Nintendo Community Thread

[DerNebel]

Pushed back to September and released on PS4+XBO? Ubisoft at it again!

No no, two different games.

Rabbids/Mario RPG possibly pushed back to September and Beyond Good and Evil 2 (which has no release date rumours as far as I know) coming to PS4, X1 and PC after 12 months of timed exclusivity.

Also funny that you're mentioning this cause Rayman Legends is apparently also getting a Switch port.

[Xbro]

What did Laura miss the attention? I thought she was going to stop leaking until the 12th.

[kitler53]

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/16/14285146/nintendo-switch-joy-con-grip-charging-not-bundled


We knew from the recent glut of information that the Nintendo Switch includes a set of Joy-Con controllers along with a Grip attachment in the box. But a report from Eurogamer today notes that unlike the $29.99 Joy-Con Charging Grip that Nintendo sells separately, the bundled Grip simply is a plastic shell that allows the Joy-Con controllers to be more easily held in a traditional form factor.

As can be seen when visually comparing the two, the Joy-Con Charging Grip has a translucent shell — similar to the Switch Pro Controller — and features a USB-C port on the top of the device to charge the Grip's battery. Nintendo is claiming that the Joy-Con controllers (without the Charging Grip) should get around 20 hours of use on a charge, and take about 3.5 hours to recharge, whether that's connected to a plugged in or docked Switch unit or in the Charging Grip.

While fans may be disappointed at the exclusion of the charging feature in the bundled Grip controller, it does make some sense given that the Joy-Con units will charge whenever they're attached to the main Switch device, while any extra Joy-Cons would need some sort of external method to recharge — like a Charging Grip, for example — given that they contain no charging ports of their own.

The Joy-Con Charging Grip will cost $29.99 and is scheduled to release alongside the Switch on March 3rd. Nintendo hasn't announced at this time whether or not it will be possible to buy additional non-charging Joy-Con grips in the future

[kitler53]

good read for impression from someone not really in the core gaming media.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-switch-preview-2017-1/#

[kitler53]

good read because i wrote it.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=224773&page=1#

[Legend]

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/16/14285146/nintendo-switch-joy-con-grip-charging-not-bundled


We knew from the recent glut of information that the Nintendo Switch includes a set of Joy-Con controllers along with a Grip attachment in the box. But a report from Eurogamer today notes that unlike the $29.99 Joy-Con Charging Grip that Nintendo sells separately, the bundled Grip simply is a plastic shell that allows the Joy-Con controllers to be more easily held in a traditional form factor.

As can be seen when visually comparing the two, the Joy-Con Charging Grip has a translucent shell — similar to the Switch Pro Controller — and features a USB-C port on the top of the device to charge the Grip's battery. Nintendo is claiming that the Joy-Con controllers (without the Charging Grip) should get around 20 hours of use on a charge, and take about 3.5 hours to recharge, whether that's connected to a plugged in or docked Switch unit or in the Charging Grip.

While fans may be disappointed at the exclusion of the charging feature in the bundled Grip controller, it does make some sense given that the Joy-Con units will charge whenever they're attached to the main Switch device, while any extra Joy-Cons would need some sort of external method to recharge — like a Charging Grip, for example — given that they contain no charging ports of their own.

The Joy-Con Charging Grip will cost $29.99 and is scheduled to release alongside the Switch on March 3rd. Nintendo hasn't announced at this time whether or not it will be possible to buy additional non-charging Joy-Con grips in the future

Then how does the bundled one have lights on it?

[the-pi-guy]

Then how does the bundled one have lights on it?

Perhaps it's using the light from the joy-cons?  



Looks to line up perfectly.  

[Legend]

Perhaps it's using the light from the joy-cons?  



Looks to line up perfectly.  

Possible but I'm not sure. How do the joycons even connect to charge? I don't see any obvious connectors.

[DerNebel]

Amazing game journalism by Metro.

Article claims the Gamestop got 500k Switch allocated for launch, all of which have been pre-ordered, it also claims Gamestop has 1.2 million Switch game pre-orders and 250k on a wait list for a second batch of Switch pre-orders.

Nintendo Switch sold-out at Amazon and GameStop | Metro News

Weirdly enough there's no mention of any of these numbers in Gamestops press release...

http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=irol-newsArticle

...but I remember reading these numbers somewhere, oh right it was on Gaf, where Zhuge Ex was talking about the Wii U!

GameStop Reserves All of Its Initial Nintendo Switch Allocation - NeoGAF

GRAPEVINE, Texas, Jan. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, has reserved all of its first allotment of Nintendo Switch systems.
 On Friday, the retailer began taking reservations for the Nintendo Switch online and in its more than 3,900 stores nationwide.
 “The fact that this initial allotment has been completely reserved in a matter of a few days demonstrates gamers desire for this fun and revolutionary gaming system,” said Bob Puzon, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. “We’re working closely with Nintendo to get additional Nintendo Switch units, and will let our customers know when they become available. We encourage customers to visit www.gamestop.com/switch and sign up to be get updates about the product and availability.”

