Y'all, I have this preordered but am I the only one who's disappointed by the Pin Set? I thought this was gonna be an art book or something with art work and photos of the Nintendo World Championship stuff lol. I'm gonna keep the preorder cause I want the physical copy but damn, I really feel like the US/NA regions got the inferior version of the Deluxe Set
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I'm all in on the Switch 2. For context, I grew up as a Nintendo & Sony kid and the PS4 was my main console but Nintendo has always been my go-to for gaming. Whether it was the GBC, GBA, GBA SP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS, Gamecube or Wii, it never mattered for me until the Wii U which as we all know was kind of a disaster. What I learned the most about myself in this gaming generation was that unlike most people here, I don't care to take a performance hit on some games. I don't care to play the absolute best version of every game because I just want to have fun with my games and to me, that's what Nintendo does the best. Nintendo makes fun games. Nintendo makes games for everyone. What might get you hype tomorrow, for examples sake lets say something like WarioWare, won't necessarily make me hype and the same can be applied vice versa. Nintendo's focus has always been on the core idea that games should be fun and games should be for everyone.
As much as I love Sony and Microsoft's constant chase of making the best tech possible and making the best looking games with all the bells and whistles possible, I feel like I've lost the joy I used to have playing their games. Whether it's recent Xbox games or Playstation games, I've realized that I just don't get a real sense of enjoyment. Sometimes, I feel like I gotta force myself to find that same level of enjoyment that I get out of a Nintendo game. And, that's not to say that I don't like or respect Xbox or Playstation games, they're just not for me anymore and I'm okay with that. I can see the enjoyment folks get out of the other first party lineups, but for me and my interests, I align more with Nintendo games right now. Could things change? Possibly, but I've been a Nintendo kid my whole life so I doubt it.
For me, assuming Nintendo sticks the landing and makes the Switch 2 "the Switch but better build, better power, better battery, backwards compatbility and some fun gimmick like a camera" I'll be happy. It's all I really need despite a better online because I'd love to play some online games with more friends and all of you guys. At the end of the day, I just want to experience joy when I play video games and that's what Nintendo continuously does time and time again even if they make some odd decisions here or there that make us think "why the hell would they ever do that?!" lol