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Welcome to the forum @euroninfan I would say that your best bet is to buy a Nintendo Switch if the cost isn't really a factor in your decision, seeing as you already have a 3DS XL and don't seem too happy with it. There are a load of decent games on the Switch, as you have noticed, there are over 2,000 available so on average you're likely to find some games you'd be interested in. Which games are your favourite type to play? I'm sure we could probably recommend you some games which might help you make a decision. (assuming this is a genuine enquiry of course)

First of all, Happy New Year! Secondly, Shovel Knight! (that's the transition tune) Finally, nicely done on the episode. I've just finished listening to it and I thought you all did really well to put it all together, especially over Christmas and I enjoyed listening to your Demon's Crest talk @Vileplume2000 you really summed up the game well I thought. It is a very divisive game, I can understand why there would be so many different takes on it, personally I enjoyed it back on the Virtual Consoles but I haven't revisited it. I was going to, just to see if my views on the game had changed but I've probably talked about it enough in the past, I still feel that it's an underrated gem though. Thanks for the episode, it was nice to listen to while putting together a certain article for the site which N-E staff members have contributed to, it's a 2019 article really but I think the extra time spent on it makes it still a very worthwhile read for the start of 2020, especially with the rate in which games are coming out for the Switch, so stay tuned for that and here's to the new decade.

Thanks for the games. Oh and Happy New Year!

I've made some good progress with the article, so I'll pop on Twitch for a bit and watch you all play.

I won't be able to join tonight as I'll be finishing writing up a certain article for the main page and I did say that I'd do my best to get it finished before the year is out. But I hope it all goes well and that everyone has a good time though.

Ah OK, then in that case it seems that you do need an account per region, I wasn't sure as I haven't tried to buy anything from any of the other eShops.

I'm not completely certain on this but I think I've heard of people getting a Japanese account (seperate to their main account) to get the Japanese NES and SNES apps plus some region exclusive games and then switching back to their main accounts to play them, the only thing is though you need different currencies on different eShops so that's why you'd probably need the other account. However, if you have no digital currency in your wallet on the eShop before travelling, you should be able to just change the region to wherever you are, so long as you realise that if you change region and you have money from a different currency in your account and then try to buy currency in the new region eShop, I think you'll lose what any unspent currency, but if you're just buying the required amount needed to purchase whichever game you want to buy then this shouldn't be a problem. That's as much as I understand about the whole eShop accounts and region restriction stuff anyway but I reckon @Dcubed would be able to provide a more concise answer. I've just re-read the question though... yes I believe you can still connect to your home eShop while in another country, it depends on which region you choose on your Switch.

I played most of the time with a Pro Controller and didn't have any issues so I don't think you have to worry about mandatory motion controls for the moons. Though I haven't completed it so I don't know for certain.

Nope, it's all or nothing with Yakuza. But it is best to play through them all I hear. @RedShell will probably be able to answer you in more detail being that he's played them all. He'll probably advise you play them all as well though... I'd suggest starting with Yakuza 0 and see how you get on.

Congrats on getting a PS4. I'd recommend... Devil May Cry Trilogy Devil May Cry 5 God of War InFAMOUS Second Son/First Light Resident Evil 2 Shenmue I & II Shenmue III Yakuza series Those are just the obvious games which stick out in the library to me, I'm sure there are plenty of others.

My brother and I just started playing Doom 2016 on Nightmare mode for the first time on the Switch, after an hour and a half trying to beat the first main room we left it. Going just by that, a complete Nightmare mode run on 100% is probably more fun to watch than it is to play, I might even watch it for some tips if no progress has been made. Might just bump the difficulty down a notch though...

