It's lovely, but I've had to pause playing as my hands are cramping up using the tiny controllers. Which is not good. It might just be a temporary thing, but my hands have not fully recovered even after 3 days of no playing.

Have you tried the 'block' thing that the controllers connect to ?

That basically is around the size of a 360 controller and I much prefer that to having them separate

That looks really good for £25!

My Kids got a switch for Christmas, we have Mario Kart and Odyssey, and 2 extra mini cons.

It's lovely, but I've had to pause playing as my hands are cramping up using the tiny controllers. Which is not good. It might just be a temporary thing, but my hands have not fully recovered even after 3 days of no playing.

Wired? I'm out

Or the Hori. I find that quite comfortable and they're pretty cheap.

My Kids got a switch for Christmas, we have Mario Kart and Odyssey, and 2 extra mini cons.

It's lovely, but I've had to pause playing as my hands are cramping up using the tiny controllers. Which is not good. It might just be a temporary thing, but my hands have not fully recovered even after 3 days of no playing.

In fairness, it's kind of shit that a controller for a console is ergonomically bad in this day and age. Having to adopt Third party work arounds isn't great.

In fairness, it’s hard to imagine how the JoyCons could be much more ergonomic and still be portable. And the shell thing that turns them into a pad is fine. It’s a lot more comfortable than any classic (say, pre-Dreamcast) pad was.

In fairness, it's kind of shit that a controller for a console is ergonomically bad in this day and age. Having to adopt Third party work arounds isn't great.

Hell, it's arguably even worse to have to buy a first party solution because then they're benefiting from their own bad design.

I get RSI just looking at the joycons.

I just noticed now, after more thinking about buying the switch someday, that the joycon doesn't have a proper d-pad. WTF?? This makes no sense. I'm mostly into retro platformers, and now my interest in the console is almost 0. Was it really hard to have a d-pad instead of those buttons with arrows?

I had this concern but after using it, it's not really a problem. The buttons can still be used like a D pad and it's not as cumbersome as it looks.

Haven't tried it with a TV yet as there isn't one in the house yet.

Yeah, you definitely haven't moved in yet.

Mario is pretty joyous so far. Apart from that, Zelda, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart, what should I be looking out for. I see NBA Playgrounds is 50% off at the moment, any good? Can I justify triple-dipping on Rocket League?

Is anyone going to pay £20 a year to play online?

Mario is pretty joyous so far. Apart from that, Zelda, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart, what should I be looking out for. I see NBA Playgrounds is 50% off at the moment, any good? Can I justify triple-dipping on Rocket League?

Is anyone going to pay £20 a year to play online?

Thanks, but I said "apart from" because of course I'll be getting Zelda, MK8 and Splat2.

Slight niggles: the wrist straps are very tricky to get off once you've put them on, and the release buttons don't actually do anything to assist in this mode. You just have to make sure they're unlocked and pull hard, which I didn't want to do in case I broke them.

Solve this problem by not using the wrist straps.

I guess you need them for some two player games as it gives you extra shoulder buttons.

Sorry, I thought you literally meant the strap that goes on your wrist, rather than the buttons themselves (which I do use, but without putting my wrist in the thingy)

Mario is pretty joyous so far. Apart from that, Zelda, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart, what should I be looking out for.

And you'll need them while playing 1-2 Switch.. You are getting 1-2 Switch, right?

Lazy web me. What kind of game is it?

Mario+Rabbids?

Not sure. Will have to investigate. I should probably read some game reviews.