Besides me that is? Luckily my pre-order is good, so I'll for sure have a Switch, and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postsounds intersting but I hear there are not many games for it, yet.
I am not much of a gamer, but when I do play, I prefer PC games. I suck at console controllers.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postyeah I could play the wii pretty good. never tried a wii U
For Christmas I was given Game and Wario, and we've been having a blast with that. Particularly the game "Sketch". It's a lot like Pictionary, except each person has 2 minutes to draw the words given, and the player who guesses correctly gets 1 point, and the person drawing gets 1 point for a correct guess. Up to 5 people can play that game at once. Not a well known title, but it's been great.
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We'll see. but we don't play the Wii or the PS2 that much......Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington III
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After the horrid job that Nintendo did rolling out the NES Classic Mini, I don't think I'm ever buying another Nintendo system again."It seems to me that these women were the head (κεφάλαιον) of the church which was at Philippi." ~ John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philippians 13
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I really want to get one but I think I'll wait.
I am super excited about both the Zelda and Mario games. Both look like they are going to be nonlinear games with a high degree of exploration. Mario hasn't had a truly open world title since Mario 64 (specifically the N64 one, I was disappointed with the remake because the controls weren't very good). And the Zelda one looks to be epic with an even bigger world to explore and surprisingly more of a story.
Originally posted by MsJack View PostAfter the horrid job that Nintendo did rolling out the NES Classic Mini, I don't think I'm ever buying another Nintendo system again.
I think, though, that they are doing a better job with the Switch. The problem with the Wii-U is that they didn't market it properly and a lot of people thought it was just another Wii. And it suffered from a lack of games (while the 3DS hasn't, that thing has a massive library of fun games to play which is probably why they are going to continue to support it). I think they are getting greater third party support and have already announced a bunch of new games they are making for it. So I'm optimistic they aren't going to bomb it like they did with the Wii-U.Last edited by Paula; 01-26-2017, 09:32 PM.
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Originally posted by Paula View PostI don't really know who they were marketing that system to
I had to wait in line outside a GameStop for 2 hours on opening day to get mine, and they didn't have any accessories or spare controllers. The basic controller that comes with it is only 30" long, so you practically have to sit on top of it to play. My kids have expressed interest in it, but we still don't have a second controller or longer cords yet. I ordered some 3rd party wireless controllers in late December which turned out to be duds.
I just cannot fathom why Nintendo didn't have more supplies ready to go, or didn't get more sooner once it became clear it was a hot item. I had thought they would at least get more in by Christmas, but they didn't. They could say that they honestly didn't know it would be so popular (they didn't know that they were going to need more than 5-12 units per store on opening day? Really?), but they refused to take pre-orders, which would have eliminated that problem. Just incompetence on their part.
There is a save-state feature that takes care of the old saving problem with a lot of the games.
Anyhow, after that • Edited by a Moderator • to the fans, I kind of decided I'm done with Nintendo for a while.
Last edited by rogue06; 01-27-2017, 10:46 AM."It seems to me that these women were the head (κεφάλαιον) of the church which was at Philippi." ~ John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philippians 13
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Originally posted by MsJack View PostApparently it appealed to a lot of people, or they wouldn't have been sold out for months.
I had to wait in line outside a GameStop for 2 hours on opening day to get mine, and they didn't have any accessories or spare controllers. The basic controller that comes with it is only 30" long, so you practically have to sit on top of it to play. My kids have expressed interest in it, but we still don't have a second controller or longer cords yet. I ordered some 3rd party wireless controllers in late December which turned out to be duds.
I just cannot fathom why Nintendo didn't have more supplies ready to go, or didn't get more sooner once it became clear it was a hot item. I had thought they would at least get more in by Christmas, but they didn't. They could say that they honestly didn't know it would be so popular (they didn't know that they were going to need more than 5-12 units per store on opening day? Really?), but they refused to take pre-orders, which would have eliminated that problem. Just incompetence on their part.
There is a save-state feature that takes care of the old saving problem with a lot of the games.
Anyhow, after that FU to the fans, I kind of decided I'm done with Nintendo for a while.
The same thing happened with Amiibos, leading some to suggest that Nintendo was deliberately sending out too few in order to create scarcity. I don't necessarily buy that (I tend to be pretty skeptical of conspiracy theories) but you still gotta wonder.
I can understand not being thrilled with that, that sounds like a pretty bad experience. It's strange, Nintendo makes some pretty stable systems and great games, but then stuff like this happens and its just a little odd.Last edited by Paula; 01-27-2017, 01:21 AM.
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Originally posted by MsJack View PostApparently it appealed to a lot of people, or they wouldn't have been sold out for months.
I had to wait in line outside a GameStop for 2 hours on opening day to get mine, and they didn't have any accessories or spare controllers. The basic controller that comes with it is only 30" long, so you practically have to sit on top of it to play. My kids have expressed interest in it, but we still don't have a second controller or longer cords yet. I ordered some 3rd party wireless controllers in late December which turned out to be duds.
I just cannot fathom why Nintendo didn't have more supplies ready to go, or didn't get more sooner once it became clear it was a hot item. I had thought they would at least get more in by Christmas, but they didn't. They could say that they honestly didn't know it would be so popular (they didn't know that they were going to need more than 5-12 units per store on opening day? Really?), but they refused to take pre-orders, which would have eliminated that problem. Just incompetence on their part.
There is a save-state feature that takes care of the old saving problem with a lot of the games.
Anyhow, after that • Edited by a Moderator • to the fans, I kind of decided I'm done with Nintendo for a while.Last edited by rogue06; 01-27-2017, 10:47 AM.
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostI think it's an underestimation of how popular it would be, combined with the impending release of the Switch, which they needed to put out as much as possible since that system has a lot more riding on it. You can only do so many things at once, even when you are a major corporation. Man, I remember when the Wii came out, it was hard to get for years despite them constantly making more consoles.
I do get that the Switch is a bigger money-maker than something like this (which, with accessories, doesn't net them more than $100/pop), but it is bizarre.
Anyhow, I hope that everyone who wants a Switch enjoys it. I finally got a second controller and longer cords today and have been enjoying some retro gaming from the comfort of my couch at last."It seems to me that these women were the head (κεφάλαιον) of the church which was at Philippi." ~ John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philippians 13
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Originally posted by MsJack View PostYeah, but do other console companies ever seem to have supply problems like this? I can't think of any examples myself.
I do get that the Switch is a bigger money-maker than something like this (which, with accessories, doesn't net them more than $100/pop), but it is bizarre.
Anyhow, I hope that everyone who wants a Switch enjoys it. I finally got a second controller and longer cords today and have been enjoying some retro gaming from the comfort of my couch at last.
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