I know we've moved on, but I don't actually care about GoldenEye and
ITSMILNER wrote:We are only a few weeks away from the end of Year 2 of Switch and the start of Year 3, can’t believe how quick the time has gone really! How is everyone feeling about the Switch now and how do you feel the future looks for the system?
I would like to answer this question, sorry. It ties directly into my signature, after all!
I am feeling really really good about the Switch. Granted, I'm a Nintendo fanboy, and I was still hopeful about the Wii U at this stage. But I feel
good about the Switch.
Looking at years 1 and 2, year 1 was the superstar year and year 2 was the dry year, no question. Year 1 had SMO and BotW, as well as Xenoblade 2 and Spla2n, and Rabbids and ARMS if you wanted something a bit different. Frankly those first two games would have been enough to make it Best Launch Year I Can Think Of: the rest, XC2 in particular, were icing on a very special cake. (Also Celeste.) Year 2, meanwhile, had to coast by on the eShop for a good time. Hollow Knight was a belter, but it took until the end of the year for the machine to throw up another system-seller. Spin-off Pokémon, magic BR Tetris, and
Smash isn't bad for a dry year, all told.
Year 3 looks like it could be another stunner. I don't think Link's Awakening, Pokémon 8, Astral Chain etc. will be as good as SMO and BotW, but we went almost two decades without seeing games as good as SMO and BotW (in my opinion the last game that had the same impact at the time was OoT, I know some will say Galaxy as well) so that's no big shame. It does look much more full of good-to-great exclusive offerings than year 2, which is exactly what I expected and why my sig. says what it does.
As for the machine itself, I agree with Jawa. Almost entirely. The dual-play (TV and portable) function is terrific - check. Great range of games including some genuine classics - check. Console doesn't feel as "Nintendo-y" as previous consoles - check. As it stands it's my favourite Nintendo console due to its available games, but that doesn't mean it's my favourite machine: I prefer the 3DS (themes, free online, 3D gimmick that I loved don't @ me) and Gamecube (holding down the Z button to make the cube squeak - there's nothing that magical here). I don't see either point changing in year 3.
Anyway yes I'm done sorry. Also I would like the cancelled project to be Project H.A.M.M.E.R.