 Hey everyone, this is going to be a bit of an odd video Because we're talking about the Nintendo switch light a system. I don't own now It is the system I have used it is system I have touched but I've had three of these bad boys in my house and that's what I'm going with now I am considering buying a switch light for my one of my children But the thing is is there's a lot of merits to the question. Is the switch light actually a good System or is it even good in comparison to this switch? Yes, you can't dock it We all know that's a feature not included But I'm not talking about the ability just as a handheld system a portable system is a good in comparison to what the alternative is Which is this big boy? Nintendo switch which might be a bit, you know unseemly say for people with smaller hands now I have monster hands. I mean look at this. I can touch My back of my hands together while I'm holding the switch, but the thing is The switch light wouldn't be for somebody like me. It would be intended more for Say my five-year-old or my seven-year-old or even my ten-year-old It wouldn't necessarily be intended for me now We've seen advertising of college students using it and everything but I think we can agree That's probably not the typical use case although I'm sure there's plenty of adults out there that happen to own a switch light You might even own both of them now What maybe start to question this isn't just my own experiences with switch light It's actually a post put up on reset era But this by a member named garrison where he actually Severely regrets buying a switch light and I find his reasons for it quite interesting because I feel like the reasons He has for it are the same reasons that you should just not like a switch in general And it makes me wonder if people are misunderstanding the system a little but also is there something? That's just in particular even worse about the switch light in comparison to the switch before I get into this I am giving away a Nintendo switch or a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox series X details on that down in the description or the pin to comment All right, let's get into this post. So Garrison says Yesterday, I found myself selling my Nintendo switch light for some store credit at GameStop Something that I haven't done ever on account of just being unhappy With a system and I'm just perplexed at all the wrong things Nintendo got so wrong with the system But in the last two years I've kind of regained my love of portable gaming more than ever Thanks to being on the go more than inside the house Even with the pandemic that started last year, which made a lot of us stay home a lot more It did not matter to me as I enjoyed going around in the house and playing everywhere next to the wife While she watches TV outside on the balcony, etc I was expecting what I've always liked about Nintendo portables with this one having a system that feels great in the hands Okay, um the great Nintendo software to play along with great games from other publishers here and there But this thing just fails by all accounts. What's even more surprising to me is how in the hell As was YouTube games media and other internet raving about this system The switch light is still probably the only system you would most likely find at stores available more than other systems And I get it that people are rightfully looking for the proper switch console But I don't know why these two points I have been talked I'm going to talk about repeatedly, but I will detail them here The problem with this system is not that it has a few problems, you know, every system has those You know things like like a themes or whatever the case might be the main issue I have with the system is it really doesn't do anything well like literally nothing I'm surprised Nintendo put this thing up to be honest. It's the worst system. They have put out since the virtual boy It's a rather lofty claim But has enjoyed success out of being a lower cash accessible switch I guess it has the worst ergonomics of any handheld out there by a major game company ever This thing is just trash reaching the top buttons Well changing from the analog stick to the D-pad was probably something that no one ever tried before sending this in the manufacturer I own a Game Boy Advance a PS V go a PS Vita a 3ds and a DS light and every single one of these has better Ergonomics I kind of agree with that by that way most most people solutions of all putting large grips on it Yes, there are grip solutions out there for this that fix it Which is to say what's the point just get the regular switch? Here's the thing when people say all the solution to the switch light grip issue because it illegitimately has a you know It's not that comfortable to hold is Get the regular switch. This is the same issue just because the controllers are a little bit bigger You know a little bit taller doesn't fix that problem It's still kind of uncomfortable when you're holding it because he's basically talking about you're holding it You know and this is gonna look a weird this way But basically when you're moving your thumb from here down to the D-pad and how? Uncomfortable it is to keep your fingers on the top triggers So as you move your thumb down, it's kind of weird to keep your finger It just doesn't feel it feels cramped using the D-pad while keeping your fingers up here