Nintendo Switch

[Darren]

The thread title needs changing. It's here!

[Yiggy]

When you plug the system into the dock with the joycons attached is there a way to tell when it has totally charged? The little light on the bottom left of dock indicates TV output I think. 

 

I expected there to be the usual orange/green charge light. 

[joffocakes]

Oh man. Mine arrived just after 9am this morning.

 

Zelda was going to take the longest to download so I got Fast RMX and decided to see if the one other person in the world who owned a Switch but not Zelda was on. I came in 2nd.

 

Fast RMX seems really great, having not had much time with the Wii U version (literally just a four-player split screen race on a washed-out projector screen). I wanted a smooth 60fps game to properly show off the Switch's screen and it does that job well. When boosting on straights at maximum speed it does feel a lot like F-Zero GX. There's some lovely, SEGA-blue skies and a big, brash announced hollering nonsense. It's perfect, really.

 

I also got King of Fighters '98 because I cannot help myself (I'll no doubt by Waku Waku 7 as well). The game is noticeably dim in display; I don't know if there's a setting I Can adjust to remedy that. I had a few issues performing special moves with the left JoyCon's non-dpad but once I'll played a little it was more consistent than the Xbox 360's dpad and I got on ok with that. Pretty impressed by how instant the Screenshot capture is, coming from PS4. Lovely stuff. 

 

Anyway Zelda's downloaded now and I'm gonna play a whole lot of it.

[Lorfarius]

Is there a patch for Zelda?

[Indy @ S.E.]

The first time you see the Great Plateau... 

[DarhkFox]

 

[Bojangle]

First impressions of Zelda are "Holy shit - they've really done it this time."

 

I chopped a tree down, rolled the trunk down a path and took out a pair of Bokoblins. GOAT.

[pelago]

12 hours ago, daifuco said:

I bet you're glad it fitted in your top box!

[Shoes]

Me after using the joycons for five minutes

 

[Paulando]

All of the Neo Geo games are co-op/2-player, aren't they? That's neat. Shame Metal Slug 2 isn't on there though.

 

What's Shock Troopers like?

[simms]

Cannot find any info about charging times.  How long to get a full charge?

[MidWalian]

7 minutes ago, simms said:

Cannot find any info about charging times.  How long to get a full charge?

 

About 3hrs when in sleep mode.

[Stanley]

Is the charger supplied the same as the one they sell separately for £24.99?

[DumbMagician]

1 hour ago, Treble said:

 

If you have a PC connected to that same network, do an ipconfig.  Or log onto your router and check in there.

Um so I switched the Switch off and on again and the network appeared. I dunno why as next door's was showing pre-power cycle but all good now, update is downloading.

 

Switchmas is back on!

[Eighthours]

Friend me up, guys!

 

3232-7594-2619

[Treble]

I think we need a page one FAQ, to be honest

 

That's not me offering to do one

 

[Hello Goaty ♥]

Do the SD cards go straight in and work? or does the system do anything to them, like a format or owt?. thanks

[Not Thread Owner]

1 hour ago, VN1X said:

SW-6727-6775-0489

 

Do we have a list of friend codes already?

 

No because you don't need them. Yay!

[Nespresso]

Paging @deKay to get working on that FAQ, thread title and friend codes list!

 

EDIT: speak of the devil.

[MidWalian]

Just now, deKay said:

 

No because you don't need them. Yay!

 

How else do you add them?

[scottcr]

What a lovely lovely lovely wee thing... and so *fast*.  From startup to being in a game is seconds.  Amazing

[the_debaser]

HDMI cable is a little shorter than I'd like. Other than that this thing is incredible. 

[Treble]

I might have a bit of a crack at an FAQ actually, but have at it @deKay and we can always merge our considerable talents

[Not Thread Owner]

Just now, MidWalian said:

 

How else do you add them?

 

I've got about 100 people suggested to me. I've just added them that way. Not a friend code in sight.

 

EDIT: You can also add them locally, and they're adding via Twitter and Facebook "soon".

[Nespresso]

3 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

I've got about 100 people suggested to me. I've just added them that way. Not a friend code in sight.

 

EDIT: You can also add them locally, and they're adding via Twitter and Facebook "soon".

I think suggestions are only based on yer Super Mario Run friends and some other... thing. 

 

EDIT: See below. 

[MidWalian]

2 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

I've got about 100 people suggested to me. I've just added them that way. Not a friend code in sight.

 

Only ones I got in suggestions is some mittomo users, nobody from rllmuk though. Hmmm.

[Coolcongo]

Is there any way to get the captures off the device without using Twitter 

[joffocakes]

12 minutes ago, Hello Goaty ♥ said:

Do the SD cards go straight in and work? or does the system do anything to them, like a format or owt?. thanks

 

I put a 128GB one in and it prompted a small (it took seconds) System Update and now it works. It does format it, I'm sure. I've only got four digital games (Zelda, 1,2 Switch. King of Fighters '98 and Fast RMX) so I've not used any of the SD card's space, yet.

[chamberlago]

It's here! It's beautiful! Can't form full sentences! Too excited!

Friend code SW-7898-7859-1169

Edited March 3, 2017 by chamberlago
Fixed friend code

[Cappuccino Kid]

It has arrived, now the wait for Zelda begins. I'm playing Fast RMX and enjoying the N64 vibes!

 

Add me up: SW-5390-2331-7829