The Nintendo Switch

[Browning]

Fishing is so fucking gay.

It gets much, much easier. Some types of fish are basically impossible to catch before Level 6 when you get the top Rod available and special traps you can use to make it easier. All you can do is stick with it and catch the easier ones for experience.

[Pleb]

So after just getting Stardew Valley and dicking around for a couple of days I just realised that the big massive box next to my house is a trash can :D

Luckily I only threw away grass.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Making a killing (well for me) foraging.

90g for a gold leek :drool:

[Browning]

You mean the box you put things in to sell them? You need to be using that every day to make money.

[Adamski]

So after just getting Stardew Valley and dicking around for a couple of days I just realised that the big massive box next to my house is a trash can :D

Luckily I only threw away grass.

That’s not a trash can :D

That’s where you put everything to be sold and you receive the money overnight.

[Pleb]

Shit :D

Better start over again

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ffs.

I just got a cat and it's decided to go to fucking sleep right by the door, I can't get to my pissing bed for the night :\

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just like this guy:

https://i.imgur.com/bqrL7XJ.jpg

Can't even use a weapon on the bastard :(

Edit: Held the direction arrow and after 30 seconds the useless shit finally moved.

[Adamski]

Shit :D

Better start over again

Shouldn’t make much difference, you can either sell there or in the various shops. Don’t think there’s much of a price difference.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Think I've got the hang of fishing now.

Just got a regular sunfish, 4 silver sunfish, 2 regular smallmouth bass and a silver smallmouth bass.

Level 1 with a bamboo rod, come at me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Also, for some reason I still haven't unlocked the mines. I haven't been sent a letter yet saying the avalanche/whatever has been cleared.

[Browning]

Added a Sheep and a Pig to my farm. :cool:

Just got to save up for a Rabbit and I should have all the animals I need to complete all the remaining bundles.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Probably doing it all wrong but I'm now level 5 at the mines (I must have missed the letter), fucked up the egg festival but I did buy 14 lots of Strawberry seeds (didn't have more money) and got them planted right away.

5,111g earned still in spring.

[Browning]

You would have been better off saving the Strawberries for next spring and getting a full month out of them, but it doesn't matter. You should still get 2-3 harvests out of them and make a tidy profit. Crops that keep growing once you harvest them are best planted on day 1. That said if you spent all your cash on them you probably need to harvest them.

I've just finished my second spring today and am saving for a Rabbit. That said I also want to buy the Nursery for my house as I'll probably be married off to Haley soon. Oh and a Horse to get around faster. I still need so much money....

I also need to save up for a better sword so I can tackle the 2nd, much harder set of mines. The morning routine takes so long now with so many animals, hopefully the wife will start pitching in with some of it.

[Browning]

Oh for the record the Egg Hunt doesn't matter, the prize is shit. The only festival that matters is the Fall one.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

At day 19 of spring now.

I can buy the better rod and I'm thinking of hitting the fish hard to bring in a lot of cash so I can stock up on seeds for Summer so I can plant them on day 1.

[Browning]

That's probably your best bet, while still using crops to make even more money.

Be sure to look into the community centre bundles too, and plan around those so you can try and do the Summer ones this summer, and maybe make a dent on the spring ones with what you have left.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I only need wild horseradish but I sold about 10 of them.

Since I met the wizard I've seen none :\

Went all round the forest (usually find them just south of Marnie's house) and finally came across one by the wizard \0/.

HE KNEW.

[Browning]

Ah, there is another Spring bundle, but I forgot you needed to do the foraging one first to unlock it. If you want to know :

it's a crop bundle that requires 1 Parsnip, 1 Green Bean, 1 Cauliflower and 1 Potato.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fished up 10 bait.

1: Green Algae
2: Algae
3: Algae
4: Driftwood
5: Joja Cola
6: Silver smallmouth bass
7: Silver smallmouth
8: Algae
9: Gold smallmouth bass and treasure chest (emerald, 6 wood)
10: Gold smallmouth

Fuck the trash.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ah, there is another Spring bundle, but I forgot you needed to do the foraging one first to unlock it. If you want to know :

it's a crop bundle that requires 1 Parsnip, 1 Green Bean, 1 Cauliflower and 1 Potato.

Don't have a green bean or a cauliflower (but 2 are almost done), got the other 2 in a chest.

[Adamski]

Almost in winter.

Cheese press and mayonnaise machine are a go. As are the barn and the coop. Just need to get animals for the barn.

My silo is full so that should keep me going. I’ve made a shit load of money from crops. I’m going to upgrade the house soon.

Done a few bundles so far and managed to donate 10 things to the museum.

[Browning]

Later on you can get a machine that turns fishing trash into items, but so far I haven't got anything great from it, but it's still better than nothing.

I'm really struggling to feed my animals at the moment. I even fenced off a large area of my farm and planted grass in it but it doesn't seem to grow quick enough to even cover the rainy days in summer, let alone get me through the winter. At this rate that'll be another 6 grand or so used on food unless I can figure out how to get more.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can get it now but I need an iron bar.

I'm only on level 10 in the mines so I'd have to buy it.

[Browning]

Definitely don't bother. The items you get from it aren't worth any serious investment. I'm sure I got mine for free for completing a bundle or something, but they aren't worth crafting.

[Raoul Duke]

Is this actually fun, or is it just OCD grinding through a skill tree? Is there much creativity around farm design etc.?

It sounds pretty interesting, but I'm not sure I need another thing like this eating up my time.