And that is an issue that's even slightly worse obviously on a switch light where there's even less space So it's it's kind of a a weird decision Nintendo made and it definitely doesn't feel that good now There are solutions out there of course some excellent solutions that make the switch You know really comfortable to hold but it's a problem on this switch too. So It's not really just a switch light issue ergonomics has been an issue with switch from day one And it's kind of funny too because Nintendo's own grip for this system Fixes the ergonomic issues that exist with the joy con on their own So it's like Nintendo knew there was ergonomic issues and just didn't care Kind of interesting on that front All right The next complaint he has is that the screen is way too small for the content that you play on the system What I got from this thing was more eye strain than entertainment You could tell publishers don't give two craps about portable mode and even Nintendo themselves half-asset Last thing I tried was the monster hunter demo and reading the text alone will put your eyesight to the test Nintendo had way more screen space available on this thing They start with the bezels of course Um would be playing it said they ought to put some big fn bezels on it and cheap out Like at least you know everyone is going to do big TV big TV games on it and make them actually as playable as possible So This is an issue with this switch as well. Now this screen is huge. Okay in comparison to the switch light. It's pretty big Uh, nintendo's official dimensions. I have this right here This switch is four inches high nine Uh, nine point four inches long and uh point five five inches deep Uh with the joy con attached, uh, whereas the switch light is only three point six inches high So just a little bit a little bit, you know shorter, so it's like right here Um, but it's only eight point two inches. So you lose an inch A one point two inches, which is like this much, you know, basically the switch lights like this in comparison um and That and because of that the screen size goes from where it's right here more like down to like right here So I guess let's go diagonal. So if you're at the diagonal here, it kind of shrinks into like I can't get my fingers exactly right, uh, so it shrinks into about right there now that technically is In terms of nintendo portables the second biggest portable screen nintendo's ever had it's still bigger than the new nintendo 3ds Uh, then the xl version etc. It's still bigger than that So it's not a tiny screen. The problem is a lot of games monster hunter rise is one of those offenders right now um, the the text is just really hard to read and I'll admit one of my issues when I tried monster hunter rise at right after I read that post I I fired it up on switch I don't try to fire it up here for you guys because it's gonna be hard to see in portable mode Um, but the text is just really small and because the text is so small in this game Um, it it can be really difficult to read now I tend to do okay ever since I got contacts But even then I find myself squinting at times uh to read text in some games and it's very clear that many games Are not designed with the portable aspect in mind and that's kind of a shame that games aren't designed that way by default Because when they're not designed that way it creates a poor experience in portable mode essentially you can tell That while nintendo has touted the switch as a home console first Uh, that even with the switch light, it's very clear the switch And at least the games made for it are made with the home console approach They are made for your tv first made for the portable second now He does mention that nintendo games, uh, you know Our offenders of this too and then brings up monster hunter rise monster hunter rise notably is not made by nintendo I would have preferred him to mention Something nintendo related now. I haven't had any issues with nintendo text Maybe a couple things in xeno blade that would have would have been maybe a nice example And i'm sure you guys could think of hundreds of examples of games that just have poor text me This initial text isn't that bad when it's just talking about the demo But it's when you're in game It's the in game text is the issue not the menu text or the and like the warning text and how many tries are left on the On the demo like this is all fine But then uh, you get into the actual game here and get this loaded up here and hopefully show you Um, the text could be hard to read. I mean even here. This is already Not the greatest experience and even now i'm noticing on a on a normal switch As soon as I go to use the d-pad look look where my finger is. It's off the triggers Because it's just not comfortable to put it up here. So I think the issue that we're gonna have And i'm just gonna load up one one thing i've already done in this game In single planer just load up a basic character here is that The switch light is basically Exasperating all the issues the switch has Um, the switch has terrible ergonomics the switch. Uh, the a lot of games made for the switch are not made Uh for You know people with little I mean I look at this. I don't know how well this is gonna show up Um, you know the camera kind of focuses the way it wants Uh, and I'll maybe I'll try to get a closer up. I'll look at someone else probably did But like