64GB Nintendo Switch OLED Console w/ Joy-Cons (JP, Mario Red Edition)
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Geek Alliance has 64GB Nintendo Switch OLED Console w/ Joy-Cons (JP, Mario Red Edition) for $264.99. Shipping is free.
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Region Note:
Units will arrive with packaging and documentation primarily in Japanese. Will function perfectly in the U.S; power cables are the same as the U.S. version. You can select preferred region and language during set up. Nintendo is not region locked.
About this item:
Warp into a world of games with the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model: Mario Red Edition system. This limited-edition system features a console, dock, and Joy-Con controllers all in the iconic Mario Red color. A silhouette design of Mario jumps into action on the back of the dock. Look closely, and you'll also find some hidden coins!
TV Mode: Connect your system to the TV using the included dock to enjoy a traditional gaming experience in HD.
Tabletop Mode: Use the wide, adjustable stand to position the screen and detach the included Joy-Con controllers to enjoy game time even without a TV.
Handheld Mode: Bring your games on your next travel adventure and enjoy playing on a 7-inch OLED screen that makes colors pop.
Technically not true. Japan switches have a minor issue in that 5GHz WiFi networks in Japan only support lower channels. This is due to differing WLAN channels in different countries.
Your home router in US will generally be set to use all available US channels, which includes higher channels as well. If it is broadcasting on a higher channel, the switch won't be able to connect to it. Most networks use 2.4GHz as fall back, so the switch will just connect to the 2.4GHz network (which will generally have lower speeds). Some people prefer to disable their 2.4GHz network to make doubly sure all their devices are leveraging faster speeds afforded by the 5GHz bands, and so this might be a problem for them. One can go into their router settings and disable the higher 5GHz channels, or set it to a fixed channel, and then this won't be a problem.
That being said, for people who are traveling and aren't sure of what channel is available in which public hotspot, this might be an issue. Not much of a problem today since most public hotspots use 2.4GHz, but one can't be certain of what the future will bring as 5GHz devices become more prevalent.
Practically, it's not much of an issue, and personally I think the savings here justify the slight inconvenience one might face due to this (if any). Lack of warranty would definitely be the bigger consideration. But at the same time, that's not the only difference like some people believe, so just wanted to alert people of this issue.
Something to keep in mind, with the OLED version of the Switch, you get the new dock which has an Ethernet port.
Also the OLED version has 64gb built-in storage, compared to 32gb with the old one.
I bought a Japanese Switch Oled from Temu a while back. Had no issues playing both US and Japanese Switch games. Switch doesn't have region restrictions. Also ended up trading it in to gamestop with no issues.
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I just got the same machine from Amazon JP when JPY hit the lowest point a few days ago. I can confirm that it only connects to 2.4 GHz network, but it's not a issue for me because I have smart home setup and almost all smart home devices nowadays only connects to 2.4 GHz so I always have my router broadcast on both channels. 2.4 GHz won't die for a few years for compatibility issues of many home devices, I would say. However, I can imagine it might be a problem if I want to connect it to the internet through hotel or airbnb wifi when I travel.
Technically not true. Japan switches have a minor issue in that 5GHz WiFi networks in Japan only support lower channels. This is due to differing WLAN channels in different countries.
Your home router in US will generally be set to use all available US channels, which includes higher channels as well. If it is broadcasting on a higher channel, the switch won't be able to connect to it. Most networks use 2.4GHz as fall back, so the switch will just connect to the 2.4GHz network (which will generally have lower speeds). Some people prefer to disable their 2.4GHz network to make doubly sure all their devices are leveraging faster speeds afforded by the 5GHz bands, and so this might be a problem for them. One can go into their router settings and disable the higher 5GHz channels, or set it to a fixed channel, and then this won't be a problem.
That being said, for people who are traveling and aren't sure of what channel is available in which public hotspot, this might be an issue. Not much of a problem today since most public hotspots use 2.4GHz, but one can't be certain of what the future will bring as 5GHz devices become more prevalent.
