Favourite Nintendo system in terms of hardware (Not software)

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Darwinianevolution on 25 February 2020

The Switch.

You know it deserves the GOTY.

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JWeinCom on 25 February 2020

Jumpin said:

JWeinCom said:
It sort of would have to be the Switch wouldn't it? It does basically everything Nintendo's older consoles can do, with the exception of some of the Wii U's stuff (at least not without the use of multiple switch's), the 3DS's 3D mode, and some of the more niche features (microphone on DS and cameras on DSi/3DS/WiiU). It also has the best graphics of the lot so I can't really see an argument for anything else.

Pretty much all of the stuff the Switch can’t do are unimportant features... except for proper IR aiming, that’s missed in some games. If RE4 would have had motion aiming on Switch, I’d have replaced my Wii version with that one.

It can't streetpass. And if you say street pass isn't an important feature I will fucking cut you.

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HoloDust on 25 February 2020

NES - it released just one year after C64, most popular 8-bit computer and it compared quite favorably (except for sound chip, thanks to C64's SID).

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Moren on 25 February 2020

Switch is a masterpiece.

Even if you adjust consoles for their time, Switch is legit the first time I was excited about the hardware and not only the software.

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Metallox on 25 February 2020

Wii U.

I was one of those weird guys that didn't have a smartphone between 2012 and 2017, so I relied on the Wii U and its cool browser to surf the web. I mean, I did have a computer, but the Wii U made it easier for me. What's more, until the Switch gets one browser of its own, if it does at all, I'll keep considering the Wii U in great regard.

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Jumpin on 25 February 2020

JWeinCom said:

Jumpin said:

Pretty much all of the stuff the Switch can’t do are unimportant features... except for proper IR aiming, that’s missed in some games. If RE4 would have had motion aiming on Switch, I’d have replaced my Wii version with that one.

It can't streetpass. And if you say street pass isn't an important feature I will fucking cut you.

I stand corrected. Street Pass was a lot of fun.

Now put the knife down!

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Jumpin on 25 February 2020

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The Switch is basically perfect, the only issue with it being the durability of the Joy-Cons. Everything else is bliss.

The same can't be said for any other Nintendo console as far as I care. The NES and SNES were decent but had your usual oldschool cartridge issues and somewhat uncomfortable controllers for grown-ups. The 64 still had the same issues, coupled with the worst controller ever made. The GameCube was alright, I guess, but the mini-discs were a hindrance in a few ways. The Wii had extremely low quality controllers, and the Wii U had an OS so slow it painful navigating the thing.

The handhelds have always been pretty much the same. Kinda uncomfortable for long periods, but not too awful. Limited hardware in terms of power. AA batteries sucked back in the day too, so on that alone all Game Boy variations up to the Advance SP would be immediately out of the running, but even from then on, nothing compares to the Switch. Not even close.

The Switch is small enough to be portable, large enough to make playing games on it feel like the real deal, has great graphical power for a handheld, looks slick, has fantastic controllers (though not too durable), a fast and snappy OS and also very fast loading times, sleep mode, everything about it is just too good.

The only issue I have had with the joy cons are sometimes they desync when something gets in the way, and they can get dust on the sensors causing them to drift, can be cleaned.

The only controllers I had durability issues with were the N64 controllers that wore out over time.

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RJTM1991 on 25 February 2020

Switch or Wii U.

Switch is an incredible wee machine. Nintendo can never go back to standard home consoles again. With a bit more power - and the option to add personalized themes! - it'd be untouchable.
With the Wii U, I've always seen it as the machine that the Wii should've been. HD, Miiverse was excellent, the eShop is a godsend... Very underrated.

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curl-6 on 25 February 2020

Weird for me, one of my least favourite from a software and thus overall perspective is perhaps my favourite from a pure hardware perspective; the Gamecube.

It was small, powerful, reliable, quiet, and cute as a button. It's internal chipset was beautifully balanced without any real bottlenecks or unnecessarily convoluted design. I even like the purple colour, the adorable mini-discs, and the pop-top.