the text is is pretty tiny and not easy to read in some regards Um, I can I could tell that it says m primed it up in the corner But I this is also on a bigger screen This is going to be an even bigger issue like I could barely tell about the l and y buttons down to use potions Um, that's not good and that's before you even talk to anybody Uh, because I know there's a person you could talk to Um, and maybe not in this part of the game. Maybe in the act. Maybe it's just a demo part that does that, but um It's wild just absolutely wild Um, as I'm now getting distracted by monster hunter. Uh, the point is that I I feel like the switch light calling it a bad system is really just saying it's the switch It has the joy con drift issue except they're not called drift or not called joy guys It still has the drift issue same same design control sticks It's basically has every problem that this system has Except it's a little bit worse As in the text is a little bit smaller when it was already too small So the text in minigames are is even smaller The ergonomics that are already terrible on the system are even worse and um, yeah It also doesn't have the the tv mode feature Which is something you should know going into buying it that it's not going to work on your tv But still it's like you're giving up all of that for a worse experience So you could say yes go buy this switch if you're just going to play it on tv Hook it up to your tv take the joy cons i'll put them in the grip Uh, the joy con grip and it's a much better experience or buy the pro controller Which I have them i modified mine with with rgb But the point is go you'll probably have a pro controller or something Or a power a controller or whatever you want to use with your switch Uh, there's adapters out there. You can use your xbox or playstation controls with it as well. The thing is that I question What the purpose of the switch light was until I just look at you know as you look at nintendo's comparison handheld only no tabletop No, there's no they didn't put a kickstand on it even though you can hook a hook up with a joy con to it It's got a slightly better battery life even then the model 2 switch. It's got a slightly better battery life all that jazz okay But then you see the price point and it starts to come into mind why the switch light exists Okay, this was this was debated about a year ago. The whole reason the switch light exists is to be an entry point into the switch Systems if you don't plan to ever play in anything but handheld This doesn't offer Really a better experience than the switch light does if you're worried about ergonomics This thing sucks too and you're gonna be buying a grip Okay, there's some amazing ones out there that are stupid expensive There's also some cheap ones out there that'll get you by You know that The satisfied grip comes to mind as one that's just widely popular Super comfortable and they make it for the switch light and they make it for this and what's cool about making it for the switch Light is a switch light. It's not a system. You're gonna be putting it in a dock So you could just leave the vain grip on there all the time and not worry about it There's also certain Cases that have slightly better grips that offer say like a folding flap that'll cover and protect your screen So i'm left sitting here I'm wondering to anyone complaining about a switch light Do you know anything about the switch before you bought it? The switch is a great system. It has great games. It offers great functionality This model switch offers amazing functionality from you to go from docked mode to portable mode the tabletop mode I'll Play a wide variety of home console games on the go plus getting the you know handheld games and making them even better like pokemon Although, you know sword and shield being better. I guess obviously, you know subjective and everything but Uh, we still have pokemon games that at least visually look better than we've seen pokemon games look in the past Uh, we're seeing an evolution of gaming to a point where switch is becoming For some people maybe their favorite platform ever created But the switches had problems from day one and those problems have never been solved And a lot of us have been waiting for the switch pro hoping that some things would get so obviously joy con drift has Been a lot of coverage, but yeah, this thing's not very ergonomic even for me I can get my hands a little tired playing this for longer sessions because it's just not that comfortable Now when I'm at home, which is where I game a majority of the time I end up playing with a docked and playing with a pro controller So I don't notice the issues as much because I admittedly don't play in handheld as much as I once did Say two years ago. Uh now that my home studio is all set up I play a lot more down here because I'm always recording footage or live streaming Which is not an I would say a normal use case, of course Most do people aren't content creators Worrying about that kind of stuff or thinking hey look even if I'm just playing for fun I might as well record the footage because I might potentially need this in a future video You guys don't play games like that or worry about that kind of stuff like I do But I'll just say this If you're thinking about getting a switch, this is absolutely the best thing you can get this is the version two Red box