[Browning]

It's very, very similar to the original Harvest Moon games, just more in depth, so if you've played any of those you'll know whether it's for you or not.

[phonics]

Is this actually fun, or is it just OCD grinding through a skill tree? Is there much creativity around farm design etc.?

It sounds pretty interesting, but I'm not sure I need another thing like this eating up my time.

The latter. Unless you like Harvest Moon, avoid it like the plague.

[Raoul Duke]

No idea what Harvest Moon is. I read the reviews of this and it sounds good, but what you're describing here just sounds like Ass Creed (Farming Edition) in 2D.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm in there with Abigail.

She thinks I really know my way around a joystick after helping her done her game (I didn't lose a life, she died about 6 times the useless shit).

[Adamski]

Later on you can get a machine that turns fishing trash into items, but so far I haven't got anything great from it, but it's still better than nothing.

I'm really struggling to feed my animals at the moment. I even fenced off a large area of my farm and planted grass in it but it doesn't seem to grow quick enough to even cover the rainy days in summer, let alone get me through the winter. At this rate that'll be another 6 grand or so used on food unless I can figure out how to get more.

I only have 4 chickens but I’ve managed to keep them fed all summer with 12 squares of grass and it’s still going strong. I’ve just been leaving the door open.

My silo maxed out and there’s still loads more grass about, how did you manage to run out?

[Browning]

I was fine when I only had a handful of animals but now I have (from memory) 7 chickens, 1 duck, 1 rabbit, 3 cows, 1 goat, 1 sheep and 1 pig and they eat it insanely fast. I originally ran out in winter when they can't go outside so you need one piece of hey per animal per day to get through it (and any remaining grass you have outside dies). I think I had 11 animals at that time multiplied by the 28 days of winter would deplete an entire Silo if I had kept it full, which obviously I didn't. Then spring came and I was expecting fields full of grass like when you start the game but I had precious little and they've eaten through most of it. I haven't (yet) had to buy any more grass because the fenced off grass area I made has just about grown quick enough that I can harvest it into hey every now and then, but I'm constantly going down to zero and I'm not convinced it will have grown back enough by the time I hit 0 for me to harvest enough from it. I'm considering instead of my current approach opening the gate and letting the animals eat from my grass field and then shutting it up when it gets depleted. That would give me less control over where the grass is taken from (I like to harvest the middle and leave the 4 corners to grow back out) but ultimately might prove more productive, especially as you don't seem to get hey from every piece of grass you cut.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Level 6 fishing \0/.

[Mike]

Is this actually fun, or is it just OCD grinding through a skill tree? Is there much creativity around farm design etc.?

It sounds pretty interesting, but I'm not sure I need another thing like this eating up my time.

I enjoyed it when I played on steam though didn’t get too far.
https://youtu.be/oxDh03tqaoE

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Day 1 of summer.

Got my copper axe on the last day of spring, as well as a mushroom cave, I've got 14k to buy seeds and my farm will be in the tribune.

Pissed off though as I spent most of my stamina on the last day of spring making a nice big plot for seeds, about 70% of it has turned back.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Think I went a bit overboard.

100 blueberry and 75 melon seeds.

I have no sprinklers yet (no iron) so it's going to take me half a fucking day just to water them and all my energy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

11:20am, all watered but I only have 4 energy after eating 2 fish.

I need rain.

[phonics]

Can you lot put this in the Stardew Valley thread?

[Adamski]

I was fine when I only had a handful of animals but now I have (from memory) 7 chickens, 1 duck, 1 rabbit, 3 cows, 1 goat, 1 sheep and 1 pig and they eat it insanely fast. I originally ran out in winter when they can't go outside so you need one piece of hey per animal per day to get through it (and any remaining grass you have outside dies). I think I had 11 animals at that time multiplied by the 28 days of winter would deplete an entire Silo if I had kept it full, which obviously I didn't. Then spring came and I was expecting fields full of grass like when you start the game but I had precious little and they've eaten through most of it. I haven't (yet) had to buy any more grass because the fenced off grass area I made has just about grown quick enough that I can harvest it into hey every now and then, but I'm constantly going down to zero and I'm not convinced it will have grown back enough by the time I hit 0 for me to harvest enough from it. I'm considering instead of my current approach opening the gate and letting the animals eat from my grass field and then shutting it up when it gets depleted. That would give me less control over where the grass is taken from (I like to harvest the middle and leave the 4 corners to grow back out) but ultimately might prove more productive, especially as you don't seem to get hey from every piece of grass you cut.

Managed to buy a second silo on the last day of summer so was quite chuffed and went and bought two more cows.

Forgot it takes two days to build so that’s all that beautiful grass fucked :(

[Browning]

Just started a thread as requested, so let's move over there. A second Silo is a good idea though if you can fill it.

[phonics]

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God imagine Nintendo weren't absolute dogshit at the internet this could be the greatest console of all time.

[Mike]

Blossom Tales looks good.

[Pleb]

So when's this Metroid game that everyone is having a massive fit over it coming out then?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pleb, you play Hollow Knight, right?

Yay or nay? Apparently it's coming out in a month or 2 for this.

[phonics]

It's an incredibly mediocre one of those. You've played them a million times.

[Pleb]

Pleb, you play Hollow Knight, right?

Yay or nay? Apparently it's coming out in a month or 2 for this.
Yay.

[Samadini]

Dark Soldier how the fuck do I challenge you to a shinethief battle thing? Seems to be no way of me requesting a match with you despite being friends with you and both of us playingnthe game right now. Load of wank.

