** Official Nintendo Switch Thread - Nintendo Is Back Edition

[TokenV]

my 2 cents (have both games):

as already mentioned DKC Tropical Freeze is an awesome platformer > must-buy

Mario Tennis Aces is a fun game, nothing more imo > only worth buying if you plan on playing online tournaments

[jason_bh]

Just picked up Hollow Knight for $9 on sale. Pretty sure that I am going to regret it.

[TokenV]

picked up Crash the Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy a couple of weeks ago but never really got around to it

started this weekend, I was part of the N64-crew so never played it on PSX in its day so it was all new to me

I actually like the simplicity to it, but the camera and controls make it harder than it should be lol

but decent value for money imo, 3 full games for € 40

finished Crash 1, not 100% though

love it, shame I missed out as a kid

[PeppersGhost]

32 year old lifelong gamer, DKTF is one of the best platforming games I've ever played, likely top 2.

same age here brah, the DKC games are among my all time favorite, i will pick up TF when i can

[Bleachway]

Bruhs, I just got a switch recently, and had a question.

Is there any way to record yourself playing the switch for gameplay videos?

Can't find anything on youtube other than recording up to 30 seconds.

Will Rep,

Thanks

[Astyanax]

Bruhs, I just got a switch recently, and had a question.

Is there any way to record yourself playing the switch for gameplay videos?

Can't find anything on youtube other than recording up to 30 seconds.

Will Rep,

Thanks

I think you need to get a capture card and hook it up to your PC.

[GhenghisPWN]

Quick question regarding Fortnite.

It wants me to log in to my Nintendo account when I first bootup. This feels sketchy. Why does Epic want my Nintendo account login information?

[Astyanax]

I just found out that super Mario party won't support pro controllers, so I'm gonna have to buy another set of joycons in addition to the 3 pro controllers I already have -_-.

Also I bought at launch and I'm pretty sure my left joycon is one of those faulty ones that disconnects so I'm gonna have to get that fixed too.

Nintendo always finds a way to ruin a good thing.

[KevC]

Da fuk boys, I got a eshop gift card for a bday gift. Why did nintendo invent scratch cards where you can actually scratch the letters off the code if you go too hard?? hopefully they can rectify this wtf lol

[TokenV]

I just found out that super Mario party won't support pro controllers, so I'm gonna have to buy another set of joycons in addition to the 3 pro controllers I already have -_-.

thanks for awaring me brah, never played with a single joycon and I don't intend to start with it for Mario Party now lol (also since this probably means a lot of motion control minigames which I don't like)

Da fuk boys, I got a eshop gift card for a bday gift. Why did nintendo invent scratch cards where you can actually scratch the letters off the code if you go too hard?? hopefully they can rectify this wtf lol

I always manage my eshop purchases with these prepaid cards and never had an issue with the surface coming off

the ones you get in stores here are the ones that come with the AR-card



(still says WiiU and 3DS but these are the actual cards for the Switch)

[jason_bh]

Not sure that Hollow Knight is a game for me. Frustrating...

I have 90 hours on my play-through with Stardew Valley (Winter of year 3). Finding that daily grind of gathering crops and tending to animals always uses up most of my time in the day. Starting to get to the point that I may finally put this game on then back-burner.

[JUSA]

Has anyone made their own makeshift Vincendo XL for the Switch?



Something like that?

Does anyone know of a decent portable monitor with an internal battery supply? I'm thinking of getting something 10+ inches, buying an additional (overpriced) dock and making my own larger portable version.

I find myself almost elusively playing standing during the week, a mix of standing and console on weekends and never handheld. I just don't care for the feel of it held.

My thought is a portable monitor with it's own internal battery supply that will power both it and the Switch and hooking the additional dock to it's back. When I play it standing I usually have access to a power outlet, but I'd only need a couple hours of internal power at the most (if that).

Ideas?

[jason_bh]

^^^ That monstrosity doesn't even make sense to me. Add 10 lbs of equipment to the switch for get better resolution? What am I missing here?

[TokenV]

Ideas?

[JUSA]

^^^ That monstrosity doesn't even make sense to me. Add 10 lbs of equipment to the switch for get better resolution? What am I missing here?

To me:

- I have yet to play my Switch handheld.
- During the week, I almost entirely use the switch in tabletop mode w/ a pro controller.
- On the weekends I play some on the console/tv and some tabletop mode.

