[Switch-on] Nintendo switch-all you need to know before buying
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Yes, all exhibits of this kunstkamers will be considered in the framework Nintendo Switch, taking into account problems in porting, control optimization, bugs found when playing this console and everything else. Remembered? Fastened? Then we will not waste time.
Well, Nintendo Switch: where else to start a section that views games for this console, if not from itself – good, despite the enormous popularity of the prefix in the world (more than 36 million devices sold as of July 2019), In the territory of the Russian Federation and neighboring abroad, it still retains the status of an expensive wonders for children and adherents of the cult of large N. Is it true? Not at all – but about everything in order.
For those who in the tank – this device, which appeared on sale in 2017, is a hybrid console, which involves up to three modes of operation: portable, half -porttative and stationary, in which Switch can be used as a full -fledged home console. At the time of writing this blog, the device is provided in three specifications:
Nintendo Switch (HAC-001, old revision) – The basic version produced until mid -2019. Currently discouraged, but can still meet on sale. You can distinguish by the code of the device and the box – the rear background on it is painted white. The average cost is ~ 21,000 – 23,000 rubles.
Nintendo Switch (HAC-001 (-01), new revision) – went on sale in the fall of 2019. The main differences from the old revision are: updated Joy-con controllers, supplied in the kit;changed materials of the case;optimized iron, due to which the battery life of the console has almost doubled. Can be recognized by registration (-01) in the code and a brighter scarlet box in which the console is supplied. The average cost is ~ 21,000 – 23,000 rubles.
Nintendo Switch Lite (HDH-001, cut version) – Lite version of the console, received on sale in September 2019. The average cost of the device is reduced to ~ 16500 rubles, but in return it was devoid of part of the functions of the standard console:
1. The diagonal of the screen is reduced to 5.5 inches (against 6.2 at senior counterparts);
2. There is no possibility of use in stationary mode (the elements necessary to display the image on large screens are removed);
3. There is no native possibility of use in a half -porttative mode, t.To. Controllers are now a direct part of the device. The built -in stand is also removed;
4. The operating time is reduced in comparison with the new revision: 3 hours (Old revision) < 6 часов (Lite version) < 9 часов (new revision);
5. There is no vibration technology HD Rumble.
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Enjoying the questions – no, there is no sense in taking an old revision now, it does not have any properties that distinguish it favorably from the new version of the console. Do Switch Lite take? The question is controversial, since it has some weaknesses relative to a full version. But we’ll talk about this later. Well, before moving on to the configuration, this is the summary table of the characteristics of each console, so as not to return to them anymore.
Well, here you are, happy Ivanov and.AND., You go towards the nearest store to purchase the treasured console. But what will wait for you inside, for such a price? Well, here is big N He will not offend you:
Nintendo Switch equipment: console itself (1), a set of Joy-Con controllers (2), controllers for controllers (3), docking station (5), HDMI cable for a docking station, USB Type-C cable to recharge the console, holder for Joy-Con (4). Included with the gangs also there is such a boxed publication (6). For technical reasons, only the power cable and the console are included in the package of Lite versions.
Joy-Con controllers – a set of two remote controls involving work in various modes: direct connection to the console, “clicking” from it (hence the “Switch” – a characteristic sound when joining the main device), as well as the mode of the gamepad, when joining a special holder, which is included. Connection to the device is carried out by means of Bluetooth, the signal is steadily maintained at a distance of 15-20 meters, the average operating time without recharging is up to 20 hours. At the same time, up to 4 pairs of Joy-Con ‘can be connected to one console, which allows you to arrange a local cooperative on one platform.
Also, in addition to the classic management layout, they can be used separately: in some games involving a local cooperative, the functions of individual controllers are also used, also, thanks to a built-in gyroscope, can be used as moutins for fitness-game.
What, everyone thought so perfectly? No, I’m afraid that no – the content of the next paragraph may well at all scare you away from acquiring this console. Joy-Con controllers, starting from the very first parties to the built-in Nintendo Switch Lite, have a production deficiency-DREIFA STIKS. This marriage, as a rule, appears in the factory versions of the controller, supplied with the console itself, and manifests itself within one to three months – one or both sticks, even being at rest, continue to send signals to the console, and the problem only intensifies over time.
