Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

sligeach · 27-02-2017 10:37AM

alekito wrote: »

Apparently Zelda Breath of the Wild got a 10 out of 10 from Edge Magazine.

http://gamingbolt.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wilds-first-review-is-1010-from-edge

I am excited now ...

Have you been living under a rock?

Digital Solitude · 27-02-2017 10:51AM

Well, thanks to ineptitude and several ignored emails, looks like I can't get a Switch until at least April, and that's if I can get any stock then.

Star Lord · 27-02-2017 10:54AM

Ah man, what happened???

27-02-2017 10:56AM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Well, thanks to ineptitude and several ignored emails, looks like I can't get a Switch until at least April, and that's if I can get any stock then.

Cén fáth?

Nollog · 27-02-2017 11:09AM

Banjo wrote: »

Amazon have the Neon Joy-Con pair listed with SnipperClips for £79.99
They don't ship it to ireland, by the way, at least not yet - I'm only mentioning it to contrast the pricing :
The Grey and Neon pairs without Snipperclips are still listed as being released 3/3 and for £74.99 so basically if you're buying SnipperClips and Joy Cons, wait for Little Switchmas.

Note : No picture on the site, so I can't tell if the 'Con's are the right way around (Left Red, Right Blue) for going all-red/blue on your Neon Switch.

It's the opposite set. So if you're getting the neon console and get this you end up with two matching sets.

Popple3 · 27-02-2017 11:11AM

GameStop have fixed up their Joy-Con listings now. €90 for just the neon Joy-Cons, €100 with Snipperclips.

FutureGuy · 27-02-2017 11:11AM

I'm still laughably on the fence about Friday. The nerd in me wants to have a nergasm of new Nintendo Console, New Zelda and Logan while on a day off.

But the logical part of me is saying that I am buying the console for a single game that I can play on Wii U.

I will probably cave a 8:59 on Friday morning!

Urgh

sligeach · 27-02-2017 11:12AM

The matching sets do look lovely.

Somedaythefire · 27-02-2017 11:21AM

Wish we could buy the matching sets on their own. Would get the red. Gamestop Henry St. opening their doors at half 10, thursday evening for the midnight launch btw.

Thargor · 27-02-2017 11:25AM

sligeach wrote: »

The matching sets do look lovely.

Lovely or one of the ugliest controllers of modern times? I would lean towards the latter.

sligeach · 27-02-2017 11:51AM

Take a look at this ridiculous story courtesy of the rag paper, The Sun.

THE BIG NINTEND-O Nintendo Switch games lineup includes a VERY suggestive ‘sex act simulator’

Players who tried out Nintendo's new game left red-faced after being asked to perform x-rated gesture

IT’S the family friendly games firm known for its squeaky clean image.

But Nintendo’s latest game has prompted some VERY rude thoughts in players who have compared it to a “sex act simulator”.

A screenshot from the milking game, showing two players extracting liquid from a virtual udder

The Japanese firm is about to unleash its new Switch console, which is due for release in the coming weeks.

Last week, journalists got the chance to try out the system and were invited to play a title called 1-2-Switch which features a number of mini-games including a bizarre baby care simulator.

Yet players were left red-faced after being asked to perform a very suggestive hand movement whilst milking a virtual cow.

This chap is clearly enjoying himself whilst playing the ‘sex act simulator’

A lady with a flower in her hair shown in the act of milking a virtual cow

“You have to coax the milk out of the udder,” a source told The Sun Online.

“There were a lot of nervous chuckles and a certain amount of sexual innuendo when we played it.

“You have to sit opposite the other player and look each other in the eye whilst grabbing the remote and tenderly pulling it down.

“This cow milking game is a lot like a sex act simulator.”

A video of the milking game has already hit YouTube, where it has provoked some hilarious reactions.

“I’d rather have my parents walk in on me watching porn than playing this,” one commenter wrote.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2964705/nintendo-switch-games-lineup-includes-a-very-suggestive-sex-act-simulator/amp/

I thought they would have said the shaking the bottle game.

Retr0gamer · 27-02-2017 11:52AM

As long as they are comfy I don't care what they look like. With Sony finally ditching the god awful duals hock design I'm hoping Nintendo doesn't screw this one up and all 3 consoles will have lovely joypads.

Sofiztikated · 27-02-2017 11:54AM

sligeach wrote: »

Take a look at this ridiculous story courtesy of the rag paper, The Sun.

THE BIG NINTEND-O Nintendo Switch games lineup includes a VERY suggestive ‘sex act simulator’

Players who tried out Nintendo's new game left red-faced after being asked to perform x-rated gesture

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2964705/nintendo-switch-games-lineup-includes-a-very-suggestive-sex-act-simulator/amp/

I thought they would have said the shaking the bottle game.

The person that wrote that has never had sex.

RobbingBandit · 27-02-2017 11:58AM

My OCD went through the roof looking at those nicely matched joycons.

Nollog · 27-02-2017 11:59AM

sligeach wrote: »

I thought they would have said the shaking the bottle game.

I don't think that's playable in the switch demo events.

Amazon put up the pictures of that joycon snipperclips pack btw. Still don't deliver to Ireland.

