A Switch in Time (General Switch Chat II)

Were chocobos a thing in Secret of mana?

No but have in other Mana games

I've wanted to play the Secret Of Mana sequel since I saw it in the pages of Super Play many moons ago. Hope this, and new translations for all of the games in the collection, make it to all territories.

Me too! It's on my Wii Virtual Console on my WiiU; if this does make it to these shores (or this language), then it'll avoid me leaving it marooned on 2 successive consoles.

I'd be very surprised if we got a physical release for that, but I can see it coming to the eShop. Much like the others, I've never played any of the Mana games so it'd likely see a look from me.

À la Phoenix Wright? Good shout, Mr. Moyles.

Mana games are basically My First-Final Fantasy, hence why the first is even called Final Fantasy in certain places.

Despite what this article says I think this is pretty cool.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/this-nintendo-switch-n64-dock-is-an-incestuous-abomination?utm_source=mbtwitter

Asked for a Switch for my birthday. #soon #soonisnotsoonenough

It'll be good to have you join us in Switch land! #SwitchItUp

Switch it on, sir!

Er. Or something like that.

Picked up these joycon gel guards on a whim when I was out earlier & they give you a much nicer grip of the Switch in handheld mode - now, I haven't played the Switch a whole lot in that mode but when I have it often felt like I needed to stretch my right thumb to use the right stick but after using these for about 30 minutes that minor issue seems to have disappeared.  

Not bad for 8 quid.

They look really cool actually, but I have never really had a problem with handheld mode which is the way I play the most, so maybe I just got used to it, or maybe I have perfectly proportioned hands.

Looking forward to your hand modelling career starting soon, Mr. DUCK!

NintenDUCK wrote:

They look really cool actually, but I have never really had a problem with handheld mode which is the way I play the most, so maybe I just got used to it, or maybe I have perfectly proportioned hands.

Aye it isn't bad there's just a clear comfort difference when swapping from the Joycon grip to handheld mode so it probably would've been something I'd get used to over time.

Never been an issue for myself, but I do have incredibly small hands. Those covers look jazzy, mind.

Plus I get my red left & right joycons.

Good if it makes it work for you, Jas! Me I mostly play in handheld mode, and I have to say - I love it! So comfy! (Then again, I find that with every console. Even my Dualshock isn't too bad.)

I really don't get on with the dualshocks' stick placements.

Balladeer wrote:

Good if it makes it work for you, Jas!  Me I mostly play in handheld mode, and I have to say - I love it!  So comfy!  (Then again, I find that with every console.  Even my Dualshock isn't too bad.)

I do fidget a fair bit when using controllers & handhelds, more so with the latter since there's usually no grips so I'm always looking for a decent way to place or rest my middle, ring and pinky fingers.

The_Jaster wrote:

I'm always looking for a decent way to place or rest my middle, ring and pinky fingers.  

That's a problem I used to have when I tried to play my ex wife's DS Lite. I'd be trying to contort myself into weird positions to hold it, and I get sweaty hands so the fingers which are under the fingers holding the machine would end up smelling of B.O.
In the end, the technique I went for was two in the pink, one in the stink.

Banned. For seven megaseconds.

Drunkalilly wrote:

I really don't get on with the dualshocks' stick placements.

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I think this is another time and place thing as I never had a issue with the DS1 or DS2 in-till I played loads or Cube & Xbox more then the PS2. The next gen I got a 360 Day One that when it came to the Six Axis and the DS3 they seemed odd in comparison and now I find as I spend all my time pretty much with a DS4 where the sticks are placed slightly different to the other Dual Shocks as well, seems odd when I go to a Xbox One controller.

Had my first seriously warm Switch moment today.  After playing 1.5h of BotW in handheld mode, with quite a lot of flitting around (warps and shrines and that), and charging the machine at the same time, the Switch's fan was going twenty to the dozen and the machine itself was hot water bottle-level.  Anybody else had a warm Switch?