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title: Why I preordered the Nintendo Switch
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As a gamer (*casual gamers have feelings too*) I pre-ordered the [latest Nintendo Console](http://www.nintendo.com/switch/) that will be launched on March 3rd worldwide. This post is an opinion and description of my gaming habits and why they fit with this new system.
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<img src="/blog/2017/01/31/why-i-preordered-the-nintendo-switch/nintendo_switch_logo.png" alt="Nintendo Switch Logo" height="100" />
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## Traveling to work will be more entertaining
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I end up using about 1h+ on weekdays just traveling from/to work; like 4-5% of the total time in a given day. A lot.
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While on the train I usually read books or articles from my instapaper account but this may be the best way to also play a bit and distract myself. I gotta go to work anyway so let's spent that time even better!
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## I don't like to play multiple games at once
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*Once upon a time* I could just memorize everything I was doing in a given game and just remember it in the next play session, and if it still were that way this wont be a problem for me. Sadly I have to many things to keep track of already that *where I should return because there is a secret entrance covered by a rock I should be able to break later with a bomb* isn't one of them.
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Having my 3DS for traveling and the PC or Wii U at home is a nuisance because this reason: keeping track of the progress of diferent stories is a pain, just like I don't read more than one book at a time.
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The capabilities of the Switch for this are amazing because I can just play the same at home and outside it, both small and big screen.
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## I play in short sessions
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Over time there are less and less gaming marathons mostly because I don't have enough time for them and the ones I still do are mostly because social gaming.
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When I got distrated from work or need a rest or something I grab my Wii U and play a few levels for whatever game I had in that moment (for the curious, these days is [Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker](http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-wii-u)).
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After about 20-30 min I got tired or just think that is enough and I come back to my daily tasks or into more important things.
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## I like Nintendo games (*who doesn't?!*)
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With a few exceptions, most of the other system's AAA+ games are the typical that you find always in PC.
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When looking for a system to get from the past generation I made a list of all the games that interested me and checked the top 10 games for every system. I ended up buying the Wii U because of that.
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It's sad because the unique gaming styles that Nintendo create are usually only exploited by Nintendo itself.
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## The third parties have no excuses now
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This new console is more similar that the ones we already know: the user can play as if it were a *normal* system just with a screen and a gamepad (handheld or TV, don't care). There's no need to make up something new if they don't want to so they can just start creating or even porting old games.
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Though I want to see how good and what developers achieve with that *HD Rumble*…
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## Conclusion / TL;DR
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I like the Switch, preordered it the moment it appeared on amazon, ~~even made a [page with a list of stuff you can preorder now](/nintendo-switch) (99.9% Spanish sites, sorry!)~~. There are a few friends that are getting it too and we united in a telegram channel to discuss about it and keep posting information as it releases.
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Now I just need to wait for a month for it to arrive and tell you how amazed or dissapointed I am.
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**2017/04/23**: Stroked the link to the pre-order items since I deleted that page.
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pub_date: 2017-01-31
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