[Dark Soldier]

Dark Soldier how the fuck do I challenge you to a shinethief battle thing? Seems to be no way of me requesting a match with you despite being friends with you and both of us playingnthe game right now. Load of wank.

Fuck knows mate, I'll dig into it when back from work tomorrow. Couldn't see the screen so switched it off.

[Mike]

2018 on the Switch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zahv-P7MJ5Q

[Pepe]

Mario Tennis. :drool:

[Mike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Bd3HUMkyU

[Pepe]

Definitely not a gimmick.

[Mike]

It looks boss if you ask me, it’ll be huge. I’m in Y3 (a class of 7-8 year olds) at work and pretty much half of them get a Switch for Christmas, it’s the only console they talk about now (they were Xbox fans before Christmas) Lego is also huge so it’ll scratch that itch too,

[Pepe]

It does seem fun for the young'uns. Until the sturdy cardboard construction collapses under their gentle touch.

[Pleb]

Rayman Legends on the Switch is a right barrel of laughs.

Fuck getting 850+ lums or whatever the fuck those creatures are called.

[phonics]

Yeah it's a great game. The music levels are so, so good.

[Andy]

Thought Zelda was amazing but I've recently finished the main Mario story and it's even better. Really one of the best single player games I've ever played.

I'm about 300 power moons into Mario so far, can see myself getting close to 100% with this game. I think Zelda is around 20% completion and I've not got much enthusiasm to go back and play anymore. The main story is finished it's just all the side quests.

Any other games to try? I've not really been into gaming other than Fifa for about 5 years. Are the ports like Mario Kart, Skyrim and Doom worth picking up?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I really like the Mario Rabbids game.

The comedy is shit but if you love turn based games (it's basically an Xcom copy) then you'll really like it.

[Shindig]

Doom is great but I'd settle for the PS4 / Xbox version if you have the option. Bayonetta 2 is like a fortnight away. I'm back on Mario myself. It definitely does bring your attention to things in that game. Anything that looks out of the ordinary usually leads to a moon.

[Adamski]

Trading Mario Odyssey in for £33.

Thinking of taking the plunge on Zelda but worried it’ll consume my life. Any other suggestions outside of the ones listed a few posts up?

[Pepe]

Not sure what to make of Bayonetta.

[Shindig]

It's Devil May Cry but with the whole devil schtick replaced by witches.

[Pepe]

Never played Devil May Cry.

It has been entertaining so far, but it feels like I am just mashing buttons and hoping for the best. No clue what the fuck is going on 'story' wise either. Maybe I should have played the first one first.

[Shindig]

I mashed through it as well. The story was lifted straight out of Devil May Cry as well. Witch sisters that are the key some end-world resurrection event who are also born of FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE. That's all you get out of the first game.

[Pepe]

Good to be up to speed. :thbup:

I'll probably play it a few more times before abandoning it once the Kirby one is released. Then to wait for Mario Tennis.

[Shindig]

http://fromsoftfanatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DXzJFcaU0AAltKg.jpg-large.jpeg

Way to play up to the meme, lads.

[Mike]

That Nintendo games never drop in price is a huge pain. I want Zelda, but not for £40+

[Browning]

It’s worth every penny.

[Gray Fox]

Everyone I've heard play it has said it's up there with the best games of all time.

[Shindig]

It's part of the reason I'm taking forever with Mario. I don't want to charge through that and then have to spend £40+ on something else to play from Nintendo.

[Dark Soldier]

Everyone I've heard play it has said it's up there with the best games of all time.

It is the greatest game of all time.

[Shindig]

Steady on. Dark Souls.

[Pepe]

I enjoyed Zelda a lot, but the "story" was absolute shite.

[Mike]

The first exploits to running homebrew have come out.

[phonics]

Lame. It'll kill the console just so some retard can play Pokemon Red at a bad resolution.

[Shindig]

I'd rather pay to do that. Hurry up, Virtual Console. :(

Although I've seen SNES minis at £70 which is almost where I want it. Almost.

[Mike]

Bought Zelda from a guy off rllmuk. Should be here in a few days :D

[Mike]

Zelda arrived and I got credits on Mario. Going to try out Zelda with the knowledge I’ve got all that post credits Mario to play :cool2:

[Baz]

Octopath Traveler: Traveler's Compendium Edition (Nintendo Switch) £31.99 at argos http://www.argos.co.uk/product/8153557 get in before it's likely cancelled. It's over £95 everywhere else.

[Pepe]

What's this about a new Starfox? :drool:

[Pepe]

Anyone on Mario Tennis?

First I thought that it was too easy, plus not being able to play proper 6 game sets is still very stupid, but I just had a couple of very tense matches earlier and now I'm balls deep in it.

[phonics]

Anyone on Mario Tennis?

First I thought that it was too easy, plus not being able to play proper 6 game sets is still very stupid, but I just had a couple of very tense matches earlier and now I'm balls deep in it.

I want to get it but I'm travelling in a few weeks and feel like I should save it.

[Dark Soldier]

Bought this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mayflash-Magic-NS-Wireless-Controller-Nintendo/dp/B079B5KHWQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1528323942&sr=1-1&keywords=MAGIC-NS+Wireless+Controller

Works perfectly, plug and play. Using the Xbox Elite controller on Zelda :drool:

[Pepe]

What's wrong with the Pro controller?

[Dark Soldier]

I'm not paying £60 and the Elite controller is fucking beautiful.

