Switch 1 status check; what's yours up to these days

[JackHandy]

I bought a Switch 2 for myself last year, but then when Christmas rolled around, my softy heart decided to gift it to my daughter. She likes the Switch line a lot more than I do and plus, it just didn't really do it for me. I don't know what it is. I am an original NES kid. Loved the SNES for most of its generation. Loved the N64 for most of its generation. Was a defender of the Gamecube during a time when it was horrifically uncool to do so. Loved the Wii for family time. Had more fun with the Wii-U than I did PS4 and Xbox 3. But the Switch... sigh. I bought it at launch, thought I was going to continue down the same path as before... but it just seemed like something was missing. None of their titles had that Nintendo "feel" to them. Zelda felt like a different IP. So did Pikmin. Mario just felt like another Mario title. Smash pretty much was just a port. Same with Mario Kart. We never got a 3D Metroid until S2, and even then, it was awful. And the 2D game felt sterile and bland to me. I think the only thing on Switch 1 that I loved was Animal Crossing. Other than that, it just didn't click.

I don't think it's the game's themselves (well, maybe Prime 4; that's a legit disgrace). I just think Nintendo finally got to a point where their design philosophy and my idea of what makes a great game (and game console; I don't prefer handheld; I like home consoles) became too isolated from one another.

And that sucks.

But, oh well.

Last edited by JackHandy - 13 hours ago