Nintendo Switch

[Captain Kelsten]

5 hours ago, pulsemyne said:

I made a little thread on neogaf trying to explain to them a few things about the switch hardware etc. While various people decided to post annoying replies a mod decided to chnage the topics title to try and be a witty fucker. So I've now taken to posting replies on there with quotes from Brasseye and pictures. I invite you all to join the trolling. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1333813

Enjoy!!!

 

Jesus, neogaf are savage. I thought this place was bad! What a bunch of arseholes. 

[gone fishin]

For those wondering how the joy con charging works, skip to 1 hour 29 mins on this

 

 

The joy cons can charge while attached to the Switch when docked, the Joy Con adaptor can also charge the Joy Cons.

 

Maybe Nintendo haven't been great at communicating the info, but there seems to be a bit of (mostly negative) misinformation in this thread....

 

Oh and the video has some great footage of the games ;-)

[Harsin]

Having to use a separate smartphone app for voice chat  confirmed by Reggie with some truly tortuous reasoning.

 

The bigger vision is that we are going to provide an overall online service, subscription-based, that not only will capture the multiplayer opportunity, but also the voice chat capability that we’re going to provide through a global app. We think that that’s just as important as access to Virtual Console content.

The reason for that is, it continues to reinforce our commitment to online, and do so in a way that will enable the consumer to enjoy their Nintendo Switch and to still be able to play those connected experiences—like Splatoon, like Kart, like fill in the blank—while they’re on the go. Instead of having some sort of bulky gamer headset, you’ll be able to do it right off your smartphone, put in your earbuds that you use for your standard mobile device. We think that’s a pretty sweet solution. That’s part of the overall opportunity that we see in a subscription service.

[the_debaser]

Gutted that streetpass is gone. Used to make me smile seeing the little green light on my 3ds knowing that I'd walked past a fellow 3ds-er earlier in the day.  

 

Forget the 3D screen, Streetpass was the real killer feature of the 3ds. 

[Nespresso]

9 hours ago, Spainkiller said:

So, yeah, I just came back from an entire day of playing with the Switch in Frankfurt.

 

I'm going to bed now as I'm absolutely knackered, but: whatever doubts you may have had towards the system, lay them to rest. The thing's extraordinary, from the build quality to the crispness of the screen. Not only does Zelda play and look wonderfully on the Switch's screen, but it's actually a step up from playing it on the proper telly.

 

Also: I pretty much dominated the Ultra Street Fighter II pod, yassss. Get in.

 

X

Did you play Zelda on the TV as well? and if so did you notice any performance issues?

 

(hope already restored though, thanks Spainy!)

[PopeSmokesDope]

Well he's hardly going to say it's a bag of shit is he?


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[Nespresso]

2 minutes ago, PopeSmokesDope said:

Well he's hardly going to say it's a bag of shit is he?

How so? Does he work for Nintendo now? 

[RubberJohnny]

 

Bomberman is a paid game with microtransactions on top, and also runs like shit apparently.

[ph0rce]

So it's a free title?

 

EDIT

 

Haha, that'll teach me not to skim read stuff. 

[Nespresso]

7 minutes ago, Spainkiller said:

 

Yes! And no

Excellent! Gamespot are full of shit then (I hope).

 

Thank you kindly. 

[Sarlaccfood]

Haha there's some right innacurate bobbins being posted in here and it gets a pass because it's negative, but someone comes along with some positivity and that is the thing that gets pulled up?

 

Never change rllmuk.

[therearerules]

I was under the impression that combining the handheld and home console device would end the games drought, but all releases appear to be 'home console' releases. Where's Phoenix Wright? Bravely Default? Theatrhythym? Or any other classic IP (or new IP) which would traditionally be on a Nintendo handheld?

[Harsin]

There's a game from the Bravely Default Team, Project Octodad or something.

[Danster]

9 minutes ago, sir shrew said:

Hence pre-orders not selling out

WUT?

 

[Harsin]

8 minutes ago, sir shrew said:

 

It's shit m8.

 

You could probably need to learn to use a bit of objectivity if you're trying to use someone's taste in games as a reason they can't be trusted.

 

I didn't like MGSV myself, played it for a few hours and realised it just wasn't for me, But it's sat on 93% on metacritic and the majority of people on game forums seemed to like it, I can accept when a game doesn't meet my tastes it doesn't automatically mean it's rubbish. I don't like Dark Souls, but I can accept that it's a good game that does stuff with appeals that just don't resonate with me.

 

Kind of funny when you go red eyed when someone so much as looks askance at Rainbow 6 Siege which is the definition of a game that's not for everyone.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I assume if everybody uses the seemingly typical Rllmuk method of securing at least three  pre-orders before deciding which ones to cancel in the final week, there'll be plenty of  stock on launch.

[Super Craig]

The only thing that's certain is that if there's plenty of stock then it's because no one wants it. And if there's not enough stock it's because Nintendo are deliberately creating a shortage.

[gone fishin]

20 minutes ago, sir shrew said:

More salt for NeoGaf.

 

NeoGaf aren't one person with one opinion. 

