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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I love my Switch but I don't really take it out of the house like I do my 3DS.

    If they could release a 2DS Deluxe model with really nice upgraded screens and enough muscle to scale up/smooth out edges a bit, I'd preorder today.

  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    If the Switches were easier to find I might take it out of the house more. We had to watch it like a hawk the couple of times we did heh.

  • Dr. Phibbs McAtheyDr. Phibbs McAthey Registered User regular
    I just don't have much for my Switch to play that warrants me taking it out of the house. Splatoon 2's offline single player is meh and I'm done with Zelda until the final bit of DLC releases. Few of the indie games that would have me obsessing over them have released yet. Meanwhile I've got an entire shelf full of perfectly good 3ds games that need playing.

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I just bought a case for mine, so I might bring it with me more places now. Sometimes I work late and there's nothing going on at work. Time for some Rabbids.

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Over the labor day holiday we had to take a ferry to our destination. Mini DoctorArch (who is 4) was getting bored so I broke out the Switch and put it on one of the tables in tablet mode so he could play Mario Kart. Another little boy wanted to play, and that is how two little boys played Mario Kart on a ferry boat.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Yup, my Brother in Law was driving my wife and I up to Pittsburgh for a wedding. On the way up we setup the switch in the middle seat and played a few rounds of Mario Kart.

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  • Dr. Phibbs McAtheyDr. Phibbs McAthey Registered User regular
    As a parent of a boy who will be old enough to want to play games soon, I can definitely see the Switch's utility out of the house once that day comes.

  • DelduwathDelduwath Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yup, my Brother in Law was driving my wife and I up to Pittsburgh for a wedding. On the way up we setup the switch in the middle seat and played a few rounds of Mario Kart.
    So you were driving a kart while inside of a car?

    This is too much for me, I can't deal with this. Don't you dare tell me that the car was actually in one of those car-transport trucks.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I have my own crazy conspiracy theory on why we aren't seeing more Wii U ports on Switch.

    It's because Nintendo wants to port those games to the 3DS's successor instead.

    "But wait!" I hear you exclaim. "Doesn't Nintendo want to consolidate all of its game development onto a single hardware platform? Wasn't that the entire point of making a high-end handheld that can output to a TV instead of a home console?"

    Oh you poor sucker, you fell for it! That was never Nintendo's plan. We all just wanted that to be true, because we're sick and tired of Nintendo wasting half of its development resources on a low-end handheld instead of their biggest and best hardware. But Nintendo knows that all those Japanese grade schoolers who lined up to buy 3DSs so they could trade pokémon on the playground aren't going to be buying a $300 Switch. Plus, Nintendo really likes how you keep paying them twice every generation. They want you to keep doing that.

    So did you skip the Wii U? Or maybe you just want a portable way to play all those classic games? Well then you'd better be prepared to pony up another $180+ for the New Nintendo 4DS XL Lite Advanced, Slick, because that's the only place you're gonna be able to get them.

    I absolutely believe this, insofar as that Nintendo has, in some form, a DS successor in a Deep Room somewhere, with DS titles aligned in contingency for such a thing. Kind of like how people assume that because Apple is releasing an iPhone 8 and an iPhone X in the same year, they're never making an iPhone 9-not so. They're totally making an iPhone 9, while at the same time they re-release the X in new colors.

    Although, given the ongoing manufacturing/material allocation challenges of the Switch, I could almost believe some scenario where by phasing out the DS line Nintendo can count on more Switch units being generated by their barracks.

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  • chuck steakchuck steak Registered User regular
    Delduwath wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yup, my Brother in Law was driving my wife and I up to Pittsburgh for a wedding. On the way up we setup the switch in the middle seat and played a few rounds of Mario Kart.
    So you were driving a kart while inside of a car?

    This is too much for me, I can't deal with this. Don't you dare tell me that the car was actually in one of those car-transport trucks.

    Yo dawg, I heard you like driving...

  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    edited September 2017
    TimFiji wrote: »
    We got a release date for FIFA?

    Sept 29, same as every other platform.

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  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    Oh shit the Nintendo Direct is today at 6EST.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Yeah it's the worst timing in the world for me. I have to pick the kids up from school and get them home and start dinner.

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah it's the worst timing in the world for me. I have to pick the kids up from school and get them home and start dinner.

    eat the children

    problem solved

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah it's the worst timing in the world for me. I have to pick the kids up from school and get them home and start dinner.

    eat the children

    problem solved

    I've always wanted to try cannibalism!

    Wait... no.

  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    So, here's a talking point about the Switch.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=PWdlW71l4iM

    I'm reminded of when I had to turn down reviewing Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, because they used codes instead of physical copies, and the games would have taken up the entire internal drive, which already had a bunch of stuff on it by that point.

    On top of that, the codes would expire, and you couldn't redeem them/purchase a game unless you already had the room on the system.

    Fortunately, I did get an external drive eventually, but I barely filled any of it. I did get a small microSD card for the Switch when I saw one on sale, at least.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    So, here's a talking point about the Switch.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=PWdlW71l4iM

    I'm reminded of when I had to turn down reviewing Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, because they used codes instead of physical copies, and the games would have taken up the entire internal drive, which already had a bunch of stuff on it by that point.