[Pepe]

I see. Makes sense if you already have a controller you like.

[Dark Soldier]

Plus you can switch B and A around as it should be on any proper controller rather than Nintendo fucking it all up.

[Shindig]

I think the grip that came with it does a decent enough job.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mario Tennis :drool:

[Mike]

Taking my first steps into homebrew on the switch. It's currently doing a full system backup.

[Mike]

Easy!

Forgot how good Mario Kart is! Amazing that you can pick it up live you've never been away from it, having played the Wii U one a bunch.

[Spikey M]

Thinking of getting one of these. Is it worth it?

[Baz]

Thinking of getting one of these. Is it worth it?You can pirate ANY game. Course it is. Console only is £270 at Zavvi. :thbup:

[Spikey M]

You can pirate ANY game. Course it is. Console only is £270 at Zavvi. :thbup:

How do you do that? And when you say ‘any game’, I’m assuming just Switch games?

[Baz]

Send out the Mike signal.

[Mike]

How do you do that? And when you say ‘any game’, I’m assuming just Switch games?

It's not too difficult to do, it's not as simple as hitting go and it's done. It's currently not fully done. If you power the switch off fully you need a PC to get it going again. You can use sleep mode fine though. I'd also buy a 'jig' off ebay rather than faffing with paperclips or tinfoil. I got this one (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo-Switch-RCM-Jig-Keyring-joycon-mod-for-recovery-mode-Hack-Load-Linux/273192667748) and it's worked every time.

I followed this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4LMFUVfG7w

It might be a little different now, as I beleive RajNX no longer packs Tinfoil in with his firmware.

GBATemp have a LOAD of tutorials: https://gbatemp.net/forums/switch-tutorials.289/

The main thing you need to remember is that before you do anything, the first time you get it to boot up to a firmware loader, you must backup everything. It takes some time but it'll help in the future.
Then just keep your switch in Airplane mode, don't take it online, don't update it.

I am on 4.0.1 fw, and the app to install games asks you if you want to ignore firmware warnings, meaning new games play on old firmware pretty much all the time.

As for roms. Reddit's SwitchRoms section might be worth a google. Who knows. ;)


EDIT: Oh, they recently put out a slight hardware change on the newest switches that I'm not sure how much you can do with them. GBAtemp have a thread about serial numbers. The older the firmware the better is the rule. I they've got things going on the very newest firmware (out last week) but without a sleep mode.

[phonics]

That's 1 million times too much for Spikey and also, mate you make enough money to buy the games. There's only like 5 per year.

[Spikey M]

I got one and Fifa 19 yesterday. First impressions are good. I will be buying the games rather than fucking about with the above though, so Phonics is right. Bless him.

[Spikey M]

Civilisation is coming out on it. :drool:

[Mike]

Get yourself Mario, it’s amazing.

[Mike]

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mario Party out tomorrow :drool:

I won't get it on the day but I'll be getting it sometime in the week.

[Giggles]

After playing loads of Mario 64 the past while I think I need to sell the Xbox and buy one of these just for the Mario game.

[Mike]

Sucks that Mario Party needs joycons. I don’t fancy buying a second set to me, Baz and The Reid can play :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What? You can't use a normal controller?

That sucks.

[Mike]

I don’t think so, I asked over at RLLMUK and they said the games seem to all need a joy con. Of course everyone has two but they’re damn expensive to get more.

[Shindig]

Mario Odyssey is finished. It's a Ubisoft checklist. I've never seen Nintendo repeat so much in a game.

[Giggles]

Mario Odyssey is finished. It's a Ubisoft checklist. I've never seen Nintendo repeat so much in a game.

Was it not massively highly rated or did I miss something? It would be my only reason for buying the console.

[Shindig]

Very highly rated. I felt good with it until I realised I could just do the most basic shit to get through kingdoms. That game is almost all filler.

[Adamski]

Anyone played anything decent recently? Can't be bothered getting back into Zelda.

[phonics]

Very highly rated. I felt good with it until I realised I could just do the most basic shit to get through kingdoms. That game is almost all filler.

Because the game isn't about 'getting through the kingdoms'

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone played anything decent recently? Can't be bothered getting back into Zelda.

Smash Bros and I also really liked Mario Rabbids.

Also, if anyone wants to buy one I am selling. Got one unboxed with my phone contract the other week and I have yet to stick it up on Ebay.

[Browning]

I bought Octopath Traveller in the Nintendo sale and I’m enjoying it so far. The battling is starting to feel a bit repetitive but hopefully they’ll mix it up a bit when I get further in.

[Shindig]

Because the game isn't about 'getting through the kingdoms'

Every Mario up to that point was that, though. They demanded more of me instead of going, "Hey, there's a thing over there. Can't get to it? Well, there's one behind your ear! Awww." It felt like an Ubisoft checklist.

[Mike]

New Super Mario U Deluxe has made me question my own mortality in a way no game has ever managed and led me to realise my youth hasn’t lasted forever. I’m old and rubbish at Mario. Like awful, my evening has been my swearing and shouting ‘noooo’ at the TV and the cat.

[Shindig]

I had the same feeling with ChaseHQ and IK+. You spend so much time with those games as kids and then it all fades away.

[Baz]

I've always found Mario ridiculously hard. Probably because I grew up playing more Sonic where there aren't any INSTANT DEATH holes.

