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Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

Yikes A Zombie! posted:

Which one? I got the amFilm Tempered Glass Screen and it's so loving good.

i got this and tried to apply it even in a steamy bathroom as recommended and hosed it up, they sent me a replacement, and i still hosed it up somehow. i'm just going to throw caution to the wind on not using one because i live on the edge

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Fremry
Nov 4, 2003

ethanol posted:

Wtf is this poo poo

You must be new to the Nintendo threads. I remember when people thought he was crazy for getting all of the Smash ones.

Edit: Also Jivjov is married, if I remember correctly.

bef
Mar 2, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Viewtiful Jew posted:

In his defense at least (mostly) every amiibo looks slightly different from each other and they're out of the box as well when displayed.

At least it's not this.

Jfc

Also don't shame jivjov's Nintendo collection it's beautiful in its own way

Crafty
Dec 9, 2003

I CAN'T SEE SHIT.












xbox one is the best

Yikes A Zombie! posted:

Which one? I got the amFilm Tempered Glass Screen and it's so loving good.

Yeah this is the one I got, seems like a high quality product. To the other guys that got them, didn't you get two in the package? I didnt do the steamy bathroom I just screenwiped the poo poo out of my switch and used my phone light to make sure there were no dust suckers left on there.

The only good amiibo is a dead amiibo

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014



so this is why the Switch is 300 dollars. The margins on this thing are pretty thin.

don't expect a price cut anytime soon.

HyperPuma
Jun 24, 2007

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but trump is president
seems legit

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


TFRazorsaw posted:



so this is why the Switch is 300 dollars. The margins on this thing are pretty thin.

don't expect a price cut anytime soon.

Well that depends if they can get costs down.

Feenix
Mar 14, 2003
Sorry, guy.
I really am hoping I didn't just kill my switch. Any things or button presses I can do to do like a hard restart or something?

I had to move all my electronics to rearrange some things. I took the Switch Dock, AC adapter, and USB-C that goes from my Switch and usually connects to my pro controller for charging to another room. I plugged my USB-C that was coming off the Dock to quickly charge up my Switch (which was at 89%)

An hour later, I can't get the screen to turn on at all. Totally dead.

Did it just fully drain for some crazy reason? Did I kill it? What do I do here?! :(

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp
Call Nintendo

HyperPuma
Jun 24, 2007

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but trump is president
did you hold the button down

Feenix
Mar 14, 2003
Sorry, guy.

HyperPuma posted:

did you hold the button down

I did. I pressed it a little and then I pressed it longer. Just stays dead.


I can call them... just wondering if there was something I was missing. I doubt it though...

It's now docked and I let it sit for about 15 min. You'd think it would respond a little... nothing yet.

[Edit] for my own info, should charging it through the USBC that came with my pro controller that is connected to the dock be considered bad? That would be news to me.

Argona
Feb 16, 2009

I don't want to go on living the boring life of a celestial forever.

This is sort of a weird question, but does anyone know if the Japanese switch has language options for UI? I know the console is region free, so I should be able to buy us games for it but if it doesn't have English I'd rather pay a bit more.

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Feenix posted:

I did. I pressed it a little and then I pressed it longer. Just stays dead.


I can call them... just wondering if there was something I was missing. I doubt it though...

It's now docked and I let it sit for about 15 min. You'd think it would respond a little... nothing yet.

[Edit] for my own info, should charging it through the USBC that came with my pro controller that is connected to the dock be considered bad? That would be news to me.
I can't imagine this would be a problem, but hey maybe you found some hosed up issue lucky you.

Feenix
Mar 14, 2003
Sorry, guy.

LethalGeek posted:

I can't imagine this would be a problem, but hey maybe you found some hosed up issue lucky you.

Resolved. Hold power for 12 seconds or more. Then press Power to turn back on. I guess I had a locked black screen.

Sorry guys, didn't mean to panic. It's been a day. Water heater leaked all over my finished basement, had to get a new one fast (kids need water) and then dehumidifiers everywhere.

Thanks! :)

<3

SeANMcBAY
Jun 28, 2006

Look on the bright side.



I'm moving and it's cool that I could continue playing this big epic Zelda game without waiting to be all moved in.

