Ordered a switch and odyssey online and it arrives tomorrow. Can't wait to crack it open this weekend with my 12 year old daughter. It's tough to find 2 player couch co-op's these days that are worth playing. Everything is online focused which I have had no interest in since my Warcraft days.

I would highly suggest you check out FFXV, it's amazing. FF hasn't been turn based for the last few iterations (although you can turn on turn based fighting in the options for those that prefer to play it the old school way).

Just picked up B2G1 at Frys electronics. Got BOTW EE, Mario cart 8, and Splatoon 2 for $119.99.

I can't play with the joycons (but I'm old and used to PS controllers). The kids are much better with the joycons then I am. I recommend the pro controllers especially if you're used to traditional gaming controllers. At least then you can slowly work yourself into the joycons. Trying to play two players with one joycon each is not fun at all, so I would recommend buying a pro and then seeing what everyone likes best and purchase as needed from there.

They have several Nintendo branded joycon chargers that are on Cyber Monday sales you may want to check out. There have been some reliability concerns with generic chargers over charging but YMMV. Mario Kart is probably the best whole family game besides 1-2 Switch. Mario is capable of two players but since the second player is the hat, it's kind of annoying to have to communicate to the other person where to go and what your strategy is. Plus the camera can only follow one person which makes it difficult. I actually bought it for a couch co-op with my daughter but in practice we lost interest in playing that way (might be fun for two younger kids though). Played Mario kart all night last night though so that was fun. We also have Splatoon and Zelda but haven't cracked those open yet. Unfortunately neither of those are two player local

The death of the couch co-op still pisses me off........ How else am I supposed to get my kid to do anything with me!?!?!

Looks great on my LG oled.

If I never play that God Damn rolling acrobat section again in the food land it'll still be too soon....... I must have died 30+ times jumping on those stupid rotating squares, circles, and cylinders!

It was "the last thing before bed" and it kept me up for an extra hour.

No talk about their recent announcement? Online play, cloud backup, Switch online app, NES game play on your Switch, and no virtual console (as of now).

I've been playing video games since I was very young starting with my parents Atari 5200. Saved up my own money and bought my own personal Nintendo so I wouldn't have to share it with my two younger brothers lol. My backstory is there to state that I am a pretty experienced console and computer gaming veteran.

However.... somehow playing BOTW makes me feel like an idiot gaming newb. I'm not much for using guides or walkthroughs but I feel that there is little or no guidance as to how to proceed at the beginning of the game. Open world concept is great but there should be some clear enough progression markers to get you going.

I just finished GOW and Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4 and I'm a huge fan of how they handled guiding you along in the large open worlds. Hell I even used to play WOW and that did well moving you along.

Anyway, just wanted to vent. I'm a huge Zelda fan since the first iteration but I'm having a hard time connecting with this one.

I have 4 hearts and everything is one shotting me. I don't even really know how to make the weapons stronger or my strength or whatever. I dont even know what the numbers mean by my weapons and armor. Durability I guess. Which brings me to another little irritation, consumability. I don't mind repairing but finding new shit all the time is annoying. I haven't cooked or eaten one item yet, since everything one shots me I pretty much just kite them around trying to blow them up with my bombs.

I'm not looking to be hand held but there is probably a nice middle ground.

I'm doing the elephant now but the stupid water ganon one shots me as soon as I get to the pedestals. The one way I make it there is hiding behind the altar and popping out to hit him with one arrow at a time.

Looks cool. Reminds me a lot of ALTTP which I played through a bunch of times. As recently as about a year ago. Speaking of remakes.......

First purchase I made for mine was to buy two controllers. I definitely prefer playing with those.

Target has a bunch of switch games at 30% off with in store pick up. Including new releases. I just bought a few new titles.

LoL, mine is still wrapped...but then again I just cracked open BOTW a little while ago which was a day one purchase. Too many games too little time.

