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Driving home to Kitchener late Friday night, my kid and I discussed what we liked and didn’t like about Switch. Here’s how the conversation went.

Me: Let’s talk first impressions. I’ll go first. The Switch is tiny. Much smaller than I thought it would be. I love that for all sorts of reasons – portability, shelf space, style – except one: Controls. When you pop the Joy-Cons off and use them individually they feel almost miniscule. One of them could completely disappear inside a large man’s hand. And some of the buttons are pretty small and oddly located. Still surprisingly usable, just not ideal. Thoughts?

Daughter: I love that you can take Switch anywhere you go. I love playing games with real controller controls, not touch screen. So Switch would be my first choice – over iPad – for playing games in the car. And – I just thought of this – right now, if you want to play a game like Splatoon in the same room with a friend, you need have two TVs and two Wii Us. With Switch, you can have lots of friends playing together. You just need Wi-Fi to be able to play a game like Splatoon anywhere.

As for the size of the Joy-Cons, I liked it. They won’t get lost in my hands, because I have little hands. All kids have little hands. And Nintendo is mostly about kids, so most people playing won’t have any problems.

All I know is that I’m going to be buying one of the Nintendo Switch Pro controllers – which feel terrific, like a standard gamepad, with the thumbsticks located exactly where your thumbs naturally rest – on day one. Even though they’ll likely cost close to $100 in Canada. Even using the Joy-Cons with the Charging Grip peripheral (also sold separately, for about $40) didn’t feel quite right due to the slightly off thumbstick locations.