It's time to come up with all the reasons to buy a new Nintendo Switch.
Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.
In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.
TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”
I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.
Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....
Another very weird article.
Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.
Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.
Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.
There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.
Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)
The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.
In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.
I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.
They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.
my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.
and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.
I just really to know about their NEW Switch pro upgrade that is rumored to be in the works. If it has at least dynamic 4k when it's docked, then I'm going to buy it. Fully BC of course with patches for their hit games to have 4k upscaling.
Fire Emblem, Smash, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart and Marvel 3.
Sheer collector value on this machine alone warrants a purchase themed based consoles are fun to brag about and look good sitting on a shelf like a trophy piece. Or in other peoples point of view like a scalper leave it in the box unopened for so many years then fire it off on Ebay for a stupid price. Personally I like the collectors aspect behind themed based consoles.
At least they're still in stock more so than new gen systems.
I mean, I personally can't. The Switch is in a weird position if you're a multiplatform gamer. My Switch has been sadly underutilized since its 2017 purchase. Had some good times early with Odyssey & M+R:KB, but not much else after that has really interested me. Or at least enough to stump up $60, as their titles rarely - if ever - go on meaningful sale. I did enjoy FE:3H for about 30 hours before I burned out on it, but precious little outside those titles.
I loved BotW on Wii U and Odyssey on Switch, but they released over 3 years ago - BotW even launching right alongside the Switch. Nintendo hasn't released any other games in the last 3-4 years that have come close to matching the scope or ambition of those games. Not to mention the handful of games they showed title cards for that we haven't even seen trailers for 3-4 years after they were teased. And the console itself remains largely unchanged all these years later, Nintendo refusing to give us any new meaningful features (or even rock-bottom basic ones, like folders).
I like it OK as a handheld, but the value on multiplatform games isn't there (more expensive, least technically capable versions), and the content they release is just not where I thought it'd be. I really expected I'd get less Wii U ports, and more truly excellent games like Odyssey/BotW. Got more enjoyment from my Wii U, which feels weird to say given its relative failure. A paint swap is not enough to get another $300 out of me. A better screen/JoyCons/SoC would get me closer, but there's more about the content they'd need to change for me to justify another Switch purchase.