That's how I'm using it. The dock is simply a charger.
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That's how I'm using it. The dock is simply a charger.
jts
...hate me...
I own the console for a few hours (didn't even play Zelda) and man is this thing great.
My gripe is really the lack of software, aside from Zelda.
I really have to get Fast RMX.
I wish there was a competitive local multiplayer traditional controlled game, like a sports game, to play with the Joy-cons sideways.
Didn't test the left joycon exhaustibly but it seemed to work well enough, and the wifi works great which was a relief! 2 or 3 bars always and it tested at about the same speeds as wired in the living room. Cool that the wired setup is completely automatic if you don't want to change any setting and it just "switches" from and to wifi quite fast when you dock it and undock it.
My gripe is really the lack of software, aside from Zelda.
I really have to get Fast RMX.
I wish there was a competitive local multiplayer traditional controlled game, like a sports game, to play with the Joy-cons sideways.
Didn't test the left joycon exhaustibly but it seemed to work well enough, and the wifi works great which was a relief! 2 or 3 bars always and it tested at about the same speeds as wired in the living room. Cool that the wired setup is completely automatic if you don't want to change any setting and it just "switches" from and to wifi quite fast when you dock it and undock it.
I am, might not ever use the dock. Maybe I should sell it.
There is no doubt audio would be better from HDMI out so a better/bigger dac and amp can process it.
What kind of converter do you mean?
I think the reasons there's no 1,2 Switch demo is because 1) a demo would quickly show people that the retail package is not worth its asking price and 2) 1,2 Switch is selling HD rumble hard and they don't want people to download a free demo, experience HD rumble, say "that's cool" and then not buy the game. The game is a price gate for Nintendo's HD rumble showcase.
I went to Bestbuy to get a screen protector to use, while the glass tempered one I ordered arrived. I left with no screen protector (ended up getting a mario case bundle to snag the screen protector from Toys R Us), and these lol.
The Pro Controller feels amazing in my hands.
The Pro Controller feels amazing in my hands.
Hdmi audio extractor to 3.5mm or optical (I have a headphone amp that takes optical).
Do Nintendo games even use uncompressed audio? Feel like the file sizes say otherwise.
Coming from the 3DS the speakers are actually better than I expected. The bigger issue is how pathetic the volume is on the headphone port. Absolutely useless for anything other than stock earbuds and even then it's soft.
Yeah, picked up a 6 dollar official one at the store to get me by. The dock thread made me paranoid.
flipswitch
Member
So in portable mode, pressed the power button and I was already in the 'home' section of the OS in zero seconds. How is this possible. This is going from a completely off state to on and ready in 0 seconds.
ecosse_011172
Junior Member
Switch doesn't support compressed audio (like Wii U) so forget optical.
Starting to wonder when we might get the next round of info on ARMS. It's due out in "spring" so end of May really, and still not much is known outside of the 5 characters and online/offline multiplayer.
Some sort if direct in a few weeks would be nice. I know they're focusing on Mario Kart but they shouldn't wait for that to be out until they push Arms again.
Some sort if direct in a few weeks would be nice. I know they're focusing on Mario Kart but they shouldn't wait for that to be out until they push Arms again.
Well no shit.
sleepnaught
Member
Definitely can barely hear them if there's background noise going on.
I got the official Nintendo case and screen protector. Spent so long cleaning the screen and getting dust off, but so much dust still got under or on the screen protector
I didn't even bother trying. Just threw it in the trash.
Pokemaniac
Member
Because it wasn't off, it was in sleep mode. To fully turn off the system you have to hold down the power button until a menu appears and shut it down from there.
GodfatherX
Member
Playing on our big screen and then swapping to portable to get a few extra hours in is amazing
MaulerX
Member
That's me. Mostly anyway. I finally unpacked the dock yesterday and that was because I bought a USB-C extension cable that I wanted to try so I could just plug with the cable rather than having to dock/undock. I'll probably go 80-20.
I was getting at the fact that it locks in whether you have it on the right way or not is an annoying oversight, but ok
My CCs did not work either so the only way I was able to do it was buying yen eshop codes on Amazon Japan then redeeming them in the eshop.
Same. Loving the Switch more each day.
I have Zelda, Fast RMX, and Shovel Knight, and they're all fantastic in their own way.
Buddy Mcpuddy
Member
No you're just waking it from sleep. To shut down the Switch requires a long button press and a menu selection. The Nintendo and Switch logos display during boot.
That said waking from completely powered down is still fast , I just tested it and it was around five seconds.
I will definitely be going at like 95% handheld and 5% tv mode. I have not even unpacked the dock yet.
70% TV, 30% handheld for me. I only go handheld when someone wants to use the TV.
flipswitch
Member
I'm familiar with shutting it down properly, but I thought it was turned off and not in sleep mode. Oh well.
I'll be using it mostly as a home console. Will be great to have as a handheld when traveling tho!
Does anyone else's parental control app show wrong hour count for time played? It shows about 2 hours off unless it starts counting from when I started downloading the game, which sounds weird.
This is really a none issue for someone like me who uses the parental control app to track my own gaming stats (Oh, no! My, Zelda hour count!) but I guess it could be an issue for actual parental control uses.
This is really a none issue for someone like me who uses the parental control app to track my own gaming stats (Oh, no! My, Zelda hour count!) but I guess it could be an issue for actual parental control uses.
Yes.
StarPlatinumTheWorld
Member
I expected to play docked mode 90% of the time but I've actually been playing handheld 90% of the time instead lol.
Did they mention anything about transferring your save games if they have to replace the unit?
damn, these type of problems should really not be happening for such an expensive device.
Resistance100
Member
Guessing they missed the cut off. Suspect they will be on the Thursday eshop update
Pliny The Elder
Member
I had made a comment to the person on the phone that I was annoyed that I might lose my save files for Zelda because I was quite a few hours into the game, He pretty much said that if my unit were replaced that right now it wouldn't be a refurbished system but a brand new one and that I will most likely lose all my data including my save data.
Same. Though, the second I got it I bought the two joycon pack with opposite colours so that I could have a red Switch, and now I just leave it like that whenever it's in handheld mode.
gingerbeardman
Member
File sizes have no relation to whether sound output is compressed or not.
Shit. While there is no user method to back up saves, I kind of hoped Nintendo CS would have an internal method to do it
Same here. I'm finding I play in table top mode mostly. Have it next to my computer screen and play while browsing.
Yup, have to restrain myself when its bed time though, damn hard to put down
ScientificPizza
Banned
Does the parental control app not record time by game? Is it just a total of that day?
I can't believe they didn't bring over the activity log from the Wii U. It was the best implementation of recording game time I have seen.
I can't believe they didn't bring over the activity log from the Wii U. It was the best implementation of recording game time I have seen.
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