the switch is Nintendo's New Home console successor to the Wii U but it's
also a powerful and interesting portable handheld device or you can put it down
on a table if you'd prefer it's actually really cool with that said evaluating it
wasn't an easy task for me sometimes
with reviews of things that I really like I'm hard on them out of love and
with the switch you'll see some of that because I do love it but you'll also see
some criticism that comes from a different place all together my time with the switch has
been a roller coaster of emotions and persons with these conditions probably
shouldn't
ride Side by power is lineup of gaming desktops feature Intel 7th generation
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controllers are so important to the unique experience of of gaming on the
switch that they literally form the logo for it they both feature normal things
batteries that charge when they're docked onto the console itself all of
the thumb sticks and buttons that you'd expect other than an analog trigger then
we get into the more unique stuff they also feature quick releases on the back
and pairing buttons between some shoulder buttons then the right joy-con
controller has an NFC Reader in its thumb stick for amiibo pairing and an IR
camera for games like eating contest to where you hold it in front of your mouth
and make eating motions quickly HD Rumble is a cool concept and it's
definitely better than previous versions of Rumble but I don't think it's quite
as awesome as they actually make it out to be when playing something like ball
count in one two switch it just gets frustrating it's not real enough to be
genuinely immersive and it ends up being a tiresome gimmick usability wise I'd
say it ranges from an acceptable to a bad experience when they're mounted on
the side of the switch in handheld mode it's on the acceptable end but not great
the joysticks being off axis which I generally prefer having grown up on the
Xbox side of things sucks in handheld mode because the right side joystick
being lower on the right joy-con your hand has to be positioned in a really
weird way in order to support the weight of the console and I'm not the only one
who felt this way yeah I mean it's a it's a hell of a lot better than playing
on a tablet or a phone that's for sure but I think for me the one issue is like
with my right hand if I have to switch up and down switch I have to shift my
hand a little bit it feels kind of weird
mainly the right side of things just cuz the joystick feels like it should be
there but it's there and it's kind of weird to grip I think when they're
detached they're fine but this is pretty
weird sorry the joyon they kind of like
crippled the functionality because they wanted to have each thing be its own
controller it's just it's so twiddly and small I can't even deal I think the
joysticks they are probably just not balanced and it's kind of hard to hold
in one side but I have no
reference so it's still cool the Wii U tablet
controller had both the joysticks at the top this made sense I understand why
they did it this way on the switch but I don't think it's Justified and I'll get
to that in a moment in tabletop mode when you have the joy-con controllers
off the switch and are playing by yourself it's acceptable two players in
that same scenario is pretty bad however just due to how cramped your hands are
when you only get to use one of these pretty tiny controllers this is also why
they have the thumb sticks off axis because it makes it easier to use them
when they're by themselves but as this scenario is just bad in general it
wasn't worth sacrificing the ergonomics of using it as a handheld then there's
the grip it sucks in my opinion especially considering Nintendo's vast
controller design experience from the giant Gap in the middle to the lack of
an actual d-pad to the lousy mobile
device gray joysticks to the vertical alignment of all the controls when
you're trying to use it at once everything about it contributes to the
poor ergonomic experience which luckily for Nintendo will likely drive a lot of
Zelda breath of the Wild players to go out and buy the switch Pro Controller
which and again I'm not the only one who feels this way actually feels pretty
great and can charge over USB type-c which is a really nice bonus it's an
awesome controller now this I like it should
come with this the one thing I can see people missing is the uh the linear
control triggers here but other than that man the ergonomics feel good the
Plastics are just really solid I like this thing I think the Pro Controller
feels like a normal controller if I had a Nintendo switch this would probably be
what I use most of the time the joy-con grip just felt kind of awkward and this
just it's Hefty it's got a good feel to it everything's in the right spot all
the buttons are easy to reach yeah pretty dope I feel I can get to um each
buttons and the this thing very easily
like you can do whatever like it's all in
here this is a lot more normal thanks
Nintendo for giving us
options okay let's talk gaming experience now handheld mode first you