Agreed go buy GOW and Horizon Zero Dawn for ps4 do not pass go do not collect $200. Once you get done with those worry about a switch lol.

The games on the Nintendo platform for me are all about fun quirky type games, Mario, and Zelda franchises. I don't ever expect any huge sweeping epics or good adventure games on it. That's what my ps4 is for.

This 100%, Uncharted is my favorite series and I feel that the new GOW is very much inline with that type of game along with HZD.

Don't forget your free switch online account for 12 months if you have Amazon Prime.

https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/nintendo

I have mine coming from BB with the discount but won't arrive until the 25th. I might go buy it in store and return the delivered one if I get bored this weekend.

If you read the reviews from the major sites that have had it for the past 7 days, this is one of the compromises of no loading delays like the original. You will get the frame rate drop as you go into newer areas especially when it's rapid. I heave read that it is definitely noticeable but that you do get used to it.

Just finished Link's awakening. While I enjoyed it (probably a little early frustration from starting in hard mode), it's a little light in content for a $60 price tag. Fortunately I got it from my brothers BB gamer club membership but that was probably a little heavy still at $53. I feel it's probably more like a $39.99 game for the time/enjoyment I got from it.

I'm not comparing this to a PS4 game necessarily (just speaking about $ spent) but to see recent offerings that I just finished playing as well (like GOW and HZD) for $60 at the same price as LA, I just feel I need to get a little more for my Nintendo money.

Unfortunately you can't asses the value until you've played it which usually means you've already bought it. I don't mind paying any price for things that are "worth it" to me (obviously with thousands of dollars worth of pins). I just usually look for about 20-40 hours worth of play for a game at $60. At least if it was a hell of an amazing 10 hours. In the end it was pretty fun and a nice scratch of the Zelda itch just not my full $53 worth. I might sell it as I'm not sure I'll keep it for any replay factor and I don't usually sell any of my games.

Reviews I read were glowing, not that I really give much stock to reviews unless it's a landslide one direction or another. Either way $60 isn't going to break anyone here but everyone is entitled to feel whether it was money well spent or not and for me, I just didn't get my monies worth.

I didn't mention it but it's frighteningly drastic a difference if you are to compare BOTW to LA for the same price. That's my Nintendo to Nintendo, even Zelda to Zelda bang for my buck comparison.

Now to decide the next game to sink my teeth into... that is as soon as we finish binging Downton Abbey

Wow took the advice and purchased Ori this morning. It's very fun and beautifully made.

Thanks for the suggestion!

If anyone want's my copy of Links Awakening, I'll let it go as well. Just let me know.

I found using the joycons in the combined controller set up to feel awkward. I bought the Nintendo dedicated controllers and feel they are much better.

Picked up Luigi's Mansion for $42 so we'll see how that is. Looks pretty cool.

Any feedback on Ring Fit Adventure? The wife brought it up that it looked "interesting" and that she'd be willing to play it but wanted some feedback if possible before I dropped the $80 on it.

Looks like the designer had just played Ori before they came up with that game. I loved that game so might give this one a try.

I really enjoyed the game. I played through it a few times going up levels in difficulty. I don't necessarily consider myself a pro level gamer by any means but I did manage to nail all the timing with a little practice. Don't get me wrong, there are sections that took numerous attempts (sometimes a frustrating amount) , like the times when you have a scrolling escape to make. I'm sorry it didn't click for you as it's a beautiful game. At least it only cost a few bucks. There are much more expensive gaming regrets in my history lol (Link's Awakening).

I was hoping the second one would release simultaneously on switch since I don't have an Xbox and I'm not really looking to play it on my PC.

I loved it. Played through it a few different times. As soon as I know the sequel is coming to Switch, I'll play through it again in preparation.

No but my 16 yo plays it on her phone all the time.

