(bright upbeat music) - So much has happened since
watch NES and SNES games Nintendo Switch Online,
a new offshoot console, special editions, the dock controversy and a massive outpouring
of third party support. The ecosystem has changed, but the core selling point
is still largely the same. You get a Nintendo Switch to play all of the great first party titles, and for a versatile gaming experience, so you can play your games, however you want wherever you want. So three years in what has changed, for better or for worse, and is it still worth it for
you late adopters out there, especially with some new
consoles on the horizon. (bright upbeat music) It's been three years since the launch of the Nintendo Switch,
but it's been two years since the launch of Satisfye Kickstarter, the sponsor of this video. In celebration, they're
selling their Switch grip for just 22 bucks which is the cheapest, it's ever been since launch, and if you use the code Wulff
you get another 10% off. If you've been wanting
to pull the trigger on, one of these grips or
your wrist don't fall off. (switch smashing) This is the time to do it, you can also get their
Switch light slim bundle for just 36 bucks which
includes the ergonomic grip and a case to throw it all in, Switch grip bundles are
up to 35% off as well. Check it out at the link
in the description below, before supplies run out
or just go to satisfye.com but make sure you use the code wulff, spelled like that to get
an additional 10% off, and how the hell else are they
gonna know that I sent you. Remember when the Nintendo Switch came out and there were only 12 launch titles, and only six of them
had physical releases. Well, now according to Wikipedia, there are 2105 Nintendo Switch games, actually, that was as of
three years ago, hold on, there are 2126 games
see it keeps on going. That doesn't mean that
they're all good games, the eShop is kind of a minefield
of shovelware indie games. I like the fact that Nintendo
has opened the floodgates and it's pretty much
letting anybody developed for the Switch, there's just no curation or hierarchy when browsing the eShop. Don't go to the eShop
for game recommendations, there are plenty of
resources on the internet that will point you in the right direction when you're looking for
something new to play. I usually do a sort of
what's on my Switch, in these types of videos
so that you can see exactly what I've been playing
throughout my Switch journey. But there's just so much crap on there now and I hardly ever play any of them. I put them on screen anyway, the big players are Super
Smash Brothers Ultimate and Super Mario Maker 2, that sums up most of my Switch usage. There's also Pokemon Sword
which deserves to be up there, as one of the best Switch games, I just recently got past the end game. So it is yet to be determined how much I'll keep doing raid battles or if I'll do the battle tower some more or if I'll go for the shiny charm, but I'll for sure be
opening the game back up when the DLC launches later this year. I'm not a huge fan of MarioKart, but it's most people's go to party game, It's familiar territory for most people. So it gets a lot of
play time on my Switch, but I've had some luck turning people on to Duck Game instead, which is way more of a hectic kind of fun. Right now the Switch
library is vast and deep, those were the games that I
spent the most time on recently, but that doesn't mean I
didn't have my fun with games like Breath of the Wild
and Super Mario Odyssey. Those are still two of the best games on the Nintendo Switch, it's just that, I haven't really touched
them that much in years. The same goes for the new big
stuff that came out this year, like Luigi's Mansion 3, Astral chain and Link's Awakening all great games. I just kind of dipped in
and dipped out of those, because they were getting in
the way of my Smash Brothers, Mario Maker and Pokemon playtime. And yeah, I'm sure Fire
Emblem is good too, there's also a lot of
great third party support. Now that the Switch has
proven itself as a success, publishers are more willing
to dump some resources into developing for it, despite what you might have
heard when it launched, Overwatch runs great on the Switch. There was maybe one
time while I was playing where characters took an extra few seconds to appear on screen but it
was before a match started and it was the very first
time I booted it up. Sure the frame rate isn't 144 hertz, like it is on your gaming PC, but that's not why you
would ever wanna play a game on this thing, you're playing on your Switch
for one of two reasons. One, you wanna be able to play
portably either on a commute or over at a friend's
house or hell even at work, if you can get away with it. Or two, you only have a Nintendo Switch, maybe you decided to purchase
that over other consoles or even a gaming PC because, you can get the most versatile
gaming experience that way, which is fine, personally,
before the Switch came out, I was expecting it to be the
perfect ancillary console, it would be a perfect
complement to my PS4. I get to play all the great
Nintendo first party stuff and I'd be able to take
some great third party stuff with me on the go. I was really hoping for
that great indie support, just like my vieta had, and
the Switch has that in spades. However, the Switch very quickly
became my primary console, I hardly ever play my PS4
or my Xbox One anymore. I can never tell that the
resolution or frame rate is compromised when I'm
playing a third party stuff, the convenience of having the option, to take my games with
me is worth way more, than a few pixels. If a game is good, it's good, whether that be at 240p or 1080p. Now there was a pretty
big development last year, there was the Switch
light and offshoot console of the Switch that is more
portable, but cannot be docked, It's also $100 cheaper. This is the perfect device for anyone who's planning on playing
entirely in portable mode, which is how about half my
friends play their Switch anyway, it also has an actual D pad,
which I'm all for of course. In my opinion, it's
more comfortable to play than a regular Switch,
although a Satisfye grip will solve all those problems
link in the description below. There was also a stealth
upgrade to the original Switch, the base model now has almost
doubled the battery life. It's also said that the
screen is slightly different, it's not really an
upgraded is just different. I never got this upgraded model, I like my launch Switch just fine. Personally, I find that
I almost exclusively play my Switch in docked mode, it
seems like one of those things where I just like having the option of having all my games with me, but I rarely ever pull
my Switch out of the bag and actually play it, it's kind of just nice
knowing it's all there. I buy all my games digitally, just so I can always have them with me. I currently have a nice
big, fat 400 gigabyte card in my regular Switch, this
