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Wow the Pro Controller is totally worth it. It blew my mind last night. I was playing on the tv with the pro and it felt so complete. Like this a full fledged system, it didn't feel like a gimmick. The controller itself is great, controls like a dream, has good weight to it. I don't think I could go back to using the grip. It didn't feel cramped when I first used it, but now it just feels so tiny. They joysticks just don't handle the same as the pro. Played on the tv with it for about an hour, then my girlfriend and I decided to watch something. We both wanted to keep playing games (she was on Sims4) but have on some background entertainment. Just set the pro down, grabbed the Switch and continued on in portable mode. Easy as pie. I know people might not have the scratch or the ability to find a Pro right away but it is highly recommend. It really elevates the system as a whole.
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^^^^ I dunno the grip feels fine to me, it doesn't feel like a "gimmick".parallelodad posted:I don't know why this particular myth is so persistent. The Switch is sold at profit according to Nintendo's president, but WiiU was sold at a loss, a substantial enough one that they had to sell more than one game to be in the black(Reggie initially said one game in an interview but later put out a statement saying he misspoke and it was more than that), the 3DS was sold for a loss once they cut its price. The Gamecube also was sold at a loss when they cut its price to $99.
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irlZaphod posted:^^^^ I dunno the grip feels fine to me, it doesn't feel like a "gimmick". I didn't mean the grip felt like a gimmick. I meant that ability to switch between console and portable is something that works and is cool. I guess I'm having a tough time coming to terms with the fact that this is how I can play games now.
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Mar 6, 2017 16:48
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Does the pro controller support motion control? I also kind of dislike playing with the joycons+grip but I do like the fact that I can aim the bow in Zelda with the motion controls.
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Mar 6, 2017 16:49
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Partial Octopus posted:Does the pro controller support motion control? I also kind of dislike playing with the joycons+grip but I do like the fact that I can aim the bow in Zelda with the motion controls. Yeah.
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parallelodad posted:I don't know why this particular myth is so persistent. The Switch is sold at profit according to Nintendo's president, but WiiU was sold at a loss, a substantial enough one that they had to sell more than one game to be in the black(Reggie initially said one game in an interview but later put out a statement saying he misspoke and it was more than that), the 3DS was sold for a loss once they cut its price. The Gamecube also was sold at a loss when they cut its price to $99. Except the Switch has already been torn down and one can see the component cost. Now, obviously this doesn't take into Design/Engineering costs and manufacturing (Of which the manufacturing costs are minimal due to where they are being mass produced) but Nintendo * Does * have a clear objective in mind. Sell Hardware at a good profit until they have an install base and hopefully 3rd party picks it up and they can drop the cost (Still making money as component costs have come down) and recoup that on licensing. The gamecube also didn't drop in price in for two years, and the only reason why they lost money was a result of overproduction, of their own doing. quote:With sales sagging and millions of unsold consoles in stock, Nintendo halted GameCube production for the first nine months of 2003 to reduce surplus units.[73] Sales rebounded slightly after a price drop to US$99.99 on September 24, 2003 Had they not overproduced they wouldn't have lost money. And has no bearing on price drops with technology production costs lowered. Either way, the Switch makes, at a minimum, $75 per console sold - and that isn't counting the 2.0 margin on the accessories. Now, I don't blame Nintendo for doing this. They have to at this point to stay profitable because their 3rd party licensing revenue is drat near non-existent. Utnayan fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Mar 6, 2017 |
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Started playing Snipperclips alone and went hmmm no lets do this with someone else. Waited for the youngin to come over and told her to get over here we have a game to play. She fell in love with it instantly and the brief 30 minutes we played around were really fun. Play this game with someone else it makes it great.
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Whats tempting me to get the pro controller is how it will make switching even more seamless. Leave the joycons on the handheld, and just grab it and go when I need the portable. Does it feel quality? Is it heavier than the ps4 controller? It doesnt feel like a $20 Logitech PC gamepad or a crappy see thru neon green madcatz xbox 360 controller does it?
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What's the word on the street on best Screen Protector for the Switch? Is the Hori causing over heating?
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I'm not saying the Switch isn't sold at profit. It obviously is. They have said as much. But not all Nintendo consoles are sold at a profit. Gamers think no Nintendo consoles are sold for loss and that all Sony and Microsoft consoles are, but neither is true.
