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Nintendo Switch Launch Thread: Now you're playing with power; HYBRID POWER!
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Tomorrow in usa, Friday in Europe.
JoshuaJSlone
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NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Does anyone else have right joycon issues or am I putting a bit too much stress onto it on my stress test?
richard_wiggler
Member
Is anyone else getting a weird issue when docked and playing Zelda, where the screen horizontally splits into two frames? It is similar to tearing from the lack of vsync, except when I move the camera side to side, one portion of the screen is sort of lagging behind the other until the split crawls down the screen and it all becomes one frame again. It usually only for a second or two, and doesn't happen too often, but it is annoying. It seems to happen when things get effects heavy.
I haven't tried it on another TV to see if that's where the problem is. Just seeing if anyone else has seen it so I can determine it's a issue with the switch, whether it's software or hardware.
I haven't tried it on another TV to see if that's where the problem is. Just seeing if anyone else has seen it so I can determine it's a issue with the switch, whether it's software or hardware.
I am loving a lot about this console right now.
- Leaving it docked and waking it from sleep mode is so rapid (pro controller). Picking up right where I left off in Zelda within 10 seconds of sitting on the couch is marvelous
- The pro controller's battery life appears to be about 40 hours. How is this possible? It's nuts. And it has no latency even when I am about 25 feet away
- While undocked battery life kind of sucks, it's awesome being able to take this to bed in a cinch, or grab it so my GF has something to occupy her while we take a long drive someplace (she's not one for podcasts like me, so this is a nice situation - she plays with headphones, I listed to Doug Loves Movies / Bombcast)
- The neon model looks so cool. And with the dock it all takes up so little space on my entertainment center . I actually partially hide behind the TV
- Leaving it docked and waking it from sleep mode is so rapid (pro controller). Picking up right where I left off in Zelda within 10 seconds of sitting on the couch is marvelous
- The pro controller's battery life appears to be about 40 hours. How is this possible? It's nuts. And it has no latency even when I am about 25 feet away
- While undocked battery life kind of sucks, it's awesome being able to take this to bed in a cinch, or grab it so my GF has something to occupy her while we take a long drive someplace (she's not one for podcasts like me, so this is a nice situation - she plays with headphones, I listed to Doug Loves Movies / Bombcast)
- The neon model looks so cool. And with the dock it all takes up so little space on my entertainment center . I actually partially hide behind the TV
New windows are expensive.
This has never happened with my Switch, but I have experienced close to what you're describing on my old 360. It was hooked up to a Dell Ultrasharp and turning the monitor off and on again fixed the tearing.
Shovel Knight. The base game alone can last you quite a long time if you're the type to go after achievements.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
My switch is arriving today. No more using my daughters after she goes to bed! I got the Gamestop Online (in-store) Zelda bundle that ships with Shovel Knight, Sniperclips, Zelda, the Zelda season pass and that huge zelda guide.
At that price you might as well get the official Nintendo charger.
But as long as the cable is fine any decent USB-A charger (with 5V/2A or 2.4A) should work. That quick charge one won't charge any faster since the Switch doesn't support it (and in worst case scenario QC over USB-C is a bad thing if something goes wrong). If you want fast charging...the official one is the one to get, or something that can match the spec, but you'll pay more for other (good/safe) options at that power level afaik.
PSFan
Member
Kingdom Hearts Remasters on PS4 and DQVIII on 3DS.
Well, today (3 weeks with the system) I had my first crash / freeze while trying to connect to my wifi network, for some reason it was not connecting automatically then I went to setting searched for wireless connections and tried to connect and after the connection was stabilished the system froze and I had to power cycle the Switch, hope it does not happen again.
RichiRamjag
Member
Just get it fixed. I don't understand why some of you would deal with that tbh.
Outtrigger888
Member
Ya it's the best Lego game, load time were horrible on the wii u, and from the video comparison of the load times the switch still takes almost 60 seconds to load into the game when you boot it up. The interior loading seems really improved though.
Cool. What does it play like? I was thinking of picking up the Jurassic park lego for xbox or ps4 but can't find it on sale!
radio_apeshot
Member
Something strange happened to me last night.
I was playing Zelda and then, when trying to put the system in Sleep mode, the home menu button on the right JoyCon nor the Capture button on the left JoyCon did anything. The buttons did not respond at all. This happened while playing undocked. I docked the system and still the same, I removed the JoyCon from the Switch and still no response.
I undocked the system again just to try and I just couldn't access the menu system at all. All the other JoyCon buttons were ok and I was able to still play the game.
To be able to go back to the home menu and make them work, I had to force-shut down the system by holding the power button on the Switch for some seconds until it turned off. I turned it back on and the home and capture buttons worked as usual.
This has only happened to me once in a 3 week period. Haven't read about this issue here in GAF though. Someone here with the same problem?
Thanks.
