheVision wrote:

romanista wrote:

Som, switch sort of ordered, is there any friends code list yet?

Mine is SW-5244-9682-7122 but since we're friends on the 3DS, they may carry it over and automatically add me/you.

Updated: i know discovered a friend suggestions app where it suggested indeed my wiiU, 3ds, and phone (miitome/mario run/FE) friends..

There you go! I thought it was in there somewhere. Good work.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Jesus Christ, Suda is going back to direct another No More Heroes! Yippie! Great trailer too.

Now if only he could revisit Killer 7...

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:11

yeah, some of those (N)indies look tasty, don't they...

i bought tumbleweed now..

BTW, something my kids like: far more is in dutch than was one the WiiU (which was already an improvement on the Wii by far... (and the 3ds is catching up, even translating some older titles like tomodashi after a while)

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:30

romanista wrote:

i bought tumbleweed now..

Tumbleweed is great but isn't it hard? I think so.. Not quite frustratingly hard though (yet).

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:00

I have played about a zillion hours of Zelda and have barely got anywhere. This game is immense (and also I'm shit).

romanista · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2017 16:03

Splatfest. Always great when a game has a special event lije this. Makes you feel it matters

romanista · **Posted:** Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:29

Btw has anybody info on the paid service.. is it per switch or per account?

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:32

I don't think they've announced any details for it at all yet so I don't know.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Super Play returns for a one off

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017- ... ini-launch

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2017 13:33

It seems that the Switch is selling rather well in Japan! This is from Nintendolife.com

Quote:

The PlayStation 4 may be the most popular games console of this generation with over 60 million systems sold since launch, but in Japan the Switch is currently outperforming it by some margin.

According to 2ch (via Kotaku), the Switch has sold almost three times as many systems as the PS4 in the first 26 weeks of sale.

665,760 PS4 units were sold in the first 26 weeks on sale in Japan - nothing to be sniffed at. However, Switch has now shifted 1,527,962 units in the same time frame; it took the PS4 Sony 69 weeks to reach 1,523,471 units. All of these figures are taken from the highly respected Japanese retail tracker MediaCreate.

Of course, Japan is not the world, and the while the Switch continues to sell briskly elsewhere, the PS4 remains dominant. Still, given that Nintendo's console isn't even a year old yet, such data bodes well for the future of the platform

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

There was tons of Switch stuff in Akhibara. No actual consoles, obv, but a huge amount of everything else.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2017 14:09

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

There was tons of Switch stuff in Akhibara. No actual consoles, obv, but a huge amount of everything else.

See! It's even selling well in Scotland!

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2017 14:14

My next console purchase was going to be a Wii U when I found one at the right price on eBay, but I've been wavering a little on that and might just skip it and go for the Switch. Both systems only have a few games I want though, which doesn't help with the decision.

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 15:26

Bought the rabids game... wa splaying it with my daughter greatfun.. the first minioboss level sudden ramps of the difficulty (not that hard, but more that you suddenl;y have to shift from a leisurely pace to thinking..

now unlocked the coop mode.. my daughte rreally loves coop so we'll see

devilman.. just buy a switch.. it's great..

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

devilman wrote:

My next console purchase was going to be a Wii U when I found one at the right price on eBay, but I've been wavering a little on that and might just skip it and go for the Switch. Both systems only have a few games I want though, which doesn't help with the decision.

My next console will be the Switch, the XBox/PS lines just seem totally redundant to me these days, no interest at all.

I wouldn't buy a Wii-U at this stage though, unless you can get one really cheap, there are a handful of truly fantastic games for it but Mario Kart 8 and Zelda are on the Switch as well.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 17:16

As it stands, here are my reasons for three possible consoles -

Wii U - Backwards compatibility so I can ditch the Wii. Smash Bros. Xenosaga
Switch - Zelda (although could get that for Wii U) and it generally seems like an innovative console compared to the PS4/Xbox One. Speaking of which...
Xbox One - Rare Replay and Xbox 360 backwards compatibility

So at the moment, I don't have a huge number of reasons for any of them, which is why I'm holding out for a cheapish one of any/all of the above on eBay.

