Nintendo Switch: 7 Year Switch

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Disappointing Pie: Feb 7, 2006; Words cannot describe what a disaster the pie was.

Has anyone ever had a Switch just die? My day 1 launch Switch, won't charge, won't turn on nothing, tried three different chargers, two different docks, for hours at a time and nothing happens anytime I try and boot it... I can't think of anything that would have caused it either. My kid and I were playing Mario Party, I put the Switch into sleep mode for a couple days, we went to play after work yesterday and nothing would connect to the Switch. Undocked it and nothing happened, tried tons of different charging cables / devices and nothing is happening.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 03:35

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# ? May 25, 2024 19:15

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Put in on the charger and then just leave it for like 4 hours. I had a similar experience with my OG Switch and assumed it was dead after it didn't react at all to 30 minutes of charging but just leaving it on the charger for hours and then holding the power button for like 20 seconds and it booted just fine.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 03:50

nrook: Jun 25, 2009; Just let yourself become a worthless person!

Thanks posters; I�ll try to pick up the first OLED Switch I see available!

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:17

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

I doubted the OLED model but I finally got to use one.

They're pretty drat good. I reeeeaaaally can't justify getting one but it's tasty.

Anyone doing a nice trade-in for the Animal Crossing edition Switch?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:29

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

American McGay posted:

Put in on the charger and then just leave it for like 4 hours. I had a similar experience with my OG Switch and assumed it was dead after it didn't react at all to 30 minutes of charging but just leaving it on the charger for hours and then holding the power button for like 20 seconds and it booted just fine.

My vita needs this to boot up too

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:30

Barreft: Jul 21, 2014

If only I were a computer toucher I could afford one.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:31

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

nrook posted:

Thanks posters; I�ll try to pick up the first OLED Switch I see available!

no don't I want it

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:31

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:

Just to add what others said:

The Switch port is perfectly fine. The PS4 version will run at 60fps and has higher resolution and more graphical features, but if you go with Switch the difference's are not that stark. The video below is a good overview of the two versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoNRhm2XBZU

Also its not a JRPG its an action muso game with Persona trappings. So things like the social stuff or a open "mementos" world are missing. The plot and gameplay is much more compact and, if you skip the option side missions, you can beat the game in about 40 hours.

With that said, I loved it. The change from a JRPG combat system to musou combat took me some time to get used to (I never played a musou game before) but once I got the hang of it, the game became very easy for me. You can still acquire and fuse Personas, there are still showtimes, the characters and plot are all amazing, and the music is still some of the best in gaming.

One thing to note, if you never played Persona 5 you may be a little lost on why some of the characters are the way they are, and many of the in-game references. Strikers is a sequel to Persona 5 and the game acts like you know everything that happened in that game.

thanks for this, I have uncancelled my purchase, as foretold by amateratsu

tbh I've played P5R earlier this year and it ate up 2 loving months of my time so I'm hoping the sequel won't be as grindy. loving mementos

# ? Nov 30, 2021 05:36

Nep-Nep: May 15, 2004; Just one more thing!

OLED was a great upgrade coming from the launch model since it also meant a marked improvement of battery life for me. I love it.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 06:56

Tender Bender: Sep 17, 2004

Nep-Nep posted:

OLED was a great upgrade coming from the launch model since it also meant a marked improvement of battery life for me. I love it.

The nice thing about it is all the upgrades are clear and definitive. Bigger better screen, better speakers, better kickstand, better battery (than a launch model). Whether that's worth it to you depends on your circumstances. But if you decide it's worth it, you'll get exactly what you expected.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 07:22

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

YoshiOfYellow posted:

At least literally every other character rightfully calls out Date for being a perverted shithead.

It's also surprisingly actually plot-relevant once you get to the finale of the story after a whole lot of allusions about Aiba "adjusting his dose". Though of course didn't need to be there to begin with.

Ending spoilers; It's because Aiba's keeping him relatively-sane with artificial seratonin injections because of his swapped-out serial killer/psychopathic brain, and she can't seem to manage the dosage for poo poo. It's why he loops between serious and "TITTIES!" :byodood:

with no middle ground.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 08:00

Waffle!: Aug 6, 2004; I Feel Pretty!

Welp, the new update for Dead Cells has been getting stuck on the loading screen between levels for me. I have to close the game from the Home screen and load it up again to continue. The new stuff looks cool from what I found, plz fix.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 08:18

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Waffle! posted:

Welp, the new update for Dead Cells has been getting stuck on the loading screen between levels for me. I have to close the game from the Home screen and load it up again to continue. The new stuff looks cool from what I found, plz fix.

