Nintendo Switch (Currently Plagued) - Here we shit post about the new Nintendo console, The Switch

Good site, I used their pages on the PS2 and Gamecube while studying the rendering techniques of the 6th gen for a personal project.
I see a man of culture. I'm thinking of keeping tabs on the site as I think it would be fun to recreate some of the hardware on say like an FPGA one day.
 
Well for anyone here who likes to learn. While browsing the internet I found this site which discusses the hardware design and internal workings of various systems like the 3ds, Wii u, Xbox, Playstation, etc. https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/nintendo-3ds/
Fucking amazing.

I used to do write ups like this almost 20 years ago with pictures and explanations of my console hardware and my friends made fun of me and told me I was wasting my time. LOL

Oh well I learned shit they did not.
 
Personally, I found it confusing to get rid of “wife” and “husband”,
It is the typical English localization of japanese games at this point. Like it's both funny and sad how localizers will go on such lengths to remove gendered language, including in previously-translated titles. I've played the two games in moonrunes on Switch although I dunno if there were any modern changes in my native language, which I honestly doubt.

The most obvious changes (regardless of whichever language you use) remain the texture appearances of certain collectible items in Pikmin 2, mostly from trademark brands. It is unfortunate but not surprising either considering the matter of licensing and the fact they were sometimes different brands in each separate regional version of the original Gamecube game (while the Switch version is international).

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Note: あらがえぬエンブレム should be translated as "Irresistible Emblem" btw (抗う'to resist/go against' combined with -えぬ, instead of -えない, as the old-fashioned negative conjugation).

@Epoch didn't mention however that the controller layout for the Switch collection is also different in case you've played to the Gamecube versions before. For example, moving your Pikmin in formation requires the L button + right stick combo (it's just the yellow C stick on GC), whereas moving around the camera just uses the right stick (GC version was the L shoulder button).

Pikmin 1+2 is still a decent compilation if you do want to play the games on the hybrid console.
But I admit I've paid a mere 4400 yen (28 euros) for the japanese download code (which is again the same SKU you can find anywhere else), instead of 50 euros, so there's a bit of bias. Otherwise, you can consider emulation.
 
Its a barebones port that they also censored on top of everything else:
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They lazily upscaled some of the UI textures and a few various objects, but also replaced a bunch of branded items and also just stretched the UI out. The intro cutscenes were cropped because they were already letterboxed, and then AI upscaled. It's not worth it if you have the games already on Wii or Gamecube, or know how to use an emulator.
They also even removed the little song the Pikmin sing when you have 20 of each Pikmin out.
 
I would rather play "new play controls" Pikmin on Wii (which I own) and not play Pikmin 2 at all (which I own on GC) but I'm considering buying 1+2 for my kids since they tend to find Switch versions a lot easier to get into.

We've been playing Pikmin 4 which is very good except for any time anyone talks which makes it a total slog. All the characters are ugly, uninteresting, have nothing worth saying, and are better off not talking. Worse when they do talk you get some of that awful dehumanizing newspeak "they/them" thrown in for good measure. Also the game tries to tutorialize worse than Wii Skyward Sword. Everything else about it is excellent.

But I admit I've paid a mere 4400 yen (28 euros) for the japanese download code (which is again the same SKU you can find anywhere else), instead of 50 euros, so there's a bit of bias. Otherwise, you can consider emulation.
Price in Canada is $65 vs ¥3909 for a physical copy from Japan (both pre tax). At current exchange rate ¥3909 is $35. This is not an outlier and the exchange rate makes this extra nutty but even when $1CAD bought 75 yen it was still was a good deal.

This is why half my switch game shelf is 日本版.
 
I stick to the Hori pro controller. Works great.
It is neat how much Hori stuff I have ended up with over the years without actually trying. On the other side of that coin, also MadCatz.

I was looking into getting a whole new set of controllers in the NYXI brand. Do any of you have input on this decision?
They seem to review well.

We've been playing Pikmin 4 which is very good except for any time anyone talks
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