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Online Play (58%)
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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『🐙Octavia🐙』JuniperEN
(@MommaOcco) reported
@JustNepping @_TempKitsempt_ @LeinOfFuture So your saying Nintendo can't just decide to make a hard game? Again my point stands. I'm okay with this especially if you are a new player because of games like Hollow Knight. If that's an issue then...just don't play it :p tbh this makes me wanna get it more.
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chi
(@slimeblight) reported
@Dokky_ On one hand: screw big companies. On the other: omfg Nintendo especially has mentioned HUGE sales issues due to piracy so stop omfgggg especially if you're gunna bxtch and moan that the franchise barely gets any new entries
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🏴 Xiphos | Is Wearing A Kilt!
(@Xiphos_YT) reported
That being said, I have said in the past that I would happy if Nintendo ported their games to PC and while people have said this would solve the piracy problem, that' isn't always the case, sure it would alleviate a portion of it
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Patrick Adams / パトリック・アダムス (狼兎64)
(@TheWolfBunny64) reported
I admit defeat. THE iDOLM@STER series is never coming to Nintendo Switch, due to licensing issues with Sony, and the sad truth that it's a niche series outside Japan. I even had to to lash out to people because I couldn't accept reality. But now I do. Honestly, it's for the best.
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濡れ足の霓 R+🔞
(@nijinonureashi) reported
@LimonTincho @Melpontro Fine by me. I (usually) don’t give a shot. But distributing a .rom file of a newborn game is where they have a problem. It’s the reason why emulation stay safe while .rom gets taken down. (Also I read that the rom emulator Nintendo took down also distributed private info so...)
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Kai (Devil Mode)
(@Tasnyx) reported
oh so nintendo doesn't make games if they get pirated so we all need to spend 60 dollars on their games? makes sense to me. I think there might be a problem with your wallet it looks weird, mind if I take a look?
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very cute dog haver
(@pedrothedagger) reported
kinda seems like “brand new game plays demonstrably much much better via piracy/emulation” is a problem for Nintendo to solve with better hardware, not by news sites not reporting on it
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BC
(@BC48527204) reported
@Kotaku Good Nintendo doesn’t want to add a Virtual console or update their ****** online service. Emulators and roms until they wake up and stop being greedy 🤡
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BluesDriveBuster🎮FFXI/V DQXI ATL2
(@GodDamnProtoman) reported
I mean I might try emulating Metroid Dread if it can fix the games frame drop issues 🙃 I swear either I’m being gaslit by Nintendo fans or my switch is dying because this game isn’t a constant 60fps. Would also be cool to see if the cutscenes could get unlocked from 30.
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Dirk
(@DirkVanDagger) reported
@MeliaTheMuffin @Kotaku It would still be possible for those people to buy a switch. Not Nintendo's fault if they don't. The only reason when piracing is a "service issue" is when a game isn't released in your country, like it was with a lot of SNES games for example that didn't make it to Europe.
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aeorut 🧛🏿💋
(@aeorut) reported
@TheOnlyChemo @askdethtolive @OrdinaryGamers piracy = people the playing the game for free = people not buying it = nintendo not making more games because "poor sales" (this is also an issue on nintendo's end btw)
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Danny Konstantinovic
(@Dannykons) reported
this pearl clutching is so obnoxious. if Nintendo stops making Metroid games it’s not cause we failed them as consumers, but bc they failed as a service provider and as the owners of a culturally significant IP. cry me a river
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Rhys Clark
(@RhysClark97) reported
@TheTerrawr @WKohakuMedia @pcgamer repeating that its Nintendo doesn't mean anything to me...if i ever disagree with their business practice or the way in which they deliver their exclusives to their customers than i have no issue with people pirating or emulating.
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BrokeMyNinja
(@brokemyninja) reported
@WeedSmokerUK_ @Hbrakel1991 @pcgamer So you link a community discussion board that offers fixes for issues and solutions of errors. Not known for their news. Also Nintendo has a hell of a time trying to shutdown ROM sites and can only go after the ones that profit from users they charge premiums for.