switch. It's uh back there on the shelf one of those three switch boxes there One of them is the red box version. That's what this is Um, it's a little dirty. My joy cons are kind of beat up for my kids My kids did did a number on this one, uh, but it's It's the better system But also if you're never gonna play in tv mode never gonna play in tabletop mode You should just buy a switch light Because the issues you might have with the ergonomics the issues Uh, you might have with the small text are always going to be there The small text issues, by the way, do not put that on nintendo I want to make this clear When text is too small on a system that has a portable screen like this You know whose fault that is the publisher Or really the developer for not optimizing their game for handheld mode They should nintendo optimizes almost all of their games for handheld mode So don't put like monster hunter rise on nintendo Don't put other third party games on nintendo if there's issues with doom eternal If there's issues with other games in portable mode, guess what that is on those companies It's not nintendo's fault So I can't call that a flaw of the switch light or even the switch when It's not nintendo's fault that companies don't optimize for it now When it comes to uh things like the ergonomics guess what you're gonna hate it on this too If you hate it on the light and you're gonna need to get something like a satisfied grip anyways So personally get the switch light if you only ever plan to play in handheld mode And you are willing to buy a case that has a grip on it or just an extra grip for it In fact, there's a few grips I could suggest for the switch light or the nintendo switch I'll put uh amazon affiliate links down down in the description for those Ones that I have personal experience with and think are amazing Satisfy grip included Which if you don't know what that is there's a billion reviews of satisfied grips out there But they're also on the higher end and they sell specialized cases for them and everything So you don't have to go that high end. There's there's cheaper Ones out there. They don't feel quite as good, but feel a lot better than by itself So to answer the question That I posed in the title of the video Is the switch light a bad switch system? Yes and no It's bad in that it exasperates issues that already exist on the original switch But then it's also not because it's only $200 And if you never plan to play in tv mode, I mean you get a bigger screen But I Probably the bigger screen is not as portable So you pay 200 bucks for a more portable system that still has a pretty big screen In comparison to any other portable out there besides the original switch You're going to deal with small text issues because that's an issue portables have always had when gaming are properly designed for it And hey, yeah, it's not very ergonomic and there's already solutions out there for that This isn't the solution to ergonomics. So Yes, it is bad in that it exasperates current issues with the original switch But it's also good in that it's only $200 and is an entry point for kids I can't suggest the switch light enough for children I really can't I have three children of my own one of them has well, two of them have actually owned a See three boxes back there two of them have owned a big boy switch one one of them got their switch stolen Sad world we live in that someone would steal a child switch I'm sure it was another child who stole it things happen My daughter has the the older version switch And like she enjoys it and yeah, my kids like taking the joy cons off But honestly, I have another kid of mine that prefers to play with the joy cons attached And wouldn't even be able to tell you the difference between the switch light and the switch Because they play it in handheld mode only anyways So I don't know I think that there's a lot of pros and cons to all of this that always has been I just think it's an interesting conversation to have as we sit here in 2021 And throughout 2020 as we realize the switch light is a more readily available system for a reason People want tv mode People want the ability to use a pro controller comfortably with a tv, but at the same point There is I think a market for switch light and that market is I think mostly kids and people with smaller hands and people that want handheld only It don't want to pay a hundred extra bucks for a dock and features that they're never going to use like detachable joy cons So You win some you lose some switch light is is basically all the issues of switch But smaller with no tv mode Take it for what it is. All right folks, uh, I'm Nathan Robert Janssen from the turn of prime Here's hoping that a revision is in the works a switch pro that'll fix some of these or even a next gen switch in two To three years that could see Better ergonomics no bezel better screen technology better battery life better everything across the board. I think would be Expected for next gen so We've been waiting a while for nintendo to address some of these concerns They haven't yet So we just have to hope a revision or a brand new system does it all right folks? Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm so sorry if you heard some of my children in the background They're playing in the other room. It happens life of a parent It is what it is. I'll catch you guys in the next video