Switch 2 Thread!

Have ye paid for the BOTW/TOTK upgrades?

I'm on the fence about getting the new switch cause of the battery life and the inevitable upgrade.

Also…. is the new Pro controller much different?

Been absolutely hooked on No Man's Sky. I put about 30-40 hours into it a few years back but there's something really lovely about having it on a handheld. It's on special at the moment for 20 euro.

It was running like dog shite on the Switch but there's been a free update for the Switch 2 that has it running properly. Looks absolutely gorgeous.

One one those games I sit down to play for 5 minutes in the middle of day, look up and it's 1am.

I've no reason to get Switch 2 at the moment.

But very envious of those people who get to play BOTW and TOTK for the first time. And at 60 FPS and much higher resolution.

Hands down, my favourite games of all time. BOTW is simpler and purer. Also it has a Macaw that plays quite moving accordion. So it pips TOTK for me.

Not Nintendo's fault but I am now left with Sophie's Choice in terms of choosing either HDR or 5.1 surround with the Switch 2. My surround system is showing its age and doesn't have pass through for HDR and the TV doesn't decode Linear PCM for sending 5.1 back to it. So, need to decide whether I'll enjoy the better picture or sound (or use it as an excuse to upgrade the surround system!)

You could put a HDMI audio extractor between the switch and the TV (if I am understanding the problem correctly) so you could get both?

I had one for an older system. But didnt last long as I wanted Atmos so ended up down the upgrade route afterall.

I was sitting at home playing No Mans Sky. Saw my sister logged on to it too so thought I'd see if I could send her a multiplayer invite - it worked! Just hear a 'hello???' over the console. Didn't have to do any configuring, worked straight away.

Spent an hour zooming around space exploring planets and shooting up some stuff. Great fun! Really very surprised how seamless it all was.

Almost as good as bubble wrap. Like a cat:

Buy basket/bed thing for cat - "They will love this. Better love it, for the price!"

Take out and air basket/bed thing.

Cat ignores basket/bed thing and is obsessed with box…..

They have a few really annoying things.

Auto-play on the store. Want to see this game? Here is a video so you can't.

Returning to the main screen after each game card is loaded. Want to install lots of your old games? We will return you to the main screen after every individual "game card is loaded," so it is really annoying.

Choosing your profile every time you do anything. Want to play a game? Which Profile are you on again? Want to look in the store? Which Profile are you on again? Want to see your old games? Which Profile are you on again? Want to change a setting? Which Profile are you on again?

The back falls of the Dock. Want to move the cable slightly? We made the back fall off, so you have to pick it up and reattach it.

The returning to the main screen is really annoying alright. When I was transferring my old games over there wasn't enough space, so I wanted to delete quite a few of them. Brings you back to the main screen every time you delete a game. Makes the process quite tedious.

I prefer the OLED dock too, was easier to dock your console. This new one feels a bit more fiddly. Might be down to the console itself being substantially bigger.

On positive notes, I do quite like the auto play on the eshop videos 😅 really makes it feel like a premium product with them all running so smoothly.

Very happy with the battery life and console temperature too. I thought it would be running really hot in handheld mode with fans whirring like mad playing No Man's Sky but has remained cool and silent throughout.

Fairly sure it never was possible to buy more than 1 game at a time

Yep.. I've always wished they had a cart system.

The lack of a cart system is probably the only thing stopping me from blowing the monthly budget on games so long may it live

There's an option to install multiple owned games at once. It's on the left hand side somewhere within the game card section. You don't have to do each one individually.