Whelp, I guess this is probably what Nintendo wanted. I want all of my games on the Switch. Thanks to the shrinking free time I have each day, I can only really drop an hour or two on gaming. Thank goodness for my time on the train to and from work, friends. Where’s that time going right now? My Nintendo Switch. It’s the nature of the train and needing the flexibility to play my games wherever I want. If I want Zelda on the TV, the Switch affords me that opportunity. If I need to take it with me only my daily commute, the Switch can do that, too.

When I first read about the idea for the Nintendo Switch, I sort of got it. I could see myself hopping in and out of home and portable play with the system. But, honestly, that marketing never really resonated with me in the same way the actual real world use does. That actual real world use? My goodness, it’s a thing of beauty. Sure, the Nintendo Switch isn’t going to set the world on fire with its graphical prowess, and it suffers when it comes to battery life. Though, the four or so hours I get on Zelda is plenty with charges at my desk and at home every couple of days. The Nintendo Switch isn’t perfect. But, it’s good enough to make me want more. I want Nintendo games. I want Mario, Zelda, Metroid (enough already, Nintendo) and Animal Crossing (my goodness, can you imagine!?) on the Nintendo Switch. But, I want everything else, too. I see a trailer for an indie game or an adventure title, and I think, “I wish they were making that for the Switch.” I consider the upcoming Uncharted stuff, and I sort of wish I could play it on the train just as I can at home. I see games like Red Dead Redemption 2, the sequel to a title that ate hundreds and hundreds of hours of my life, and I wish I could play it on my commute.