It took me awhile to warm up to the Switch after the initial purchase. I was playing Super Mario Odyssey off and on and enjoying it, but I wasn't getting as engrossed in that game as I was hoping I would. I've never been a huge Mario fan in the first place and although I enjoyed that game a lot, what attracted me to the Switch in the first place was the promise of games on the horizon. I was excited at the prospect of a new Fire Emblem, more RPGs, Bayonetta 3, and maybe some future entries in game series that were once relegated to 3DS. Fast forward to today, and it turns out that the 3DS, considered on its last legs even two years ago, is still seeing new releases I want to play. So many people seem to be ready to ditch the 3DS entirely in favor of the Switch but I'm just not ready to do that yet.
My 3DS backlog is pretty considerable, especially when you consider there's a pretty good variety of games I don't own yet that I'd really like to play. I'm deep into Etrian Odyssey Nexus now, but Persona Q2 will be coming out later this year and I still haven't even gotten back to the Etrian Odyssey Untold games. I also feel like I should really get around to playing Xenoblade Chronicles since I'd like to play the sequel on Switch and the easiest way for me to get ahold of that game would be the game's 3DS version.
There's a new Shin Megami Tensei game in development for Switch that would presumably be a successor to the games most recently released on the 3DS. I haven't played Shin Megami Tensei IV or its sequel, Apocalypse. Sure, it's not necessary for me to play every single game in every series, but I'm not familiar enough with SMT in general. I've played a ton of Persona, but for the main series I've only finished Nocturne. That game is excellent and I wouldn't mind having more experience overall, especially so I can have a little context for V.
I mentioned this when I discussed Bowser's Inside Story recently, but I would really like to play through the rest of the Mario & Luigi series, even despite some of the harsher criticisms I've heard of those games. I want to experience them for myself! I still really believe in that series a lot and I think despite whatever flaws they might have, I can find something to enjoy in each of them. And let's not forget, I'm a huge Kirby fan and somehow I still haven't played Triple Deluxe or Planet Robobot. I've been putting those off for years at this point.
The recent Nintendo Direct has left me with a lot of Switch games to look forward to, but I think it's going to take several years before it ever takes the place of the ridiculously strong library I have access to on the 3DS. The fact that I've played 20+ solid to great games on the platform is really impressive and it just feels like there's so much more I haven't even experienced. I have a small wishlist for Switch and I've played a couple great games on it, but it still hasn't had that title that really seals the deal for me as a platform. For a lot of folks, that was Breath of the Wild. I'm hoping the title that really secures the Switch as a must-have console for me is the upcoming Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
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