I was playing Zelda and then, when trying to put the system in Sleep mode, the home menu button on the right JoyCon nor the Capture button on the left JoyCon did anything. The buttons did not respond at all. This happened while playing undocked. I docked the system and still the same, I removed the JoyCon from the Switch and still no response.
I undocked the system again just to try and I just couldn't access the menu system at all. All the other JoyCon buttons were ok and I was able to still play the game.
To be able to go back to the home menu and make them work, I had to force-shut down the system by holding the power button on the Switch for some seconds until it turned off. I turned it back on and the home and capture buttons worked as usual.
This has only happened to me once in a 3 week period. Haven't read about this issue here in GAF though. Someone here with the same problem?
Thanks.
I've had that happen before with other equipment. One time the connection was't that great between the device and the monitor. The second time, the cable was bad. IN both cases I had to replace the cable, because in the first instance the connector on one end was just bad.
So this is jarring. In the pic below, my launch unit from Amazon is up top. My buddy's unit - also from Amazon - just arrived today and is below. The picture speaks for itself.
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
Pretty sure that won't work too well. You need a charger with USB-C PD not Quick Charge.
Check out the Pixel/XL charger, I grabbed an extra one from Best buy.
richard_wiggler
Member
I don't think a powercycle will help as everything has been at least once.
Alright so it's probably a problem with my setup, I do have the switch going into an HDMI switch, so it could be a fault somewhere in the chain.
Thanks for the suggestions, dudes.
Outtrigger888
Member
It's an open world with a ton of things to do. I believe there's also like 15 or 16 story chapters that are long. If you haven't played Lego games they aren't very challenging but trying to find all the secrets and figuring out how to obtain gold bricks is fun. Watch a review of the wii u version. Also the switch version has co-op which the U version doesn't have.
The other Lego games like Jurassic world aren't comparable to undercover. You can tell they put a lot more time and energy into it.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
It's an open world Lego game. Lots to explore, but don't do all of it at the beginning, as you will need special costumes unlocked through the story mode to access special areas.
The game is a gem of last gen. It's LOL funny too. You will laugh.
So this is jarring. In the pic below, my launch unit from Amazon is up top. My buddy's unit - also from Amazon - just arrived today and is below. The picture speaks for itself.
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
I have two Switches in my household, and both are the same as the top one in your image. I think the "warm" one is either defective or improperly calibrated or something. Maybe Nintendo can patch in a calibration setting?
-shadow-
Member
As far as I know Nintendo doesn't actually calibrate the screens at all, so this happens very often. On the original DS models it was very normal to have two different shades and it was terrible. I recommend your friend trying to get a new one at a store. Because Nintendo as far as I know, will not replace the screen for this.
Karspankey
Banned
So I got my replacement set of amFilm screen protectors today after a botched attempt, but I noticed something weird. The dust removal stickers were not like the ones I previously got, which were little rectangular strips. Instead, I received what is pictured above. A bit confused, I went on with the process. When it came time to use the stickers, I peeled off the big one and went to town or I would have, had the sticker not left a big layer of adhesive on my screen. It was then I fully realized that these stickers might actually not be for the Switch's screen and for a glass screen instead. I got most of the residue off, but there is still a little crescent moon shaped bit left that just will not come off. God dammmit. I also have a small bubble in the bottom left of the screen that will just not go away, which is the exact problem I had before. I'm going to wait it out to see if it goes away. What I think is happening is that I'm not exactly perfect in terms of the placement of the protector and the tiniest bit is sort of on the raised edge where the screen meets the rest of the unit. I don't want to lift the protector to fix it because last time I tried that, the bubble went away, but I ended up cracking the corner of the protector. I am so bad at this, lol
Edit: About the bubble; it's gone! I used my shirt and fingernail to sort of lightly jab at the bubble and it went away. It looks beautiful now
So this is jarring. In the pic below, my launch unit from Amazon is up top. My buddy's unit - also from Amazon - just arrived today and is below. The picture speaks for itself.
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
Mine is like the bottom one too. It sucks.
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice. i would love the same green and yellow that GBC came in.
superstu64
Neo Member
That just looks like the darker one has automatic screen brightness one. By toggling that setting I can make mine look like both of those...
pinballsummer
Member
I'm also really curious about this one. Hoping for reviews soon. Sounds like loading times are only slightly shorter than the WiiU version, which is surprising.
I think the joycons will not charge when the unit is in sleep mode and undocked like that? Not super sure about that.
The electrical contacts are on the bottom of the rail underneath the arrow guide. If you look at the right angle you can just barely see them. Took me so long to figure that out.
