Nintendo Switch

[HermioneMakepeace]

Hello, non-Gamer here, looking for advice about Nintendo Switch for my 8 year old DD. Will she be able to play with her friends? If no friends are online, will she be able to play with other people? Do I need to change anything on my TV? What’s the difference between the normal one and the lite one (does it just weigh less?).

Thanks.

I wouldn’t buy the lite version because I would definitely want the ability to connect to the tv. My 10 year old son a Nintendo and we think it is great. We don’t do anything online and he plays games on his own or with us. We play Mario Party, Let’s Sing and Mario Kart as a family (great fun and really easy) and he plays Animal Crossing, Minecraft and others alone or with my husband or other daughter. It can be great fun and group games really need to go on the tv. I think lite would be very solitary.

As a family with a 6yr old we have most enjoyed: Mario Kart 8, Mario Bros U, Minecraft, Yoshi's Crafted World and the Untitled Goose Game. We have high hopes for Mario Odyssey (our next pick) too.
Snipperclips is also very good but will be better when the child is older as some levels are quite precise or non-obvious later on.
Ben 10 and Ugly Dolls have both been played through but are much shorter and generally lower quality/repetitive/glitchy compared to the "proper" Mario ones. We will probably not bother with any more "kids" games in future.
Adults also play 2 Point Hospital and Animal Crossing, but Minecraft is much more satisfying than Animal Crossing if you want to collect resources on an island and then build a base, ime. And also has zombies and lava.

The Switch is brilliant...I bought Luigis Mansion 3 for my kids Christmas and they haven't really played it much but I am
loving it! It's such a fun game, and I actually find it really relaxing to play for a bit every day. Once I'm finished it I'm going to get myself Mario Odyssey.

Mario Kart excellent also

Definitely get the full size switch then you can play games together. Pretty much all the marios are fun and pikmin, i play Zelda on mine (love it) ds is 7 and will use mine or my husbands he doesn't have his own yet

Definitely get the switch rather than the lite so you can play together! Games I enjoy (and my kids) are animal crossing, super smash bros, Zelda BOTW, sonic racing, Mario party, Mario 3D land/bowsers fury but the best is Luigis mansion 3. You can’t really go wrong with Mario games tbh.

And minecraft! U will be playing it yourself!