Nintendo Switch

[kempstar]

Presumably that is new customers only?

[bobontheway]

New PrimeNOW customers, I think, not new Prime customers.

[SuperBrother]

Been doing some searching around for a good price on a pro controller. No dice on the official one but gearbest have a knock off version for £15 Here

worth a quick punt, will post up impressions when it comes.

[rgraves]

1 hour ago, CovisGod said:

Can anyone tell me how much Splatoon 2 is on the eShop please ? It's £48 at Amazon so I may as well buy it digitally 

 

Always worth checking CDKeys for digital switch stuff as well. They have Splatoon 2 for £45 at the mo:

 

https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch

[Stanley]

25 minutes ago, Pockets said:

I've been in this thread for a month or so now and not once has one of you mentioned Project Octopath Traveller. Fucking shame on you all! Just downloaded the demo.

That's because the demo came out months ago, and the actual game isn't due until sometime next year

[Marlew]

The South Africa eShop option can't be overstated or repeated enough. If you're going digital, it's obligatory. 

 

You will save approximately 20-25% on every digital purchase versus the UK store. I bought about eighty games this year via the UK eShop. I probably could have saved myself two to three hundred quid, the cost of the console. 

[Benny]

2 hours ago, BossSaru said:

£39.95 at The Game Collection, who have always been excellent IME.

 

Saw they had BOTW cheaper than anywhere else so nabbed it.

 

Soon to be a proud Switch owner so I can join the party.

[joemul]

55 minutes ago, Stanshall said:

The South Africa eShop option can't be overstated or repeated enough. If you're going digital, it's obligatory. 

 

You will save approximately 20-25% on every digital purchase versus the UK store. I bought about eighty games this year via the UK eShop. I probably could have saved myself two to three hundred quid, the cost of the console. 

 

Can someone post a brief idiota guide to doin this? My brother has bought one for his niece for Xmas and I’d like to make him aware. 

[Alexlotl]

1 hour ago, Pockets said:

I've been in this thread for a month or so now and not once has one of you mentioned Project Octopath Traveller. Fucking shame on you all! Just downloaded the demo.

 

Ahem.

 

On 17/11/2017 at 22:34, Alexlotl said:

Downloaded the demos of Snipperclips, Puyo Tetris and Project Octopath Traveller, the latter of which was a real surprise - I had no idea there was a demo.

 

Octopath was intriguing - it feels something in between a late SNES JPRG (e.g. FF6) and an early PSX one (e.g. Grandia). The voice acting is really annoying though, and the music was mixed so high during the intro that I had to strain to hear it. I’ve adjusted the balance now, so I should give it another go. Intrigued to see a Japanese voices option again.

 

I confess I haven’t been back to it since writing that, but I am firmly in Mario + Rabbids grip. 

 

[Marlew]

12 minutes ago, joemul said:

 

Can someone post a brief idiota guide to doin this? My brother has bought one for his niece for Xmas and I’d like to make him aware. 

 

1. Set up a Nintendo account on the Nintendo website: https://accounts.nintendo.com

2. Set South Africa as country of residence.

3. Log into the Switch using the same account.

4. Go to the eShop on the Switch, prices should appear in Rand.

5. Use a UK debit or credit card to make purchases.

6. PROFIT (actually profit). 

[wretcherd]

5 hours ago, KartoffelKopf said:

Losing my 100 hour Zelda save if I drop my switch or the thing just breaks is just a constant source of anxiety.

 

 

I agree about the save thing though, if they won't allow moving to sd card for fear of piracy then cloud saves is the obvious solution.

[Strafe]

1 minute ago, wretcherd said:

 

 

I agree about the save thing though, if they won't allow moving to sd card for fear of piracy then cloud saves is the obvious solution.

 

That doesn’t make sense if you can store games on the SD card.

[Chooch]

48 minutes ago, grindmouse said:

Interesting how the joycon acted as a buffer. Dropped without the joycons and I'm pretty sure it would be dead.

You think?

[shirubagan]

I’ve been given £15 eShop credit. What should I spend it on? Smaller titles as I’ll just get big titles from the SA store. 

 

Got: 

Garou

Snake Pass

FAST RMX

Snipperclips

Rogue Trooper

Bulb Boy

Shantae

Sonic Mania

Mr Shifty

Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Wonderboy

Metal Slug 3

 

Edit: Just watched the trailer for Serial Cleaner. Might wait for that — looks ace!