Practically, it's not much of an issue, and personally I think the savings here justify the slight inconvenience one might face due to this (if any). Lack of warranty would definitely be the bigger consideration. But at the same time, that's not the only difference like some people believe, so just wanted to alert people of this issue.
But are client devices bound by those rules? A router has to transmit signals based on the regional rules but will the receiver reject signals.
The receiver will not reject the signal, if it is able to detect the signal. The problem is that the transmitter (i.e. your router may be transmitting on a channel that the receiver cannot scan. So if your router is transmitting on 5GHz channel 153, JP switch cannot access those higher bands; it's locked out in its firmware (the chip can surely access it if it were unlocked).
But again, that's not a major issue since your router will probably be also transmitting on 2.4GHz, and the switch will be able to access any channel on that band. Or you can set the router to only use one of the lower 5GHz bands and then too it won't be a problem.
Like someone else said, switch doesn't really download at high speeds so it's not really a speed issue. It's only a problem for the fringe case of someone not using the 2.4GHz band while also using only the higher channels of the 5GHz band.
You got me on that. I mistyped and wrote hopping between channels when I should have put, frequencies. 2.4 or 5, as long as both are saved in the device. In the case of home routers set up with the same SSID on both networks, it would go unnoticed.
I'm not sure if it's still possible as Temu has some random coupons, but they were selling the HK OLED version for ~$100 or so after coupons. I bought one for myself and one for a buddy. This was about a year ago.
That is NOT true at all, and the way you have written it is actually quite misleading. A home router will generally transmit data only on one channel (or on overlapping adjacent channels) within each frequency band. Typically, a router will scan the frequencies and try to determine which channel within each band has the least amount of interference. It will then pick the channel that has the least noise. So when you start your router, your router may choose to transmit data on the 5GHz band on Channel 153. While it is transmitting data on channel 153, it is NOT transmitting data simultaneously on lower channels (e.g. channel 56). In this case the Japanese switch will not be able to connect to the 5GHz band. And your router is not going to magically take note of the fact that your switch is not connecting to channel 153, and switch to a different band. What will happen, is that since routers are typically set to transmit at 2.4GHz as well, the switch will hop onto that frequency band.
If someone chooses not to use 2.4GHz band (for whatever reason), and the router has auto-picked a higher channel of the 5GHz band, the Japanese switch will not connect to the internet (while a US switch in the same scenario will connect). Now, this is a fringe case - most people need not worry about it, since most routers are set to use 2.4GHz as well. And if someone has gone out of their way to turn that off in settings, they can manually select a 5GHz channel as well. I am NOT saying this is something to worry about; just that this is something to be aware of.
I'm not sure if it's still possible as Temu has some random coupons, but they were selling the HK OLED version for ~$100 or so after coupons. I bought one for myself and one for a buddy. This was about a year ago.
Can you share how? Details specifics? Links?? Can PM me.thanks!!
The package is tracking from Miami FL, am wondering of they are drop shipping as in it'd already stateside, and they are offloading to us customers? Not saying it's a JP model just that it's not shipping from JP..
Jumped on this deal a month ago. I live in Southern California. No tax no shipping. Received in a week after purchase. OLED. Playing smash, Mario kart, party, BOTW, TOTK, and overwatch 2. Working perfectly. $264.99.
So, I just received mine and set it up, but it keeps having this error code 2107-0114 when going to sleep and when I looked it up it doesn't appear to show any resolutions to it besides sending it in for repair. I did see something about the wifi, so I have it on airplane more for a test.
I doubt I can return it to geekalliance, so be warned about these consoles.
Update:
I assume they're all like this, but in airplane made the switch doesn't crash, so it's only when it sleeps on WiFi. Hopefully I can play online and it doesn't crash. I'll test that tonight.
