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[DrROBschiz]

Three hundred and ninety nine US dollars.

Silly Walmart

Nice that they are doing preorders though

Should be a reliable backup place to get one if shit gets rough

 

[butman]

I dont understand the thread title

It's fine. OP is giving philosophical attributions to a videogame console.

 

[DecoReturns]

LOL Walmart

Thats almost 9000 mexican pesos.

My headline: "Switch is 9000 dollars"

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Absolutely. The fact that a lot of people are sleeping on it amazes me. Nintendo's done a 180 from where they were with the Wiiu. Just like the original Wii this is aiming for an inclusive environment with multiple people.

It's just one of those wait and see if it catches on thing.

For many of us old fogey's, it's moot as a lot of us don't have real life local friends that are still gamers and/or we just don't have any interest in getting together and playing games with the limited time we do get with friends given busy work/family lives.

But it could be something that catches on and is big among the younger crowd like Goldeneye, Mario Kart etc. on N64 and things like Tekken and other fighting games, were back when we were in college and having late night gaming sessions with friends in our dorms/apartments.

 

[IntelliHeath]

I dont understand the thread title

A quote by Greek Philosopher and Scientist, Aristotle.

It meant an excellent life always contains a small dose of madness.

NintendoGAF is all about madness! ;P

 

[Deleted member 752119]

I still don't think we'll see a "deluxe" SKU, but I wouldn't doubt that we'll get retailer exclusive bundles. Nintendo seems to love doing that lately.

Retailers also love doing their own bundles for scarce items so they can throw in accessories etc. at jacked up prices.

The recent Gamestop NES Classic bundles with the book, knickknacks, a ? block lamp and other junk being a prime example.

 

[phanphare]

Silly Walmart

Nice that they are doing preorders though

Should be a reliable backup place to get one if shit gets rough

wal mart's a great place to pick up video game stuff because you can pick anything up at midnight

 

[Sesuadra]

Multiplayer being like this is exactly why Pokémon can now be on a home console. Though I do question things. At official competitions, it connects via IR in order to not get hit by signal interference. I wonder how they will get around that

I'd love it if it had StreetPass features in the console, but I honestly am not expecting it

USB C cables?

 

[optimiss]

If Nintendo is serious about VR they should really be using a 2560x1440 panel. That way you get integer scaling for 1280x720 games and a good resolution for simple, but sharp VR as well. We know the X1 can output 4k. Any idea how much a panel of that resolution goes for these days? I assume too much to be included.

 

[Outrun]

A quote by Greek Philosopher and Scientist.

It meant an excellent life always contains a small dose of madness.

NintendoGAF is all about madness! ;P

Indeed, Randy Macho Man Savage is the Patron saint of NintendoGaf.

 

[TunaLover]

Convinient for some maybe but not even a fraction as fun for most

I guess it depends on peoples own experience, in my case I don't have friends that are into gaming like me, or the ones that are into it are PS guys, so my multiplayer session get squandered to playing with family that is not pretty good at gaming, with the consecuence that having to handicap myself to avoid the other get upset or bored.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

It's just one of those wait and see if it catches on thing.

For many of us old fogey's, it's moot as a lot of us don't have real life local friends that are still gamers and/or we just don't have any interest in getting together and playing games with the limited time we do get with friends given busy work/family lives.

But it could be something that catches on and is big among the younger crowd like Goldeneye, Mario Kart etc. on N64 and things like Tekken and other fighting games, were back when we were in college and having late night gaming sessions with friends in our dorms/apartments.

I get it. I was in college for the goldeneye days. So my online gaming is the only way I'm playing with my friends nowadays. But it's still a good idea. As you said especially for the younger crowd but also with a lot of the get together's or what not. My wife wants to get into gaming with me but she's not really into the complex controls so something around this would probably be a little bit easier to manage.

 

[Frodo]

The hype is starting to get to me.




I hope Nintendo delivers with Zelda. That has been the only thing in gaming that has got my interest for the last few months.

 

[GameplayWhore]

The later years of the Wii were bad. But I feel way more burned by the Wii U tbh.

