Back in the first quarter of 2015, Nintendo announced the Nintendo NX, an ambitious product that was meant to revolutionize portable gaming. The device was aptly named the “Switch” because of its capability to easily switch between portable or docked mode onto the big screen. And so far, it hasn’t failed to impress. With a slew of brilliant exclusives, the Switch has spread all over the globe. However, two years in and the handheld hybrid hasn’t come without its fair share of problems.
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Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
“Another issue is the lack of cloud saves. Due to competitive nature of Smash Bros and Splatoon, Nintendo has excused themselves from employing cloud saves. So, if your switch breaks, there goes your 400 hours of Zelda.”
Switch does have cloud saves, but for a stupid reason some games can opt not to use it. What’s worse about is that you can’t backup saves onto local external storage
To me, the Switch started out strong but has really fizzled out past the first year. At the beginning, first party offerings were strong enough (Zelda and Mario in particular) and the system was still unique enough that shortcomings could easily be looked past. Then the reality of this being a Nintendo console really set in.
Third party offerings have ridden a strange reluctant line like with the Wii U. It's mostly ports of older games, often at weirdly marked up prices, with the only draw being that it's handheld now. Enough for Japan in particular, but it hasn't felt like the rest of the world has been as receptive to largely buying games again just to play them effectively on the crapper. That aside, over two years in, it's clear third party support won't be nearly as strong as Nintendo seemed to think it would be way back during that Switch reveal presentation. The fact that the Switch getting a new third party game is incredibly noteworthy is not a good thing. It should just be part of a game console being a game console.
First party support has been a mixed bag as usual, with mostly just the usual stuff or sequels to the couple of new ideas that had success on the Wii U. It's basically what you've come to expect from Nintendo, for better or for worse. They still seem scared to truly branch out, but at least Zelda Necrodancer was a good step. It's just that, if most of these games weren't enough to sell someone on a Wii U (all other issues aside), why does anyone expect them to propel Switch sales into the stratosphere now? Nintendo first party IPs have their fans, but they haven't done much to attract new ones.
Last but not least is the Switch being a bundle of half-assed hardware that seemed to get very little QA testing. The Switch can break in an amazing number of ways just from turning the thing on and off, the dock can scratch the cheap plastic screen (along with damn near anything else in existence), and let's not even get started on the Joycon issues, from their general design, to cost, to hardware problems. Nintendo hasn't really been big on addressing any of the physical shortcomings of the Switch or it's related hardware either.
I could mention the failure of an online system as a whole, but that's a well beaten horse at this point. Nintendo just can't get themselves on the same page as everyone else when it comes to their online services, which is truly a shame.
There are enough good points about the Switch that I can justify a purchase depending on game tastes and priorities, but it's a hard sell at this point in so many ways unless you are seriously hung up on the portability. Otherwise while aspects of the system reflect forward thinking, too much of the rest of it is stuck firmly in the past.
I have a Switch but can honestly say it's lack of a proper web browser keeps me from using it as often as my phone, gaming tablet or my pc. Come on Nintendo even the 3ds has a browser. Games wise the Switch does have a good and varied selection of games and I'm not counting Nintendo first party games which I'm not really a fan of nor do I own. Just by adding a web browser the Switch could appeal to a much broader audience than just us gamers.
It as never failed to impress with 400p titles, incredible bad and lacking online features, and beeing the most expensive console out there.
they need a new Switch with 8Gb Ram /
with chip contain 512 cuda + 1080 LCD