Spec sheet says about 20 hours, about 3.5 hours to charge.
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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con $80, Pro Controller $70
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plagiarize
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You don't need to buy the charging grip. At all. Just connect the joycons to the console when you aren't playing.
There are cheaper games than 70 euros.
Immaculate
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wait the only way to charge the joycons is with the charging grip? like nothing included with the system charges them?
edit: nvm saw the post above
edit: nvm saw the post above
Cheaper games that he wants to play?
Conkerkid11
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I'm looking at pictures on the official Nintendo Switch page, and I really don't think a non-charging version of the joy-con grip exists. Compare images of the grip that's included with the console to the one sold separately.
There's no reason for them to have a version that doesn't charge.
What makes you think a worse version of it exists solely to exist with your initial console purchase, and cannot be purchased separately?
WordAssassin
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There are multiple pictures on the last page of the grip that does not have a USB port, including official pictures from Nintendo. They also have different names. The one included in the box with the Switch is the JoyCon Grip. The one sold separately is called the JoyCon Charging Grip. If the Charging Grip was included in the box, I feel that they would have said so given that JoyCon Charging Grip is the official name of the product.
Literally a couple of posts above :
I think people are in denial at this point, we'll see sooner or later.I mean you literally see no charging grips when you go to the Switch page on the japanese website.
Plenty of these though :
CarbonFire
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....but it can be purchased separately?
http://www.gamestop.com/nes/accessories/nintendo-switch-joy-con-comfort-grip-black/141859
Triforce141
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Do you have a link to it, I can't find it anywhere?
A third party is making them already. I was linked to it in this thread.
Here we are
WordAssassin
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That isn't an official Nintendo-made product. Officially, Nintendo doesn't seem to sell the basic JoyCon Grip separately.
You can literally plug the DS4 into any USB Power Adapter with the dozens of micro USB cords you have laying around the house and still be able to play at the same time.
Wait what?! Where are you from? Oh man, this isn't looking good. WiiU first party games are 50 here in the Netherlands. Yo Nintendo wtf are you doing?! You're upping the price AND letting those greedy EU retailers bump em even higher! Oh man, oh god, oh man.
SwiftDeath
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I honestly think the charging grip is the one the irritates me the most
$80 for 2 Joy-Cons but you have to either spend $30 more to charge all your JC's at once and have a 2nd full controller or switch charging between the charging grip that comes with your unit
Seems insane to pay $110 for that
And as everyone else said $70 for the pro needs to be justified because the Wii U pro Controller is like $50 if not less and Xbox and PS offerings are $60 at most sans the elite
$80 for 2 Joy-Cons but you have to either spend $30 more to charge all your JC's at once and have a 2nd full controller or switch charging between the charging grip that comes with your unit
Seems insane to pay $110 for that
And as everyone else said $70 for the pro needs to be justified because the Wii U pro Controller is like $50 if not less and Xbox and PS offerings are $60 at most sans the elite
WordAssassin
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Could you do that with the DS3 too? I don't remember if it's my PS3 or PS4 but for some reason only the official USB that comes with the system will charge one of my controllers, can't remember which one though. REALLY annoying when I couldn't find a single other micro-USB cable in my house and my old roommate was using the one that came with the system for her external HDD ):<
It's been justified, it just sucks. The Pro Controller has NFC, HD Rumble, and apparently the IR Camera too. So $50-60 for the basic Pro Controller features with accelerometer/gyro, wireless, rechargeable battery, etc and then $20 more for HD Rumble and NFC and possible IR Camera too.
$60 for the Xbox controller that doesn't even have a fucking rechargeable battery is the one I've always had a problem with. I totally forgot one of my Xbone controllers just had normal batteries in it and I kept plugging it in waiting for it to charge for days until I finally opened it up.
OricWindstar
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I'm assuming this has been discussed, but apparently the Pro Controller has HD Rumble, hence the price. Still not happy with $70, but I guess there's at least a reason for it.
