I
Think it's pretty safe to say that the Nintendo switch has been a
Pretty big success with sellouts at pretty much every major retailer across the board now
that the hype has died down a little bit and more people are actually able to get their hands on one it seems like a
Good time to give you new switch owners some pretty cool tips and tricks for getting the most out of your new
Console, what's up? Guys Jimmy here welcome to chaos top tens and today
I'm gonna be bringing you guys ten Nintendo switch hacks that everyone should know and
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Let's go over some Nintendo switch gaming hacks that you can utilize with your Nintendo switch
Kicking off the list at number 10 is pretty simple screenshots have you ever came across a really cool site in Zelda
And you wanted to capture it or maybe
You hit a high score that you wanted to brag about to your friends the switch like the other eighth generation
Consoles has a feature that allows you to take
Screenshots in-game and save them without ever having to actually leave the actual game on the left joint con
There's a square button with the circle that acts as a screenshot button if you hit this while playing a game
It will quickly take a screen cap and save it to whatever your current memory setting is either
That's the switch hard drive or an SD card if you have one plugged in whatever it may be
You can also go into your consoles album application to see all your screenshots
And if you save your screenshots to an SD card
You can remove the card and then put the card into your computer to save them wherever you want
it's a nice little touch nice little feature if
You aren't a fan of your switches current layout there's actually a solution for that
This is pretty common now with the current gen consoles and number nine
themes if you go into your system settings and find the themes tab you will be able to select whatever layout you want
For your console everybody likes to customize it to in tailor it to their own
specific
Feel I guess admittedly your selection is pretty limited right now
But I can imagine that
Nintendo is only going to add more variety to this aspect of the system as
We go on down the road so I mean though come a time
Well, you can probably customize it fully
But for now you can at least switch it up a little bit
like most consoles the switch has two different options when
Powering down we're gonna
Talk about power modes on your Nintendo switch at number eight one of them called the sleep mode puts the system on
Standby while the other one turns it off entirely every switch owner should know how to quickly access
The two different power modes is turning the system off entirely is the most power
Efficient and is also much safer when removing SD
Cards as removing them while the power is on can actually still damage a card to turn off your switch entirely
Hold the power button down until the menu appears listing sleep mode and power options when you go to power options
You will be able to turn the console
Completely off no no in the background updates or anything going on not using sucking any of your internet or any electricity
It is completely dead to the world
Cutoff supposedly you guys remember when you would turn off your Gamecube and you could get the startup sound
The song to sound different if you held down the Z button well power sounds
It's number seven okay this switch actually has its own equivalent of this which is pretty cool
Not everybody knows about it's a few different ones with a little bit of variety when your console is in sleep mode
You can wake it up by pressing any button three times
But you've probably noticed that the different buttons make different sounds
Try messing around with all the different startup sounds as it's it's a nice little throwback
It's a nod back to the Gamecube if you will for the alternate set up. I thought it was pretty cool
It's actually kind of like a Nintendo
Console Easter Egg so also in the in the comment section if you ever owned a Gamecube
Let me know what your favorite game was on the Nintendo GameCube
all the Xbox one the PlayStation 4 and steam you can pretty much go to any of your friends profiles and see how long they've
been playing each game
What achievements they've unlocked?
etc and we're gonna talk about hiding your activity on the
Nintendo switch you may not care about this information being public but some players prefer
To not divulge what games they play and how long they play them for it's their privacy
And to know has a good amount of privacy
customization strictly for this department in your user settings if you go to the print settings tab at this screen you can decide what information
From your user profile and your game log is actually sent out to the public or public
Viewed want to hide how much you play minecraft Nintendo has you covered?
cracking into the top 5 how about connecting a
Keyboard many people don't like typing on touchscreens and pretty much
everyone hates using the
On-screen keyboards where you have to hit one letter at a time come on nobody has time for that anymore
The switch actually has a system in place for you to connect a keyboard
to your console to use any time if there is a text prompt in a USB keyboard can be connected to the console and
used for
Titling and writing captions for screenshots whatever you guys want plus as more and more games and apps are coming out
The keyboard will only end up getting more functional. It'll have more functionality
with this console so if you're the kind of person that likes using an actual keyboard you can connect that to your switch and
utilize it a
number for
Nintendo switch on
Line the whole point of online gaming is to make new friends and chat with them while you're having fun in the gaming world well
For most people some people like to lone-wolf it up
but a lot of people like the social aspect of it this can be a little difficult when you're not at your console for a
Few days and want to chat with your new buddies right Nintendo made a mobile app specifically for this called Nintendo switch online
Which you can use to link your Nintendo account and access messages and friends plus
There's some pretty cool things
You can do with the app that are specific to splatoon, too
Which definitely suggests that the app is going to play a bigger part for upcoming releases of games for the console?
So it would probably be a good idea to jump on this app now
So you can get the hang of it before things actually expand
And it's a way to keep you connected to your gaming groups
Even if you're not at your specific console in a specific room in your house
Nintendo is all about making their consoles family-friendly and user guessable
we're gonna talk about skipping the user select and
The switch has a system in place
Where every time you open up a new game or search the eShop you were prompted with a screen where you can confirm?
Which user is currently playing the console?
however
If you're the only person who uses your switch this screen can get a little bit annoying so if you go into your system settings
And find the users tab there is a check box that says Skip selection screen by checking this box you
No longer have to confirm
Who is using the switch whenever you do something new?
and if you ever decide that you do want that screen to pop up just simply go uncheck the box put things back how they
Were and you're good to go
But this is this is actually pretty smart and it can get annoying if you're the only one ever using it
You don't want to log in and have to do this every time so check that box and you can skip that entire process
And number two
accessing overseas a shop
Thanks to Nintendo for dropping region-specific
Policies that they use in the past the switch is completely region free which is pretty cool
it allows you to play physical games from any region as
Well as access the eShop from other regions allowing you to buy games in other languages country specific versions of certain games or even
country Exclusive games,
but how can it be country exclusive if you can buy it in another country?
Ha you'll have to create a new Nintendo account in order to access the alternate a shop regions
But if you just make a new account you'll be able to set your region to anywhere in the world
Regardless of where your switch console is actually located Plus once you make that second account
You can just link it to your main account with the add user option in your settings
So you don't have to do the long login and logout process like you would with other
Services keep in mind though ok that if you're going to buy something from a different regions a shop you're going to need to use
the appropriate currency
and
Finally let's talk about the joy cons for just a minute at number one today
Due to how small the joint cons, are they are small Nintendo definitely took into the count the possibility of people losing them
I'm sure it's happened. Thankfully there's a feature built into the console for finding lost joy cons by going into your settings
Finding the controller's tab and hitting fine controllers your joy cons will start vibrating and making noise
Until you find them as long as they are close to the main console
So I don't know the actual spread or the distance I'm assuming if they're a hundred yards away. They're not going to go off
It's definitely a nice addition to the system though as replacing lost controllers can be pricey and also a little embarrassing if someone asks
Why you're buying new controllers?
You're like I lost them in Nintendo trust me the prices are not cheap when it comes to extra controllers
You'd have to go third market to get cheap, and then they're just not the same quality, so this is a pretty cool feature
There you have it my friends
Those are 10 Nintendo switch gaming has because it may make your user experience a little better with the console
Let me know how you guys are enjoying it
What is your favorite game on there probably Legend of Zelda, and I hope it was informative
And you found it helpful in some way
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