Nintendo Switch Reviews: 12 Critical Reactions You Need To Know

3. There Are Lots Of Small Annoyances

"The kickstand on the back of the Switch is flimsy and seems destined to snap off...Both the Joy-Con grip and the Pro Controller lack a headphone output...The charging port is on the bottom of the Switch, which...means you can’t prop up the screen on a table while charging it...The release buttons you use to detach the Joy-Con are small and hard to press without accidentally pressing other buttons as well. The caps that slide over the Joy-Con when you’re using them separately are oddly tricky to get on and off. There’s no HDMI output on the tablet...There’s no support for bluetooth headsets...The included HDMI cable is a hair under 5’ long...The included Joy-Con grip doesn’t charge the controllers...Your only alternative is to buy a Pro Controller or shell out $30 for a nearly identical “charge grip” with a USB input. The console apparently drains some of its battery even when docked—I’ll put it in the dock at 100% charge, play for a while, and when I take it out, it’ll say it’s at 88% charge." - Kotaku

"It highlights the push and pull that typifies the system: it’s trying to be so many things at once that it can’t pull any of them off perfectly." - IGN

That's just a sampling of the avalanche of irritations Kotaku listed about the Switch, which in isolation wouldn't be so bad, but together can result in an unintuitive experience that's nowhere near as simple or user-friendly as it should be.

Naturally mileage is going to vary vastly in terms of how annoying these grievances actually are, but some of the design choices clearly come across as schizophrenic and counter to conventional logic. No doubt some of them will receive not-so-elegant fixes from frustrated consumers, while others may simply be whined about for the entirety of the Switch's lifespan.