#oneaday Day 206: Switch, On

The Switch has really been showing its value over the course of the last week or so. While we were away at Center Parcs, it provided the facility to both play games and watch YouTube videos on the television (albeit from behind Center Parcs' extremely strict "family-friendly" Internet filter, which forces Restricted Mode on YouTube and thus denies access to a good 95% of the content) and over the last couple of days with my family, it's provided a means for me to escape when the number of people around me gets a bit overwhelming, as well as a way for us to do something together with games like Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8.

"This'd be perfect for Switch" is something of a mantra for Chris and I on the MoeGamer Podcast, but there really are a ton of great games that absolutely are perfect for Switch: pick-up-and-play affairs that you can dip into or spend a more protracted amount of time with.

The recent release of Super Mario Maker 2 is a perfect example. There are a multitude of ways to play this game, including the single-player story mode (which I may have blitzed through, but which is nonetheless pretty substantial), the online "Course World" facility to search and download levels, the "Endless Challenge" mode where you get a stock of lives to see how many randomly selected online levels you can survive, the online multiplayer (which I haven't tried) and, of course, building your own stuff.

Each of these modes is suitable for different situations. The levels in Story Mode are pretty short and relatively easy to clear, making them great for a quick session. Course World can throw up whatever you want, from an impressive auto-playing level to a monstrously difficult challenge that will have you gnashing your teeth. Endless Challenge can stop and start as you please, and likewise online multiplayer, and building a course is something you can easily spend hours on if you want to.

And this is just one of many fantastic games you can enjoy wherever you want. There are a ton of things that wind me up about modern, always-connected, never-more-than-two-feet-from-a-screen life… but having easy access to great games (that aren't mobile games) isn't one of them.