Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

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I would say most Nintendo games are overrated these days because they went from stuffing them with content to adding game mechanics that exist to increase play time.

An example would be the weapon durability in the latest Zelda games. That didn't need to exist at all.
 
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Kaige said:
I would say most Nintendo games are overrated these days because they went from stuffing them with content to adding game mechanics that exist to increase play time.

An example would be the weapon durability in the latest Zelda games. That didn't need to exist at all.
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Yeah, the weapon durability is what warded me off of BOTW fairly quickly.

With Skyward Sword it was the motion controlled flight sequences (horrible) which were mandatory and would clearly be a big recurring part of the game.

Echoes of Hyrule, it was Zelda's inability to just swing a sword, instead being gimmick-palooza.

-This is all from a guy who was once given a quest to beat every (Nintendo system) Zelda game. Friend of mine from work, who was a huge Zelda-maniac, gave me his copy of The Wind Waker before he got shipped to Iraq (not sure if he came back, he didn't have social media and I never heard from him again), with the caveat that I beat the whole Zelda series and beat all the new ones. I did that, and kept it going even through the doldrums like the terrible DS duo, but eventually I had to give up on it.

Totally forgot about pre-ordering this system, oops. I'm still on board with Metroid and Mario at least.
 
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spronk said:
Nintendo direct preorders are live if you did the invite thingie, its some sort of lottery system

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My Nintendo Store – Shop Nintendo Switch 2

Invitation required. Buy a Nintendo Switch 2 system, accessories, and physical games from the official My Nintendo Store.
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I signed up for it the day it went live with the "enter the lottery". We still have to receive an email before we're eligible to pre-order on the nintendo site?
 
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Yeah, the weapon durability is what warded me off of BOTW fairly quickly.

With Skyward Sword it was the motion controlled flight sequences (horrible) which were mandatory and would clearly be a big recurring part of the game.

Echoes of Hyrule, it was Zelda's inability to just swing a sword, instead being gimmick-palooza.
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I also found the skyward sword motion control, and the weapon breaking so repugnant that i didn't beat either game.

I did enjoy echoes of wisdom tho, but i played it like it was pet-caster the zelda game. i didn't fret too much about her not having a sword. I could turn into link to use his sword here and there, but i found myself using the various pets for various situations and was amused enough by that.

and skyward sword is a game about doing as little sword and shield combat as possible, cus they just break. so it's been many moons since i played a normal ass zelda game. hell i'd say windwaker was the last because twilight princess had gay ass waggle shit too.
 
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I signed up for it the day it went live with the "enter the lottery". We still have to receive an email before we're eligible to pre-order on the nintendo site?
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yeah, you'll get an email from [email protected] titled "It's your time to purchase Nintendo Switch™ 2" (+ mario kart bundle if you chose that), some people are getting it into their spam folder

i got it an hour ago, looks like this

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i have a system preordered at gamestop so not gonna order this one. emails are still going out. you have 3 days to preorder from their site before the invite dies.
 
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spronk said:
yeah, you'll get an email from [email protected] titled "It's your time to purchase Nintendo Switch™ 2" (+ mario kart bundle if you chose that), some people are getting it into their spam folder

i got it an hour ago, looks like this


i have a system preordered at gamestop so not gonna order this one. emails are still going out. you have 3 days to preorder from their site before the invite dies.
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cool. good infoes. i didn't get it as best i can tell. i'll check again in a few days
 
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Should be noted they are only trying these things for the US, even Nintendo knows how illegal and spelled out it is in the EU already.
 
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Whatever they changed in their infrastructure for the switch 2 has made its way to switch 1. Whenever my son loads up a game now it prompts him to insert a “virtual cart”. You basically just press ok then a visual of a cartridge being loaded appears and it says “ok, you’ve inserted the virtual cart, you can play now”.

I really don’t understand the point of that extra step. And I think you only have to do it once for each digital game you have.
 
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I really don’t understand the point of that extra step. And I think you only have to do it once for each digital game you have.
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It's for people who have more than one Switch on their Nintendo account, and makes it less of a hassle when you want to play digital games offline. Also, you can "loan" virtual carts to a friend.
 
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Vorph said:
It's for people who have more than one Switch on their Nintendo account, and makes it less of a hassle when you want to play digital games offline. Also, you can "loan" virtual carts to a friend.
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Ah ok. Our old switch fried a couple years ago when my kid tried to charge it with a lightning cable. Guess I should figure out how to take it off the account.
 
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I hope the digital cart works better than the odd way they did digital restriction's before. Before i could only use my download games on the 2nd switch with the main user that was shared between them or whatever and was a pain for saved game shares
 
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If it involves online in any way you can bet Nintendo will fuck it up.

Also, setting up a parental controlled account on PSN was a PItA.
 
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