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Switch reviewed by time travellers on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-UK-Switch-Grey/dp/B01MFADJFV/ref=sr_tnr_p_1_videogames_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484484884&sr=8-1&keywords=switch+nintendo+console

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My name is Luke, I am a time traveller from the year 2020. In 2017 Nintendo launched their new console: the Nintendo switch… one month later, in a shock announcement, Sega announced the Dreamcast 2. The release of the “Dreamiercast” created a rift right through the gaming community, thus beginning the second Nintendo vs Sega war….

Everyone picked a side. It was calm in the beginning, just the usual Facebook keyboard battles… “Mario is just a fat plumber who can’t run fast”…”Sonic can’t even fix a boiler”… admittedly these arguments were not the most creative…

Sadly, things quickly escalated into violence in the streets. Over the last 3 years I’ve lost many… too many to count. I was in my underground bunker, hoping that the roof would continue to hold through the next round of bombings. I was alone… I couldn’t let anyone else see my dark secret… a secret I was too scared to reveal… I owned both consoles. I thought it was logical, that way I could play all the best games, surely I could be on both sides right?

I wasn’t the only one. Phil owned both too, he shouted about it to everyone, claiming he’d found enlightenment. Instead of becoming the saviour he believed himself to be, he became the enemy to both sides, and they (literally) ripped him apart in the streets.

I knew I had to do something… to find a way to save everyone. The only way was to go back in time and stop the Dreamiercast from ever launching. It was too late for the switch, Nintendo would just do something else, but it wouldn’t take much to stop Sega and convince them they should stay as software developers.

Using components from both consoles I created a time machine. I travelled back to 2015 and went straight to Sega with a new idea- Sonic Mania. The idea was so genius that they immediately abandoned project Dreamiercast and put all their resources into Sonic Mania. The war was prevented, I saved everyone.

Sadly, as the Dreamiercast no longer exists in your future, my time machine has ceased to exist also, meaning I have been trapped in your time ever since.

I thought I was the only one… until now. Seeing these 70+ reviews for the Nintendo switch has made me realise that there must have been others who have also tried the console and then travelled back in time and left a review of what it was like. To you all I say- hello my brothers, I am sure you fought well. Together we will help shape a more united future.

Anyway, I’ve gone off track from my review… the Nintendo switch was a fun console - 3/5.

  On 1/15/2017 at 7:33 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Here's what's inside the Switch dock, not a whole lot really. Empty space to dissipate heat, and not shown, the USB-C connector inside the base for docking.  It seems boneheaded to me, that with what's included in the box, you'll need to open this up, and unplug the power cable every time you want to charge the joy con grip, or pro controller, much less take it on the go.  I still haven't seen one single game journalist realize this yet, but you bet they'll bitch about it upon release day.  So yeah, extra cables people.

 

I read the empty space inside the dock is to accommodate USB > LAN adapters, so that makes sense.  It also sounds like the Joy Con Grip that's included with the system is not the rechargeable version, and is just an empty plastic shell.

no wonder it's $90, then.

The dock, that is.

  On 1/16/2017 at 7:50 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 1/15/2017 at 7:33 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Here's what's inside the Switch dock, not a whole lot really. Empty space to dissipate heat, and not shown, the USB-C connector inside the base for docking.  It seems boneheaded to me, that with what's included in the box, you'll need to open this up, and unplug the power cable every time you want to charge the joy con grip, or pro controller, much less take it on the go.  I still haven't seen one single game journalist realize this yet, but you bet they'll bitch about it upon release day.  So yeah, extra cables people.

 

 

I read the empty space inside the dock is to accommodate USB > LAN adapters, so that makes sense.  It also sounds like the Joy Con Grip that's included with the system is not the rechargeable version, and is just an empty plastic shell.

