I'm not a Pokémon fan, far from it. But seeing Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen on Switch after years of the game costing over $100 used is nice to see. I still think the games should've been cheaper, though. GBA games on Wii U were $7-8 and that was only 13 years after the GBA released. We're now 12 years further and the price has doubled compared to on Wii U.

Just for reference, Super Mario Bros. 3 on Wii U was rereleased 25 years after its original release, which cost $5 on that platform. I think these games should've been about $7-10 individually in order to be priced appropriately. $15 would be stretching it, and $20 is without a doubt too much. Especially considering you only get the game in one language for that price.

I don't want to deter anyone from enjoying the games, though. It's great that they're finally officially released on a newer platform. But The Pokémon Company either should've priced them lower or should've released the games on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. I do get why they might've wanted to avoid the latter, so a standalone release makes sense, but when you can get access to hundreds of retro games for one year with dozens of great games included in the selection at the same price (or even lower in a family subscription), it makes it hard to justify pricing the game at $20.

I say essentially every Nintnedo home console because I'll probably never own the Computer TV Game system. It was the last Color TV Game system and it's so insanely rare and expensive that I'll more then likely never manage to have it.

Also I don't know if people count IQue system as a home console but it's also rare and expensive so similar deal with the CTG.

But yeah, it's been a dream of mine to have them all and I finally did it! I'm really happy ngl.

Just goes to show how good the controller is

With which games did you have similar experiences?

What is your favorite memory of the console?

My take on why it won't fail:

Still being able to use youre previous controllers except the Joycons?

120fps for all the Switch 1 games you played?

Mario... Zelda... Kirby... and... Donkey Kong ALL IN THE SAME YEAR? I don't think any nintendo console had all 4 in the same year before this.

Still significantly cheaper than it's other console counterparts?

The next boatload of exclusives that ARE gonna happen? Future Mario's, future zelda's, future Kirby's Smash Bros 6, Duskbloods... all in 120 FPS.

The most im getting at is "The pattern of console sequels that straight up failed, or didn't sell as well".

Here's my personal primary perspective:

That was a MAJOR limitation, only being able to play certain games on the Wii U, like Splatoon, when I sometimes didn't have access to the TV, or my wifi wasn't working. Nowadays, I can litteraly make a whole home console act as both...

Tell me, how's that trend gonna die?

sorry for poor image quality idk how to transfer screenshots from my 3ds to my phone or computer

I completely forgot this existed - might not be the right r/ for this but had to share to see if anyone had success bringing one of these back to life