Nintendo Switch - New Owners Guide

brady12

brady12 wrote: »

Two questions . Is the 2019 Version much better cos I might buy second hand & should I buy a more ‘ console ‘ like controller like the pro one ?

the battery life is better by a fair bit if you're going to be playing handheld on the go away or from a power adapter. in some games it can even be double the old model (bigger increase in more demanding games like Zelada BOTW)

https://wccftech.com/new-nintendo-switch-battery-tested/

if you're going to be playing a lot in docked mode and / or two player games an extra controller would be advisable

the pro controller is the best option but if you do some research there can be other options that are cheaper that might be good enough

brady12

Should I make do with a ps4 or ps5 controllers instead buying a pro controller ? Considering be nearly all on the go I be playing it .

brady12

brady12 wrote: »

Should I make do with a ps4 or ps5 controllers instead buying a pro controller ? Considering be nearly all on the go I be playing it .

you can do that - use ps4 controller

you do need to buy a wireless adapter dongle but it's not a big outlay

https://www.amazon.co.uk/8Bitdo-Wireless-Bluetooth-Raspberry-Nintendo/dp/B0786JC6VW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=38TK58W50D1BS&dchild=1&keywords=switch+wireless+adapter&qid=1604771161&sprefix=switch+wireless+ad%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-3

how to

https://www.imore.com/how-use-ps4-dualshock-controller-your-nintendo-switch

Uncle Pierre

Complete newbie to this sort of thing here. And I'm going back to questions from more than a year ago about how Splatoon 2 needs an online subscription to get the best out of the game.

The young lad here (just turned 7) got a Switch for his birthday in early December and Splatoon 2 has just landed today as a late Christmas present from his cousins. We haven't allowed him any online play yet, until we try figure out how it works. And friend requests are blocked, after he got three of them from God only knows who in the first few days he had the Switch.

If we shell out for online play in Splatoon 2, what level of interaction is there between players (if any)? i.e. can players swap messages, etc., or is it just a case of seeing somebody else running around too, but not knowing who they are or where they might be?

Do they have to be "friends" to play, or does the game just hook you up with whoever else happens to be online at that time? Basically, the more anonymous, the better.......

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Rhyme

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Splatoon 2 Online Play

It's been a while but my memory of online play in Splatoon 2 was zero interactions with other people. Level loads, you play, level ends, rinse and repeat.

I'd wait until you hear from people from more recent experience though. I tend to shy away from chatting online too much so maybe I unconsciously guided myself away from such things at the time.

madmoe

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Complete newbie to this sort of thing here. And I'm going back to questions from more than a year ago about how Splatoon 2 needs an online subscription to get the best out of the game.

The young lad here (just turned 7) got a Switch for his birthday in early December and Splatoon 2 has just landed today as a late Christmas present from his cousins. We haven't allowed him any online play yet, until we try figure out how it works. And friend requests are blocked, after he got three of them from God only knows who in the first few days he had the Switch.

If we shell out for online play in Splatoon 2, what level of interaction is there between players (if any)? i.e. can players swap messages, etc., or is it just a case of seeing somebody else running around too, but not knowing who they are or where they might be?

Do they have to be "friends" to play, or does the game just hook you up with whoever else happens to be online at that time? Basically, the more anonymous, the better.......

Thanks in advance for any advice.

I got really really into that game when it came out and loved it. I had not played the first one. Anyhow, very very little interaction with people outside the main online game, he will be fine. He does not need any friends to have a great time in the game as it will automatically match you up with other players, completely random each time. Any questions feel free to ask.

Cheers,
M

Uncle Pierre

Big thanks, madmoe. Will see about setting it up over the weekend.

Asherthehasher

Can anyone help with a master code for switch.

My daughter has put a parental code on her Nintendo Switch, for the life of me I don’t know how.

Myself and my husband have checked and neither of our emails are linked to her switch.

As we don’t know the pin it is asking for a master key and is giving a query/ file number.

I have contacted Nintendo 2weeks ago and have not received a reply to my mail.

Any help would be amazing.
TIA

madmoe

Asherthehasher wrote: »

Can anyone help with a master code for switch.

