I don't necessarily regret buying an extra Switch, I just wish I'd bought the original Switch. It's the functionality - what the Nintendo Switch Lite can and can't do in comparison to its older, bigger brother. It's not necessarily the console itself, or the games. I barely touch it and, if I'm being honest, I regret buying it. I kept it safe from grubby, careless little hands, played it at night, on the bus.īut now, almost two year after buying it, my Nintendo Switch Lite remains mostly unplayed.
For the first month or two my Nintendo Switch Lite was a dream. My secret Switch, forever pristine, forever safe from grubby fingerprints and rogue scratches. I headed home from the shop with a smile on my face and a skip in my step. A brand new Switch Lite, a crisp, fresh turquoise number. A brand new updated version of my favorite console. I harbored this glorious dream for years, and when Nintendo announced the Switch Lite - a smaller, cheaper (by $100) version of the original - I thought, this is my chance. A Switch that would remain hidden in some locked drawer in my bedroom. A Switch safe from the abuse of exuberant children. About a completely indulgent purchase that made no sense. It was in that precise moment that I began to fantasize.
