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

[6MillionCoofs]

They shut down the 3DS eshop?
Severs cost money. At least this gives you an excuse to pirate their games now!

Oh, Nintendo was being over-proctective of their IP over piracy? Again?
People really ought to be more careful next time!

I agree with the last 2. The eshop is not going to remain open forever and they’ve no reason to keep it up years after they’ve moved on and are no longer selling and then several more to make sure everything was downloaded.

Only one that does really is Game Freak with Bank because they built trading from Gen 5-7 around that app. Still the dumbest choice.

 

[starborn427614]

Is there a complete list of all launch games yet? Mario Kart World's an obvious one, but I'm not sure which Switch 2 Editions will be live Day 1.

 

[whatever I feel like]

For Xenoblade X it might honestly be ‘game just came out and is still selling we don’t want to release a new physical Switch 2 Edition a few months later. We will wait a bit’

And well, it’s Monolith. It very well could just be a free patch that they drop randomly

Popular casual normie game that is well liked by the moms or women.

Which is a shame because the game really needs it. You have character dialog boxes load in in the overworld a split second before the characters themselves do, its really kind of pathetic- the Wii U's tech demo is the Switch's "tech sucks" demo.

 

[Clarence Big Boss]

LOL Imagine if PlayStation charged you to being in a party chat with PlayStation Plus? Well Nintendo thought of that! These crazy Japanese kikes are insane. Just use Discord or video call.

Also, wtf? 256 GB micro SD card? My Nintendo Switch micro SD card is 500 GB and I CANT use it for my new switch? And my Pro Controller doesnt work? I have to spend 90$ for a new Pro Controller? And I have to pay 90$ for physical games. When PS5 games are 70$. Holy shit what kind of crack is Nintendo smoking.

As for the games. Duskblood became uninteresting the moment I found out it was multiplayer. Yakuza 0 directors cut looks cool but I already put 300 hours in Y0 already so Im good. Bravely Defalut looks nice but will it remove the god awful censorship that Nintendo Treehouse put in the 3DS version? I highly doubt it.

Finally the console is 450$ and the games are 90$ Nintendo fans are nigger cattles.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I would rather have Sonic Riders instead of Kirby Riders. FUCK U

 

[Belvedere]

If PC gaming was already breaking records due to its growing popularity, I think after this announcement more people are going to jump in, if only because of the relative lower cost of games and many other liberties the PC offers in return after the initial cost of entry.

What Nintendo did today confirms once and for all they have become savagely corporate and when everyone expected of them to be the last bastion of a traditional ownership model, they fully embraced the "you'll own nothing" mantra, but with an extra twist of the knife:

The "Game-Key Card" (GKC for short) is perhaps the ultimate expression of this and upon reading the fine print, ... it is worst than a regular digital download. It is not that this is a piece of plastic that only contains a license that allows you to download the game ( a game that will be with all certainty linked to your NSO profile) this piece of plastic MUST REMAIN INSERTED INTO YOUR SYSTEM OTHERWISE THE GAME WILL NOT WORK.

Even with all the criticism that can be levied at digital-only games found on Steam, at least once the game is in your account you don't have to insert a physical key on your rig to allow you to play the game.

Just stop for a moment think about it:

1. If you sell the GKC, you cannot longer play the game, even thought it is fully installed in your system. ( There is a certainty that selling it after you are done with it is not an option because that license is linked to your account, if someone else tries to activate in, it'll get rejected because that key is already redeemed.)

2. If you lose the GKC, you won't be able to play the game.

3. If the contacts of the GKC become deteriorated or damaged, making it unreadable by the card slot, you won't be able to play the game.

4. If you have multiple games installed on your system, you still need to carry and insert the correct GKC so you have to keep them at hand all the time completely denying one of the advantages of having digital games installed on your system

Nintendo managed to figure out a way to add all the inconveniences of physical media to digital only games. Freaking bravo, this is a brand new type of "fuck-the-costumer-in-the-ass" paradigm. I'm impressed.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Blah, blah, blah

I mean, yeah, no-fucking-duh. The whole point is to act like a cart from a consumer perspective but be cheaper to produce. Once again, Switch 1 games have already been doing this since day 1.

 

[Belvedere]

I mean, yeah, no-fucking-duh. The whole point is to act like a cart from a consumer perspective but be cheaper to produce. Once again, Switch 1 games have already been doing this since day 1.

Switch 1 cards contain the game data in them, these can be bought second hand and played without ever going online. This is not the case with the Game-Key Card that require an online connection to even get access to the game.

 

[starborn427614]

Mario Kart World looks really, really good. I just wish it wasn't the first thing we saw re: Nintendo's new pricing structure. It's going to be stuck with that now regardless of how quality it turns out to be.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Honestly GKC worries me because I don’t see the point of annoubcing in it’s own section unless they do intend to sell 1st Party Games only by that method.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Switch 1 cards contain the game data in them, these can be bought second hand and played without ever going online. This is not the case with the Game-Key Card that require an online connection to even get access to the game.