The problem is massive, forums, especially in the first months of the console for the world market, were bursting with angry messages of dissatisfied owners, but, nevertheless, such a marriage was observed even in the first versions of Nintendo Switch Lite, which turned into a major problem. Is it possible to solve it yourself? In principle – yes: Nintendo itself recommends that in this case, the controllers are calibrated, the forum craftsmen have long made instructions for disassembly and repair, and the service centers are large N Without unnecessary questions, defective controllers take up free repairs-though its duration can be up to 2 months. Of course, you can buy an additional kit and do not know grief … Only after updating prices, the cost of one set in the territory of the Russian Federation is about 7,000 rubles. Decide for yourself whether it is worth it or not.
By the way, in the stores of the Russian Federation, with varying success, you can find all 4 main colors of gamepads: Red | Blue, Red | Green, neon And grey. By the way, they can be combined with each other if you are suddenly a happy owner of several sets.
Holder for Joy-Con`ov -The thing is simple, like a brick, allows you to combine Joy-con`y and use them as a gamepad. Built -in nutrition elements does not have (at least the model walking in the box), The grooves for attaching controllers fix them tightly. LEDs on the front panel, if that, indicates the procedure for connecting this pair of Joy-Con`ov to the console (are they a conditional “gamepad 1” or “gamepad 2”).
DOK-station – As follows from the name, at the same time performs several functions:
1. Serves as a stationary recharge station of the console itself and controllers attached to it;
2. Intercepts and displays the image to the connected monitor;
3. Serves to connect third -party controllers. A considerable plus of the console: in addition to the Nintendo Switch Pro gamepad, it also easily picks up other official devices – the Xbox 360 controller is determined without any problems and works even in single games.
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Nintendo Switch Pro gamepad – For owners of large hands. The average cost is ~ 6,500 rubles, by the location of the keys and dimensions almost completely corresponds to the Xbox 360 gamepad. Works both on the wire and from the battery (The battery life is not inferior to the standard Dualshock 4).
Joy-Con charger – it is necessary https://moneyslotsonline.co.uk/ only in cases where you have to use several controllers at once, since it is impossible to charge them separately from the console. The price range varies greatly, since Nintendo itself does not produce such devices.
Figures Amiibo – In order not to shock you into shock, dear readers: no, it is not necessary to buy all this breakthrough of collection junk. These sets of figures provide insignificant assistance in certain games of Nintendo itself-for example, for example, the Linka Amiibo Figure in Legend of Zelda can give bonus objects, and figures for Super Smash Bros-act as opponents. Otherwise, they are mining for collectors, the biggest benefit from which is the possibility of transferring progress between several consoles.
Covers/Protective films – perhaps the only necessary acquisition, good, together with a console cover, the film is also included.
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It is also worth mentioning the gangs-sometimes just buy Nintendo Switch, without any game in the kit, it can be very problematic. Unfortunately, boxes with a potion attached to them scatter like hot pies, so you will have to be content with standard sets of Dark Souls Remastered, the current version of Just Dance or Bandles with Mario.
Okay, we figured it out with the by -products, it was time to take the console directly behind – let’s see what it is inside and outside.
You know, for the first time, especially with disconnected controllers, Nintendo Switch can be accepted for a smartphone or PDA – this is a miniature device as in size and weight. However, the comparison will not be the most unsuccessful – as a filling, the console uses the version of the NVIDIA Tegra processor specially designed for it, often used in modern mobile phones and tablets. But, I will not bore you with technical details – the benefit about most of the filling of its hybrid console Nintendo prefers not to spread. In general, here is the main list of slots and connectors of the console:
The first thing that catches your eye is of course a display – as I mentioned earlier, its diagonal is 6.2 inches for a standard console and 5.5 inches for Nintendo Switch Lite. It is also equipped with a touch panel, but, unfortunately, by and large its use is limited by the main menu – sensory management is sometimes not supported even by applications that have come to the device from smartphones. The output flow issued by the console in a portable mode is 1280×720, 30 FPS, but the image quality itself, in some particularly demanding applications, can vary from honest 720p to 240p, depending on the load of the console (however, such a radical drop in quality will be found only in mastodons like Witcher 3). When the image is displayed on large screens through the Switch dock, however, it gives out quite honest 1920×1080, 60 FPS in most applications.