    On top of that, the codes would expire, and you couldn't redeem them/purchase a game unless you already had the room on the system.

    Fortunately, I did get an external drive eventually, but I barely filled any of it. I did get a small microSD card for the Switch when I saw one on sale, at least.

    His voice was really grating so I had to stop at about 4 minutes in. What other topics does he go on about other than NBA2k and Dragon Quest Heroes?

  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    That video title alone just screams YouTube clickbait. The storage is hardly an issue at all. SD cards are dirt cheap, and physical copies don't have the massive installs that you see on PS4/XBO. But "MASSIVE PROBLEM" gets clicks.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Lunch with friend complete. My hype is real. I know so much!
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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    So, here's a talking point about the Switch.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=PWdlW71l4iM

    I'm reminded of when I had to turn down reviewing Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, because they used codes instead of physical copies, and the games would have taken up the entire internal drive, which already had a bunch of stuff on it by that point.

    On top of that, the codes would expire, and you couldn't redeem them/purchase a game unless you already had the room on the system.

    Fortunately, I did get an external drive eventually, but I barely filled any of it. I did get a small microSD card for the Switch when I saw one on sale, at least.

    There was a trick where you could redeem a code on the website/ buy games on the website. I used it because I got a WiiU for Christmas with only a week left on the digital deluxe deal and bought some real garbage to hit the quota.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Lunch with friend complete. My hype is real. I know so much!
    Reality: you know nothing MNC Dover

    Did he say it's gonna be pretty good

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  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited September 2017
    urahonky wrote: »
    So, here's a talking point about the Switch.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=PWdlW71l4iM

    I'm reminded of when I had to turn down reviewing Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, because they used codes instead of physical copies, and the games would have taken up the entire internal drive, which already had a bunch of stuff on it by that point.

    On top of that, the codes would expire, and you couldn't redeem them/purchase a game unless you already had the room on the system.

    Fortunately, I did get an external drive eventually, but I barely filled any of it. I did get a small microSD card for the Switch when I saw one on sale, at least.

    His voice was really grating so I had to stop at about 4 minutes in. What other topics does he go on about other than NBA2k and Dragon Quest Heroes?

    Its the same nonsense people said about the Wii U, 3DS, Xbox, PS3 etc etc... who ended up buying storage if they went on to continue to buy digital games or not clear their HDs of installed content/patches/etc.

    I have to clear up space on my XB1 all of the time. My Switch has a nice cheap SD in it. Boom it now has more memory.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    A hang on the loading screen that happened when your Switch wasn't powered down for a month has been resolved

    Man what a thing to have to diagnose and figure out. Probably only found out about it at the start of April, and may have taken more months to reproduce, and then figure out a fix, and test for another whole month...

    The switch being on for a long time can cause really strange bugs. Like blood moons every minute in Zelda or the bugs in Troll and I
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    Until he powercycles the game it looks like it should not have passed cert. Characters don't animate right, scenes don't transition correctly, and opening the menu destroys your inventory.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    Direct expectations:

    Samus Returns
    Mario Odyssey
    Fire Emblem Whatever
    Zelda DLC
    Splatoon and/or ARMS DLC

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  • Cameron_TalleyCameron_Talley Registered User regular
    I'm sure they'll also plug the SNES classic.

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  • TimFijiTimFiji Beast Lord Halfway2AnywhereRegistered User regular
    nusu wrote: »
    TimFiji wrote: »
    We got a release date for FIFA?

    Sept 29, same as every other platform.

    Good I never see it pop up on Amazon

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2017
    Maybe they'll announce they're going to start releasing amiibos in the US in quantities that actually allow people to buy the popular ones, instead of whole sections full of ancient Luigi/peach/animal crossing ones.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited September 2017
    Nintendo Directs just haven't held the same level of anticipation and excitement for me since the death of the Wii U.

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  • Zombie HeroZombie Hero Registered User regular
    Seriously though, what's up with Octopath Traveler? Direct, pls.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    I will be okay if the direct is nothing but more information on the already announced games however I would love to at least have smash announced.

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  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    Direct is "4 spotlight titles" and then a sizzle reel

    First title is 3ds Pokemon

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Absolutely nothing of what I am seeing here holds any interest for me.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Journey to the West?

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  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    This is the 3ds section of the Direct it seems

  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    Seriously though, what's up with Octopath Traveler? Direct, pls.

    They said it was supposed to be shown at TGS on the 23'rd.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Woah, 3DS minecraft; today.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Dear god fuck you Mario Party.

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  • LailLail Surrey, B.C.Registered User regular
    I would buy that Mario Party game if it was on the Switch. Shame.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Apollo Justice - ok

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited September 2017
    I'm poking around NeoGAF and the sheer amount of "Fuck you that should be on Switch" is hilarious, my god.
    Lail wrote: »
    I would buy that Mario Party game if it was on the Switch. Shame.

    Hahaha....

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