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John Lee posted:Wait, y'all are getting yours filled, but mine from 16 hours ago was canceled because I was defrauding them? My salt returns with a vengeance. Probably the same thing that wouldn't let me buy the on sale eshop money. i had to go through paypal to get it to work
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 Finally got around to replacing my faulty joystick. Bought my Switch secondhand and the left JoyCon came with drift and a bit of the plastic housing broken off which presented a chicken/egg conundrum to my curious mind: did bashing it cause the drift, or was it bashed because of the drift?  It also felt a bit sloppy compared to the right one and L3 didn't work reliably. TBH it was only noticeable in a few parts of BoTW where fairly precise movement across a platform was important, or trying to use the solo Joycon for MarioKart, but it still bugged me a bit and looked like a cheap fix that was within my wheelhouse and available tools. Not a terrible job, though a bit fiddly with the tiny ZIF connectors in an enclosed space at times. I'd say the only part that felt worrysome was unplugging the battery (remove battery first to get a better angle, pry low, from the back where the wires go in, you may need to use a small flathead screwdriver if your "small" spudger can't get in there). iFixit's guide offered the tip "if you're having trouble prying it up, pull gently on the wires to free it". I knew this was a bad idea but did it anyways and as a result broke a bit of the top plastic of the battery connector off, which let the positive wire slide out. It could still slide back in but there wasn't much keeping it in place. I remembered I had a bunch of Sugru I'd never found a use for, and placed a teeny tiny blob of it on the top and let it cure overnight.  Popped it back in this morning, Joycon powered up no dramas and now I've got no drift/slop and L3 working reliably.   Been meaning to post these as well; for Christmas my partner found an Etsy seller* who made little wooden Korok's on sticks. She hid 10 of them around the house for me to find; I am legendarily bad at spotting stuff so this was a bit sadistic on her part (God knows where the last one is hidden...). *store has since disappeared, I'm pretty sure Nintendo must have sent a C&D.
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Jan 19, 2021 00:30
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Joycon repairs are a hell of a thing to do at first, but once you get the hang of it you can do it with a blindfold on Forrest Gump style. I first disassembled one to replace my left stick - later I mastered it by putting this bad boy on: 
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Jan 19, 2021 00:40
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100YrsofAttitude posted:This is what keeps me from buying it. The gameplay loop is so blatant that just thinking about it makes it lose all charm. At the extreme extreme endgame after dozens and dozens of hours they tend to introduce some kind of infinitely rng drop that's more lootgamey, but monhan endgame is pretty bad and I don't think many people bother with it
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Jan 19, 2021 00:44
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Yeah MonHun is more about learning the fights and making sure your armor doesn't have giant negatives to the monster. Don't fight a fire dragon with armor that has negative fire
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Jan 19, 2021 00:55
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My first Joy Con repair went smooth as butter but my second left me with a broken battery and a ton of frustration. Worse, I repaired the left and then the right so I'm worried that only the right one was drifting since I never bothered to calibrate them. I hope I never have to open the fuckers again.
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Jan 19, 2021 01:03
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TheScott2K posted:Joycon repairs are a hell of a thing to do at first, but once you get the hang of it you can do it with a blindfold on Forrest Gump style. I first disassembled one to replace my left stick - later I mastered it by putting this bad boy on: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I could knock out another one in less than half the time, it's a bit like working on a car (I spent like 4 hours doing my right strut, left one took 45 minutes). I've poked around in electronics and old camera lenses so I've got a little experince, but I'd still say I'm on the beginner end of the spectrum. Procrastinating doing a case swap on one of my new 3DS XL's to resell it, that SNES one for the Switch has definitely tempted me. Is the faceplate on the Joycons white or is that just the lighting?
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Jan 19, 2021 01:06
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Ethics_Gradient posted:Yeah, I'm pretty sure I could knock out another one in less than half the time, it's a bit like working on a car (I spent like 4 hours doing my right strut, left one took 45 minutes). I've poked around in electronics and old camera lenses so I've got a little experince, but I'd still say I'm on the beginner end of the spectrum. It's just the lighting. I will say the color of the face buttons - particularly that's it's just one and it's this purple that also extends to the dpad and +/-/home/capture - is somewhat disappointing. If I see SNES-authentic buttons that also do the concave thing for sale on their own, might go back in.
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Jan 19, 2021 01:11
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I bought a joy-con repair kit but I only managed to break them more.