Despite a huge amount of text, eyes do not get tired of a long game in Beholder
There are no complaints about the size of the fonts and disassembly of the image of the image-all games for Nintendo Switch in this regard are well optimized for the features of this console, which cannot be said about the LITE version-the dimensions of the fonts in it are not adjusted to the reduced diagonal of the screen, which is why many games with a large amount of text begin to “merge”.
The sound, by the way, also does not have to complain either – at least the promised Linear PCM 5.1CH is issued only in stationary mode, the console stereo columns are fully cope with their task and in the portable. Only some ports, such as Dark Souls Remastered, are audible exceptions, but the lower sound quality in them is due to its decrease when porting, and not the problems of the console. In addition, Nintendo Switch is completely compatible with wire and wireless headphones (although the location of the audio section on the device leaves much to be desired). As for the sounds made by the console itself – you do not have to complain. Coolers located in the upper part of the device, only once for the entire time of use, were disturbed by excessive volume of work, but after 20-30 seconds they returned to normal and did not resemble themselves.
Boxing publications of games is an uncomplicated thing, but rather pretty. It is not a shame to put it on the shelf.
Two main ports on the device panel are: Microsd slot and card-reader for reading game cards. The standard amount of memory of the device is only 32 GB, 6 of which the console takes under system needs, so when buying Nintendo Switch it is better to immediately take care of buying an additional memory card. The permissible volume of external storage is up to 64 GB, supported formats – Microsd, MicrosDHC, MicrosDXC (approx.: In fact, cards of a much larger volume are also supported – up to 512 GB. Thank you for the addition Valentina Grankin). Also, filling in the internal memory can be avoided by purchasing physical copies of the games, but their updates, storage data, DLC, etc. will still be loaded into the console memory. If you want to load and update applications as quickly as possible-the dock can be connected to the network directly through a special LAN adapter, otherwise you will have to be content with the speed of wireless networks (which, however, is also not too slowly).
By the way, about the internal memory: due to the strict Nintendo policy, the device cannot be used to read third-party files-downloading a film or an e-book will not work there (The recording function is also absent in YouTube applications, even with Premium subscription).
Well, yes, external gaming cards. I would not advise you to try them – trust a professional taster (I’m still waiting for tasting cartridges for sega). Let’s move on to the direct filling of the console.
The first inclusion of Nintendo Switch will meet you with an immediate requirement to connect to the network and register in the service My nintendo, The profile of which, subsequently, will be attached to your payment data, bonus points, other social networks and subsidiaries – if you share a console with other family members or, say, use one profile on several Nintendo devices. This, by the way, is very convenient-many applications are accustomed to create various storage files for different profiles, because of which the same game can be held at the same time, even if separate slots are not provided for it. For the rest, there is practically nothing to say about this interface: the created virtual avatar is absolutely not needed here. Why? Let’s in order:
1. The notorious service My nintendo does not imply communication with the help of a console, its only function is the search for people for a joint game, and made not in the best way;
2. The system of intra-game achievements on this platform is absent as a fact-with the exception of intra-game achievements, the console does not register and does not display any game statistics. What is there, she does not even register the exact amount of time spent in the game;
3. The glass system operating on the service is practically useless in the context of Nintendo Switch.
I think the last point requires clarification: to the account My nintendo Glasses of two types are tied – platinums are given out as a variety of activity (participation in certain games, a periodic visit to the service, etc.D.), Golden – for purchases in the ESHOP store.