I definitely stopped playing the Wii U pretty early, whereas I still played the Wii after I replaced it (and now I finally have Dolphin to re-play my games, so that sometimes happens). But it's hard for me to gauge how much of that is the system, as (A) Homebrew Channel dramatically increased the go-back value of the Wii for me, whereas the Wii U didn't get similar treatment until much later (like... recently, right?); and (B) I've been into a relationship the past four years and that makes home gaming more awkward.

In fact, part "B" is a thing that specifically gets alleviated by the Switch (much more than by the Wii U, although that console's design did make a go at it).

 

[DecoReturns]

If they don't show Fire Emblem I will leave a very nasty youtube comment.


Then they'll be sorry

 

[go_straight]

quoting myself since no one seems to have seen my post but I think it's rather relevant. There are people who can't watch the event live and will watch it later and don't want to know things.

do we have a no spoiler thread for people in europe who don't hear their allarm clock?
we should have one.

 

[RampagingSoul]

If they don't show Fire Emblem I will leave a very nasty youtube comment.


Then they'll be sorry

If they do show it, it'll be an announcement that it's coming or a teaser at the most.

 

[Lgndryhr]

I am unable to find the switch on brickseek in the walmart inventory checker. Will ask a friend to check the store database later today to see if this corporate or local to store.

Edit: The sku on walmart.com is 4646529, but brickseek shows nothing. My friend said he was told by electronics dept that Wal-Mart will start presells Friday.

 

[jmizzal]

LOL Walmart

DOA Nintendo never learns, might as well get a PS4 Pro

Lol you know how it goes

 

[Diprosalic]

quoting myself since no one seems to have seen my post but I think it's rather relevant. There are people who can't watch the event live and will watch it later and don't want to know things.

Just bookmark the youtube livestream page.
A thread is completely unncessary

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

The problem being there's a ton of mass-market titles that wouldn't be playable using those controller fobs (or joy things, whatever you want to call them). You'd need a steady stream of titles to make it a selling point. It potentially would be coasting by on Mario Kart and Smash Bros for months.

 

[TunaLover]

If they don't show Fire Emblem I will leave a very nasty youtube comment.


Then they'll be sorry

There will be a Fire Emblem, and it will be the most ambitious in the serie released yet.

 

[frankie_baby]

quoting myself since no one seems to have seen my post but I think it's rather relevant. There are people who can't watch the event live and will watch it later and don't want to know things.

Just stay up for it, nobody ever looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep

 

[metalslimer]

I think the max bundle Nintendo would make is 299 at launch until they see how things go

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

We got switch marketing materials at the eb games I work at on Monday.

 

[GameplayWhore]

If Nintendo is serious about VR they should really be using a 2560x1440 panel. That way you get integer scaling for 1280x720 games and a good resolution for simple, but sharp VR as well. We know the X1 can output 4k. Any idea how much a panel of that resolution goes for these days? I assume too much to be included.

I imagine that having a 1440p screen would also dramaticallly reduce battery life, possibly to the point of making it a nonviable system unless they made it much thicker with a heavier battery. So it's not just the price alone that dictates their choice here.

 

[Its Quite Toasty]

We got switch marketing materials at the eb games I work at on Monday.

the same old switch with zelda march ones?

 

[DrROBschiz]

DOA Nintendo never learns, might as well get a PS4 Pro

Lol you know how it goes

Its gotta be a Placeholder or huge retailer bundle

Either way if Walmart doesnt sell the standalone Switch then... getting it there might be off the table unless the bundle is amazing

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Just stay up for it, nobody ever looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep

Lol.

Someone lived a pretty sad life if they spend any amount of time looking back at staying up to watch a video game console reveal presser from Japan, so I'm not sure that's such a compelling argument.

 

[TunaLover]

The problem being there's a ton of mass-market titles that wouldn't be playable using those controller fobs (or joy things, whatever you want to call them). You'd need a steady stream of titles to make it a selling point. It potentially would be coasting by on Mario Kart and Smash Bros for months.

Skyward Sword HD, No More Heroes 3, Okami 2, and pointer support for all those FPS would be a good start.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Did an insider say something about Metroid on Switch ? Sorry the thread is moving so fast. Also anything else leaked in the past few days ? Thanks.

 

[Diprosalic]

the same old switch with zelda march ones?

