Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

Ol' Donie · 07-03-2017 12:49AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

That Newstalk segment was wretched.
"I have a WiiU gathering dust, no games came on it though I did get Mario Kart 8, don't judge me" was the effort from one alleged tech guru on there who was about as knowledgeable about videogames as my Uncle Ed, whose last arcade game was a one armed bandit on a ferry to Holyhead.

Wait, wait, didn't he say he got a WiiU for MK8 "because I'm only human?"

Or have I gone insane?

Ryath · 07-03-2017 12:51AM

wandatowell wrote: »

Nope I can't find anything. I can see Shrines way way off in the distance in inaccessible areas but nothing in the Great Plateau.

Christ I can't be using guides in whats pretty much the tutorial area.

Pin them using the sheika slate press (press down on R stick) when you see them from tower so you can see them on the map.. 3 are straight forward enough to get too, one you need to work your way around to it

CiDeRmAn · 07-03-2017 12:55AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Wait, wait, didn't he say he got a WiiU for MK8 "because I'm only human?"

Or have I gone insane?

No, you're right, I was paraphrasing a shockingly bad segment on the radio that I was listening to and, simultaneously, trying not to listen to.
Between sh1te like that and the right wing dingbat Hooky and turned into, I'm finding listening to Newstalk becoming a chore, and I've been tuning in since the start.

CiDeRmAn · 07-03-2017 12:55AM

Ryath wrote: »

Pin them using the sheika slate press (press down on R stick) when you see them from tower so you can see them on the map.. 3 are straight forward enough to get too, one you need to work your way around to it

Do a walking lap of the region, you'll spot them.

chrislad · 07-03-2017 12:56AM

wandatowell wrote: »

4hrs into Zelda and not even a sniff of those
shrines the Old Man sent me to find.

Forgot how easily frustrating Zelda games can.

:p:p

There's literally one right beneath the tower in a small swamp. Just look for the orange glows. Good luck when they start actually hiding the shrines behind waterfalls and ****!!

wandatowell · 07-03-2017 12:57AM

chrislad wrote: »

There's literally one right beneath the tower in a small swamp. Just look for the orange glows. Good luck when they start actually hiding the shrines behind waterfalls and ****!!

:eek: Anyone know what CEX are giving for trade ins?

:o

Retr0gamer · 07-03-2017 12:57AM

Tried playing Zelda today without the joycon holder. It's way more comfy to just use them like you would the Wiimote and nunchuk.

Banjo · 07-03-2017 01:35AM

First time bringing the Switch to bed. Feels weird to have switched in every other room in the house first... Next? let's go outsiiiiiide....

Ol' Donie · 07-03-2017 01:39AM

Banjo wrote: »

First time bringing the Switch to bed. Feels weird to have switched in every other room in the house first... Next? let's go outsiiiiiide....

Did this for the first time ladt night. Bleedin knackered all day.

Playing Zelda right now...I just want to reach that shrine i spotted in the distance. Nearly there. Ah, crap, Bobokin camp in the way.

Right, I'll just do this....

OwaynOTT · 07-03-2017 01:53AM

Seems like the switch is Nintendos best selling console ever in its first two days on sale in America.
Breath of the wild is also the best selling standalone launch title.
Maybe Gamestop US weren't spinning when they said it was a great lauch.

Seems to have been a much larger lauch there than the UK(where it still did double the wiiu number).

Interested to see how it did in Japan now.

wandatowell · 07-03-2017 02:06AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Tried playing Zelda today without the joycon holder. It's way more comfy to just use them like you would the Wiimote and nunchuk.

I think when I get used to the button layout I'll be doing the same. Still have the PS4 "X" button wired in my brain. And "A" caused me all kinds of confusing for the first few hours.

Retr0gamer · 07-03-2017 02:21AM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Seems like the switch is Nintendos best selling console ever in its first two days on sale in America.
Breath of the wild is also the best selling standalone launch title.
Maybe Gamestop US weren't spinning when they said it was a great lauch.

Seems to have been a much larger lauch there than the UK(where it still did double the wiiu number).

Interested to see how it did in Japan now.

Not sure it did all that great in Japan. Plenty of places it sold out but Japan has become so mobile focuses I'm not sure it will do well outside of a big monster hunter or dragon quest 11 launch.

wandatowell wrote: »

I think when I get used to the button layout I'll be doing the same. Still have the PS4 "X" button wired in my brain. And "A" caused me all kinds of confusing for the first few hours.

It's the way it should! For some reason western developers changed the accept/cancel buttons on the PS1 and its caused confusion ever since. It's a pain the arse jumping from a western PS game to a Japanese one or else a Nintendo console.

Victor McDade · 07-03-2017 04:35AM

313,700 week 1 sales in Japan according to this tweet

https://twitter.com/ynakamura56/status/838933524321189888

That's not bad given it's March. Still early though, let's see how it sells through 2017, especially if Mario stays on track for Christmas

Mr E · 07-03-2017 06:59AM

Week 1 isn't over yet either.

