They’ve actually been doing that for a few years already with Humble Bundle. They don’t manage the eshop obvi, but they do have them operating their own digital storefront.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a Switch carrying case? Since I bought mine a year or so ago, it has literally never been used outside of the docking station, but I’m going on a short trip and would like to bring my Switch with me.
Any recommendations or info would be greatly appreciated!
I have the default one from when the Switch was released. It’s fine.
Really I think it’s hard to go wrong. You really just need a protective shell of some kind so that you can toss the Switch in the luggage without it getting all scratched up by other stuff.
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Are you bringing game cards, additional accessories? I have the perfectly functional Nook pattern case from Nintendo my sister got me as a gift and its been pretty solid as a case to throw in another bag when going on vacations. My use case is all digital games on the microsd and no other accessories though (I just use my anker high speed charger for my phone for the switch).
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I have the black version of this case and it’s perfect.
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This is why I have modded my WiiU/ and my 3DS and I am not selling any of my old GBA games.
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I’ve got the leather zelda one(because the store was sold out of the regular basic ones, and it was still only 25 bucks or so), and it’s held up well so far.
I got a Switch DS from winning a workplace raffle, and was wondering if there are any sub $30 games worth looking at?
Switch or a DS? Those are two different things.
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Nice April Fool’s joke.
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Update (Five days later):
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Nintendo Direct AND Indie World Showcase on the same day?!?
This should be interesting.
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Switch 2
Should have called it Super Switch.
They are saying that it will be much more powerful, and be even MORE powerful when docked. Hooray for my 4K HDR TV.
They are saying the joycon can be turned sideways to be used as a mouse. That doesn’t sound great from an ergonomic perspective, but we thought the same thing about N64 and GameCube controllers that looked weird.
If the mouse story is true I think that’s huge for shooter games. Suddenly Switch gamers can be on even footing with PC gamers for crossplay. If someone chooses to use a controller instead of the mouse, well, that’s their problem. XBox and Playstation might be forced to support mice as well. The extra USB-C port on top of the Switch makes me suspect they might support standard mice or other USB-C devices.
Backwards compatible with Switch games, but maybe not 100% of them. Very curious about which games will work on Switch, but not Switch 2, and why.
Although the Switch 2 joycons have a different physical connection, I have to assume it will still be compatible with old joycons when used wirelessly. It would be quit silly if they didn’t.
I’m also hoping to see them use hall effect sticks and release a new pro controller that has them as well. After all the drift issues on the first Switch there’s no way they don’t do something to fix it on Switch 2.
In the end, the exclusive games are what is going to drive it. PS5 and XBox still don’t have them. There are like, 20ish exclusive PS5 games, and lot of them are nothing to write home about. A gamer with a PC and a Switch has basically all the bases covered.
Let’s be honest. I’m going to pre-order it. With the exception of Wii U I have pre-ordered every Nintendo console since GameCube. Metroid, Zelda, Mario, that’s how it’s going to be.
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Speculation, but Polygon has a pretty reasonable article about this:
“But there’s speculation — and, now, evidence from the reveal trailer — that Nintendo has removed the IR motion camera from its Joy-Cons, which means certain software that uses the functionality wouldn’t be supported by the Switch 2. The IR camera on the Switch Joy-Cons is the rounded black rectangle on the bottom of the right Joy-Con. Games like 1/2 Switch and Ring Fit Adventure use it pretty extensively. The Switch 2 Joy-Cons are noticeably missing this functionality on the Joy-Cons themselves, but Nintendo has added a new sensor, seemingly an optical sensor similar to what a computer mouse uses. Both the left and right controllers appear to have this sensor.”
Aha! Yeah, I guess LABO isn’t going to work. That makes perfect sense, and is completely acceptable.
