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So, it's not possible to play w/ two Nintendo Switches on local connection wirelessly?

It seems we sacrificed simple connectivity and ease of access to have a more powerful system that can run games more efficiently and optimal storage to the system or SD cards that would allow for multiple profiles and saves.

I want to say free online connectivity as well, but someone still has to pay for internet.

I guess subscription-free online then.

My stability comment is concerning how my OG Nintendo 3DS takes about thirty seconds to boot up Gen. VII games (to the opening and start screens) and can't run the browser while suspended (like other Nintendo 3DS software). My system also tells me to please wait after I close the games and has to restart then take it's time to load up the icons. I'm sure the New 3DS is powerful to handle them smoothly, but I imagine the real-time play in Wild Area w/ other players would be a strain. It has delay issues on the system it is on. Upgrades for less latency issues.

That's why the Nintendo Switch Pro will be pushed, but there would also be the issues in the games and the game server(s) themselves.

imagine being a gamer

I don't have to.

Now more than ever, I'm glad to only play single player games

> So, it's not possible to play w/ two Nintendo Switches on local connection wirelessly?
I think you need codes for this, but obviously with so many people at these events (the larger ones can easily have around 1000) the codes don't really work

Even something as simple as the old school gba link cable would have been better than:
Buy USB to ethernet adapter
Have ethernet hubs available on every table
Have ethernet cables
Have USB stand because we are now not allowed to hold the switch or take off the joy cons
And have an online switch subscription because we are using LAN

It's kind of BS that anyone can join in a trade and we have to set codes instead of the option to directly select our friends from a list like previous games.

Can it be so hard to make a switch link cable? I don't imagine so

Yep

PSS was the pinnacle of online Pokémon play in the mainline games.

Gts was a perfectly good thing

Yeah, totally agre

Yeah, totally agree

I'd say Gen 6 was by far the healthiest vgc has ever been

GTS was trash w/ the requests and was slowly getting better w/ us being able to filter out ridiculous requests.

GTS is better than what we have now though, which is the main thing

Could've been regulated better

Before swsh, I would have totally agreed with you

There is no replacement for GTS, though.

But now it's gone I can only see its benefits

It's just a lack there of now.

Yeah, link trades really aren't good enough

imagine playing pokemon