{"id":615,"date":"2025-03-04T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2025-03-06T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:20:27","slug":"games-inbox-is-the-nintendo-switch-really-the-best-console-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/games-inbox-is-the-nintendo-switch-really-the-best-console-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is the Nintendo Switch really the best console ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Which console is best? (Metro\/Sony\/Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Tuesday letters page tries to imagine what Nintendo<\/a> will do for Splatoon 4, as a reader celebrates the French-ness of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The contenders<\/strong>
Interesting celebration of the Nintendo Switch\u2019s eight anniversary<\/a> and how we might be thinking about the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> in a similar amount of time. I\u2019m not going to try and predict how things will work out, because how could anyone know, but I am interested in the idea of the Nintendo Switch being the best console ever.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that will get the back up of some people, who don\u2019t like the fact that it doesn\u2019t have the best graphics, but for me the front runners are the Switch, the SNES, and the PlayStation 4<\/a>. For me the question is whether the Switch is distinctive enough as a console and in terms of its games line-up.<\/p>\n

It might not have Elden Ring<\/a> or Red Dead Redemption<\/a> 2 or whatever but multiple consoles have those, so they\u2019re not really tied to a specific one (plus, the Switch 2 will probably get them in the end). So on that basis, and the fact that the console itself is so innovative, I\u2019d have to say that, yes, the Switch probably is the best console ever made\u2026 so far.
Shipley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sweeping generalisations<\/strong>
Count me as another person that couldn\u2019t give a flip about Monster Hunter but is super happy about how well the new game has gone down<\/a>. A rich and stable Capcom is a confident Capcom, that can afford to take risks, and we\u2019re already starting to see them do it with a new Onimusha and you could argue other things like the Ghost Trick remaster.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all got our favourite Capcom franchises we\u2019d love to see come back (Ghosts \u2018N Goblins and Dino Crisis for me!) but now it seems like it could really happen.<\/p>\n

I also can\u2019t help but compare the difference between what a company like Capcom does when it gets a windfall and the disgusting amounts of money that Microsoft and co. have been throwing around lately, none of which has resulted in anything those companies wouldn\u2019t have bene making anyway. $75 billion and we still haven\u2019t had a sequel to Blinx: The Time Sweeper.
Boffo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zut alors<\/strong>
Good to see that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> is keeping the tradition of indie games having a terrible name that you can\u2019t either say or spell (yes, I copied and pasted it). Apart from that I really like the look of the game and I hope it turns out to be good all the way through.<\/p>\n

What I like about it is it just looks so French. Everyone\u2019s worrying that Ubisoft are going under, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019re doing that because anyone really likes Ubisoft, it\u2019s just we\u2019re running out of publishers and they\u2019re one of the last ones we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

When was the last time Ubisoft made anything that looked or felt French? The last Rayman game 12 years ago? I\u2019ll be said if they go because of what it means for independent game companies but not because of the stuff they\u2019re actually making right now.
Gigas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Serious suggestion<\/strong>
I see Rockstar Games is getting back into bed with the maker of L.A. Noire but I\u2019m not sure that is really a good idea. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I would love to see a sequel of some sort, or just anything from Rockstar that isn\u2019t GTA or Red Dead, but for me L.A. Noire was the perfect example of a good idea badly done, and I would put most of that down to the developer.<\/p>\n

The story was terrible, the game didn\u2019t need to be open world, and the guessing whether people are lying based on what they\u2019re doing with their eyes was just silly. I would love a proper, serious film noir in video game form, but I can\u2019t imagine the maker of L.A. Noire ever delivering that, no matter how much better technology has got.<\/p>\n

Give it a go, by all means, but I\u2019d be a lot more confident if someone else was doing it. Sadly I think the old GTA writer, Dan Houser, would\u2019ve been the best person for the job, as Wikipedia tells me he was only executive producer on the first game. But he\u2019s left now, which is a shame.
Paulie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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