I bought Terraria on sale because I was promised a big update, but now its been pushed back to January 2022 :argh:

# ? Nov 30, 2021 08:47

Martman: Nov 20, 2006

Tender Bender posted:

The nice thing about it is all the upgrades are clear and definitive. Bigger better screen, better speakers, better kickstand, better battery (than a launch model). Whether that's worth it to you depends on your circumstances. But if you decide it's worth it, you'll get exactly what you expected.

Also if you wanna use ethernet for online Switch stuff, the included adapter accounts for a chunk of the increased cost on its own

# ? Nov 30, 2021 08:51

Dr. Cool Aids: Jul 6, 2009

Read After Burning posted:

Right? Like I mentioned, my partner thought I was joking at first. "No, he doesn't! He talks about like, adventures and the ocean and poo poo..." "Yeah, to DUDES!"

I'm sure it comes from the "oh, he's a perv but he's old and thus harmless" trope and not "let's make female players, particularly young ones, feel creeped out", but...

Anyway, I am pleased to report that Kapp'n in New Horizons appears to have the same lines for both "masculine" and "feminine" players, thus no perving. However, now we can't help but crack jokes to put a darker spin on his innocent lines...

While it's obviously a net positive that he's not making female players feel uncomfortable, I do think they've made him a bit too normal this time round. Man used to sing about his love for big sumo wrestlers and fart mid song and talk about how awesome mothers are and just came across like a bit of a lunatic

This time he's just a nice old man that loves his family. If he was a bit more weird without being creepy that'd be ideal imo. Still has an obsession with cucumbers at least

# ? Nov 30, 2021 09:07

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Martman posted:

Also if you wanna use ethernet for online Switch stuff, the included adapter accounts for a chunk of the increased cost on its own

Pretty much any of those adapters works though right? Like you could use the one that was sold for the Wii?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 09:08

Martman: Nov 20, 2006

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

Pretty much any of those adapters works though right? Like you could use the one that was sold for the Wii?

From what I can tell, ones that worked with the Wii/WiiU should work, beyond that I see mixed results, I dunno

# ? Nov 30, 2021 09:13

Commander Keene: Dec 21, 2016; Faster than the others

John Wick of Dogs posted:

You got good pervert characters like Rab in DQ 11. He has a vintage porn collection but never once does or says anything inappropriate to an actual character in person, even when he meets someone who is in one of the magazines, he's just shocked. He just has his magazine hobby.

IIRC Hendrick shares Rab's hobby and you'd never know outside of like one scene in Act 2.

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Yeah but Rab didn't do any of that and is always courteous and professional with Jade

TBF Rab hitting on Jade specifically would be super awkward, she's Carnelian's daughter and the two were friends, it'd be like hitting on your niece. Also they've been traveling together since she was like 5, he's basically as much her father as Carnelian at this point.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 09:25

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Sudden Javelin posted:

While it's obviously a net positive that he's not making female players feel uncomfortable, I do think they've made him a bit too normal this time round. Man used to sing about his love for big sumo wrestlers and fart mid song and talk about how awesome mothers are and just came across like a bit of a lunatic

This time he's just a nice old man that loves his family. If he was a bit more weird without being creepy that'd be ideal imo. Still has an obsession with cucumbers at least

Well, he is a kappa. There is the one where he says he might go off-key because the outboard motor fumes are getting to his head.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 09:30

ExcessBLarg!: Sep 1, 2001

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

Pretty much any of those adapters works though right? Like you could use the one that was sold for the Wii?

It has to use one of the ASIX AX8817x chips, which are pretty common. I believe the Wii adapter works but isn't gigabit.

I happened to have two compatible gigabit adapters lying around for use with laptops, and now I use one of them with the Genki dock.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 11:29

John Wick of Dogs: Mar 4, 2017; A real hellraiser

Commander Keene posted:

IIRC Hendrick shares Rab's hobby and you'd never know outside of like one scene in Act 2.

TBF Rab hitting on Jade specifically would be super awkward, she's Carnelian's daughter and the two were friends, it'd be like hitting on your niece. Also they've been traveling together since she was like 5, he's basically as much her father as Carnelian at this point.

There's one subquest in the 2d zone where you are required to pick a bride, and if you pick Jade she says that's weird because she's basically your sister. Lady, you are not XI's sister and have not seen him since you were five and he was literally a newborn baby.

Of course for actual marriage choice in the game I picked Sylvando.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:15

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

I think I picked Erik because I didn't want to break up Sylvando and Dave

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:30

John Wick of Dogs: Mar 4, 2017; A real hellraiser

Sylvando and Dave are just friends

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:31

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Well, he is a kappa. There is the one where he says he might go off-key because the outboard motor fumes are getting to his head.

I thought he was a turtle?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:41

Regular Wario: Mar 27, 2010; Slippery Tilde

Len posted:

I thought he was a turtle?

