Came across a Nintendo Switch Lite.
I’m enjoying it greatly so far! As it stands, it is the best way I’ve ever seen to play games I’ve owned for a long (in some cases, decades!) time.
I had been up in the air about getting a Switch since it basically first came out, and then when the Lite came out recently I spent some more time contemplating it.
With the original Switch, I was really liking the idea of TV/Portability, but the cost was a huge turnoff. Also the issues with the JoyCon drift and a few other things I was on the fence. I started evaluating the Lite version, and when I realized that I don’t really do any sort of gaming on an actual TV screen anymore, it became a more serious contender. After actually holding one, I really started liking the way the Lite feels in my hand. Seeing as the controllers aren’t detachable, it feels a lot more solid, which is part of the appeal.
Yes, the screen is smaller, but it looks great, and is a wonderful size!
As for the game library, the ones I have are all games I have owned for a long time:
I’ve owned the original Link’s Awakening since my father gave it to me as a birthday gift in something like 1996, and every now and again I pull it out and play it.
Final Fantasy X was the first game I bought with my refurbished PS2 in about 2002 or 2003, and I play that one every now and again.
Final Fantasy XII I bought new. Got it at Target right when it came out because they were giving away a gift card with the game purchase…Which I used to buy groceries since I had just spent my grocery money on a video game.
Breath Of The Wild is the newest game I own on this list. Got that one with the Wii U at the beginning of the year and I’ve enjoyed the heck out of that one.
As for the games, Link’s Awakening is a remake of the first portable Zelda game. This is an amazing game all around, a direct sequal to the brilliant “A Link To The Past,” and released about two years after. It took me something like two years to get through this game. Partly because that Gameboy consumed batteries like nobody’s business, partly because I just never wanted it to end. I picked up the port of the Deluxe edition that was released for Gameboy Color on my 3DS a few years back, but this one is absolutely the best remake.
The graphics are very much similar to those in A Link Between Worlds (also fantastic!), and I feel like Nintendo knocked this one out of the park.
As for Final Fantasy XII, I’m not sure why they added “The Zodiac Age” to the title, and I honestly haven’t bothered looking up the reason for it on the internet, yet. As for gameplay itself, the cutscenes are a lot prettier than I remember and the in game graphics are very nice too! It is an updated version of the original, while still keeping very true to it.
Final Fantasy X is one I haven’t started playing through again yet, and I’m a little bit into Breath Of The Wild, so I don’t have any sort of images or anything from those two yet. I’m tempted to grab a video capture device and record some playtime from the Wii U version. Although I might just see about getting some screenshots of both versions, just for comparison. Same thing with Link’s Awakeing, If I can find out how to grab a screenshot or 5 from the 3DS, I will update this post with some side by side shots.
Needless to say, I am enjoying it greatly.
