Zelda

Wait you can buy a house!?

Oooh, Jiggly which upgrade did you get?

Yes, Grey, get the Switch, and Zelda. It's very likely you'll be very happy with it. If you're reading this thread, you definitely want to 😄

The Switch is great. Just plug and go and yes, joycons last 20 hours on a single charge. Not tried it as a handheld yet but will next weekend!

I've just upgraded my Sheika Slate and it's awesome!

And the switch is awesome, I'm loving it as a console! The battery life on the pro controller is insanely long!

Yes, I got Epona! But it was a one time thing, don't get to keep her I'm afraid. Honestly, though, I think the other horses handle better anyway. Hoping to get some armour from the Link amiibo today, but you never know. I'm loving the wolf - I didn't expect mine to have full hearts, but he did! Two days ago I got totally lost and spent 3 hours accomplishing nothing except finding a couple korok seeds. I don't like using guide books early on in a game, they're for finding side quests and things are maybhave missed when I'm closer to the end of the game, but I had a quick look to point me in the right direction. I'm saving up to buy a house though. Will worry about exploring new places once I've done that.

So how is the switch???

So bloody tempted, I'm teetering on the edge... someone give me a little nudge

Yeah it is really hard! I don't really know where to find armor from so im wandering around trying to fight big groups in a warm doublet I also went to a shrine out in the sea. I should have realised from its position that it was going to be very hard. Stepped in there and got killed instantly.

I'm on my way to the Zora Domain, but with only 2 heart upgrades and 1 stamina upgrade, I suspect I'll get slaughtered 😬Yesterday I did the shrine near the Lanryu tower and died twice (thank goodness for fairies!). I'm heading to more shrines to toughen up too. The electric arrows are deadly. I am finding it tougher, but not too tough yet. Yet. I like that if you come across a bunch of really difficult bad guys, the game usually auto saves before you take them on so, when if you die, you can generally restart near them, but far enough away to avoid them next time around.

I've a few amiibo, the wolf one I got when released, and dh very sweetly got me the smash brothers Link and Ganondorf ones last night! Before starting the game, select amiibo from the game menu so the amiibo rune is available on your slate. Then once in game, activate the rube and tap the amiibo to the controller. I've only tried it using the pro controller and it was a bit fiddly getting the right area to tap (there should be a pic to show exactly where to tap). I found that wolf Link didn't want to go into a village, and after a minute of me being in it, he apparently went back to his own world. When I used the Ganon one, a few barrels and a treasure chest appeared. The treasure chest contained a kick ass sword so I'm delighted! It will break soon enough I'm sure, but has enhanced durability so pretty pleased all the same. Link amiibos should drop weapons and armour in chests when used

It's really hard! But so was Twilight Princess!

How does the amiibo work? DS put toon link on but we couldn't figure out what (if any) effect it had - not sure if we were doing it right?

I'm noodling about too! Some of the side quests are really fun. Been to two villages and looking forward to some random exploring. I've made several inedible dishes though 😬

I have Polka and StormStar.

I'm just noodling around doing side quests and cooking!

I'm completely in love with this game now. Probably the best Zelda game ever. Anyone else naming horses? So far I've got Epona (obviously), Roach and Binky. Planning on using Artax, Shadowfax and Arvak soon too 😊

Loving this game. What's great is it doesn't hold your hand like most games

Snipperclips looks interesting, thanks for mentioning that one MrsG. Dh and I would love to get ds playing games as well as watching them, and that's a possibility!

Yeah, the cooking is really useful - cooked dishes restore more health, can sometimes boost stamina, as well as other effects, and sell for more if you wanted to make cash. Incidentally, I went hunting, accidentally shot a goat with a flaming arrow rather than a regular one and, instead of raw meat, I got a seared steak! You can use the cooking pot to make elixirs too - a monster part and a critter (frog, cricket etc) together makes them with loads of different effects apparently. Haven't made many but counting the minutes till ds' bedtime to play more...

Ashvis Wow you can actually cook in the game?
MrsGWay Thanks a lot, I will try that!

cooking instructions
Don't read if you want to figure out for yourself

There is no cooking lesson at all! In your inventory screen, choose to hold food with the x button, pick a couple ingredients with the a button, then throw them into a cooking pot. If you're next to a pot with a lit fire, and you're holding items there will be a prompt to press the a button to cook. There is one at the old man's camp on the plateau, and a few dotted about various places. I'm at a village where there's a cooking pot to use. I quite like cooking now I've finally discovered how to do it!

I'm struggling to get into it due to lack of tutorial and it takes ages to go anywhere. Im still on the plateau though and struggling to get off it!

I picked up Nintendo Switch with Zelda yesterday for DS 5, unfortunately he doesn't know how to play it and has lost interest in the console all together. I've checked at the game it self has some brilliant reviews, I think I'll have a go tonight.

Anyone else played yet? I got in about 5 hours yesterday and completely loving it. The non durable weapons is a slight nuisance, but sort of reminds me of having to take repair hammers everywhere in Witcher 3 and Oblivion, and haven't run out of weapons yet so I guess that's ok! And fits in with the survival theme. The frame rate issue on the Switch isn't ideal, but not terrible, and not an issue on the game pad. Glad I bought a pro controller though, as I find it more comfortable. Not too sure how many times I've seen the game over screen, but it's been lots! I do tend to run into situations sword/axe flailing though.

I went ahead and bought it from argos today! Pretty graphics i like the art style.