Topic: Nintendo Switch 2

Fitness Boxing 3 got an update today.

I wonder if it’s switch 2 related.

@FishyS are they quality though? That kind of worries me. I do have an Onn TV and its not the greatest.

The card is certainly fast and accurate for the first 2 weeks 😝 Time will tell if they last forever but I plan to upgrade to a larger size when the normal brands get cheap so I'm hoping the Onn just lasts long enough.

@FishyS sounds good. Ill keep an eye out on that brand. I dont need one right away, but I will soon enough with all these key cards and digital DLs

There was an "Out Now" banner posted in the London Tube for Metroid Prime 4 apparently- which is leading people to speculate that it'll Shadow Drop. I don't see it though, given that Nintendo confirmed they are selling physical copies of Prime 4 as well as Digital- so unless it happens to be a case where they're trying a new formula of releasing digital copies early and physical copies a bit later, I think this was a mistake or something. Or else we would've gotten leaks of the physical copies.

Maybe it was an error and they wrote Out Now instead of Coming Soon or whatever release date it will be.

@VoidofLight “Out Now” is plastered over something else, you can see the edges of a shorter but wider rectangle if you look closely so someone probably put “out now” as a joke.

Ok I think it fixed rumble when using joycon 1 (they didn’t rumble when playing on switch 2 before)

Also I think the new switch 2 update made it possible to turn on the switch 2 with joycon 1. I don’t recall being able to do it before today.

@VoidofLight
Wasn’t Prime Remastered sort of a shadow drop? And that had physical available pretty much right away.

i dont think prime four will be shadow dropped (they better not after eight long years of waiting) but i think the fact that it is displayed next to all the summer switch 2 titles in the freaking LONDON UNDERGOUND is a very good sign that its not delayed. i think we will see a release date soon, most likely from a nintendo today drop, since i think the chances of a direct until september are slim. happy to see all this advertising!!! 🥳

@rallydefault It was, but I don't think they had physical copies until a bit afterwards since otherwise it would've leaked massively beforehand.

Prime 4 isn't going to release instantly. Nintendo would shoot themselves in the foot if they did that. Especially given that it's a new game and not a remaster.

Even if Prime 4 was a shadow drop I doubt it'd be very soon. Different audiences and all that but I can't see them burying DK with Prime 4 (or visa versa). I know I say this as someone who was open to Prime 4 being a launch game but I would say launch day is a different beast and, frankly, they don't seem to be having issues moving units with just Mario Kart

I will say though, September seems to have a suspicious gap currently and November is also empty. So there's certainly room for Prime somewhere in there

I have bought Switch 2 and I would like to know what the HELL was Nintendo doing last couple years, we had leaks about Nintendo postponing Switch 2 release since at least year 2021 and they were not able to create a single piece of free game that would show me what Switch 2 is capable of?

Maybe I am wrong but I was not able to find a single demo of Switch 2 version of game.

I was hoping that at least I will see difference in games from Switch 1, i currently have 150 Switch 1 games and honestly they 95% looks worse on new screen, everything looks softer when scaled 1.5 to new screen and loading times are not that much better either (but I had top of the line Samsung 1tb card on Switch 1).

And from all my 150 games only Zelda and Splatoon have update patch. Not being able to play games in "docked mode" on new handheld is criminal, so much wasted potential.

Anyway so far Im disappointed, new CPU/GPU seems to be amazing but there are no games and screen is bad quality (i have cheap gaming 144hz IPS monitors from couple years ago and they are miles better than this one), mine Switch 2 screen seems way oversaturated with almost glowing blacks to the point it gives me headache. Weak viewing angles. Pixel response time seems ok, but 2D platformers like Shantae are harder to play.

So to sum it up, if someone is handheld player like me, I would wait for new revision, I give it max 1 year untill we will see another version of Switch 2 because its simply too big for kids, I fully expect Nintendo will release something smaller with better screen sooner than anyone expects.

Also the soft plastic feels nice but I fully expect it will scratch easily. Not sure why they went with this, I much prefer normal plastic like all other handhelds and controllers use, Rog Ally has normal plastic and feels really premium.

