Nintendo switch buying guide

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Can anyone give me an idea of what I should be looking for, what to avoid and a rough idea of a good price please?

I'd like the console and possibly mario kart, ring fit or some kind of wii sport equivalent.

Also, are the controllers rechargeable or do they need batteries? If the latter, is there a docking station that anyone could recommend? It would be used by groups of up to 6 children but mostly max 4 at a time. Is it worth getting extra controllers or are most games more of a take-it-in-turns type of set up?

Finally, has anyone with a switch, previously owned a Wii and if so, is there an outright winner?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Im sure the docking station comes with it.

You can buy wireless and wired separate controllers.

You can also buy extra joycons (the blue and red controllers that are detachable from the switch. These joy cons can be used individually but also be joined together to make a better controller (it comes with a plastic holder that you slot these into)

I will say that the joycons are quite expensive and controllers aren't cheap either.

You can only plug two wires controllers into the switch, but then you could also use the joycons. I think only 4 can play at once.

You can also buy steering wheels for games like mario kart. The joycon fits into the wheel

How old are the dc you are buying this for? We have a wii, switch and PlayStation.

DS (13) says he likes the wii for nostalgia. It's old school apparently!

He says the graphics are much better on the switch and obviously it's also portable so good in the car etc (but only for one person)

Given the choice though he would always pick the PlayStation.

Am happy to ask him more questions if you have any

Another who would suggest PlayStation (will be cheaper if you are happy with. 4) how old are the children.

Thanks the replies. The children are primary age. I think I've talked myself out of it again

I bought a secondhand Wii and we had so much fun playing it at Christmas time (including 18yr old ds!). The issue with it is the controllers won't charge now so I either need to find a decent recharging set-up or keep feeding them new batteries.

When you say they won't charge, do you mean they don't work at all?

We have a jar that we keep the batteries in and only put them in the controllers when we play the wii as we find they just drain if you leave them in.

I didn't think you could charge wii controllers, I thought they were battery only. Having said that ours is very old. We got it when it first came out.

We have had a Wii, then a Wii U and now a switch. The switch wins hands down.

It comes with two controllers which you charge by attaching them to the screen when it's docked. You can buy more controllers, which need charged the same way, but you can buy a control charger for them. You need the same controllers for most family games.

We have a few family games for it
123 Switch
Mario Kart
Mario Party
51 Worldwide Games

We also have a ring fit, which is one player at a time, but is an excellent way to get children to exercise while making it fun.