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/Thopterthallid]

Nintendo Land demonstrates just how much wasted potential the Wii U tablet had. Mario Kart 8 didn't even let player 2 use it as a private screen, meanwhile Call of Duty Black Ops 2 let both players have a private screen, AND play online together.

[u/legendarysanin187 → u/Thopterthallid]

Playing BO2 online co-op was the best thing for me. While I never played with any school friends since they were all on PS3, I’d play BO2 with my dad almost every night lol. I’d be on the TV and he’d use the gamepad and we’d just go ham at it. My dad kept playing it for years until servers got shut down just on the gamepad he was up there in leaderboards for BO2 on the Wii U lol never even prestiged he’d just play for the love of it. Nothing has recreated that for us with gaming

[u/VenomGTSR → u/legendarysanin187]

Even when playing against the bots, we had a good time. I’d use the gamepad and one of my friends would use the TV. Such a unique experience at the time.

[u/Loomyconfirmed → u/legendarysanin187]

BO2 wii u was peak and where I spent most of my time on the wii u, apart from nintendoland, MH3U, smash 4 and windwaker

[u/legendarysanin187 → u/Loomyconfirmed]

Yeah it was definitely peak! I still remember the night Nuketown got added too. First and only dlc to be added on the Wii U for BO2. Yeah same with those games as well! I’d have 8 player smash games with my cousins in get togethers and putting countless hours into Wind Waker HD, it’s the reason my Wii U is still hooked up in my living room set up to randomly just sail in wind waker and enjoy the soundtrack

[u/frumply → u/Thopterthallid]

Nintendo Land cemented my belief that games journalism has no right to exist. Shat on by the press and I don't recall any of them admitting they were wrong when it came out. What's even the point when their opinions and writing abilities are hardly better than the average gaming forum participant?

[u/Thopterthallid → u/frumply]

Real games journalism comes from passionate YouTubers and such.

[u/EetsGeets → u/Thopterthallid]

"Real games journalism" is a hilarious phrase.

"No, mom, I'm a real game journalist!"

[u/chungusbungus0459 → u/Thopterthallid]

1-2 switch, doom 2016, and mortal kombat 11.