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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by Ian Sane on June 02, 2025, 01:40:37 PM »

Luigi Dude is depressing me with the 20-30 years comment.  I'm currently playing a PS2 game that is now over 20 years old.  Will I be playing an equivalent of that when I'm in my 60s?  Hmmmm.

Though we don't need to go 20 years.  The Switch is 8 years old which means that the 3DS ceased to be a current system 8 years ago.  If I want to play a 3DS game today that I don't already own I need to find a used cart.  I can't buy it from the digital store anymore and Nintendo cut that cord really quick.  Now with the Switch 2 being backwards compatible that is not likely going to happen with the Switch 1.  It seems Nintendo is now finally using one store and account that will cross multiple generations.  But it wasn't always that way and that was a good reason to support physical games on the Switch.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - June 5, 2025

« Last post by Cool Uncle Vince on June 02, 2025, 11:17:06 AM »

Street Fighter 6 is only $40 US for Switch 2?  I would've expected it to be $60 at least, unless the $40 version is missing the Year 1 & 2 DLC.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2

« Last post by ThePerm on June 02, 2025, 04:57:49 AM »

Are ya'll waiting in line yet?

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General Chat / Re: NWR Data Question

« Last post by stevey on June 01, 2025, 01:32:11 PM »

You mean 5269 guests don't have a burning interest on NWR's size?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2

« Last post by stevey on June 01, 2025, 06:40:18 AM »

There's new news about the Switch 2 hacking that has me very concerned. There was a story making the rounds a bit ago about a new EULA saying Nintendo has the right to brick systems if they are modified but most people seem to have written that off as ass covering over system updates breaking stuff after loading custom firmware. But it seems to have been actually literal. Putting a Mig cart into the system bricks the Switch 2. Not pops up an error message, not a forced shut down/reset, but an actual unrecoverable brick. Probing the flash memory chip will brick the console too. If anything causes the voltage to fluctuate slightly, the Switch 2 will assume hacking and brick itself. 

I've had carts on the switch 1 randomly give an error message for no reason that I had to eject and reinsert, will the switch 2 just self destruct? If the switch 2 gets wet or dirty or humid, will it self destruct? If a spider gets inside and bridges the memory lines, self destruct? Cosmic rays and radiation, self destruct. I wanted to get a 1st revision Switch 2 but now I'm delaying it indefinitely to see how horribly this blows up in Nintendo's face.

Edit: MVG says it's bunk. We'll see in a week.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by stevey on June 01, 2025, 06:06:09 AM »

I'm 97.56% physical with the switch 1 and have an SD with 750+GBs of mostly updates & downloads for the physical games. Key cards requiring downloading isn't that much of an issue for me other than the fact that SD express cards are going to run out of space fast unless Nintendo lets you archive games to a hard drive. But I'm worried about the warning about magnets for game-key cards if they won't decay in a few years time....

Having all my game digitally on the system is nice but I rather wait for someone to softmod the system and dump the physical games like I've already did with my Wii/3DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by Luigi Dude on May 29, 2025, 03:39:05 PM »

I went all digital on the Switch and will continue on the Switch 2.  I just don't see any reason in owning physical when many game get patches or DLC these days.  It's like, what's the point in owning a physical copy when it's an incomplete version of the game anyway?  Plus when I literally have hundreds of games on my Switch, having a physical library would be a nightmare.  I don't have the time and space to deal with all that.

Plus I always find the argument about losing all my games when the system dies laughable.  Right now if my Switch were to die, I can send it in the Nintendo to have it repaired and still keep all my games.  So for at least the next decade, there's nothing to worry about in that regard.  I guess in 20 or 30 years from now it might be a problem, but will I even still be playing my Switch in 20-30 years?  I downloaded a ton of game on the Wii Virtual Console and Wii Ware titles, but I haven't played that system in close to a decade now.  So if I lose my Switch and all its games in 30 years, I don't think I'll care that much when I haven't even touched the system in decades.

Plus like I've said before, will I even be alive 20-30 years from now?  Not to scare people but with many of us on these forums more then likely being at or around middle age, we'll probably have greater things to worry about 30 years from now then what our video game collections look like.  The convenience that digital games provide right now is better then physical in every way to me and the only convenience that physical provides with being something that might last longer, isn't that big a deal the older I get.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo’s second bite at the Wii U apple.

« Last post by Luigi Dude on May 29, 2025, 03:15:35 PM »

Since Valve is determined to keep the Steam Deck as niche as possible, the Switch has literally no competition. 

I don't know much about the steam deck, what do you mean by this?

For the last several years, many people in the online gaming bubbles constantly talk about how the Steam Deck has replaced the Switch for them and how the Switch successor will suffer because it won't be the only handheld gaming device anymore.  When you look at the actual sales though, the Steam Deck has been out for 3 years now and only sold about 4 million units.  In comparison the Wii U which is considered a massive failure that people ignored had sold 12 million units by the time it was 3 years old. 

Yeah I know Valve has different expectation for the Steam Deck than Nintendo with the Wii U, but the point still stands that Valve hasn't done anything to make the Steam Deck have greater mainstream appeal. Because of that the Steam Deck is basically a non-factor to the general public and so the Switch 2 has no competition when it comes to a system that allows traditional gaming on a handheld.

This is why the Switch 2 being a Wii U style failure is literally impossible because Nintendo has a monopoly right now on hybrid gaming devices.  Anyone that wants to buy the latest Nintendo games and play third party titles on a handheld will need to buy a Switch 2.

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TalkBack / Re: Nyxi Warrior Controller Review

« Last post by phaellemard on May 28, 2025, 09:57:56 PM »

Is the GameCube controller replacement usable in all gaming scenarios? I find it quite modern. However, whether it is accessible to everyone is the important thing.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by Stratos on May 27, 2025, 03:34:50 AM »

I began migrating to digital a few years into the Switch life and honestly, I'm happy with it. I adore physical media but these new ones just don't feel the same as this nice old bulky carts. And digital is way more convenient for me these days. I have also decided I don't give a crap about the "ownership" and availability because there are some wonderful fans who make a job out of "archiving" old games so I really believe I'll be able to find nearly anything I would want by sailing the high seas and modifying my older consoles. I've already done it on Wii and 3DS, so that is always an option for me to find the older stuff.

So yeah, I registered to buy the Mario Kart Digital Switch 2 system and expect to get everything digitally.