 

http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix...cle&ID=2237454
 Credit to Zhuge
 Zhuge in context tweets

For those who want a reference.
 GameStop had 500,000 total Wii U units at launch, all pre ordered.
 1.2 million games were preordered too

 

https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743325598752768

The initial pre order allocation for Wii U also sold out very quickly at GameStop. With 250,000 left on a waiting list for the second batch.

 

https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743683402240001
 

Oh, I guess someone didn't properly read his sources before writing his little article and the chertz are believing it of course (then again you probably wouldn't expect a mistake like that).

gamrConnect Forums - GameStop Switch pre-order numbers

GRAPEVINE, Texas, Jan. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, has reserved all of its first allotment of Nintendo Switch systems.
 On Friday, the retailer began taking reservations for the Nintendo Switch online and in its more than 3,900 stores nationwide.
 “The fact that this initial allotment has been completely reserved in a matter of a few days demonstrates gamers desire for this fun and revolutionary gaming system,” said Bob Puzon, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. “We’re working closely with Nintendo to get additional Nintendo Switch units, and will let our customers know when they become available. We encourage customers to visit www.gamestop.com/switch and sign up to be get updates about the product and availability.”

 

http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix...cle&ID=2237454
 Credit to Zhuge
 Zhuge in context tweets

For those who want a reference.
 GameStop had 500,000 total Wii U units at launch, all pre ordered.
 1.2 million games were preordered too

 

https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743325598752768

The initial pre order allocation for Wii U also sold out very quickly at GameStop. With 250,000 left on a waiting list for the second batch.

 

https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743683402240001
 

God, when I see shame like this I just can't help feeling that I'd easily be able to do this better or at least more accurately, I should try to become a freelance writer for shame like this.

[Legend]

Amazing game journalism by Metro.

Article claims the Gamestop got 500k Switch allocated for launch, all of which have been pre-ordered, it also claims Gamestop has 1.2 million Switch game pre-orders and 250k on a wait list for a second batch of Switch pre-orders.

Nintendo Switch sold-out at Amazon and GameStop | Metro News

Weirdly enough there's no mention of any of these numbers in Gamestops press release...

http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=irol-newsArticle

...but I remember reading these numbers somewhere, oh right it was on Gaf, where Zhuge Ex was talking about the Wii U!

GameStop Reserves All of Its Initial Nintendo Switch Allocation - NeoGAF
http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix...cle&ID=2237454
 Credit to Zhuge
 Zhuge in context tweetshttps://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743325598752768https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743683402240001
 

Oh, I guess someone didn't properly read his sources before writing his little article and the chertz are believing it of course (then again you probably wouldn't expect a mistake like that).

gamrConnect Forums - GameStop Switch pre-order numbers
http://investor.gamestop.com/phoenix...cle&ID=2237454
 Credit to Zhuge
 Zhuge in context tweetshttps://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743325598752768https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/820743683402240001
 

God, when I see shame like this I just can't help feeling that I'd easily be able to do this better or at least more accurately, I should try to become a freelance writer for shame like this.

Ha the second you mentioned those numbers, I also recognized them from the GAF thread.


On the subject of sales, people often forget the Wii U had a great launch. Switch will have a hard time beating it.

[Aura7541]

Ha the second you mentioned those numbers, I also recognized them from the GAF thread.

On the subject of sales, people often forget the Wii U had a great launch. Switch will have a hard time beating it.

To cite another example, the Vita had a better debut than the PSP, but the Vita has done incredibly worse. Similar thing applies to the XB1. Huge launch, but has fallen behind the 360 launch aligned.

Launch sales are not indicative of long-term success.

[kitler53]

Possible but I'm not sure. How do the joycons even connect to charge? I don't see any obvious connectors.

i'd guess it is in the "rail"

Ha the second you mentioned those numbers, I also recognized them from the GAF thread.


On the subject of sales, people often forget the Wii U had a great launch. Switch will have a hard time beating it.

the just over a month between "reveal" and launch certainly won't help switch's launch.  launching outside the holiday period won't either.

[darkknightkryta]

The few Nintendo fans here a less sheep than the other place so I'll ask here.  WTF is Nintendo going on about that Galaxy isn't a successor to 64 and Sunshine?  Like, I only played a bit of Galaxy before putting it on the back burner and I never played the others.  Anyone wanna enlighten me?  I kept hearing "More Galaxy like Mario instead of 3D Land Mario" now Galaxy is 2D filth?

[the-pi-guy]

Where did you hear that Galaxy wasn't a successor?  

[darkknightkryta]

Where did you hear that Galaxy wasn't a successor?  

The VGC thread pretty much had the fans circle jerking Nintendo for this revelation, despite asking for Galaxy....  I was legitimately curious.