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SANTA ANA COLLEGE el Don/eldonnews.org • MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017
NINTENDO HOOKS IT UP
After the failure of the Wii U, Nintendo’s
questionable future now seems promising.
Nintendo’s newest gaming
console, the Switch, was released
early this month. The company’s
previous console, the Wii U, cost
Nintendo millions of dollars and
disappointed gamers because
they were unable to use it more
than a few yards from home.
The Switch is a multiplayer con-
sole that can be played at home or
on the road.
Gamers have the option of using
the Joy-Con, included with the
console, or the Pro Controller,
which is a more traditional-style
controller.
The battery life is estimated to
be 2.5 to 6.5 hours and can even
be charged with a standard USB
Type-C phone charger cable.
Santa Ana College students Wil-
liam Delgado and Alberto Beltran
were willing to consider buying
the Switch even after the downfall
of the Wii U.
“I think Nintendo is going down
the right path by making the
Switch accessible at home and on-
the-go,” Delgado said.
“The Wii U was one disappoint-
ment out of everything they have
created,” Beltran said.
Gamers are having some issues
with the console, such as having
the Joy-Con disconnect while
the console is in dock mode, not
being able to save their game
while going from home to on-the-
go, and even having the screen
turn various solid colors, forcing
them to do a hard reset to fix their
console.
Even with those issues, most of
the buyers are happy with the
new Nintendo Switch.
— Mary Nguyen
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FUTURE and HNDRXX
Freebandz Lower Classy
Netflix Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Logan
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Rapper Future, dropped his self-ti-
tled album FUTURE on Feb. 17. It
is a no mercy album that takes us
back to the beginning of his career.
Future dropped a second album
one week later titled HNDRXX. The
album featured The Weeknd and
Rihanna and is filled with songs
that will soon hit radio listeners all
across the globe. Rumors of a third
album dropping this week are going
around. Only the future will tell. Cristela Alonzo’s first-ever, live
Netflix comedy special Lower Classy
comically states her opinion regard-
ing political news and the truth
about growing up in a lower-class
Mexican family. She does not hold
back on how little thought President
Trump has given to his plans to build
a wall on the United States-Mexico
border. “Doesn’t he know we use
tunnels?” Alonzo’s humor makes for
infectious comedy. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the
Wild launched on the Wii U and Nin-
tendo Switch March 3. The newest
installment in the Legend of Zelda
series wakes its hero, Link, from a
100-year slumber to solve puzzles,
engage in strategic combat and ex-
plore an expansive world that even
veteran players may not expect. The
game has already received critical
acclaim, winning Best of Show at the
2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo. After 17 years of playing one of X-Men’s
most beloved characters, Hugh Jackman
finishes his final Wolverine movie with
a thrilling performance in Logan. This
isn’t the Wolverine audiences are used
to seeing. Logan is based off writer Mark
Millar and artist Steve McNiven’s comic
book, Old Man Logan. This film feels like
the end of an era. Logan makes sure to
show just how human mutants really are.
It’s an apt wrap-up to a very deserving
character.
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— Mark Vargas