Goldberg74

There’s a link to the Nintendo page in my post above.

I don’t think it’s getting a physical release.

Deadman31

Maybe I was confused I thought it was the Splatoon the Switch OLED version. That’s the one my son wants but there is no preorders available.

fujishig

There are preorder pages up at Best Buy and Gamestop but I don't think they've gone live yet. Hopefully it's like the Animal Crossing one, difficult to get at first but trickling out and even still available today.

Decker

Go go go!

Decker

Another shot at it.

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nickdawgy

It doesn’t even come with the game.

fujishig

Well yeah because the game's not out yet. I don't think any of the special edition switches came with the game.

Goldberg74

I love me some Shovel Knight… and I love me some dig games…

… I’m in heaven!

It has a release date of September 23rd.

slop101

That Shovel Dig looks great - love that they've gone more "16-bits" rather than the more "8-bit" of the original game.

Decker

Those who upgraded to the OLED model - - was it worth it?
Looks like a bit of a hassle to move everything over, especially Animal Crossing. I have a Splatoon 3 model to pick up today.

nickdawgy

It kind of was but it was worth it. Except I messed up the AC transfer and lost 2 1/2 years of progress. Oh well.

Decker

I ended up getting a new OLED Switch, the Splatoon 3 limited one. I like it. Much more vibrant colors and the screen seems bigger even if it really.
Plus it just looks so much nicer than my OG gray Switch., which is headed to Gamestop tomorrow.

tanman

Oh wow. That's enough to make me steer clear of trying to upgrade my switch any time soon. Seriously Nintendo. I really wish they would listen to their fans or even just try to do it themselves. I mean something stupid like their ridiculous transfer process isn't making piracy any better as you can see from the recent Splatoon 3 leak.

Decker

They have fixed the Animal Crossing transfer issue. You can now download a transfer tool which is free in the eShop. As long as you have both systems it's, well still not a breeze, but at least doable. In addition you can also back up your island to restore (in case of disaster only like losing your Switch) , assuming you have Nintendo Online. That's in the game after update, you just turn the back up option On.

fujishig

Is the splatoon leak from a hack or from someone getting the game early?

Also, I thought Nintendo has this pretty well locked down. Actually those early model switches are pretty valuable because of the fact that some of them can be hacked a lot easier.

Kdogg

The screen is bigger but more importantly check the serial number for your old switch. If it’s an unpatched model, the console minus the joy cons and dock goes for $150-$200.

I think it’s just copies got out early so some of the story can be spoiled.

Goldberg74

Nintendo is releasing a Pokémon Scarlett/Violet OLED Switch on 11/4. Looks really cool.

Mike86

Disney revealed that at D23. Looks kinda fun even though I’m not a big fan of the animation style.

Adam Tyner

Decker

Hold up.

PerryD

My kids will be excited about Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2.

Adam Tyner

It was definitely not a Direct for me, but for any of you who are super into farming sims/RPGs, you sure do have a lot to look forward to!

tanman

Seriously..how many farming sims can there be

tanman

I think this was the big announcement for this Direct. Yeah sure Zelda but all they announced was the name and the date. Which was still big but we were all expecting something. But we weren't expecting Goldeneye. That must have been a huge licensing obstacle course. And this is when paying a recurring fee might actually help make things like this happen. Still..it sucks to think that eventually in the not too distant future this will go away whenever the service does. If they released it as an actual download then it would last at least as long as the lifespan of the console.

slop101

Next new Kirby game looks fun, but I dunno if it looks SIXTY-DOLLARS fun...




Also, it's wild to me how Nintendo's been developing more mainline Kirby games on the Switch than Mario games.