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Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Personally, I can't wait for all the rooftop parties and playing split screen on a 6.5" screen.

bradzilla posted:

Guy with Nintendo username "I'm not a Nintendo apologist but...."

Also every home console since 2006(except Nintendo consoles) have shipped with adequate storage so these are bullshit excuses dude

When you think about it, the Wii U shipped with adequate storage because there weren't any games worth downloading anyway!

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Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

I want the switch to be good

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

gary oldmans diary posted:

sending game invites to friends has to be done through a phone/tablet app lol

but it would be cool if a real console like playstation launched with phone app interactivity in mind. like there was a metal gear solid app for ground zeroes that showed your map at all times. do that, but 1 app for the console designed to provide extra interactivity/info features for every game that wants to support it

just your game is playing: theres a mini-map in the corner. open up your PS4 connect app and your mini-map jumps to your tablet. tilt it from portrait to landscape orientation and your inventory is next to it. drag dildo to your characters hand to equip
no ridiculous controller required in a world where every prospective customer already has a smart phone. unless you buy the dildo accessory

Last I heard, the app isn't even going to be ready by launch.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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How expensive is that dock again?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Vegetable posted:

gently caress you the Switch is going to be great for porn

I don't think the console has a browser.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Glasgow Kiss posted:

just gimme metroid prime goddamnit nintendo

i'll buy your console if you do that

Pretty sure they've hinted at a Gamecube virtual console. Unless you meant a new one.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2sxnLe_yTk

Really pushing the Switch's graphical capabilities.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Has anyone called it the Nintendo Versatile yet?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Dr. Tim Whatley posted:

can we browse reddit on the switch? i need to know before thursday please reply soon

It has no browser, so no.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Honestly though, no trollin'. Show of hands, how many of you are picking up the Switch?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

bitmap posted:

2 weeks off...a nintendo switch w/ zelds...and a big bag of weed

:c00l::shopkeeper::hellyeah::shopkeeper::c00l:

But it comes out this Friday

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-mFODSa2VM

Nindies, guys. Indies for Nintendo.

E: Holy gently caress, this thing is nearly twenty minutes long.

Batterypowered7 fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Feb 28, 2017

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Professor SJW posted:

what's a good gamecube game other than the zeldas and metroid primes? dolphin emulator is :krad:

Mario Sunshine, Eternal Darkness, the Resident Evil remake, Monkey Ball, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (if you can play multiplayer), Luigi's Mansion, Ikaruga, Star Fox Adventures was fine for what it was, Baten Kaitos, the two Megaman collections, the Metal Gear Solid remake, Pikmin 1 and 2, Skies of Arcadia, Tales of Symphonia, TimeSplitters 2, Viewtiful Joe, and I can't remember if Chibi Robo was any good.

The emulator also recognizes the Wii U controller adapter, so you can use your Gamecube controllers when you play on PC.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Oscar Wild posted:

Lol, brb gonna buy 4 lovely non backlit game boy advance to play a lovely diablo clone. Also zelda 4 swords.

Hey man, that's why I said if.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

https://youtu.be/8JV8v7WC6Ck

Why did this deserve a video? The other consoles have been doing this for ages.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Homestar Runner posted:

the Nintendo Switch is a gimmick-rear end nostalgia gadget with a laundry list of hilarious flaws and the vast, vast majority of posters ITT are definitely buying one including me :mario:

I was going to cancel my preorder because of this thread until I realized that's what the OP wanted all along. He wants someone to cancel their preorder so he can snag one!

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Roargasm posted:

the portable battery packs for cellphones work great, too bad you cant play on a flat surface and charge the nintendo switch at the same time

Just shell out $14 with tax for one of these bad bois:

HORI Compact Playstand for Nintendo Switch Officially Licensed by Nintendo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9RTMWS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_7E4Tyb1E9ZJH8

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Bardeh posted:

Bomberman is $50 and doesn't even run at 60 fps :discourse:

I would have thrown $40 at Bomberman ($32 after discount from Amazon Prime) but I'm not spending $50 on it. I also just realized the dock only has one USB port, which means it won't ever be able to use the Gamecube adapter the Wii U had.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Shaquin posted:

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." -Shigeru Miyamoto

I thought his name was Shitgeru Myassmoto

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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uber_stoat posted:

sure I am already EFB here but just stopping in to LOL that Switch is still using fukken friend codes. LOL.

