I’ve had the Nintendo Switch OLED for about 3 days now because I realized I was playing a lot of Tears of the Kingdom handheld and the standard Switch wasn’t doing it. Here are my thoughts.
The Switch OLED didn’t seem all that impressive to me when it was announced. Oh, it’s OLED? Well so is my iPhone, what else do you have? Well a bit more than I wanted to admit at the time.
After using the OLED and the V2 I realized that the original design felt unfinished. No shade to anyone who isn’t using an OLED but now I look at the previous design as unpolished.
The kickstand is sort of just stuck at the bottom corner and is a 1in tall flimsy plastic stick.
The plastic LCD with thick borders feels tacky.
The joycons don’t feel all that secure when slid in.
The giant eyesore of a logo sort of slapped on the back of the system… etc.
These all make the original feel like a proof of concept rather than the product. Like something the engineers only put together to show what’s possible.
The OLED rectifies these issues entirely and make the system itself feel more premium. If I could compare, imagine an original DS vs the DSi/Lite. The original, while innovative was a ergonomic nightmare, the Lite was so much better.
And that’s not even mentioning the display itself. Yeah, it really is that good, I’ve pretty gone back through my entire library just to see the difference. The vibrant colors and contrast make every game feel better! I’ve actually played more in handheld now just to take in the atmosphere of these games.
My only “complaints” were that the soc wasn’t upgraded AT ALL. I’d have like if it was given a very minuscule bump in performance and perhaps a gig more of ram. Not enough to give it “pro” but something similar to the jump from the version 1 to version 2.
My other “complaint” is even more petty. Why don’t they sell the OLED exclusive joycons? What if one of the white ones need replacing? I bought the Scarlet and Violet edition so if my joycons need replacing I’m gonna have one inconsistent looking piece of hardware.
The Nintendo Switch OLED gets 8 Korok Seeds out of 10! Well done Nintendo!
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