I've had trouble with the original dock, I have two though so that when it happens I swap them out, it then works fine and I only swap back when I need to. I don't think the dock is necessarilly broken but what you've described @Aneres11 is exactly what happened to me but if you just have the one dock then it's tricky to diagnose. It's only because I like having the dock set up and keep another one for the times when I want to play Switch multiplayer or just in another room as it's easier. I'm actually about to play some Switch multiplayer now locally which means I'll be using my original dock which last messed up a few months back during Mario Kart night. I'll let you know how it goes but it's usually just annoyingly intermittent, as it will work perfectly for months and then it just stops working properly for seemingly no reason. If it's your only dock then, I know you've probably tried this already and it's a hassle but, just unplug everything, turn the TV off then start reconnecting everything to do with the Switch. Sometimes that works, I'm not sure if it's worth sending the dock in for repair, especially if it's going to cost you, if it isn't though then you don't have anything to lose. Definitely don't send your Switch console in though, it's more likely to just be the dock.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits event 'Comfy and Easy to Wear' is now live This event will last for three short days so don't get too comfortable as some of these spirits surely won't be easy and might even wear on your patience. But it will be worth beating them to make your spirit collection complete again, until then you may find you're a few spirits short. OK, that's enough forced short references now, time to cut this post off at the knees. Still, a great theme for the last spirit event of 2019.

The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition gets a new trailer The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition by developer Grimtalin is available on the Nintendo eShop for £4.49 (£3.59 -20% until 31/12/2019) (plus a discount for anyone who owns the original title) A very enjoyable title even in its original form, we reviewed it last year and the only criticism was that the game could have more replay value... ...this seems to solve that moderate gripe and then some, as there are now two more dungeons and loads of new ways to play. Check the article for the full details and trailer.

Thanks for the games tonight @Glen-i @RedShell & @LazyBoy those were some fun matches. Cheers to everyone for joining in the with King K. Rool madness as well, no idea how the video turned out but will keep you posted.

Is there any chance we could have a few matches as King K. Rool only please? (at least I think that's the idea @LazyBoy is going for) We were going to join and record all the matches, you'd be more than welcome to join us for an off-the-cuff edition of A Smashing Cast over on Discord... I know it's all a bit last minute, will be joining in a minute anyway. No worries if not though, the main thing is just playing a few rounds of Smash and having fun like we usually do.

You know what game I ended up loading up this week at just before 8PM through force of habit... Ah well, at least I'm early for Smash!

Ah, I see you got the artcard set from Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon an excellent film indeed, highly recommended if you don't already own it.

Dark Samus & Richter amiibo figures available to pre-order now at Nintendo Store UK. Go go go!

Nintendo Switch 'My Adventure' new My Way to Play commercial Nintendo have just released a new commercial, the latest in their line of 'My Way to Play' videos. Check the article for the video. What's your way to play?

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate goes mega-sized for its latest tournament Every character is Mega-Sized in this latest tournament so that you can reenact Godzilla style battles except with your favourite Nintendo or third-party characters. The tournament will start on Friday, December 20th and will last for three days. (Also, I just noticed... Page Sixty-Fouuuuuuuur!)

Nintendo announces first details of Luigi's Mansion 3 Multiplayer DLC Normally I'd say... "And it's now up on the main page!" but this news dropped last night so its already been covered. Not sure how to feel about this dlc, we did know about it in advance so I'm fine with it, I don't know if I'll be rushing to buy it though. I'd need to finish the main game first...

Nintendo have released a new update for Cadence of Hyrule which includes free DLC titled Octavo's Ode Free dlc, out of nowhere for Cadence of Hyrule, which is available... right now! (can we have that physical version now Nintendo? Or whenever more possible planned dlc has finished being released for the game)

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore preview video for "She Is..." song Check out the preview for the new song "She is..." from the upcoming Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore which will be released on January 17th on the Switch. I'll be picking this title up again seeing as I never finished it on the Wii U, hopefully it will get the second chance it deserves on the Switch.

And even that's generous, in terms of power it was later thought to be only about 1.5 times as powerful as the GameCube. Imagine if the Xbox Series X had to be the size of however many GameCube consoles it's equal to in terms of power... some of the above images would be almost accurate. Also, I just thought... that would make the power brick almost the size of a small generator.