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Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by khedoros1 »

Ultramax wrote: post #44

It seems like a combo: Zelda BotW is part of it, but the hardware is also fun. The build quality and kit is fantastic, it reminds me of an iPad designed by a gamer for gaming. In my case it's also nostalgia. I've been working on my own apps and games, not to mention a day job, so this is the first console I have owned since the N64. Never got into console titles that seemed to be just as good on the PC. That's 3 reas…

> Note: skip the Classic and skip RetroPie

It seems like a different set of tradeoffs. RetroPie (if you're running on a Raspberry Pi, and not on a PC) will have fewer game systems that it can support, of course. But it's also cheap enough to just buy one as a dedicated game system that you leave connected to a TV, so the kids aren't grabbing your laptop to play retro games, or something. For a little more money, you could set up an NUC or something, of course.

> You need a mac or PC anyway to load up the SD card

A lot of kits come with NOOBS loaded on them. You can load RetroPie directly into Raspbian by using a setup script that they provide. You could also boot into Raspbian via NOOBS and use a USB adapter to flash a microSD with another OS.

You could even take a blank SD, extract NOOBS onto it with your phone, and boot the Pi off that (NOOBS and Berryboot just need to be unzipped onto the SD; they don't require images to be flashed).

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by j2bax »

atom-morgan wrote: post #54
brightball wrote: post #31

I'm going to get one because ever since my kids have discovered the old Super Mario Brothers Super Show on Netflix they've been completely hooked on all things Mario. Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U was such a great family game that we've been playing it for close to 3 years now. It had such a good cooperative experience that we could even play with my 4 year old pretty quickly. We even had a big night out for din…

I'm 26 now but I can say that some of my greatest memories as a kid are the times I spent gaming with my brother and dad. I simply cannot think of SNES without thinking about the three of us working our way through all of the old Donkey Kong games. I'm sure your kids will be the same :)

33 and SNES games still give me a nostalgia kick to the face. So many warm happy memories of that system and time of my life.

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by runevault »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #15
berberous wrote: post #4

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If you are not interested in Zelda though, there is almost zero reason to spend the money on a Switch right now.

That's my concern for the Christmas period. A lot of Nintendo fans are early adopters, that's why they're buying a console with one significant game in March. For the general public they need to have more on offer than that. Here are new AAA games which we are assured will be out by Christmas: Zelda Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Skylanders, NBA 2K18, Arms, Splatoon 2. There's tons of indie names (e.g. Shov…

I would argue the Switch looks to have the 2nd best true exclusive lineup (edit: coming out this year) at worst (PC + console isn't true exclusive). XBox One doesn't have a whole lot coming out you cannot get elsewhere, PS4 has a decent lineup (Nioh, Persona 5, Horizon off the top of my head), but with Zelda + Mario Odyssey + Splatoon 2 + Xenoblade Chronicles 2 they have a pretty solid first year. The problem being what will they have coming out year 2 to add on to that? Only so many dev teams at Nintendo and they are putting out a LOT of first and second party content this year.

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by mhink »

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #59

I'm one of those that bought Zelda without owning a Switch (yet) since Amazon sold it %20 off those who preordered it. The console itself has been frustratingly difficult to find since I missed the preorders. I'm hoping Nintendo can pull it together before all my friends finish BoTW.

Have you been keeping up with the stock trackers? I had some luck this weekend with istocknow.com: at 10pm on Saturday night, it was reporting that a Walmart about an hour away from me had gotten a shipment about three hours earlier. My girlfriend and I thus went on a late-night trip and managed to snag one. I was thoroughly surprised, but the guy working electronics confirmed that yup, that information was accurate.

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by aphextron »

It's absolutely amazing to me how Nintendo continuously holds such a high bar for themselves in terms of first party content. They've been pushing out the same formula for console releases for 30 years now, and it works every time because the games are just so undeniably great. I don't understand why the other console manufacturers can't replicate this.

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by Apocryphon »

slantyyz wrote: post #25
_ph_ wrote: post #7

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There are a couple of very nice third-party games available on the switch now too (Snipperclips are great!) and the updated Mario Cart is just a week away. But indeed, Zelda would be the main reason to get one right now.

But unlike the original Wii, there's no Wii Sports to get people who would normally not even buy a console to buy in.

What about 1-2 Switch?

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by Apocryphon »

scotu wrote: post #40
jorvi wrote: post #32

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> Mario Cart I'm imaging Mario & Co racing around in shopping carts, grabbing and tossing bananas etc..

totally plausible nintendo game. In a good way

Not a bad approach to continue evolving the series

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by mhink »

city41 wrote: post #56
PopsiclePete wrote: post #16

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The new Zelda is amazing. Not only the best Zelda game ever made, I think it's just one of the best 3rd person open-world adventure games ever made, for any system, period. Definitely a system seller. I'm interested in nothing else right now though - the rest of the available games seem like Indie shovel-ware or re-releases. Shovel Knight. Come on, that's like 2 years old by now. I'll still buy every Nintendo game th…

I'm 95 hours into BoTW and still going very strong. For me that is unheard of, as I typically get board of adventure/rpg type games (I'm more into arcade style games). My concern with the Switch though is it's the same problem the Wii U had: Nintendo is likely the only company that will really make AAA games for it, and they can only make so many games. The next game I'm looking forward to comes in December (Mario),…

I could be wrong on this, but my understanding was that several third-party publishers have shown public interest in developing for the Switch (Bethesda comes to mind). I would hope they would have learned from their mistakes with the Wii U.

Moreover, I've also heard that a development license for the Switch is crazy cheap- like $500? I wouldn't be surprised if they're more interested in indie and "pro-indie" titles than AAA. I mean, look at "One-Two Switch"- it's almost more of a tech demo than a party game.

Re: Switch Is Nintendo's 'Fastest Selling' System in History

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Post by webkike »

pimeys wrote: post #57
brightball wrote: post #31

I'm going to get one because ever since my kids have discovered the old Super Mario Brothers Super Show on Netflix they've been completely hooked on all things Mario. Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U was such a great family game that we've been playing it for close to 3 years now. It had such a good cooperative experience that we could even play with my 4 year old pretty quickly. We even had a big night out for din…

I had so much fun with Super Mario 3D World that the new Mario is definitely THE reason to buy Switch. I bought the Zelda for my old WiiU just because I had the console and the game is basically the same as it is for Switch. I watched some trailers from Super Mario Odyssey, where Mario was in a sandbox looking for adventures, like in Mario 64, but the sandbox was an actual real city and that really sold the game for…

I wouldn't say BotW is the same on the switch, the graphics are much more pleasing on the switch.
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