 

The thread was a Nintendo-Defence-Force level opinion piece.

 

The criticisms and concerns about the Switch are well founded. Hence pre-orders not selling out and only 35% of potential buyers on this forum securing a pre-order.

 

Their gifs are entertaining. Plus industry figures in the press and devs post there. Don't be bitter, rllmuk.

If only it had an exclusive Ghostbusters (2016) game then it would be at 35.2% and we'd have less negativity on this thread!

[Alex W.]

1 hour ago, Harsin said:

Having to use a separate smartphone app for voice chat  confirmed by Reggie with some truly tortuous reasoning.

 

 

 

 

So how do you use headphones with the Switch *and* your smart device chat app, exactly?

[Qazimod]

22 minutes ago, sir shrew said:

But he did cream over MGSV as the second coming and that turned out to be pap.

 

I've not played it but you'd be disagreeing with many forum people here - it was no. 1 in the forum GOTY poll, ahead of Bloodborne and Witcher 3 etc...

[Alex W.]

1 minute ago, sir shrew said:

And it came out, and everyone was gushing about the opening hour,

 

The opening hour where you spend the whole time being drip-fed the controls and backstory while staring up Snake's arsehole?

 

Yeah, sounds legit, everyone lost their minds over that. That's definitely the part of the game everyone enjoyed.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

8 minutes ago, Super Craig said:

The only thing that's certain is that if there's plenty of stock then it's because no one wants it. And if there's not enough stock it's because Nintendo are deliberately creating a shortage.

 

Launch means very little. If I'm not mistaken the Wii U and Vita broke records as fastest selling  machines or some other arbitrary achievement like that. A good start is no more than a good start, momentum and continuity is what counts. 

 

And MGSV is great, but as I hate the other games in the series that might not be a recommendation.

[Harsin]

5 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

 

So how do you use headphones with the Switch *and* your smart device chat app, exactly?

 

Presumably you can just listen to audio only via headphones on the Switch (since it does have 3.5mm jack), but if you want to use voice chat functionality you have to download the app on your phone and sync it with the Switch and then plug your headset into that instead. It sounds like the actual Switch OS won't have much online gaming functionality beyond syncing to the app made by Dena which will handle things like voice chat, invites and messaging.

 

its fucking bonkers,

[Fatsam]

1 hour ago, moora said:

For those wondering how the joy con charging works, skip to 1 hour 29 mins on this

 

 

The joy cons can charge while attached to the Switch when docked, the Joy Con adaptor can also charge the Joy Cons.

 

Maybe Nintendo haven't been great at communicating the info, but there seems to be a bit of (mostly negative) misinformation in this thread....

 

Oh and the video has some great footage of the games ;-)

 

Yeah, the joy con charging grip that you have to buy separately can also charge them not the piece of plastic that comes with the system

 

I'm going to be playing this mostly on the tele, so one of those charging grips seems pretty essential to me. I've got one pre-ordered along with a set of two more joy cons for multiplayer  Means no faffing around switching controllers if I run out of juice on Zelda and I'll have the ability to charge four jons at the same time so they are always topped up for any potential multiplayer action. .

 

 

 

 

 

[Alex W.]

MGSV is a lot of things. It is not "pap".

[HarryBizzle]

I know I shouldn't by one on launch but I've got nigh on £80 credit at GAME and this thing does look tempting. Would be a great diversion for night shifts. 

[Alex W.]

Just now, Harsin said:

 

Presumably you can just listen to audio only via headphones on the Switch (since it does have 3.5mm jack), but if you want to use voice chat functionality you have to download the app on your phone and sync it with the Switch and then plug your headset into that. It sounds like the actual Switch OS won't have much online gaming functionality beyond syncing to the app made by Dena which will handle things like voice chat, invites and messaging.

 

its fucking bonkers,

 

There is no way that they'll be able to stream audio from the Switch to a mobile device with reasonable latency. They could use Bluetooth, but I don't think there are any mobile OSes which let the devices act as audio streaming receivers rather than transmitters, which leaves wifi, which (going by the Vita) has a round-trip latency so long that the audio would never sync up with the visuals.

[Alex W.]

2 minutes ago, Fatsam said:

Yeah, the joy con charging grip that you have to buy separately can also charge them not the piece of plastic that comes with the system

 

Has this been confirmed anywhere? It just seems weird that they would make a second, identical but less functional, version of the same thing and put it in the box. Not impossible obviously but it just seems really stupid.

[Alex W.]

1 minute ago, sir shrew said:

 

I know you're joking and I cba to go find the quotes, but people were raving about that opening hour.

 

Yeah, but that's not - as you were implying - the origin of people's love for the game and that overall it was pretty crap. The general mood was that the game was an all-out masterpiece up to the end of Chapter 1. You know, the first 50 or so hours.

 

Then people realised a lot of stuff wasn't going to pay off.

[the_debaser]

10 minutes ago, Spainkiller said:

The Phantom Pain was the best game of 2015 (painfully non-interactive intro and lack of final chapter aside), right behind Bloodborne.

 

Splatoon came out in 2015.