Victor McDade · 07-03-2017 07:17AM

For the period Mon-Sun apparently

KombuchaMshroom · 07-03-2017 11:22AM

Picking up my Switch at lunchtime, couldn't be more excited. I know the afternoon will drag on massively now.

I've seen people talking about the screen on the switch not being the greatest, easy to mark, etc.

Any suggestions how to counteract that? I see argos selling a Hori Premium Nintendo Switch Screen Filter Protector. Anyone got one of these, are they worth it?

wexdevil · 07-03-2017 11:24AM

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

Anyone got one of these, are they worth it?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1349757

I'd probably avoid that one going by the thread above.

Irishbrick · 07-03-2017 11:28AM

Anyone any idea where I'd pick up a link amiibo from super smash bros? I've searched online a few places and found one on Amazon for fifty quid.... That's nuts!

Kiith · 07-03-2017 11:33AM

I threw caution to the wind and bought it on Saturday morning. Pretty much solely for Zelda. There's really not much else that appeals to me on the horizon, at least not in the next few months, so I figure i'll play it till i'm done with Zelda, and then probably sell it on.

Used it as a handheld this morning for the first time, and it's a fantastic piece of kit. Zelda looks amazing.

LauraW7746 · 07-03-2017 11:53AM

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

Picking up my Switch at lunchtime, couldn't be more excited. I know the afternoon will drag on massively now.

I've seen people talking about the screen on the switch not being the greatest, easy to mark, etc.

Any suggestions how to counteract that? I see argos selling a Hori Premium Nintendo Switch Screen Filter Protector. Anyone got one of these, are they worth it?

I bought the official Nintendo case that comes with a screen protector for €20.
Had no intention of using the screen protector until I read the reports about the dock scratching the screen, threw that 1 on anyway and so far so good...

KombuchaMshroom · 07-03-2017 12:23PM

LauraW7746 wrote: »

I bought the official Nintendo case that comes with a screen protector for €20.
Had no intention of using the screen protector until I read the reports about the dock scratching the screen, threw that 1 on anyway and so far so good...

Thanks. I imagine my Switch will be doing a fair bit of travelling as I'm up and down from Cork to Dublin a bit, so probably smart to pick up a travel case too.
Cheers!

07-03-2017 12:38PM

LauraW7746 wrote: »

I bought the official Nintendo case that comes with a screen protector for €20.
Had no intention of using the screen protector until I read the reports about the dock scratching the screen, threw that 1 on anyway and so far so good...

How you finding the screen protector?

Is it bubbling when the Switch gets hot in handheld mode?

Reports the Hori screen protector is doing that ...

SgtBob · 07-03-2017 12:47PM

Fieldog wrote: »

How you finding the screen protector?

Is it bubbling when the Switch gets hot in handheld mode?

Reports the Hori screen protector is doing that ...

Mine hasn't done that so far, the nintendo one that is.

07-03-2017 12:49PM

SgtBob wrote: »

Mine hasn't done that so far, the nintendo one that is.

Yeah think I will go with the Nintendo one if that's the case, it's in stock in my GS also...

LauraW7746 · 07-03-2017 12:49PM

Fieldog wrote: »

How you finding the screen protector?

Is it bubbling when the Switch gets hot in handheld mode?

Reports the Hori screen protector is doing that ...

Nope no issues at all and ive mainly been using it in handheld mode im only docking it at the moment to charge it. I think I may have read that it can get hot while playing in docked mode and can cause issues with the screen protector melting but ive only played on the tv once so cant comment too much on that.
There seems to be alot of "reports" going around aswell I wouldnt be so sure of how valid they all are tbh...

VinLieger · 07-03-2017 12:52PM

Gonna buy the Snakebyte travel case I think, not mad about the look of the Hori one also it has zero straps to hold it in the case.

Star Lord · 07-03-2017 12:54PM

The official Nintendo one doesn't have any straps either, at least so far as I've noticed! I'd just opened it, had a quick look and applied the screen protector.

Rhyme · 07-03-2017 12:56PM

Just be sure to clean your screen before applying the screen protector. I didn't (having never applied one before) and it sealed in a load of tiny dust particles that came away with the protector when I tried to fix it, were impossible to remove and thus leaves me without a screen protector

Will have to see about getting one by itself as I'm not buying another case. Do Nintendo sell their screen protectors individually at all?

RobbingBandit · 07-03-2017 01:03PM

Did anyone buy that €31.99 set in Argos, carrier bag with a removable case, those strapless fake Pauls Boutique bags not looking so stupid now are they, why did I have to bury them, oh yeah because no one wanted 10,000 of them until now.

wexdevil · 07-03-2017 01:41PM

Just applied the screen protector I got with the case as I've noticed some smudge marks at the bottom from the dock, only one piece of dirt under it and its near the edge of the bezel.

Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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