Saw someone on NYC subway playing Switch. The Switch has made it.

Saw a grown man playing Zelda BotW on the London Underground Victoria line. I was so tempted to approach him and nerd it out.
 
Growing up in NYC I use to see Game Boy Colors everywhere and all the time. Left NY in 2008 when I joined the Army visited in 2014 and I saw people playing the 3DS on the 6 train headed uptown in the Bronx. Some things stay the same.
 
Bronetta said:
Is that supposed to be a big deal? I also refuse to believe you've never seen a 3DS in the wild.
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I've never seen ANY sort of gaming portable in the wild my entire life, apart from the gameboy back in 91, which the guy never played and only had in his back pack to test games he's swapping with other boys.

Ahh game swapping. Thems the days.
 
I see a lot of 3DS and Vitas but never seen a Switch in public yet, kinda big no? You never see people playing games on their Ipad in public, for example. Of course pales into insignificance compared to people "gaming" (i.e. mashing the screen) on their phones.

MTC100 said:
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How shameful! Why would you disrupt her gameplay experience with Breath of the Wild?
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Reggie's shiny chin in this gif always freaks me out.
 
Saw someone at college use it within the first week of launch. And a little kid playing Mario kart in the subway (NYC) within the first week it released..... so much yeah.
 
I was playing my Switch all the time on a Brisbane train while playing Zelda/MK(solo). Back to the 3DS for now until more games I want come.
 
I saw Vita,psp and 3ds here in NYC while travelling in MTA bus or Subway. But these days they are rare I hardly see anyone with them anymore. Switch I have yet to see one.
 
commish said:
During my daily commute here in NYC the last 234 years, it's been pretty rare to see someone playing a handheld system on the subway. Maybe two times a year. To be honest, I haven't seen any handheld the last year or 2, though, as everyone just plays games on their phone.

That said, last night, there was a girl playing Zelda on her Switch. I gave her a high five and we discussed all our favorite shrines, and we readily agreed that having weapons break after 1 hit was totally the right way to go, and we hoped every other game incorporated that mechanic going forward.

Seriously though, I thought the chance of seeing a Switch on the subway was near 0. The weird thing (to me) was that she just put it into her backpack as she left the train. I'd want a carrying case for that badboy.
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What a coincidence, I play switch almost every day on the NYC subway, and today I saw someone else actually playing a switch for the first time. I wonder if it was the OP.

I saw a switch one other time, but it was still in-box. I asked the guy who bought it if he was excited to play Breath of the Wild, but he didn't seem to know what Zelda was — I assume he was just a scalper.

I managed to get a creepshot of the guy playing today but I don't know if it violates any rules to post a pic like that.
 
I saw a Switch on the bus a while back in LA and another at an airport in Texas. Not bad. I've seen a few 3DSs, but never a Vita in the wild in the US or in France, only in Japan.
 
SeanR1221 said:
I was playing the Switch in a coffee shop last weekend when someone sat next to me asking if it was the new Nintendo.

I immediately gave them a tutorial of the basics and fired up Mario Kart. I handed them a joy-con and before I knew it, everyone in the coffee shop was crowded around, cheering us on as we played. It's almost as if the entire business shut down, time slowed and there was a spotlight on the switch.

We started passing the joycons around until everyone had a turn. Many laughs were had but we all eventually returned to what we were doing and I packed up and left.
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This is a cool story and makes me wonder if Nintendo are goddamned geniuses. I thought the concept of the joycons were gimmicky, but...
 
Living in Japan I've yet to see a single Switch despite being in Tokyo on the train twice a day. I see a Vita almost daily though.
 
I saw one on release day in the UK. A Japanese kid was playing a Neon one in Argos. It looked to me like he had just bought the thing and was playing it right there in the shop!
 
Today my cat even played on my switch
He totally pressed a button

The switch has made it
 
Saw my brother playing Zelda for countless hours over the course of 3 weeks.

Then he bought Mario Cart, and we played that for a bit.

He's back to general Tv now, as he has little interest in PS4 or XBO

Hooray, Switch!
 