Boom, Ori. Nailed it... unless you've already played it. If so, just go play it again

Bought this one for my regular switch and it's great. Maybe they have one for the lite as well?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N3ASPNV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

Always interesting what Google recommends for me based on their algorithm.

https://gizmodo.com/hacker-permanently-solves-nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-1843605860/amp

If anyone was a big fan of Ori on the switch, they just discounted the sequel $6 on PC to $23.99. It's going to be weird getting used to different controls but I didn't want to have to wait for some possible port to switch 4 years from now like the original. Plus I had to have something that at least used some of the capacity of my new GeForce RTX 2080 Super...

Its only been out for 3 years and it's still selling like hot cakes. My guess is it will be around for quite some time yet. Even if they try to add a dedicated home console as well with improved processing to capture more of the gaming market share, they will still support the Switch platform as a handheld option like they did with the GB/GBA/GBC/DS.

Oooh! Will of the Wisps is coming for Switch. I bought it for PC and used my PS4 controller to play it because they A: wouldn't say whether a Switch port was coming and B: I didn't want to wait.

I highly recommend both the original as well as the sequel.

I got Will of the Wisps for Christmas. I own it on PC already because I didn't want to wait and see if they were going to port it or not. Since I liked both games so much, I wanted to be able to play them on my 85" and projector. I got a PS5 as well though so it might have to wait a while.

I got it on release day for $40 or so and only got about 10 hours of game play out if it. I hadn't played it for the Gameboy but I was hoping it'd be more like A Link to the Past. I ended up giving it to a nephew for Christmas.

In the end, it's probably worth $20-$25 for the 10 hour playthrough.

Wired LAN, OLED is a little heavier in weight (.93lb vs .88lb) and I also read that battery life duration is also a little longer VS the initial release version of the Switch.

At Disneyland now but I will definitely be cracking into metroid when I return!

Hahaha! I just started playing it tonight and I was like wtf is this? Did they just take the only irritating part of Ori and stick it into Metroid...?

Thanks, I'll look into this!

None of the ones around me have them in stock. I need to find one by Christmas for the kiddo.

No Gauntlet Legends!? Psha!

GS has the Ori collection pretty cheap for those who haven't had the opportunity to play them yet. Visually stunning and great playing metroidvania type game that I very much enjoyed.

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/nintendo-switch/products/ori-the-collection----nintendo-switch/11156042.html

My brother is on "please wait" on the BB checkout screen. The one he had secured for me two days ago through Walmart was cancelled yesterday. I keep refreshing both as well with no luck yet.

Online or in store?

I hope you enjoy them, they really are great games.

Wife picked up a white Oled at a GS in store restock so the kiddo's Christmas is all set (now I can get mine back to finally play Dread). She just happened to be by one doing something else at Target and dropped in. She batted her eyes at the guy and he called all the local stores nearby and got them to hold one for her while she went over to go pick it up. Good to know at umm "40 something", she's still got it.

I played about an hour on it before my daughter disappeared with it and has been in an animal crossings coma ever since. Wasn't a huge fan of the escape the EMMI when it first happened but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Seemed pretty cool otherwise. I am a big metroidvania fan though. Highly recommend Bloodstained ROTN if anyone hasn't played it yet and likes those types of games.

How about a super metroid remake? We're remaking everything else, why not.

The second Zelda was such a jarring difference in the overall look and feel that it was hard for me to get into nearly as much as the original. I definitely played and finished it multiple times back then but have zero interest in playing it again unlike some of the other Zelda titles.

My daughter and I who both own switches like physical copies so that we can hand off the game to each other once we are done playing it. I'll also loan and swap games with other people I know as well like my brother and people at work. To me, that ability will always outweigh the convenience of digital copies. Not to mention salvaging costs by selling used games is a nice perk.

Yea I understand there are ways to log in and set as your primary PS or playing remotely through another device. I just prefer not to do any of that and simply hand her the disk.

I really want Gauntlet Legends.

I got it from super shop for $65 w\tax & shipping. Not sure if the deal is still valid for the $8 off.

Just got my TOTK shipping notice. We'll see how long the post office takes to get it here.