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:

TFRazorsaw posted:



so this is why the Switch is 300 dollars. The margins on this thing are pretty thin.

don't expect a price cut anytime soon.

Isn't Nintendo the only company that sells their consoles at a profit though

Man I hope they do bring over here the SoM collection because a translated SD3 would be incredible. That soundtrack is so loving good

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

Calaveron posted:

Isn't Nintendo the only company that sells their consoles at a profit though

Man I hope they do bring over here the SoM collection because a translated SD3 would be incredible. That soundtrack is so loving good

The PS4 sold at a loss in 2013, but that's not the case anymore.

as for the Switch, the remaining 50 not covered here more than likely goes into packaging and retailer fees, so I'm pretty sure that whatever profit this thing is making its margins are pretty slim.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



Hammer Bro. posted:

I have the Switch Backpack. It does not quite fit my 15.6 (diagonal) screen laptop.

The way it's designed, the Switch is supposed to go in a pouch in the biggest compartment -- the one that would be on the bottom if you laid the backpack straps-side-down, which I always do. I'd be worried about having a laptop lay on my precious switch.

So that's why I carry around two backpacks.

drat, thanks though.

Douglas Dinsdale
Oct 13, 2006

Argona posted:

This is sort of a weird question, but does anyone know if the Japanese switch has language options for UI? I know the console is region free, so I should be able to buy us games for it but if it doesn't have English I'd rather pay a bit more.

Switch is identical across all regions.
You can change the interface language under general settings regardless of whichever regional account(s) you're using.

I was actually afraid of not being able to access the JP e-shop from Canada, so I ordered mine from Amazon Japan and had it shipped, but all I did was suffer two weeks of waiting after launch and selling off my Bestbuy.ca preorder to a very grateful local fella.

WIFEY WATCHDOG
Jun 25, 2012

Yeah, well I don't trust this guy. I think he regifted, he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Super Bowl sex romp.
Decided against opening the baby Lego game and will just play these epic neo geo games until the next Nintendo rehash drops.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum
can someone tell me why my local walmart has 3 switches in stock, but the nearest ac adapter in stock is 2000mi away


seriously what

all of the local big box stores are completely out of wall plugs for this thing

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



Ursine Catastrophe posted:

can someone tell me why my local walmart has 3 switches in stock, but the nearest ac adapter in stock is 2000mi away


seriously what

all of the local big box stores are completely out of wall plugs for this thing

Maybe every store got a super low number of adapters?

Can you buy extra docks yet?

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

s.i.r.e. posted:

Maybe every store got a super low number of adapters?

Can you buy extra docks yet?

From here, yes, but even they're out of adapters. I don't know if Nintendo super underestimated the effect of having the dock say "I refuse to work properly without Official Nintendo Chargers" and they're used to whatever demand for power solutions mitigated by people buying from cheaper third parties, or if they cannibalized their own adapter stock for boxed switches, or what.

Mostly I bring it up out of actual curiosity if anyone ITT has seen/heard any underlying reason for this fairly head-scratching shortage.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



What happened to the $90 price tag the dock used to have?

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

s.i.r.e. posted:

What happened to the $90 price tag the dock used to have?

That's just the dock with no spare power, which is the other $30 missing from the price tag you're talking about.

Was worth it for me but ouch all the same.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



LethalGeek posted:

That's just the dock with no spare power, which is the other $30 missing from the price tag you're talking about.

Was worth it for me but ouch all the same.

Oh, well, gently caress that.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

LethalGeek posted:

That's just the dock with no spare power, which is the other $30 missing from the price tag you're talking about.

Was worth it for me but ouch all the same.

That ouch was my initial reaction too, until I looked on amazon and realized most of the generic hdmi combo to usb C dongles come in at the same general price baseline. The fact that this is the first console I've had in awhile where I actually want to have some spare extras of the bits that come with the box really makes it obvious where the money is going, though.

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


Pssstttt

Hey kids

Do you wanna try some.. party games?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjPVMtlobNE

Here's an extended gameplay vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOp4KS3bS4Q

Ohtsam
Feb 5, 2010

Not this shit again.

TFRazorsaw posted:



so this is why the Switch is 300 dollars. The margins on this thing are pretty thin.

don't expect a price cut anytime soon.

