Nintendo Switch Preorder Thread 2.0
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n8littlefield
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Personally it was less the launch titles (ZombiU was fine, NSMB was great, and my family had a blast with Nintendoland) but more the wait until more games were available. I wasn't until Spring that we got Lego City and Summer for Pikmin 3. It just felt like a very long stretch between Nintendo content, which is really why most of us buy their consoles. This one feels way better - especially with the heavy indie content that seems to be forthcoming. If the launch games get boring, we're getting Arms and Mario Kart next month and Splatoon isn't far behind. They've done a much better job this launch year but I do wish we'd gotten one more no-brain purchase for launch day.
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They probably never ordered one in the first place. C'mon, this is CAG. Everyone has a 6 pack, two hot swimsuit model girlfriends and a fast car.
That was you? Man, you made me so annoyed I drove over to Lionel Kiddie City to wait in line and buy my Switch there instead.
I don't even have a car, haha. I drive 70's and 80's motorcycles, and pretty much only within the city of Chicago.
I'm hitting 30 tops. 40 if it's late at night and I'm feeling dangerous.
red-knight
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I have a question about how GC works.
The map freebie says while supplies last.
I placed order but there is no mention of getting free map.
I've heard horror stories about having to wait on line at GC and getting to counter and finding out they gave all freebies away in a first come first served in in spite of wether there was a preordered or not.
I placed the order and no mention of map.
Does this mean map allotment is gone or just the way GC works, first come first served on release day.
I'm not one to wait on line for hours for midnight opening or wait all night for morning Release. I have an invalid mother with the case of nerves.
You seem salty about some people not wanting a switch. Hell the majority of your posts in this thread are you crying about any negative thing brought up about the switch. Those peoples opinions sure get under your skin.
I'm not salty.
What's ridiculous is people who have no intention of buying one yet feel the need to come in here and cry about it. They should be playing all those "great" games on their PS4/Xbox One instead.
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When would Amazon ship Switch pre-orders? I'm trying to keep mine active in case I come across someone in my life that wants one but didn't preorder. I'm not looking to make a dime, just hook up a brotha!
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I'm doing the same thing and I gave my friends until this Sunday to make a decision
My guess is they will ship them Tuesday/Wednesday next week but I'm not taking chances
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red-knight
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So I got alerts on nowinstock for 3ds, wanting the pikachu, and got emailed that Walmart had galaxy one.
Getting caught up in moment, with only store pickup and 3 left I placed order.
Less than 2 hr later it was ready for pick up.
I wasn't in a hurry for it, but was out shopping and decided to pick it up.
There was one customer in front of me doing a pickup. Two employees were arguing about the only order they could find for the item was not his. One employee said it was the item give it to him. So off he goes.
Now here's what I hate about Walmart and how my luck runs.
I give my slip to remaining employee and she looks at it and says, I know that wasn't that guys order, but was yours.
And she took off after the guy.
Luckily she caught the guy, but he was reluctant to give up item, he was nice about it. It turns out he ordered after I did and got there first for pickup and spent about half hr there while they looked for order.
I just took my and left the poor guy standing there.
If I hadn't decided at last minute to pick it up then, my item would be gone and they would never had tied my order to his stuff on shelf.
Getting caught up in moment, with only store pickup and 3 left I placed order.
Less than 2 hr later it was ready for pick up.
I wasn't in a hurry for it, but was out shopping and decided to pick it up.
There was one customer in front of me doing a pickup. Two employees were arguing about the only order they could find for the item was not his. One employee said it was the item give it to him. So off he goes.
Now here's what I hate about Walmart and how my luck runs.
I give my slip to remaining employee and she looks at it and says, I know that wasn't that guys order, but was yours.
And she took off after the guy.
Luckily she caught the guy, but he was reluctant to give up item, he was nice about it. It turns out he ordered after I did and got there first for pickup and spent about half hr there while they looked for order.
I just took my and left the poor guy standing there.
If I hadn't decided at last minute to pick it up then, my item would be gone and they would never had tied my order to his stuff on shelf.
Depending on where you live and what method Amazon uses they should ship Wednesday or Thursday to ensure Friday delivery.
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For me personally, if a console has at least one game I want to play when it launches, it's a perfectly competent launch lineup. I don't need five games right off the bat. I can't play them all. Zelda will hold me over for months.
Besides, most launch lineups are completely and utterly forgotten about soon after the system launches anyway. Anyone still talking about Ryse for Xbox One or Knack for PS4? No. Besides, Nintendo has historically only had one really great game at most of their launches (with the exception of the 3DS, which had nothing). Mario 64 was so good people forget it was either that or Pilotwings 64 at launch. Again, I don't know why people are so upset if there's at least one game they want.