[Shindig]

The SNES hooks are in the Switch Online thing already. JUST GIVE US ALL THE GAMES!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

New Super Mario U Deluxe has made me question my own mortality in a way no game has ever managed and led me to realise my youth hasn’t lasted forever. I’m old and rubbish at Mario. Like awful, my evening has been my swearing and shouting ‘noooo’ at the TV and the cat.

I bought it today and decided to try and play the game with my 10 year old cousins. One was passable (although he was using Nabbit) with the other being tragic, he kept running off and seemingly not even looking at where enemies were and then would blame us for him dying. We were stuck on some level for a good few tries and he seemed to die in the exact same spot about 8 times (he would rush at a block with a fire flower taking no notice of a goomba who would kill him), it was painful.

I was never that great but I'm a hell of a lot worse than I was.

[Adamski]

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is fun.

[P_3]

I'm undecided between which of Super Smash Bros and Super Mario Odyssey to get next. Both games have oodles of stuff to collect, which I love. Some advice please.

[Browning]

Mario. It’s incredible. Smash Brothers is shite from what I hear from the crowd I used to play it with.

[Pepe]

Surely you've played earlier versions of both. Which one did you enjoy more? I would choose Odyssey, no doubt, but I don't care much for Smash Bros.

[Mike]

Odyssey. It’s genuinely fantastic. One of the best, not only Mario games, but any game ever made.

[P_3]

Cheers guys. Loved both on previous consoles so couldn't easily decide.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/10/20687801/nintendo-switch-lite-price-release-date-size-battery-life-motion-control-games

Switch Lite is official.

[Mike]

So last year I modded my switch, installed custom firmware and have been enjoying all kinds of dodgy stuff in my pirate hat. Sadly it meant no online play, cos you get banned.

Thankfully those smart pirate folks have no found a way to have the switch appear as a stock one if you want to go online or run backup by emulating on the switch, the switch, so you can play ‘back ups’
Obvs it might get found out in the future, but it’s still smart for now.

I’ve got a copy of Mario Maker 2 on the way, something I’ve wanted for yonks. Anyone playing it?

[wullie]

I think I'm going to get a Lite, all the detachable and dockable stuff with the proper Switch doesn't appeal and I loved both the DS and 3DS so this seems perfect for me.

[Mike]

So last year I modded my switch, installed custom firmware and have been enjoying all kinds of dodgy stuff in my pirate hat. Sadly it meant no online play, cos you get banned.

Thankfully those smart pirate folks have no found a way to have the switch appear as a stock one if you want to go online or run backup by emulating on the switch, the switch, so you can play ‘back ups’
Obvs it might get found out in the future, but it’s still smart for now.

I’ve got a copy of Mario Maker 2 on the way, something I’ve wanted for yonks. Anyone playing it?

Took my time but made my first level. It’s not great lol

JVC-F4B-DYF

[Mike]

SNES games are out in Switch to online subscribers. :cool2:

[phonics]

Can play online together as well if you fancy a MarioKart or something Mike.

[Mike]

Cool, what’s your friend code?

My aim this weekend is to try play Zelda as I’ve never gotten into one.

[Pepe]

Been playing Fire Emblem lately and enjoying it a lot. I also am starting to build a bit of a backlog and it is only going to get worse. The new (well, old) Zelda is next, followed by Dragon Quest. Then that Luigi one is coming soon, as is Pokemon. Oh, and the Mario Olympics one :drool:. All of that is ignoring stuff that I never finished, like Octopath Traveler, Mario and the Rabbids, Mortal Kombat (played for like ten minutes and hated it), Smash Bros, Mario Tennis... Probably shouldn't think too much about it.

[AyDee]

Don't know when I last turned my Xbox on so switch is comfortably my main console now. Only actually completed Pokémon and Mario Rabbids, mind. Most of the way through Zelda so should probably finish that before having another go at fire emblem (lost most of my team in one of the first fights lol).

Backlog of Odyssey, Transition and Luigi's mansion.

Ring Fit Adventure is also decent but not given it all that much time.

[wullie]

I've had to admit defeat and give up on Breath of the Wild. It's too sprawling and overwhelming, I had this with Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess. Something about 3D Zelda games has me beat so I've traded it for Link's Awakening which I already love.

[Pepe]

I have Link's Awakening, but I have yet to play it. I didn't enjoy Ocarina of Time nearly as much as everyone else did, but I loved Breath of the Wild.

Losing my interest on the Switch overall, though. The only games that I think have been genuinely good are Mario Odyssey, Zelda, and Fire Emblem. Nothing appealing on the horizon either.

[Raoul Duke]

I've taken a break from BOTW. Will get back into it when I've got some time off in a couple of weeks - definitely felt the same with it.

[Mike]

Animal Crossing this Friday is the best big release. Any fans? I’ve never gotten into one.

It’s ‘out’ if your switch does stuff it shouldn’t....

[Browning]

I bought an Animal Crossing once and it became one of about 3 games that I've traded in. Couldn't stand it.

Luckily I've got Fire Emblem still untouched if we get locked down.

[Mike]

Never been cooler
https://i.postimg.cc/rsKMBs0H/854-D7-E23-E564-4082-9896-00-D5261-EA4-DB.jpg

[Raoul Duke]

How is Animal Crossing Mike ? I'm tempted to pick it up. Looks kinda fun

[Mike]

You know what, it's really good. It's not something I'd normally get into, cos there is no story of such, but with the world how it is, it's been nice to play for short bursts over the day. I've two friends at work who are playing it, so I've people who I can visit in game that I know, sell my stuff in their shop and stuff. Being on RLLMUK too, their thread is huge on it,with lots of people opening their islands up for people to visit.