CarbonFire
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Fair enough. Still not exactly sure why such a thing exists, since if you're likely buying another set of Joycons (for like multiplayer gaming), the idea that you'd only be able to charge one set at a time without the extra $30 accessory is maddening. Especially for something that's already $80.
The perfect Dark
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Germany. Zelda and Mario Kart are 69,99
What? If you have the correct cable (they were different between the DS3 and DS4) you can charge it anywhere.
Bruce Springsteen
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This isn't all included in the $299 package?
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
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Has there been any confirmation yet if the Wii U Pro Controllers will work on the switch? It seems likely that they might.
WordAssassin
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Yeah one is mini and one is micro, I THINK it was the micro since it also plugged into her external hard drive, but for some reason ONLY that cable would charge my controller. It drove me fucking crazy. I tried like three other cables and none of them worked and she was out of the country so I couldn't get it back from her. It was really weird. As soon as she got back I swapped cables with her and it charged fine. Never understood WTF was going on with that.
Why would it seem likely? They're missing three major features of the Switch controller family (HD Rumble, NFC, and IR Camera)
Oh yeah and gyro/accelerometer too.
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Deleted member 752119
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Awesome. Pretty much a non issue then for me. I'll probably pass on a pro controller at launch and see how annoyed I get having to move the joy cons back and forth between the grip and tablet to charge before shelling out $70. If it doesn't drive me nuts I'll wait for someone to have the pro controller on sale.
thatJohann
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Ugh skipping the switch. What a mess.
Baroquemantic
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Prices really are ridiculous. Especially since you need two joy-cons or a pro controller to play some Switch games. (I highly doubt Zelda or Xenoblade or any other big game can be played with a singly joy-con.)
Highly doubt it. Switch Pro has gyro, U Pro has not.
WordAssassin
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Well thankfully the system comes with two JoyCons, unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying?
Chezzymann
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If you run out of charge and want to play while the controller is charging it would be an issue though
ecosse_011172
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Amazing how Nintendo just can't help themselves pressing the self destruct button.
Did no-one think that by maybe making a smaller or zero profit on the peripherals it might create goodwill and build up their sales base?
Seriously, after a massive flop console, is it just incredible arrogance that makes them do shit like this?
I'll have one day one as usual but it's so frustrating to see them do appalling shit like this.
Did no-one think that by maybe making a smaller or zero profit on the peripherals it might create goodwill and build up their sales base?
Seriously, after a massive flop console, is it just incredible arrogance that makes them do shit like this?
I'll have one day one as usual but it's so frustrating to see them do appalling shit like this.
There's no way the pro controller is worth that much. Why does it even need amiibo functionality? /Sigh nintendo.
Japanese charging grip perhaps? that first image it's small but you can see it has the 4 squares on each side to indicate the battery still. They're just not lit up.
Could just be a size difference for the region.
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Deleted member 752119
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True. But as long as the spec sheet is accurate and the Joy Con battery life is 20 hours it's not as big of a nuisance as I thought. Still annoying to me to have to attach to the tablet to charge, but I'll deal rather than buying a $70 controller right away (or $30 charging grip).
So you don't have to rise up from your couch and scan the Amiibo on your console? NFC is not expensive at all - it's not what is costing here.
WordAssassin
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Both the JoyCon Grip and the JoyCon Charging Grip have the LED lights on them, to show battery level of the JoyCons themselves. If one of them didn't have the lights there would be no way to know when your JoyCon batteries were low when not plugged into the Switch itself.
sixteen-bit
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how much does the wired Hori controller cost?
It comes with 2 joy cons, so Zelda and Xenoblade will both be playable without extra purchases.
Wait what? Isn't the typical strategy to break even on the console but profit from peripherals and add-ons? I don't know which console does not have that model.
Actually the JCGrip "LEDs" seem like they're just tubes redirecting the light from the Joy Con's LEDs.
WordAssassin
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Still trying to find this out. I heard no in another thread, but it didn't seem definitive.
I don't think these are LEDs at all but rather light pipes (or just straight up holes), using the lights from the Joy Con itself. I also think it indicates player number rather than battery level (except they probably change to red when battery is low).
I think it is proprietary tech.