Those that have preorders and are excited to play Zelda, continue to be excited. It's going to be fun. The console is going to have a bumpy start but all of the consoles had rough launches. All of them. There's going to be patches to fix things. In six months or so you'll forget all about reports of the Joycon losing sync with the system.
Besides, most launch lineups are completely and utterly forgotten about soon after the system launches anyway. Anyone still talking about Ryse for Xbox One or Knack for PS4? No. Besides, Nintendo has historically only had one really great game at most of their launches (with the exception of the 3DS, which had nothing). Mario 64 was so good people forget it was either that or Pilotwings 64 at launch. Again, I don't know why people are so upset if there's at least one game they want.
Those that have preorders and are excited to play Zelda, continue to be excited. It's going to be fun. The console is going to have a bumpy start but all of the consoles had rough launches. All of them. There's going to be patches to fix things. In six months or so you'll forget all about reports of the Joycon losing sync with the system.
Maybe Thursday? Its been a while since I pre-ordered a launch console from Amazon but usually a day before.
I always tell myself not to overbuy at launches as I never have the time to play them all.
But now I have:
Zelda
Bomberman
1,2 Switch (for the wife and son)
Skylanders (yeah, yeah - Might wait this one out for the eventual "STARTER PACKS $19.99 or crazy low" and the Switch accidentally gets priced that way at retailers)
and now Shovel Knight
Only 1 game is really deep (Zelda), while Bomberman, 1,2, and Shovel are more or less 15-20 minute break titles.
I fully get why Zelda pushed MK8 to April. They really need to give Zelda time to breath.
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n8littlefield
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We have Zelda, Bomberman and Isaac pre-ordered (along with a Joy-Con) but I could easily see us switching Bomberman to 1,2 Switch. From there, I think we'll get Arms and Mario Kart next month. I think a part for the push of Arms and Mario Kart to next month could also to maybe push people looking for a party game to 1,2 Switch.
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The system doesn't auto pause or anything? Do you get a symbol in the corner of the screen that you are experiencing connectivity issues? That sounds like a deal breaker for me if this is a widespread and common issue as I would be using mine in the dock 99% of the time.
You're assuming they had no intention to buy it. A lot of them just don't feel the need to get one at launch. Let it be. You getting angry at all of them and making unfounded assumptions doesn't help anything. You should ignore them and look foward to the "great" switch games you'll be playing next week. I don't see anyone trashing the NS without reason. Some guys have legitimate issues with it. There is no problem with that. You don't have to be so sensitive about criticism. You don't have stock in Nintendo... Or do you? Lol!
red-knight
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I could find OP u replied to so.
I ordered the Pikachu 3ds on the second wave of availability and as of today, it still says delivery tomorrow but not shipped.
On the other thread people ordered it from other stores and they got the item yesterday.
I'm the prime member on the accounts at my house. I ordered the more expensive art book yesterday at first availability from Amazon and got next day shipping for one of my kids. My wife, family member on my prime, ordered it late in day for the other kid when it was going in and out of availability, with only 2 day shipping available.
Hers plus the galaxy 3ds shipped a few hours later and arrived tomorrow. My order of the book, due today, hasn't shipped yet and neither has the 3ds.
This happens all the time, so IMHO there is no rhyme or reason the way they do things and we can speculate all want, but Amazon will do wants it does.
He's assuming right. You're assuming wrong.
He's also in the right place. YOu're in the wrong place.
He's not angry. You're angry that he's pointing out the bs.
He doesn't care if joe schmoe doesn't buy it. He just wonders why they are here if they aren't interested.
He is not sensitive to criticism. You are being defensive to being called out.
This is a pre-order thread 7 days b4 launch. Heaven forbid people are in here that want the Switch and are getting one and don't care to skim over the same overplayed 5 reasons why joe schmoe isn't getting one and all the other bs about why they aren't getting one. No one who is getting a Switch at launch cares except they for the fact they have to weed out all the non-interested posts and would rather talk about the games and the Switch and pre-orders with fellow launch goers.
Maybe if you all non-interested people start your posts with "NOT INTERESTED" then we could easily skip over your bitching and moaning and your noble stances on why you aren't getting one at launch.
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KillerRamen
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The launch could have been worse... You could have been forced to spend an extra $100 to buy a stupid camera and have a bunch of ports that played better on the cheaper/superior console.
If Zelda is awesome, then I'll personally consider the launch a success. I'll be taking the 3DS with me for a business trip this weekend and I'm looking forward to replacing it with the NS.
The mistake I often make at launch is that I tend to buy a bunch of filler games just because the system is new. This time it's Zelda and Bomberman in March, Mario Kart and Puyo Puyo Tetris in April and Disgaea 5 in May. Then it's E3 in June. I personally don't think that's bad for the first three months and it's not like I don't already have a giant backlog.
If Zelda is awesome, then I'll personally consider the launch a success. I'll be taking the 3DS with me for a business trip this weekend and I'm looking forward to replacing it with the NS.
