Announced to the world in October of 2016 nintendos new console had a lot of work to do to compete against the playstation 4 and the xbox 1 what shocked many when nintendo introduced this console was the support of the industry’s big names as the trailer of games flashed some big names stuck out mainly skyrim it was insane to see a huge title on a nintendo platform fast forward to March 3 2017 and the unit went on sale at the time I couldn’t afford one I played the waiting game.
I’ve owned my switch now for maybe close to 6 months give or take a few days and I gotta say I am blown away by how awesome this little power house is taking home console and combining it with handheld you have truly the best gaming experience in my opinion the fact that the switch has some great games to go with it from Mario odyssey to L.A noire, skyrim and recently pokemon let’s go pikachu and eevee to name a few and nintendo also has a few popular free to play titles from paladins to the highly loved fortnite to the recently released warframe nintendo has truly hit a grand slam with the switch.
Now I know theres a million professional reviews out there but that’s what they are professionals guys who will nitpick at any small issue they find me no I admit the switch has 3 issues that I have found and hope that if nintendo ever launches a revamp of the switch or a switch 2 that these things are fixed, first is the battery life when you play in handheld mode depending on the game as well as how long you play I feel the battery drains to fast with normal brightness on skyrim I’ve gotten a solid half a day of play mileage may vary per user I hope they can manage to add a battery that could give us a full day of usage since I have yet to find a decent accessory that adds battery life to it and the official battery packs that nintendo suggest are a bit premium in price. Next is the screen a small 6.2 inch lcd screen that I’m sure isn’t an issue to many since most cell phones offer that size screen the only issue I had screen wise was that certain areas of gameplay from skyrim I would max out the brightness and even then it was still dark in cave areas I hope theres a better screen that could keep price the same but offer better brightness and lastly is storage the switch comes built in with 32gb of storage which honestly isn’t a lot especially if you have a big collection of games now the specs say you can add up to a 2tb micro sd card for storage but I haven’t seen one of those and I’m sure they will cost a kidney in my switch I’m using a 128gb micro sd and so far for the 4 games I have installed it’s more then enough but I’m sure others will need more and hopefully Nintendo finds a way to add more storage and keep cost close to the same.
Now onto what makes me love the switch I grew up playing the original nintendo so at heart I’ll always love nintendo products and the switch is no exception it brings a dock which both charges the device and enables it so you can play on the connected tv in case the small screen is hurting your eyes or it needs charging but you dont wanna stop playing your game as for me my love lies with the handheld mode you dont realize how awesome it is to have a full blown console with amazing games at your hand and not worry about anything else well except maybe the battery. Nintendo truly nailed this concept I cant stress it enough i like to take mine around the house as well as the balcony to play it’s nice to have something other then my phone to play on.
For anyone wanting to buy the nintendo switch do so it’s an awesome experience if your a fan of zelda and pokemon the switch will have your back and if you just need something more mobile to keep the kids entertained on a trip well this has your back also thank you everyone for stopping by and have a great day
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