I've SWITCHed! - General discussion - WARNING IN POST 1

Eduard Khil

(hope the kids enjoy it)

brianregan09

I bought a switch lite

Planning to get Pokemon Shield , Zelda and Ultimate Alliance 3 and possibly Luigi's mansion

any help getting started would be great is there anything I need like memory cards or any stuff like that

Eduard Khil

Hold off on Shield there is a dlc edition coming in early November with the game and both dlc in the box.

blockfighter

brianregan09 wrote: »

I bought a switch lite

Planning to get Pokemon Shield , Zelda and Ultimate Alliance 3 and possibly Luigi's mansion

any help getting started would be great is there anything I need like memory cards or any stuff like that

If you're getting all of those on cartridge you'll probably be OK for memory card. But you will no doubt need a memory card at some point as the internal memory on Switch is tiny (32gb).
I'd recommend a screen protector and a carry case. And depending on how long you game for at a time, a power bank.

Suckit

128GB memory card is on sale on mymemory at the minute and they take around 2 weeks to deliver - https://www.mymemory.co.uk/sandisk-128gb-ultra-micro-sd-card-sdxc-uhs-i-a1-100mb-s.html

As mentioned, a memory card is probably needed. I don't play half as much as others here but I had to buy a 256GB card
The sales!! The sales'll get ya.... Before you know it you'll have 6,87000000 games and no idea where they all came from :pac:

Mucashinto

I bought the official 128gb memory card for £19.99 on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KXQX3S3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Haha, I know it's really a 50% mark up but it's only £6 at the end of the day. And look at it, it has a mushroom on it! (Not sure why tbh, maybe some kind of drug thing? )

brianregan09

Suckit wrote: »

128GB memory card is on sale on mymemory at the minute and they take around 2 weeks to deliver - https://www.mymemory.co.uk/sandisk-128gb-ultra-micro-sd-card-sdxc-uhs-i-a1-100mb-s.html

As mentioned, a memory card is probably needed. I don't play half as much as others here but I had to buy a 256GB card
The sales!! The sales'll get ya.... Before you know it you'll have 6,87000000 games and no idea where they all came from :pac:

Grabbed that thanks

Next on the list is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 , Breath of the Wild and Pokemon Shield

siblers

For Nintendo e-cards. Can they only be used on the Nintendo store? And can they only be used for digital editions? Thanks

km79

If I want to play it docked between two rooms what’s the best options?
Are there generic trustworthy docking stations that aren’t too expensive ?
Alternatively I could buy a second power cable and move the dock itself from time to time ?
It will be the odd night the odd weekend

ShaneU

Eduard Khil wrote: »

Hold off on Shield there is a dlc edition coming in early November with the game and both dlc in the box.

£70 on Amazon, no thanks

€70 on Gamestop, not as bad

s1ippy

I really wanted to get stuck in this evening and my right joycon is not connecting or charging. Just outside of warranty too.

Nintendo you've done it again!!

RocketRaccoon

km79 wrote: »

If I want to play it docked between two rooms what’s the best options?
Are there generic trustworthy docking stations that aren’t too expensive ?
Alternatively I could buy a second power cable and move the dock itself from time to time ?
It will be the odd night the odd weekend

It's such a simple setup there's no need for a second dock or anything. It takes about 30 seconds to set it up.

km79

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

It's such a simple setup there's no need for a second dock or anything. It takes about 30 seconds to set it up.

The problem is access behind the main tv
Not possible to unplug it without moving the while unit all the time

RocketRaccoon

km79 wrote: »

The problem is access behind the main tv
Not possible to unplug it without moving the while unit all the time

Ahh
A spare power cable and possibly a HDMI if needed then. I would imagine a power cable would be cheaper than a dock, not sure if a regular USB type C would do the job or not.

km79

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Ahh
A spare power cable and possibly a HDMI if needed then. I would imagine a power cable would be cheaper than a dock, not sure if a regular USB type C would do the job or not.

I have any amount of hdmi cables
I must look up the specs of the power cable so and see what’s on Amazon
Thanks

RocketRaccoon

km79 wrote: »

I have any amount of hdmi cables
I must look up the specs of the power cable so and see what’s on Amazon
Thanks

There's a cheaper one on amazon, its £16.99. Official is €30

km79

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

There's a cheaper one on amazon, its £16.99. Official is €30

That will do
Thanks

Star Lord

siblers wrote: »

For Nintendo e-cards. Can they only be used on the Nintendo store? And can they only be used for digital editions? Thanks

Yeah, that's buying credit for the Nintendo e-shop, to for buying digital copies of games.

km79

Is there any point wasting time and money researching third party controllers?
We got a pro style on amazon two weeks ago
Over 1000 reviews
Mainly positive
Has gone haywire this evening !

