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  1. I'm a little late with this thread, but here goes: I just got back from playing Nintendo Switch in New York City. My verdict?:IT WAS SO FUN OMG The Nintendo Switch Before I even entered the venue, I noticed a small group forming just outside. That's when I glimpsed none other than: Hey, look. It's the guy who's responsible for the majority of my most amazing experiences in life. NO BIG DEAL!!! Before I had a chance to even react, an angry security man started herding everyone away like a game of Beaver Bother (DK64 reference. HAHAHA), yelling for us to clear the sidewalk. I managed to take one picture before getting trampled by the cop. In the six seconds I spent standing in Aonuma's glorious presence, I saw him sign somebody's thing and pose for a picture whilst looking really happy and joyful and perfect and precious and amazing and... Also, is that a Switch in his hand? I didn't even notice until now! Stupid ugly loser nerd posing with Mario's new hat. Onto the actual event! The line was thankfully not so long. Once the stated time came, I was in the venue within minutes. Nice! My first goal was to make it over to the Breath of the Wild demo, but unfortunately, the line was closed off because of too many people beating me to it. DAMN. I sulked away from the line and I caught the attention of a representative who beckoned for me to play Arms, which ended up being my first ever Switch game. It was a pretty interesting game to start with too, what with the unique controls. In short, you have to hold a Joy-Con in each hand, with your thumbs on the L and R buttons, sort of like one of those old flight sticks. You move your character by tilting the controllers simultaneously in your desired direction. Other than that, the game was exactly what it looks like: a Wii Sports boxing spin-off with special moves. I have to say, the Joy-Cons are pretty comfortable to hold. I like them already! Anyways, after finishing three rounds of Arms on multiplayer (I won 2 out of 3), I took a few pictures and decided the crowd surrounding Splatoon 2 was too big, so I looked around and... OMG THE BOTW LINE IS OPEN!!! Same decorations as E3. They even brought the giant Link statue! I honestly waited no more than 20 minutes before I got my chance to play, which is awesome. My first thought upon playing the game was "Kill me right now. I have no regrets." The controls are certainly a bit different from the rest of the series. For one, there's a jump button now. You have to jump first, then attack to do the jump strike, instead of targeting and pressing A. Also, the jump strike feels far heavier and more powerful than previous games. Feels natural; Feels better separated. Aside from that, the demo was actually a tiny bit disappointing as it was loaded with the same cutscenes we've all seen before. The opening cutscene, the one with the old man, the Korok, and the one with the tower rising and Calamity Ganon showing up at Hyrule Castle. Admittedly, I could have avoided triggering most of these, but oh well. The 12 minutes or so I got to actually play were pure bliss and I loved every second. I killed some Bokoblins with their own clubs, I pushed a boulder (which doesn't require a button press like in the rest of the series) down a hill to hit a barrel and blow up a camp, which was incredibly satisfying, and I even prayed to the Goddess Statue inside the Temple of Time! Speaking of which, the game cut off just before I could climb to the top of the Temple of Time's tower. The controller felt... like a controller. To me, it wasn't any more or less comfortable than any other modern controller, so that's good enough for me. It felt natural. Game looks and runs great while undocked, from my experience. In the middle of playing, the representative asked me to slide the Joy-Cons onto the sides of the Switch (which I did, with a satisfying click!) and remove the system from the dock. The game appeared on the screen immediately with no delay whatsoever. Absolutely seamless transition. Playing the Switch undocked feels pretty much the same as playing on the Wii U's GamePad, with a couple of exceptions. For one, the system feels weighty, which is expected. I actually like it. Feels less cheap than the GamePad, in my opinion. Another thing is that, thanks to the Joy-Cons, there's no grip on the controller which makes it slightly less comfortable, but obviously not so much to make it a deal-breaker or anything. Finally, I put the controller in the dock and held the Joy-Cons in my hands... separately. I honestly had no idea that you could do that. It is so comfortable. I played the rest of the demo with my hands at my sides and it was an absolute joy (see what I did there?!). Definitely the definitive way to play Breath of the Wild! Life-sized squid! After that dream come true, I went back to the Splatoon 2 stations where the representative was delighted to see us, as there were two unmanned Switches and 6 other attendees were just seconds away from beginning their next local multiplayer Turf War. The game feels like Splatoon. It has new special attacks, such as the jetpack (which is awesome, by the way. More Super Mario Sunshine vibes from this franchise!), but it still feels like the same game, so I won't go into too much detail. Instead, allow me to brag: I won the first match with 8 kills, 0 losses with a roller. I won the second match with 12 kills, 0 losses with the new Dualies weapon. Finally, I won the third match with... 3 kills, 4 losses. Either way, my team won all three times! I was actually jokingly rewarded with a Nintendo Switch branded bottle of water. Nice! I did take a picture of the game running on the Switch screen, but it appears to have not uploaded properly. However, it looked great. Infinitely better than the GamePad screen! MissingPicture.jpg Woooow! I sat on the couch for a bit of Ultra Street Fighter II and I got my ass handed to me repeatedly. Still fun though! After that, I really didn't have much I wanted to play, so I decided to try out Super Bomberman R. WOW WHAT A FUN GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DUNNO. Real talk, things were getting loud and my representative was completely distracted. That's when I noticed him and basically told my rep to fuck off, which he did gladly. Who can think about Bomberman when... Producer of the Street Fighter franchise, Blanka, posing with his life-sized Ono figurine. ...Yoshinori Ono is on stage a couple feet away, hosting a Street Fighter competition?! That was completely unexpected! He picked people out the crowd, specifically small children, and let them compete to win a signed Nintendo Switch cap. How awesome! Kill me now. No regrets. I took a picture with him and even shook his hand. What an experience! Colorful and surprising comfy. I thought I had more pictures, but they went the way of the Splatoon 2 pics. By that I mean, I have no idea. Must have not sent from my phone. OH WELL, onto the rest of the story: I played Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I didn't get to check out the battle mode, but I did get to sit in an airplane simulation (complete with clouds outside the window!) and play the game on the small screen with the Joy-Cons separated. Whatever I said about the controller before is still true here, even with traditional controls. Mario Kart 8 felt super natural on the Joy-Con. One thing about the game: the new Steer-Assist was turned on and it was either the worst thing ever or the controller was broken because during both races, my kart was always turning slightly left the entire time. I took one last look around and decided that since Snipperclips (which looks seriously fun) was still occupied, 1, 2, Switch wasn't something I was interested in (although, I would have got to wear a big hat), and I didn't feel like Disgaea 5 was the best fit for such an exciting environment, it was time for me to leave. On my way out, I was given a Switch pin and a Switch cookie! I thought it was soap... Overall, I had an amazing time and I'm so glad I decided not to throw away my tickets. The Nintendo Switch is going to be great and I absolutely cannot wait to play more! Thanks to @Inkling Bandy for taking pictures at the event!
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