There is a lot of pottering about, and busy work, like I'm currently making furniture for empty houses so that animals move in, meaning more folk living on my island, so yeah, deffo enjoying it.

This shit Easter thing can bugger off though.

[Raoul Duke]

I got it earlier. So far, so twee...but nice and relaxing and I'm quite enjoying pottering about doing odd jobs.

[Raoul Duke]

Right - got my museum ready to go tomorrow. Did my first trip and found another wandering soul to join my island, plus got me some sweet coconuts :cool:

[Mike]

Add my friend code, it’s: 0518-6705-0797

[Raoul Duke]

Add my friend code, it’s: 0518-6705-0797

Done :thbup:

[Mike]

Best two:
https://i.postimg.cc/zftfrNbg/EWO2-M7e-Vc-AINWVF.jpg

[Raoul Duke]

Absolute madlads :cool:

I made 300k selling turnips this morning! Been using this to track prices: https://stalks.io

[Mike]

Got 500k to pump into the ‘nips in the morning!

[Raoul Duke]

Gonna be Bellionaires :drool:

[Offshore Toon]

Any ideas on the best place to pick one of these up?

[Mike]

The full version is sold out all over. Can still find the lite though
https://www.shopto.net/en/swhw30-nintendo-switch-lite-grey-p113478/

[Mike]

Got 500k to pump into the ‘nips in the morning!

5400 turnips! 94 bells each. House is a mess!

[Offshore Toon]

I'm not sure if I want the lite version. Probably have to go second hand.

[Raoul Duke]

5400 turnips! 94 bells each. House is a mess!

Bonkers. If you get a decent price, gimme a shout. I'll do the same :thbup:

[Baz]

wtf are mike and raoul on about?

[Mike]

59 today, utter C words!

[P_3]

I've been badly burned, especially by Nook's cranny closing for a day for remodelling. Weekend just gone, sold 3000 or 4000 for a 60 bell loss. :(

In case you don't know, I didn't, Nook's cranny changes price half way through day. They have a morning price and an afternoon price for turnips.

[Mike]

Aye and everyone gets different prices, I’ve not sold any on my own island, always gone to someone else’s for big bells.

[Raoul Duke]

You just need to use https://stalks.io - has all the curve predictions built-in so you can see expected rates

[Mike]

I’ve been using https://ac-turnip.com/

[Mike]

Sold via another forum. Made over 2 million bells!!

[Raoul Duke]

:drool: I'm currently waiting for a price rise, otherwise Tom Nook threatened to break my kneecaps

[Mike]

:drool: I'm currently waiting for a price rise, otherwise Tom Nook threatened to break my kneecaps

104 to buy today.

[AyDee]

In non-Animal Crossing news, I'm now 30 hours into Fire Emblem and it's pretty awesome. Dorothea is an absolute beast and having a squad with a magic weighting seems the best way to go so far.

[Pepe]

Yeah, Fire Emblem is pretty great. What house are you playing? I'm guessing the red (dragon?) one, since you mention Dorothea.

[Raoul Duke]

104 to buy today.

108 for me. Only made a small profit last time and the curve projection doesn't look great at the moment, so gimme a shout if you get a decent price!

[P_3]

6000 turnips at 110 bells each. I smell another loss on the cards this week.

Did have a selling price of 420-odd during last week but had already sold what turnips I had by then.

[AyDee]

Yeah, Fire Emblem is pretty great. What house are you playing? I'm guessing the red (dragon?) one, since you mention Dorothea.

Yeah, the Black Eagle House. Dorothea and Hubert are deadly on the battlefield, although I feel that Hubert may turn deadly off the battlefield too and end up assassinating me one of these days.

I could do without some of the non-battle stuff though, which gets a little tedious. I've got 20 or so gifts to find the right people for but seems far more effort than its worth.

[Pepe]

Agreed, some of the non-battle stuff is just a pain in the arse. I ended up ignoring most of it after a while. Petra turned into an absolute beast on my save. Ferdinand was pretty beastly too once in got him on a horse.

[Mike]

1259806180387385344?s=20

[Pepe]

New Mario coming soon. :drool:

[phonics]

Paper Mario.

It's a turn based RPG not a traditional Mario game.

[Pepe]

Even better.

[Mike]

1261357018549325824

No coming back from that.

[Raoul Duke]

Absolutely mugging you off there

[P_3]

Got to the second half of Fire Emblem Three Houses. Back to running around the monastery in between battles. :cab:

[Pepe]

You can skip it all. I did towards the end.

[AyDee]

Can't decide whether to get the NBA 2K20 game or not. Never owned a NBA game but the Jordan series got me interested and game is currently reduced to 2.49.

42GB game file though wtf. :D

[P_3]

https://i.gyazo.com/fb28ffecc893802e01fe1c8661f2fdc9.png

Fuck's sake. :moop: This is using the ac-turnip.com forecast.

[Mike]

We switch friends, it’s hard to work out who is who cos Nintendo..

Try turnip exchange for selling.

[Raoul Duke]

I've had good luck just asking randoms on Twitter for their dodo code and visiting them to sell (tip them a Nook Ticket or whatever)

[Browning]

Finally started fire emblem after my laptop broke and I had nothing else to do.

I literally have no idea if I’m teaching them right or not, I’m probably going to ruin them all.

[P_3]

Once you get into the swing of it its easy. There's no right or wrong way to do it.