Might have to bite the bullet and pay extortionate fee for the two real ones

kingbowser

km79 wrote: »

Is there any point wasting time and money researching third party controllers?
We got a pro style on amazon two weeks ago
Over 1000 reviews
Mainly positive
Has gone haywire this evening !

Might have to bite the bullet and pay extortionate fee for the two real ones

A lot of fake reviews. Check out the one, two, three star reviews for a better picture. There ARE good 3rd party controllers, but the 15 euro or 2 for 20 ones are going to most probably be crap.

I bet people on here can recommend something decent.
8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ supposed to be good but it's 40 quid.

Note: the official joycons are a blight on Nintendo's fine controller history. Expensive and fragile. The official pro is lovely and sometimes 50 stg on Amazon UK. Try Amazon EU stores for lower prices too.

Fysh

I have only heard positive things about the 8Bitdo controllers, but they're spendy enough.

I've been fairly fortunate so far with my Beboncool PXN for £27, but I haven't seen it available for a while.

I say "fortunate" - it's mostly fine but occasionally it has a blip where it thinks the right stick is permanently in the "down" position and you have to powercycle the controller or the Switch to clear it. Still, at somewhere between 1/2 and 1/3 the price of the official Pro controller I can live with that...

Also worth noting that if you for some reason have GC controllers lying around you can get reasonably reliable GC-to-USB adapters for ~£20. Or there are licensed 3rd party Switch-compatible controllers (£20) that might be worth a look...

kingbowser

I got cheap Wii and Wii U 3rd party controllers. They were terrible. Sold to CEX for about 3 euro ...

Have a switch xenoblade pro controller that i bought years ago, that I could sell in CEX today for 60 euro. Not that I'd sell it.

I think the pro can experience drift but that hasn't happened to me.

Also check out the mayflash magic NS if you want to connect other quality 1st party Nintendo, Xbox, playstation controllers you might have lying around to your switch. It's cheap. And works. You might not get motion control though which is a problem for some games.

km79

kingbowser wrote: »

I got cheap Wii and Wii U 3rd party controllers. They were terrible. Sold to CEX for about 3 euro ...

Have a switch xenoblade pro controller that i bought years ago, that I could sell in CEX today for 60 euro. Not that I'd sell it.

I think the pro can experience drift but that hasn't happened to me.

Also check out the mayflash magic NS if you want to connect other quality 1st party Nintendo, Xbox, playstation controllers you might have lying around to your switch. It's cheap. And works. You might not get motion control though which is a problem for some games.

We have an Xbox one with 4 controllers !

kingbowser

km79 wrote: »

We have an Xbox one with 4 controllers !

Win win. 20 stg Amazon. But double check first. No motion control so some games won't work so well or at all. But not many of those. Xbox one controller is a great controller.

km79

kingbowser wrote: »

Win win. 20 stg Amazon. But double check first. No motion control so some games won't work so well or at all. But not many of those. Xbox one controller is a great controller.

I’m gonna go for this short term. Do I need one per controller ?
May get the pro controller from Santa then
That supports motion control right ?

kingbowser

km79 wrote: »

I’m gonna go for this short term. Do I need one per controller ?
May get the pro controller from Santa then
That supports motion control right ?

One per controller. But please Google to make sure of details with multiple ones and check details on Amazon com and co UK. I have one and use a Wii U pro controller and it's fine. No motion control for Zelda botw which is a big loss but fine for most games especially as an extra controller.

Yep, the official Nintendo pro controller does everything right. Very similar to Xbox controller plus motion control. Can't understand why the Xbox controllers don't do motion control. Works beautifully for games like BOTW.

Iseedeadpixels

Whats the best place to get official Joy-cons pricewise?

bmorrissey

Really on the fence about picking up (trying to convince myself) a nintendo switch lite preferably.

Dont know anyone with one and im looking for any info or advice in regards to usability, positives, price of games and where to get best prices etc!!

kingbowser

bmorrissey wrote: »

Really on the fence about picking up (trying to convince myself) a nintendo switch lite preferably.

Dont know anyone with one and im looking for any info or advice in regards to usability, positives, price of games and where to get best prices etc!!

Regular Switch if you want the full fat Switch experience. Lite is portable only.

bmorrissey

kingbowser wrote: »

Regular Switch if you want the full fat Switch experience. Lite is portable only.

I would be looking at the portable only aspect, just for 20 mins playing at a time when i get the time to play.

Does the lite have any considerable downgrades in terms of performance, graphics etc?