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I must convince you all why you must buy the digital eShop version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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I prefer to have physical games, but I knew I'd be better off digital in this case as I want to always have it available to play.. So I'm going digital, and then if I really want the physical I'll get it when it becomes a Nintendo Selects game (or whatever Nintendo does for Switch).
Bought a voucher for this exact game. Was waiting to spend it. Girlfriend preordered it fo me for Christmas. Guess we're going physical for animal crossing this gen cuz I ain't turning her down. Way too perfect a gift.
That said now I don't know what to spend the voucher on. Expires in June and there's nothing else I particularly want.
That said now I don't know what to spend the voucher on. Expires in June and there's nothing else I particularly want.
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i think it's up to July, not sure.
I bought mine near the end of July, but I would want to risk waiting until July to start using them.
I wish I could say the sameness but I'm pretty sure that switching game carts is an invisible but real impediment for me to playing other games. I won't make the conscious decision not to do it, I'll just make the decision to do it less often.
These are the reasons I got New Leaf via the eShop so yes, definitely agree with the recommendation.
I plan on using a voucher. What I didn't expect is for Mario Maker 2 to drop in price so fast. I was going to use one voucher for that for similar reasons, but am having second thoughts. Anyone else in that situation have advice?
Add to your OP that buying digital means you can share the game with a partner which is the best way to play :D
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OHHHHH, I completely forgot about this most important thing about going digital. Added.
I go all physical with games that are $60 but this will be the exception because I like to play almost daily in the beginning.
Hurts to not get it physical but it will be a better choice overall.
Hurts to not get it physical but it will be a better choice overall.
... because I like collecting switch games? And have two Switches because of this game.
With your 2 switches you can both play the game together at the same time.
The collecting thing....sure
It's on the eshop but you can't buy it yet.
You can just look at some pictures and stuff
I'm pretty upset with myself for buying New Leaf digitally since I wish I could have my saved town on the cartridge so I could play it on other 3DS systems more easily.
Since this isn't an issue with Switch games though, since I don't think you can save your progress to the actual cartridge, I'd probably just buy it digitally since Animal Crossing is a game that like... I'll want to play it for a while often enough that I'd rather not deal with carts if I don't have to.
If they're not enabling cloud saves, which sounds like it would be the case given the reason for not having it available for Pokemon or whatever, then that suck. Also, it's really freaking stupid.
Since this isn't an issue with Switch games though, since I don't think you can save your progress to the actual cartridge, I'd probably just buy it digitally since Animal Crossing is a game that like... I'll want to play it for a while often enough that I'd rather not deal with carts if I don't have to.
If they're not enabling cloud saves, which sounds like it would be the case given the reason for not having it available for Pokemon or whatever, then that suck. Also, it's really freaking stupid.
I don't know why you're bringing up other systems. I wouldn't recommend buying digital there either. The only one with a cross gen proper digital content management system so far is Microsoft. When games become available, they're tied to account and become available in new system. I have Zero confidence in Nintendo doing this. Maximum you'll get is one gen of BC, so just delaying the loss.
Plus, where did you hear there won't be an architecture change? That's simply complete speculation.
But that's exactly what's happening with all of their account systems. Not just with Microsoft. Now I can see them in later gens not allowing you to carry over your games but I'll cross that hill when I get there and my games will still be tied to my account so I could still play them on an older system. In the end, I don't think it'll be much different than keeping various different cartridges around
Considering that they have a long deal with Nvidia, I'd be surprised if they shift to a different architecture. It can happen but it's more likely that they'll stick with them for at least another generation
Buying physical. I rarely play more than one game at a time. Even then, switching out game carts is hardly a great labor.
After the gen is over, i don't keep the cartridges around. Sell everything and recover value instead of losing everything
Ahh...so you more or less move on to the next system completely. Yeah, I don't do that. I usually keep my older systems, unless the next one is backwards compatible
I'm sorry OP but I will get physical because Nintendo games retain a high value even after a year or two. I haven't played a a Animal Crossing so I want have the option to sell it.
Related, but I'm going to sell Smash because even if I love the game I'm not playing that much and I need some cash this week ;_;
Related, but I'm going to sell Smash because even if I love the game I'm not playing that much and I need some cash this week ;_;
Isn't this only valid for physical orders through the MyNintendo store?
Nice read, and I can totally relate.
I would prefer a Steam like ever growing unified library, but alas that's not possible. So moving on is preferable than dragging along dead consoles and accessories
I can understand that but, as someone that does like to go back to older games every now and again, I don't mind keeping my older systems and accessories
The only category it's excluded from is accessories. I can't find anything about physical orders only. But i'm not 100% sure.
That's interesting... I guess I didn't know this was possible with digital copies. Pretty cool!
Still need one for the shelf though, haha
Switch games save to the console storage regardless of if it's physical or digital, so buying physical won't save your town if something happens to the Switch itself.
Pre-release thoughts?
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