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Three years ago, our high school son Ben was all excited about a new gaming system. “Christmas is coming! Do you think that I could have this new thing, the Switch?” It took a bit, but he had one, under the tree that year.
Now in 2020, the Nintendo Switch carries on its march forward in the gaming world, having sold a reported 52 million units, as of December 2019. That’s certainly not too shabby. If your kids or your home doesn’t have a Switch? You may very well get one, soon. Here’s why.
Simply put: the Switch means the device can ‘switch’ from being used on your tv, or as a hand-held device. This gaming device is now even more popular than ever, as families are sheltering in place, here in Week Five of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Distancing, staying inside, combined with the popularity of the product, makes the Nintendo Switch pretty hard to find. It’s very much a supply and demand situation. If you do find one, the gaming system is $299.00. Or, you can go for the Switch Lite. It’s ‘Lite’, in that it’s handheld only and doesn’t connect to your tv. If the rest of the family doesn’t play games, you might be better off with this one, at $199.00.
Now, if you DO manage to score a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite, you’re going to have to also purchase one of the new games to go with the system. There’s ‘Animal Crossing; New Horizons’, ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’, ‘Super Smash Bros Ultimate’, and many more. Zelda games have hung on for well over 30 years now, so if you see ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’, you might want to pick that one up too, to see how far along Zelda has come. Any of these games will run you $59.95.
There are many other games to keep your kiddos, or you, occupied. Which reminds me…maybe I should text my son and ask him if he took his Switch with him when he went to college or did he leave that at home? Hmmm. Maybe I can play some Super Mario Brothers if it’s in his room.