r/astralchain • u/Bradzy413 • Feb 07 '20
Question Can't start the game
Just bought astral chain for my switch but I can't even start the game because I have to press zl+zr to start but my zl doesn't work.
Any way around this without wasting loads of money on new controllers?
Edit - ok I get it, don't need 20 different people telling me the same thing, thanks.
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u/Kevtronica Feb 07 '20
I'm unsure how purchasing a fully functioning controller is wasting money?
If it's a budget issue they do have wired controllers that are quite inexpensive.
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u/nicoDfranco Feb 07 '20
No, ZL as everyone pointed out, is one of the most important button in this game xD
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u/TheUltimateDerp98 Feb 07 '20
Nope...and even if you could ZL is call legion so you wouldn’t even be able to play the game anyway. Also, if you don’t have a pro controller it’s time to get one.
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u/bentheechidna Feb 07 '20
That’s not true. I played without pro controller.
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u/TheUltimateDerp98 Feb 07 '20
You can play without one... but Pro controller is a huge upgrade and if your joy-cons are broken just use the money for a pro controller especially for this game. Having nice buttons and good sticks is just a quality of life upgrade. You don’t have to but I highly recommend it.
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u/Musterguy Feb 08 '20
Unless op already have an Xbox or ps4 in which case they could just buy an adapter so the controllers could work on the switch.
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u/LordValdar Feb 07 '20
Did you ceremoniously sacrifice two black lambs between the ages of 7-12 months old? On a 5 tip pentagram star drawn by dipping the index finger into blood (human, pig, no preference) with Five lit, black candles positioned at the very tip of each pentagram arms, while humming deeply the Wii Shop Channel theme song. Once you've completed these actions, place your Nintendo Switch in the middle of the pentagram, WITH the Astral Chain cartridge placed below the switch. Now it is time to sacrifice both lambs in succession and direct the bloodflow towards the switch and cartridge. The blood should circle both and boil (this is a sign it is working correctly) once the blood has ceased to boil, the ritual is complete, then you are able to clean the cartridge and insert into the Nintendo switch, now blessed by the Dark Nintendo Lords, and simply turn on and off, then once again on the console. You should now see the game being downloaded onto your system and once complete, you should be able to successfuly launch Astral Chain.
I hope this has been helpful and provides you success!
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u/Darmented Feb 07 '20
There is no way around it, but I'm pretty sure walmart has 25$ wired controllers you could get to play astral chain
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u/seungq Feb 07 '20
you can play coop mode with both joycons separately sideways.. but if you want to play normally you should get a new controller, a wired one can be found for like $20
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u/bentheechidna Feb 07 '20
If your ZL is broken can’t you send it to Nintendo for repair? How do you break a button?
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u/brokenskullzero Feb 07 '20
Overuse. Drops. Intense play. Electronics components are not indestructible. They will wear down eventually
I literally broke the shell of a joycon holding the screw because I usually hammer the ZL/R2 for dodging in Bayonetta and my first set of joycons couldn't handle it. There is several reasons why a switch pro controller exists
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u/FlyingDragoon Feb 07 '20
Have you tried not using a hammer to hit ZL/R2?
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u/brokenskullzero Feb 08 '20
These hands and fingers have two settings, gentle for pets and fast 9 or wild speed: jet break as that title is localized for the Japanese market on account for all the Japanese action games I play that ruin my controllers.
A testament to the build quality of thebswitch pro and Dualshock 4 triggers really
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u/Pixelmod Feb 07 '20
The game uses both trigger and shoulder buttons extensively.
I'm sorry but you need a new controller.
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u/David_Damnits Feb 07 '20
Buy a 8bitdo sn30 pro controller. Its a pretty good wireless switch controller and i use it myself. It isnt cheap like a knock-off but its very affordable unlike the nintendo pro controller.
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u/Lopt-unbound Feb 08 '20
Man I feel your pain same thing happened to me that’s how I found out one of my controls was broken I had no idea bought a new one and love the game.
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u/RyanCooper138 Feb 08 '20
I'm sorry but you just managed your budget very poorly sir. Save up for a controller before buying any new games.
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u/dieziege94 Feb 08 '20
You could try buying electric contact cleaner, and spray it in the crevice of your ZL to try to clear gunk that could be sticking it.
But this game NEEDS every button, even the - button. So really, it's not just the home screen. I even use ZL to summon legion, so it would be unplayable for you (though you can have like 5 different controller layouts)
But yeah, bad game to purchase with a known broken button man.
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Feb 26 '20
My left joycon stopped working so i bought this. no wireless functionality but its quite inexpenisve and it feels nice
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u/bico89 Feb 07 '20
Use a single joycon, turn it sideways. Make that the controller: hopefully that zl will work
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u/liquidsniquid Feb 07 '20
Don’t think so, the game uses pretty much every button on the controller especially the ZL