[Mike]

Turnips 565
https://turnip.exchange/island/0d323ec1

[Raoul Duke]

Sold mine earlier in the week, but that's a cracking price.

I saw Miles from SI posted his Dodo Code earlier and was letting people sell theirs at 365 or something :D

[P_3]

Don't have online or I'd be getting involved. 2nd week in a row my forecast was decreasing, so I just cut my future losses and sold at 68. :(

[Mike]

Aww, I got my online from having Amazon prime or I'd be with you.

I got a bunch of tickets to hopefully find a cool new islander with, and about 700k of bells, I imagine I got more, but I just left it on and didn't watch so people were most likely stealing.

[Raoul Duke]

Selling at 529 today: https://turnip.exchange/island/5135e61f

[Shindig]

Went back into Super Mario Odyssey whilst work was slow. I like that game a lot still. I'm past the first credits so I'll just nibble away with it as I see fit.

[P_3]

Struggling now for time. Added Xenoblade Chronicles to my Switch collection, which is going to eat into my Fire Emblem game time and the Animal Crossing game time becomes even more of a chore. :worried:

[Browning]

When your best unit turns out to be the traitor.... fuck you Fire Emblem.

[Mike]

I’m less interested in Animal Crossing. New month so new stuff to catch, but I’m just not excited to go do it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It doesn't sound that interesting.

95% of the posts about the game have been regarding the sale price of turnips...

[Mike]

Sold for big this week! More bells that I’ll ever need! It’s been a great thing to play over lockdown, and I’m sure I’ll stay checking in, just less than I have.

[Raoul Duke]

Made myself a cheeky 2.2m today :cool:

The new stuff is pretty fun but once you're past the initial grind it does slightly lessen. You're essentially playing it by your own rules and just working to build your dream island. The main problem with that is that it's mostly down to the RNG gods if you can get the recipes you need or getting into buying/trading them.

[Boydy]

What's the chances of this being on offer in this Prime Day nonsense?

And is a Lite too risky with the joycon drift issue?

I know you can send it back to get it fixed or whatever but I don't want to have to send the whole thing back.

[Browning]

I’ve got a day one switch and joy con drift is a real problem, not just with the lite. I’ve given up and swapped to a classic controller.

[Boydy]

Yeah but at least with the full version one you can detach the joycons to send them off to be fixed, right?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't think I've ever suffered with drift but I usually have it docked using the pro controller.

[Browning]

Yeah but at least with the full version one you can detach the joycons to send them off to be fixed, right?

Fair point, I had forgotten you couldn’t do that with the Lite.

[Raoul Duke]

Can't imagine it'll be discounted as they're selling like hotcakes. There were rumours of a new version coming out soon with upgraded hardware

[Boydy]

Can't imagine it'll be discounted as they're selling like hotcakes. There were rumours of a new version coming out soon with upgraded hardware
Yeah, I read about that which is why I thought the current version might get discounted.

[phonics]

Nintendo doesn’t do discounts.

[Boydy]

Asda had the Switch on at 239.99 yesterday. None of them near me seemed to have them in stock though so I asked Currys to price match. They replied this morning saying Asda sold out last night at 10pm but because I'd requested it before that they gave me a discount code for the same price so I've just ordered one.

Need to get some games now. Obvs getting Zelda. What else is good?

[Gray Fox]

Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing: New Horizon, Hollow Knight and Smash Bros all seem to be very popular.

[Raoul Duke]

Animal Crossing, Untitled Goose Game, Streets Of Rage, Skyrim, The Witcher, Outer Worlds plus all the Mario shizzle your heart desires. FM is pretty decent too.

Worth picking up a case, MicroSD card and screen protector too: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-nintendo-switch-accessories/

[Boydy]

Is the new FM coming out on it?

[P_3]

Don't bother with animal crossing, its very niche. Get the mario games, fire emblem three houses, smash brothers, legend of zelda link's awakening. Pokemon too if you're into those.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I treat it like a Nintendo box. And maybe if something on sale takes my fancy.

[Boydy]

It arrived today. Haven't bought any physical games yet but bought Hyper Light Drifter on the eShop as it was on offer. No idea what I'm doing.

[Boydy]

Golf Story is good, isn't it?

I fucking hate the disc golf though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The disc golf is the pits.

[Boydy]

FM's out now.

Am I going to spend thirty quid on it?

Probably.

[Raoul Duke]

This looks cool: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanthings/genki-shadowcast

[Mike]

1390184553285779456
:cool2:

[Mike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mHq6Y7JSmg

[Pepe]

That shitty ad told me nothing. So it is 7 inches, what is the size of the current one? Having an ethernet port is good, but definitely not worth a new console. Is the hardware better, or will all non-Nintendo games still look blurry as hell?

[Gray Fox]

As far as I can tell, the dock now has a LAN port, the unit itself now has an adjustable flap style stand.

The current display is 6.2 inches so this is slightly larger, but I think this will be the first Nintendo product to offer "1080p." It's actually still 720p until you connect it to the TV via the dock.

Screen is also OLED over what was LCD.

[P_3]

64GB of internal storage, up from 32GB, too.

[Baz]

White dock, no thanks.

[Pepe]

That is definitely not worth the upgrade.

[Gray Fox]

If I didn't have one and were buying one, I'd get this new one. If I already had one, there isn't much point.

[Spikey M]

Grabbed Tony Hawks today. Kids might have to go to bed at about 5 so I can play it. Buzzing.

[Mike]

So Zelda is properly out now. I hear it’s top!
Anyone playing it? I am aiming to finally get into a Zelda game with this one.

