Topic: Y'all think the Switch UI is BLAND?

Exactly as the title says.

I think it is. It's been almost 8 years. No themes, no menu music, eShop is still a laggy mess.

I think some changes are in order. The next console should have personality.

What do you think?

If there was anything I wanted to be bland, it's that.

It does suffer from the modern trend of making everything into the simplest form possible. But it’s not terrible and gets the job done. Hopefully the successor will do something similar to the PS5. I really like how the background changes in both theme and music based on the game you have selected, and think it would work well for Nintendo.

Ehat if beating games let you have them as a background as a reward kind of like the ps5?

Like cars?

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I think the UI should be the main part of any console - ***** the games!!

Bland, sure but you can quickly get in to games and that's what matters (much rather have that than the slow PS5/Series X|S UI in comparison). Eshop is where the main room for improvement is needed as it's slow, cluttered with shovelware and in general isn't very good for discovery.

Many people, including myself, have been criticizing the user interface of the Nintendo Switch since its release. You're not the only one who feels this way. The UI could use some customization options, such as more color choices beyond the current two, different choices in menu themes based on Nintendo franchises, and actual music in the menus. It doesn't have to be much more than that.

Additionally, the poor performance of the eShop is a bit frustrating and causes me to use the app much less than I would like. I have missed out on numerous sales because I avoid using the app due to its slow performance which has been an issue since its release. The app's poor optimization is the main reason for the problem, and it could be resolved if Nintendo invested time into fixing it. I'm sure that the people responsible for the app's development are aware of its poor performance, but they don't address it for some unknown reason. I suspect that it may be due to financial reasons. If it works, why bother "wasting" their massive amount of profits in improving it?

@Rambler
Logos, basically anything design wise.

Bland sometimes is better here too much UI and you loose the context what it's doing. Sure we want something like 3DS themes but that requires someone at Nintendo to manage these system and that cost money. So if anyone on here can provide those funds - Nintendo would mostly likely be gladly do that.

I'd love a tv guide style layout as a nod to the wii having channels music should be a calm loop with no obvious end games should have a splash screen with music like on wii eshop should be part of the ui like on ps5

The UI is just a means to an end. The less it gets in the way of finding and loading a game the better. And the Switch UI is very good at not being in the way

I will agree with @Link-Hero that the eShop and also the NSO app are very slow. But these are essentially browser apps, you're opening a web page.

To which you might say "how is a web page that slow". And if simply answer with the obvious fact that the Switch is basically a mid-range phone from 2016 where they spent all the SoC budget on the GPU at the expense of CPU power. Try opening a web page on a 7 year old Android phone.... yeah, it's slow

I'm fine with it, had a Switch since late 2017 and it's still just as snappy.
My 3DS? Not so much. All of those badges and themes slowed things down...and that's before the games and folders were loaded.

Do people remember the artwork you would get when you loaded a Wii U game? Some of those were really nice! If the background switched to those when you hovered over the game's icon that would be cool.
But the UI is fine. Gets me to me most recent games, that's it.

The UI is bland, but for the most part it's not bland in a particularly bothersome way, just an unexciting way.

The eShop and wishlist could both use serious improvements. Folders are nice but they could also use some improvements; the UI is still very much geared for people who have fewer than 12 (digital) games and it's great for that but less great if you have 100+. If they could have a bit more options/flexibility without slowing it down for the 'typical' user, that would be ideal.

As much as I would love some themes, Nintendo will likely want us to pay for them (a la 3DS) and/or make them exclusive to NSO members (a la Switch icon badges), so... I'm kind of glad that they didn't bother.

I love the switch UI. Nonintrusive and gets me right to the games. Easy sorting and settings access as well. Plus no Ads/extras. Pretty much my favorite UI on a gaming console ever. I just wanna play games or quickly tweak settings.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Would be nice though if they included a few fun Nintendo UI themes to make it feel a little more alive, and somehow corrected the eShop's slow chugging load times. As is, it's miles more pleasant(with the white UI wallpaper) than what PS5 is doing.

Switch's UI is very convenient, you're in and you're out. Everything is displayed properly and looks great regardless of the minimalism or simplicity. With PS5's UI, it's like you're greeted to this dark swirly void, with depressing ambient funeral music for dying robots in a post apocolyptic world, annoying Key tone FX that gives off dark vibes, and the game library/download sections look sloppy. I hate it, even after turning off the music & key tone FX.

I miss the days when Sony embodied the mid 90's with PS1 and opted for a fun unique looking console and controller that actually boasted different types of colours like Teal(Power Button), Aqua Blue(Reset), the Rainbow coloured PS1 logo, the colored face button shapes and the fact that it was light grey instead of black.

They made the overall PS1 experience FUN, and they weren't afraid to get loud and silly with their commercials and magazine adds. Sony changed for the worse with PS2. It's when video games on PlayStation lost their smile imo, forcing that so called mature and sterile drab look aesthetically speaking onto the console and boot up logo/theme, and pushing lots of games that aimed for realism that consisted of a drab desaturated color pallette of nothing but browns & greys. XBOX suffered the same fate.

Dreamcast & Gamecube during that generation, on the other hand were the polar opposite.

@NeonPizza Nintendo icons and mii usage are the Nintendo touch. Plus the NSO section which allows for quick redemption of platinum coins.

I’m not going to go into the eshop (which I am fine with as I simply use my wishlist to buy games) as that was the scope of OPs topic.

I think it is amazing! For me UI must be as simple as possible. I am there to play games 99% of the time and the other 1% is for looking at recorded videos and screenshots I do not need flashy UI or useless themes.