With the sad demise of my original switch which I had owned since release back in 2017, coming to fruition on the day of Pokemon Legends Arceus release. I was saddened at the abrupt death that unfolded before me. However skip to three days later after taking the back off a having a little looksie, realising there was nothing to be done. I hop off to the shops and purchase the white edition of the OLED model. For the extra £50 over the standard edition I thought I may as well get the supposed better model.
Too my complete and utter suprise when docked it made zero difference, literally just the same as before. However in handheld mode though. From the bigger, better 7 inch screen which fits the face more with less room to spare. Which from boot up immediatley out classes the standards screen. It rounds off the rough edges from the standard 720p LCD screen, with a brighter smoother picture.
The battery life as well, what an improvement from going to the near 2 hours in handheld if I was lucky enough to 4 hours playtime with battery to spare. There is nothing worse then having been on a online lobby hunt in Monster Hunter and you get the battery level low ping up in the top corner. Having doubled the internal storage to 64gb as well, which means you can easily save for a bigger library without needing to buy a SD card, if you prefer game all digital.
Having also fixed what i’d say was always a wierd design flaw over the original as well is the full length kickstand which also has more constitution to it then the piss weak stick one from before, which barely let the console stay upright. This one also allows for more versatile positioning so you can really set it up how you want for on the go, or if you just don’t want to hold the console for a couple hours.
Overall, for something that for all purposes is just the switch V1.5, the few small design upgrades make for a whole host of improvements which is honestly worth going out of your way for. I’d recommend upgrading more if your old boy decides to give up the ghost, but even if you just want the best the Nintendo switch can give you it’s worth your time.
Certified 9/10 Pure Tast Gaming.
Released 8th October 2021
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