Nintendo Switch accessories deals to get you ready for <em>Tears of the Kingdom</em>
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For people with large hands like myself, I highly recommend this controller:
View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CDKDYXY/
The Switch docks into it and holds well, the rumble is set to shiatsu, and the buttons feel great. The only downside is finding a case to fit it in. I used to use the Hori split controller, but the lack of rumble in that is a disadvantage when playing games with rumble cues.
View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CDKDYXY/
The Switch docks into it and holds well, the rumble is set to shiatsu, and the buttons feel great. The only downside is finding a case to fit it in. I used to use the Hori split controller, but the lack of rumble in that is a disadvantage when playing games with rumble cues.
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Didn't we just have this discussion about advertorial not being labeled as such, and the site staff said it was going to be addressed?
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While I'm personally a huge believer in Murphy and his law, I think if Nintendo were going to be launching a Super Switch anytime soon they'd have made sure it launched the same time as the new Zelda game.
Waiting for Nintendo to prove me wrong in 3... 2... 1...
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So have they fixed the drift issues on Joycons on the newer models and editions yet?
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Can’t you at least try to get basic facts right, even in advertorial? The eShop shut downs on 3DS and WiiU strictly impacted the ability to buy new games, that’s all. You still have access to all games that have already been purchased, just like you can still access all your DSiWare and WiiWare games even though their shops shut down years ago.At this point there’s no evidence that a digital copy of TotK is any riskier than a physical copy, especially when you consider the inevitable patches and expansions that will continue to require online access.
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At this point there’s no evidence that a digital copy of TotK is any riskier than a physical copy, especially when you consider the inevitable patches and expansions that will continue to require online access.
Physical carts are highly recommended regardless of what happens (or doesn't happen) with the digital shop. Thanks to Nintendo rarely dropping the price of their games, reselling used Nintendo games is great for customers. You can sell a game for 75% of its cost which pays for most of a new game. Selling digital games isn't happening, Switch or otherwise. The new owner pays less than they would at retail, and you fund a good chunk of your next game purchase.
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/me looks at backlog of games on shelf..
Yeah, I should probably get to that some day..
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sigh so much wrong with this one sentence.
First, this is likely Nintendo’s biggest release of the year, so them running out of physical copies is as high is you getting struck by lightening on the way to your favorite store to pick up said physical copy. Unless you are looking for the collectors edition - that sold out before it even went on sale.
Second, discounts are available on the physical standard edition of the game. I just preordered for $10 off with free shipping And release day delivery as a gift for my niece.
Third, you can get the game for $50 if you do the eshop voucher deal Nintendo is offering. And an even larger discount if you have a Costco membership since they sell eshop cards for 10% off and couple of weeks ago they were selling them for 20% off. So, the game can be preordered for as low as $40 if you look out for deals.
Sure, not everyone is watching out for deals all the time. But deals are available today, straight from Nintendo. Just not on the Amazon links that are contained in this article.
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. This is getting out of control.
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That certainly looks very whelming. Does it pair as seamlessly as the default Joycons? Can they be used for motion sensing like RingFit, Just Dance, Mario Kart AR, etc?
One of my Joycons is having non-drift issues, and I'm in the market for a decent replacement.
For both the Joycons and Zelda though, I would be so much more likely to invest in these things if I had any faith that I could actually use them with Nintendo's next console.
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If anyone is looking for a switch, it looks like the choose-one bundle is still available. At least with that you get a game:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-switch-mario-choose-one-bundle/6535478.p?skuId=6535478
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-switch-mario-choose-one-bundle/6535478.p?skuId=6535478
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Dare I ask - I glanced at the eShop and didn’t see any voucher deal, what is that? Also, where did you see it $10 off. I know the kid wants it and I was going to wait for school to let out but this may be an easy way for him to decompress.
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You must be subscribed to the NSO service to buy the voucher, which sells for a bit less than the price for 2 games. It allows you to redeem 2 games (digital only). You also must have an active NSO sub when you redeem the voucher. So overall, you can get ToTK for a bit less than normal if you use the voucher.
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That’s fine. Totally reasonable. I’m not arguing for digital over physical at all here. They’ve both got their pros and cons and different people are gonna weigh them differently. But my point is that the article is using the recent closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops as a reason to avoid buying digital, and that part thus far appears to be fear-mongering nonsense. Sure that could change in the future, but the Wii came out in 2006 and the DSi in 2009 and both can still to this day redownload purchased games, so we’ve got approaching 20 years of precedent.
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$60 for physical. Use code SBSPZELDA
https://www.super.com/shop/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-nintendo-switch
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Got it and found them. Too bad I hadn’t seen this a little while back - he plays mostly Pokémon and Zelda, this would have been perfect to buy when Scarlet came out and paired with this. Not sure it’s worth getting now.
May just have to look for the physical at discount.
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This was more informative on deals than any of the Chuong Nguyen "articles".
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The "voucher deal" is where you buy two vouchers you can redeem for games for 100 bucks. My wife usually uses that to buy Switch games here in Germany and she was delighted to find out that those vouchers are valid even for recent games with their jacked-up prices. I won't guarantee that those vouchers are eligible for every single game but AFAIK they keep a neat list from what my wife told me.
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For the convenience of other readers, here is that list of eligible games.
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i would subscribe to Ars if it meant not seeing these affliate-link spam listicles.
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The thing is, "Dealmaster" articles used to be legitimate. They were full of actual deals that Ars had sometimes negotiated with companies and the savings were usually pretty good.
Nowadays, the Commerce articles, by both Chuong Nguyen and Corey Gaskin, are nothing more than a listicle of a bunch of items with affiliate links,
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Some additional info on the voucher (this is USA information, not sure how it works other places):
- Must be subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online both at time of voucher purchase AND game purchase
- Voucher is $99.98 from the eShop. You can buy gift cards at a discount from various retailers to effectively lower this price (Costco was mentioned, Sam's Club sometimes too, I'm sure there are others).
- Keep in mind the voucher is more valuable if you want another game which is not available for much of a discount off of a $60 MSRP.
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The listed
So probably not worth $43... or $22. Can we at least get the original aliexpress links.
- Wireless Switch controller for $22 after coupon (was $43) at Amazon
So probably not worth $43... or $22. Can we at least get the original aliexpress links.
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Definitely going to wait and see what the frame rate is like. If it's not a solid 30fps I'm just going to wait however long it takes to work out the kinks with emulation.
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I am really wary of a lot of those no-name Switch controllers. I picked up one which doesn't have true analog on the analog sticks. I didn't even pick up the cheapest option. It has the analog sticks but they only return 8-way input to the console and only "less" or "more" in terms of distance from center. It's fine for most 2D games, but highly problematic for other games.
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I might add that you can also share them with friends & family easily so only 1 copy of a game need be bought in a group.
I'd also add that those vouchers are good for at least the rest of this year and the big time, where game companies announce stuff for the summer & what is being developed, is coming next month. I used 1 for LoZ: TotK and saved one for later.
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