The Switch is the Best Nintendo System Since Super Nintendo

The Switch is the Best Nintendo System Since the SNES. It brings friends and families together, much like the Super Nintendo, only technologically adjusted for the modern era

[emiyaxtousaka]

\honestly haven't had this much pure fun on a system with friends and family since the SNES. even my parents are going to get a switch at some point after an SNES classic, which is why this article really resonated with me.

[NewMonday]

I called this long ago, SNES was the console that made me love gaming, Switch fixed the mistakes Nintendo kept making since the 64(was great but drove away 3rd party).

- the architecture is standard developers can take a chance with low risk
- the feature is mobility and accommodation, not forced gimmick or controls.
- combines 2 markets,the big dedicated Nintendo handheld market and home console market. the 1st gives it a large platform to make games profitable for 3rd party, and the 2nd makes the console a viable option for those who can afford only one platform.

Nintendo are also the best game developers but not listing that because that is nothing new.

[Seraphim]

Gamecube. Nintendo had 3rd party support and even got an exclusive Resident Evil, 4. Yes it eventually came to PS but was initially a Nintendo exclusive for like 2 years if I recall. The problem was Nintendo was competing against Halo in it's prime and PS. However don't overlook just how good the Gamecube was and how much support it did get.

[bouzebbal]

i still think Wii is the best console they have made since SNES.
the library of games it has is unprecedented.
i love the educational/casual games it offered to initiate people into gaming. It also had some amazing AAAs

[mcstorm]

@bouzebbal for me it goes N64, GC, WiiU then the SNES loved all 4 but the N64 was my prime as a kid and playing 4 player golden eye, PD, MK and a few others was unmatched by any console at its time. As for the Swatch I love the console and I think this is what Nintendo needed to do with the WiiU but the ip's Nintendo gave us on that console were some of the best they have ever done MK8, Mario 3D World, Splatoon to name just a few.

[darthv72]

I was always partial to the Gamecube for one reason.... Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2

[XisThatKid]

I cannot agree with this most of ours to games are wii u games Mario and Zelda splatoon what else? Systems been out for now long? Did everyone forget 64? GC is my personal fav but I'm not bias I just can't say it's my "funnest" or "best" since SNES

[Prince_TFK]

Gaming on the Switch is pure fun, especially with addictive games like Mario Odyssey, Stardew Valley, and Splatoon 2. I’m gonna lose hundreds of hours when Skyrim and Xenoblade 2 release.

[Krysis]

You're speaking my language, Skyrim and Xenoblade 2 are going to be awesome on handheld.

[Poli_Games]

I haven’t had so much fun with a Nintendo console since the 64

[emiyaxtousaka]

64 was just okay for me, idk, maybe generational.

[DrJones]

Blasphemous

[Sono421]

The N64 Controller was terrible. So it's completely understandable if you didn't like it. However the Gamecube is where Nintendo really hit their stride, many killer titles, an amazing controller still preferred by many to this day. Nostalgia is the only reason people think the N64 is the best console.

[FernDiggidy]

You didn't have fun with the GAMECUBE????

[maybelovehate]

Has there been a good Nintendo Console since the Super Nintendo?

[emiyaxtousaka]

maybe not honestly. people try to say the GC, but personally I think it sucked and the Wii sucked it just launched with motion control port of "realistic zelda"

[DrJones]

Lol

[lptmg]

the Switch

[maybelovehate]

I am not a fan. Love Breath of the Wild though. Amazing game being held back by terrible hardware.

[DrJones]

N64, all the Game Boy's and Gamecube

[Sirk7x]

Yes, all of them. I could name at least 40 awesome games on the Wii that you probably never bothered to play.

[ShadowNextGen]

The Switch is a great system. I would have to give it some thought about which system I had the most fun with though as I have owned all of them...the portability of the Switch might make it a winner though since it is so easy to take to a friend's house to show off games or on business trips. It is also the first time a company has actually delivered on the promise of console quality gaming on the go.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

If Squeenix pulls through on their promises and starts delivering a boat-load of fantastic RPG's to the system, to compliment Nintendo's own efforts like Xenoblade 2 and other games from third parties like Disgaea and Tales Of, then I'd have no problem relating the Switch to the SNES era.