That's only because they didn't get the app done in time, lmao.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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a bone to pick posted:

I remember some shooter where you could use a sword that people were gushing about when the wii got released, imo nintendo consoles are best for couch-multiplayer games though

Red Steel

e: I thought it was Killer7, but apparently that was a completely unrelated Gamecube game.

Batterypowered7 fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 3, 2017

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Serak posted:

http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/2/14790702/nintendo-switch-game-saves-backup-sd-card

Game saves cannot be copied off the internal storage (not even to a memory card) and there is no cloud storage. If your console dies, all your saves die along with it. On an ostensibly portable device.

For those keeping track, functionality wise this puts the Switch behind not only the PlayStation 1, but also every other Nintendo system since.

lol.

Nintendoes it again! How is the Games thread spinning this one?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Paladinus posted:

Joycons? Yeah, this whole console is a con all right.

Why didn't you got for joy con instead of just con?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Wife's coworker and her husband bought one a piece. The coworker's backlighting was dead on arrival, lol.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Where's the insert? Why even have the clips there?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

So the console isn't really $300, you guys. A dock is $90, and a pair of Joycons will run you $80, so you're really only paying $130 for the console itself.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Rutibex posted:

no bluetooth? did nintendo invent their own proprietary wireless standard for these joycons, or are they just no letting you use the features of the Android tablet you bought?

It uses Bluetooth. The pro controller can be used on PC, but it's unsupported officially, so you might as well go with an Xbox One controller for PC play anyway. Nintendo is just locking you out of pairing the console with anything they didn't intend for you to.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Heath posted:

I bought one of those 360 pads with the transforming D-pad because I liked it for fighting games and the plastic was so cheap that it literally crumbled after like 3 months of use. That combined with the joystick placement making my thumb joint lock up and I just sold the whole loving console in favor of PS3 and the dual shock and never looked back

Why would you play fighting games (plural) and not buy a proper fight stick?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Still don't know why there isn't a proper chu chu rocket remake

Dreamcast worms was the best too. Plus of course mother loving Rez :catdrugs:

There's an iOS and Android release of ChuChu Rocket! if you really want to play.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I know I'm wrong but for some reason I thought the Dreamcast had better graphics than the ps2,even today.

The PS2 had a faster processor and more RAM (but half the video RAM), but I definitely remember thinking that Dreamcast games looked better.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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LethalGeek posted:

Yeah you wanna talk about odd hardware choices the ps2 was... Whew a nightmare. Whomever designed that was insane.

If you all want something to mock there is not enough talk about the left joycon being busted for a lot of people. To the point that a recall won't surprise me. Mine all works though and got to play Zelda while out and about yesterday and that was awesome. I really like that I don't have to wait to get home to play something or have to look at a small screen when I do get home.

What are you carrying it around in? I don't own any cargo pants, JNCO jeans, or a fanny pack, and I don't want to have to carry an extra bag around just to keep it in.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Mandator posted:

maybe skip nintendo consoles for now until you understand the japanese philosophy of kintsugi

I think you're actually thinking of wabi-sabi.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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a bone to pick posted:

so is it running android or what? the interface looks like android sometimes

One of my friends posted on Facebook:

"Judging by the copyright notices in the Switch menus, this thing is running the Free BSD kernel. Neat."

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Ol Cactus Dick posted:

I got Breath of the Wild for WiiU and I think if you take away the 10 Zelda points from the metacritic score it's pretty accurate. A good game but lol at a 98 for it.

No, no, that's because you're playing the Wii U version. The Switch version is actually 98/100, you see.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Moridin920 posted:

i saw someone lounging on their couch using the switch with a joycon in either hand and it looked preeeetty nice I'm not gonna lie

vs hunching over some tiny little gently caress controller because apparently gamers have tiny hands (waaah waaaah the Xbox 'Duke' controller is too big waaah)

The original Xbox controller was like trying to play video games with a bigass hamburger.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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frakeaing HAMSTER DANCE posted:

What's it like being a legit giant

I think he's like 5'8".

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Do they call it the PC Mustard Race because consoles are always trying to ketchup?

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Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

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Wamdoodle posted:

Oh dang, I thought they might've put little felt strips in the dock to avoid this problem

Oh man, maybe I'll do that myself. Good idea.

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