Ditto. Like you, I've stock-piled most of the must-have titles for the system, but have only played it lightly. (on account of owning so many freaking games) I've actually done very well on collecting for the Wii U. Pretty much all of the critically-acclaimed titles are on my shelf. And every time that I do fire the system up, I really enjoy myself. It's just a matter of drowning in content, with the sheer size of my personal collection.
That's how I am with my Wii U. I bought it for Super Mario 3D World. I had a Wii before and, outside of a few good games, it mostly collected dust. The Wii U reminds me of the GameCube in that there are a lot of just fun games for it but it's kind of under appreciated.
I had a PS3, PS2, and PS1 and, when I go back and think of the games I went back and played on each of those console, there were only a handful. I really enjoyed the Crash Bandicoot series, God of War series, retro-games (Namco collections), and a few titles like Twisted Metal. Overall, though, my PS3 gathered dust just like my Wii. I think I played my PS2 a little more but it, too gathered dust.
I've generally enjoyed, and will go back and play games on, the old Nintendo systems. I'll still play Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, etc. from time to time. So, when the Wii U came out and I saw Super Mario World 3D my main thought was, "I'll probably go back and play these, plus, I can do the whole VC thing for the older games which I had already done on the Wii so I could upgrade for $1-2 each and have a much nicer menu for playing them (folders and all that).
I didn't upgrade to a PS4 or XBox one this time. I just think they'd be dust collectors for me (not knocking those who love those systems, of course).
My thoughts on the Switch:
- I like the name. NX worked, too, but Switch is definitely a better name than the Wii U which confused everyone. I think it was a year or so in before I even realize the Wii U was a separate console. Granted, part of that was that my Wii was gathering dust and I wasn't paying too close attention to it but, still, it was a common problem.
- I don't see people actually using this as advertised. Most people I know really don't take their 3DS along with them. Granted, I don't have 100s of friends with 3DSes, but it's more like a "play at home in a chair, in bed, or on the toilet"-kind of device. Nothing wrong with that. It's great for when you're traveling and looking for something to do in a hotel but it's not something you're likely taking to the park or over to a friends house. I think, mostly, the Switch will be left at the TV, used in a chair ("The game is on!!"-situation), bed, or on the toilet. I think, for those who have it, they'll initially get together at someone's house once or twice to play the multiplayer games as shown but as a normal use, it's not going to happen (maybe some really hard-core Switch gamers will regularly do it but that's about it).
- It's the size of a tablet, which is cool, but people already have tablets and those tablets already have games. There's a point where people don't want to haul around a specific game device when they're already hauling their phone, tablet, laptop, etc.
- I really like the look of the device. I think it looks nice/modern/slick.
- I know people will do this but I don't think you really need to be overly concerned with the specs on it. The question should be, "Is it fun to play?," not, "Is the CPU faster than a PS4?"
- Contradicting the previous statement, just a bit, the specs should be enough to please people. There shouldn't be frame rate issues (not saying there are), there should be some kind of upgradable storage, etc. I think I heard it has an SD card slot which is great but if you like to get your games via download then you might start running into a space situation because larger SD cards are more expensive (1TB was recently revealed but it was something like $800 when I saw it) but, like everything, they'll come down in price so it's still a "win".
- Looks like they have 3rd party support this time. Win!
- I think the sliding on/off controllers is probably going to be more cumbersome than they show. You're going to get dirt/grime in that sliding track and it'll end up being something that you probably won't do. It's very minor but I think that the extra effort of dealing with it sort of gets in the way of the enjoyment of the machine/games. Sort of like when you get into a car that has bluetooth but, for whatever reason, your phone doesn't auto-connect to it so you have to go into the settings, find the bluetooth panel, connect it, and then go back out and open your music/podcast/streaming app. That's a very minor thing to have to deal with (1st world problem) but it's annoying enough to where you may lean more toward, "Screw it - I'll just listen to the radio.."
- The cartridges make more sense than optical media at this point but, I sort of think back to how we're all heading towards downloaded content which leads me back to the possibility of storage issues.
- People seem to generally think it'll come in around the $300 mark. From what I'm seeing, I bet it's $399. It may even go as high $450.
All that being said, I really hope this is a huge success for Nintendo.
For me, I'm going to do a wait-and-see sort of thing with this. If everyone I know ends up with one and seems to use it, I'll probably jump on board because that could be a lot of fun. I don't know how ready I am for another console, in general, though.
ing Mario 3D World dear god please stop and release a true 3D Mario edition. Although Nintendo always pulls through with great first party games so I am not worried at all.
