Be Excellent To Each Other

Hnnnnggghghhhhhhh!!!!

Plsplspls

Oh man, if they release Animal Crossing for the Switch I would be all over it like a rash.

Mimi have you played Stardew Valley? It's kinda like a Harvest Moon / Animal Crossing spin off. More Harvest Moon like than AC but a fantastic little game

I kind of hope they don't bring out a new AC, since I'm still religiously playing the last/current one on the 3DS.

I'm stupidly attached to the people in my town, and have about six there who've been there since I started it, and I love them so much I don't let them leave.

I'd be all for a new AC if you could transfer over the town though, and the characters.

That turned awfully sinister.

I'm guessing, this bit:

I haven't! I know of it, but have never actually played. I think my first game of the ilk was The Adventures Of The River King in game boy... or Maybe Aninal Crossing, which I imported a year or two before they released it here... I've played loads of the Harvest Moon games, but my favourite one was the GC one where I starved my goat (RIP Goat), but I'm still kind of turn up about that. Sorry, Goat

Holy fuck.

Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle is Mario Xcom?

Where the fuck has this come from!?

I'm astonished but also amazed. I don't care much for Xcom etc but I'm super happy for those who are.

Well, doesn't look like there's any AC news. No Swtuch for me. My face has a sad.

Nintendo typically announce a game or two in their later E3 Streams.

Or just set trailers loose into the world like the 3DS 2d Metroid that they just let the trailer out for with nothing - unlike the 50 second trailer which is a space floating 4 for Metroid Prime 4

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/13/15793 ... ds-e3-2017

Mario looks amazing

And the world feels like a better place already. Fuck trump, fuck brexit. Here's Mario.

There's nothing quite like Mario, is there?

Luigi is pretty similar

Ron Jeremy.

All the other Marios.

Wario.

Michael Fish.

I'm completing the transition to having the Switch as my main games console.

I've had Sonic Mania on order now since October last year for the Xbox One. I've just cancelled that version and have ordered it on the Switch instead. I've got more chance of playing it as a handheld I reckon.

When are you booked in for the surgery?

Nah, it's the best console I've owned since the Dreamcast. It's great and is making me enjoy games again.

Why do you need surgery?

I'm not sure that I do. Or even if I do, no one has told me.

Very lame trans joke from Bamba. Best to ignore

It's the only way to cancel Xbox live

Eh, it was less about being a transexual reference and more riffing on Vision's implication that deciding to turn on one console rather than another was apparently a process that required a transition at all. So still a lame joke, but possibly not for the reasons you thought.

ETA: though I do like the way he replied to my comment without having the slightest idea what he was replying to.

Yeah, I took it that you thought I needed my head looking at for liking the Switch. Simple as that really. I think we'd all best brush this under the carpet and move on as we've reached the end of the cul-de-sac with this conversation.

Nah man, I wouldn't say that. Nintendo stuff isn't really for me (I only like one of their own IPs and no one picks up a Nintendo console for the third party stuff) but I'd never say someone else is mad or whatever for liking their games.

You might not fit in so well around that place they call 'the internet'

It's all right. He's slagged off Sonic elsewhere here.

I keep looking very hard at Switches. Lack of Bluetooth headphone support [1] is about the last thing I'm clinging to to stop me ordering.

[1] srsly Nintendo wtaf?

I think NOT slagging off Sonic would get you more abuse on the internet these days.

Just carry around yet another thing!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golvery-Blueto ... ag=beex-21

I don't know why you're surprised, Nintendo's love of wires seems to border on the fetishistic.

I thought I'd read that this was possible and indeed it is... Providing you buy another little box and lead off Amazon.

#onignore

I reiterate my earlier position vis-à-vis wtaf Nintendo

#TIL learned that hashtags are clickable on beex.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2 ... sales-ban/

Gamevice suing Nintendo over allegedly infringing patents they own and using them on the Switch

The article goes onto say that the Switch has been Nintendo's fastest selling console with 5 million sold so far.