The mistake I often make at launch is that I tend to buy a bunch of filler games just because the system is new. This time it's Zelda and Bomberman in March, Mario Kart and Puyo Puyo Tetris in April and Disgaea 5 in May. Then it's E3 in June. I personally don't think that's bad for the first three months and it's not like I don't already have a giant backlog.
The screenshot feature looks really cool. That's definitely a feature I didn't care about until now. It looks seamless, and I'm loving how fast the UI is running. In GameXplain's video he says how he just takes screenshots of things to remember in Zelda so he can go reference them later, which sounds like a great idea. The screenshots are even organized by game. My hype cup is runneth-ing over.
I just got an email with a BB credit card offer. 10% off any regular priced item if I pay with the credit card.
Excludes PS4 and Xbox One. No mention of the Switch. You think it will work? I'm planning on doing a return/rebuy of my Switch if it'll work.
Excludes PS4 and Xbox One. No mention of the Switch. You think it will work? I'm planning on doing a return/rebuy of my Switch if it'll work.
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Anyone has any experience doing this?
I wanted to know if it was possible to switch my Gray Unit for the Neon Unit at the midnight launch.
Assuming that they have any extra neon consoles within the store.
I wanted to know if it was possible to switch my Gray Unit for the Neon Unit at the midnight launch.
Assuming that they have any extra neon consoles within the store.
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Richard Kain
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Complaining about the launch line-up is understandable, but ultimately pointless.
Having a good/solid launch line up has never been a guarnatee of long-term success for a console. One of the best launch-lineups ever for a video game hardware platform was on the PSP. One of the worst was on the Nintendo 64. One of the other worst was on the PS2. The PS2's game line-up for most of its first year on the market was garbage, and it still went on to become one of the most popular and successful consoles of all time. One of the best launch-lineups was the North American Dreamcast launch. How did that work out in the long-run?
Having a strong launch line-up only matters to early adopters. But early adopters are not the driving force behind a hardware platforms success. And it isn't until a platform drops in price that it is usually able to branch out into more mainstream appeal and really start getting an install base. So having a strong launch-lineup of games is usually inconsequential in the long run. The biggest draw in this day and age for a launch-lineup is in reassuring potential customers of strong third-party support. But as several of the other posters here have pointed out, third-party multi-platform titles "don't count" for launch titles.
The Switch isn't going to live and die by its initial sales. How Nintendo handles their platform in the lead-up to holiday 2017 is what's going to be significant. The Switch is being launched in March, a strategy that is normally employed for portable systems, not home consoles. (which usually get a holiday launch in the fall) Nintendo intends to get the launch out of the way early in the year, and then build momentum for a solid holiday sales season. (with Mario Odyssey leading the charge) If a lot of the comments in this thread are to be believed, their strategy is likely going to work. A lot of fans here are claiming they are going to wait until later in the year. By that point Nintendo will have the Switch's on-line support sorted out and tested. The Switch will be prepared for a bigger audience, with a proven system-seller franchise to drive it.
Essentially, all of the early-adopters are going to get to be beta-testers for the next seven or eight months. If you're pre-ordering the Switch for next week, you would do well to get used to this idea. If you imagine that you're going to be getting a complete digital wonderland, you will be sorely disappointed. The Switch as an entertainment platform is not going to be finished when it launches on March 3rd.
Having a good/solid launch line up has never been a guarnatee of long-term success for a console. One of the best launch-lineups ever for a video game hardware platform was on the PSP. One of the worst was on the Nintendo 64. One of the other worst was on the PS2. The PS2's game line-up for most of its first year on the market was garbage, and it still went on to become one of the most popular and successful consoles of all time. One of the best launch-lineups was the North American Dreamcast launch. How did that work out in the long-run?
Having a strong launch line-up only matters to early adopters. But early adopters are not the driving force behind a hardware platforms success. And it isn't until a platform drops in price that it is usually able to branch out into more mainstream appeal and really start getting an install base. So having a strong launch-lineup of games is usually inconsequential in the long run. The biggest draw in this day and age for a launch-lineup is in reassuring potential customers of strong third-party support. But as several of the other posters here have pointed out, third-party multi-platform titles "don't count" for launch titles.
The Switch isn't going to live and die by its initial sales. How Nintendo handles their platform in the lead-up to holiday 2017 is what's going to be significant. The Switch is being launched in March, a strategy that is normally employed for portable systems, not home consoles. (which usually get a holiday launch in the fall) Nintendo intends to get the launch out of the way early in the year, and then build momentum for a solid holiday sales season. (with Mario Odyssey leading the charge) If a lot of the comments in this thread are to be believed, their strategy is likely going to work. A lot of fans here are claiming they are going to wait until later in the year. By that point Nintendo will have the Switch's on-line support sorted out and tested. The Switch will be prepared for a bigger audience, with a proven system-seller franchise to drive it.
