Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

Irishbrick · 28-02-2017 11:31AM

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

I guess this should re assure Smyths pre orders like myself.

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LeeroyJ. · 28-02-2017 11:33AM

Image won't preview : http://imgur.com/a/sgZL3

I have preordered the Nintendo Switch, will it be available on the release day?
Yes, all pre-orders will be available on the 3rd of March the official release day.

(http://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/contact/)

TrustedApple · 28-02-2017 11:33AM

Hopefully town now on Friday have a few nice cases for the switch while I wait for mine to come.

I would have loved the midnight release as I forgot I am off the Friday from work but 250 from Amazon France is to much of a difference and saving for the sake of a few days early

madmoe · 28-02-2017 11:38AM

TrustedApple wrote: »

Hopefully town now on Friday have a few nice cases for the switch while I wait for mine to come.

I would have loved the midnight release as I forgot I am off the Friday from work but 250 from Amazon France is to much of a difference and saving for the sake of a few days early

Can they still be bought on Amazon France?

TrustedApple · 28-02-2017 11:42AM

madmoe wrote: »

Can they still be bought on Amazon France?

Sadly no they wont ship to ireland anymore on pre orders.

magnumbud · 28-02-2017 11:47AM

Rhyme wrote: »

I'm aiming to finish up any games I'm playing before Friday as they'll get lost in the mix as I dive head-first into Breath of the Wild. Just down to the last 5 or so hours of Tales of Symphonia and I'm in the clear

...just have to find those 5 or so hours somewhere. Maybe Thursday night

i loved that game say i put about 80 hours into it. really looking forward to hearing more about what "Tales of" game is coming out on the switch

CiDeRmAn · 28-02-2017 11:50AM

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

Image won't preview : http://imgur.com/a/sgZL3

I have preordered the Nintendo Switch, will it be available on the release day?
Yes, all pre-orders will be available on the 3rd of March the official release day.

(http://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/contact/)

MilesMorales1 · 28-02-2017 11:55AM

I think they said the same to people about the NES classic pre orders though.

Rhyme · 28-02-2017 11:59AM

magnumbud wrote: »

i loved that game say i put about 80 hours into it. really looking forward to hearing more about what "Tales of" game is coming out on the switch

I'm rushing through it now as I more-or-less know the game by heart so getting concentrated enjoyment out of it. Skipping the side-quests that are a pile of bollocks. Only had to look up a guide for one bit (fucking elf forest). I've heard both good and bad things about the last few Tales games so I'd be interested in whatever comes out of that studio next but not in a 'buy immediately' sort of way.

Wouldn't be too keen on buying too many games of one genre too, want a nice balanced set of games rather than jumping from one convoluted JRPG to another as I did on the PS2

28-02-2017 12:02PM

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I think they said the same to people about the NES classic pre orders though.

Yeah I get the impression Smyths will just keep taking pre orders even if they won't have the stock to fulfill orders on the 3rd.

Tipsy McSwagger · 28-02-2017 12:05PM

Epic Fail: Nintendo’s New Switch Console Breaks Instantly If You Run Over It With Your Car

Well folks, it looks like Nintendo may have another wet fart of a console on their hands if our early tests are any indication. When we first saw this rumour floating around on Reddit we had to look into it ourselves, and I’m sad to say that it’s completely true: the Nintendo Switch instantly shatters if you run over it with your car.

While the Nintendo Switch can be carried inside a car fairly easily, or left unattended on the bonnet or hood of a car without too much trouble, it’s when you place it under the wheel and crush it that all the trouble starts. And that’s when you start to think — did Nintendo test this thing at all?

It’s easy to make up stuff like this in a desperate attempt to get some pre-release clicks, but we’ve been testing this console for two days now and the proof is incontrovertible. Once the car wheel hits the Switch and the ton or more of pressure is exerted, the screen instantly shatters and the entire unit explodes, sending shards of circuitry and electronics everywhere.

Appalling stuff. Quite frankly, Nintendo should be ashamed.

We’re not amateurs. We’ve tried the same thing in dozens of ways — running over it forwards, running over it backwards, hurling it from an overpass onto a busy freeway and observing the results. We even flagged down a passing cement truck and persuaded the driver to run her 30-ton rig into this supposed “console” at top speed.

The result? Bits of the Switch scattered all over the road, and not a scratch on the cement truck. Is this for real?

It’s always the same, and frankly we’re astounded that Nintendo didn’t pick this one up before they rushed this thing out to launch. Do we have another Nintendo Wii wrist-strap controversy on our hands?

