Nintendo Switch

[RaoulSilva]

How about Fast RMX?

 

 

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

So how does the unit feel with the Joy-Con® attached? Does it feel like a singular, stiff, solid block or is there any flexibility in it?

 

(hur hur)

[ridgeracer]

3 minutes ago, Napole0n said:

So how does the unit feel with the Joy-Con® attached? Does it feel like a singular, stiff, solid block or is there any flexibility in it?

 

(hur hur)

 

Here is the Official Nintendo image (from the manual) of how a player should use the Switch in handheld mode:

 

 

 

[jonamok]

This divisive thread has finally reached some kind of accord(ion).

[robotattack]

Shopto have dropped the price of Skylanders to £36.85. Gives some hope that some of the other games could still get cheaper. http://www.shopto.net/video-games/switch/SWSK01-skylanders-imaginators-nintendo-switch

[gizmo1990]

17 minutes ago, Napole0n said:

So how does the unit feel with the Joy-Con® attached? Does it feel like a singular, stiff, solid block or is there any flexibility in it?

 

(hur hur)

 

Rock solid. I did find though that the width of the unit took a little getting used to.

[robotattack]

47 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

Not signed in

 

Savage?

[pulsemyne]

1 hour ago, Barnard said:

I haven't got access to software to lighten the picture, but if I whack my phones brightness you can see that Nintendo have secured the wire with an L shaped connector.

 

I reckon the vertical long part of the L shape is hiding the recess. 

That's the housing for the microSD crads

[pulsemyne]

1 hour ago, pelago said:

No.

And by the way, I've heard the Wii U being described as Linux-based, but it isn't as far as I know, judging from what I've read about Wii U hacking.

CafeOS is linux based although, obviously, quite custom.

[Barnard]

5 minutes ago, pulsemyne said:

That's the housing for the microSD crads

 

The bit at the top is where I had lifted the kickstand. I'm talking about the bit with the wire hanging out that Nintendo had bolted on. 

 

(Just looked the desktop site. I didn't realise the pictures were coming out so big! :-/ )

 

 

[mushashi]

1 hour ago, pulsemyne said:

CafeOS is linux based although, obviously, quite custom.

 

Both Sony and Nintendo have used custom Unix variants, doesn't mean much except to hackers looking for weaknesses in their defences.

[Captain Kelsten]

Good ol' Reggie has been defending the sparse lineup by saying launch day isn't the be all and end all and that a steady drip-feed of games is better than a lot at launch. Which is fine. It just means I personally will wait until that drip-feed forms into something more than a puddle before I buy one.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-16-reggie-nintendo-switch-launch-day-not-be-all-and-end-all

 

[The Mighty Ash]

Whats the point of everything launching on day one when everyone will be playing Zelda.  

[Nespresso]

BoI developer on cost of the Switch physical edition:

 

[Nespresso]

 

[Strafe]

Not that fussed about lack of controller battery dock (though it's very cheap not having a USB pass through), Xbox charge for their battery packs.

[Zombait]

6 hours ago, VN1X said:

Here you go:

 

 

You can hear it click!!!!!  
 

 

[Nespresso]

idgi

[Alex W.]

Just now, Strafe said:

Xbox charge for their battery packs.

 

It's a slightly different situation when the pad takes ordinary batteries and you can keep your pad going by rummaging around a kitchen drawer for 3 minutes.

[Strafe]

Just now, Alex W. said:

 

It's a slightly different situation when the pad takes ordinary batteries and you can keep your pad going by rummaging around a kitchen drawer for 3 minutes.

 

Fair point. Fuck them.

[Alex W.]

I don't even want the console, I just want to own Joycons.

 

God damn Nintendo industrial design.

[Nespresso]

WHAT R UR FAVORITE BOX ART?

 

 

 

 

 

[Strafe]

"Race faster than ever".

 

Guess they spunked all the cash on dev and had none left over for a copywriter.

[HarryBizzle]

40 minutes ago, ashmatuk said:

Whats the point of everything launching on day one when everyone will be playing Zelda.  

 

I think the issue is that no one gives a crap about anything else releasing until Day 56 and that's a port of 3 year old MK8 and everything else of note is due on Day TBC.

[Barnard]

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/nwrpodcast505.mp3

 

skip to the hour mark to hear interesting talk about the joycons. 

 

He says they are more along the lines of the Oculus Rift and VR motion detail of sensing than the old Wiimotes motion plus and PS move controllers. 

[wretcherd]

It occurs to me that you could in theory have Joypad-Controllers with different layouts and mix and match your favourites.

Say, one with a proper dpad above the analogue stick, or a right analogue stick above the buttons, or the inevitable SNES coloured buttons.

What about a GameCube style big A?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Yeah, the thing Nintendo definitely needs is another confusing lineup of about 2 million different controllers for one console.

[suzzopher]

13 minutes ago, Barnard said:

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/nwrpodcast505.mp3

 

skip to the hour mark to hear interesting talk about the joycons. 

 

He says they are more along the lines of the Oculus Rift and VR motion detail of sensing than the old Wiimotes motion plus and PS move controllers. 

 

Syrenne is a she.

 

The tech does sound great.

[dataDave]

I thought that's what the guy was going to do with his hanky magic trick during the presentation. Uncover it to reveal different versions. Kind of glad it was just the neon alternate colours.

 

I do wish the triggers were analogue though. Third-party racing games (as well as a HD F-Zero GX) are pretty much ruled out as a result.

[HarryBizzle]

10 minutes ago, Napole0n said:

Yeah, the thing Nintendo definitely needs is another confusing lineup of about 2 million different controllers for one console.

 

 

 

The Wii U is a disaster in this regard. When I play MK8 at the in laws, invariably someone has forgotten the controls and telling them which button to press is so confusing because everyone is using a different controller, "Z" means nothing to anyone, the kids have to turn the Gamepad over and look at the triggers to tell which one is which. Some people are using Wiimotes with motion control and don't know why they can't use the d-pad. It's a horror show.

 

It annoys me that they haven't changed their controller naming convention for the Switch. Having you X/Y and A/B in different positions to the Xbox is just confusing*, and ZR/ZL is just a horrible idea all around.

 

*I realise they got there first with this but at least having coloured buttons would help a lot with my confusion - whenever they tell me to press X, I hit Y.