I bought a Switch Lite after my break-up. Best decision I've made yet after the break-up itself.
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I never expected to make a lot of friends when I first started hanging out on anime Twitter, but I made a handful of exceptional ones whom I now talk to on a regular basis. When I first raised the question of whether I should actually get myself a Switch, an overwhelming majority of them said I should go for it for real, especially since we think the pandemic isn't ending anytime soon and there's probably nothing better to do.
But hold up, where did the idea of getting a Switch ever come from, anyway? All of this started last year, when my little brother got his own Nintendo Switch for his 12th birthday. It was definitely a neat little toy and he had his fun with it, so I'm like, okay, cool. The kid's got his toy. Nothing else to see here. But everything changed when my younger sister bought Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Oh, my goodness, everything changed when she created Morpheus Island and the three of us lived there with our adorable animal neighbours. It was good fun and I was able to roam around the island occasionally, but she didn't stop there, though, because she went and bought her own damn Switch Lite and made another island for herself to live in.
The temptations started there and I found myself thinking, hmm, maybe I should get one of my own? I had some cash at that time which I was supposed to put into a mutual fund but was unable to do so after news of the pandemic exploded. I always had the option of spending my money wisely and investing it instead. I'm currently paying for one insurance policy and I'm about to get another one from my uncle! (I guess we can't be too sure about the future? Get insurance, kids. Trust me, you're doing yourself a favour. I still have yet to get around the whole concept of insurance, but at least I have a headstart.)
Oh, to live on my own island so carefreely.
So while the decision to get a Switch was one I thought of long and hard, it was definitely still a spontaneous buy, because I really had tabs on using my money for something better, like marriage (lol). But now that marriage is out of the cards for the meantime, I finally went out and got myself a Switch Lite, which is probably one of the best decisions I've made after going through one tough night.
I recently got Fire Emblem: Three Houses after weeks of waffling around and bruh, I played through the Blue Lions route in a week! That's a whole week of me losing sleep and grinding through the game like it meant life or death for me. And I had such a blast. My excitement was off the roof when it finally arrived and I can't recall how many dinners I skipped just to play through the first route uninterrupted. Why Fire Emblem, though? I know I'm probably better off playing some stress-relieving game like Animal Crossing or Pokemon, which I also plan on getting soon enough.
The first Fire Emblem game I ever played was Sacred Stones and I played it with a Game Boy emulator I got from my uncle (not the one I'm getting insurance from lol) back when I was around 14 or 15. And let me tell you, I had the absolute time of my life playing through the whole thing and cheating in the process, too. (That's something I can't do on the Switch!) I can't count how many times I beat the game and crying every time I did so, too. Sacred Stones influenced much of my writing as well, especially since I'm working on a number of original high fantasy stories I may or may not publish in the future. (A lady and write and dream!) So yes, I got Three Houses out of sheer sentimentality and got a whole ass adventure.
I'm no pro gamer. I played casual mode because I can't bear the thought of losing my units just because I failed so bad at levelling them up. And I'm not gonna lie... I played it horribly. Like, really bad. I missed a lot during the first part of the game because I didn't like reading about how I should play or beat so and so and went on my own jolly way with no regard to the correct gameplay. I did read up on how to build support between characters, but that's that. The Blue Lions were so severely under-levelled when I reached the end of the story that I wanted to chuck the whole thing out and start all over again because the final boss was so... Um?! I have no words! I played it so terribly and gamers ought to crucify me for how awful I played it! On a side note, I got the happy ending with Dimitri that I wanted, so there's that, too, I guess! The high I got after beating the whole thing once is something else and I spent the rest of the evening contemplating whether I should start a new game and kill myself by losing even more sleep or take a breather. The choice I made is pretty obvious since I did write this soon afterwards.
The game's soundtrack is just divine and I find myself humming the ballroom theme and the calendar theme whenever I catch myself randomly daydreaming about other things while I'm at work. I plan on reading up about my next route, but I'll probably wait a few weeks before I play again because y'all won't be able to talk to me once I start it. (And I'm giving my eyes a break as well.)
Ah, if only all that running around in Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem translated well in real life. Maybe if I actually started jogging again? Lol.
Playing games after a break-up feels nice. Playing Animal Crossing and building my little island paradise kept me sane. Playing with my siblings is fun, too. Playing Fire Emblem and diving into a world of high fantasy made my heart race with so much anticipation and kept me awake and preoccupied with things other than my own heartbreak. In fact, I've been so busy playing that I'm this close to forgetting all about it.
It's a pricey toy for an old girl like me, but hey, it keeps me sane. One of the best decisions I've made, but probably the last expensive one I'll make.
What have you been playing? Tell me about it.
Love forever, Tony
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