With all of the supply chain and retail costs they might only be breaking even on them. Though there are a few rumors to the effect of nvidia giving nintendo a sweetheart deal on the tegra chips

Dizz
Feb 14, 2010


L :dva: L
collecting amiibos is cool, collecting things are cool.

enojy
Sep 11, 2001

bass rattle
stars out
the sky

Looks like Yooka-Laylee's getting sorta panned. That's a real shame, I liked everything about it so far... that is, that it's cute, a 3D platformer, and has a Shovel Knight cameo.

My roommate was playing some ridiculously bad rap music on her phone the other day, and I was like wtf is this? It's the Yooka-Laylee theme song! Ugh it's so bad it's good. Maybe I'll get it anyway despite the reviews.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

eonwe posted:

I think the amiibos are cool as gently caress

I don't own any but I wish I had a cool collection like that

A collection starts with a single item. Go buy one if you're interested, they're not that expensive.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

enojy posted:

Looks like Yooka-Laylee's getting sorta panned. That's a real shame, I liked everything about it so far... that is, that it's cute, a 3D platformer, and has a Shovel Knight cameo.

My roommate was playing some ridiculously bad rap music on her phone the other day, and I was like wtf is this? It's the Yooka-Laylee theme song! Ugh it's so bad it's good. Maybe I'll get it anyway despite the reviews.

There's a cost to making a game that's a "spiritual successor" to a game from a much older school of game design, and the balancing act of "true to the old design" while scrapping the lovely aspects is a very fine line to walk. Most of the reviews I've seen have basically said "If you enjoyed the N64+Rare era games for their gameplay you'll like it, but there's a reason they aren't made like that anymore".

I was going to buy it sight unseen for Steam but if it's going to hit the Switch I'm deffo waiting.

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


It looks like it depends on which reviewer you get for Yooka Laylee.

If they like N64 Mascot era games it'll review well
If not.. then yeah.

SeANMcBAY
Jun 28, 2006

Look on the bright side.



Sounds like the console versions are having tons of issues so I don't have much hope for it on Switch.

Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

yeah it apparently doesn't perform great on the xbox one or ps4 so i don't have a lot of hopes for the switch version being decent. i'm a little bummed at the reception the game is getting because i was hoping for it to y'know, evoke banjo-kazooie while still feeling like a pretty modern experience, but apparently it sticks to the n64 blueprint to a fault (including the focus being more on collecting than platforming) and lacks a lot of polish when it comes to the camera and controls. i read more than one review that said the casino world was outright bad too, and that's a full 20% of the game.

Cardboard Box fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Apr 5, 2017

Mediocrity Goggles
Mar 20, 2009

Looking at it the wrong way.
Then it probably wasn't just coincidence I was getting BK Nuts & Bolts vibes from footage of the casino area. And what did N&B have a lot of? Empty travel space justified by the fact you're in a vehicle most of the time... except you don't have that this time around.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope
Bloodstained better not be bad or I will be so angry.

Tijuana Bibliophile
Dec 30, 2008

Scratchmo

Ursine Catastrophe posted:

can someone tell me why my local walmart has 3 switches in stock, but the nearest ac adapter in stock is 2000mi away


seriously what

all of the local big box stores are completely out of wall plugs for this thing

It's comparatively cheap for a USB-PD charger actually, maybe it can charge macbooks at ~40W or something

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bef
Mar 2, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Cardboard Box posted:

yeah it apparently doesn't perform great on the xbox one or ps4 so i don't have a lot of hopes for the switch version being decent. i'm a little bummed at the reception the game is getting because i was hoping for it to y'know, evoke banjo-kazooie while still feeling like a pretty modern experience, but apparently it sticks to the n64 blueprint to a fault (including the focus being more on collecting than platforming) and lacks a lot of polish when it comes to the camera and controls. i read more than one review that said the casino world was outright bad too, and that's a full 20% of the game.

I mean you can see it in that gameplay preview..that level looked like rear end. Made me sus of the product overall
Dunno why they wouldn't improve on the stuff that was criticised back then, and lol @ lovely porting for ps4/xbone

bef fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Apr 5, 2017

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