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JackDarko posted:What's the word on the street on best Screen Protector for the Switch? Is the Hori causing over heating? The Hori doesn't cause overheating, but the natural heat of the console makes the deluxe Hori protector bubble and peel. Funnily enough the cheap Hori screen protector doesn't have the same problem I'm using the $10 Hori one and got a perfect application for the first time in my life, no bubbles, no dust under the thing. Seems perfectly clear. My only problem with it is fingerprints seem a lot more visible on it than on the regular screen.
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The Switch scratches an interesting niche for me. My last console was a Wii and I have a top end PC with 250+ game library on Steam but wanted something for casual enjoyment versus the kind of devouring and lengthy time I spent on PC. When someone asked a page or two ago "what do you do after Zelda" I thought "I don't plan to have Zelda or has been heroes or setsuna finished before a new set of games comes out." My friend actually told me people are racing to finish Zelda on Twitch and my first immediate thought was "someone is doing the Switch wrong." In a lot of ways this is a luxury system for a different kind of use than then xbox or PlayStation. Whether that is a thing people accept will be interesting to see over the next year but you already see the clash over non-game media content availability and demands (entitlement) for as many services as can be crammed onto it.
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anatomi posted:I don't understand why 1-2 Switch isn't a pack-in title. It must've been conceived as one, right? What happened? Strange. I am not sure why they didn't at least give us the 1-2 Switch demo that we played at the preview events. It has Ball Counting, Quick Draw, and Milk.
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ChocNitty posted:Whats tempting me to get the pro controller is how it will make switching even more seamless. Leave the joycons on the handheld, and just grab it and go when I need the portable. I picked up the Pro Controller at launch (luckily the best buy i was in got like 70 of them) and I REALLY like it. I have a PS4 and XBONE and I'd put it above the PS4 and below Xbox, even though they are all similar in that they are high quality. I like that it comes with a rechargable battery as well. It definitely does make swapping to portable and home mode completely seamless.
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Mar 6, 2017 17:12
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Anyone else just enjoying using the joy cons separately? Not so much out of a dislike of the grip (which is alright) I find myself just using the joycons. Its great being able to lounge without needing to hold my hands together while playing. Its like a realized wiimote + nunchunk without the dumb wire that got caught on everything.
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Mar 6, 2017 17:12
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NOA are selling "replacement docks" on their online store, $30 cheaper than the standalone dock set because they don't come with the AC adapter or HDMI cable. https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/p...oryId=cat831380
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Mar 6, 2017 17:14
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Yep. I didn't think about it until I was in a shrine that had a ball in a maze puzzle. I noticed there wasn't a top on it so I just Super Monkeyball'd that poo poo and flung the ball to the ramp it needed to get to. I just turned the whole platform upside down. Then its a flat surface. which was tricky in its own way buy fun.
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Cerepol posted:Anyone else just enjoying using the joy cons separately? I like using them separately so much that I passed on getting the pro controller
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Mar 6, 2017 17:17
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What's a good place to find regular arrows in BoTW? They are expensive AF.
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FYI and a word of warning. You cannot transfer or back up your save files. So if your switch goes? So do your saves. quote:Nintendo confirmed a new Switch ‘feature’ that has some gamers furious You also cannot have save files on anything but internal system memory.
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Will they be including cloud backups with their new online service? if not lol
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Chernabog posted:What's a good place to find regular arrows in BoTW? They are expensive AF. Beedle sells some, and Gerudo town has an arrow vendor (no idea if there's one in other towns, I haven't been to any other town...) E: oh wait you meant find Uh, just look for a bokoblin archer and have him take potshots at you and pick up all the arrows he misses
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Auron posted:Will they be including cloud backups with their new online service? There was a lot of talk about "no e-store for the first few weeks" and it was ready at release. I think cloud backups will come within the month, before anyone can fill their internal memory (which is the real point this is an issue).
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Chernabog posted:What's a good place to find regular arrows in BoTW? They are expensive AF. El Burbo posted:Beedle sells some, and Gerudo town has an arrow vendor (no idea if there's one in other towns, I haven't been to any other town...) 
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Auron posted:Will they be including cloud backups with their new online service? Nope. Online Gameplay, Lobbies and Voice Chat, Exclusive deals, and a VC game a month. At least for this year.
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irlZaphod posted:Bokoblins with bows usually drop batches of 5. I went, the exact opposite direction of kakariko when I jumped off the plateau and ended up in gerudo desert
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Got my Switch yesterday and played a few hours of Zelda last night. I woke up this morning and discovered my right joycon was not working, at all. It won't register to the console, attached or not. I've tried rebooting the console a couple times but nothing seems to be changing. Any obvious tips I'm missing here or is it likely busted? 
