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Nintendo NX / Switch Discussion

Aldo said:
You guys have literally ruined all the fun of talking about the Switch on this board.

Once upon a time it was fun to come on here and chat to like minded individuals about my interests, oh but god forbid I love Nintendo. To hell with all of you, this is the last time I visit the gaming forum.
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Believe it or not, people are free to express their own opinions. This forum isn't your personal echo chamber.
 
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This is discussion?
bigdaddy said:
Shhhh... let Aldo live in their own reality not based on facts. It's 2017 and facts are dead.

No shit, we have been saying that for months. :lol:
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Tetragrammaton Invictus said:
IKR

Facts are so yesterday.
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bigdaddy said:
Are you a Trump supporter by any chance? You seemed to have been triggered by people not agreeing with your reality. :lol:
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Looks closer to snide trolling to me, but I'm not a mod and no one has said anything about it, so I guess it's ok. But at some point it just becomes easier to walk away rather than deal wading through shitposts looking for actual discussion. God forbid someone post positive news about the Switch without being attacked.

Timby said:
... its sales have been plummeting week-over-week and in no way have the numbers been breaking "all kinds of records."
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"Plummeting week-over-week"? MK8 Deluxe has only been out for 2 and a half weeks! Virtually every game drops after it's first week of sales. MK8D sold over 500,000 copies (digital + retail) in the first 2 days of being on sale which puts it outselling previous Mario Kart games at launch, so Aldo was correct in saying that.

MK8D outselling previous MK games at launch: https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/1/15502234/mario-kart-8-deluxe-sales-record-nintendo-switch
MK8D sales: http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...-News-Nintendo-Switch-Best-Selling-Video-Game
 
If you go "Guys and gals! You aren't agreeing with me!!!! I'm not coming back here every again if you can't play my way!!!! Wahhhhh!!!!" then you deserve what you get. Because is that really a discussion if everyone agrees?

And I do love the fact you didn't quote the mod, Timby who said it beautifully... 'Believe it or not, people are free to express their own opinions. This forum isn't your personal echo chamber.'
 
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bigdaddy said:
If you go "Guys and gals! You aren't agreeing with me!!!! I'm not coming back here every again if you can't play my way!!!! Wahhhhh!!!!" then you deserve what you get. Because is that really a discussion if everyone agrees?
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While true your comments to Aldo were kind of needlessly trollish. Not really cool.
The old mod standby "Keep the comments on the post not poster," apply to everyone. Thanks
 
Nintendo has announced that their subscription service will now allow players to access (eventually) a myriad of the classic NES games, which is also probably why they don't have too much heartburn about cancelling production of the NES Classic (Which I was able to finally get and LOVE)... Meanwhile, my wife and kids are playing the crap out of the Switch and loving it.. Especially the portability of it.
 
"we'll find a Nintendo-like solution"

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uh, oooo-kay
 
I want to like this (and get one), but not thrilled by the gimmicky nature of the portable component. Rather it be a traditional console. Lots of moving parts to break, or extra parts I have to pay for to make it work (real controllers, etc.) Excited about the new Zelda game, just seems like a lot to jump in to play it. And as I'll likely never undock it, how much of the overall money is essentially wasted for me, while providing more things to break?
 
Ironically, the wife and kids almost never have it docked while playing.

Only when it's "family game time" on the weekends do we sit around the big screen and play...
 
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And here is Nyko to the rescue:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017...ck-gets-beaten-by-hyper-portable-nyko-option/

One of the Nintendo Switch's biggest issues is about to get fixed—by Nyko, of all companies.

You read that correctly. The company best known for unofficial gamer accessories like rubbery controller condoms and bulky console carrying cases has emerged with a rare burst of engineering genius: the Portable Docking Kit. It's basically the Switch Dock, only a lot smaller—maybe a tad smaller than a deck of cards.
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The Portable Docking Kit's biggest compromise is its utter lack of USB ports. You can plug it into a wall and plug it into a TV, and that's it. Nyko says it's working on a more robust kit that will include multiple USB ports and an integrated Ethernet port, but the company couldn't confirm whether that will also be a portable-minded dock. (Still, considering Ethernet capability currently only works on Switch as an add-on product, that addition could be a huge boon for anybody eager to take part in Switch LAN parties on the go. First-party games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Arms, and Splatoon 2 all support local LAN.)

For now, Nyko's option, complete with a custom circuit board, is smaller and sleeker than any homemade "hack your own Switch Dock" project I've seen thus far. And at a suggested $44.99 price (which Nyko says could come down to as low as $39.99 before its September launch), the Docking Kit is cheaper than Nintendo's bonkers $90 charge for an additional dock. Nyko will save you money and space with its model. Good on you, Nyko.
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Maybe they could put WiFi on it?
Or does the Switch have that build in and can it be used while docked?
 
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There we go. I figured it would only be a matter of time before some 3rd party manufacturer would improve on the dock. I'm surprised it took this long, though.
 
Owain Taggart said:
There we go. I figured it would only be a matter of time before some 3rd party manufacturer would improve on the dock. I'm surprised it took this long, though.
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I'm not. Product development takes a while. I'm more surprised it's come out this quickly--the Switch hasn't even been out 4 months yet. That's a pretty rapid turnaround for a third party manufacturer that presumably has no official blessing.

I'd rather they take as much time as they need to get it right, in any case. Nothing worse than some crappy third party knockoff that wasn't designed well, especially one with electronics that could damage your system if they're done poorly.
 
True enough. Well, put it this way, I guess I'm surprised it wasn't announced sooner. But I'm happy it came at all, if only to put Nintendo on their toes. If there's any revision to the Switch in the future, which there most likely will be, I hope that it will come with a better version of the dock. But hey, what's Nintendo's loss is another's gain. I hope they learn from this.
 
Would love one, but I can't justify the cost when all I really want to play is Mario Kart 8. Most of Nintendo's output doesn't thrill me, and the purchase of my Wii (back in the day) was justified more by stuff like Fragile Dreams, NiGHTS, that Final Fantasy town-management sim thing, and miscellaneous other stuff that escapes my recollection right now. The various Marios, Metroids and so forth were all, I'm sure, great stuff but didn't hold much interest for me.
 
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