Nintendo Switch

Even so, having a new game is better than having nothing. Even if its not a game you personally want to play, you have to be happy that people will get to play it.

Nintendo says various software publishers are creating a rich variety of titles, distributed Switch dev kits greatly exceed kits for Nintendo's previous platforms

Retro is going on a hiring spree for Metroid Prime 4.

During the financial meeting, Furukawa mentioned that Pokemon Sword and Shield will be focused on handheld gameplay.

Edited by tclittle on Apr 26th 2019 at 12:50:48 PM

So I went to GameStop today and apparently the Mario Maker 2 pre-order bonus is a keychain, not a stylus. Possibly the stylus is just a UK thing, or specific to GAME, but I'm hoping it's a keychain that's also a stylus. Still, they also gave me a free bobble pop, which is, uh, something.

The stylus is both a Europe and Japan thing.

It looks like America was stiffed out of a cool preorder bonus again.

NA gamers get shafted out of cool stuff and grass is green. More at 11.

On the bright side, since the Switch isn't region locked, if you really want that stylus, you could probably just preorder it from a European store and import it.

Since when is Ireland not a part of Europe?

Huh. I didn't even know Mario Maker 2 wasn't out yet. I went to the local Gamestop earlier today to look for a different game and they already had copies on sale.

Skies of Arcadia producer said the game originally took place on the top of trains, dodges questions about a Switch port or sequel

Gamestop puts out empty boxes as preorders way ahead of launch.

I think they are talking about mainland Europe, since Ireland is still apart of the EU despite the crapshow going on with Brexit.

Edited by tclittle on Apr 27th 2019 at 5:16:52 AM

Yeah, but it was announced on Nintendo UK's Twitter, so it's not a case of being a mainland thing.

The stylus announcement was also on No E's Twitter as well. Click the currently pinned tweet and scroll down to the next one. Or I can give you a link.

So it seems the recent VR update for BotW (and maybe Mario Odyssey) increase the CPU clock speeds only while loading to speed up loading times.

So you can use the PlayStation VR headset with your Switch.

I don't know if it was posted here, but the new Doraemon + Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons title is surprisingly being localized in English.

Edited by Pichu-kun on Apr 30th 2019 at 8:54:45 AM

New Mario Maker 2 trailer from Nintendo Co. Ltd's Instagram page celebrating the new Reiwa era. Game Xplain uploaded the new trailer for ease and it's embedded below:

Wait, is that trailer saying that we can put multiple styles in the same level?

No. It's specifically to celebrate the last three eras. If you look, the timer is different in each section.

Looks like Donkey Kong Jr., VS Excitebike, and Clu Clu Land will be added to the NES-NSO this month.

The Switch is a sturdy console, right? A few weeks ago mine fell off the bed a good 4~ feet and it still makes me anxious. Only the joycons broke, but it still makes me nervous that the console is broken somehow and I can't see it. It seems silly to worry about Nintendo consoles, though. My Wii and Wii U have fallen down 3 feet several times each with only cosmetic damage.

On a different note, how would collecting Switch games work in several years? Long after the Switch stops being supported by Nintendo. I know certain games require hardware updates to play. This also exists on the 3DS - I've gotten the "You need to update before playing this game" notice often - and presumably on the Wii U as well. It's annoying that you can't keep your console offline if you wish, but I guess that's how gaming is nowadays

But how does this work for collecting? Once updates aren't automatic, then what? If someone buys a Switch 15 years from now are they locked out of several games? Is there nothing to do but download the patches online and hack them into the console? I haven't seen people discuss this so maybe I'm missing something. You can't just plug and play many games nowadays.

For the most part, consoles ship with the latest update for their software. For used systems, even factory resets still keep the latest system software version (at least, I’m pretty sure) so almost any console picked up years after the fact will be able to play any game released.

The Switch itself is seemingly made of Nintendium. The Joycons aren't and aren't made well on top of that.

Previous Nintendo hardware tends to be very resilient, so the Joycons not being so is kind of a downer.

Edited by tclittle on May 5th 2019 at 12:42:02 PM

I'm becoming increasingly glad I invested in a pro controller, the more I hear about how awful the Joycons are.

Same. I pretty much exclusively use the Switch in console mode anyway, so there's never much reason for me to use the Joy-Cons when the Pro Controller is more comfortable, more durable, and presumably lasts longer.

As an added bonus, since their problems seem to be caused by repeated use, it means if I play a game that mandates use of the Joy-Cons I'll have a pair of fresh ones to go in on.

I should probably get a pro controller. My joycon sticks are starting to drift, and it’s getting really annoying.