Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@Fight_Teza_Fight Yeah, you can. You can also link your credit card to your account and just pay for the game without having to worry about ending up with extra eShop credit. The Switch also accepts PayPal, which is my prefered way of paying, since I don't own a credit card.

@Octane That's good to know. I'll stick to top up cards as I like earning back reward points.

Once I pick up a memory card, I'll be looking to get Sonic Mania digital.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Try the Octopath Traveler demo..

@kyleforrester87 Yeah that does look great. Definitely on my 'want' list!

@Fight_Teza_Fight If you like racing games, look into Fast RMX. It's $20 and surprisingly high quality for an indie racer: think of it as budget F-Zero.

They're not technically "exclusive" (they're also on 3DS), but Blaster Master Zero and Mighty Gunvolt Burst are both fantastic games. Cheap, too: you can nab em both for $20.

I'll continue to recommend Splatoon 2 to people as well, even if you're not into shooters: it also works fine in handheld mode, even with all of the motion stuff.

And a lot of people seem to like Golf Story, which is sort of an SNES-esque golfing RPG. I don't care for sports games, but it might be worth looking into.

@Fight_Teza_Fight
Implosion is a pretty decent hack n' slash/RPG.

@Ralizah @Gamer83 Thanks I'll look into those. Not interested in Splatoon, but Golf Story looks good.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Stardew Valley is fantastic, if you haven't already played it.

I wish I'd got Sonic Mania on Switch instead of PS4, maybe I'll get it again when it's on sale.

@Octane you dont even have a debit card?

@BLP_Software Yes and no. The card I have is effectively a debit card, but isn't recognised as one in foreign countries, we have a different system. I believe it has to do with the network our cards uses. Ordering from Amazon UK is always quite a hassle, since that means I have to borrow someone else's credit card in order to make the payment. And the only reason people have credit cards over here is because our bank card isn't always accepted by foreign ATMs. Although I've personally never had a problem with my card. Things have gotten better in recent years with more ATMs accepting all kinds of bank cards, thanks to the EU merging our payment systems. Online payments are still a problem.

"Real" debit cards over here are called prepaid credit cards, just to make things even more confusing.

Anyway, that's where PayPal comes in. It's linked to my bank account and a transaction requires no more than a single button press. It's my go-to option for online payments.

@kyleforrester87 I've been kicking myself for picking up RE Revelations 2 on PS4 in a sale a few months back before the Switch port was announced.

@Octane Thats one hell of a headache.

@BLP_Software Yeah I know. It doesn't affect most people, and it's perfectly fine for any day-to-day purchases, except when you're looking for something specific you can't buy from a Dutch retailer. It's like the imperial system in the US; perfectly fine if you're used to it, but impractical in any other country. And it's probabaly easier to keep it the way it is than changing the entire system.

Mario Kart is like crack to me. I've played several of the iterations in the past but never owned a version, and I've never been good at it. Got the hang of drifting properly over the weekend though and now all I want to do is race karts and motorbikes :/

@kyleforrester87 Feels good when you pull off a long drift, doesn't it? The Yoshi course is one of my favourites for that reason alone.

I can understand the xbox thread but why don't you guys just go to nintendo life.

@Kidfried Yes.

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi We're here to annoy you!

@Kidfried Same here! The community here is much more open for discussion. I lurk over at NL from time to time, but the Nintendo is very strong in them.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/secret_of_mana_is_ge...

Some of the comments on this article are unbelievable...

Nintendo fanboys are probably the worst of all gaming fanboys. Except for perhaps Dark Souls. Or any of those mad PC games. I've written a lot at Nintendo sites previously and damn. Historically, Nintendo has always been my favourite of the big three (or four, or two, depending on what generation we're in) but that doesn't mean we can just pretend reality is more of a guideline than a rule. And just look at the backlash poor ol' Jim Sterling took when he dared to give Breath of the Wild a 7/10. They're video games, people. And not everyone likes exactly the same things you do.