Holy... that's a crazy early street date..
I'm just imagining beating Diamond/Pearl before anyone else has even been able to purchase the game.
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Switch Lite Street Date Broken, Multiple Tweets Show Evidence That A Walmart in Georgia, USA Broke Street Date
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Holy... that's a crazy early street date..
I'm just imagining beating Diamond/Pearl before anyone else has even been able to purchase the game.
That doesn't look nearly as vibrant as in its promo pictures.Ahhh it's so close. It's beautiful. I didn't want to open the plastic because I want to have my hands on it for the first time when I actually pick it up at midnight on Friday.
It's not any smaller than I expected, but it's not any bigger either. It seems like the perfect size for what it is. Basically right in between the Vita and the regular Switch.
Only bad part is I described it to several co-workers who didn't have a Switch, and now all of them want it since it's smaller and [more importantly] $100 cheaper. So now I need to be there at midnight to make sure I get this turquoise one.
I think I made the right decision by going yellow.
Someone had tried it (can't remember if it was Twitter or Reddit) but it did not work.
As expected. Now we just need a teardown. I know spawnwave will do it, but it might be a little bit.
I have this official one for my normal switch and it's great. Way better than the built in kickstand on the default switch. Should be compatible with the Lite as well.
whoops forgot to link it haha https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...42e-e8f213ef368b&pf_rd_r=EZCB3DHSEEAWZ4CNRY8H
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All this picture tells me is the white buttons suck. Should have been dark gray. Give me Bumble Bee.r dPlastic is dulling it a little bit, but yeah, it's not super saturated.
Here's the yellow in the plastic.
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Just wanted to check out the colors. They're not sealed or anything. Nintendo doesn't put any kind of tape or anything on the Switch packaging. I didn't take them out of plastic so that they're still untouched.
Would you say it's basically the same blue as the DSi when it launched? If you've seen one. Since they announced it I've wanted the blue but the last couple days people have said in person it's like an in between teal and sea green tone.Ahhh it's so close. It's beautiful. I didn't want to open the plastic because I want to have my hands on it for the first time when I actually pick it up at midnight on Friday.
whoops! i'm dumb and forgot to actually link it, haha. sorry about that. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...42e-e8f213ef368b&pf_rd_r=EZCB3DHSEEAWZ4CNRY8H
The answer is actually that simple, no. Hori's d-pad joycon lacks wireless capabilities and it drifts just like the first party ones. It's a hardware issue.
Ah, oh. Thanks. Are you planning to open a grey as well? If so awesome.
I did but forgot to take a picture. It was much lighter grey than I was expecting. Wasn't a big fan.
I really like the turquoise, it does seem a touch paler than how the promo pictures looked. I am going to stick with my turquoise preorder, it reminds me of Hatsune Miku lol
Was gonna ask the same but I don't want the guy to get in trouble lol
Is it on par with the current grey switch model/controllers? Or is it slightly different?
Hmm. Thanks. Damn it why can't stores have demo kiosk out already so I can see them in person. -.-
Same thing with Best Buy. There must be a glitch or something in Walmart's POS system. If I we were to scan a switch lite or a genesis mini right now it would say, "Item not available at this moment"
Anyone planning to buy one, there is a deal going on right now for a case for $9.
I haven't seen it in person but based on the gamexplain video I'm having a hard time telling the shades apart.
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That's really weird. I didn't have my normal Switch with me, but to me the Switch Lite grey looked like this:
Which is definitely lighter than the grey Joy-Con.
I think people buying new units deserved to have them completely unopened and packed like they were from the factory. I hope you at least wore gloves while tampering with the merchandise
It looks literally exactly the same as unopened. There is no difference whatsoever. I didn't touch the Switch or any accessories. And if it makes you feel any better, the people that were with me at the time are all buying the ones we were looking at.
You're being very silly.
My bad, didn't know Wal Mart employees had early purchase access. As you were...
I mean, we are going at midnight, which is when they're allowed to be sold? And even if we didn't, it wouldn't matter, because there is LITERALLY NO DIFFERENCE. There is no tape, there is no seal, the item remained in the bag, and nothing else was touched. You're complaining about the effective equivalent of somebody holding your box to ring you up.
I mean you aren't doing quality checks on the product, so why open them up to begin with? But like you said, you and your friends are buying the units you tampered with so it's really no big deal.
Just be aware that, from what I understand, there are laws for withholding product to customers so employees can buy them first.
I wonder if it can be modded in knowing nintendo they probably left something in there for some clever clog to work with.
What did we tamper with? There was no seal. We didn't touch anything except plastic.
Customers ask us to open products all the time to check various things like port selection. As long as they're not sealed, we are permitted to do so.
I've worked in retail 15 years. I am aware. We are not witholding them. We are allowed to use the knowledge we have of our inventory and the release date to come in at a time we believe would let us be the first in line to buy the ones we want at 12:01.
Dunno if this has been already posted.
How it looks like outside
How it looks like outside
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I don't think the Walmart there should be blamed, though. The Switch Lites didn't come in a Street Dated box. They just arrived loose in with a bunch of other freight. Given that every single person I've mentioned the Switch Lite to has never heard of it (including my co-workers and gamer friends), it's easy to understand why it happened. The real question is why the register didn't block the sale.