18 January 2017

15 Positives and Negatives of the Nintendo Switch Presentation | List


The Nintendo Switch has been officially revealed and a Nintendo Direct Switch presentation took place on the 13th January to give fans and journalists an insight into what the console can do and what some of the upcoming games and features are. This list is a breakdown of 15 positives and negatives of the Switch presentation and will feature some opinions on what I think Nintendo could have done better and what they got right.

I had quite a lukewarm reception to the presentation itself, I think Nintendo could have gone into a lot more detail in some areas rather than spending so long explaining the gimmicks of the console. The first party games shown at the presentation look great and there are a lot of things to be excited for, but there are also quite a few disappointing aspects of the Switch too (a while ago I wrote a list of things I wanted from the Switch, so you can refer to that to see why I feel slightly let down in certain ways). Below is my breakdown of the best and worst bits of the presentation, starting with the positive points and then going into some negatives.

5 January 2017

NES Classic Edition | Review


Developer: Nintendo
Distributor: Nintendo
Released: November 11th 2016

Nintendo recently released the Mini NES (officially known as the NES Classic Edition or Nintendo Classic Mini in Europe) and just like what happened when Amiibo first went on sale, it went out of stock instantaneously. I must have been particularly good last year because I was given one for Christmas and after spending a bit of time with it, I wanted to share my thoughts.

This is going to be a slightly differently formatted review to usual as I'm used to reviewing games but this will be my first time reviewing a piece of gaming hardware. The reason I wanted to do this review is because you may want more information about the product before spending what could be quite a lot of money on it.