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Jan 19, 2021 01:46
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So I'm about two weeks into Ring Fit, and I'm already noticing an improvement! (I'm extremely out-of-shape, but not overweight...yet.) I'm already noticing that I feel more flexible, and I can now take the stairs without immediately feeling tired. Having sore muscles now feels GOOD instead of being painful and annoying. Every few days or so, I switch it up with thirty minutes on a stationary bike. I do have a bit of an embarrassing question, though. It might be more of a medical question, but I kinda wanted to ask around before I bother my doctor with it (or go Googling and scare myself with "IT'S DEFINITELY A DEADLY ILLNESS"). After a few minutes in to Ring Fit, I start feeling really gag-y and I start retching a bit. I'm mostly able to work through it, but it scares my partner and makes him think I'm going to spray vomit everywhere mid-squat. :P Is this due to me being a lazy goon, or am I perhaps doing something wrong? I've never been diagnosed with asthma, in case that matters. I've had some friends with asthma describe it as "your throat closing up", but what happens to me isn't lack of breath, I just start gagging/retching and feel bile rise up. The only other thing I can think of is that I smoke a ton of weed, but so does my partner, and it doesn't happen to him. Anyone else experience this, or should I just go ahead and message my doctor just to be safe?
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Jan 19, 2021 01:51
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beer gas canister posted:I just ordered a Nintendo refurbed Switch after years of playing PC games exclusively. What are the essential first party or Switch exclusives I might've missed? I've already ordered Animal Crossing, Smash Bros and Mario Kart 8. I'm not really into JRPGs or platformers. Breath of the Wild is pretty much mandatory playing material on the Switch imo (fake edit: just saw you have it on your list, but I'd bump it to the top of said list if I were you, it's so loving good) Seconding the recommendation of Mario Odyssey even if you're not into platformers, easily the best Mario game so far Luigi's Mansion 3 is exceptionally well-polished and relentlessly cheeky, you'll be chuckling the entire way through A Short Hike. I cannot recommend this game enough, it is perfect. Literally my only complaint is that it's, well, short - but it's also $8 and worth every penny.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:00
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John Lee posted:Wait, y'all are getting yours filled, but mine from 16 hours ago was canceled because I was defrauding them? My salt returns with a vengeance.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:08
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Given that the N64 turns 25 this what would be the odds that Nintendo releases an Atomic purple Switch/Joycons?
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Jan 19, 2021 02:08
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Read After Burning posted:So I'm about two weeks into Ring Fit, and I'm already noticing an improvement! (I'm extremely out-of-shape, but not overweight...yet.) I'm already noticing that I feel more flexible, and I can now take the stairs without immediately feeling tired. Having sore muscles now feels GOOD instead of being painful and annoying. Every few days or so, I switch it up with thirty minutes on a stationary bike. If there aren't any other noteworthy symptoms or weirdness going on that sounds like exercise induced GERD.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:11
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Gumdrop Larry posted:If there aren't any other noteworthy symptoms or weirdness going on that sounds like exercise induced GERD. At a glance, yeah I'd agree on that also if you look it up on WebMD it's definitely going to tell you it's incurable cancer
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Jan 19, 2021 02:13
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I’ve got a specific itch I need to scratch and that’s a chill game with a reasonable (ie <50hrs) path to 100% completion that I can play on the couch without sound. Contenders on my list are superhot, into the breach, mario+rabbids, and luigis mansion. Anything obvious I’m missing?
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Jan 19, 2021 02:14
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nachos posted:I’ve got a specific itch I need to scratch and that’s a chill game with a reasonable (ie <50hrs) path to 100% completion that I can play on the couch without sound. A Short Hike is closer to 10 hours for 100% but is very, very good and chill.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:16
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nachos posted:I’ve got a specific itch I need to scratch and that’s a chill game with a reasonable (ie <50hrs) path to 100% completion that I can play on the couch without sound. Mario and rabbids plus the dlc will take you about 30-35 hours to 100% and you don’t need sound because it’s all just rabbids going blarglblarglblargl It’s also really addictive and has surprising strategic depth and some good skill trees to work on for every character The dlc is basically a second game, it introduces new characters and a bunch of new mechanics
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Jan 19, 2021 02:34
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Geo Fixer posted:Given that the N64 turns 25 this what would be the odds that Nintendo releases an Atomic purple Switch/Joycons? I would peg it at super, super low. At least for the Switch. The internals are not really... Pretty. The inside of the back is a huge metal sheet, so you can't even see anything substantial. For what it's worth I did buy Atomic Purple cases for my switch/joycons because I wanted this so badly. The joycons look great, and you can edit their memory from your PC so the switch identifies them as purple. As indicated above a translucent switch case is nearly useless though.
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I slept on ring fit adventure and its actually surprisingly challenging. Its fun and quirky and I'm enjoying my time with it.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:59
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ExcessBLarg! posted:You're clearly a bot trying to nab these for SA Mart. hey if anybody was grabbing these for SA Mart, PM me, I don't have any money but I have memes
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Jan 19, 2021 03:00
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Gumdrop Larry posted:If there aren't any other noteworthy symptoms or weirdness going on that sounds like exercise induced GERD. Oh, wow, I feel dumb, that makes a lot of sense.  I do have some mild GERD, but I guess I didn't realize exercising could trigger it. Thank you!