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cruty
(@Crusty783) reported
@Skylandersfan69 nintendo sells people broken controllers and sues fans, let me repeat that for you: Pirating Nintendo's games is always morally okay
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🎧 Estuardo Zenteno - Zuchuato™ 🎮
(@ezenteno) reported
@martyestes @NintendoAmerica Still don’t know why not play dread and let the system work over night. It’s not broken, it’s just how it is.
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Doc'
(@Dokky_) reported
like i absolutely agree that nintendo has huge preservation issues and it SUCKS, and i totally condone emulation when it comes to old games because nobody should have to buy a ******* wii u to play them 😭 but for god's sake don't use metroid as an example.... just dont
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Ale 🍝
(@UomoPolpetta) reported
@mothmartyr @ekkonus Like, the Switch Online service has had Super Nintendo games for like 2+ years now and they still haven’t put Earthbound in there goddammit
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Taku
(@OhTaKuuSo) reported
@DanniMcDoggo @DDZ5374 Then Nintendo is in trouble for the NES/SNES mini, since they running emulated version of games
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okijuhyg87
(@okijuhyg87) reported
@CaffeineCuts the oled model that came out recently has the ethernet port but dont take me wrong fam - Its yet another classy Nintendo move to fix a problem they themselves introduced lel; maybe buy an used console and if you're bored resell it - that way it wont hurt as much as selling a new1
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Fredy
(@GOUGI64) reported
@mrfeelswildride My biggest problem is that Nintendo is ******* stupid and will see that “Hey people are already emulating Metroid, they must not want to pay for it” which yeah of course sounds dumb as hell but you gotta remember this is Nintendo.
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Tnthusky
(@TNThusky) reported
oh yeah, looking at the kotaku issue. i agree that it's unprofessional of them, but also, how often does nintendo intentionally generate artificial scarcity, for no other reason than to get the buzz on them? I'm not condoning piracy, but I can't say nintendo never had it coming.
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Luke Kemp
(@Jim_Crikey) reported
@SamMGreer @GHGshow It's a journalism issue more than a piracy one, I think, with several windows to view it through. For example, poking the litigious Nintendo bear by gleefully celebrating a new game's hack could easily lead to the wider emulation community suffering permanent damage as a result.
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patrick
(@patricknotirl) reported
nintendo wii broken
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🐉Aladar Seon 🌿
(@GrassZangoose) reported
@LucasNidoking Right now, it's not about Game Preservation. Normal people will give Nintendo the middle finger and pirate older games because they won't touch them. People pirating a new game (again, for a neglected series) on the other hand is what the problem is.
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BC
(@BC48527204) reported
@Kotaku So many Nintendo simps in here.. no wonder they always do the bare minimum and are always 10 years behind in tech and online service
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Ninjared
(@BAY_FRS) reported
@pokejungle @Kotaku Most emu iso user doesn't even have switch in the first place. So we aren't Nintendo target demographic anyway. So games running on pc is none of your problem sice Nintendo doesn't even release on pc legally unlike xbox
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濡れ足の霓 R+🔞
(@nijinonureashi) reported
@LimonTincho @Melpontro Fine by me. I (usually) don’t give a ****. But distributing a .rom file of a newborn game is where they have a problem. It’s the reason why emulation stay safe while .rom gets taken down. (Also I read that the rom emulator Nintendo took down also distributed private info so...)
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Nico
(@pecotito_) reported
i don't have insider info or anything, but i'm sure Nintendo is using those feelings to sell more copies of the new Metroid Metroid "impopularity" and lack of games was a made up problem anyway
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BluesDriveBuster🎮FFXI/V DQXI ATL2
(@GodDamnProtoman) reported
@PlayingPS2 It’s looking better by the moment! I’ll beat the game on original hardware but yeah my replays might be emulated if Nintendo doesn’t fix my grievances first 👀