explanade
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I decided to buy myself a Christmas present and actually decided and did that on impulse just now, on the spur of the moment. Here's what I got:
A Nintendo Switch,
and four games for it:
1.) Zelda, Breath of the Wild
2.) Sega Genesis Classics
3.) Minecraft
4.) Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
I am also going to get a fifth game,
5.) Stardew Valley,
but since it is downloadable only, I'll just wait and buy it when I have the Switch set up and ready for it.
The game I REALLY want is "Animal Crossing 2019", but it doesn't even have a release date yet. It's just supposed to be released sometime in 2019 and so I can't even pre-order it yet. Soon, hopefully!
I bought one of those on impulse too, last year. Pretty slick. My motivation was Super Mario Brothers, a game that turned New Years Eve into a totally sober experience one year. It was way more fun for us to smash blocks than get smashed.
The graphics now are amazing but I miss the “blocky” look of the older systems.
I didn't get it from Amazon but I've had the Switch over a year.
Game I played the most has been Monopoly by Hasbro, which lets you play online.
Or at least they did the first year and since this fall, it now requires a $20 a year subscription.
What's nice about it is it's turn-based game so you could be doing other things while playing an online game.
Online features are basic though, like you can't chat or anything.
I've also played some of the tennis game when they had the beta and it was free and some Fortnite, another free download.
I've never been big on Nintendo games and find that I like a more leisurely pace of gaming when I do play games. That is, turn-based and allows me to do other things.
I used to be way into sports and action games but again, those require dedicating time to it.
So I think the mobile games I play on the iPhone has changed my patterns and expectations.
This past Black Friday, I picked up Game Night from Hasbro for $25. It has Risk, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. They're all suppose to be playable online but I haven't opened it yet because I have to purchase the online subscription.
Had so many things going on the past month that I didn't see a point in getting the subscription now. Maybe after I get back from an upcoming trip.
I really like the handheld format because like I said, you can do other things like be at the computer or while watching TV. Used to be skeptical about dedicated gaming devices because why would anyone want to carry another device around in addition to your phone?
Well that's still true to an extent. I'd love it if these kinds of games were available for my iPhone instead, along with maybe game controllers that you can attach to the ends of the phones.
But the Switch is fine for what it is, which lets you take it around the house and do other things with it. I've never connected it to my TV.
It's really not portable enough to carry around outside the home like your phone.