I'm All In Guys

I've decided to get the NS as soon as Mario Kart comes out in April. The last Nintendo I was excited about was Gamecube and I loved my Gamecube but I'm finally interested in another Nintendo.

I'm selling off some of my classic games that I don't play anymore to pay for the system which appeases my wife. Then I'll be getting 2 Pro controllers, Zelda and Mario Kart.

This will be a lot of fun playing with my kids.

I think the Switch is gonna be a great system, and I'd love to get one as well.

I wonder if they'll have trouble keeping up with demand, though. I totally would have put off spending money on other crap and saved it for the Switch if I thought I could get one sometime after launch. I don't think that's gonna be the case though, I think it'll be another case of the Wii and the NES Classic. It will sell completely out of stock everywhere and people will go nuts trying to find them like they did Hatchimals. Even with some negative press surrounding the system involving battery life and the launch lineup, I seriously think that it will sell out just because it's such an interesting, new system.

Hopefully you'll be able to get a Switch in April. I hope I'm wrong and you can still go to any store and get yourself one whenever after launch. Anyway, even if you are unable to, I hope you still decide to get one whenever you're able. Like I said, looks to be a good game system.

mario kart is great for the family.

zelda for you ;)

then you guys can try splatoon 2. hopefully this time there is split screen multiplayer. it's totally fun.

Yeah, plenty of coop games to enjoy.

I wouldn't mind getting one a couple months later, except I'd definitely wait til after E3, just in case some crazy announcement. Then again if they show something crazy like in-depth Mario, Pokemon game and surprise Kirby game, it might make it even harder to get one. Considering NES Classic's are still 150$ online at Walmart, I'm guessing Switch would be a nightmare to find inside a store.

Considering how suspicious I am, I almost want to wait til after 2018's earnings call in Q1, just in case they flip the script, and make some kind of new handheld, or go a completely different route with the Switch hardware. PS, rumors, said that there was a 64gb Switch on paper. Meaning, maybe there is a Pascal based Switch that comes Holiday 2018 that uses 64gb or maybe they end up dropping the dock entirely or bring in cool atomic colors. Hell maybe they completely focus on VR, which would explain why they focused on motion controlling yet there isn't 1 game confirmed that uses them after launch.

Yeah I'm seriously considering getting one too... eventually.

first nintendo system i'll have owned since the n64 and previous to that a snes and nes. looking forward to a nostalgia fuelled reunion with mario and the gang.

haven't pre-ordered though. got a feeling i'll struggle to get hold of one at a decent price in the first couple of months

Sounds like a great time to jump in. Nintendo has some amazing games lined up this year.

Just sold my Wii U for some Switch & Zelda money, can't... WAIT!

@Telekill: I hope you're not like your buddy NathanDrakeSwag, that bought an Xbox One S 1 day and sold it the next because he didn't like the UI. The Switch is hype!

@FireEmblem_Man: I'm not a fanboy. I like Nintendo IPs where motion controls aren't forced. They ruined Skyward Sword with it and when I saw Wii-U used the same crappy Wii controllers I completely ignored the system.

Fast forward to the NS and I'm still not pleased that it has motion controls but they are making an emphasis that the NS won't force motion controls in so many of their IPs.

I'm also primarily buying the NS for the family. PS4 will remain my primary system while the family enjoys the NS for couch coop games like Mario Kart. I will, of course, be buying Zelda BotW for me as Zelda is my favorite Nintendo IP. Thank god motion controls were removed. I also cheered when the first Uncharted in the PS4 collection removed the tacked on motion controls. Made it a better game.

Now... when it comes to Xbox, I don't like the brand AT ALL. I actually bought the first Xbox with Halo 2 as I had fun playing with my brother on the first. I got so disgusted with the online community that I had shelled out $50 for that I sold the Xbox and everything that went with it after only owning it for one month. The successors weren't any better and were actually worse (360's RRoD, X1 reveal policies) so there was never a reason to go back.

For anyone who lives near a GameStop, the retailer today is randomly selecting 1,000 customers across the United States to pre-order the Nintendo Switch. All you have to do is physically be in a GameStop store today for a chance to be randomly selected to preorder the $300 console.

I'm definitely getting one later this year. This will be my first Nintendo console since the GameCube (I have owned all of their portables).

@onesiphorus: Yeah "random" lol.

I'll be getting my Switch at launch with Breath of the Wild and will likely download Snipperclips if its available at launch, that game looks great.

I hate this type of stuff. Making such a big deal about getting the console is the day Nintendo and their fans sold out. Well, selling your Wii U for a Switch is also pretty bad, especially if the person selling their Wii U is the person who told me that it isn't about graphics, and that I'm lame for wanting PC cause I want more functionality and capabilities (cause selling your Wii U to get Switch is the same as me buying a new graphics card).

The worst example, that dude who is waiting in line at Nintendo Store for 30 days to buy a Switch, and everyone so focused on that purchase itself. I feel the video games themselves have taken a back seat in terms of importance, and since Switch hardware is so much more innovative than their software, it seems like people are buying it for the hardware and not the software (which can be a bad combination, cause if you have hardware that could potentially do a dozen things, but Nintendo just makes traditional console games, people might get upset). Why is it the worst, back to that dude waiting in line, he doesn't care about being the first one to play Switch, no he wants to be the first one to buy one. It's not just his fault, cause we gamers have all given him the idea that we will be more impressed by him being first to buy it, over him being first to play it, and most would probably agree.

If I was Nintendo, I would make a huge deal about this, and have him open the very first Switch in the store before anyone else gets one, and have him plug in Zelda and show him being first to play Zelda. Then have the Nintendo Minute couple film and do a video with him, about being the first one to play Zelda. Cause if everyone blows this up just for the purchase, I feel Nintendo should jump aboard and control the situation/use it to their benefit, and prove to us that its about the games, not fancy hardware that you can put inside plastic boxes.

Well, the system, the pro controller, and Zelda (physical) are still unavailable to order on Amazon. I did, however, just preorder Mario Kart 8 as I'm pretty sure that will be the next Switch game to sell out quickly. It's also the game I'm waiting to buy the system for or at least give it to my kiddos if I can find one earlier.

Looking forward to it.

Preordered, will be getting it at launch....only because BotW is sounding awesome. :P

I'm considering canceling my Mario Kart preorder and waiting until after E3 to purchase an NS. The lack of what I consider quality Nintendo software is worrying me as there are only 3 games announced for the system that I'm planning on getting.

I can only hope that Nintendo plans to announce more of their traditional IPs for the system soon.

Welcome to a new adventure!

@Telekill: This year will probably only have Zelda, Mario and Mario Kart as Switch games that are genuine AAA. And a lot of the other games are available on the WiiU anyway lol

Do not buy into this people.

My tax returns did come back, so the Switch still might be an option for me if it's still available anywhere on the first couple of days. Honestly, I think this game system is coming along at the right time. I need a distraction from my life.