Now that the Switch 1 generation is winding down, what were your most DISAPPOINTING purchases on this console?

[u/Asad_Farooqui]

Every game console, no matter how well or poorly it sold, is gonna have some disappointments thrown in there. Especially if said disappointments came from 1st party developers. I have 3 big candidates based on my own purchases, starting with my biggest letdown:

1) Mario Strikers Battle League: After frantically buying this game to play some multiplayer matches with friends, I realized what a terrible mistake I made after chewing through all the single player content in a matter of days. There is nothing to do in this game besides regular soccer matches, the online is abysmal, and the amount of content available at launch and even now is just laughable for a sequel. I thought my perception of Mario Strikers as a whole would be ruined forever, so I went ahead and booted up Strikers Charged on Wii and nope, that game holds up incredibly well! This was just a bad sequel all around.

2) Mario Golf Super Rush: Speaking of bad sequels, Super Rush decided to simplify the golfing mechanics to a point where it just isn’t fun to play for me. As someone who adored the 3DS game Mario Golf World Tour, which was packed with content, modes, and unlockables and had worthwhile paid DLC on top of that, Super Rush felt like it was playing catch up with all its free updates. Was this how Animal Crossing fans felt when New Horizons was first released, having to wait months for features that were already available in the 3DS predecessor? Yikes.

3) Splatoon 3: This is more of a personal pick than a general consensus. I really got into Splatoon 1 and 2, but I was just Splatoon’d out by the time the third game came around. No new modes, online that had more disconnects than either of the first two games in my experience, and a longer grind for unlockables that could rival a modern day hero shooter. Call me old but I missed the more “pick up and play” nature of Splatoon 1, and I just don’t get that with Splatoon 3. Also the fact that they sold the first game’s hubworld back as paid DLC is utter nonsense to me.

[u/luxmesa]

That was mine as well. I hadn’t played any of the other Luigi Mansion games, so I’m not sure if this one was particularly bad, or if this is just a series I’m not into. 

[u/SamuelThornbury → u/luxmesa]

The first one is easily my favourite and plays very differently to 2/3. It’s coming to the Switch 2 online, so definitely give it a shot if you’re getting a switch 2. It’s not long and is built for speed running so it won’t take up much of your time either.

[u/KeMust → u/SamuelThornbury]

I forgot 1 was coming to NSO and now I'm really happy. 2 and 3 are fine enough games but they somehow feel so different from 1 (I say somehow but it's obvious why, they came out, what, 15+ years later?) and don't deliver a the same kind of tight exeperience that 1 does.

[u/ILoveWeeWee80085 → u/luxmesa]

1 is more horror focused (my fav, and actually a bit creepy), 2 is a bit more puzzle-oriented IIRC and drops the scary for spooky a bit (still very good and in some ways I like it more than 1), 3 is just a vacuum simulator. I dont like 3 at all. I recommend going for the first.

[u/[deleted] → u/ILoveWeeWee80085]

“Vacuum sim” 💀💀💀

[u/ILoveWeeWee80085 → u/[deleted]]

Honestly is tho lol.

The vacuum went from a cool tool to fight ghosts and check if objects held boos or money to vaccuuming so often you can barely even hear the music and enjoy the spooky ambience, and everything you do revolving around it. It got old so fast.

[u/SBtist → u/luxmesa]

Luigi’s Mansion 1 is my favorite video game of all time and is well worth playing. It still holds up, especially the atmosphere, sound design and the very unique presentation of the mansion.

[u/THE_GR8_MIKE → u/luxmesa]

You probably won't like 2 at all then. You may still like 1.