As you may have guessed from the blog’s name/branding, I’m a big fan of the color blue. Some would say “obsessed”; they may not be wrong about that. But what you may not know is that I’m a longtime Nintendo fan. As far as consoles go, I’m not ashamed to admit that Nintendo is the one for me. I may have enjoyed the Playstation for the “Dynasty Warriors” series (before it sucked). I may have enjoyed the “Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball” games, though my interest was because the soundtrack was awesome and the games were fun. I always made sure my character was in the most modest bathing suit possible.

But Nintendo? I could probably play the classic games forever. Mario Kart. Smash Brothers. And my favorites: Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing. Maybe we’ll even get a remake/new game of Crystal Chronicles (edit: Turns out, we will this winter. Exciting!). We do have a Switch in the house already, but my youngest lives off of that when he can’t play the computer. But then, the Switch Lite was announced in a gorgeous blue color. I pre-ordered it as soon as I could. Then I had it delivered on release day. Thank you Amazon.

With a Switch already in the house, my research informed me that the best approach to get to use the games we already purchased was to link the accounts. Simple enough, aside from the 10000 security measures I needed to get through thanks to my SysAdmin husband. The downside? I don’t get a separate “user” for me as far as I can tell. But I’m also not the most tech-savvy person I know. However, the only other downside is the color in reality doesn’t quite meet the lighter turquoise as seen on the ads. Still, it’s a pretty little thing.

This “pretty little thing” also applies to the picture quality as far as the games go. I never had too much of an opportunity to play the Switch in handheld mode, but the graphics for games seems pretty awesome. The games run smoothly, and you can easily download the games from the main account. After about an hour or so of playing Diablo, I turned it off to go to bed and it was still at a little more than 1/2 battery. The Switch Lite fits nicely in my baby hands, it wasn’t too heavy feeling, and it feels comfortable for those longer gaming sessions.

I’m primarily a PC gamer, but Nintendo is always my go-to console. The Lite is a perfect choice for handheld fans that want to play the “real” games on the go. Plus, I do love the fact that with Nintendo Online I can play some of my favorite NES and SNES games. If the full-price Switch seems too much, then this is a great alternative. I’m not sure which games won’t be able to be played on it, but everything I’ve wanted to play works just fine. I’m hoping when Overwatch comes out, that this will work perfect on it too. As of now, it was well worth the money.