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The Nintendo Switch has become the system people love to love

koss424

Member
Please.

I can't believe the defense I've seen for the face buttons dpad. It's mind boggling.

You can make the case for a classic dpad joy con to be developed, but of course people will defend the current joy cons. The Switch can't produce two controllers without it.
 

F31 Leopard

Member
I mean actually turn it off, not just put in sleep mode.


From my experience turning it completely off while undocked actually drains my battery significantly. I thought that turning it off would save power but it didn't. I used to turn it off before leaving for work and would turn it back on during my lunch break. It being off about 5 hours it would go from 100% to 78% charge. I tried putting it on sleep and it would only drop to 98%. I just put in sleep mode after that.
 
Please.

I can't believe the defense I've seen for the face buttons dpad. It's mind boggling.

I like the face buttons, they work really well. Do you have the Switch?

I mean, pics won't do justice. They are pretty good buttons, Bront.


D-pads suck anyway, it was good in NES and maybe SNES, but after that it became outdated. ***
 
You can make the case for a classic dpad joy con to be developed, but of course people will defend the current joy cons. The Switch can't produce two controllers without it.

It was absolutely the right compromise because having multiplayer out of the box and available to you at all times is so fundamental to the Switch appeal.

I'm in love with the system, it's so versatile, so accessible and so well thought out. It just works in so many different scenarios and has transformed portable gaming to a wholly social experience for me when it was previously the very definition of anti social.

The screen size, resolution, powerful mobile graphics, split joy cons USB charging and kick stand were all necessary for this to work. Oh, and the perfect local multiplayer game in Mario Kart doesn't hurt either. The Switch concept feels built around a game like Mario Kart, which looks incredible running at a perfect 60fps @720p in split screen on the built in screen.
 

marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Just looked this up, Trinen is calling out Fran's double Dash review score. The dude is an amazing troll.
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Looks like he will will never forget ;)
 
Gonna take my Switch over to friends of mine today and we're gonna make a MK8 party.
Already played some with co-workers at work. I love this thing.
 
When you experience this, it's hard not to love the Switch:
https://twitter.com/franmirabella/status/863204203023319042

Wow that's incredible. Yeah this thing is selling itself, I actually haven't seen a commercial for it in several weeks.

Just looked this up, Trinen is calling out Fran's double Dash review score. The dude is an amazing troll.

Wow brutal. I still don't get that score, Double Dash is the second best game in the franchise (unless you count 8 and 8D as two separate games in which case it's third).
 

orioto

Good Art™
You can make the case for a classic dpad joy con to be developed, but of course people will defend the current joy cons. The Switch can't produce two controllers without it.

That said i wonder if there wasn't a way to have those buttons more optimized for a dpad use, without really changing the comfort in using them as buttons. Being slightly more loose or i don't know, having a base like a dpad under them. What i mean is.. wouldn't it be better to use a dpad as buttons than to use buttons as a dpad, or at least move the slider a little more toward dpads.
 

Zedark

Member

That's it, I'm selling my Switch.

Seriously, though, that's a pretty big commercial: Barcelona are absolutely massive in Europe (and beyond), and Iniesta very much so as well, so a lot of people will see this and will at the very least get a notification of the Switch' existence. From there, they are in the position to potentially buy one, so this is viral marketing at its finest.
 
I just started playing the switch last night. This is Nintendo's best piece of hardware in, oh I don't know, at least 10 years. The screen is crisp and bright, its just the right size where( as a home console/PC gamer first and foremost) I can play in handheld mode and not feel like the experience is compromised playing on a small screen vs a large one.

My 70 year old mom who is clueless about tech, saw it on my table and said how snazzy( her words) it looks. Even with the neo controllers, its just a really smart and sleek-looking piece of tech, less 'toy-ish' than either the bulky wii U gamepad or even the 3ds. The size of the joycons took a while to get used it, but I haven't even played it in docked mode yet. I suspect most of its playtime for me will be as a handheld with occassional TV play. This is the wii U concept of offTV play done right, not tethered to a console, in a much better designed overall package. So far Ive played mario kart 8, and to think this is running on a small screen looking and playing better than its wii U predecessor is a dream.
 

Pez

Member
It may be lazy, but I'm really hoping for a series of last gen ports to the Switch.

A greatest hits of the Xbox 360 and PS3 era of games would be more than welcome on the road.
 
There's something about this console that can't be explained until you hold it. It's a pleasure to play on it, it really is. I have to hold off buying games that I don't really want, just because I want to be playing this goddamn thing all the time.
 

Ogodei

Member
It may be lazy, but I'm really hoping for a series of last gen ports to the Switch.

A greatest hits of the Xbox 360 and PS3 era of games would be more than welcome on the road.

What would really still hold up and be worthwhile (not a snark post, genuinely asking)?

Assassin's Creed I-III
BioShock 1 and Infinite
Grand Theft Auto IV and V
Skyrim (which is happening)
Mass Effect Trilogy (but lol EA)
Batman AA/AC

It feels like the multiplayer-centric games of last gen wouldn't work out so well due to player base-splitting, but those seem like the big single-player third party games of last gen whose quality still holds up these days. Anything i'm missing?
 