complicates things a little bit. You see, this past year I
planned on using my Switch light as my go to portable Switch,
I have all my games digitally. So having my games on
both consoles is nice, however, not every game
supports cloud saves and the ones that do still
can have save file conflicts. So before I leave the house if I know there's a game that I wanna play, I always have to make sure I
have the save file downloaded. In some cases, if I'm in a hurry, it would be more convenient for me to just take my regular Switch with me, however, it's set up
as my secondary Switch, which means it requires
internet in order to play any of the digital purchases,
which is all of my games. This means that I can't
play any of my games on my original Switch, without internet. This whole thing is become
increasingly frustrating, the more I encounter it, in some cases, it makes me just abstain, from pulling my Switch out of my bag because I'm afraid of the potential of a cloud save conflict. This is something that Nintendo said, that they would have a solution for, but it's been a while
since they've said that, and it doesn't look like
they're gonna be holding up that promise anytime soon. Nintendo Switch Online is
still kind of a hot mess, honestly, it's not too
bad in Smash Brothers, lag does happen and it happens
more often in private matches than it does in quick
play, leading me to believe the matchmaking actually takes geography and ping into consideration or just matches you against other players who have good internet. However, Mario Makers multiplayer is just straight up broken, when I was making that video on the lag in Nintendo Switch online
it actually took me a while, to find the lag and Smash
Bros Ultimate quick play and I only found it in a four player match but I found it in Mario
Maker on the very first game that I joined and my god, it was like a god damn
PowerPoint presentation. Very few games actually use
the Nintendo Switch Online app for voice chat, most just use the headset but Nintendo still has yet to conform. Animal Crossing will be using the app for voice chat unfortunately. Another source subject
with Nintendo Switch Online are the NES and SNES
games, for some reason. People are mad that this took the place of the Virtual Console, they'd rather buy a lot of
these games individually, instead of getting the whole
lot included with the service, they both launched with
great games on them already. And there have been
some pretty neat drops, but lately, the drops have
been less and less frequent, and when we do get a
drop of New Retro Games, it's very unsatisfying, like I'm sorry, but who the hell cares about Smash Tennis, when we already have two tennis games, three if you also have
the Super Famicom games. How much different can 2D Tennis be, part of the problem is that, we already have a lot of great retro stuff from third party companies on the Switch like the Mega Man Legacy Collection, Collection of Mana,
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle, the Konami Collections. and I'll toss the Second
Genesis Collection in there just because it's a great collection. So it makes sense why
these third party companies wouldn't wanna include their games and then Nintendo Switch Online collection because they already have
their own collections. I'm just hoping we get some Game boy games included later this year. I think that will be way more likely than getting in N64 games. So that's about where I stand
with the Nintendo Switch, I've been very much
enjoying my experience. It's not perfect, but I've been spending a lot of time with it, it very quickly became
my favorite console. And I'm definitely getting
a lot of bang for my buck, but is it still worth it, in
2023 years after it came out. The only new first party
game that we know for sure is coming out this year
is Animal Crossing, and that's coming out in March. The Sequel to Breath of the Wild, could come out later this year. But it's not confirmed in Zelda games, always get delayed anyway, so the end of the year has a
big fat question mark on it. But just because there's a
drought and first party titles does not mean that there's a
drought in third party titles. There's plenty of great
third party and indie games that are coming out this year. And there's definitely
more Nintendo games, coming out this year, we just
don't know what they are yet, Nintendo has being very coy about it. There is also two brand
new next generation console is coming out later this year, which might make the
decision to harder for some. Let's just do a little thought experiment, let's just assume for a second, that Nintendo doesn't come
out with any more games this year after Animal Cross, and that's not gonna happen, but let's just assume that it does, the back catalogue on the Nintendo Switch more than makes up for it. If you buy a Switch right now, you need to play Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey and Pokemon Sword. Hell, I throw Celeste
and Katana zero in there, and you'd probably end
up getting Mario Kart because everybody does. That's so much to play already, if you wanna take a dive
into the back catalogue, then yes, it's 100% worth it. If the choice is between,
let's say the Nintendo Switch or the PS5 and the Xbox series x, I think that's a pretty unfair fight. That's apples to oranges, again, you get an Nintendo Switch for the great Nintendo first party titles and for the versatility and portability, you get a PS5 or an Xbox series x for their exclusive first party games or for their 4k 60
frames per second power, they serve completely different use cases. If you're worried about
getting a Nintendo Switch because there's a Switch
pro looming on the horizon, you can freaking forget it, I don't think that's
happening anytime soon. Honestly, because of
that huge back catalogue you've been missing out on, anytime is a great time to buy a Switch. I'm still having a ton of fun
spending hundreds of hours in Smash Brothers and Mario Maker and I'm still taking the damn
thing with me everywhere I go. Despite the fact I'll probably just sit on my phone
when I'm on the train, I've used my Switch probably
more than any device I own, besides my computer, and that shows no signs
of stopping anytime soon, despite the game drought. So stopping a bit, so
just get one already, hey, if you ever wanna see
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Wulff channel, yeeeh. And if you're wondering why
we're doing this video now, when the anniversary of
the Switch is next week, it's because this weekend,
I'll be at PAX East, I hope to see you there. And if I see that come come say hi, but also I'm gonna have a video next week of all the cool stuff
that I see at PAX East. So I didn't wanna take, I
didn't wanna post two videos that's too much work and I
don't wanna take up the time, you know, since you're getting this now. My schedule at PAX looks like this, on Thursday will be
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