The system is obviously designed around how snappy it is to start playing games, so I'm not surprised they default to sleep mode for everything. Not really sure why you'd want to power it off completely while docked anyway.
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The Nintendo Switch has become the system people love to love
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The system is obviously designed around how snappy it is to start playing games, so I'm not surprised they default to sleep mode for everything. Not really sure why you'd want to power it off completely while docked anyway.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
http://press-start.com.au/news/nintendo/2017/05/11/welcome-super-nintendo-switch/
This needs to happen:
WOW! This is Beautiful! Playing on the train coming home from work and the amount of looks and questions... It Reminds me of the Wii.
The crazy thing is that what does happen in those commercials actually has been happening. I work at the library and help out with the teen hangout with another guy who brings his Switch. I bring my own and I click my Switch controllers onto his switch to quickly sync them to his and we do four player games with the teens like snipperclips, bomberman, and Puyo Puyo Tetris.
It is so crazy to think that having a Switch can be able to make things so simple to bring people together to do activities.
Can't wait for the summer since we are planning to get ARMS to let everyone box each other and YDKJ too.
It is so crazy to think that having a Switch can be able to make things so simple to bring people together to do activities.
Can't wait for the summer since we are planning to get ARMS to let everyone box each other and YDKJ too.
pretty done
Member
How about this:
Please.
I can't believe the defense I've seen for the face buttons dpad. It's mind boggling.
Smiles and Cries
Member
It is weird you can't really play this thing in public without someone asking what it is or they already know what it is and they want to try it.
I was an long shared ride with strangers today and ended up loaning my Switch to a girl who kept screaming "Yahoo!" when she got first place in 50CC in Mario Kart.
Later she asked, "How can I go faster?"
I set her up with 100CC and I told her it would be harder to win. She came in 4th, 7th, 12th and soon asked to get it back to 50CC
she ended up draining the battery an hour later and called her boyfriend to ask for a Switch for her upcoming 21st birthday present.
I was an long shared ride with strangers today and ended up loaning my Switch to a girl who kept screaming "Yahoo!" when she got first place in 50CC in Mario Kart.
Later she asked, "How can I go faster?"
I set her up with 100CC and I told her it would be harder to win. She came in 4th, 7th, 12th and soon asked to get it back to 50CC
she ended up draining the battery an hour later and called her boyfriend to ask for a Switch for her upcoming 21st birthday present.
molnizzle
Member
I get why the face button dpad is the default. Needs to be there to sell the whole portable multiplayer thing.
But yeah, there definitely needs to be replacement joy-cons available that have real d-pads. Symmetrical analogs too.
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Stranger asking to play your Switch? Oh, don't get me started. My boss asked if she could play with mine. I took a firm stance and told her she could fuck right off. I sure told her.
By the way I'm looking for a job now. So if anyone could help a brother out... 😣
Microsoft 3rd party when?
Oh, how the circlejerks turn
TheDinoman
Member
Well, if this actually ever happened, I suppose the bright side of things would be that we might be able get some of Rare's old games on Switch, and maybe Banjo & Kazooie would finally be eligible for Smash Bros. again.
Skittzo0413
Member
I think the lack of streetpass was a trade-off they made in favor of a better and snappier sleep system which drains far less battery. It's probably for the best.
Saw the first other switch out in the wild today on the subway this morning. Almost didn't notice it since the gray looks so unassuming from the back. Only the logo gave it away. Wasn't going to but decided to take mine out as well and get a few games of mk8d in, guy next to me was practically on top of me watching me play which was a little weird, but at least he didn't interrupt me to talk to me about it like some people do.
SolicitorPirate
Member
All you guys with stories of coworkers or even strangers asking to play with your Switch, and all I've got is one guy in the office commenting on how big my 'phone' is
Bobo Dakes
Member
Metroid fans do it to themselves at this point.
D.Lo
Member
I believe is Scorpio is not an unqualified success, Microsoft will fully fold the Xbox brand into Windows in 2-4 years. Why would they continue having never made money as a whole, and having never won a single generation in almost 20 years.
I don't know if that makes them 3rd party, they could keep Halo a PC exclusive to push that 'platform'. But it would possibly release Rare IPs.
Smiles and Cries
Member
In mid-march I had 3 people comment on my Switch at the airport. The security dude and lady on the way there and back both commented on it when I put it through the scanner. As did the guy next to me on the plane (he was playing OoT3D the whole flight while I played BotW).
was she mario
was she mario
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Double post/
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
God that's a beautiful picture. If Nintendo is reading this, I'd love them to put all these on the Switch in remastered form, preferably without the waggle.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
God that's a beautiful picture. If Nintendo is reading this, I'd love them to put all these on the Switch in remastered form, preferably without the waggle.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the term waggle but I think the only one of those titles that qualifies for waggle is Madworld.
Skittzo0413
Member
Also Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (and whatever eventual Smash the Switch gets) make porting those two games a bit redundant.