[Dark Soldier]

It is genuinely on course to be the greatest thing I've ever played.

Absolutely phenomenal thing.

[Pepe]

Just got an email from Fedex saying that my package (Zelda preorder) has arrived. I check the proof of delivery picture and of course that is not my fucking house.

:moop:

[Gray Fox]

Everyone I know who has played it so far is calling it the first proper 10/10 game in quite some time.

[Dark Soldier]

Everyone I know who has played it so far is calling it the first proper 10/10 game in quite some time.

The only three 10/10s in the past 7 or 8 years is BotW, Elden Ring and this for me.

What Nintendo have done here is genuinely insane.

[Dark Soldier]

Nobody else playing the GOAT then? Lads.

[Gray Fox]

I was set to pull the trigger on a Switch but then the washing machine offed itself.

Do you need to have played BotW before getting onto this one?

[Dark Soldier]

Not really. Story is average at best. There's a couple of mechanics in BotW it doesn't fully reference in this, apart from that nah.

I'm completely hooked on the thing. Tops Elden Ring as best open world.

[Pepe]

I am 2-3 hours in. Really liking it so far.

[Gray Fox]

I am 2-3 hours in. Really liking it so far.

Did you track it down or did they have to ship you a new one?

[Pepe]

Whoever it was delivered to brought it back to me. Legend.

[7om]

Nobody else playing the GOAT then? Lads.

What makes it so great, DS?

[Dark Soldier]

What makes it so great, DS?

Can't go into too much detail because spoilers.

Thr vastness of scale, scope, and trust from Nintendo.

You receive four powers at the start. Two of them are literally game breaking. Like end of game stuff you'd get from any other dev. You can use them anywhere, anytime, any way you like. It's insane how they've balanced them to work from the off.

The game is probably the largest SP game made. Insane sense of size. But it's not barren, dead land. There is stuff over every horizon, stuff to always head to. And each thing is a joy, complete trust given to the player. Nintendo saying "here's your tools, discover".

Everyone I've spoken to has different results for every area. Every puzzle or fight. There's a myriad of ways to do everything.

I've had more joyous, surprising moments with this than any game before. Its outstanding to play, explore, discover.

[Mike]

I’ve played about an hour (bloody work and kids) but that post makes me want to run away and play for a week!

[Baz]

Gave it about half an hour and didn’t enjoy a single second. The controls are retarded, the character sounds are basic, your sword breaks within seconds of starting, Zelda is annoying and ultrahand? :|

Safe to say the GOAT is not for me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gave it about half an hour and didn’t enjoy a single second. The controls are retarded, the character sounds are basic, your sword breaks within seconds of starting, Zelda is annoying and ultrahand? :|

Safe to say the GOAT is not for me.

More reviews like this please.

I felt like I was close to buying but I hated Elden Ring and I hated Breath of the Wild.

I don't want to cave in and buy this just to regret it after 20 minutes.

[Dark Soldier]

Gave it about half an hour and didn’t enjoy a single second. The controls are retarded, the character sounds are basic, your sword breaks within seconds of starting, Zelda is annoying and ultrahand? :|

Safe to say the GOAT is not for me.

Somebody get this man on a register.

[Dark Soldier]

Genuinely think that's the worst take I've seen on this forum and we used to have Henry as a fucking mod.

[Shindig]

I need to sit down and marathon Breath of the Wild. I got into it but it's so easy just to not play that game right now.

[Pepe]

If you didn't like Breath of the Wild you will not like this, Mahow.

[Mike]

I’m at Center Parcs this weekend, evenings will be for Zelda

[Baz]

Unlucky.

[Gray Fox]

A Switch purchase is on the table now and I'll likely be ordering one soon. The question really is which one do I get?

Lite - My favourite form factor and colour options of the Switches, however the inability to connect to a TV really kills the appeal.

So that leaves the standard v OLED debate. I myself up the page said the OLED is the one to get if you don't have one.

They now offer that Mario Odyssey edition which seems to be great value. The OLED models are ~£60 more expensive than that and they don't come with a game. However they do come with a better, larger screen and ability to play at 1080p on my monitor. I do also have some CeX credit that could get me a few games. The special edition OLEDs also look much better for the most part.

Annoyingly as said up the page, Nintendo doesn't do discounts and so there isn't likely to be one until their next gen hits. Though we have no announcement or rumours of an imminent one really, so I reckon we're at least a good year or two away from it.

You can however get 10% off with student discount if you go to Nintendos store direct. It'd take the Mario bundle to £234 or the OLEDs down just below £290. Assuming I can find a student to give me their code that is.

[Ian]

If it's like in BOTW weapon degradation shouldn't really be an issue because the combat is so meh it doesn't really matter.

I'll play this at some point and probably think the same if it as I did of the first one, which is that it's an incredibly impressive thing that leaves me somewhat cold.

[Mike]

Get the OLED

[Dark Soldier]

If it's like in BOTW weapon degradation shouldn't really be an issue because the combat is so meh it doesn't really matter.

I'll play this at some point and probably think the same if it as I did of the first one, which is that it's an incredibly impressive thing that leaves me somewhat cold.

You have an ability now, Fuse, which makes weapon degredation redundant pretty much. You can fuse almost anything to any weapon, from a tree branch to broadswords. They make them stronger, better durability, and sometimes give special effects.

Such as:

https://i.ibb.co/QC637Mb/IMG-20230519-WA0013.jpg