Dex-chan lover
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- May 9, 2023
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I have a couple modded consoles in my cave right now but I’ve never really thought about how valuable they’ve been until now. If I had to make a personal list of the most useful ones for me so far it would go
1: the switch - it has a ton of games and it’s somewhat modern meaning it can run fate/samurai remnant. I got it for like 200$ and just went with the good old paper clip method so in total the console only costed like 205$ to get access to tons of modern games. Unironically it’s the best value you can get out of a modded console right now. The only (joy)cons are the controllers, battery life and inconsistent firmware (my switch just loves to randomly crash and turn into a space heater until I find out it crashed)
2: The 3ds - (obligatory did you know it’s surprisingly easy to hack your 3ds) I’ve modded two 3ds’s and they’re still a good time but they aren’t better than the switch. The games on the 3ds aren’t anything to ignore and I’m definitely nostalgic for a bunch of them but if I’m being honest it’s hard to find a game that’ll really interest me on the 3ds in the big 25. The value is there but I just don’t really appreciate it. I don’t regret doing it because it’s still fun to play games on it sometimes and the battery life is amazing. It’s just not a daily console for me though.
3: the Wii U - if I’m being completely honest this console was way better in my memories. I’ve hacked two wiius and it’s been a fun time both times. What I do with the console after I mod it is the problem area though. When I look back at the wiiu there is just nothing I actually want to play. I get what people were saying when they said the wiiu has no games. I enjoyed the console a lot when I was younger but going back to play the games I loved nowadays just results in me thinking “damn this game fucking sucks I used to like this?” I could just have shit taste but it feels like the Wii U doesn’t have a ton of good games that aren’t already better on the switch. Even though I don’t like the console, I don’t regret modding it. It’s a good YouTube machine
4: the wii - I genuinely forgot I modded this. I literally never use it unless if I want to play melee and I don’t want to play melee a lot. The only real pros is that modding it only takes but 5 minutes. Everything else it does just feels gimmicky at best. The Wii U just gives more value than a Wii. A modded wii just feels like a paperweight to me.
Im curious to hear what your experiences are and what your list of best modded consoles would look like though
1: the switch - it has a ton of games and it’s somewhat modern meaning it can run fate/samurai remnant. I got it for like 200$ and just went with the good old paper clip method so in total the console only costed like 205$ to get access to tons of modern games. Unironically it’s the best value you can get out of a modded console right now. The only (joy)cons are the controllers, battery life and inconsistent firmware (my switch just loves to randomly crash and turn into a space heater until I find out it crashed)
2: The 3ds - (obligatory did you know it’s surprisingly easy to hack your 3ds) I’ve modded two 3ds’s and they’re still a good time but they aren’t better than the switch. The games on the 3ds aren’t anything to ignore and I’m definitely nostalgic for a bunch of them but if I’m being honest it’s hard to find a game that’ll really interest me on the 3ds in the big 25. The value is there but I just don’t really appreciate it. I don’t regret doing it because it’s still fun to play games on it sometimes and the battery life is amazing. It’s just not a daily console for me though.
3: the Wii U - if I’m being completely honest this console was way better in my memories. I’ve hacked two wiius and it’s been a fun time both times. What I do with the console after I mod it is the problem area though. When I look back at the wiiu there is just nothing I actually want to play. I get what people were saying when they said the wiiu has no games. I enjoyed the console a lot when I was younger but going back to play the games I loved nowadays just results in me thinking “damn this game fucking sucks I used to like this?” I could just have shit taste but it feels like the Wii U doesn’t have a ton of good games that aren’t already better on the switch. Even though I don’t like the console, I don’t regret modding it. It’s a good YouTube machine
4: the wii - I genuinely forgot I modded this. I literally never use it unless if I want to play melee and I don’t want to play melee a lot. The only real pros is that modding it only takes but 5 minutes. Everything else it does just feels gimmicky at best. The Wii U just gives more value than a Wii. A modded wii just feels like a paperweight to me.
Im curious to hear what your experiences are and what your list of best modded consoles would look like though