Out of pure luck I was in Wal Mart on Tuesday and they had 3 Switches. So, on pure impulse I bought one. I have been pretty critical of the Switch based off of what I have seen and read. Now that I have one, I can give an honest opinion of what is like to own one.
I got the system, Mario Kart, Zelda and a Pro Controller all for around about $525. I had to have a proper controller and at $75.00 the cost of the Pro is absurd. I am not a fan of motion controls or whatever milking games you can do on the Switch. I want to enjoy Nintendo games sitting on my couch with a regular controller in my hands. The Pro Controller is great! It has the same feel and control/button placement as an Xbox controller. Offset stick FTW! I really hope this becomes the default control method for all games. But at $75 a god damned controller, getting 3 of those so you can have friends play some old school couch coop, it would cost just as much as the freakin' system itself. For that, fuck you Nintendo.
That is probably my only major gripe. The system is pretty slick. I went from unpacking to playing Mario Kart with the wife in about 15 min. The initial system update and game update didn't take to long. It was easy syncing the Pro Controller as well. My favorite Kart game is Double Dash, and Kart 8 captures some of the same fun I had back in the day. It has way more courses and characters too. Can't wait to have friends over, uh wait I'll go broke trying to get them all a controller. Ya, I know I can take the pads off the unit and hand em to my friends but we are all adults and do not have tiny Trump hands. So fuck that. I guess in a pinch it would work.
Zelda BotW. I am only just past getting the hang glider thing. I am not in love with it just yet. Although the opening seen with Hyrule laid out before link was jaw dropping. Not a big fan of my weapons breaking all the time. And I think this one of the most complicated button combination Zelda's I have ever played. I have been playing a ton of Twilight Princess on GC and the controls for the game are much more streamlined than BotW. I find myself hitting the wrong buttons often. Are there Dungeons to traverse or is only the Portal'esc challenges in the various shrines? Is there the typical equipment gathering? Once I get a bit further, I'll have a better idea of a score I'd give it.
So the whole Switch part of the thing, being able to play games while on the shitter or on the go, I still could leave it. I don't really care. Sure it will be nice to take it with me on trips and stuff, but that is not what I want in a Nintendo console. It was pretty cool to take it outside and play on the patio but meh. I mean it is quite big and fragile. I'd hate to damage that thing on the road and not be able to play on the big screen or at all.
I bought the Switch purely for Nintendo made games. I have hopes to play Metroid, Starfox, Zelda, Mario Party, and other long forgotten franchises. It will be a great system for that. I do not see myself buying any 3rd party game I could get on PS4. Why? This thing doesn't have the power to play BF1, Batman, Titan Fall, Fallout, the way a PS4 could. Again, I am looking forward to Nintendo re-releasing the great games that were on the Wii, Wii U, and the 3Ds with out the shitty controls. I want to see gorgeous Nintendo Franchises, and that the Switch can deliver. The whole success of the Switch is on Nintendo's back by delivering their games. 3rd party games won't sell this thing.
So if I were to score the Switch? 7/10. Obviously, once they have more that 2 real games out and an eShop filled with classic games, I can bump this up. The system just came out and those that jump on the train at the start have a long time to wait for things to start moving. Right now, were still at the station. I really hope the journey will be worth it. If they can somehow put Gamecube games on this thing, OMG 11/10!
I got the system, Mario Kart, Zelda and a Pro Controller all for around about $525. I had to have a proper controller and at $75.00 the cost of the Pro is absurd. I am not a fan of motion controls or whatever milking games you can do on the Switch. I want to enjoy Nintendo games sitting on my couch with a regular controller in my hands. The Pro Controller is great! It has the same feel and control/button placement as an Xbox controller. Offset stick FTW! I really hope this becomes the default control method for all games. But at $75 a god damned controller, getting 3 of those so you can have friends play some old school couch coop, it would cost just as much as the freakin' system itself. For that, fuck you Nintendo.
That is probably my only major gripe. The system is pretty slick. I went from unpacking to playing Mario Kart with the wife in about 15 min. The initial system update and game update didn't take to long. It was easy syncing the Pro Controller as well. My favorite Kart game is Double Dash, and Kart 8 captures some of the same fun I had back in the day. It has way more courses and characters too. Can't wait to have friends over, uh wait I'll go broke trying to get them all a controller. Ya, I know I can take the pads off the unit and hand em to my friends but we are all adults and do not have tiny Trump hands. So fuck that. I guess in a pinch it would work.
Zelda BotW. I am only just past getting the hang glider thing. I am not in love with it just yet. Although the opening seen with Hyrule laid out before link was jaw dropping. Not a big fan of my weapons breaking all the time. And I think this one of the most complicated button combination Zelda's I have ever played. I have been playing a ton of Twilight Princess on GC and the controls for the game are much more streamlined than BotW. I find myself hitting the wrong buttons often. Are there Dungeons to traverse or is only the Portal'esc challenges in the various shrines? Is there the typical equipment gathering? Once I get a bit further, I'll have a better idea of a score I'd give it.