And if the latter have practical benefits – they can be used to get a discount at subsequent purchases, in a ratio of 1 point = 1 ruble, then platinum can only be spent on … intra -game bonuses and discounts for Nintendo 3ds. Ah, yes – you can also buy wallpaper for them, but thanks, I’m not hungry. In other words, this incentive system is generally not sharpened under Nintendo Switch (seriously, I already have these platinum chips under the mowing of these platinum chips – there is absolutely nowhere to spend them).
There is also nothing to say about that part of the interface, as for the applications – it is minimalist to the extreme. The only interesting spent chip is archiving – any unnecessary program, saving from which is still needed, at any time can be completely removed from the device, leaving only a shortcut and the necessary system files. Why not make cloud conservation, or not drop files on a memory card? And such a default function is not provided here! It is possible to transfer data data to another console located nearby, but cloudy preservation is available only when applying for a paid membership in Nintendo Switch Online – and the safety of data in this service is guaranteed only while maintaining the paid subscription (otherwise [data are deleted]). Although, about this service itself we will talk a little later.
Finally, a little about the system of creating screenshots and videos – well, it is nothing, except that some games will forcibly block the possibility of using this function (however, there are very few of them). You can take a screenshot or recording of the game at any time using the selected button on the controller, while the recording function will cover 30 seconds preceding the beginning of the recording. The resulting files can be subjected to simple processing and unloaded to Facebook* or Twitter – there is no other meaning in them. Let’s move on to the last point – the great and terrible game store Nintendo Eshop.
You know, I do not want to arrange another EGS-grunt, but I never understood the complaints about this service of digital distribution. Why? Because I saw Eshop – and the only phrase that is suitable for describing it:
Why so? And let’s go on points:
1. Filling – I don’t know what principle the games are being cut off for Nintendo Switch, but, out of almost 3,000 positions in the store, I would expect at least a quarter to find in the very depths of Steam, where sunlight never penetrates. Lousy games made by hardly any flash, dubious incidents, always sold with a discount of 90% – in general, there is something to look at. And no, it is far from the fact that there are no good games on this console – on the contrary, but its filling still raises many questions.
One example is a rather interesting (and even nonlinear) game, the place of which is more likely on mobile phones. In Steam, by the way, it costs 4 times cheaper without taking into account the discount
2. Price regulation – He is not. To make clarity-the pricing in the Ru-segment ESHOP is not engaged in the Nintendo Russia unit existing in the territory of the vast, but the European branch (more precisely – Nintendo Germany), setting the cost of Nintendo games in accordance with the forecasts of the euro for the next six months. Therefore, do not be surprised that the average cost of exclusives of the large N in the territory of the Russian Federation, even during periods of discounts, rarely drops below the price mark of 4,500 thousand rubles. And no, the presence of a huge number of ports does not outweigh the scales-the pricing of other positions in the store is completely regulated by the owners of intellectual property, and does not depend on the owners of the store, which is why, even in comparison with other console areas (the same PS Store) There may be a price range of up to 50%.
3. Library of Games – The mediocrity is doubly. Although not – it does not exist, there is only a list of games for re -downloading, which will fall into each new game purchased, since Switch is forcibly starting to install immediately after the purchase. Apparently, therefore, there is no basket in Eshop as a phenomenon-so that the purchased product by some miracle does not stop displaying in this unhealthy list. I don’t know why such a crutch is needed. By the way, about the “unsortable” – the store has a list of the desired, which also cannot be sorted in any way (and about interesting offers in which no one will ever tell you, be there at least 90% discount).
4. Nintendo Switch Online – I don’t know what to say about this service. On the one hand, it’s a sin to complain, because access to the online component is three times cheaper than the same PS Plus. On the other hand, all the bonuses provided by him are either absolutely useless, or make you lay out significant amounts in return for dubious awards (like vouchers worth 7,500 thousand, for which you can purchase Nintendo games 1-2 thousand cheaper than usual). With the third-on the Nintendo Switch in general there is not so large number of large Online-games to justify the purchase of a subscription (In addition, a purely local multiplayer here is far from rare, and it is not always conveniently implemented).
