Loving my Switch - I really thought I'd be using the docked mode more but I've actually played it handheld/tabletop 90% of the time. I just love the stripped down, no bs nature of it, and how you can just instantly turn it on, pick it up and start playing very quickly at home or on the go. Often I'll just pick it up to play 10 minutes of Puyo Puyo or Mario Kart with a baseball game or something in the background, then just put it down and move on to something else. And with my short attention span and my desire to often process multiple streams of entertainment/information at once, this thing fits me like a glove.. Hell even now I'm typing this while sipping a drink and watching TV in the background heh.
With my XB One it's like.. go to my basement, turn on the TV, switch the input, turn on controller, sift through the menu, select game, sometimes wait for a stupid update, adjust the volume, wait for endless load times, plug the mic in if I'm playing with friends, etc.. And god forbid I'm playing a NEW game I need to install for the first time.. Switch is litterally - push button, select game, boom. You're playing..
Also love the freeing nature of playing the separate joycons. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the small separate controller components, and even bought a pro controller just in case I wasn't fond of them, but as it turns out I've barely touched my pro controller and have sworn by the separate joycons. I haven't even really used that middle controller.. thing that you attach the joycons to. All the versatility, simple nature and portability are all attributes I appreciate, the antithesis of PS4/Xb One in many ways. Switch has made me realize how much I don't particularly like sitting hunched over with two hands using one clunky controller tethered to my TV. It's also cool how we're finally back to two controllers out of the box. I was a little concerned about how small the joycon is playing it sideways, and how close the joystick is to the buttons, but it feels better than it looks. Still not too crazy about the R and L buttons when playing it on its side but the strap attachments help rectify that.
Gamewise, the Switch already has a really solid library, which is more than I could say about the Wii in its first few months. Zelda BotW is my favorite Zelda since the original, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is probably the definitive Mario Kart game, Puyo Puyo Tetris might be the best and most content-filled puzzle game I've played and there have also been some surprise hits under the radar I've been addicted to like Has Been Heroes and to a lesser degree, Isaac. What Switch is missing is a truly EXCLUSIVE game we can point to that you can ONLY play on Switch, built from the ground up that really shows off the hardware, HD rumble, etc. But that will come in time. And the portability adds another level of value and uniqueness to the ports/remasters anyway.
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