You can easily try this for yourself when the Switch launches this week, but you probably won’t have to go out of your way to make it happen — this is the sort of thing that crops up in everyday use. It could happen to anybody, anywhere, at any time: if you’re playing the Nintendo Switch, there’s every chance you could accidentally run over it with your car. And where will you be then? That’s the sort of question Nintendo has to answer.

We contacted Nintendo to see if they could offer some kind of explanation, but they declined to comment. Rushing to fix the problem in a day one patch, or hitting the panic button at finally being exposed? We’ll keep you informed.

http://www.pointandclickbait.com/2017/02/havent-finished-zelda-yet-but-christ-i-need-some-content/

Well that's that then, i'm out. How the hell am i supposed to play in the middle of the road?

That_Guy · 28-02-2017 12:09PM

Cancelling my pre-order. Wouldn't be so easily destroyed if it had a built in web browser.

Fúck you Nintendo.

Fúck you.

dunworth1 · 28-02-2017 12:14PM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

anyone know where i could get the breath of the wild collectors edition?

gamestop have the special edition the one with the sword statue for 120

super_furry · 28-02-2017 12:15PM

Yes but will it blend?

MilesMorales1 · 28-02-2017 12:25PM

super_furry wrote: »

Yes but will it blend?

Yes you just.... Switch the blender in.

Rhyme · 28-02-2017 12:31PM

super_furry wrote: »

Yes but will it blend?

That was the third or fourth question during a Switch AMA last week, the host wisely stated that it would be the last test they would attempt

Nollog · 28-02-2017 12:32PM

TrustedApple wrote: »

Hopefully town now on Friday have a few nice cases for the switch while I wait for mine to come.

I would have loved the midnight release as I forgot I am off the Friday from work but 250 from Amazon France is to much of a difference and saving for the sake of a few days early

250?! What magic is this. I had to check my price didn't go down. What coupon did you use for that price?

DARK-KNIGHT · 28-02-2017 01:08PM

dunworth1 wrote: »

gamestop have the special edition the one with the sword statue for 120

see that dun dunno if i could justify an extra 50 for it though rather steep pricing imo

DARK-KNIGHT · 28-02-2017 01:09PM

i have not been as nervous or giddy about a console since the snes.... please god be good

Irishbrick · 28-02-2017 01:11PM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

i have not been as nervous or giddy about a console since the snes.... please god be good

Yup same here, albeit n64 excited! Wasn't this excited for any other new console since the 64

CastorTroy · 28-02-2017 01:13PM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Epic Fail: Nintendo’s New Switch Console Breaks Instantly If You Run Over It With Your Car

But did the kickstand pop off?

Wasn't it the DS or 3DS that survived playing on Mount Everest? Wonder if that will be tested with the Switch

Banjo · 28-02-2017 01:16PM

It'll fail the Everest test when you can't get signal on your phone to download the day 1 patch or make any of the online features work. Although, if you stick a mobile mast on top of Everest, and then climb it, are you now the only person to have climbed the "new" everest?

CiDeRmAn · 28-02-2017 01:29PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

But did the kickstand pop off?

Wasn't it the DS or 3DS that survived playing on Mount Everest? Wonder if that will be tested with the Switch

Apparently it also doesn't survive being played at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, or in the hell-like cauldron of an active volcano caldera, #DoomedNintendo

Somedaythefire · 28-02-2017 01:47PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Apparently it also doesn't survive being played at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, or in the hell-like cauldron of an active volcano caldera, #DoomedNintendo

Ahem it's #Nintendoomed actually.

TrustedApple · 28-02-2017 02:02PM

Transfered over my money for the switch to my credit card.

Things have just got real!!!!!.

I hope I end up likeing the neon switch now

Retr0gamer · 28-02-2017 02:06PM

I didn't realise the base model somes with black plain joypads.... damn it I want some colour with my system...

MilesMorales1 · 28-02-2017 02:10PM

I'm gonna ask on Friday if there's any spare Neon consoles instead of Grey. Looks a lot cooler.

28-02-2017 02:12PM

According to Amazon despatch is tomorrow...

Money in bank, it's all a bit real now....

Gunmonkey · 28-02-2017 02:22PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Apparently it also doesn't survive being played at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, or in the hell-like cauldron of an active volcano caldera, #DoomedNintendo

What? Next you will be telling me it won't work if I use the Elephants Foot from Chernobyl as a stand it might affect it!

Talk about a shoddy system.....

CastorTroy · 28-02-2017 02:24PM

Somedaythefire wrote: »

Ahem it's #Nintendoomed actually.

Well if we're talking Volcano, it's Mount Nintendoomed

Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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