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Your home router in US will generally be set to use all available US channels, which includes higher channels as well. If it is broadcasting on a higher channel, the switch won't be able to connect to it. Most networks use 2.4GHz as fall back, so the switch will just connect to the 2.4GHz network (which will generally have lower speeds). Some people prefer to disable their 2.4GHz network to make doubly sure all their devices are leveraging faster speeds afforded by the 5GHz bands, and so this might be a problem for them. One can go into their router settings and disable the higher 5GHz channels, or set it to a fixed channel, and then this won't be a problem.
That being said, for people who are traveling and aren't sure of what channel is available in which public hotspot, this might be an issue. Not much of a problem today since most public hotspots use 2.4GHz, but one can't be certain of what the future will bring as 5GHz devices become more prevalent.
Practically, it's not much of an issue, and personally I think the savings here justify the slight inconvenience one might face due to this (if any). Lack of warranty would definitely be the bigger consideration. But at the same time, that's not the only difference like some people believe, so just wanted to alert people of this issue.
Reference for WLAN channel support in different countries -
https://en.m.wikipedia.
Also the OLED version has 64gb built-in storage, compared to 32gb with the old one.
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That's not much of a deal considering it's been released for 7 years now
Your home router in US will generally be set to use all available US channels, which includes higher channels as well. If it is broadcasting on a higher channel, the switch won't be able to connect to it. Most networks use 2.4GHz as fall back, so the switch will just connect to the 2.4GHz network (which will generally have lower speeds). Some people prefer to disable their 2.4GHz network to make doubly sure all their devices are leveraging faster speeds afforded by the 5GHz bands, and so this might be a problem for them. One can go into their router settings and disable the higher 5GHz channels, or set it to a fixed channel, and then this won't be a problem.
That being said, for people who are traveling and aren't sure of what channel is available in which public hotspot, this might be an issue. Not much of a problem today since most public hotspots use 2.4GHz, but one can't be certain of what the future will bring as 5GHz devices become more prevalent.
Practically, it's not much of an issue, and personally I think the savings here justify the slight inconvenience one might face due to this (if any). Lack of warranty would definitely be the bigger consideration. But at the same time, that's not the only difference like some people believe, so just wanted to alert people of this issue.
Reference for WLAN channel support in different countries -
https://en.m.wikipedia.
The receiver will not reject the signal, if it is able to detect the signal. The problem is that the transmitter (i.e. your router may be transmitting on a channel that the receiver cannot scan. So if your router is transmitting on 5GHz channel 153, JP switch cannot access those higher bands; it's locked out in its firmware (the chip can surely access it if it were unlocked).
But again, that's not a major issue since your router will probably be also transmitting on 2.4GHz, and the switch will be able to access any channel on that band. Or you can set the router to only use one of the lower 5GHz bands and then too it won't be a problem.
Like someone else said, switch doesn't really download at high speeds so it's not really a speed issue. It's only a problem for the fringe case of someone not using the 2.4GHz band while also using only the higher channels of the 5GHz band.
If someone chooses not to use 2.4GHz band (for whatever reason), and the router has auto-picked a higher channel of the 5GHz band, the Japanese switch will not connect to the internet (while a US switch in the same scenario will connect). Now, this is a fringe case - most people need not worry about it, since most routers are set to use 2.4GHz as well. And if someone has gone out of their way to turn that off in settings, they can manually select a 5GHz channel as well. I am NOT saying this is something to worry about; just that this is something to be aware of.
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Can you share how? Details specifics? Links?? Can PM me.thanks!!
Tax in IL, but no tax in TX. Not sure what gives so weird. And it's being drop shipped from Miami FL lol.
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I doubt I can return it to geekalliance, so be warned about these consoles.
Update:
I assume they're all like this, but in airplane made the switch doesn't crash, so it's only when it sleeps on WiFi. Hopefully I can play online and it doesn't crash. I'll test that tonight.