The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

[MEDdMI]

Pringles and Coke?

 

[Caldwin]

If you preordered from Walmart, they gave you a bottle of Coke and a can of Pringles.

I don't drink sodas ever since kidney stones became a thing with me. So I gave it to a coworker. I kept the Pringles.

 

[Pocket]

That said, maybe if Nintendo hadn't kept everything out of public hands until midnight last night, maybe they would have had some idea of how they were packaged and that could have been avoided.

People ought to know that you should never open-staple anything except a corkboard unless there's something solid under it. That's why the "trigger" in an office stapler is on the underside; you're supposed to press it against the solid thing or the stapler's metal base. In this case the "something solid" could only have possibly been the console itself.

 

[Caldwin]

Like, seriously, just hand the receipt to the customer. Why is this even a thing?

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Modern Vintage Gamer took a look at Switch 2 backwards compatibility:

tl;dr-
If a game is memory or GPU bound, performance is generally greatly improved. While the game won't exceed it's set FPS or designed resolution, this can GREATLY improve games that suffered inconsistent frame rates. Games like Bayonetta 3 and Borderlands 3 run 60fps, while Doom 16 and Batman Arkham Knight hit stable 30 fps.

Games CPU bound (Dragon Quest Builders 2 featured, but simulation games like Cities Skylines or Civilization 6 probably also) are not going to see THAT much an uplift since the actual CPU clocks are fairly similar between the systems. That said, the improvements in other areas DO seem to allow for better overall performance in most situations.

And since Micro SD Express is a newer, faster, storage medium, load times are generally improved for older titles.

 

[Caldwin]

What it sounds like is that the game itself hasn't changed at all. It's just that now it's running on something that can run it right?

 

[Caldwin]

I do wish that there was some kind of industry standard that required game packaging to tell you if the game is actually on the cards or if you're just buying a game key. Like seriously, when it comes to game keys, they might as well just make you buy it digitally. That's pretty much what it amounts to anyway.

Well, good! It looks like the Switch 2 is doing exactlly that. I wouldn't bet on it for the other consoles, but at least Nintendo's doing the right thing. Saved me from a pointless purchase of Street Fighter 6. I'll probably just get that some other time digitally.

I did find a Pro Controller at Target. So I nabbed one. Game Stop was completely out.

 

[Ironbite4]

Apparently the reason for the stapling was that the store's AC broke, and it was so humid in there that the tape wasn't sticking to hold the receipts.

That said, maybe if Nintendo hadn't kept everything out of public hands until midnight last night, maybe they would have had some idea of how they were packaged and that could have been avoided.

Or maybe not. But I think the odds would have been better.

Anyway, after four hours of waiting in the off again/on again rain (at least there was an overhang), we got ours launch night. Kinda jealous of the people who got Pringles and Cokes, though.

Mario Kart World is neat, even if there are some choices in there that bug me. Foremost being only ONE alt outfit for Donkey Kong and Pauline. You're seriously telling me the damn babies and Koopa Troopa get more than them? Friggin' ridiculous.

You honestly believe that idiot manager's story? Come on.

Ironbite-you're name isn't Paladin.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

You honestly believe that idiot manager's story? Come on.

Ironbite-you're name isn't Paladin.

I don't know whose story it was, that's just what I heard.

And I never said it was a smart decision, since clearly it wasn't, but I can believe there are managers dumb enough to order something like that.

Like, seriously, just hand the receipt to the customer. Why is this even a thing?

I don't know, but if I had to guess, maybe these were preassembled to move things along quicker?

At least it sounds like things are being corrected straightaway, without the 3-month wait some had feared.

Still, I wonder if Nintendo is going to correct this packaging oversight. Even without the staples, these things are at risk just from basic shipping and moving around.

 

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

Still, I wonder if Nintendo is going to correct this packaging oversight. Even without the staples, these things are at risk just from basic shipping and moving around.

Seriously - how is this thing packaged so poorly that a situation like this can even happen?

 

[Tm_Silverclaw]

Cardboard is made to absorb blunt damage. No one expected someone to attempt intention pierce damage.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

I don't know whose story it was, that's just what I heard.

And I never said it was a smart decision, since clearly it wasn't, but I can believe there are managers dumb enough to order something like that.



I don't know, but if I had to guess, maybe these were preassembled to move things along quicker?

Having worked at Walmart, I can attest to the manager comment.

But that was my thought process: I can easily see a situation where a manager would instruct his workers to verify all the preorders/reservations were properly accounted for with some sort of receipt/order number and attached to the device for clarity and to ensure everyone got what they ordered.

That said, I also think this was a dual sided failure: the store for using a stapler (which usually require a good bit of force to attach to begin with) and Nintendo for packing the system “screen out”.