I wonder if it's the different eshop currency.

Banjo · 27-02-2017 12:01PM

Somedaythefire wrote: »

Wish we could buy the matching sets on their own. Would get the red. Gamestop Henry St. opening their doors at half 10, thursday evening for the midnight launch btw.

There's a SKU for 2 Red JoyCons, pretty sure it's on one of the foreign Amazons. (Yes, I know they're all foreign, but as long as UK are doing free Super Saver delivery I'll forgive them for the 800 years of shipping Irish grain to UK Prime members while we lived on dirt and hoof meat)
However, that was before the Snipperclips bundle-in. Don't know if they're still a thing, and/or if they get the bundled game.
Also, when you put them together on the controller as per Sligeach's post, to me they do look fugly. I'm thinking they'd look better with the screen between them, but now I'm starting to wonder should I wait till I have a 4 player game and they release some awesome limited edition Joy Cons to celebrate the Gamecube VC content?

RE: Amazon not delivering to Ireland : the code in the box should be for the game, not credit on the e-Shop and therefore it doesn't matter, I've bought codes for downloads from UK sites before, no problem on the Euro eShop..

Somedaythefire · 27-02-2017 12:04PM

Banjo wrote: »

There's a SKU for 2 Red JoyCons, pretty sure it's on one of the foreign Amazons. (Yes, I know they're all foreign, but as long as UK are doing free Super Saver delivery I'll forgive them for the 800 years of shipping Irish grain to UK Prime members while we lived on dirt and hoof meat)
However, that was before the Snipperclips bundle-in. Don't know if they're still a thing, and/or if they get the bundled game.
Also, when you put them together on the controller as per Sligeach's post, to me they do look fugly. I'm thinking they'd look better with the screen between them, but now I'm starting to wonder should I wait till I have a 4 player game and they release some awesome limited edition Joy Cons to celebrate the Gamecube VC content?

I thought they were US only SKU's? Can only find the flipped neon ones.

Retr0gamer · 27-02-2017 12:08PM

Ah the Sun. I remember they ran an article about the DS at launch about how pictochat was awash with pedophiles using it to pick up children.

Creamy Goodness · 27-02-2017 12:21PM

Officially excited now that there's 4 days to go...

Also work have me going to Sao Paulo the day after Patrick's Day so it'll be perfect to test out the Switch :pac:

Digital Solitude · 27-02-2017 12:25PM

Star Lord wrote: »

Ah man, what happened???

Been applying for a grant since November I think? I'm down about €3500 because I've been waiting so long, the poor aul summer wages had to dry up some time.

They refuse to answer emails or the phone and only contact me to threaten cancellation of my application because they can't bloody file the documents I do send them, instead marking them recieved, losing them, and blaming me.

Finally got a hold of them this morning, still processing documents from over a month ago.

I know it's free money but Jesus if I could afford to live without I would, not worth this hassle.

I was supposed to go 50/50 with the gf, I'm more sorry she can't get it for BOTW yet.

Digital Solitude · 27-02-2017 12:38PM

sligeach wrote: »

Take a look at this ridiculous story courtesy of the rag paper, The Sun.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2964705/nintendo-switch-games-lineup-includes-a-very-suggestive-sex-act-simulator/amp/

I thought they would have said the shaking the bottle game.

“This cow milking game is a lot like a sex act simulator.”

Who says "sex act simulator"? Surely you'd just out and call it a handjob sim, cut the crap.

Star Lord · 27-02-2017 12:45PM

The staff of The Sun do their handjobs in a very strange manner, sat across from someone, looking them in the eyes, and using a downward motion...

sligeach · 27-02-2017 12:46PM

Nintendo Switch Battery Test - Switch vs iPad vs 3DS vs Vita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Rqaf9lMrg

CiDeRmAn · 27-02-2017 12:59PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Who says "sex act simulator"? Surely you'd just out and call it a handjob sim, cut the crap.

Flashlight accessory incoming!

Rhyme · 27-02-2017 01:09PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Fleshlight accessory incoming!

Time to Switch things up in the bedroom.

sligeach · 27-02-2017 01:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oASRLlIYxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oASRLlIYxY

Far more sexual innuendo in that than the milking "game".

DinoRex · 27-02-2017 01:14PM

The rusty trombone mini game might be a step too far for Nintendo.

Mr E · 27-02-2017 01:16PM

Just paid off my Switch at lunchtime (plus Zelda and case).
4 more sleeps....

Banjo · 27-02-2017 01:53PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Who says "sex act simulator"? Surely you'd just out and call it a handjob sim, cut the crap.

Maybe the point here is that by saying "Sex act simulator" it's open to interpretation - while they are clearly doing a reverse/middle-out handjob that doesn't quite work, once you say "Sex act" and you have a bunch of slack-jawed muppets waving their hands at eachother and grinning like they're H'ed-up to the eyeballs, well everything looks a little lewd.

magnumbud · 27-02-2017 02:00PM

Mr E wrote: »

Just paid off my Switch at lunchtime (plus Zelda and case).
4 more sleeps....

3 more sleeps for those going to midnight launches unless a pre launch nap counts

Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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