Cuningas de Häme;236672910 said:
I like the face buttons, they work really well. Do you have the Switch?

I mean, pics won't do justice. They are pretty good buttons, Bront.


D-pads suck anyway, it was good in NES and maybe SNES, but after that it became outdated. ***

Why would I shit on the dpad of a system I don't own? Why would it even matter to me if I didn't own the console?

Here you go dude, in all it's face button glory

It's simply not a good solution. When the typical Nintendo 2D platformers start coming out it's going to actually be a problem. Analog stick platforming :lol
 

Plum

Member
I hope EA is seeing this and it understands how succesful can be a good version of FIFA 18 with the local multiplayer.

"Quick! Add a Mii-focused All Play mode! What? We haven't implemented Ultimate Team or the Story Mode yet? We're selling to Nintendo fans, we'll be fine!"
 
What would really still hold up and be worthwhile (not a snark post, genuinely asking)?

Assassin's Creed I-III
BioShock 1 and Infinite
Grand Theft Auto IV and V
Skyrim (which is happening)
Mass Effect Trilogy (but lol EA)
Batman AA/AC

It feels like the multiplayer-centric games of last gen wouldn't work out so well due to player base-splitting, but those seem like the big single-player third party games of last gen whose quality still holds up these days. Anything i'm missing?

Just hit me with the RPGs.

Dragon's Dogma
Skyrim is on the way, but Fallout 4 would be a great fit too.
Ni No Kuni would be a perfect fit.
MGSV's gameplay structure would be right at home on the Switch too given how similar it is to Peace Walker.
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
I absolutely adore the Switch. I knew I would like it but not to this extent.

Can't remember the last time I turned on my PS4.

I picked up Disgaea 5 yesterday and it's such a joy playing this on the go. More RPG's will be a dream come true.

I find myself purchasing games I wouldn't normally buy. For example, Has Been Heroes. Hard as nails but underneath all that, it's such a good game. If I never bought the Switch, I probably wouldn't have purchased it. Same with Tumbleseed.

There's at least 1 game a week that has my interest. I do like surprise releases too, like that $8 Dark Witch rhythm game that came out a few days ago.

I still have MK8, Zelda, Puyo Tetris and Isaac. Throw in Disgaea and I'm drowning in awesome games and it's only been 2 months!

The Switch has also introduced me to Neo Geo. Blazing Star is fun as well!

Love the console and I'm excited for the years to come.
 
Nice! With this EA would have to really mess up to not have FIFA be a huge seller.



See you in 2018, I am in the same boat, but replace Target with Amazon, and "stroll into" with "buy (without selling out in 45 mins) not limited to prime members"

I signed up for a 30 day trial on prime canada that netted me a switch and mario kart( with 20% for MK discount to boot). If thats an option you may wish to try that. I happened to be travelling to Toronto to visit family so had them receive the package on my behalf.
 

Moreche

Member
I'm loving mine also but I really wish Nintendo didn't use such a shitty plastic for the console and joycons. It picked up smudges and the coating wears off really quickly.
 

koss424

Member
Why would I shit on the dpad of a system I don't own? Why would it even matter to me if I didn't own the console?

Here you go dude, in all it's face button glory


It's simply not a good solution. When the typical Nintendo 2D platformers start coming out it's going to actually be a problem. Analog stick platforming :lol

but it's the only solution to out of the box multi-player. Pro-controller or wait for the Dpad accessory which I'm is coming at some point.
 
What would really still hold up and be worthwhile (not a snark post, genuinely asking)?

Assassin's Creed I-III
BioShock 1 and Infinite
Grand Theft Auto IV and V
Skyrim (which is happening)
Mass Effect Trilogy (but lol EA)
Batman AA/AC

It feels like the multiplayer-centric games of last gen wouldn't work out so well due to player base-splitting, but those seem like the big single-player third party games of last gen whose quality still holds up these days. Anything i'm missing?

I'd kill for Dragon's Dogma and Dark Souls ports.
 
It was absolutely the right compromise because having multiplayer out of the box and available to you at all times is so fundamental to the Switch appeal.

I'm in love with the system, it's so versatile, so accessible and so well thought out. It just works in so many different scenarios and has transformed portable gaming to a wholly social experience for me when it was previously the very definition of anti social.

The screen size, resolution, powerful mobile graphics, split joy cons USB charging and kick stand were all necessary for this to work. Oh, and the perfect local multiplayer game in Mario Kart doesn't hurt either. The Switch concept feels built around a game like Mario Kart, which looks incredible running at a perfect 60fps @720p in split screen on the built in screen.
I never thought about it that way, but the limited flexibility of the 3DS, for example, couldn't allow multiplayer with only one system, or when I wanted a more immersive experience on a big screen. The Switch allows you those type of options and more with the same game, and that is very attractive to me. I would have never been able to put in and enjoy 100+ hours in Zelda if the Switch was just a console or just a handheld.
 
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