Always give screen protectors a day of use before worrying about that annoying last bubble. They often work themselves out with heat and time (which is what happens when using the dock).So I got my replacement set of amFilm screen protectors today after a botched attempt, but I noticed something weird. The dust removal stickers were not like the ones I previously got, which were little rectangular strips. Instead, I received what is pictured above. A bit confused, I went on with the process. When it came time to use the stickers, I peeled off the big one and went to town or I would have, had the sticker not left a big layer of adhesive on my screen. It was then I fully realized that these stickers might actually not be for the Switch's screen and for a glass screen instead. I got most of the residue off, but there is still a little crescent moon shaped bit left that just will not come off. God dammmit. I also have a small bubble in the bottom left of the screen that will just not go away, which is the exact problem I had before. I'm going to wait it out to see if it goes away. What I think is happening is that I'm not exactly perfect in terms of the placement of the protector and the tiniest bit is sort of on the raised edge where the screen meets the rest of the unit. I don't want to lift the protector to fix it because last time I tried that, the bubble went away, but I ended up cracking the corner of the protector. I am so bad at this, lol
Edit: About the bubble; it's gone! I used my shirt and fingernail to sort of lightly jab at the bubble and it went away. It looks beautiful now
Muffin Awesome
Member
Hah yea, I want to get it, have 60$ digital and am thinking eshop but I need an impression first.
I can confirm it does not; both have that setting off. Already toggled off and on (and off and on). fwiw, the effect you are talking about doesn't seem as pronounced on the Switch as it does on my New 3DS.
In any event, I called Nintendo and they want me to send it in.
This thing hasn't even been fully unpacked from Amazon. Sigh.
Do you have Amazon link?
So this is jarring. In the pic below, my launch unit from Amazon is up top. My buddy's unit - also from Amazon - just arrived today and is below. The picture speaks for itself.
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
yeah like superstu64 said, have you tried adjusting the automatic screen brightness setting that's in the quick menu? Or maybe a hidden power saving setting? I recall the 3DS possibly tinting when using the power saving setting. Not sure if the Switch has anything similar or not.
Couldn't find it in stock on Amazon so i grabbed it from Best buy.
Model is 822-00101-01 USB-C PD 18w
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I finally get my switch, and the server is undergoing maintenance.
So this is jarring. In the pic below, my launch unit from Amazon is up top. My buddy's unit - also from Amazon - just arrived today and is below. The picture speaks for itself.
It's like there's some hidden setting where mine is set to "Standard" and his is set to "Warm 2." I obviously have no idea if this is true. I'm concerned that perhaps his unit's display is defective (or hell, maybe mine is)!
Pretty surprised at the stark variation. Is the typical Switch display on the 'standard' or 'warm' side of things?
a few more at this link:
http://imgur.com/a/klBrE
The yellow screen lottery has unfortunately been a thing since at least the DS, I don't know if they're different display manufacturers or just crappy calibration. Either way, bad QA imo.
Here's something you can try to get more frustrated: Find something with a medium grey value, preferrably where you can move the camera (fog or bad weather in Zelda is good, if you have it on a game card you can swap) and see which one, if either, exhibits a scanline-like effect where every other line looks slightly fainter. It's about the only negative one I've experienced with my unit and I wonder if it's a calibration thing or tied to the display model.
I've been corresponding with another GAFfer about this user and IIRC his yellower didn't have it, while the cooler one did.
ScientificPizza
Banned
I *finally* got my import copy of I Am Setsuna today
And I ordered a copy of BoI from US Amazon because who knows when that's going to be released in EU/AU
The Switch does region free better than any other system. It's pretty amazing
And I ordered a copy of BoI from US Amazon because who knows when that's going to be released in EU/AU
The Switch does region free better than any other system. It's pretty amazing
How so?
ScientificPizza
Banned
Playing a Japanese retail game on an english account just defaults everything to english seamlessly. It's not like it was *that* difficult to go through the options and find different languages, but it just makes it so approachable
Strafebogey
Member
Nintendo eShop on all regions went down earlier and now it's up. There's a "Bestseller" section now, showing the top 15 most downloaded/purchased over the past two weeks.
"Recent Releases" section shows the 24 most recent titles. Still doesn't cover all the current 28 titles available.
The UK "Coming Soon" section of the eShop has more titles shown than the US eShop, namely: Jackbox Party Pack 3, Samurai Shodown IV, Wonderboy The Dragon Trap, ....although Splatoon 2 and ARMS is marked as TBD. The Japanese eShop's "Coming Soon" section only has two.
"Recent Releases" section shows the 24 most recent titles. Still doesn't cover all the current 28 titles available.
The UK "Coming Soon" section of the eShop has more titles shown than the US eShop, namely: Jackbox Party Pack 3, Samurai Shodown IV, Wonderboy The Dragon Trap, ....although Splatoon 2 and ARMS is marked as TBD. The Japanese eShop's "Coming Soon" section only has two.
The cord will work, it'll just charge slower.
The faster charge speeds that USB-PD provides doesn't work with USB-C to USB-A cables, just USB-C to USB-C cables (or compatible wall chargers like the official adapter).
Strafebogey
Member
Yes, it works, albeit charging at a much slower rate than a USB-C-to-USB-C cable via USB PD.
I only had a few import games but how does this compare to the PS3?
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