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Old 01-04-18 | 08:39 AM
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REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo Switch has become the fastest-selling home video game system in U.S. history. The home console that players can take wherever they go launched March 3, 2017, and in 10 months has sold more than 4.8 million units in the United States, according to Nintendo’s internal sales figures. That’s the highest total for the first 10 months of any home video game system in U.S. history, surpassing Nintendo’s own Wii system, which was the previous record holder with more than 4 million units sold during the same timeframe.
Impressive. Even as an owner who's enjoyed the system, it's funny to see it be such a huge success despite having a lot of shortcomings.

Still makes me chuckle thinking back to a certain poster who felt the Wii U bombed because people just weren't interested in gaming consoles anymore only to have the PS4 and the Switch completely dominate.
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Old 01-04-18 | 09:07 AM
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Re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
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Still makes me chuckle thinking back to a certain poster who felt the Wii U bombed because people just weren't interested in gaming consoles anymore only to have the PS4 and the Switch completely dominate.
I bet he's LosingHisMind right about now.
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Old 01-04-18 | 10:34 AM
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ARMS is on sale... in the EU store. Unfortunately with the conversion rates you don't save enough for me to bother, but I hope that means a NA sale is coming.
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Old 01-04-18 | 01:20 PM
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ARMS is on sale... in the EU store. Unfortunately with the conversion rates you don't save enough for me to bother, but I hope that means a NA sale is coming.
Well I bought it for full price two weeks ago so that seems pretty likely.
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Old 01-04-18 | 03:51 PM
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@Decker, we also got the Switch for Xmas and my kids (and I) love it. I recommend keeping the extra set of joy cons and getting the Pro controller which is what I did and don't regret it. Like others have said, the Pro controller is good and feels more natural while playing docked. Plus it works great in BotW. We also got Kart and Odyssey World.
Nice Goot!

I bought it for my girls (as well as myself, but shhhh...don't tell them that). We picked up Zelda, Mario Cart, MO, and Arms. They've been playing Mario Cart mostly, while I've been playing BotW. I haven't played a Zelda game since Ocarina, so it's a nice throwback for me. I have they extra set of joy cons so the four of us can play Mario Cart but I plan on picking up a pro controller as well.
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Old 01-04-18 | 07:05 PM
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Welp I picked up Blossom Tales and Enter the Gungeon after reading some online comments. Digging Gungeon, I can't put my finger on it but Blossom just isn't pulling me in.
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Old 01-05-18 | 05:41 PM
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Finished up Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I did some sidequests but didn't go crazy and finished at 81 hours. Great game.

My next Switch purchase will probably be Lost Sphear as I really liked I am Setsuna.

Oh, and count me in as another that loves the Pro controller. Of course when the kids play mario kart they fight over the "big controller" as opposed to the left and right joycon.
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Old 01-05-18 | 05:46 PM
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Nintendo is going to sell the Splatoon Joy-Cons in the US now, previously part of the bundle or only in other regions.


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Old 01-05-18 | 06:06 PM
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Those are sort of tempting but I don't necessarily need more Joy Cons and they're pricey to buy just on impulse.
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Found a box of Super Mario Cereal (aka The “Delicious Amiibo”) at Walmart today. There were two boxes.

First time I have seen them in the wild.
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I keep forgetting to look for it whenever I'm out.
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Old 01-05-18 | 06:59 PM
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I was looking for that a couple weeks ago and didn't see any, i'll need to keep my eyes open for them again.
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I am in the club, got the Switch this week. Having a blast with Splatoon. Waiting on my pro controller to arrive before I start Mario Odyssey.
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Old 01-06-18 | 08:38 AM
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I am in the club, got the Switch this week. Having a blast with Splatoon. Waiting on my pro controller to arrive before I start Mario Odyssey.
Apparently the suggested controller for Mario Odyssey is a single Joy Con in each hand. At least, the game seems to suggest that.

I played through with the pro controller. Heh.
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Nintendo is going to sell the Splatoon Joy-Cons in the US now, previously part of the bundle or only in other regions.


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I imported mine when there was no sign of a US version in sight and I love them! I'll be getting these too mostly because they are reversed from the UK/JP versions so I could have full pink or full green! That'll be 6 joycons total pushing me to the point where it only makes responsible financial sense to pick up a second Switch (and 2 more joycons) down the line.
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Old 01-06-18 | 12:02 PM
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I imported mine when there was no sign of a US version in sight and I love them! I'll be getting these too mostly because they are reversed from the UK/JP versions so I could have full pink or full green! That'll be 6 joycons total pushing me to the point where it only makes responsible financial sense to pick up a second Switch (and 2 more joycons) down the line.
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Old 01-06-18 | 12:15 PM
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You all have peer-pressured me into buying a Pro Controller. Got a "Very Good" Condition one from Amazon Warehouse for $55. Looking forward to trying it out next week.

You WON'T get me to buy a third set of Joy Cons, regardless of color.
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Old 01-06-18 | 12:25 PM
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I bought a second set of joycons (the red and blue ones, so now I have matching reds and blues), the charging grip, and an extra dock when Target had their sale last month. I'm thinking I should have just bought another switch, but then Nintendo's crappy system doesn't allow you to have the same profile on multiple switches plus the saves are tied to the console (which may be the only time in console history that you'll lose all your saves if you break your console).
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I need an extra set of joycons so all my kids and I can play Mario kart. I'll probably pick these up because I kind of wanted all of my joycons to be different and every other set I've seen are only sold in matching pairs (I got red/blue with the console)
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Old 01-07-18 | 08:21 AM
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Re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
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Apparently the suggested controller for Mario Odyssey is a single Joy Con in each hand. At least, the game seems to suggest that.

I played through with the pro controller. Heh.
Hah, yeah I loaded it up anyway and saw that suggestion, works pretty well.
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Old 01-08-18 | 04:50 PM
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Saw this on slickdeals, any worth the purchase?

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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime [nintendo.com] $9.99
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I beat Severed back on the Wii U and it's fantastic. It requires the touch screen though so just a warning you can't play it docked.

It's by the same people who made Guacamelee.
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Old 01-09-18 | 09:50 AM
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I beat Severed back on the Wii U and it's fantastic. It requires the touch screen though so just a warning you can't play it docked.

It's by the same people who made Guacamelee.
ah ok, thanks
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Old 01-09-18 | 10:01 AM
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Thimbleweed Park is excellent if you're a fan of the old point & click adventure games. I was happy with the purchase at full price.
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Severed was also a free PS+ game on Vita (if you have one of those). Pretty good use of the touch screen.
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