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How it felt to watch this awesome console fail back in the day (lemmy.world)
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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mario Kart 8 was probably the "killer app" (in my opinion), fortunately the switch also gave that a second lease of life!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mario Kart 8 didn't sell Wii Us the way Breath of the Wild sold Switches or Halo sold Xboxen.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Or the way MK8 sold Switches!