True, but it also seems like the kind of party game people got bored of on their Wii two generations ago.
Actually I think this gamespot review approached the party game aspect pretty well.
Conclusion:
[quote] 1-2-Switch, at its best, delivers some hilarious moments. Seeing an uninitiated friend milk a cow, looking into your dad’s eyes as you beat him to the trigger in Quick Draw, and making a fool of yourself strutting down Runway’s catwalk is all amazing fun, even if it is short-lived.
Does it live up to Wii Sports? Not a chance. But that doesn’t stop 1-2-Switch being an entertaining minigame collection–just make sure you’ve got enough willing friends to maintain your own fading high.[/quote]
It’s actually a decent idea to keep the game fresh by continuously introducing it to new people so the thrill doesn’t fade.
The stream I watched (which approached 1-2 Switch as a party game) had some laughs, but most faded quickly and some games came off as just dumb. Maybe…MAYBE…it could survive one or two game sessions with non-gamer groups, but it didn’t look like a good purchase to me. While some of the “games” were solid tech demos of HD rumble, I just don’t think we can go home again to Wii Sports. And that’s even if it wasn’t a full price secondary title.
Still, Mario Kart is about a month out. Splattoon not too far after. Indy games will trickle in. I don’t think it’s in gather dust danger given the vastness of Zelda and the above. But other launch games do seem a pass.
1-2-Switch is like reenacting the Shake Weight commercial with your friends.
The first few minutes: Hilarious! OMG! Look! He’s shaking a weight, but it looks like…you know…Oh! Hahahahaha! Jerry, you’re an animal, man! They went there! So crazy! They knew what they were doing right? My sides!
A few minutes later: Umm… Jerry, listen, the joke is kind of done man. I mean, you shook the hell out of that weight, but I think it’s over. Can we just get a drink now? No? Still going to shake that weight? Yeah, we get it Jerry. It’s a wang in your face. And you’re jerking it. - sigh - So… I guess we’re going to leave now.
Reggie says Nintendo is looking into issues people have reported with screen scratching and Joy-Con disconnects.
Saw this buried in the Fast RMX feature on EG:
In docked mode, the game jumps regularly between 900p and 1080p - or even lower in very select circumstances - while portable mode drops the resolution ceiling to 720p where minor drops in pixel-count can also occur, mostly in pre-race fly-bys. From what we understand, there is a small issue with the current firmware on Switch which causes a slight drain on GPU resources - once corrected, we’re told that Fast RMX should sustain a full 1080p in docked mode.
I wonder if this will help shore up the frame drops in Zelda when fixed?
Chaplin
1714
It seems this is a thing. The issue is that the front piece of the dock is bent inward on some/few/many(?) docks. It’s like some part of the manufacturing process warps it. There are pictures of warped ones and not. Mine is definitely warped. It makes it so that the hard plastic rail actually curves in a hair more at the top than the rubber foot pad towards the bottom of the dock. Laying the dock flat on the table with the thin side down also shows how that side is bowed. It’s subtle, but there’re only millimeters to play with (if that) for the rubber pad to remain the most presented object on the dock face as designed.
geggis
1715
Fast Racing Neo was great so I’ve no doubt Fast RMX is essential, especially as a launch title.
It’s relatively cheap too!
That Eurogamer article praises it profusely.
ducker
1718
Makes me wanna go out and pick it up for $20.
Vesper
1719
Have we started compiling a Friend Code list yet? I know they suck, but… I need some friends! Especially for upcoming Mario Kart. Mine is: SW-6658-8825-1097. If it’s not obvious, you need to go into your profile to see your code and add people.
Mine is SW-0697-8175-1309
Maybe want to add em to the QT3 gamertag database, in the Nintendo field?
MattN
1721
I’m going to be friendless until the real, friendcodeless system is running. It’s not like I can play online with anyone statesside from here anyways.
Soma
1722
The one thing I don’t get is why they don’t ship with a web browser. It connects via wifi but no browser? What is this, 1999? And the price of games is just brutal.
Technically, there’s a mini-browser to handle Wi-Fi portals.
It has a browser, you can see it when you go to connect to Facebook/Twitter in the system menu. I’d say it’s just not finished in time, and they’ll enable it later. Remember Wii shipped with a beta ‘trial’ browser for the first few months, 3DS didn’t have one until a few months later either!
Check this:
Hopefully now you get everything!
kerzain
1725
I don’t remember the beta browser on my Wii, but I remember paying $5 (500 spacebucks) for Opera as soon as I found it in the eShop.
LockerK
1726
About the browser that’s hidden in there – it shipped with 6+ month old Webkit exploits. There’s already a proof of concept hack out there heavily based on an existing iOS exploit.