Mr Biffo on 6 months with the Switch

http://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/ ... y-mr-biffo

I'm just not interested: There's currently no standout games for my tastes and I'm put off by the technical problems like the pads losing connection, the stand scratching the screen and the latest issue of the warping of the console itself.

I'll happily wait until new Mario and Xenoblade 2 are both released; some other games that tickle my interest and, hopefully, a Switch 2 or XL or whatever dodgy branding Nintendo pull out their arse that sort out the fundamental design problems.

Claiming that the Switch is up there with the 360 is nonsense. The 360 was awesome because the catalogue of games was fabulous, fresh and varied. The Switch just ain't performing in that regard at all.

I agree with Mr Biffo. The Switch is brilliant!

I agree with Mr Biffo , TheVision and Saturnanaialan .....

The Switch *is* brilliant , but there is no killer app on it yet

That would have been Zelda if it did not also come out on the Wii-u
Or could have been Mario Kart 8 ...... if that did not also come out on the Wii-U
Those are the two things i've put most time into on my switch and instead I could have bought a second hand Wii-u , both games and had an extra few hundred quid in my pocket.

Splatoon 2 looks amazing , but again from everything i've seen it is just a modest upgrade to the Wii-u version

We're about 2 months away from Mario which will be brilliant , and may be the push that some people will need to pick one up , but until then its very expensive for what it does , and although I really really like mine its not something I would recommend to everyone

For the tech issues mentioned
I used mine both in and out of the dock , I have no scratches on the screen
I originally had the dock slightly behind my TV and *did* get the left controller drift problem , I moved it more out to the side and its been fine - so although I'm sure both are legitimate concerns neither is really a show stopper.

I'm curious, if it's best games are available elsewhere for cheaper and there are genuine hardware issues then what currently makes it "brilliant"? That seems like a hard argument.

For me, I don't actually own a Wii U so I haven't been able to experience the likes of Zelda, Mario Kart and Splatoon so the Switch is the first time I've seen them all. There's also more than just those 3 games available for it. Already the online shop has something like over 100 games so there's plenty to pick from. I've got 15 games for mine ranging from the big hits like Zelda through to Neo Turf Masters on the Neo Geo.

As for the hardware issues, I've experienced no problems with it at all. My controllers always connect and stay connected, the screen isn't scratched and the console definitely isn't warping so like a lot of these things, I'm not sure whether it's just internet hype that's exaggerating the issues that a few people have experienced.

As for the console being brilliant, I genuinely think it is. I do a lot of my gaming away from a telly so the Switch is ideal for that. Being able to play 'proper' games on a decent sized screen is ace and the thing itself feels lovely. I may be bias as I've always been a fan of Nintendo (but not enough to buy a Wii-U for some reason?!?) but the Switch is quickly becoming my favourite console.

For me - again I have had Nintendo consoles since the SNES came out , but skipped the Wii-U (and ducked out of the Wii fairly early) so have not played these games before and the Switch is a great way to experience them.

So I'm playing Nintendo games , on a good system , and when Nintendo do what they do it is amazing.
I think the hardware issues are being over exaggerated to a certain extent - no warped consoles / no scratched screen , and if i put the dock and the unit behind my large TV there is interference (sometimes) on one controller - but if i move it a little to the side its fine (so i'll put up with it)

The Switch will have many many great games , but for now its very much a 'you should probably look at it' rather than a definite ' you should get one' until the next batch of games comes out.

If i had a long commute or a lunchbreak where i was stuck at work then I think i would be using it a lot more in that way (which i think would be a big plus for a lot of people)

I use mine on my lunch break pretty much every day so yeah, that helps. I used to play my 3DS a lot too.

I have fond memories of completing Kid Icarus while I worked in a terrible job. That helped me through.

although going back to the NES!

I'm still waiting to see what hardware revisions they come up with in the next few years. I played the Wii U games on Wii U, and I don't mind waiting to see what other device options they offer.

I'd probably be more interested in one that just plugged into a TV (and was cheaper and/or more powerful), or one that was just a handheld (and was cheaper and/or a smaller/self contained unit).

I will definitely by a machine that lets me play new Nintendo games eventually, but I'm not in any rush.