[outspaced]

I really enjoyed Steamworld Dig 2, a lovely 15 hour metroidvania.

[Transient Curse]

2 hours ago, Stanshall said:

 

1. Set up a Nintendo account on the Nintendo website: https://accounts.nintendo.com

2. Set South Africa as country of residence.

3. Log into the Switch using the same account.

4. Go to the eShop on the Switch, prices should appear in Rand.

5. Use a UK debit or credit card to make purchases.

6. PROFIT (actually profit). 

 

Can you just change the region on an already created account? 

[shirubagan]

8 minutes ago, Wahwah* said:

 

Can you just change the region on an already created account? 

 

Yup. Go to accounts.nintendo.com and switch your region. When you boot the eShop, sign in again and accept the Ts & Cs, buy games, Switch region back again. No need for a new account. 

[Mike]

Two kids in my class were discussing how they were hoping Father Christmas was going to bring them a switch.  I'm now the coolest teacher in school after I leaned in and instead of telling them off for talking said "me too, now do your work" 

 

I then mocked them later because neither want Zelda or Mario. 

[Transient Curse]

33 minutes ago, shirubagan said:

 

Yup. Go to accounts.nintendo.com and switch your region. When you boot the eShop, sign in again and accept the Ts & Cs, buy games, Switch region back again. No need for a new account. 

Cheers, is there any reason to switch regions back? If everything's cheaper in SA, why would I return to the UK store? 

[Ork1927]

Switch coming on Wednesday.

 

Plan is to mainly use it as a handheld. If the joy cons aren't attached - how long do they last before needing a charge.

 

I assume I can play with the joycons attached and it plugged in? But if the joycons are unnattached do I only get limited play time before it all has to be charged up? How does the charging grip work?

 

Sorry for the questions.

 

 

[JPickford]

20 hours or so.  Not that I've really tested it.

[shirubagan]

41 minutes ago, Wahwah* said:

Cheers, is there any reason to switch regions back? If everything's cheaper in SA, why would I return to the UK store? 

 

In case you have to change to another region. I forgot to add that it nukes any credit on the account. 

[Transient Curse]

11 minutes ago, shirubagan said:

 

In case you have to change to another region. I forgot to add that it nukes any credit on the account. 

 

Cheers, it worked! 

[geldra]

3 hours ago, wretcherd said:

 

 

I agree about the save thing though, if they won't allow moving to sd card for fear of piracy then cloud saves is the obvious solution.

 

Pilotwings Switch confirmed!!!!?

[spanky debrest]

2 hours ago, Strafe said:

 

That doesn’t make sense if you can store games on the SD card.

 

From what I understand, by tightening up the system's SD access, not having save files being able to be read from the SD at all and forgoing a proper web browser Nintendo have pretty much eliminated all the standard points of attack.

 

I'm not sure if a way to back up / restore game saves without the possibility of the process being subverted / exploited by hackers in some form even exists.

[Jonny5]

I’m almost at breaking point with sending my switch back due to the absolutely shocking controller performance when I use it in the dock. 

 

 

This was me last night trying to play Mario with my pro controller. I had multiple complete disconnects along with a host of missed button presses and Mario continuing to run for seconds after releasing the sticks. 

 

Given my my last Nintendo support experience I’m super reluctant to do this. While they now have the data transfer function on the Switch, I don’t have any faith that they would do this correctly. 

 

 

 

[robdood]

Mine is the same tbh, especially if I put something between the controller and the console, eg a leg or a small child. 

 

Its pretty crap. 

[Stanley]

9 hours ago, Mike said:

Two kids in my class were discussing how they were hoping Father Christmas was going to bring them a switch.  I'm now the coolest teacher in school after I leaned in and instead of telling them off for talking said "me too, now do your work" 

 

I then mocked them later because neither want Zelda or Mario. 

Out of interest what games did they want? 

[Captain Kelsten]

The switch bundle on Amazon sold out in 2 minutes 6 seconds on black Friday. 

 

They released a new bundle yesterday for cyber Monday, which sold out in 81 seconds. 

 

Wii u? More like Wii who, amirite?

[ZOK]

My mate bought one on Friday, and on Saturday we were playing Mario Karts 8 together, via the magic of the internet and unlimited minutes.

 

First time we’ve done that since Mario Kart 64, which was the last time he owned a games console.