Is the nintendo switch worth buying

comment by Mike (U1170)
posted 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
I've considered buying one, just for the Mario games/Mario Kart and Zelda. I won't really get much use out of it on the go, so it would just be for casual fun at home or with friends/family. Would be nice to have it over the Christmas break from work, but I was planning on waiting for a price drop.
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Prices aint gonna drop any time soon it seems. Its still selling out world wide, the demand in Japan is huge for them also. I cant see any price drop til nearly Summer

What's the best price at the moment, Amazon?

To begin with I would want the console, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, Zelda.

Not fussed about the different coloured controllers in red/blue if that makes a difference.

To begin with I would want the console, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, Zelda.
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You can get a bundle for about £320 I think with one of the above games from Amazon, Game etc.

Thing is, Nintendo's first party games very rarely drop in price, even after a few years they remain the same as they were when released. Pre-owned ones still cost about the same as brand new.

"bundle" hate how they try to pass off new consoles with 1 or 2 games as a "bundle" I mind the days when I got the ps1 bundle. Came with 7 games !!

£320 lowest price with 1 game is still overpriced for me, thats over a hundred quid more than you can get a ps4/xbox for. The price will need to come down to around £200 for me to get it. By then there will be a decent catalouge for me cos as things stand there is only 4/5 games tops i would wanna play on it so far and I would be done with them before christmas with the exception of Mario Kart.

I've had one since release and I haven't touched any of my other consoles since (that will change when I get VR for Christmas)

It has a frankly amazing lineup already, BOTW even before the two big DLCs is an easy 100hr + game, Mario odyssey is better than Mario 64 (my opinion) xenoblade 2 is a fantastic action jrpg.

I don't have Mario kart, as I have it on the wii u, but it's a pretty definitive version of Mario kart (wii u version) if you haven't played it yet, or are looking to rediscover ot (I have the 360 and ps4 versions also) the skyrim switch version is very very good, la noire was well worth the £25 I dropped on it, splatoon is a fantastically fun shooter, headed for E- game status.

On top of that there are MANY MANY amazing indie games that you do need to consider to get the absolute best value from the switch. Shovel knight is great fun and an awesome throwback to nes / mega drive Era gaming.

On top of that they have a good lineup for the next year, possibly including a Pokémon game, which if they take back to the first Gen, but 3d I would probably play for the nostalgia.

Finally, the wii u was a highly underrated console, and some of the best games from it will be making their way on to the switch in the future, which will be interesting to see how they handle the lack of a second screen, but Nintendo did a press release saying at some point there will be backward compatability with previous controllers, which could reference the wii u game pad while in docked mode.

This would also then allow virtual console of ds/3ds/new 3ds games for the first time, opening up an absolutely enormous back catalogue of Nintendo games.

Honestly the best value for money console I bought, considering the ps4 I bought for £400 bundled with fallout 4, it's nowhere near the console the switch is turning out to be.

I'm docked mode the graphics are great on my 4k TV, helped of course by Nintendo artstyle, but even skyrim looks great. And then of course, as others have mentioned, it goes with me on a commute, which the Playstation cannot

For £280 I paid on release its been amazingly worthwhile and as Sony recently admitted, it's a console phenomenon that cannot be ignored!

Cheers for the replies lads ....
Food for thought right there ...
I think its looking likely for the weekend ....

Wife might not be too happy ....she'll survive ☺

I'm not bothered about the indie games, I literally only want Mario Kart (not had one since N64), Mario Odyssey, and Zelda.

Will probably never (or very very rarely) use it in portable mode either.

It should be cheaper if you promise to only play 3 games

I'd say I've spent 80% of my playtime in docked mode, to be honest when I bought it I was sure I'd never use it as a portable device, but the seamless switch between the two modes does actually make it usable

It would be a shame if you dismiss Indie games so easily, many indie studios have big budgets these days and push out some awesome games, some of them better than the rubbish big studios keep pushing out.

Also, bear in mind that they have merged console and portable divisions meaning there will likely be multiple Zelda / Mario's games released for the switch, as well as it's own version of Mario kart at some point.

Plenty of other notable titles coming too. And if the release schedule for '18 looks sparse, just remember Nintendo have started announcing games much much closer to release, even with as little as two months notice.

You will find no shortage of games to compliment your more dedicated platform of choice.

Enjoy odyssey and Botw, well worth being contenders for 1+2 spots for GOTY

Ok so i bit the bullet...
Bought the switch and its been a pleasure to play ...

Legend of zelda b.o.t.w is just so stunning to play ....its tricky and the controls to control link are taking me a while to get used too but visually its 10/10....

Mario kart online is brilliant ...

But mario odyssey is a bit meh

I'm considering buying "the kids" a Switch soon. Already have a Wii U which was criminally underrated IMO, any recommended games?