Topic: Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions

@kkslider5552000
I generally agree although I also have buckets of sympathy for the developers. Presumably they're building and testing for their local setup which isn't the Switch. Likely the Switch version is outsourced or passed onto some other team for porting. Then they shuffle it through QA/QC who probably complain

I would guess by that point they throw it back at the devs. They're blissfully unaware of how poor it runs on Switch until this point. They figure it needs optimisation, but that means time. And who has time for time? Management need it out by this specific date. So call it good enough and wave that crap through

If they complain gaslight them by saying it's the hardware. Which to be fair, in some sense, is technically true

@FishyS Good point actually - there shouldn't be any reason as to why it wouldn't potentially come to S1 and S2

So... has Nintendo stated anything about backwards compatibilty? I can't find anything on it, but I might just be missing it.

@CaleBoi25 To this point, they've only really clarified two things: that it will be officially announced between now and the end of March 2025 and that it will be the 'Switch next model.' That's literally all we know right now but given previous comments made by them in recent years about promising a smooth transition to the next console with Nintendo accounts, most people seem pretty optimistic about the situation.

@Jalex_64 Ah, OK. Thanks for clarifying for me!

Nvidia T239 edit for Switch 2 performance, DLSS, RT/w AI learning. 3D Nand carts for bigger game in-cart minus or added DLC contents and or without eShop contents-come with OLED. Color coded like Splatoon, TOTK, Pokemon OLED. Color buttons and more buttons to add rapid free option and or key combo setup configurations.

@CaleBoi25 @Jalex_64
The SoC that we can be confident enough about that it's not really a rumour anymore should be able to run the same game code with minimal effort. And most of the murmurings we've heard seem to say BC will be a thing. It also makes a fair amount of sense to do it

@skywake Yes but the OP was asking about official statements from Nintendo. No doubt some of these recent hardware spec 'leaks' prove true but that didn't seem particularly relevant to their enquiry.

Fingers crossed for backwards compatibility though. It would take some almighty nerve for Nintendo to go in the other direction whilst carrying over accounts that many will have had eight years of game purchases on by the time it releases. On this basis, it seems a pretty sure thing right now.

I think it will definitely have some sort of strange gimmick-it’s so un nintendoey if they didn’t take risks with new stuff, and almost every console has had something new. I think AR features are highly possible, or a projector on the back so you could play anywhere on a big screen. or it will have a brand new duck hunt and call of duty and comes included with a joy-gun 💀😝

How about for an additional $20 to the sticker price Nintendo attach a projector display to the dock?

@FishyS Elden Ring, FFXVI, Monster Hunter World, All the RE remakes, plus 7 and 8, Yakuza Like a Dragon and Infinite Wealth, Devil May Cry 5, just to name a few off the top of my head. Plus tons of oldies like Fallout 4, the later bioshock games, the tomb raider reboot trilogy, classic Far Cry, stuff like that. Nintendo only people missed out on quite a lot. A system that can run all that would be a dream for many.

@Sigran102 Final fantasy 16 and 7 part 1 and 2 aren't on xbox either because they are either permanent console exclusives or timed exclusives for PS5 or PS4. So I wouldn't say we technically missed out. Although I agree it would be nice if the ones which aren't console exclusives come to Switch 2.

At least the original tomb raider reboot (I didn't actually realize there was a trilogy) could have easily run on Switch, the devs just didn't feel like making the port apparently. Switch 2 getting more powerful won't magically mean every game gets a port to every console.

Mostly though, I agree with your point. My previous post was really me trying to think of games I personally would be interested in that we missed out on and the list is extremely small since I tend not to like gritty/realistic art styles. The list of games I was interested in that came to Switch but ran badly however was extremely long.

@CaleBoi25
Nintendo also confirmed (as far back as in 2021 and recently reaffirmed in their most recent shareholder Q&A) that the Switch successor will use Nintendo Accounts.

breathes in Okay, so these are my predictions for the Nintendo Switch Flip(yes, that's what I'm calling it, remember the patent?). So, first of all, it'll have 4K graphics, definitely. It will have backwards compatibility with all Switch titles, and(this is a stretch) it can use pretty much every Bluetooth controller, mouse, keyboard, or other input devices. On the software side, the device will ship with 3 for-fun titles(a la 3DS/2DS), Stamp World, MiiSee(Miiverse rebooted), and get this: It will come with an optional download... Super Mario Bros 3 35! jazz hands It will have a photo-taking app(yes, it has a camera), a media player, web browser, eShop, and Mii Maker. It uses USB-C, and the majority of the device's colors are wood-grain and dark gray. Alright, that's all I can do for now. (phew!)

@MarioFan41 I don't think it would be Switch 2 related, but I am hoping Nintendo will being back/create some version of Mario 35 next year of the 40th anniversary. That said, Nintendo World Championship: nes being a similar (but not free) type of game concept makes me pessimistic about Mario 35.

I am doubtful Switch 2 will have a web browser. That massively increases the attack surface, makes age-gating harder, and, fundamentally, people have phones nowadays so few people need a web browser on their console.

This may be more wishful thinking than likely, but I expect a version of the Switch that is more comfortable to hold with bigger sticks and buttons. Joy cons are tiny and not fun to hold for anyone with hands bigger than a toddler's, unsatisfying for both portable play and motion controls. I'd love something as comfortable to hold as the Wii U's GamePad, like the Nitro Deck. And maybe with a clamshell lid to make it easier to pack.

@Sigran102 Monster Hunter specifically will be Monster Hunter Wilds instead of World. Everyone has moved on from MHWorld by this point, and Capcom will want to maintain cross play between all consoles by the time Wilds is ported to Switch 2. They've already achieved cross play between Playstation and Xbox, so I imagine Nintendo would not want to be the odd one out.

If Xbox Series S will run MHWilds, then so will the Switch 2. Thankfully Capcom already has extensive experience optimizing REngine on Switch thanks to MHRise, which MHWilds runs on. It will just be a question of which compromises the Switch 2 version will make compared to Series S.

Guys this is the first Nintendo console I’ve been excited for in a while. They have a chance to really change the narrative about them and become a major player in the third party scene.

@Qwertyninty What are you excited about in particular? Switch already has the most third party games of any of the current consoles (I guess unless you count steam deck as a console). I suspect Switch 2 will be similar to Switch but less constrained — the very fanciest 3rd party games either won't be ported or will be ported with downgrades. However, there will hopefully be more in the middle which don't have to be downgraded.

@Qwertyninty

Probably won't happen unless the Switch successor gets Call of Booty and/or GTA.

But I am curious as to which narrative you're talking about? For example. Nintendo don't censor their third-party games as much as Sony does; so the developer's vision is more intact on Nintendo platforms than on Sony or Microsoft. We also have third-party publishers beginning to skip Xbox because Game Pass is cannibalizing a la carte game purchases.

I doubt the narrative will change much from what it is now once the Switch successor arrives. It'll be a generation behind, power wise. Like the OG Switch, it'll be an indie / port machine with a well-planned first party release schedule. Publishers will continue to prioritize PC first, Playstation second, Switch successor second (if it isn't too expensive to contract the work), and Xbox...if MS throw Game Pass spacebucks at them.