 

for fuck's sake. another console w/o an ethernet port? and the grip not charging is gonna make the controller charging scenario so shitty... so you can only recharge the controllers by putting them in the dock or plugging the tablet with the controllers attached...

so if you actually buy another set of controllers you need to buy the charging grip if you want to be able to charge them at the same time pushing the cost of a second controller to $110?

plus the bundles they're selling certainly look like charging grips

http://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5670/5670003_sd.jpg;maxHeight=1000;maxWidth=1000

joycon charger

$100

  On 1/16/2017 at 7:46 PM, yek said:

 

 

 

joycon charger

if the charge holds anywhere near as well as it does on the Wii U pro controller or as long as batteries last in the Wii motes they'll last for days, so there's no need for that charging station. just put the joy cons back onto the tablet when you're done playing - which is surely the logical place to store them anyway? they'll never run out. if they do run out whilst playing just put them onto the tablet and play that way while they charge.

E Z P Z

The thing about playing in tablet mode is the screen battery will die way before the joy cons, so you'll be in a spot where you have to dock it whether you like it or not, or be close to a wall outlet, or plug in a USB battery pack. I can't really justify buying that separate charger until more multiplayer games are shown that warrant it, same with a charging grip. Let's just hope the pro controller lasts as long as the Wii U one.

Wait for Nyko to make a third party charger

nintendo's new look, direction and pricing makes me think of apple...

Isn't this the Daft Punk score from Tron Legacy?

lol dat voice over

  On 1/16/2017 at 6:04 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 1/16/2017 at 7:50 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 1/15/2017 at 7:33 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Here's what's inside the Switch dock, not a whole lot really. Empty space to dissipate heat, and not shown, the USB-C connector inside the base for docking.  It seems boneheaded to me, that with what's included in the box, you'll need to open this up, and unplug the power cable every time you want to charge the joy con grip, or pro controller, much less take it on the go.  I still haven't seen one single game journalist realize this yet, but you bet they'll bitch about it upon release day.  So yeah, extra cables people.

 

 

I read the empty space inside the dock is to accommodate USB > LAN adapters, so that makes sense.  It also sounds like the Joy Con Grip that's included with the system is not the rechargeable version, and is just an empty plastic shell.

 

for fuck's sake. another console w/o an ethernet port? and the grip not charging is gonna make the controller charging scenario so shitty... so you can only recharge the controllers by putting them in the dock or plugging the tablet with the controllers attached...

 

so if you actually buy another set of controllers you need to buy the charging grip if you want to be able to charge them at the same time pushing the cost of a second controller to $110?

plus the bundles they're selling certainly look like charging grips

http://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5670/5670003_sd.jpg;maxHeight=1000;maxWidth=1000

 

100% agree on the lack of ethernet port - I guarantee you that a ethernet port costs no more/less than a USB port; Nintendo is probably thinking "wow, we'll make residual sales from LAN adapters too".

And by not having charging ports on the controller grip included with the console is just plain stupid - what about people who aren't going to take their Switch everywhere, or prefer playing at home most of the time? Now you have to spend another 30.00 for a plastic shell with a USB port on it to charge your controller. It's like Nintendo not including a fucking AC adapter with the 3DS - I mean, really!

then again... http://www.tydknow.com/did-you-know-that-in-2008-mcdonalds-saved-278850000-by-removing/

honestly i don't know that i'll need the shit i'm bitching about them not including since i'm only getting zelda (and maybe 1-2-switch) which only require a single pair of controllers that last for 20hrs on a charge. i'll probably just dock everything at the end of a session anyways just to keep the shit put up. 

my wife on the other hand...

she will probably close her eyes, spin around 20 times and through the controllers in different directions and goto sleep and then say that she never touched them. 

if i get this, especially with it being an expensive ~500 dollar handheld computer tablet thing .. i can see myself keeping this thing as more of a docked console most of the time and ignoring it as a handheld. having said that, the short train ride to / from work could be perfect for the shitty ~3 hour battery life on zelda etc. 

like, people like to complain about the battery life being short. but realistically, i am never playing a handheld for longer than 2 hours at a time. just need to be super vigilant about keeping the thing plugged in and charging, which is hardly anything new with todays consoles / wireless controllers / gamepads / tablets / HD screen 1080 mobile phones / etc. 

  On 1/18/2017 at 10:35 AM, chim said:

Man, there's gonna be so many fake Switch trailers

Also lol

  On 1/18/2017 at 6:40 AM, bitroast said:

if i get this, especially with it being an expensive ~500 dollar handheld computer tablet thing .. i can see myself keeping this thing as more of a docked console most of the time and ignoring it as a handheld. having said that, the short train ride to / from work could be perfect for the shitty ~3 hour battery life on zelda etc. 