So the whole Switch part of the thing, being able to play games while on the shitter or on the go, I still could leave it. I don't really care. Sure it will be nice to take it with me on trips and stuff, but that is not what I want in a Nintendo console. It was pretty cool to take it outside and play on the patio but meh. I mean it is quite big and fragile. I'd hate to damage that thing on the road and not be able to play on the big screen or at all.
I bought the Switch purely for Nintendo made games. I have hopes to play Metroid, Starfox, Zelda, Mario Party, and other long forgotten franchises. It will be a great system for that. I do not see myself buying any 3rd party game I could get on PS4. Why? This thing doesn't have the power to play BF1, Batman, Titan Fall, Fallout, the way a PS4 could. Again, I am looking forward to Nintendo re-releasing the great games that were on the Wii, Wii U, and the 3Ds with out the shitty controls. I want to see gorgeous Nintendo Franchises, and that the Switch can deliver. The whole success of the Switch is on Nintendo's back by delivering their games. 3rd party games won't sell this thing.
So if I were to score the Switch? 7/10. Obviously, once they have more that 2 real games out and an eShop filled with classic games, I can bump this up. The system just came out and those that jump on the train at the start have a long time to wait for things to start moving. Right now, were still at the station. I really hope the journey will be worth it. If they can somehow put Gamecube games on this thing, OMG 11/10!
Jaded Alyx
Member
Gamecube games via Virtual Console is a strong rumour from well trusted sources.
LegendofLex
Member
My two primary dings against BotW are that the main dungeons are pretty weak
outside of the final level, which is awesome
After you spend some time outside the plateau, it should start to become much more apparent why weapons are a disposable resource.
James Scott
Banned
The weapons breaking are kind of a non issue after a certain part. Breaking and getting new/better weapons is how the game is meant to be played. If you don't have enough weapons to tackle an enemy you're probably not supposed to (kind of like tackling a level 30 monster at the beginning of a JRPG). It only happened once and I was like "oh, I guess I'll come back later when I'm strong enough" and that's what I did.
James Scott
Banned
There's a demo
...with the Whip/nay nay song
Tried the demo and I don't know how easy the game is supposed to be. But you don't have to do much movement of the Joy Cons to get high scores.
Thanks! I'll have to try it
. I wish Nintendo put a demo section on eshop. I had no idea there was a demo and wouldn't have known about the Puyo Puyo Tetris demo if it weren't for the direct. The eshop experience is one of the most frustrating things about the switch, because everything else works so darn well.
With real D padhttp://press-start.com.au/news/nintendo/2017/05/11/welcome-super-nintendo-switch/
This needs to happen:
HerroRygar
Member
Yeah? I've never played Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door which everybody says is great. Would love to get the chance!
InsertNameHere
Member
Since I can't find any Switches out in the wild near me, I traded in a few things and ended up picking up a bundle from Gamestop. Went with the Mario Kart one so me and my girlfriend have something to play together. I was never on board with the Switch until a few weeks ago, my friend got one off eBay and let me try it out. And I loved the feel of it, just being able to watch TV and play Mario Kart split screen. It was a lot of fun!
ajim
Member
People at my work borrow my Switch and play multi-player at work. I'll load up some Mario kart and play some multi-player too.
It's actually awesome seeing people at work in my office want to blast out a few games and the genuine excitement everyone has at the cool factor of the kickstand and using the joycons to play as it is.
It's actually awesome seeing people at work in my office want to blast out a few games and the genuine excitement everyone has at the cool factor of the kickstand and using the joycons to play as it is.
Its 100% a no purchase from me unless Nintendo brings one out with better joycons/with Dpad, or a third party with amazing quality.
thatJohann
Member
Looks great
Meh, I got used to the way it is (dpad) pretty fast, and re-beat shovel knight and beat Specter using it that way. Don't really miss a "regular" d pad, and I would hate to be in a situation where someone was like "yo that's the Switch, can we play two player?" And I had a regular dpad joycon attached and had to say "ahhh unfortunately not, I don't have the right controller...".
Could easily see Nintendo avoiding that situation entirely by never coming out with what many people are hoping for lol.
Could easily see Nintendo avoiding that situation entirely by never coming out with what many people are hoping for lol.
Same, only took me a few minutes in Shovel Knight to get used to the switch dpad
Same, adapted surprisingly quickly. Haven't tried the button dpad in a fighting game yet which is where I'm certain it will fall short, but so far I've no complaints about using it.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Me too, no problem with Shovel Knight but I can't see it working good for Street Fighter
Agent Unknown
Member
Wow, that looks very nice, blue and yellow is a great color combo.
When you experience this, it's hard not to love the Switch:
https://twitter.com/franmirabella/status/863204203023319042
https://twitter.com/franmirabella/status/863204203023319042
Nintendo be like "Nailed it"
Ohhh my, come to me MARIO sunshine.
Mr. Smiley
Member
That's actually pretty cool. Wish I had friends though.