He's a kappa, he loves cucumbers and sucking peoples innards out through their assholes

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:49

Araxxor: Oct 20, 2012; My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Len posted:

I thought he was a turtle?

He is in the localized version. Same deal with Tom Nook. Racoon in English, a racoon dog in Japanese.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:52

John Wick of Dogs: Mar 4, 2017; A real hellraiser

Idea for YouTube mra video

KAPPA MALE: MORE ALPHA THAN OMEGA MALE?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:53

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

Apparently in Japan he's just straight up called a kappa, he's a turtle over here though which is odd

# ? Nov 30, 2021 12:54

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Len posted:

Apparently in Japan he's just straight up called a kappa, he's a turtle over here though which is odd

Not really; You can't expect people outside Japan to know at a glance what a Kappa or a Tanuki are. But people know what a Raccoon and a Turtle are, and it's just two more animals among many without it really affecting their character, so no harm done in a localization change.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:09

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Wait what? Kapp'n is a turtle (outside of Japan) and not a frog?

But what about Tortimer? Isn't he the AC representation of a turtle or tortoise?

I obviously don't know much about animals in Japanese culture, but in Metal Gear Solid 3, aren't those things that you can find all throughout the game kappas, which are essentially frogs?

I'm so confused.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:33

Araxxor: Oct 20, 2012; My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Wait what? Kapp'n is a turtle (outside of Japan) and not a frog?

But what about Tortimer? Isn't he the AC representation of a turtle or tortoise?

I obviously don't know much about animals in Japanese culture, but in Metal Gear Solid 3, aren't those things that you can find all throughout the game kappas, which are essentially frogs?

I'm so confused.

Kappas aren't really animals. They're demons in folklore. Usually come with a turtle like shell and basically have an indent on the top of their head that acts like a bowl for water. They like cucumbers and drowning people in water.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:44

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

I obviously don't know much about animals in Japanese culture, but in Metal Gear Solid 3, aren't those things that you can find all throughout the game kappas, which are essentially frogs?

In the 3DS version, they're Yoshis!

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:45

Dr. Cool Aids: Jul 6, 2009

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Wait what? Kapp'n is a turtle (outside of Japan) and not a frog?

But what about Tortimer? Isn't he the AC representation of a turtle or tortoise?

I obviously don't know much about animals in Japanese culture, but in Metal Gear Solid 3, aren't those things that you can find all throughout the game kappas, which are essentially frogs?

I'm so confused.

Yeah kappas are just horrible green water monsters with some froggy traits and some turtle traits. Probably easier to localise him as a turtle due to the big shell on his back

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:46

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Just out of curiosity; In the same vein is Redd a kitsune in the Japanese version?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:55

Just Andi Now: Nov 8, 2009

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Just out of curiosity; In the same vein is Redd a kitsune in the Japanese version?

Technically, "kitsune" is just the Japanese word for "fox", so yes. He also exhibits the stereotypical kitsune traits too, but that's pretty normal for fox characters in Japanese fiction that aren't Star Fox.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:57

Araxxor: Oct 20, 2012; My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Just out of curiosity; In the same vein is Redd a kitsune in the Japanese version?

In a sense yes, though it just means fox. But yeah he's based off the folklore version of the fox in Japan, his name's even a pun on that word in that version. Which is why he and Tom Nook are essentially rivals. And why he has the forgery mechanic, since he's a trickster.

# ? Nov 30, 2021 13:59

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Ok, thanks for the info.

Playing Ocarina of Time again.

What the hell is a keaton? Is that close to what Redd is?

# ? Nov 30, 2021 14:04

Araxxor: Oct 20, 2012; My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Ok, thanks for the info.

Playing Ocarina of Time again.

What the hell is a keaton? Is that close to what Redd is?

It's just Zelda's name for its version of the creature. Yeah it's basically a multi-tailed fox. Those are the folklore versions with the ones with 9 tails being the most powerful versions.

Araxxor fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Nov 30, 2021

# ? Nov 30, 2021 14:07

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Youkai is a word that translations of Japanese stuff have had trouble with; Inuyasha infamously used 'Demon', while 'Fey' might be closer but the connotations for that are probably a bit kiddie. Unless you're into the kind of fairy tales that love pointing out how mythical creatures can so very often be both whimsical and brutally deadly. Think like, brownies, selkies, kelpies and red caps.

Zelda is a funny one to bring up there given it shamelessly uses mishmashes of Eastern and Western mythology and fairy tales, what with the Master Sword being Excalibur in the stone and Link being based on Peter Pan.

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# ? May 25, 2024 19:15

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
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Think of the youkai as cryptids but more demonic in nature than fortean

# ? Nov 30, 2021 14:26

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