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[AmyS]

GREAT COMMUNICATION about what Switch is (again) Very deliberate, obviously.

 

[Omega Kirby]

300 paid online lmao

 

[Brashnir]

Paid online is console standard, so it's not necessarily a killer

It is if they don't up their game about 500-fold

 

[mugwhump]

$300 and paid online

My hype is dead right now

 

[Ashodin]

DID YOU SEE THE STUFF INSIDE THE JOYCONS?

MARIO KART!!!!

 

[leehom]

$249 I would be in, but $299 and paid online, nope. First Nintendo system I won't own since the NES.

 

[mellow]

not super shocked about paid online, Microsoft and Sony have shown that consumers will just accept it

 

[daebo]

Man, with Xbox Live, PSN and now Nintendo, fucking 180 bucks a year for online services :/

 

[Vamphuntr]

HOLY SHIT THEY'RE MAKING YOU PAY FOR NINTENDO'S TERRIBLE ONLINE SERVICE

Haha that pic is great.

 

[Gotdatmoney]

Paid online for Nintendo is awful.

 

[devonodev]

This is already better than expected and they haven't even shown games yet

 

[Linkstrikesback]

If the online is paid it better be HUGELY improved over the Wii U/3DS infrastructure...

It's 2017. They better realise this means they're expected to give games out monthly top as part of a paid online subscription, like both competitors.

 

[BFIB]

$299 when you can get deals for One S at $230 with games included. This is the stuff that baffles me with Nintendo. I'm guessing the tablet cost is why this is higher.

 

[sikkinixx]

they didnt even translate the prerecorded portions... come on man. this feels so slapdash.

yeah no doubt.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

They keep saying "home console"...

 

[serenewarfare]

The online service isn't even launching with the system. lol

It is. But it will be free.

 

[SmackAttack]

$300 is fine and we know nothing of Nintendo Online so why so negative? Could very well be worth it.

 

[AwakenedCloud]

Gamecube got bodied with a handle!

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Cant get too mad at paid online at this point. We made that shit standard.

Companies that know what they're doing made it standard. Nintendo has never given any indication that they could deliver even 1/2 of what their competitors offer.

 

[broncobuster]

Hey, Mario Kart has antialiasing!

 

[tayls129]

Is $50 seriously stopping you guys from getting the system? Not ideal, but I mean...com'n. It's the new Nintendo console.

 

[Stilton Disco]

300 bucks is a big old fuck up if this is weaker and gets less support than the Xbox One. They'd also better be offering some 'free' games if they're going down the paid online route.

Regionfree is good though, even if it should have been standard by this point.

 

[MulderYuffie]

Nintendo needs to have a better handle on their account system before I pay for online...

 

[shadowkat]

Didn't they say 299.99 in NA? Specific shoutout to Canada. Maybe they do 299 in Canada as well?

I highly doubt that.

Would be nice though.

 

[Cindro]

"Typical video game style," awww yiss

 

[Gutek]

To chat or use the friend list I have to go through a mobile
App? Did I hear that right?

 

[What A Time To Be Alive]

Im fumin nintendo already got me fucked up

 

[PdotMichael]

Lol $300 for a brand new console is really not that bad.

It is if you get more powerful consoles for less.

 

[DangerMouse]

NO REGION LOCK??? That's amazing!

The one full positive so far. Good stuff.

 

[Zarill]

They're so small tho

 

[carlsojo]

lmao as soon as they said paid online i knew there'd be meltdowns on gaf

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

i guess they were burned out by people not understanding the wii u

understandable lol

 

[Hari Seldon]

I'm not paying for fucking nintendo shitty ass online lol. I will wait for a price drop for Nintendo 1st party.

 

[Effect]

That Mario Kart looks super sharp!!!

 

[zethren]

This is already better than expected and they haven't even shown games yet

Yep. Folks in here are nuts.

Paid online is lame though.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

paid online sounds crazy

especially for pokemon and stuff

hope they'll at least do like sony and have some things not require the paywall. things like wonder trade

 

[airmangataosenai]

At least it's region free........

It isnt region free. Listen to his wording carefully.

 

[Kouriozan]

I saw new battle mode!!

 

[labx]

is 300 a lot? The ps4 pro is 400, Am I wrong?

 

[Wandering Robot]

Guess I won't be playing Nintendo games online unless they do something about that
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Mr. RPG]

Nintendo needs to have a better handle on their account system before I pay for online...

Yeah, I agree. :/

 

[samar11]

I thought they would have english translation, disappointed!

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

It sounds like the translator is making fun of him...

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'm still shocked @ paid netplay

 

[Rncewind]

That Hardware for 300 $ + nintendo online paid

rip

 

[casiopao]

Mode to play.^^

 

[nny]

That GAFfer made that Nintendo console image, right?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Bona fide Mario Kart battle mode.

 

[Murugo]

BATTLE MODE IS REAL AAAAH

 

[IamDodongo]

I'm loving how Japanese this is