 

like, people like to complain about the battery life being short. but realistically, i am never playing a handheld for longer than 2 hours at a time. just need to be super vigilant about keeping the thing plugged in and charging, which is hardly anything new with todays consoles / wireless controllers / gamepads / tablets / HD screen 1080 mobile phones / etc. 

 

really good illustration of how ugly the wii ugamepad is

i don't know if it's been brought up in this thread but if the joycons are as good as they are supposed to be they would be great for vr. 

I have seen home mods better than that Wii U pad - this is a multi million made device - it looks like Donald Trump sat on it on his private (public now?) jet, flattened the plastic case then tried to put it back into shape like a dog pawing at a bone. 

The Switch looks cleaner than Teresa May's snatch walking out of Brazillian Wax Company saying "OOOh ahhh oooh ahhhh". Good work Nintendo. 

  On 1/20/2017 at 12:23 AM, yek said:

i don't know if it's been brought up in this thread but if the joycons are as good as they are supposed to be they would be great for vr. 

 

was listening to giantbomb podcast and dude was expressing disapointment at the switch reveal so far.

especially the return to wii style motion control gameplay. saying how like, nintendo pioneered motion controls in a way by forcing out the wii wiimote motion controls back when absolutely noone was even thinking about it. but now we have VR and motion controls make a lot more sense in VR in a way that never made sense when playing with motion controls while facing a static tv screen. 

+ even more insane when u consider nintendo trying to pitch the idea of 2 people with a switch each, playing ARMS multiplayer against each other both looking at a tiny screen. 

the motion controls just seems like a really bad move for the switch and is a complete 180 on their original marketing pitch of a console/handheld system targeted at adults/serious gamers. + it's adding more price to the accessories for consumers. it's just ... dumb and confused. 

fun for party games but that's about it. the system is way too underpowered to do vr i imagine. maybe (probably) someone will write a custom driver to use them on pcs.

hell, steam's been adding support for xbox and ps controller's themselves so maybe they'll support switchmotes

  On 1/20/2017 at 3:11 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/20/2017 at 12:23 AM, yek said:

i don't know if it's been brought up in this thread but if the joycons are as good as they are supposed to be they would be great for vr. 

 

 

was listening to giantbomb podcast and dude was expressing disapointment at the switch reveal so far.

especially the return to wii style motion control gameplay. saying how like, nintendo pioneered motion controls in a way by forcing out the wii wiimote motion controls back when absolutely noone was even thinking about it. but now we have VR and motion controls make a lot more sense in VR in a way that never made sense when playing with motion controls while facing a static tv screen. 

+ even more insane when u consider nintendo trying to pitch the idea of 2 people with a switch each, playing ARMS multiplayer against each other both looking at a tiny screen. 

 

the motion controls just seems like a really bad move for the switch and is a complete 180 on their original marketing pitch of a console/handheld system targeted at adults/serious gamers. + it's adding more price to the accessories for consumers. it's just ... dumb and confused. 

 

There definitely seemed to be an online backlash this week.  They hate us cause they anus

my impression from original reveal (marketed as focused gaming device for adults) to the conference where it's being marketed as a weird all-in-one do everything device + motion controls targeting casual audience again. that shift definitely deflated my hype a bit. 

but more than anything else, i think the marketing for this thing has overall been really strong. and i think that's important to get people excited and buying into the system. + they said they're only doing 2 million initial units shipping world wide at launch, with more coming later. so they seem to be super aware on what they're doing and how to handle the launch.

i'm still on board but i 'm also really cautious on nintendo fucking it up. i just really want it to be good. :^) 

If it has a strong virtual console lineup for 2017 that could make a big difference I think. The obviously want to recapture the Wii casual audience and families, so maybe release some of the best selling Wii games digitally, Wii Sports Club would be a great introduction to the new system, and people that skipped the Wii U would have never played it. Suck new buyers in with what they know, then show them the versatility of the system. Just limit the amount of gimped 3rd party ports from other consoles, that always gave them a black eye.