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I wasn't planning to get a Nintendo Switch anytime soon but after the announce of GetsuFumaDen Undying Moon and Metroid Dread, I certainly felt pretty inspired to try again after the failure of the last year getting one and because the Lite model has became pretty cheap right now in my country.
So, after 2 months, I can say something about it? The short story is that I like the console more than I thought I could.
The console just make a pretty good job remember me the good old times when I used to play with the Gameboy Color or Nintendo DS/3DS at times, and since I spend way too much time working... it's pretty useful just take the console and boot it up for just a tad of fun when there nothing else to do at the job.
About the console design... I think is good, at least the plastic for the console feels like hard to scratch and it's certainly something I loved after Nintendo three last consoles were actually way too easy to damage the shell. (Wii, Wii U, N3DS)
The performance for the console is fine... I guess, it's obviously the console can't run some heavy names and the only solution is these annoying "Cloud versions" but... eh... I like the concept of a weaker console being about gameplay instead of graphics... I can also being easy on it because the more of 80 games I have played on the console almost no one takes a lot to load and just start playing.
The handheld mode is 7/10.
A lot of games looks fine but some games just look way too blurry... fortunately the solution for these games is something I believe I read is named call "Adaptive resolution", and pretty much is that depending of the part of the game you are playing, the game automatically prioritize between resolution or performance and I can.... respect that, it could be worse if the game looked blurry all the time, I guess.
The online is something I don't care too much, the Classic games are fine but the library is way too limited and I don't mind at all because a friend invited to join a family group for just 5$ the year. (Family is also the one you die for...)
And at last, the library of games?
While it's obvious the Switch is missing some big names in the industry, I can forgive it for the sole purpose that the digital stote just has tons of games available, just enter the eShop and you may find up to 5000 games.
Of course not all these games are good or outlandish, but new sales all weeks and the golden coins system is... just pretty useful for open the eShop, buy something random for a few bucks and burn a couple hours.
The exclusives are fine I guess... at the very least I can say that... games that Cruis'n Blast or Burger Time Party are stuff that while are obviously games with a smaller budget... it's still stuff I am interesed and make me feel a somehow nostalgia I haven't feel in a long time...
Anyway, while Nintendo Switch is another example of a console that still need some stuff to iron out and some interesting features from past were removed for no reason, I truly like the console and playing it remember me a lot of when I used to just play for hours while drinking something and just ignoring stuff I didn't care for... something that nowadays... I appreciate a lot.
But that's just my point of view.
What are your thoughts for Nintendo Switch?
Do you like it? you don't?
It's a console you enjoy or you just bought it for a couple games?
Any of those seem honestly valid to me.
- See ya next adventure -