The SNES and PS2/3 were my RPG havens on the home console side, not to mention action-adventure games.
I'd love for the Switch to be a resurgence of that trend.

[Seraphim]

how can you snub the PS1 era? :P seriously though, yeah SNES, PS2 and PS1 were RPG Kings. Honorable mention to 360 simple because of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Those two were that phenomenal imo.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

XD I don't mean to diss the PS1 era; my JRPG love story on Sony consoles just happened to start with PS2, and I only ever played a select few PS1 games after that point, like Spyro the Dragon amongst others.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

[no_more_heroes]

I was actually just recently thinking about that adapter Nintendo used to have which allowed to play Game Boy (Color I think it was?) games on your tv through your SNES and that the Switch is a modern reimagining of that.

[strayanalog]

Honestly the system is fun, and I'm impressed so far, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. The Switch has only been around 8 months, and that's not enough to leap over full generations of other hardware yet in my opinion. We'll continue this conversation in 4 or 5 years.

[coffeemaster]

I️ think this is so true

[FallenAngel1984]

“Final Fantasy II through VI”

You mean Final Fantasy IV through Final Fantasy VI.

I’ve never seen some use the western title for FFIV and the Japanese title for FFVI in the same sentence, as if SNES had five mainline Final Fantasy titles to itself.

[GrmpyolGamer]

I brought one but I have been unable to enjoy it. I have officially out grown Nintendo

[Prince_TFK]

Good then. Good thing there are other console you can enjoy. As for me, I will still enjoy Nintendo games no matter how old I am.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

You don't "outgrow" Nintendo, because there's no set level of maturity above which someone automatically has to stop liking Nintendo in order to be considered an adult gamer, let alone does one stay a child by continuing to like it.
Your tastes changed.
That's all that happened.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"You don't "outgrow" Nintendo,"

yes you can.

After a while, their IPs are just not as fun or you just don't care about those IPs anymore, I've felt the same way about many IP, Halo, Call Of Duty, Tony Hawk, Need For Speed, Guitar Hero etc. It happens. When you get a Star Fox Zero and Dinosaur Planet etc, sorry but the fun I had in Star Fox 64 isn't going to seriously carry over for 20 years, seriously, that just stupid. What I liked from Star Fox on SNES and 64, is NOT going to have me buying the series TODAY, that is like saying because I really liked Tony Hawk 2, I MUST be buying Wasteland , Tony Hawk 8, the last one that just came out etc.

It just doesn't work that way, some IPs just run their course and gamers move on. IP's I liked as a kid, I don't care for anymore, its life, it happens.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Same.

I only see me buying Animal Crossing and that Mario RPG Ubisoft made. I don't now how many Nintendo IP's I really care for anymore

[MetroidFREAK21]

So far, the only negative thing I can say about the Switch is that it's solution to voice chat is god awful... Other than that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the device since getting it day 1. Love the idea of being able to play on the TV or laying in my bed, or in between classes at my college. Glad to see it thrive and I hope it continues to have plenty of support. I will support it for as long as it is still receiving games :)

[Elda]

I loved the SNES & that's why I bought a SNES mini & had more games added to it.I love the concept of the Switch but there are no games on the Switch that interest me now but the new Mario.I want to buy a Switch but I just don't want the very thing to happen to me when I bought the Vita which ended up collecting dust.Hoping in 2018 I'll start seeing games releasing for the Switch that interest me then I'll buy one.

