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SWITCHED ON

If you needed further proof of the popularity of Nintendo’s latest console consider our Greatest Games Systems feature from issue 177. Nintendo’s console was already being championed by readers as the 30th greatest machine of all time and it had only been on sale for about ten months (by comparison its predecessor, the Wii U, didn’t even place).

The Switch certainly isn’t perfect (its third-party games can often suffer from performance issues compared to the Xbox and PS4 versions) but there’s certainly a lot to be said for its sheer versatility and adaptability (it’s equally at home in your hands or under your

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