3309

I forgot this was on Switch. I busted out my still working PS2 and played this with my son recently.

Still great fun.

3310

That art style and the punk aesthetic are def awesome, adding to the list!

3311

How about Untitled Goose Game? It had 2-player patched in a while back, and itā€™s the only game my wife specifically asked to play again after our first co-op session.

3312

You can play coop Stardew Valley on Switch with one copy, using local split-screen.

Iā€™ll add Human Fall Flat to the list, which is another local coop cute indie 3D puzzle physics game.

3313

This definitely doesnā€™t go in the bargain thread.

Nice colors though.

3314

I really need to get those Hori things one day, if only to get rid of the horrible colours.

3315

I bought the physical cartridge in a used sale on Gamefly.

Now I have 4 Switch games, one physical.

3316

Iā€™ve played 3D World + Bowserā€™s Fury a bunch, and Iā€™ve barely even touched the 3D World part. The open world of Bowserā€™s Fury is just so much fun! Definitely recommended, if only to see what future Mario games will probably look like.

3317

Switch update landed in, and I had my heart stop for half a sec when I noticed it allowed Bluetooth audio connectionā€¦ But of course, no Bluetooth mike connection. Issue still not solved, @Chaplin!

3318

Oh, nice! I basically donā€™t have any wired headphones at this point, so I usually play Switch with the sound off, at least in public.

3319

I have a wired headset in the bedroom nightstand that is essentially my Switch pair currently. I have a Bluetooth set for docked play, which has a mic, but as @Left_Empty points out, I canā€™t use the mic that way. Unfortunately the Switch, while super cool, is at least a decade behind for social gaming elements. On a Switch, it takes some wonky setups and/or high tech solutions to do what could be done on an Xbox 360 or PS3.

I had to play Rise with my phone connected to Discord with an earbud mic while listening to reduced (and hopefully noise canceled) game audio via speakers.

3320

I havenā€™t done any meaningful amount of online multiplayer on Switch since about a month after Splatoon 2 came out, so I donā€™t really care about the microphone issue.

3321

I know this pain all too well.

3322

Thereā€™s not a cheap solution to wireless audio plus mic supportā€¦ but thereā€™s one thatā€™s fairly simple:

Homespot Pro
Headphones that support AptX LL codec

You have low latency audio from your switch (docked or not) mixed with a BT connection to your phone for Discord or whatever.

I was in the market for headphones anyway, ended up spending $150 on Avantree cans and $50 on the Homespot Pro. But I get to feel like Iā€™m a real online gamer when I do it.

I havenā€™t tried the new BT option in the Switch, but Nintendo has confirmed itā€™s just the SBC codec, so Iā€™d expect a bit of latency. But hey, BT audio support finally.

3323

I havenā€™t used my Switch in over a year, entirely because Iā€™ve been mostly stuck at home for the usual reasons. So when I had a job requiring a couple of nights away I jumped at the chance to bring the Switch along. Better charge it first, I thought. Power onā€¦ good signā€¦ 100% charge. After all this time. I know I once left my Gameboy in its case for 2 years and came back to find it still fully charged and working fine. What wizardry is Nintendo doing with its batteries?

Of course my immediate fear is that the battery is now compromised because I forgot to cycle it regularly, but it seems to be doing fine so far. I have more trips coming up soon, so time to get back into the Switch and figure out what I may have missed.

3324

Thatā€™s amazing.

I leave my PS Vita alone all the time. Sometimes for one year, sometimes two or three or four years. The battery is always dead every time I come back. So then I charge it, and by the time itā€™s charged I forget why I was charging a device I never use and put it back in the drawer.

3325

My fear is that the battery has indeed lost charge, but that the Switch is misreporting it as 100% (or 100% ofā€¦ whatever its max capacity is now!). Either way, it seems to be working as intended so far, but I need to cycle it a few times for safety.

3326

You mentionned a Gameboy, I experienced this back in the first fat DS days already. A far cry from the average electronics, especially Sonyā€™s.

3327

I wonder what whacky new controller or peripheral Nintendo is coming up with now.

Maybe itā€™s something new for a new Ring Fit adventure.

3328

Donā€™t get my hopes up!

Ring Fit Adventure is an incredible thing in a lot of ways, but unfortunately it canā€™t hold my interest long-term to benefit from a consistent routine for getting in shape. I do love exercising with it, but as a game I find it mostly a boring slog. My dream is that they take all of these exercises and the basic combat mechanics and turn it into an addictive roguelike that will keep me wanting to play it every day. Collect a randomized set of exercises on each run, maybe some Slay the Spire deckbuilding. Thereā€™s a lot of potential for really engaging gameplay combined with the exercise systems, but I just canā€™t bring myself to keep coming back daily to read uninspired dialogue, fight the same dragon boss repeatedly, and jog through levels that never offer me anything interesting to do. The music and spoken dialogue also drives me nuts pretty quickly.