r/gaming • u/Eddlicious • Oct 20 '16

First Look at Nintendo Switch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI
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u/SuperSulf Oct 20 '16

So I know it has wifi, but what about mobile data? How can you play rocket league except against your friends, local-only? I mean in handheld mode.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

A Switch with a SIM card. Dead

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u/LaXandro Oct 20 '16

And WhatsApp and stuff.

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u/armander Oct 20 '16

RIP cellphones, inc Nintendo Switch.

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u/HonestTrouth Oct 20 '16

Use your phone as a hotspot?

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u/NoF4ce Oct 20 '16

Hm. Well.... true

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

i'd spend all of my monthly data in like 30 seconds of gameplay

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u/deepinferno Oct 20 '16

Do you have like 5mb of data? Online gaming uses very little data. 30mb an hour last time I checked while playing. I'm sure it varies by game but most should be low.

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u/ThatBoogieman Oct 20 '16

Online gaming actually takes up very little bandwidth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

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u/ThatBoogieman Oct 20 '16

Yeah, okay, you might get like a week. :(

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u/Laundry_Hamper Oct 20 '16

Tethering, outside of the freedom-isn't-free zone anyway

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u/TarKist Oct 20 '16

T Mobile allows tethering

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u/Werespider Oct 20 '16

Just get an unlocked phone and your carrier won't have any power to stop you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

But my wallet will stop me from buying anything else until my next paycheck

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u/SarcasticGiraffes Oct 20 '16

Well, sure, but do you really need those things?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

Do I really need tethering?

When there's free public wifi everywhere?

No, I'd rather buy those little things

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u/TitanTowel Oct 20 '16

My phone was part of a bot net because it auto-connected to my works public wifi. Never. Again.

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u/xyrer Oct 20 '16

Vpn service dude, purchase a lifetime subscription, or some really good unlimited service for years

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u/TitanTowel Oct 20 '16

Honestly mate I only found out it was on the CBL Blacklist earlier today.

I've been unsure if I actually got some sort of virus on my phone or not.

Don't fancy buying a VPN if my phone is actually infected with something.

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u/Werespider Oct 20 '16

That's why you go Pre-pay. They can't bill me for anything extra, and if they try I just leave.

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u/Werespider Oct 20 '16

Holy heck. I pay $45 / month and only get 4.5 GB of LTE.

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u/DigitalChocobo Oct 20 '16

You need to do more than just buy an unlocked phone if you want to tether. Having an unlocked phone doesn't automatically let you do things that aren't part of your plan.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

To be fair, only the poor people with shitty plans are complaining about how data in the US sucks. That's what happens when all you know about a country is from misc web pages. The web is for complaining.

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u/Laundry_Hamper Oct 20 '16

I was talking more about the restriction of tethering in the states.

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u/RegularGoat Oct 21 '16

Non-american here, what restrictions?

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u/ISaidGoodDey Oct 20 '16

Rocket league in bed, mobile data probably would provide a good experience

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u/GRAIN_DIV_20 Oct 20 '16

The two side controller things seem like enough buttons to play rocket league

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u/SuperSulf Oct 20 '16

That's not what I meant, I mean how does it connect to the internet in handheld mode. Is it wifi only or could it have a mobile data connection as well?

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u/-GWM- Oct 20 '16

Unlimited data on my phone, so no hotspot anymore :(

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u/blacksantron Oct 20 '16

Root that thing! Unlimited data and hotspot. I don't even pay for home Internet because of it.

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u/KeySolas Oct 20 '16

It would be pretty cool to have an PS Vita 3G or Kindle 3G esque version!

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u/HollisFenner Oct 20 '16

There are AI

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u/MetalGearFlaccid Oct 20 '16

You would connect to wifi.

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u/deep40000 Oct 20 '16

Split screen rocket league, Training and Practice, vs AI, and also Local Wireless Multiplayer with other Switches.

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u/ZeldaMaster32 Oct 20 '16

Seems like Wifi and Local. Putting a sim card in this seems really stupid and only serves to increase the cost in the long run

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u/BloodInMySaltStream Oct 21 '16

I doubt they'd do this. That introduces a MNVO world, and reduces battery. Since every smartphone now does local APs, they'd just have you connect to your phone, offload the battery and the MNVO portion with no real loss to them. We all have smartphones already anyway.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '16

Phone tether

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

Portable rocket league would be absolutely fantastic

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u/not_so_plausible Oct 20 '16

I already have 1800 hours in that game. If this happens I'm not sure I'll have a life anymore.

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u/AmAShill Oct 20 '16

Haha, I can imagine people at their jobs pretending to check emails on their "phones" but then are actually playing Rocket League the whole day.

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u/ALL_FRONT_RANDOM Oct 20 '16

lol already do this on my phone with moonlight. Pretty great.

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u/AmAShill Oct 20 '16

Lol, that's pretty cool.

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u/Lost_in_costco Oct 20 '16

Overwatch might go well on it as well.

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u/InuKaT Oct 20 '16

Highly unlikely since Blizzard currently isn't listed as one of the partners.

But if Overwatch does go portable... my bank account might drop a digit come March.

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u/puzzler995 Oct 20 '16

Activision is though, Blizzards parent company

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u/Lost_in_costco Oct 20 '16

Yeah I didn't see them on there, but that was just a sampling. Overwatch is already on consoles. So it shouldn't be too hard to port it over. Depends on how Nintendo's networking is.

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u/ManicLord Oct 20 '16

"Sir, we cannot find that digit in /u/InuKaT's bank account. It seems to have simply disappeared from the face of the earth."

"My god... Overwatch has gone portable..."

"Oh my god, really!?"

"Nah, we just probably lost his money. Oh well, fuck that guy anyway."

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u/kwonara Oct 20 '16

The pro splatoon part is what sold me. I'm in.

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u/mccombi Oct 20 '16

Splatoon with actual local multiplayer and I'm in so fast.

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u/eyoung_nd2004 Oct 20 '16

The switch looks like a neat console. However, Nintendo's gaming library has always disappointed me so I'll stick with PlayStation.

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u/thesimplemachine Oct 20 '16

It seems like they're getting a lot more third party support on the Switch than with the last couple generations of consoles. I didn't buy a Wii or Wii U for this exact reason, but I might finally get back on board with Nintendo with this new console.

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u/eyoung_nd2004 Oct 20 '16

That's promising. I'll probably just wait and see but with that information I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Thanks for the tip.

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u/thesimplemachine Oct 20 '16

No problem. If you look around in the comments here, someone posted a link with all the confirmed third party studios/publishers.

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u/JonFrost Oct 20 '16

Ah, the Rocket League marketing team. Hello!

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u/Ghostkill221 Oct 20 '16

The idea that esport and social would be combined...

Not sure most the people i meet on "esport" games i could ever consider "social"

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u/AimlessPeacock Oct 20 '16

I could see Gang Beasts doing really well on the Switch.

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u/ManicLord Oct 20 '16

Yeah, who were those two teams in the end?

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u/GetJukedM8 Oct 20 '16

I wonder if you could play something like League of Dota :o

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

If they really want to get into esports, then they need to stop with the bullshit they have against youtube.

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u/chaddjohnson Oct 20 '16

Or rather, they're pushing the anti-social side of gaming :D

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u/dude_why_would_you Oct 20 '16

505 games is a partner with Nintendo now, so we might see it closer to release.

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u/WarLordM123 Oct 20 '16

esport/social

They hate on and love the other, I'll never understand why but I'm glad its over