get about 2 and 1/2 hours of play in something like breath of the wild
without any charging but Nintendo's decision to go with USB type-c instead
of their own proprietary power connector makes it really easy to charge up on the
go I love this decision thank you Nintendo it wakes up from sleep super
fast getting you into the game almost instantly and it doesn't doesn't weigh
that much at 0.88 lb does it replace
something like a 3DS not for everyone but for battery Bank Warriors Like Me
Maybe yeah next up is tabletop mode flip
out the kind of weak sauce feeling kickstand prop it on the airplane tray
or table in the lunchroom and boom you're gaming it's really that easy and
it's really cool and makes the console that much more versatile Nintendo seems
to have overlooked The Importance of Being able to run off of wall power in
this mode however maybe there's a 3D printing solution to this problem but
most other aspects of it are well thought out if you apply too much
pressure to the stand it just pops out rather than breaking and you can put it
back on which is nice but before we do that now is a great time to check out
the more standard non-proprietary IO who are you and what have you done
with Nintendo this is so weird but awesome there's an SD card slot under
the kickstand and this is a huge step forward in Mobility allowing you to pack
games onto it to avoid carrying around game carts when the onboard storage
overflows now and I understand if you've forgotten by this point as we've only
talked about the mobile experience but the switch is a living room console so
if you want to use it as one you throw it onto a dock that charges and Powers
the switch gives you HDMI output to your TV or something like a monitor and
provides three USB connections for accessories like Ethernet adapters and
charging for the Pro Controller that I consider basically a necessary add-on
it's pretty much a glorified USB hub you'll still be using the power button
volume buttons game cart slot and headphone jack from the top of the
switch console itself and I'll save you the trouble of trying it none of the
offbrand USBC hubs that I tried worked and I tried a lot of them TV mode was a
mixed bag for me 4K TVs are becoming quite popular and outputting 720p on a
4K display in 20 2017 feels like a
pretty heavy compromise and this comes from someone who fully understands that
the Nintendo gaming experience is about
gameplay not graphics and their art style makes up for it a lot I just can't
help but notice that the performance hasn't really come very far since the
Wii U and I also understand how it happened mobile performance for them is
fantastic just having a highquality upscaler in the dock would have been
deeply appreciated and while we're at it a working virtual console and Bluetooth
headset connectivity would have appeased retro nerds like me and wireless
headphone enthusiasts like uh Apple I
guess in conclusion the switch is a very
interesting idea like the NVIDIA Shield tablet but with the expectation that
I'll get a killer game library with it this is a potentially great direction
for Nintendo to go in but I feel like some decisions along the way with the
joycon controllers and the dock should have been switched up a little I feel
like they couldn't decide if they wanted to replace the 3DS or not and
consequently ended up uncomfortably somewhere in between then on the subject
of the game Library there's the issue of onew switch it's like Wii Sports in the
sense that it's good wholesome family fun with mini games that gets everyone
into the swing of using the new controller style except unlike wi Sports
it doesn't come with the console it's a
full-priced half-ass game you'll have
fun with some of the games like sword fight quick draw samurai training and
milk but many of its games feel like near clones of each other and I believe
the right move was to put it in the box with the console breath of the Wild on
the other hand if you have a Wii U and you don't plan on getting a switch buy
it if you're getting a switch buy it if you have neither of those options find a
friend that has one of those options options and go to their house a lot it
will be worth it but back on topic is the switch worth it I'm not really
comfortable giving an unconditional recommendation giving the current state
of its games library but man it's a
really Unique Piece of Hardware that's what Nintendo does best and as a dieh
hard Nintendo Fanboy I'm going to go for it and I'm really excited thanks for
watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do if it was awesome get
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where to buy some of the stuff including the pretty much required Pro Controller
and breath of the wild because if you're buying a switch you should probably get
both of those also you can see where to buy a shirt which is hopefully being
like video edited on top of the shirt that I'm currently wearing I
accidentally took my work shirt home and this was like a Nintendo inspired shirt
so I thought it was fine but it's not fine for this part of the video I'm
rambling for way too long