I love my Switch 2, I play it every day. Personally I feel like it was well worth it. The physical system itself is improved in nearly every way. It’s significantly more confortable to hold. I know a lot of people are upset about no OLED, but honestly I haven’t had any issues with the screen. Switch 2 editions run so much better than an original Switch, it’s night and day. I’ve never really had an issue with battery life. Although there is a good point to be made about waiting for the one with a removable battery. I think it really depends on wether or not the exclusives are worth it to you. Starfox, DK Bananza, Pokopia, and HW: Age of Imprisonment are all really great if you are interested. Another good thing to keep in mind is that so far Nintendo has committed to releasing their first party games fully on a physical cart. Given the current state of the industry, that’s a huge plus for me. Pokopia is the only Nintendo game key card, but that one wasn’t entirely in their control. If you have the money and want one, I say get one.

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I actually think that line is perfect. It’s right at the very start of the game and it’s establishing the character personalities to the player who may or may not be familiar with these characters. As the team flies in Slippy mentions his systems look good. Peppy calls out an enemy to Slippy, who has decided to take this terrible moment to fine tune his equipment. So he calls out to Fox to cover him, showing how he is such a detail oriented gear head that he finds it more important to fine tune equipment than to avoid getting shot. It shows he loves his work, but is a careless liability. Right at the start of the game. It even ties back in later when Falco is getting chased. He says something is wrong with his G-diffuser, even though in the intro he shrugged off the systems check and said everything was fine. So he takes a little damage, that’s when Slippy mocks him with “that’s why you don’t rush a systems check” reinforcing to himself that he was right. I think it’s a good little back and forth piece of writing that deserves a little more context than just the single line. All of it together really tells the player all they need to know about the members of the team in just the first level.

I actually feel like they nailed the voice acting. I think we just have 30 years of nostalgia for how the lines were delivered in the original. The new one tries to keep the spirit of the original, while giving it a new coat of paint.

I’ve done several full playthroughs on all routes at this point. I think it’s fantastic as a whole. The levels have all the fun of the original but it feels a little tuned to feel modern. I played the original and this one back to back to compare. The new one definitely feels tighter and smoother on aiming and movement. The challenge mode additions are super fun if you are the kind of person who enjoys replaying levels over and over to improve your score. Expert mode is also a fun addition that helps the levels feel fresh. It scratches the itch I’ve had for new Starfox for a decade, if only a little bit. The multiplayer is also great, with the only real problem being that it only has 3 maps. It even has a bot mode for offline players. I also have come around completely on the art style and voice acting. I like the fact that Starfox is actually portrayed as the mercenary band they are, rather than just doing good for the sake of being good. Feels like gaming in the 90’s again, campy dialogue and all. Also it’s probably the best looking game on Switch. The price point is a bit high for what it is, but ultimately I’m happy with my purchase. For me, this is the definitive Starfox experience. I hope they are able to use this as a springboard to revitalize the series going forward.

I love the Switch 2 and MKW has been the single biggest disappointment as far as exclusives go. I genuinely think MK8 is better. But there are several other exclusives that are much better at justifying a Switch 2 purchase. Pokopia, DK, and Kirby Air Riders just to name a few.

I love it, I’ve played mine pretty much daily since launch. The exclusives have ranged from good to great for me so I’m getting a lot out of it. It’s better than the Switch 1 in basically every way unless you have an OLED. The Switch 2 editions of games feel pretty substantial compared to Switch 1 performance, most notably BOTW and TOTK. More and more companies are making Switch 2 versions of 3rd party games for it as well which is nice. If you’re gonna play a lot of stuff on it, it’s worth it. If you want to play it more casually like a lot of folks did with like a Switch lite, that’s a lot harder to recommend. I will say that if you like cozy style games or really enjoy old Pokemon, Pokopia is so good it almost makes it worth it on it’s own.