I had always planned to wait a year to get Switch 2, because my backlog, among other games I've not yet bought (or have yet to come out in the case of a few of them), were inevitably going to take priority. The high price and the uncertainty of where Switch 2 will be in a year at its price, among other things, made this a much easier decision, and I might wait until like late 2026 depending on how things go.
Granted, I'll use Switch sometimes, the same way I still have a few 3DS games left to play now, but I don't need Switch 2 to make my backlog even worse now. At the very least, I want to have played Sonic Superstars, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (that's the compilation game, in case you were understandably unsure by all the similarly named Monkey Ball games on Switch), Xenoblade 3, Captain Toad (at last), Super Mario Wonder, Kirby Star Allies, No More Heroes 3, Metroid Prime 4, Doom Eternal, Alien:Isolation, the 2D Yooka Laylee, A Hat In Time, Mina the Hollower, replay Metroid Dread and a couple of the N64 games, before I finally switch.
I do appreciate that Kirby and the Forgotten Land (I keep thinking its called Forbidden Ruins or something) has new content, so that means I can save that purchase for the new console.
I would certainly like to get a Switch 2, but I've been holding off on getting one for a few reasons...
There's not much new games to play on it. Right now, Mario Kart World is the only new game that I'm truly excited to play, and there's only three GameCube games on NSO right now... the only GC game I'd want to play is F-Zero GX. I've already finished Wind Waker on Wii U years ago, and I'm not super interested in Soul Calibur 2 because I don't like fighting games very much. Also, the only Switch 2 Edition I'm interested in is the one for Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Personally, I'd rather have an extra game or two that I'd really look forward to, like the next 3D Mario and the next Animal Crossing, alongside MKW.
The game prices can get pretty ridiculous, particularly for Mario Kart World. As fabulous as that game looks, $80 is quite a lot... even as somebody who was expecting games to go up to $70. It stung pretty hard when I first heard about it, especially coming from the Switch generation where most of Nintendo's games were $60. It might be at least partially due to inflation... I may feel better about it as time goes on, though I would certainly prefer not having that price spike.
I opted for a "wait and see" approach for the Switch 2, and yeah, looks like there are some issues like the battery life and a few Switch games having a bug or two on Switch 2. I remember when I had my V1 Switch, the battery life indicator was acting strangely. My first pair of joy-cons started drifting, too.
I do know of the game key cards, and yes, I don't like them either. I do tend to get more excited for Nintendo's own games than the third-party offerings though, so they shouldn't be too big of an issue to me personally. I could just not buy them.
So yeah. It's a console I'd love to have, it's pretty dang powerful for a Nintendo console and I'd love to see what more of my favorite series would be like on the Switch 2. Some of my friends have one now and I do have a slight bit of jealousy, lol... but at the same time, I'd like more to play out of the box and I'd like to see some of the bugs ironed out. The next Animal Crossing would definitely make me want a Switch 2. It was lovely playing New Horizons at launch and having made new friends thanks to that game... and I had just as much fun coming back to it when the big update and DLC came out.
On the positive side, I'm eager to own a Switch 2 to play around with backwards compatibility and last gen ports. But after reading week-one first impressions, it seems that waiting for the first revision / iteration a couple years down the road might be worth the wait.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,453 games (as of June 2nd, 2025)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 2 games (as of June 9th, 2025)
Despite my previous statements, I have to bow out of this forum due to my dad unexpectedly getting a Switch 2 for the family. It was nice not having a Switch 2 with you people!
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