Nah the updated one with Zelda in 2018.

 

[CharminUltra]

LOL Walmart

Triggered.

To be fair, I'd be down for a $400 bundle depending what comes with it...

 

[KHlover]

Finally done.

 

[koss424]

DOA Nintendo never learns, might as well get a PS4 Pro

Lol you know how it goes

you made a very confident post based on zero information.

 

[DecoReturns]

you made a very confident post based on zero information.

I think they are joking

 

[AdanVC]

We got switch marketing materials at the eb games I work at on Monday.

You just don't write something like this and not share more info. Does they have info we don't know yet at least like the price or release date??

 

[Its Quite Toasty]

Nah the updated one with Zelda in 2018.

damn thats a shame

 

[Lgndryhr]

I am unable to find the switch on brickseek in the walmart inventory checker. Will ask a friend to check the store database later today to see if this corporate or local to store.

Edit: The sku on walmart.com is 4646529, but brickseek shows nothing. My friend said he was told by electronics dept that Wal-Mart will start presells Friday.

My friend verified this is a placeholder price in wal-mart system. It also lists launch date as March 17th.

 

[TunaLover]

Man, I'm think I won't be able to see it directly :c, and old girl friend call me and invite me to her place tonight, worst fucking timing ever, she had like 3 months free to call me and decide this fucking night... :c

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Skyward Sword HD, No More Heroes 3, Okami 2, and pointer support for all those FPS would be a good start.

I meant to quote the LONG post regarding local multiplayer on one screen.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Ehhh I'd say atleast 20gb average depending on the game. Much larger for some but maybe as low as 10gb for some of Nintendo's first party output.

That's more than most Xbone or PS4 games.

SD card use for phones is pretty niche, the majority just use their internal storage

Is it? I know it's an Apple no-no, but I thought it was pretty normal for Androids.

 

[psyfi]

The thought of possibly playing BOTW in two months is so exciting. I've been dreaming about an open world 3D Zelda since at least 1996.

 

[ChanoMarrano]

I'll continue to try to "force" the discution

Multiplayer on the go seems to be the biggest feature of the console. Outside of 2 player on the same screen, it does appear that two consoles can be used to play 2v2 versus, using a simple ad-hoc connection.
I'm intringued by the splatoon part, where 4 friends play localy against an online team.
Wonder if nintendo will add some sort of envolved "street pass" features to the whole experience.

Anyways, once more, I fully expect the oficial presentation to be heavily focused on the "real life" social aspect of the switch, and am willing to bet my hat that most of the big reveals will be based on that.

Mmm...

So, Mario Kart is going to bring local multiplayer with 12 or more players at the same time, right?

 

[Graphics Horse]

A quote by Greek Philosopher and Scientist, Aristotle.

It meant an excellent life always contains a small dose of madness.

NintendoGAF is all about madness! ;P

I noticed the first three words began with NES and got lost trying to make sense of the rest

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Man, I'm think I won't be able to see it directly :c, and old girl friend call me and invite me to her place tonight, worst fucking timing ever, she had like 3 months free to call me and decide this fucking night... :c

I'd rather spend the night with Kimishima.

 

[frankie_baby]

That's more than most Xbone or PS4 games.

Is it? I know it's an Apple no-no, but I thought it was pretty normal for Androids.

Common to have a slot but i don't think most people use it

 

[7roject28]

I imagine that having a 1440p screen would also dramaticallly reduce battery life, possibly to the point of making it a nonviable system unless they made it much thicker with a heavier battery. So it's not just the price alone that dictates their choice here.

Maybe that's why the battery is rumored to be bad in the first place!

 

[dezzy8]

Man, I'm think I won't be able to see it directly :c, and old girl friend call me and invite me to her place tonight, worst fucking timing ever, she had like 3 months free to call me and decide this fucking night... :c

Hit, roll over and Watch press conference. Unless you goin all night.

 

[maxcriden]

Ah, it's fine. Actually the more the merrier, if I think it through. I will still be able to enjoy 45 minutes of Switch goodness at home and will be able to keep watching on the bus. Just those 15 minutes between home and the bus are compromised

Thanks!

NP! I hope it exceeds all of your expectations and then some!