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Post by Imperial Khador on Jul 8, 2018 5:33:28 GMT
I thought we'd talked about THIS here already for some reason, but couldn't find a thread. Basically a neat adapter for the Switch to allow you to use a vertically aligned screen the Joy-Cons attached. Useful for games list Ikaruga or various arcade ports like the Namco Classics that support that screen setup. The Kickstarter page has a list of supported games. Basically without something like this, you'd have to disconnect your Switch from the Joy-Cons and prop is against something to play with a vertical screen setup. Here' s some demo videos. (Note: The second video was in portrait mode, which is inherently terrible, but was apparently at the request of the Kickstarter backers. For $12 American + shipping, that's not too much of a risk. I think I'm going to order one. |
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Post by stratogustav on Jul 8, 2018 9:48:14 GMT
Excellent idea. I mostly play on TV mode, so I had been looking for ages to find a mount that could flip my 65 inches TV vertically, but no luck so far.
I tried using the vertical mode for Dragon Blaze on hanheld mode, and my surprise was that the only way to make it happen is to start a 2 player game, allow the player two to die, and then continue to play with the bottom Joy-Con.
The main issue here is that in order for that to work you cannot put your Joy-Con all the way in or it will cancel the 2 player game. It is not worth it. This Kickstarter solution is fantastic. What a great idea.
I would imagine it should be cheaper in Canada. You guys usually have better shipping deals. I would definitely get one as well. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Imperial Khador on Jul 8, 2018 11:55:15 GMT
Looks like shipping is a static $3 US worldwide, so not too bad. Yeah, taking a brief look it does look like there are mounting options to have a TV vertical all the time, but I'm not seeing any where it would rotate back and forth. Might just have to get a second 65 inch tv for vertical mounting  |
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Post by stratogustav on Jul 8, 2018 17:37:30 GMT
I still have high hopes I'll find one someday.
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Post by leaon79s on Jul 8, 2018 22:08:28 GMT
It's a kewl concept fer sure, but game support seems pretty sparse, with the highest profile one being Ikaruga.
I still lack a Switch myself so I don't quite fall into the audience demographic anyways, but you'd think Nintendo would get on to doing something like this for themselves eventually if the relevant library grows.
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 8, 2018 22:23:12 GMT
I don't know why Nintendo didn't make this a standard feature, since it could even ease ports of DS/3DS games (with a line dividing the screen in half to simulate the dual screen configuration), besides the arcade ports.
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Post by stratogustav on Jul 9, 2018 9:54:36 GMT
leaon79s, All the Psykio games are high profile too. The NS has been getting many of them lately and they are all awesome.
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Post by dschult3 on Jul 24, 2018 3:24:20 GMT
This will definitely be cool for the arcade archives.
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Post by Imperial Khador on Dec 21, 2018 11:12:48 GMT
Got this in the mail last week, and it is definitely pretty cool. It will get some use. For horizontal hand-held Switch use, THIS has been my go-to grip for a couple of months now, and I'm really liking it as well. |
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 21, 2018 18:41:57 GMT
I was thinking about this last week when I was playing Gunbird 2. I should order it already. I mean I can really use it.
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