Nintendo Switch

[Nespresso]

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Online lobby and voice chat

Our new dedicated smart device app will connect to Nintendo Switch and let you invite friends to play online, set play appointments, and chat with friends during online matches in compatible games─all from your smart device. 

A free, limited version of this app will be available for download in summer 2017.

 

"The paid online service will be available in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico only at launch."

 

[Hexx]

32GB?

[Chooch]

1 minute ago, Hexx said:

32GB?

But sdxc or whatever it's called slot

[squirtle]

One surprise was no Mario Maker. Thought that would have been a shoe in.

[BruceBruce]

2 minutes ago, Chooch said:

But sdxc or whatever it's called slot

 

Apparently you can use SD cards up to 128gb in it.  Not super amazing, but I guess it'll do.

[joffocakes]

Yet another paid online service is a shame. I'll probably cancel Xbox Live to make up the difference. Looks like there will be a free NES or SNES game each month and they also say that SNES games may have online play added?

 

The wording makes it sounds like you only get the game for that single month, though...

 

http://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/

[Paulando]

Did we hear anything about the virtual console other than the free NES/SNES game a month? Any GameCube VC stuff?

[Super Craig]

Nothing.

[Nespresso]

I... can't believe I'm saying this but this parental control feature I actually pretty neat. Nintendo paving the way?

 

http://www.nintendo.com/switch/family-fun/

 

 

I like how they portray other online players as creepy Boo's.

[Bojangle]

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[deerokus]

It's a bit more expensive than I expected. That knocks the purchase down the road for me. 

[Nespresso]

1 minute ago, Bojangle said:

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[sid]

Fucking hell thats expensive.

 

game over man

 

had to to come in at 199 imo....Jesus Christ surely they can afford to almost give it away , make some back on the launch games, and then look forward to 80m sales after it explodes.

 

It is not even competitive against PS4.

 

[Alex W.]

Anyone surprised by the price hasn't been looking at the value of the pound lately.

[T Pot]

I've stuck a preorder up on Amazon over Here. Dunno if I'll get it out not, but the preorder is free so it doesn't matter if I change my mind.

[Hexx]

Same

And ordered Zelda...for £80!

[Nespresso]

A Konami joint.

 

 

[BossSaru]

Wish I had got a proper in at Gameseek for £200 now - £280 makes it a bit too expensive, especially if Nintendo are going to charge for online gaming.

 

A shame, and no doubt a reflection of the weak sterling, but this makes it more expensive than it should be. I think I'll give it a few months to establish a decent catalogue before I jump in.

[Oz]

12 minutes ago, King A said:

I've stuck a preorder up on Amazon over Here. Dunno if I'll get it out not, but the preorder is free so it doesn't matter if I change my mind.

[Nespresso]

[joffocakes]

I was worried Nintendo were going to abandon motion controls entirely for Switch so I'm glad they've actually kept and evolved them. Disappointed that 1, 2 Switch isn't a pack-in title because it looks like superb fun. ARMS oughta come with a set of Joy-cons, ideally.

 

[JohnC]

That's the battery indicator going down while playing Zelda.

[gone fishin]

The price seems steep, but the build quality looks good and the specs seem decent.

 

Compare it to an iPhone 6s Plus 32GB (even though the Switch has a larger screen) at £499 or an iPad 32GB at £380 and it's not that bad. 

 

But the challenge will be convincing people it's worth it and that's going to come down to games and marketing...

[gone fishin]

3 minutes ago, JohnC said:

That's the battery indicator going down while playing Zelda.

Around 3 hours battery for Zelda. 6+ hours for other games.

 

Not sure if you even get that while playing games on a tablet or phone...

[DC Lemon]

It's no Candy Crush Saga but will have to do.

 

 

[the_debaser]

1 hour ago, Bojangle said:

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Wonder if you can hold 2 joypads each as that's how you normally milk cows, with 2 hands, at least how I used to do it on the family farm before machinery did the job. 

 

Oh god, what am I on about. It looks atrocious. I can't believe that's £40.  

[Oz]

48 minutes ago, King A said:

I've stuck a preorder up on Amazon over Here. Dunno if I'll get it out not, but the preorder is free so it doesn't matter if I change my mind.

[Alex W.]

1 hour ago, Bojangle said:

.............

 

 

"Hi Shigeru, you know Bob?"

 

"Fucking Bob! What did he do now?"

 

"He made a wanking game."

 

"..."

 

"We've got a plan though."

 

*sigh* "Okay, lay it on me."

[Oz]

6 minutes ago, the_debaser said:

 

Wonder if you can hold 2 joypads each as that's how you normally milk cows, with 2 hands, at least how I used to do it on the family farm before machinery did the job. 

 

Oh god, what am I on about. It looks atrocious. I can't believe that's £40.  

I used to enjoy one hand milking in the family farm before my father warned me we only had bulls. 

[Thwomp]

£280? Ahm oot. They've got no proper successor to the 3DS. You can get a 2DS for £79 with a game, what's going to fill that gap now?