EatinOlives said:
"Switch has made it"

Do people actually think like this, walking around in public and happily proclaiming victory in their head on behalf of an electronics company?
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Nintendo fans are an odd bunch, probably because they're afraid of their favourite brand becoming a laughing stock again after Gamecube / Wii U.
 
nikos said:
I was once playing Danganronpa 2 on the subway. Right next to me was a girl also playing Danganronpa 2, and we were at the SAME exact part of the game.

To the OP, I see people playing games on the subway all the time. As a matter of fact, I'm on the train right now and this guy next to me is using a 3DS.
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Holy shit, what are the odds? That would have freaked me out.
 
You're not going to believe it, everyone, but it's true. I was once a skeptic like the rest. There's no way the OP actually talked to a girl on a subway over a Switch. There's no way anybody is playing a Switch on the train. This NeoGAF fantasy is so played out! But then the impossible thing happened: it happened to me.

So there I was on the subway platform. I was broke. I had no family or friends. Every time I thought I had nothing more to lose, the world would take more away. I was just so tired of discovering the new meaning of rock bottom, you know? So when the train came, I resolved, I was going to jump.

I hear the F train coming and I'm like, okay, this is it. This is what you wanted. Switch didn't even launch with a Virtual Console. It's time to die. I psyched myself up, cleared my mind, and jumped.

As I flew in front of the train, I saw something through the windshield of the train car. It was a girl... playing a Nintendo Switch. It was amazing. I thought, wow, that's somebody I can talk to. We have something in common that warrants me approaching her unsolicited. Time seemed to slow down. I decided I wanted to live! Then, thwack, I'm hit by the train.

I wake up in the hospital, and you'll never believe who is there: the girl from the train. Unbelievable. She's holding my hand and says she saw my Legend of Zelda shirt and had to be there when I woke up. I'd completely forgot I was wearing it! We talk about Zelda and how we both miss traditional dungeons and Ganondorf when the doctor comes in. She tells me I'm really lucky: I only lived because the driver braked really early and was going really slow. Why did he brake really early?

You guessed it: because he was playing his Nintendo Switch. Just amazing. The driver comes into my room and apologizes. He was just stuck in that one minigolf shrine and wasn't paying attention. We all have a good laugh, holding hands, sharing stories.

The doctor, also holding my hand, says I'm going to need a lot of surgery. I have no insurance and the bills are going to ruin my life. But then he says the unthinkable: the girl on the train is going to cover all my expenses. It turns out she's a millionaire! Her dad works at Nintendo! OF COURSE!

But fate has a funny way of things. As I'm on the operating table, I see the doctor playing 1-2 Switch in the prep area. It's so hilarious! He's just milking that damn cow with one of his assistants and they're having a great time. Everybody is standing around, laughing, just loving the Switch. One of the doctors says he can't wait to get one. Another one agrees. Then a third doctor says "let's all go get Switches!" They all run out of the room and leave me alone on the operating table.

I die there, but I am at peace. Because even though I might not have made it, the Switch sure did. So next time you're hesitant to believe, remember, it happened to me! And if it happened to me, it could happen to you.
 
I've seen lots of kids (and a couple of 20-something) around with the Switch here in Italy. I hadn't seen a kid on the street with a console since the DS days, never happened with the 3DS for example. People buying one, sure. But carrying it around, no.
 
Rodin said:
I've seen lots of kids (and a couple of 20-something) around with the Switch here in Italy. I hadn't seen a kid on the street with a console since the DS days, never happened with the 3DS for example. People buying one, sure. But carrying it around, no.
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What city/region, if may I ask you?
 
I'm playing Lumines on PS Vita on the train here right now. The Vita has made it, apparently. I probably get weird looks all the time because of it.

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I saw someone here in Bern, Switzerland playing with a Switch on the bus a few weeks ago. It still remains a rare sight, I believe.
 
I've used mine on the few occasions I use London underground. Saw some guy playing a 3DS and he started chatting to me as we got off. I haven't seen any other switches but plenty of 3DS in public. I do find it funny when I can see the person next to me fixated on my switch when I look up at the reflection of the window.
 
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