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Back when the 3DS was current, I was all-in on Team Vita instead - it's fun to back the underdog in a console race, and to prove my allegiance, I played my Vita almost exclusively for portable gaming for several years. As a result, I ended up missing out on a lot of the latter half of the 3DS library - to be honest, I kinda resented the 3DS for so soundly crushing my favorite little handheld.

But time heals all wounds, and in recent months, I've come back to the 3DS with an open heart, and I've had a great time! The Switch has begun to bore me in recent years with its bland OS, lack of games using its few unique hardware features, and a general move away from quirky personality. Meanwhile, the 3DS had StreetPass, Play Coins, Custom Themes & Badges, Miiverse, and of course the titular 3D screen - a lot of incidental things which aren't necessary, but still add to the fun of using the system and allow for different kinds of games which can be made on those systems. It's the same reason I ended up loving the Vita's most unique games!

The 3D slider stays ON in this house because it's fun and likely never coming back for any other system, which makes me appreciate it all the more. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, after all, and I can finally say that I've made my peace with the 3DS, and I love it just like I love the Vita. Here's to the weirdos living their best life!

To all my other fellow weirdos bringing their 3DS with them every day, I salute you >:D

I've been playing my 3DS and Wii U a lot lately, I'd love to play online again with friends from Cohost~

I've been playing a lot of Wii U and 3DS again recently, and it's shocking just how much more enjoyable of an experience it is to just use their respective operating systems and associated features. I understand the reason that the Switch's OS is blander than dry toast is to avoid the glacial load times of the Wii U and 3DS' OSs, but good lord does it get boring after a while.

It feels like we lost a lot in that trade: Miiverse (Though this was probably cut more to avoid paying moderation costs), decorations like badges and themes, Streetpass & Play Coins, Miis, the WaraWara Plaza - all things intended to make these systems more enjoyable to use beyond just being a box for games. There's more than just menu design to making a good user experience, after all. The closest thing the Switch has to interesting anymore is motion control and a touch screen, the latter of which remains basically unused aside from system menus.

Here's hoping that the Switch 2 has enough processing/memory headroom to give the OS some personality and fun again.