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I would consider myself a hardcore Nintendo fan who has played their consoles since the SNES. Super Mario, Pokemon and Legend of Zelda are some of my most beloved franchises of all time, with the latter being my absolute favourite, and I doubt that will ever change; they’ll be with me for life. That said, I was mostly apathetic towards the Switch when I got one in 2017, this bring despite SMO and BOTW (it actually took me until 2019 to play BOTW fully, after trying twice before and hating it - now it’s my third favourite Zelda title ever, go figure) and was largely still gaming on PS4 until fairly recently. Having spent more and more time on the system since 2019, it is now my pretty much the only console I play. It is genuinely quite fantastic, and is shaping up to pretty much be for me my favourite console of all time. I just have so much fun darn fun with the console, and everything feels almost ruthlessly efficient, if a little simple, which I think actually adds to its appeal (for me, anyway). It feels like both a greatest hits and new direction console for Nintendo, and I think they’ve nailed the hybrid idea down to a T. I can’t praise the system enough, and whilst I’m not sure it can surpass the PS2, I’m thrilled with its success and feel it is thoroughly deserved.