Oddly, I can't think of a reason to buy a PS4. It was going to be VR, but that's too much of an expense right now.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Quick questions:

Are all WiiU's backwards compatible with Wii discs?

Am I right in saying that certain WiiU's can play GameCube games?

Am I right in saying some Wiis can play GameCube games?

I was wondering about shoving a GameCube disc in both my wii and WiiU but I didn't want the tiny disc to get stuck.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 17:27

Satsuma wrote:

Quick questions:

Are all WiiU's backwards compatible with Wii discs?

Am I right in saying that certain WiiU's can play GameCube games?

Am I right in saying some Wiis can play GameCube games?

I was wondering about shoving a GameCube disc in both my wii and WiiU but I didn't want the tiny disc to get stuck.

As I understand it, no Wii Us can play Gamecube games. I see there's a Nintendont thing to work around it, but it's far from official.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

devilman wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

Quick questions:

Are all WiiU's backwards compatible with Wii discs?

Am I right in saying that certain WiiU's can play GameCube games?

Am I right in saying some Wiis can play GameCube games?

I was wondering about shoving a GameCube disc in both my wii and WiiU but I didn't want the tiny disc to get stuck.

As I understand it, no Wii Us can play Gamecube games. I see there's a Nintendont thing to work around it, but it's far from official.

How's that work then? Sounds like you need to rip it to a big CD rather than just bunging a tiny disc in?

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 17:36

I guess you'd put the image on an SD Card

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Sounds like a lot of work. I'll just get the GameCube out to play some F-Zero then.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 21:28

Satsuma wrote:

Sounds like a lot of work. I'll just get the GameCube out to play some F-Zero then.

Yep, GameCube and Wii U would be the best combination now. Ditch the Wii.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

devilman wrote:

Oddly, I can't think of a reason to buy a PS4.

For the games? It's a crazy idea I know but...

Seriously though, the PS4 has much better games than the Xbone and isn't that supposed to be what it's all about? Fuck backwards compatibility; if you want to play X360 games then just keep your 360.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 22:23

Lonewolves wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

Sounds like a lot of work. I'll just get the GameCube out to play some F-Zero then.

Yep, GameCube and Wii U would be the best combination now. Ditch the Wii.

I'd keep the Wii providing it will play Gamecube games as the Wii Component cable is much cheaper and much easier to come by than the Gamecube version. The games will look better on a Wii with this cable and they'll play exactly the same.

That's what I do anyway.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 22:24

Bamba wrote:

devilman wrote:

Oddly, I can't think of a reason to buy a PS4.

For the games? It's a crazy idea I know but...

Seriously though, the PS4 has much better games than the Xbone and isn't that supposed to be what it's all about? Fuck backwards compatibility; if you want to play X360 games then just keep your 360.

There aren't too many on either format I know for sure that I'd want to get. Previously it was Rocket League, but I just play that on PC now. In time I'll probably end up with them both anyway, it's just a case of which order.

I would keep the 360, but it's on the way out. I was going to replace it with a slim, but as the Xbox Ones slowly come down in price, I'll just get one of those instead.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 22:48

Rocket League is coming out on the Switch... Just saying.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2017 23:48

TheVision wrote:

Rocket League is coming out on the Switch... Just saying.

Nintendo's online multiplayer is not great. I wouldn't be particularly confident it would be a compelling game on the Switch. Although I love the idea.

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 21:20

Not functionality wise, but the connection is often rock solid

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Nintendon't works great for playing Gamecube games on a Wii U. It's not tricky to set up, and yeah you can just play isos from an SD card.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein 2 (the tenth or something Wolfenstein game) are coming to Switch.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:55

I watched the Nintendo Direct last night and there's loads of stuff on there if you like your RPGs. Xeonblade 2 looks ace and there's also a game called Octopath Traveller. It looks absolutely lovely! Just watch the first minute of the video below and try to disagree with me. There was a few things announced for the 3DS including Minecraft which is available now. Is Minecraft more prolific than Doom now?