Essentially, all of the early-adopters are going to get to be beta-testers for the next seven or eight months. If you're pre-ordering the Switch for next week, you would do well to get used to this idea. If you imagine that you're going to be getting a complete digital wonderland, you will be sorely disappointed. The Switch as an entertainment platform is not going to be finished when it launches on March 3rd.
TacoSpartan177
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The embargo is lifted on unboxing today.
The embargo on reviews is lifted on March 1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXo3ZmlZngg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAzZYZ31vCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TD2vI0s-10
GameXplain Live Q&A - A review on some of the questions. Currently live at 12:07 PM Est
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6D4DL8hzk
The embargo on reviews is lifted on March 1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXo3ZmlZngg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAzZYZ31vCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TD2vI0s-10
GameXplain Live Q&A - A review on some of the questions. Currently live at 12:07 PM Est
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6D4DL8hzk
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jacknicklson
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Bring someone with you not buying a system
They may count your pre order as your "1 per customer limit" so safest is to have someone with you that can buy it so you can return your gray
Assuming they won't just switch it on the fly for you but I believe they have to cash you out with what you ordered
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When I preordered it through GameStop.com, the game's page said that I would receive it with the game.
If they don't ship the map, I'll just return it and get it at BB with the GCU discount. Since I got free 2 day shipping with this order, I'm not risking anything.
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Fast RMX will be another title I pick up at launch, then. Heard good things about the Wii U version.
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And here is part of the problem. People either perceive you as a hater or a shill. Or this is all just trolling which I also expect to see far too much of.
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I don't see anything wrong with Nintendo charging $1.50 in order to get the updated version of a VC game. Porting it over to Wii U and adding features isn't free. Someone worked on that. Same thing with porting it over to Switch now. Paying a small fee seems reasonable to me. At the end of the day when you bought the VC games, you bought them on Wii. That's what you paid for. Nintendo doesn't owe us anything.
And while Sony does usually give the PS4 and Vita versions of games you bought on PS3 for free, that's them offering good customer service. But I can understand why Nintendo charges the small fee. Extra man hours went into porting those games over.
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Weird question but what are the diminsions on the product box?
I like to keep my console product boxes, but storage space is getting tight XD
Edit: And only 4 fricken Zelda games for Switch?
What the
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Richard Kain
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It's also worth noting that this is a developer-level decision, not a Sony decision. The platform holder makes this option available, but they don't require it. Sony never waved their hand and made cross-platform purchases standard. Each individual developer decides whether they want to make their game cross-buy or not. There are still some who don't. But most of the savvy developers do. Making a game cross-buy enabled gives the consumer grater confidence in the digital service as a whole.
That said, platform holders frequently don't make such decisions. Even if the ability is made available, such decisions are often up to the developers, not the platform holder.
Ok so the Switch is region free. My big question is... are people with EU copies of a game going to be able to use in-game internet connectivity with people who buy a US copy?
You know how on the Playstation an EU version is considered a different game all-together than a NA version, and games don't recognize each other as being the same game.
Anyone know? e.g. If I buy EU Mariokart 8 will I be able to play with domestic internet friends that buy NA Mariokart 8? or are they separate SKUs and separate games?
You know how on the Playstation an EU version is considered a different game all-together than a NA version, and games don't recognize each other as being the same game.
Anyone know? e.g. If I buy EU Mariokart 8 will I be able to play with domestic internet friends that buy NA Mariokart 8? or are they separate SKUs and separate games?
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1.If you can prove any of those guys didn't have preorders and are posting just to troll. Then you can say his assumption was correct. Do you want people to post their cancellation email or something? To say they are automatically lying is ridiculous.
2.When you reply to every negative comment like he was he seems angry. You seem more so looking at your post history and constant arguring you have been doing. But you dont care what people think... Right?
3.Everyone posting is in the right place. People on the fence want to outweigh the good and the bad. So the criticism is needed. Not a happy NS circle jerk.
4.What did he call me out on? Im not constantly posting about cancellation of a pre-order like you claim others are. Please quote my post if im forgetting that I did.
5. Yes this is a preorder thread. Heaven forbid someone had a change of heart and opted out of buying one a week out. People like you ordered day one and knew you'd like it no matter what. Alot of people preordered with the wait and see notion. If you didn't care about them not keeping there orders. You two wouldn't be complaining about it. It's simple. Criticism doesn't make you a troll.
6. Trust me I get your point that you only want to see post you like, but this is a forum and those guys are on topic. Put them on ignore if you must.
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Lol, so instead of short stocking the system, they are going to short stock the game? Jeez. Can already see the posts on the front page "LoZ: BoTW now in stock at BBY, GET IT FAST".
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bread's done