4th March 2017, 2:34 PM
I'll be honest, when I saw the first Nintendo Switch video, I didn't really "get" it. It seemed like a step up from the WiiU, but meh. Mobile gaming, who cares? Carrying around an enlarged game gear sounds bulky and inconvenient.
On the other hand, I just watched a new video, and it does seem like a neat concept. I salute Nintendo for innovating in an industry that's mostly just "carbon-copy of the last system with better graphics, all down to the same controller, and here's a new Call of Duty to go with it". Also, I took this screenshot to make fun of it:
![[Image: fm7polNh.png]](http://i.imgur.com/fm7polNh.png)
Hell yeah, take a nice stroll out to a breathtaking sunset over a lake so you can sit on a bench and look at the same screen you just saw at home! Young people need an electronic device to take away the anxiety of having to experience nature with nothing else to think about *brandishes cane*. Not that I'm any better. We're so used to being bombarded with information that it feels uneasy to just sit and daydream. No sir, I don't like it. I don't think. I don't know. I was thinking earlier at how technology will progress itself to a point where you could just enter a simulation of a beautiful sunset, maybe even take a vacation tailor-made to your wishes, such that you can sit on a beach of your own configuration and let the fake waves lap at your feet, indistinguishable from the real deal. Reality would become meaningless, it would be full of chaos and variables beyond your control. Maybe a crab will come and bite your toe, or you'll get sunburnt, or your flight will be delayed. Fake, plastic experiences will become preferable. Spooky or maybe awesome or maybe I'm just a rambling dumbass, how you liking the Switch DJ? Oh... you answered that the first post. Um. I think I'm out of eggs, maybe I'll run to the market later.
Looking at the new Zelda gives me "meh" memories of Skyward Sword. Beautiful to look at, fun to play, but something was lost in execution (I could never 100% get the hang of the sword movements and FUCK those electric sword Moblins that beat me at every turn). But more importantly, it was drawn out far beyond its reach. It was a chore to finish... which I never did... having stopped short at the last level where you presumably get the Triforce. Shitty place to run out of steam. And my Wii sensor broke at some point. I'll put it on the list of video games to complete when I retire in 50 years (we'll get our social security at 80 by then) and am left to play through all the games I left behind to fend off old man boredom and soul-crushing impending death.
But, that's only speaking to the aesthetic of Breath of the Wild. I imagine it's actually Cool and Good. I'd buy up a Switch if I had the money... been spending it too much lately and I need to reign it in. Maybe the Switch will Catch On, and I won't want to be left out of the newly sociable paradigm of portable games, meeting up with complete strangers and Mario Karting it the fuck up in here. I am optimistic of a future where the difficulty of beating your opponents is limited by geography. Fuck it if I'm gonna go online and play against all those 13 year olds that headshot me before I take three steps, god damned punks. *branishes cane again*
On the other hand, I just watched a new video, and it does seem like a neat concept. I salute Nintendo for innovating in an industry that's mostly just "carbon-copy of the last system with better graphics, all down to the same controller, and here's a new Call of Duty to go with it". Also, I took this screenshot to make fun of it:
Hell yeah, take a nice stroll out to a breathtaking sunset over a lake so you can sit on a bench and look at the same screen you just saw at home! Young people need an electronic device to take away the anxiety of having to experience nature with nothing else to think about *brandishes cane*. Not that I'm any better. We're so used to being bombarded with information that it feels uneasy to just sit and daydream. No sir, I don't like it. I don't think. I don't know. I was thinking earlier at how technology will progress itself to a point where you could just enter a simulation of a beautiful sunset, maybe even take a vacation tailor-made to your wishes, such that you can sit on a beach of your own configuration and let the fake waves lap at your feet, indistinguishable from the real deal. Reality would become meaningless, it would be full of chaos and variables beyond your control. Maybe a crab will come and bite your toe, or you'll get sunburnt, or your flight will be delayed. Fake, plastic experiences will become preferable. Spooky or maybe awesome or maybe I'm just a rambling dumbass, how you liking the Switch DJ? Oh... you answered that the first post. Um. I think I'm out of eggs, maybe I'll run to the market later.
Looking at the new Zelda gives me "meh" memories of Skyward Sword. Beautiful to look at, fun to play, but something was lost in execution (I could never 100% get the hang of the sword movements and FUCK those electric sword Moblins that beat me at every turn). But more importantly, it was drawn out far beyond its reach. It was a chore to finish... which I never did... having stopped short at the last level where you presumably get the Triforce. Shitty place to run out of steam. And my Wii sensor broke at some point. I'll put it on the list of video games to complete when I retire in 50 years (we'll get our social security at 80 by then) and am left to play through all the games I left behind to fend off old man boredom and soul-crushing impending death.
But, that's only speaking to the aesthetic of Breath of the Wild. I imagine it's actually Cool and Good. I'd buy up a Switch if I had the money... been spending it too much lately and I need to reign it in. Maybe the Switch will Catch On, and I won't want to be left out of the newly sociable paradigm of portable games, meeting up with complete strangers and Mario Karting it the fuck up in here. I am optimistic of a future where the difficulty of beating your opponents is limited by geography. Fuck it if I'm gonna go online and play against all those 13 year olds that headshot me before I take three steps, god damned punks. *branishes cane again*