Right now, for tabletop (which is what I use 70+% of the time), I've got this and it's actually pretty awesome:

https://smile.amazon.com/Nintendo-Sw...Stand+-+Switch

I use that w/ a pro controller. Works great. Problem is: My eyes aren't the best, particularly when it comes to reading some of the small text. I'd rather have a larger tabletop mode switch, 10+ inches, if possible. I throw it in my gym bag, don't carry it around in my pocket or anything.

[KevC]

thanks for awaring me brah, never played with a single joycon and I don't intend to start with it for Mario Party now lol (also since this probably means a lot of motion control minigames which I don't like)



I always manage my eshop purchases with these prepaid cards and never had an issue with the surface coming off

the ones you get in stores here are the ones that come with the AR-card



(still says WiiU and 3DS but these are the actual cards for the Switch)

lol i dont know how it happened, i googled it apparently it happens more commonly than one would like. They rectified the problem in a day tho, had to just do an online chat and send them a pic of the bar code of the gift card

[yochrisss]

Back from Spain for Vacation time to put in many hours into MHGU

[triception]

I don't know why I ever spend money on any of the new Mario Tennis games. All I want is Mario Tennis 64 with online... That game was perfect

[bchap05]

Civilization 6 coming and Mega Man 11 demo out now on eshop

[TokenV]

so they announced the full list of NES games that come with the Online service on launch:

Soccer
Tennis
Donkey Kong
Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Balloon Fight
Ice Climber
Dr. Mario
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros. 3
Double Dragon
River City Ransom
Ghosts’n Goblins
Tecmo Bowl
Gradius
Pro Wrestling
Excitebike
Yoshi
Ice Hockey
Baseball

Dr. Mario and Double Dragon seem fun to play online, the others not sure lol

a NES controller is also coming to the Nintendo store, it can only be used to play NES titles through the online



in that regard $ 60 for 2 of these seems a bit much lmfao

[triception]

So are the NES games only available as long as you subscribe to the service and have internet?

Can you buy individual titles to own or is it like a streaming service, but for games?

[TokenV]

So are the NES games only available as long as you subscribe to the service and have internet?

Can you buy individual titles to own or is it like a streaming service, but for games?

the games are available as long as you have a subscription, so it's not like the Virtual Console (unfortunately)

I suppose you should always be able to play single-player mode, even when offline? (techbrahs: is there like an internal clock that can recognize your subscription end date when not connected to the internet?)

3 new games come out each month, this is the releaselist for 2018:

october: Solomon's Key, NES Open Tournament Golf, and Super Dodge Ball;

november: Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, and TwinBee;

december: Wario's Woods, Ninja Gaiden, and Adventures of Lolo.

[bartosh]

I really wish they dropped the metroid prime 4 trailer by now

[butwhowasfeel]

I really wish they dropped the metroid prime 4 trailer by now

yeah, it's disappointing not seeing any more news/info about it

i have a feeling it's gonna be a 2020 release because of this

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i hope i'm wrong tho lol

[midcoastking33]

highly doubt metroid makes it next year. also retro dropped off the damn map. smh

[spikyhunter]

I read somewhere there is a weekly check to see if you are subscribed to play the NES games

[triception]

I read somewhere there is a weekly check to see if you are subscribed to play the NES games

Just came back in here to report this - what a load of bull****

Good thing I recently set up a RetroPie

[jason_bh]

Good thing I recently set up a RetroPie

^^^ This.

I have several solid RetroPie builds. Don't care about Virtual Console or Nintendo's online service for retro games.

I also have a modded 2DS, 3DS, and DSi along with multi-carts for my Gameboys.

[triception]

^^^ This.

I have several solid RetroPie builds. Don't care about Virtual Console or Nintendo's online service for retro games.

I also have a modded 2DS, 3DS, and DSi along with multi-carts for my Gameboys.

Why several? Also what do you run it on?

I set mine up on an old Raspberry Pi 3 I had laying around, but I was looking into upgrading to a 3 B+ or an ODROID XU4Q to maximize performance on N64 ROMs.

[jason_bh]

Why several? Also what do you run it on?

I set mine up on an old Raspberry Pi 3 I had laying around, but I was looking into upgrading to a 3 B+ or an ODROID XU4Q to maximize performance on N64 ROMs.

I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a Raspberry Pi 3. The RP0 cannot play anything past SNES games well at all. So I just have NES, SNES (doesn't run great), GB, GBC, MasterSystem. It also doesn't run video snaps well, so I disable those.

I also have a couple RP3 builds. I have a MotionBlue build with top rated games (removed games like Barbie, Hello Kitty, etc). This build is customized a bit more to allow custom scripts. Then I have a base RetroPie build with all games.


This is my RP0 build.



I also have a Raspberry Pi 3 setup in a custom NES case.