I owned all of the Gameboy line. I got a Nintendo DS day-one and a Nintendo 3DS as well, at a price point where the majority of Nintendo 3DS users have not spent. I also owned a Wii that allowed me to play both Wii and GC games. Just a premise.
I will happily skip the Game Boy and the Game Boy Color. Although they had their strong competition, they couldn't do anything to compare. I will also skip the Game Boy Advance because, even though I still think that selling an advanced console without any sort of backlight is criminal, they made multiple versions of a version with light.
The Nintendo DS is my favorite console I grew up with. A big complain I had were cheaters. They were EVERYWHERE and ruined any online game. Games like Metroid Hunters, with a very promising online play, were destroyed by cheaters. You could no longer have fun unless you went into some random forums and play with people you were trusting not to use cheats. Another big complain I have was the console's incompatibility with WPA-protected routers. You had to buy a DSi and play DSi-enchanted games to finally play with WPA. Whatever, I still loved the console.
Then the 3DS was announced and we were promised a lot of things. There was a HUGE list of games that were supposed to come out during the first year and we were also promised graphics much better than the PSP, other than a great 3D experience. These were the problems:
- Console was 249.99 euros
- We were told to buy it now while the price is as it is because it would have gone up
- When the console came out, there were no good games. Just those placehold games to keep yourself busy while waiting for something big to come up
- No eShop
- No internet browser
- We STILL have friend codes to deal with??
- The only game worth waiting for in 2011 was Starfox 3D. A remake of a not-so-successful game
- The 3D effect is great, but you could only see it clearly if you didn't move an inch
- No second analog
- Hardware problems, like the bottom screen hitting the upper one, damaging the screen
- Cameras were trash
- No video playback
- No GBA virtual console
If it weren't for the backwards compatibility with DS games, I would have never supported this console this early. Eventually the games showed up and I started loving it again.
But then the Wii U came out and Nintendo wanted to cripple the console to push people into buying more Wii U. Example? The 3DS version of Mario Maker is a joke.
Regardless of these problems, I've always played and supported Nintendo games and was really looking forward to the Switch. These are my problems with it:
- FRIEND CODES AGAIN???
- Still the hardware damaging itself
- Still the lack of games at launch and nothing in the following months
- No voice chat unless you use a complicated way to
- Awful internal storage
- Expensive
- No internet browser (lol)
- No touchscreen (my mistake, it has it. You can stop writing OMG THE TOUCHSCREEN IS THERE!!11 I SHOWED HIM LOL)
- A highly controversial online pay service even though Nintendo is famous for not giving a damn about online play
I'm sorry, but I stopped supporting new Nintendo consoles. They just can't keep with times. They are making toys, that's it. The only reason for me to buy a Switch would be if they announce a new PMD game. In the meantime, I will wait for the obligatory Nintendo New Switch in two years.
I will happily skip the Game Boy and the Game Boy Color. Although they had their strong competition, they couldn't do anything to compare. I will also skip the Game Boy Advance because, even though I still think that selling an advanced console without any sort of backlight is criminal, they made multiple versions of a version with light.
The Nintendo DS is my favorite console I grew up with. A big complain I had were cheaters. They were EVERYWHERE and ruined any online game. Games like Metroid Hunters, with a very promising online play, were destroyed by cheaters. You could no longer have fun unless you went into some random forums and play with people you were trusting not to use cheats. Another big complain I have was the console's incompatibility with WPA-protected routers. You had to buy a DSi and play DSi-enchanted games to finally play with WPA. Whatever, I still loved the console.
Then the 3DS was announced and we were promised a lot of things. There was a HUGE list of games that were supposed to come out during the first year and we were also promised graphics much better than the PSP, other than a great 3D experience. These were the problems:
- Console was 249.99 euros
- We were told to buy it now while the price is as it is because it would have gone up
- When the console came out, there were no good games. Just those placehold games to keep yourself busy while waiting for something big to come up
- No eShop
- No internet browser
- We STILL have friend codes to deal with??
- The only game worth waiting for in 2011 was Starfox 3D. A remake of a not-so-successful game
- The 3D effect is great, but you could only see it clearly if you didn't move an inch
- No second analog
- Hardware problems, like the bottom screen hitting the upper one, damaging the screen
- Cameras were trash
- No video playback
- No GBA virtual console
If it weren't for the backwards compatibility with DS games, I would have never supported this console this early. Eventually the games showed up and I started loving it again.
But then the Wii U came out and Nintendo wanted to cripple the console to push people into buying more Wii U. Example? The 3DS version of Mario Maker is a joke.
Regardless of these problems, I've always played and supported Nintendo games and was really looking forward to the Switch. These are my problems with it:
- FRIEND CODES AGAIN???
- Still the hardware damaging itself
- Still the lack of games at launch and nothing in the following months
- No voice chat unless you use a complicated way to
- Awful internal storage
- Expensive
- No internet browser (lol)
- No touchscreen (my mistake, it has it. You can stop writing OMG THE TOUCHSCREEN IS THERE!!11 I SHOWED HIM LOL)
- A highly controversial online pay service even though Nintendo is famous for not giving a damn about online play
I'm sorry, but I stopped supporting new Nintendo consoles. They just can't keep with times. They are making toys, that's it. The only reason for me to buy a Switch would be if they announce a new PMD game. In the meantime, I will wait for the obligatory Nintendo New Switch in two years.