5. Advertising – This item stems smoothly from the third: the Russian branch of Nintendo does not care not only about pricing, but also about promoting their own products and games among users of their own services.
I will give an example from life: I became the happy owner of Nintendo Switch around May of this year, when, on the eve of the new revision of the consoles, the old ones were given with a very solid discount. How I found out about her? No, not through native advertising on the Internet, not through targeted advertising on request (although I looked at this console before), not through street advertising, etc.D.
I accidentally heard from friends who also accidentally paid attention to this. Four months later, the same story repeated with the physical publication of Zelda, about the major discounts on which no one has notified anywhere. Okay, perhaps retail sales are not their spectrum of activity, but … the Nintendo Switch interface provides a Russian -speaking news feed that reports releases and discounts. At the same time, the only reliable way not to miss them is to track discounts through specialized publics on social networks. I have everything.
If for the last few paragraphs it seemed to you that Nintendo Switch is inaccessible bad – no, this is not so. This is a great platform with many extremely capacious games, familiarization with you can take tens and hundreds of hours from you – which is worth only Legend of Zelda: Botw, which at one time pulled me out of life for 15 hours. When preparing this blog, I got acquainted with many materials that colorfully described the advantages of this console, but bashfully silent about its problems and minuses – in the end, my goal is not to sink you this product, but the formation of an unbiased opinion about it, after which you can go … or not go to the nearest store for it to it. Fortunately, Black Friday on the threshold, during this period, the Russian branch arranges very tasty discounts both on the consoles themselves and on physical copies of games.
Well, in the end, I am just a random user that makes the text in the Word document, and the final choice remains for you, dear readers. If you have questions, I will be happy to answer in the comments, but for now – we will see you on Stopgame.ru.
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The best comments
Nus. In short, Zeron, I read your blog and I will not play the nobility. : 3
I crawled out of a cozy pocketlock just because you asked about it. First, we will figure out what you yourself wanted to see in the review.
1. Information.
Everything is very good, affordable and clearly shown.
2. Design and overload.
It seems to me a sign (with dimensions, a screen, etc.) is somewhat superfluous, but it can come in handy for those who are too lazy to read and only look obliquely. But even in it, to my subjective taste, the parameters of the dimensions are superfluous. Well, however, someone will measure his bag or choose a new one by principle whether Nintendo climbs there? I would also delete from the whole text only three-four sentences that repeat each other in different forms.(for example, the same dimensions)
3. The digestibility of information.
I did not notice excessive revolutions.
Now a personal opinion. I myself am not a fan of Nintendo and for me the self -evident is approximately such an argument that, incidentally, is displayed in your blog almost completely.
Arguments “For” the switch – there is a new Zelda.
Arguments “against” – everything else, aka “this is nintedo”.
I got a persistent impression that this blog is more likely anti -advertising. I understand that you wanted to make a blog not the same as most praise and in general you did. But against the background of all the listed minuses, I did not see a single argument to take her. Again, except for “there is Zelda here”. Almost everything, for me personally, a continuous minus and reading this blog, I would think ten more times or not. Summarizing. As an alternative, I see an option where you the thesis in the beginning consider disadvantages and pluses, for the lazy to read and further in the text, separating the dies, you consider in detail the cons and pros. To come out something like a sort of dialogue with yourself “-yes, but. “.
But, in the end, I am just a random dude, signing the text in the not edited field of the commentary of the beloved game portal, and the final conclusion remains for you, dear author. If there are still questions, I will be happy to answer them in the reserved pocket block, but for now – you will see you at Stopgame.ru! Rurururu! Ru!
P.With. Zelda’s priest is.
Everything is clearly and in detail, just as necessary. Read easily, the information is well absorbed. It’s not a shame for this and plus put!
Objectively, I remove a metaphorical hat. Perhaps I should have mentioned something except Zelda in the text-although, I will still have time (if I do not forget for reviews of games)
The console calmly works with much larger memory volumes. I have a map of 128 gigs, people are engaged in cards up to 512.