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nachos posted:I’ve got a specific itch I need to scratch and that’s a chill game with a reasonable (ie <50hrs) path to 100% completion that I can play on the couch without sound. Tangledeep, Fell Seal, and Disgaea are good for this, but the latter is not a short game. I'd go with Into the Breach first tbh
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Read After Burning posted:I do have a bit of an embarrassing question, though. It might be more of a medical question, but I kinda wanted to ask around before I bother my doctor with it (or go Googling and scare myself with "IT'S DEFINITELY A DEADLY ILLNESS"). After a few minutes in to Ring Fit, I start feeling really gag-y and I start retching a bit. I'm mostly able to work through it, but it scares my partner and makes him think I'm going to spray vomit everywhere mid-squat. :P Quite possibly unrelated, but one semester I had Tae Kwon Do as my first class in the morning. Wake up, bum a ride to campus, punch / kick. Want to barf. Eventually I learned that I should drink water, despite not feeling thirsty, about ten minutes beforehand. More water than I'd want to drink were it not clearly so immediately helpful.
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Jan 19, 2021 05:13
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Should I buy Mario Maker since it is on sale?
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Jan 19, 2021 05:54
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It's the best 2d Mario game which makes it the best Mario game so yeh
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Jan 19, 2021 06:10
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thehoodie posted:Should I buy Mario Maker since it is on sale? Yes. It's fun if you can find out how to find good levels because relying on the stuff the game does just leads to a ton of those block spam levels that are supposedly supposed to be therapeutic or something.
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Jan 19, 2021 06:26
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I love watching people play Mario Maker but unless you wanna make levels, I have zero tolerance for bullshit level design which is like 90% of what the levels are.
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Nah you just need to find some good makers. I've played a lot more good quality Nintendo level and style stuff than garbage bs levels.
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TheScott2K posted:Joycon repairs are a hell of a thing to do at first, but once you get the hang of it you can do it with a blindfold on Forrest Gump style. I first disassembled one to replace my left stick - later I mastered it by putting this bad boy on: This is dope af nice job
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Any suggestions for games that benefit from the pickup-and-put-down handheld playstyle? I originally bought the Switch intending to use it docked 99% of the time, but lately I'm really enjoying games that you play for five minutes and set down. Stuff like Mario 64, Captain Toad or Mario Maker. Play a level, get a star, take a few stabs at a tricky puzzle, set down the system and repeat the cycle in an hour, etc. I guess any casual puzzle platformer would meet these requirements, but is there anything in particular that fits the bill?
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I bought a new SD card for my Switch. I guess nothing is preventing me from just shoving that in my system and redownloading everything I bought...aside from the time it would take. So I'm procrastinating, but I don't have long to do that since I need to have the card ready to go for when P5 Scramble is released.Lester Shy posted:Any suggestions for games that benefit from the pickup-and-put-down handheld playstyle? There's Super Kirby Clash where you can do a couple of fights in a few minutes, but it's hard to recommend fully because it's one of those "free to start" games where if you're not paying real money to get apples, you soon need a ridiculous amount for how many you get for free. It is capped at forty dollars if you do spend money though, so it's not like you can spend half your paycheck on it.
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Lester Shy posted:Any suggestions for games that benefit from the pickup-and-put-down handheld playstyle? I originally bought the Switch intending to use it docked 99% of the time, but lately I'm really enjoying games that you play for five minutes and set down. Stuff like Mario 64, Captain Toad or Mario Maker. Play a level, get a star, take a few stabs at a tricky puzzle, set down the system and repeat the cycle in an hour, etc. I guess any casual puzzle platformer would meet these requirements, but is there anything in particular that fits the bill? Picross is King
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cheeseboy58 posted:Picross is King
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Lester Shy posted:Any suggestions for games that benefit from the pickup-and-put-down handheld playstyle? I originally bought the Switch intending to use it docked 99% of the time, but lately I'm really enjoying games that you play for five minutes and set down. Stuff like Mario 64, Captain Toad or Mario Maker. Play a level, get a star, take a few stabs at a tricky puzzle, set down the system and repeat the cycle in an hour, etc. I guess any casual puzzle platformer would meet these requirements, but is there anything in particular that fits the bill? A bit actiony by Lapis x Labyrinth kind of fits that. They're side scrolly actiony and very flashy dungeon looting games, all centered around sniffing around for chests and beating up swarms of baddies senselessly, to make all manner of gems, loot, points, and numbers go up Up UP! Missions will have you doing series' of 'floors' at a time, in a single run, but the time limit for each one is five minutes. So far I haven't run into anyone that requires a long session, but I don't know if there's a way to save mid run (besides just putting the Switch to sleep). I nabbed it for  minutes after I heard about it (it was on sale at the time, lucky), and while I'm not blazing through it, it's great for a quick pick up and play.
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Starlink actually looks kind of fun. Am I missing out on anything major if I skip out on the plastic toys?
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Away all Goats posted:Starlink actually looks kind of fun. Am I missing out on anything major if I skip out on the plastic toys? Just the toys, and maybe some of the second wave ships and pilots? I believe the deluxe edition is cheap enough to give you everything.
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Yak Shaves Dot Com posted:No no no, if you use holes or items to hold yourself in place, you can smack a rock with your shovel up to 8 times. I don't recall the game telling me this.
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