Getting a Switch?

I love me the original Splatoon on the WiiU and I play it daily, and the Zelda series I've loved for decades. What else am I missing for not having a Switch?

Basically give me reasons to get one (or excuses I can use to lie to myself to justify buying a console for only 2 games)

BOTW is also on Wii U user, but then I've heard it has a shitty framerate there. Anyway, besides those you've listed and obvious indie shit, so far there's Master Blaster Zero (also on 3ds), ARMS, Disgaea 5, Mario Kart 8 and Bomberman. This year also has FE Warriors, Xenoblade 2 and Mario Odyssey set for release. Now decide for yourself if any of that interests you.

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Buy it now and get homebrew!
(3.0.0 and earlier versions have a huge exploit that allows homebrew. Exploit was just made public 2~3 days ago as it's patched in 3.0.1.
But current Switches on the market right now come loaded with an older version.)

Virtual on is better

Mary-oh and Soonic

Right now it doesn't exactly have a whole lot of games, and its two best titles (BotW and Splatoon 2) are also on the Wii U. I only bought one because I don't have a Wii U. I feel it has a lot of potential to get a very strong line up over the years, but right now I don't see much reason to get it if you already have a Wii U.

Splat2's actually a Switch exclusive - even though it would have been better suited to the Wii U, they needed a system seller. You're absolutely right about BOTW though.


The frame rate problems were on the Switch. BOTW was developed for the Wii U and ported at the last minute, with some issues. Apparently they've fixed them somewhat in a patch, but the Wii U version is still the better game.

Mario Kart 8 is also a port of a Wii U title, in case you forgot.

So in case of actual, exclusive, noteworthy games the Switch has, it's pretty much just Splat2 at the moment. (Arms looks like it might be fun, too, but it costs four times as much as it should.) Other than that, the store seems to be mostly full of shovelware and rereleases of old games. As was mentioned above, Xenoblade 2 and Mario Odyssey might be good reasons to get a Switch eventually.

The buyer's remorse that comes with every Nintendo console since the N64

You're a fag.