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XyrlocShammypants posted:There was a lot of talk about "no e-store for the first few weeks" and it was ready at release. I think cloud backups will come within the month, before anyone can fill their internal memory (which is the real point this is an issue).
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Cerepol posted:Anyone else just enjoying using the joy cons separately? Initially it was a bit jarring and I couldn't get used to it but it "clicked" last night when playing Zelda for a couple hours. Being able to wrap your fingers around where SR and SL are really, really helps and makes them super easy to hold. Played with my hands under a blanket for a couple hours and ran into no syncing issues AND the battery on the joycons barely depleted.
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El Burbo posted:Beedle sells some, and Gerudo town has an arrow vendor (no idea if there's one in other towns, I haven't been to any other town...) Oh, I guess that would work.
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Archive keeps the game on your home screen (so you can redownload without finding it in the eShop) and keeps your save data. I thought delete didn't keep your save data but guess I'm wrong.
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Cerepol posted:Anyone else just enjoying using the joy cons separately?
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ChocNitty posted:Whats tempting me to get the pro controller is how it will make switching even more seamless. Leave the joycons on the handheld, and just grab it and go when I need the portable. Not that weight has much to do with quality, but yes it's definitely heavier than the PS4 controller. It feels great, probably tied with the 360 controller as my favorite console controller. I've only experienced the rumble in Zelda and that is kind of poo poo, but I don't care about rumble anyways. The only thing that bothers me about it has no headphone jack.
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katkillad2 posted:The only thing that bothers me about it has no headphone jack. Partially related to this... over the weekend I had to play my Switch on a monitor that only had VGA. So I bought an HDMI to VGA adapter, but it didn't split out the audio. I figured the headphone jack on the switch itself was worth a shot - and it works! So, if you have headphones with a long enough cable, you can actually use the headphone jack when in TV mode.
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ChocNitty posted:Whats tempting me to get the pro controller is how it will make switching even more seamless. Leave the joycons on the handheld, and just grab it and go when I need the portable. Yea, just about everything about it is really good. My only complaint is the face buttons feel a little chunky, but that's minor. I already like it more than the Dualshock4. I thought the Wii U Pro controller got a fair deal more praise than it deserved while still being generally good, but the Switch Pro controller is actually great.
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irlZaphod posted:NOA are selling "replacement docks" on their online store, $30 cheaper than the standalone dock set because they don't come with the AC adapter or HDMI cable.  Dang, I know they shot the moon with accessory costs but that's still a lot cheaper than I expected to see this early.Switch is dank, today is gonna be the first day I'll have to really sit down and play Zelda for more than a couple hours, but I've already played it enough that I'm totally happy with the console even without Zelda (which is also dank). Fri and Sat I brought my Switch in the carrying case to work and played it a bit on break. I like how Zelda is open-ended enough that you can play for just like 20 min~ or so and actually feel like you accomplished something. I took the whole thing, dock and all over to a friends place on Saturday night and ended up downloading fast RMX just to have something multiplayer and was actually kinda surprised that single joycon play wasn't so bad afterall. I passed them around the room and never had any trouble with desync or anything. We had some drinks and crashed our rocket cars into the siderails for a couple hours, it was fun  I'm sold on getting a second set of joycons over a pro controller now, the con-grip feels fine after you adjust, desyncing wasn't an issue (for me at least), and the right joycon's stick placement isn't bad at all. The joycons are too small for placement to really matter, it's not like you're gripping its sides so much as holding it loosely in your fingers. So yeah, no regrets THE FUCKING MOON fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Mar 6, 2017 |
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THE loving MOON posted:
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irlZaphod posted:It's cheaper because it doesn't come with the AC adapter or the HDMI cable. Like, if you want to use it as a second dock you have to bring those with you or buy spare ones. *looks up cost of ac adaptor* welp, nm 
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Is there anyone who doesn't have a spare HDMI cable lying around? Really it's just down to the extra AC adapter (which is $30 anyway).
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Chernabog posted:What's a good place to find regular arrows in BoTW? They are expensive AF. Kakariko and Hateno Village sell them in addition to the already mentioned Gerudo village/Beedle. I wanna say Kakariko had them cheapest maybe? Money became less of an issue for me when I started selling my amber/opals etc. There's also an early upgrade to the Sheikah Slate that will let you set your radar for items/enemies/resources you've identified with it. Haven't messed with it yet but you can add multiple types of arrows to the catalog so presumably it will guide you to them?
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