I'm talking about download required games with the white bar. Some are half-on cart, half downloaded, others pretty much entirely downloaded. They've been around since 2017, how have you not noticed them yet?

 

[whatever I feel like]

Mario Kart World looks really, really good. I just wish it wasn't the first thing we saw re: Nintendo's new pricing structure. It's going to be stuck with that now regardless of how quality it turns out to be.

Actually, I'd argue that it gets a free pass since most people are gonna buy it as a pack-in for 50 dollars. Its DK who is first going to have to shoulder the 80 dollar burden.

 

[Pieberry]

Honestly GKC worries me because I don’t see the point of annoubcing in it’s own section unless they do intend to sell 1st Party Games only by that method.

We have box art and neither are GKC

 

[Betonhaus]

There's a lot of really bitter people in this thread. It's like watching old men that are constantly finding something to be upset about. For fucks sake Nintendo isn't the entirety of your existence, where life becomes heaven on earth or eternal agony depending on the smallest business decision some Japanese salaryman pitched to his boss.

The world is not going to end just because you don't like what Nintendo is doing. Go read a book, go outside, learn the piano or pick up a hobby.

 

[Baraka Obama]

Going to skip 25 pages.

It's too expensive. If I were to buy one for every member of my family it'd be like $4500 CAD. Woof. This isn't going to be a kids toy unless they have a really cut price Lite model. But the games are also insanely expensive, $80 USD for ports of Zelda and Kirby just seems insane. I'm totally OK with how the games run and look on Switch 1 and any non retarded person feels the same way.

The games they showed off didn't look all that, the new Mario Kart just looks like any other Mario Kart. I guess Bananza might be OK.

Also, wtf? 256 GB micro SD card? My Nintendo Switch micro SD card is 500 GB and I CANT use it for my new switch?

MicroSD express is like NVME, it's much faster.

I assume the reason for the shit non-game cards is because the game cards are also NVME now and really expensive.

And my Pro Controller doesnt work? I have to spend 90$ for a new Pro Controller?

They said the old accessories work so the old pro controller should work fine.

 

[starborn427614]

Neat thing regarding that Zelda app:
They recorded new voice lines specifically for when you enter certain spots on the map. You can see it in action via this video.

 

[skykiii]

So here's the things that stood out to me the most:

* Arcade Archives Ridge Racer? The original Ridge Racer had barely any content but Arcade Archives titles are usually not that pricey, either. Also I get to annoy people with that one song again.

* Some sort of "S" version of Puyo Tetris 2?

* That Duskblood game looked interesting, then I started hearing it was gonna be multiplayer-only. Can't wait for Fromsoft's next game: Dark Blood 3: the Darkening of the Blood.

* A lot of my friends were talking about trading in their Switches/OLEDs immediately, but personally I'm inclined to wait. I've been thru enough console generations to know that you usually want to keep old hardware, plus the first run of new hardware tends to have some issue that gets fixed later.

* Another concern I have, if you buy an upgrade, do you still have access to the Switch 1 original of the relevant games? Like to use BOTW as an example, does buying the upgrade just mean I have two copies of BOTW now or does it mean I lose one in exchange for the other? I'd rather just own two copies.

* You announce Gamecube and Smash Melee ISN'T in the initial lineup?

 

[sono chi no sadame]

The more I think about it, it really is astonishing that Nintendo outright said it. You will (inevitably, soon) own nothing. It'll certainly encourage stronger anti-consumer/DRM practices from other companies. It's a sad state that Valve is the only company who is the least anti-consumer. How long until Nintendo decides to make first party games become subscriptions?

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Regarding DK Bonanza:

I am so sick of all of Nintendo's game forcing some faggot sidekick on all of the characters. Regardless of what you think of the redesign, putting some genderless purple blob on his shoulder for 90% of the game ruins it.

 

[Calandrino]

Actually, I'd argue that it gets a free pass since most people are gonna buy it as a pack-in for 50 dollars. Its DK who is first going to have to shoulder the 80 dollar burden.

I appreciate Nintendo's commitment to keeping prices down. When you factor in inflation, it's quite a bargain!

 

[Baraka Obama]

The more I think about it, it really is astonishing that Nintendo outright said it. You will (inevitably, soon) own nothing. It'll certainly encourage stronger anti-consumer/DRM practices from other companies. It's a sad state that Valve is the only company who is the least anti-consumer. How long until Nintendo decides to make first party games become subscriptions?

I don't like game key cards but they're still preferable to steam all-digital purchases. I can buy one copy and share it among my family, just it requires an annoying download.