@barabara Welcome Tour should've been the free pack-in title just to give people a taste of what the console is capable of. It's effectively the manual for the thing, but it costs 10 USD as Nintendo is pretty much allergic to pack-in games- unless you pay extra for them. I sprung for the Mario Kart World bundle because of it including a game at a discounted price- all so I could have something to actually play for the console itself.

As for the games and their backwards compatibility, it's because Nintendo is slowly rolling out updates that'll make them compatible with the Switch 2's resolution change. At least in terms of their first party titles. For third party games, it'll be up to the developers to roll out those updates as they start getting dev kits for the console (since Nintendo didn't give them dev kits for the Switch 2).

As for the handheld players waiting, I've been primarily playing in handheld mode and I feel like the screen is fine. It isn't anywhere close to the OLED, but it isn't as bad as the original Switch 1 screen- and the colors are pretty vibrant for what it is. I personally don't mind not waiting for a revision or smaller switch 2 (like the lite). I personally didn't like the Switch Lite because it was far too small and limited. The only thing that I dislike with the Switch 2 screen itself is just the fact that I can see the individual pixels at times... when I couldn't on any other Nintendo console.

@VoidofLight I honestly dont even like Welcome Tour. The biggest advantage of Switch 2 is processing power so something that shows its processing power should be included, which simply means a demo of beautiful game. Something like Astro Bot on Playstation. Nintendo has so many IPs it should be extremely easy to do, small 2-hour long 3d StarFox game with amazing graphics would be a killer addon.

About the screen, I own Switch Oled and im not even comparing that, I just think its weak IPS LCD compared to other IPS LCDs I own, but also there are rumors that there is some kind of screen lottery so different people might be getting different screens. Apparently US and EU are getting screens from two different manufacturers.

@barabara Ahh, I probably got a decent screen then.. but I don't really know.

As for the tech demo, while I wish we had a small game that was a good showcase of the console- unfortunately the President of Nintendo of America doesn't really have a spine like Reggie did. Welcome Tour is a fine showcase of the system, but it doesn't push anything graphically really. It should've been free and included, but Doug probably didn't fight for that like Reggie did with Wii Sports.

I am used to the bigger size now, which I hated at the start, but it will grow on you (even if it just you growing weary of holding it....). I still prefer the size and weight of the Switch 1, so I’d give consideration to selling it if a 'Lite' or significantly sleeker/smaller revision came out.

As for complaints about battery power. Gosh, yes that looked like a disaster in the first few days, but it is out of the box settings that seemed to play into that. Fixing the right settings gives it significantly longer juice.

There was also people saying something about batteries need time to adjust/calibrate correctly, which might be a thing. I don't know enough about them to know if that is true or not, but all I know is I am not having to endlessly charge or panic about the drainage like the first few days.

Battery seems fine to me, dont have any problems with that (Some people write that battery is really bad when you are downloading stuff, i dont see it, mine is on par with Switch Oled when it comes to downloading stuff but im on latest firmware), but yeah screen seems too big to me.

When i moved from Switch 1 to Switch Oled size I was like "wow I love the new size", with Switch 2 in my hands I am like "I wish it was tad smaller".

There is no doubt in my mind that they will release smaller version pretty quickly.

My honest opinion is, if you are mainly playing in docked mode then go and buy it now, its amazing docked console. If you are mainly handheld player then i would wait and see, maybe new revisions will fix some things.

Again, as a handheld player I like the console as it is now. Really don't think I would've waited for a revision.

The battery life is iffy. It isn't awful, but it isn't good either. I wouldn't see myself taking this on a road trip to play while in a vehicle or anything. However- I feel like it doesn't matter all that much as I would mostly play this wherever I would be able to charge it. Only issue I have is that I have to constantly turn on repair mode in order to fix the battery life indicator.

The GPU is on 8nm Samsung process, it was well known when Geforce was on this process (i believe series 3000) that it is pretty power hungry. I honestly dont care much because i dont play long sessions but what i found disappointing is charging, seems really slow.