Hardware Do you use your switch more in Handheld or TV mode !?

Handheld/Tablet mode vs. TV/Docked

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That power bank must come in very handy.
Well, depends on how you travel.
Nowadays, if you travel in you car just connect it to your car with an adapter, if you travel by train (in Germany) almost always you have 220V power outlets next to your sit, just connect your power adapter, if you travel by plane lately they come with an USB power output in each sit, etc.
 
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Whenever I'm home, I really only play docked.
Whenever I'm on a train (about two hours each day), I play portable. Luckily travel first class, the only place where AC sockets are available in the NL aboard trains.
 

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Well depend of the game BOTW was like 95 Hours in Tv and 5 in handheld
Fast RMX was more 85% handheld
and kamiko handheld only

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I think if the game benefit from being docked, i play it that way, otherwise i play in handheld
 

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For me, when I play Fast RMX specifically, I do it mostly on TV, the reason is the screen size.
I feel it difficult to react or see what is coming at very high speeds in the small screen.
I need a giant TV for that, my eyes just can't follow otherwise.
 

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For me, when I play Fast RMX specifically, I do it mostly on TV, the reason is the screen size.
I feel it difficult to react or see what is coming at very high speeds in the small screen.
I need a giant TV for that, my eyes just can't follow otherwise.
Well i'm asian blooded so that's not an issue for me xD
 

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I can't grasp the idea of playing games on a solitary screen that you cannot take with you. It's bigger, but it's still a screen... it doesn't do anything different than the handheld form other than a higher resolution, and usually not even.

The handheld screen is huge and just fine.
I'd just like antialiasing in handheld mode cause games like BoTW and MK8 look so much better antialiased, but alas. Clock speed limits.
 

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I played it in docked mode a lot when I was playing Zelda, but lately for more bite-sized gaming, I've been doing a lot of handheld.
 

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I can't grasp the idea of playing games on a solitary screen that you cannot take with you. It's bigger, but it's still a screen... it doesn't do anything different than the handheld form other than a higher resolution, and usually not even.

The handheld screen is huge and just fine.
I'd just like antialiasing in handheld mode cause games like BoTW and MK8 look so much better antialiased, but alas. Clock speed limits.
I find extended gaming sessions with a handheld hurts my neck with it craned down to view the screen.
 

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It depends on the game for me, on Mario Kart I almost always play on TV, but with puyo puyo tetris, almost always handheld

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Probably about equal so far (why isn't that an option?)
added that option now, no idea if i wrote it correctly.
my english is meh.

i usually prefer handheld mode and use it way more often, so i myself vote for handheld.
your case would be the option i added now 'both modes' < this is what i meant that i do not know whether i wrote the correct term for the option you were talking about xD
 

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Mine hasn't really left the dock, I don't travel much and when I do I still have my 3ds :/
i find handheld mode kind of more convenient, i like how many of the people around here use it in handheld mode.
maybe my eyes are bad but i kind of see games like (Disgaea5 C demo) sharper clearer on the switch screen over my 55' 1080p tv.

and also MK8 Deluxe on the switch screen looks the same as on the tv to me at least.
i think i just have taken a very big liking to how good the switch screen looks and thus i am prefering to be playing mostly in handheld mode.
 
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