My daughter has put a parental code on her Nintendo Switch, for the life of me I don’t know how.

Myself and my husband have checked and neither of our emails are linked to her switch.

As we don’t know the pin it is asking for a master key and is giving a query/ file number.

I have contacted Nintendo 2weeks ago and have not received a reply to my mail.

Any help would be amazing.
TIA

Can you log into the Nintendo account she created using her email address? I had to reset my Switch as I was selling it and when I tried to log back into it again with my Nintendo account it asked me for a code. The code was in my Nintendo account when I logged in on the web.

Cheers,
M

Tom Mann Centuria

Asherthehasher wrote: »

Can anyone help with a master code for switch.

My daughter has put a parental code on her Nintendo Switch, for the life of me I don’t know how.

Myself and my husband have checked and neither of our emails are linked to her switch.

As we don’t know the pin it is asking for a master key and is giving a query/ file number.

I have contacted Nintendo 2weeks ago and have not received a reply to my mail.

Any help would be amazing.
TIA

Have you followed the steps to get the inquiry number?

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Contact/Parental-Controls-Forgotten-PIN-and-Master-Key-Enquiries/Parental-Controls-Forgotten-PIN-and-Master-Key-Enquiries-1106596.html

https://thedroidguy.com/forget-nintendo-switch-parental-control-pin-1143565


I'd definitely try and email them again with the inquiry number once you have it, or call them. Was it definitely Nintendo UK you contacted? Their email is

Customer-support@nintendo.co.uk

Or Phone:

+44 (0)345 60 50 247 (Calls charged at National Rate)

Phone opening hours:

Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm



Best of luck anyway.

Asherthehasher

madmoe wrote: »

Can you log into the Nintendo account she created using her email address? I had to reset my Switch as I was selling it and when I tried to log back into it again with my Nintendo account it asked me for a code. The code was in my Nintendo account when I logged in on the web.

Cheers,
M

Hi,

The problem is neither of us signed her up for a Nintendo account.

She has since said her friend's big sister sent it up last year but they don't know the password.

Thanks for your help.

I will contact Nintendo Support

Asherthehasher

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Have you followed the steps to get the inquiry number?

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Contact/Parental-Controls-Forgotten-PIN-and-Master-Key-Enquiries/Parental-Controls-Forgotten-PIN-and-Master-Key-Enquiries-1106596.html

https://thedroidguy.com/forget-nintendo-switch-parental-control-pin-1143565


I'd definitely try and email them again with the inquiry number once you have it, or call them. Was it definitely Nintendo UK you contacted? Their email is

Customer-support@nintendo.co.uk

Or Phone:

+44 (0)345 60 50 247 (Calls charged at National Rate)

Phone opening hours:

Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm



Best of luck anyway.

100% sure it was the UK..

I will contact the numbers below. Thanks for all the help

bennyl10

Hi All,
had a switch light, adding a switch light for extra hands on the house

Is game sharing a thing? All games were bought with my account previously(with other users able to use them)

Is it possible for us to both to play a game at once on separate consoles now?

Pixel Junky

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SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121297149#Comment_121297149

Are they dead pixels 😁

JMcL

Dipping my toe back into the online gaming space after many years, and I've a question about the bundled Online sub - particularly activation.

I'm getting the young lad a Switch for Christmas as he really wants to play Mario. There're some decent black Friday offers on bundles at the moment, but it's not clear to me if I buy a bundle now and stick it in the wardrobe for the next month whether the online sub starts on the day of purchase or when the console first gets booted. Nothing stands out in the Nintendo FAQs that I can see.

Losing a month of the bundled sub isn't the end of the world - I'll be upgrading to the family pack for access to all the old games anyway - but curious all the same.

Irish Halo

The sub will need to be activated and will not start till you go through that process so won't lose any days.

Now you may want to boot up the console few days before the big man visits to make sure the system is up to date (not as big a deal with the Switch compared to a PS5 or XBox) and online before it is unwrapped so you could lose like two days or something.

You should be able to use the bundled individual base level online sub as a discount on the other tiers even after activation:

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Support/Nintendo-Switch/Information-on-Changing-a-Nintendo-Switch-Online-Membership-Plan-1434291.html