The highlight of the Direct announcement was easily Mario Odyssey. I can't begin to describe how amazing this looks! There's so much you can do in it and it looks absolutely huge. It's so good that it looks like it'll be challenging Zelda as the best game ever.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:07

I'm rather looking forward to my Switch arriving. Predictably, I've just ordered Binding of Isaac for it.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is giving me conniptions. That'll be the game that makes me run out and get a Switch. Bloody thing has a 1st December release date an' all. Bastards. AND there's talk of potential stock shortages of Switches too this winter too.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:53

devilman wrote:

I'm rather looking forward to my Switch arriving. Predictably, I've just ordered Binding of Isaac for it.

And it's arrived.

One downside of buying second-hand is that the seller has binned the box's inner packaging and instructions (assuming there were some anyway - all the contents were just bubblewrapped in the box), but not to worry.. I'm up and running on it and so far, it's a lovely bit of kit. It feels a little small in my fat hands (fnar), but everything seems very impressive. Unfortunately I don't have time to actually play a bit of Zelda till later.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

New trailer

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:21

Had one playthrough of Binding of Isaac earlier. It's not really much different to the Steam version in all honesty, but it's an alternative to when I want a break from Zelda, and it'll no doubt spark off my addiction to the game again.

I'm tempted to buy a cheap third party pad though, as I'm not sure how the Joy-Con would hold up to hundreds of hours of use, particularly as Isaac is heavy on the thumbsticks.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

devilman wrote:

I'm tempted to buy a cheap third party pad though, as I'm not sure how the Joy-Con would hold up to hundreds of hours of use, particularly as Isaac is heavy on the thumbsticks.

If you do let me know what you think , i've been looking at the wired ones which are around 20-25 or so on Amazon / Argos for an alternative to the built in ones.

It *does* work with the 8-bitdo pads and I have two of them but those are better for SNES style stuff rather than Zelda

romanista · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2017 20:10

these? https://www.gearbest.com/video-game/pp_ ... gJFDfD_BwE

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 14:27

For those wanting another controller for their Switch, Amazon have this officially licensed wired controller today for £23.99

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hori-Nintendo- ... stabarg-21

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 14:29

Wasn't it always that price? I think it was showing when I looked last week. Anyway, thanks for the reminder, as that was the one I'd decided on but forgot to actually order it.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 14:41

Not sure about the price as I got that off @postabargain off Twitter but I've had a quick look and it seems like a good controller! Well worth £24.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 14:53

I bought Wonderboy over the weekend and started playing it today.

It looks absolutely lovely and the void between retro and modern graphics is massive. It's a joy to switch between the two. I'm looking forward to getting into this more.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 15:19

vostox now

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017- ... -to-switch

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 15:24

I've just read that Zero Gunner 2 is coming out on the Switch soon. This is a shoot em up that was formally only available on the Dreamcast in Japan. It's a great game and seems to be perfect for the Switch.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 15:53

TheVision wrote:

I bought Wonderboy over the weekend and started playing it today.

What button fires the MIND BULLETS?

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Sep 25, 2017 15:55

Grim... wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I bought Wonderboy over the weekend and started playing it today.

What button fires the MIND BULLETS?

I see what you did there... Good work.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2017 13:05

i bought Golf Story.. It's sensible golf.. but good!
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017- ... ory-review

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2017 16:00

I completed Wonderboy last night so today, I’ve started playing Golf Story.

So far the game is an absolute delight! It looks funny and has bags of character. I can’t wait to get into it more.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2017 16:53

TheVision wrote:

I completed Wonderboy last night so today, I’ve started playing Golf Story.

So far the game is an absolute delight! It looks funny and has bags of character. I can’t wait to get into it more.

I enjoyed the brief stint I've had with it, but I need to get some more time to play it properly. I'm not sure I've figured out how the game shows you the maximum distance a shot will travel or you'er just supposed to judge by eye.

I can't work out which game I've played in the past it reminds me of. I'm wondering if it might be GBA Mario Golf, but my memory on that is very hazy.

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