[Gemmol]

I understand your response and even respect it, but the Switch is nowhere close to being a Vita, even the Wii U that did bad still had way more support from Nintendo compared to vita with Sony first party support. What makes the switch a league of its own, for the first time ever Nintendo console and handheld team are join together to make games for the Switch. In the past out of a year there would be 7 first party handheld games for 3ds with 4 or 5 console games for Wii U, now with both teams together all those 11 games to 12 games they made every year will be for 1 system now, so even if 3rd party delayed their games, Nintendo can make enough games for each month of the year by themselves. Look at the new Pokemon sun and moon ultra its not made by main Pokemon team, this the younger team they will continue to let make games for the 3ds, while the main team work on the Switch. In other words, Nintendo main teams are all on the switch, so it will never have a vita situation

[_-EDMIX-_]

Same.

I just can't buy a system for 1 or 2 games, I'm going to need to see a bit more before I buy.

[Elda]

Absolutely.

[Yi-Long]

Not happy about it being gimmick-based again, which holds back it's power.

Would have preferred a 300 euro home-console, without the portability, without the joycons, but with a pro-controller and bigger HDD included, and slightly better specs. Doesn't have to be as powerful as a PS Pro or XBO, but regular PS4 would have been a nice starting point, specs-wise.

[Prince_TFK]

They tried traditional home console with the Wii U and it failed miserably. Who to say that another traditional home console wouldn’t fail again, considering it is up against the PS4? They have made the right decision here, and whether you like it or not, the Switch is a success and has many great game on it, and that’s what matter.

[Yi-Long]

The WiiU was gimmick-based, in that it came with an expensive tablet-controller.

So now once again Nintendo had an underpowered console, selling for 300 dollars/euro while the competition had better specs and a lower price.

Because of the tablet-controller, developers would have to gonout of their way to bring their games to the WiiU and make it all work propey.

Many devs didn't bother. And rightly so.

So no, WiiU was absolutely not a regular home-console. And it failed because of it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

They are correct to go portable only, yes. I agree

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

The last two, no, three times they tried plain home consoles with nothing really special about them outside of maybe the controllers, no one bought them.
Hybrid route was the smartest choice they could have made this gen.

Putting out a PS4-level machine with nothing different about it this gen, would have just driven people towards PS4, not gained Nintendo any significant number of fans from other consoles.

[Yi-Long]

Nope, they would have bought a powerful Nintendo console, because the power of Nintendo is in their software, not their gimmicks, so the games attract the gamers. The gimmicks only attract the casuals who might buy a few games, then forget about owning it.

Also, THE reason the Wii sold massively to the casual crowd, was because everyone would just jailbreak their Wii and download free games for it.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

"Nope, they would have bought a powerful Nintendo console"
Gamecube was the most powerful of its gen and had plenty of third party.
No one bought it.
Your argument doesn't have much of a precedent.
Also, it's not casuals making the Switch sell, yet it's still managing to show numbers similar to the Wii on some months.

[Cyro]

Meh, then it's just the same as everyone else. I have a PS4 + PC, why would I want something that's almost the same?

[Skuletor]

Premature evaluation?

[_-EDMIX-_]

I mean, its Nintendo fans. They do this all the time. Remember Wii U? lol

[jjb1981]

It's tons of fun, I take this to work sometimes and battle my coworkers on street fighter and Mario kart. Mario Odyssey is so much fun. It is an incredible little system.

[DrJones]

Well, at least the best since Gamecube

[lellkay]

N64 was way better.

[Relientk77]

It's the best since the GameCube and that's a start.

[Bronxs15]

The switch hype train is strong.

[TallonIV]

Since Gamecube*

[Tazzy]

I can't say it is right now because the SNES had some great third party support the Switch is somewhat starting to get it if they do thats great. Their next move is to have Nvidia make a console thats powerful and that can run 1080p games 60fps constant maybe even achieve higher frame rates. They won't be trying to take the 4k route yet they feel it didn't take off yet and it didn't some people are happy with their 1080p tvs but a powerful console that can achieve 1080p 60fps constantly or higher the developers will come. Nvidia are the top PC graphics card company they can definitely do it its upto Nintendo to spend the money and I think they will the new President is doing a wonderful job.